Chronicle made by Juan Rafael Nadal an icon of tennis Talking about Rafa Nadal is talking about one of the best tennis players of the first decade of the 2000s…and wanted, one of the best of all time. Winner of 22 grand slam titles, Nadal is one of the 2 tennis players with the most titles in this category, without a doubt an icon of tennis in Spain. Rafael Nadal was born on June 3, 1986 in Manacor, Majorca Island, Balearic Islands, from an early age he showed great qualities for sport, something that was to be expected since he was born into a family of athletes, one of his uncles Miguel Angel Nadal was a footballer for F.C. Barcelona while his other uncle Tony Nadal was a tennis player. It was for this reason that from his childhood he began to practice sports such as soccer, basket ball and tennis, opting for tennis, a sport in which Rafa showed great qualities, winning the under-12 tennis title at the age of 8. of the Balearic Islands. In 2002, Rafa, at just 15 years old, had his first chance to play in an ATP tour tournament, becoming the youngest player to win a match in an official ATP tournament by beating Paraguayan Ramon Delgado. Throughout his long career, Rafa has won 22 Grand Slam titles, including 14 Roland Garros, 36 Masters 1000 titles, 23 ATP 500 tournaments, 10 ATP 250 titles and a gold medal at the Olympic Games in Beijing 2008, without a doubt a true winner and his career deserves to be recognized, because for more than a decade he was part of the top 3 of the ATP ranking, being number 1 on several occasions.
