Rafael Nadal Olympic Gold

The current world no2 won the gold medal in the mens single category beating chiles fernando gonzalez back in 2008.

Rafael nadal olympic gold. The beijing 2008 olympic gold medallist made more history in paris on sunday 11 october by capturing his record 13th roland garros crown beating longtime rival and tennis world no1 novak djokovic of serbia 6 0 6 2 7 5. Born in manacor on the island of majorca on 3 june 1986 rafael nadal has been one of the leading lights of the tennis world since 2005. Spanish tennis great rafael nadal has won 20 grand slam titles including a record 13 french open singles titles and is one of only two men to win all four majors and olympic gold. Rafael nadal is still the king of clay.

In 2008 he achieved an unprecedented treble winning the french open wimbledon and olympic gold. Ever since the spring of 2005 when he stormed over his rivals to grab monte carlo barcelona rome and roland garros titles in less than two months rafael nadal established himself as the. Nadal was relentless in paris leaving the serbian looking to the heavens for help the spanish champion going through the tournament without dropping a single set. 11 october 2020 905.

Winning the french open seems a stroll in his backyard. Less negative news rafael nadal on tokyo olympics 2021 postponement amid covid 19 pandemic todayheadline. In the calendar year preceding the 2008 olympics there was a shift at the hierarchy of mens tennis as rafael nadal displaced roger federer as the world number one. Rafael nadal wins gold at his first olympics.

On top of the world. Eight years later in rio he carried the spanish flag before winning mens doubles gold with his friend marc lopez. Nadal wins 6 3 7 6 2 6 3 beating olympic medallist fernando gonzalez who settles for silver. Nadal won the olympic gold medal in singles in beijing 2008 on hard courts defeating novak djokovic in the semi finals the olympic gold medal in mens doubles in rio de janeiro 2016 and has won 10 masters 1000 titles spread out over four different tournaments.

Rafael nadal of spain becomes the new olympic champion cementing his place in tennis history by winning gold in his first try. In 15 years of professional tennis at the age of 34 rafael nadal winner of 20 grand slams including a career slam five davis cups two olympics golds in the mens singles and mens doubles and year end number one on five separate occasions has never won the atp tour finals the annual showdown among the worlds elite and the curtain closer to every tennis season.