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Rafael Nadal is a Spanish tennis player whose incredible haul of Grand Slam titles mark him out as one of the greatest to ever play the game.
Nadal was born on 3 June 1986 in Mallorca, Spain. He became world number one tennis player for the first time in 2008 and won Olympic gold that year in Beijing. In 2010, Nadal completed a career grand slam, winning the US Open to add to the French, Australian and Wimbledon titles he had already claimed.
Nadal is famed for his remarkable dominance on clay courts. Between 2005 and 2022, Nadal won an astonishing 14 French Open grand slam titles at Roland Garros, losing just four times in 17 years.