Rafael Nadal

  • Rafael Nadal
  • Spain
 Recent News
  • Djokovic ending year as real rival to Roger and Rafa Nov 21 (Reuters)
  • Novak Djokovic hottest player on the court heading into ATP Finals Nov 21 (The Canadian Press)
  • Novak Djokovic hottest player ahead of ATP Finals Nov 21 (AP)
  • Weekly Slice: The 2009 men's season ends with a top-spot showdown Nov 20 (Yahoo! Sports)
  • Nadal: In 'perfect shape' going into ATP finals Nov 20 (PA SportsTicker)
  • Murray confident of joining grand slam club soon Nov 20 (Reuters)
  • Federer eyes year-end top spot in London finale Nov 20 (Reuters)
  • Game Point: The ATP goes GQ, Federer talks soccer Nov 20 (Yahoo! Sports)
  • Del Potro to play at Queen's Club tournament Nov 20 (AP)
 2009 At A Glance - Singles
 Current ATP Rank: 2  
 ATP Tournaments Played: 15 ATP Record: 57-11
 Hardcourt: 42-9 Clay: 12-1
 Carpet: 3-1 Grass: 0-0
 Tournaments Won in 2009: BNP Paribas Open, Masters Series Monte Carlo, Australian Open, Barcelona Open Banco Sabadell, Internazionali BNL d'Italia
 2009 Tournament Results - Singles
 Tournament (Seed) Surface Round Opponent W/L Score
 Qatar ExxonMobil Open (1)
 Jan 5-Jan 11		 Hard First Round Fabrice Santoro W 6-0, 6-1
  Quarterfinals Gael Monfils (5) L 4-6, 4-6
  Second Round Karol Beck W 6-1, 6-2
 Australian Open (1)
 Jan 19-Feb 1		 Hard First Round Christophe Rochus W 6-0, 6-2, 6-2
  Second Round Roko Karanusic W 6-2, 6-3, 6-2
  Third Round Tommy Haas W 6-4, 6-2, 6-2
  Fourth Round Fernando Gonzalez (13) W 6-3, 6-2, 6-4
  Quarterfinals Gilles Simon (6) W 6-2, 7-5, 7-5
  Semifinals Fernando Verdasco (14) W 6-7 (4-7), 6-4, 7-6 (7-2), 6-7 (1-7), 6-4
  Final Roger Federer (2) W 7-5, 3-6, 7-6 (7-3), 3-6, 6-2
 ABN AMRO World Tennis Tournament (1)
 Feb 9-Feb 15		 Hard First Round Simone Bolelli W 4-6, 6-2, 7-5
  Second Round Grigor Dimitrov W 7-5, 3-6, 6-2
  Quarterfinals Jo-Wilfried Tsonga (7) W 6-4, 6-7 (5-7), 6-4
  Semifinals Gael Monfils (5) W 6-4, 6-4
  Final Andy Murray (2) L 3-6, 6-4, 0-6
 BNP Paribas Open (1)
 Mar 9-Mar 22		 Hard Second Round Michael Berrer W 6-2, 6-1
  Third Round Dmitry Tursunov (26) W 6-3, 6-3
  Fourth Round David Nalbandian (14) W 3-6, 7-6 (7-5), 6-0
  Quarterfinals Juan Martin Del Potro (6) W 6-2, 6-4
  Semifinals Andy Roddick (7) W 6-4, 7-6 (7-4)
  Final Andy Murray (4) W 6-1, 6-2
 Sony Ericsson Open (1)
 Mar 25-Apr 5		 Hard Second Round Teimuraz Gabashvili W 6-2, 6-2
  Third Round Frederico Gil W 7-5, 6-3
  Fourth Round Stanislas Wawrinka (16) W 7-6 (7-2), 7-6 (7-4)
  Quarterfinals Juan Martin Del Potro (6) L 4-6, 6-3, 6-7 (3-7)
 Barcelona Open Banco Sabadell (1)
 Apr 20-Apr 26		 Clay Second Round Frederico Gil W 6-2, 6-2
  Third Round Christophe Rochus W 6-2, 6-0
  Quarterfinals David Nalbandian (7) W walkover
  Semifinals Nikolay Davydenko (3) W 6-3, 6-2
  Final David Ferrer (4) W 6-2, 7-5
 Internazionali BNL d'Italia (1)
 Apr 27-May 3		 Clay Second Round Andreas Seppi W 6-2, 6-3
  Third Round Robin Soderling W 6-1, 6-0
  Quarterfinals Fernando Verdasco (6) W 6-3, 6-3
  Semifinals Fernando Gonzalez (12) W 6-3, 6-3
  Final Novak Djokovic (3) W 7-6 (7-2), 6-2
 Mutua Madrilena Madrid Open (1)
 May 10-May 17		 Hard Second Round Jurgen Melzer W 6-3, 6-1
  Third Round Philipp Kohlschreiber W walkover
  Quarterfinals Fernando Verdasco (7) W 6-4, 7-5
  Semifinals Novak Djokovic (3) W 3-6, 7-6 (7-5), 7-6 (11-9)
  Final Roger Federer (2) L 4-6, 4-6
 French Open (1)
 May 24-Jun 7		 Clay First Round Marcos Daniel W 7-5, 6-4, 6-3
  Second Round Teimuraz Gabashvili W 6-1, 6-4, 6-2
  Third Round Lleyton Hewitt W 6-1, 6-3, 6-1
  Fourth Round Robin Soderling (23) L 2-6, 7-6 (7-2), 4-6, 6-7 (2-7)
 Rogers Cup (2)
 Aug 10-Aug 16		 Hard Second Round David Ferrer W 4-3
  Third Round Philipp Petzschner W 6-3, 6-2
  Quarterfinals Juan Martin Del Potro (6) L 6-7 (5-7), 1-6
 Western and Southern Financial Group Masters (2)
 Aug 17-Aug 23		 Hard Second Round Andreas Seppi W 7-6 (7-4), 7-6 (7-3)
  Third Round Paul-Henri Mathieu W 7-5, 6-2
  Quarterfinals Tomas Berdych W 6-4, 7-5
  Semifinals Novak Djokovic (4) L 1-6, 4-6
 US Open (3)
 Aug 31-Sep 14		 Hard First Round Richard Gasquet W 6-2, 6-2, 6-3
  Second Round Nicolas Kiefer W 6-0, 3-6, 6-3, 6-4
  Third Round Nicolas Almagro (32) W 7-5, 6-4, 6-4
  Fourth Round Gael Monfils (13) W 6-7 (3-7), 6-3, 6-1, 6-3
  Quarterfinals Fernando Gonzalez (11) W 7-6 (7-4), 7-6 (7-2), 6-0
  Semifinals Juan Martin Del Potro (6) L 2-6, 2-6, 2-6
 China Open (1)
 Oct 5-Oct 11		 Hard First Round Marcos Baghdatis W 6-4, 3-6, 6-4
  Second Round James Blake W 7-5, 6-7 (4-7), 6-3
  Quarterfinals Marat Safin W 6-3, 6-1
  Semifinals Marin Cilic (8) L 1-6, 3-6
 Shanghai ATP Masters 1000 (1)
 Oct 11-Oct 18		 Hard Second Round James Blake W 6-2, 6-7 (4-7), 6-4
  Third Round Tommy Robredo (14) W 6-1, 6-4
  Quarterfinals Ivan Ljubicic W 3-6, 6-3, 0-0 ret
  Semifinals Feliciano Lopez W 6-1, 3-0 ret
  Final Nikolay Davydenko (6) L 6-7 (3-7), 3-6
 BNP Paribas Masters (2)
 Nov 9-Nov 15		 Carpet Second Round Nicolas Almagro W 3-6, 7-6 (7-2), 7-5
  Third Round Tommy Robredo (14) W 6-3, 3-6, 7-5
  Quarterfinals Jo-Wilfried Tsonga (8) W 7-5, 7-5
  Semifinals Novak Djokovic (3) L 2-6, 3-6