Rafael Nadal Parera

Rafael Nadal Parera was born on 3rd June, 1986 in Manacor, Mallorca. His parents, Sebastian and Ana Maria introduced him to tennis at a very young age and he played his first championship tournament at the age of 8 years old in Baleares.

He is a Spanish tennis player. He is currently World's No. 2 male tennis player.

In 2002, he won his first ATP match at Majorca at the age of 15, defeating Ramon Delgado to become the ninth player in the Open Era to win an ATP match. In 2003, Nadal became the second-youngest player to be ranked among the world's top 100 singles players. He finished the year in the top 50, winning two Challenger titles.

Nadal won eleven titles in 2005, including four ATP Masters Series events. He boasts a 44-2 match record on clay in 2005 and a 79-10 record on all surfaces this season.

Nadal has a very strange technique, he is actually right-handed but plays left-handed and has double handed backhands.

On 4th March, 2006, Nadal handed Roger Federer his first loss of the 2006 season at the final of the Dubai Open. Nadal won 2-6, 6-4, 6-4. Nadal defeated Federer for a second time on 23rd April, 2006 at the Monte Carlo Masters, a tournament that he won for the second straight year. Nadal won by a score of 6-2 6-7 6-3 7-6.