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Rafael Nadal

  • Rafael Nadal
  • Spain
  • Height: 6-1
  • Weight: 188
  • Plays: Left-handed
  • Born:
 Recent News
  • Fan Take: Is Serena Williams the Hot Favourite Ahead of the 2012 French Open? May 25 (Yahoo! Contributor Network)
  • FRENCH OPEN 2012: Tournament at a glance May 25 (AP)
  • Fit again Murray backs Nadal to keep winning May 25 (AFP)
  • Five Men Who Only Won the French Open May 25 (Yahoo! Contributor Network)
  • 2012 French Open men’s preview May 25 (Busted Racquet)
  • French Open 2012: Men’s seeding information May 25 (Busted Racquet)
  • Djokovic finds Federer in way of history May 25 (AFP)
  • Djokovic, Federer could meet in French SF again May 25 (AP)
  • Five Great Tennis Rivalries May 24 (Yahoo! Contributor Network)
  • Fan Take: Is Serena Williams the Hot Favourite Ahead of the 2012 French Open? May 25 (Yahoo! Contributor Network)
  • John Isner is Only American Hope at French Open: Fan's Take May 24 (Yahoo! Contributor Network)
  • FRENCH OPEN 2012: Tournament at a glance May 24 (AP)
  • All eyes on Nadal, Djokovic as French Open nears May 24 (AP)
  • Electronic tennis racket makes world debut May 24 (Reuters)
  • French Open 2012 odds: Nadal and Serena are favorites May 24 (Busted Racquet)
  • Isner carries slim US hopes in French Open tennis May 23 (AFP)
  • Backhand May 23 (AFP)
  • Fan’s Primer for the French Open Tennis Tournament May 23 (Yahoo! Contributor Network)
  • Personal Experience: Getting a Workout with Top Spin 4 on the Wii May 22 (Yahoo! Contributor Network)
  • Attending the French Open for Spectators With Disabilities May 22 (Yahoo! Contributor Network)
 2012 At A Glance - Singles
 Current ATP Rank: 2  
 ATP Tournaments Played: 6 ATP Record: 24-3
 Hardcourt: 8-2 Clay: 16-1
 Carpet: 0-0 Grass: 0-0
 Excluding team events
 Tournaments Won in 2012: Monte-Carlo Rolex Masters, Barcelona Open Banc Sabadell, Internazionali BNL d'Italia, Roland Garros
 2012 Tournament Results - Singles
 Tournament (Seed) Surface Round Opponent W/L Score
 BNP Paribas Open (2)
 Mar 7-Mar 18		 Hard Second Round Leonardo Mayer W 6-1, 6-3
  Third Round Marcel Granollers (26) W 6-1, 6-4
  Fourth Round Alexandr Dolgopolov (21) W 6-3, 6-2
  Quarterfinals David Nalbandian W 4-6, 7-5, 6-4
  Semifinals Roger Federer (3) L 3-6, 4-6
 Sony Ericsson Open (2)
 Mar 20-Apr 1		 Hard Second Round Santiago Giraldo W 6-2, 6-0
  Third Round Radek Stepanek (25) W 6-2, 6-2
  Fourth Round Kei Nishikori (16) W 6-4, 6-4
  Quarterfinals Jo-Wilfried Tsonga (6) W 6-2, 5-7, 6-4
  Semifinals Andy Murray (4) L
 Monte-Carlo Rolex Masters (2)
 Apr 15-Apr 22		 Clay Second Round Jarkko Nieminen W 6-4, 6-3
  Third Round Mikhail Kukushkin W 6-1, 6-1
  Quarterfinals Stanislas Wawrinka W 7-5, 6-4
  Semifinals Gilles Simon (9) W 6-3, 6-4
  Final Novak Djokovic (1) W 6-3, 6-1
 Barcelona Open Banc Sabadell (1)
 Apr 23-Apr 29		 Clay Second Round Guillermo Garcia-Lopez W 6-1, 6-2
  Third Round Robert Farah W 6-2, 6-3
  Quarterfinals Janko Tipsarevic (5) W 6-2, 6-2
  Semifinals Fernando Verdasco (9) W 6-0, 6-4
  Final David Ferrer (3) W 7-6 (7-1), 7-5
 Mutua Madrid Open (2)
 May 5-May 13		 Clay Second Round Nikolay Davydenko W 6-2, 6-2
  Third Round Fernando Verdasco (15) L 3-6, 6-3, 5-7
 Internazionali BNL d'Italia (2)
 May 13-May 21		 Clay Second Round Florian Mayer W 6-1, 7-5
  Third Round Marcel Granollers W 6-1, 6-1
  Quarterfinals Tomas Berdych (7) W 6-4, 7-5
  Semifinals David Ferrer (6) W 7-6 (8-6), 6-0
  Final Novak Djokovic (1) W 7-5, 6-3