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16th WEEK
Only one tournament this week, but a big one, in Barcelona. The Monte Carlo champion and No. 1 in the world, Rafael Nadal [1] came back to the tournament after a one year absence. The Spaniard won the tournament in years 2005-09, but withdrew last year. “Physically I feel fine, a bit tired because the last two matches in Monte Carlo were tough. I’m very happy to be back to this tournament and my club. I couldn’t play last year due to physical problems and the tennis calendar” had said Rafa at the press-conference before the tournament started, adding – “After three ‘Masters 1000’ events, this one is the most important in the world among ‘ATP World Tour 500‘”. Indeed, the tournament draw was similar to the Monte
Barcelona (500)
Monte Carlo:
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In many ways historic tournament for mighty Nadal :
* 11th player in Open era with 45 ATP crowns (next one to catch is Becker with 49)
* 3rd player with most ATP crowns on clay, 31 (behind Vilas and Muster).. 25 of them Rafa won in 5 biggest clay tournaments of the season (5XFrench Open, 7XMOnte Carlo, 5XRome, 2XHamburg/Madrid, 6XBarcelona) which is amazing. He lost only 2 from 33 ATP finals on clay
* 500 ATP wins at the age of 24, second youngest in Open era only behind Bjorn Borg
* 14th player in Open era with 60 ATP finals and 5th who made them at the age of 24 (giants Borg, Connors, Lendl, McEnroe before him). Lat player to achieve this was Lendl in Philadelphia 1984.
* Only player in Open era with 6 titles in 2 different tournements (Monte Carlo 7, Barcelona 6.. Rome and Roland Garros waiting to join)
* 6th player in Open era with at least 44 Outdoor ATP crowns (Vilas, Connors, Lendl, Agassi, Federer before him)
* Best wins percentage in Outdoor ATP matches with 452-78 score (85,3)
* Tied with Bjorn Borg on 82,7% of Carrer match index (501-105)
* 15 ATP crowns without lost set
Thanks Joca for extensive contribution 🙂