Rafael Nadal
Official Name : Rafael Nadal Parera
DOB : June 3, 1986 (aged 27 years)
Achievements :
Official Name : Rafael Nadal Parera
DOB : June 3, 1986 (aged 27 years)
Achievements :
- [French Open, Wimbledon, US Open] : 2010 - Only male player ever to hold 3 majors on 3 different surfaces in the same calendar year.
- French Open, Wimbledon, Australian Open, US Open : 2005-2010 - Youngest to achieve a Grand Slam.
- French Open - 2005-2013 - 8 titles overall.
- He is the second left-hander to win all four Grand Slams after Rod Laver.
- Nadal loves watching soccer games
- He bought an Aston Martin after his Wimbledon 2008 win.
- His plan was playing against Federer is to hit every ball to his backhand.
- Nadal's uncle Toni is also his coach.
- His family turned down an offer from an elite Barcelona sports academy to train him when he was a kid because they wanted him to concentrate on his studies.
- He was sent to a sports boarding school near his house instead.
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