When we talk about Rafael Nadal without a doubt, we are talking about one of the players who will remain in the history of this sport and one of the candidates who is considered to be the greatest tennis player of all time.
Also in this difficult year caused by the pandemic related to the coronavirus emergency, Nadal made his mark by winning his thirteenth Roland Garros and Grand Slam title number 20, reaching Roger Federer.
In that year 2020, Nadal was also the fourth player of the Open era to score 1000 victories on the ATP Tour. In the final of Roland Garros he had 999 wins and scored the 1000 victory over Feliciano López in the first round of Paris Bercy.
Rafael Nadal is only behind Jimmy Connors (1274), Roger Federer (1242) and Ivan Lendl (1068) in this ranking.
Nadal’s words on the record edition
Throughout his career, Rafael Nadal has always shown that records are not particularly important to him and that he considers them secondary.
He recently reissued the phrase “I’d rather be remembered as a good man and not just a good tennis player”. Returning to the theme of his career and track record, Rafa said: “Honestly, I don’t care about the title of greatest tennis player of all time.
I’m happy with my career, right now it’s clear that I’m one of the best two but we’ll see what happens in the next few years and what Novak Djokovic and Roger Federer will do when he comes back.
Maybe we’ll see how I act. Hopefully we can calmly analyze the situation when our career is over. “At the moment, Rafael Nadal has finished the season in second position, his twelfth time in his career (a great record).
In 2021 he will try to win new Grand Slam events and maybe get back to the top of the overall standings. The challenge will be on the advance with the eternal rival Novak Djokovic, but also with young talents, from Dominic Thiem to the Russian Daniil Medwedew, the winner of the last ATP final, or Stefanos Tsitsipas and Alexander Zverev. Photo credit: ATP Tour
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