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texts: Pete Sampras, and Federer). <mask> then played Federer in the final of Wimbledon for the third consecutive year, in the most anticipated match of their rivalry. <mask> entered the final on a 23-match winning streak, including his first career grass-court title at the Stella Artois Championships staged at the Queen's Club in London prior to Wimbledon. Federer had won his record fifth grass-court title at the Gerry Weber Open in Halle, and then reached the Wimbledon final without losing a set. Unlike their previous two Wimbledon finals, though, Federer was not the prohibitive favorite, and many analysts picked <mask> to win.They played the longest (in terms of time on court, not in terms of numbers of games) final in Wimbledon history, and because of rain delays, <mask> won the fifth set 9–7 in near-darkness. (The 2019 final later broke the record of longest Wimbledon final.) The match was widely lauded as the greatest Wimbledon final ever, with some tennis critics even calling it the greatest match in tennis history. By winning his first Wimbledon title, <mask> became the third man in the open era to win both the French Open and Wimbledon in the same year, after Rod Laver in 1969, and Borg in 1978–1980, (Federer later accomplished this the following year) as well as the second Spaniard to win Wimbledon. He also ended Federer's record streak of five consecutive Wimbledon titles and 65 straight wins on grass courts. This was also the first time that <mask> won two Grand Slam tournaments back-to-back. After Wimbledon, <mask> extended his winning streak to a career-best 32 matches.He won his second Rogers Cup title in Toronto, and then made it into the


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 semifinals of the Western & Southern Financial Group Masters in Cincinnati. As a result, <mask> clinched the US Open Series. <mask> then played at the 2008 Beijing Olympics, where he defeated Serbia's Novak Djokovic in the semifinals and Chile's Fernando González in the final to win the gold medal. With the win, <mask> finally clinched the world No. 1 ranking on 18 August, ending Federer's record four-and-a-half-year reign at the top. At the US Open, <mask> was the top-seeded player for the first time at a major. He did not lose a set during his first three matches, defeating qualifiers in the first and second rounds and Viktor Troicki in the third round.In the semifinals, he lost to Andy Murray. Later in the year in Madrid, <mask> helped Spain defeat the United States in the Davis Cup semifinals. At the Madrid Masters, <mask> lost in the semifinals to Gilles Simon. However, his performance at the event guaranteed him the year-end No. 1 ranking, making him the first Spaniard to finish a season as such in the Open Era. Two weeks later at the Paris Masters, <mask> reached the quarterfinals, where he withdrew because of a knee injury. The following week, <mask> announced his withdrawal from the year-ending Tennis Masters Cup in Shanghai, citing tendinitis of the knee.On 10 November, <mask> withdrew from Spain's Davis Cup final against Argentina, as his knee injury had not healed completely. 2009: Australian Open and Davis Cup titles

<mask>'s first ATP Tour event for the season was the Qatar Open, where he lost in the quarterfinals to Gaël Monfils. <mask> also entered and won the tournament's doubles event partnering Marc López, where they defeated the No.

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texts: 1-ranked doubles team of Daniel Nestor and Nenad Zimonjić in the final. At the 2009 Australian Open – Men's singles, <mask> won his first five matches without dropping a set, before defeating Fernando Verdasco in the semifinals in the second longest match in Australian Open history at 5 hours and 14 minutes. This set up a championship match with Roger Federer, their first meeting in a hard-court major. <mask> defeated Federer in  a five-set final to earn his first hard-court major singles title, and become the first Spaniard to win the Australian Open.At the ABN AMRO World Tennis Tournament in Rotterdam, <mask> lost in the final to second-seeded Andy Murray in three sets. Although this knee problem was not associated with <mask>'s right-knee tendonitis, it was serious enough to cause him to withdraw from the Dubai Championships a week later. In March, <mask> helped Spain defeat Serbia in a Davis Cup World Group first-round tie on clay in Benidorm, Spain. <mask> defeated Janko Tipsarević and Novak Djokovic. At the 2009 Indian Wells Masters, <mask> won his thirteenth Masters tournament, defeating Murray in the final. The next ATP tour event was the 2009 Miami Masters. <mask> advanced to the quarterfinals, where he again faced Argentinian del Potro, this time losing the match.<mask> began his European clay court season at the Monte Carlo Masters, where he defeated Novak Djokovic to win a record fifth consecutive singles title there. He then won back to back titles in Barcelona and Rome Masters, defeating Ferrer and Djokovic respectively. He then surprisingly lost the final of the Madrid Open to Roger Federer. This was the first time that <mask> had lost to

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texts: Federer since the semifinals of the 2007 Tennis Masters Cup. By beating Lleyton Hewitt in the third round of the French Open, <mask> set a record of 31 consecutive wins at the French Open, beating the previous record of 28 by Björn Borg. This run came to an end on 31 May 2009, when <mask> lost to eventual runner-up, Robin Söderling in the 4th round. This was <mask>'s first and, until 2015, only loss at the French Open.After his surprise defeat in France, <mask> withdrew from the AEGON Championships. It was confirmed that he was suffering from tendinitis in both of his knees. On 19 June, <mask> withdrew from the 2009 Wimbledon Championships, citing his recurring knee injury. Roger Federer went on to win the title, and <mask> consequently dropped back to No. 2 on 6 July 2009. On 4 August, <mask> confirmed that <mask> would return to play at the Rogers Cup in Montreal. There, he lost in the quarterfinals to Juan Martín del Potro.With this loss, he relinquished the No. 2 spot to Andy Murray on 17 August 2009, ranking outside the top two for the first time since 25 July 2005. At the US Open <mask> fell in the semifinals, losing to eventual champion Juan Martín del Potro. At the ATP Finals, <mask> lost all three of his matches against Robin Söderling, Nikolay Davydenko, and Novak Djokovic respectively without winning a set. In December, <mask> participated in the second Davis Cup final of his career. He defeated Tomáš Berdych in his first singles rubber to give the Spanish Davis Cup Team their first point in the tie. After the Spanish Davis Cup team had secured its fourth Davis Cup victory, <mask> defeated Jan Hájek in the first Davis Cup dead rubber of his

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<mask> has called 2010 his best year as a professional tennis player. The 2010 tennis season <mask> became the first male player in tennis history to win Grand Slam tournaments on three different surfaces (clay, grass and hard court) in the same calendar year. <mask> began the year by participating in the Capitala World Tennis Championship in Abu Dhabi. In the final, <mask> defeated Robin Söderling in straight sets. <mask> participated in the Qatar ExxonMobil Open ATP 250 event in Doha, where he lost in the finals to Nikolay Davydenko.In the Australian Open, <mask> reached the quarterfinals, where he had to pull out at 3–0 down in the third set against Andy Murray. After examining <mask>'s knees, doctors told him that he should take two weeks of rest, and then two weeks of rehabilitation. <mask> reached the semifinals in singles at the BNP Paribas Open in Indian Wells, where he was defeated by Ivan Ljubičić in three sets. After Indian Wells, <mask> reached the semifinals of the Sony Ericsson Open, where he lost to eventual champion Andy Roddick in three sets. <mask> won the Monte-Carlo Rolex Masters, beating Fernando Verdasco in the final. With this win, <mask> became the first player in the open era to win a tournament title for six straight years. <mask> next chose to skip the Barcelona tournament, and his next tournament was the Rome Masters.He defeated David Ferrer in the final for his fifth title at Rome. <mask> then won the 2010 Mutua Madrileña Madrid Open, defeating Roger Federer in straight sets. The win

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texts: gave him his 18th Masters title, breaking the all-time record. <mask> moved back to No. 2 the following day. Entering the French Open, many were expecting another <mask>-Federer final. However, Robin Söderling defeated Federer in the quarterfinals.<mask> advanced to the final and defeated Söderling in straight sets. The victory marked the second time that <mask> had won the French Open without dropping a set. In June, <mask> entered the AEGON Championships, which he had won in 2008. He was defeated by compatriot Feliciano López in the quarterfinals. At the Wimbledon Championships, he won his first two matches in straight sets. In the third round he needed five sets to defeat Philipp Petzschner. During the match <mask> was warned twice for allegedly receiving coaching from his coach and uncle, <mask>, resulting in a $2,000 fine by Wimbledon officials.He then defeated Andy Murray in the semifinals and Tomáš Berdych in the final to win his second Wimbledon title and his eighth career major title just past the age of 24. In his first tournament since Wimbledon, <mask> advanced to the semifinals of the Rogers Cup, where he was defeated by Andy Murray. <mask> also competed in the doubles with Djokovic in a high-profile partnership between the world Nos. 1 and 2. The pair lost in the first round to Milos Raonic and Vasek Pospisil. The next week, <mask> was the top seed at the Cincinnati Masters, losing in the quarterfinals to Marcos Baghdatis. At the 2010 US Open, <mask> reached his first final without dropping a set.In the final, he defeated Novak Djokovic in four sets, completing the Career Grand Slam for <mask>; he also became the second male after Andre


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 Agassi to complete a Career Golden Slam. <mask>'s US Open victory meant that he also became the first man to win majors on clay, grass, and hard courts in the same year, and the first to win the French Open, Wimbledon, and the US Open in the same year since Rod Laver in 1969. <mask>'s victory also clinched the year-end No. 1 ranking for 2010. <mask> began his Asian tour at the 2010 PTT Thailand Open in Bangkok where he lost to compatriot Guillermo García-López in the semifinals. <mask> was able to regroup, winning the 2010 Rakuten Japan Open Tennis Championships in Tokyo by defeating Gaël Monfils for his seventh title of the season. <mask> next played in the Shanghai Rolex Masters, where he lost to No.12 Jürgen Melzer in the third round. On 5 November, <mask> announced that he was pulling out of the Paris Masters owing to tendinitis in his left shoulder. On 21 November 2010, in London, <mask> won the Stefan Edberg Sportsmanship Award for the first time. At the 2010 ATP Finals in London, <mask> won all of his round-robin matches. In the semifinal, he defeated Murray in three sets, before losing to Roger Federer in the final. 2011: Sixth French Open title and Davis Cup crown

<mask> started 2011 by participating in the Mubadala World Tennis Championship in Abu Dhabi. In the final, he won over Roger Federer.At the Qatar ExxonMobil Open, he fell in straight sets Nikolay Davydenko in the semifinals. He and countryman López won the doubles title by defeating Daniele Bracciali and Andreas Seppi. In the quarterfinals of the Australian Open, <mask> suffered a hamstring injury against David Ferrer early in the pair's quarterfinal match and ultimately lost in


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texts: straight sets, thus ending his effort to win four major tournaments in a row. In March, <mask> helped Spain defeat Belgium in a 2011 Davis Cup World Group first-round tie in the Spiroudome in Charleroi, Belgium. <mask> defeated Ruben Bemelmans and Olivier Rochus. At both the 2011 BNP Paribas Open and the 2011 Sony Ericsson Open, <mask> reached the final and lost to Novak Djokovic in three sets. This was the first time <mask> reached the finals of Indian Wells and Miami in the same year.<mask> began his clay-court season by winning the 2011 Monte-Carlo Rolex Masters with the loss of just one set. In the final, he avenged his defeat by David Ferrer in the quarterfinals of the Australian Open. Just a week later, <mask> won his sixth Barcelona Open crown, again defeating Ferrer in straight sets. He then lost to Novak Djokovic in the Rome Masters and Madrid Open finals. However, <mask> retained his No. 1 ranking during the clay-court season and won his sixth French Open title by defeating Roger Federer. At Wimbledon, <mask> reached the final after three four-set matches.This set up a final against No. 2 Novak Djokovic, who had beaten <mask> in all four of their matches in 2011. After dropping the third set, Djokovic defeated <mask> in the fourth. Djokovic's success at the tournament also meant that the Serb overtook <mask> as world No. 1. After resting for a month from a foot injury sustained during Wimbledon, he contested the 2011 Rogers Cup, where he was beaten by Croatian Ivan Dodig in the quarterfinals. He next played in the 2011 Cincinnati Masters, where he lost to Mardy Fish, again in the quarterfinals.At the 2011 US Open, <mask> made headlines when

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 after defeating David Nalbandian in the fourth round, he collapsed in his post-match press conference because to severe cramps. He again lost in four sets to Novak Djokovic in the final. After the US Open, <mask> made the final of the Japan Open Tennis Championships. <mask>, who was the 2010 champion, was defeated by Andy Murray. At the Shanghai Masters, he was upset in the third round by No. 23 ranked Florian Mayer. At the 2011 ATP Finals, <mask> was defeated by Roger Federer and Jo-Wilfried Tsonga in the round-robin stage, and was subsequently eliminated from the tournament.In the Davis Cup final in December, he helped Spain win the title with victories over Juan Mónaco and Juan Martín del Potro. 2012: Seventh French Open title

<mask> began his ATP Tour season at the Qatar Open. In the semifinal, he lost to Gaël Monfils in two sets. In the Australian Open <mask> won his first four matches without dropping a set. He then won in his quarterfinal and semifinal matches against Tomáš Berdych and Roger Federer respectively. In the final, on 29 January, he was beaten by Novak Djokovic in a five-set match that lasted 5 hours and 53 minutes, the longest Grand Slam final of all time. <mask> made it to the semifinals in Indian Wells, where he was beaten in straight sets by eventual champion Roger Federer.He also made the semifinals in Miami, but withdrew because of knee problems. As the clay court season started, <mask> was seeded 2nd at the 2012 Monte-Carlo Rolex Masters. In the final he topped No. 1 Novak Djokovic to win his 8th consecutive Monte Carlo trophy. This ended a streak of seven straight final losses to Djokovic. A day after the Monte Carlo final,

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texts: <mask> traveled to Barcelona where he received a bye in the first round. His tremendous record on clay continued as he beat compatriot David Ferrer in a three-set final to clinch his seventh title in eight years at the Barcelona Open.At the Mutua Madrileña Madrid Open <mask> surprisingly lost to Fernando Verdasco, whom he held a 13–0 record against. He heavily criticized the new blue-colored clay and threatened not to attend in the future if the surface was not changed back to red clay. Several other players such as Novak Djokovic voiced similar criticism. In the last tournament before the French Open, <mask> defeated Djokovic in a tight straight-set final. This was his second victory over Novak Djokovic in 2012 and his third title of the season, as well as his 6th Rome title overall. At the 2012 French Open, <mask> dropped only 30 games against his first five opponents. In the semifinals he dismantled Ferrer to set up another final against Novak Djokovic.This marked the first time two opposing players faced each other in four consecutive Grand Slam finals. <mask> won the first two sets before Djokovic claimed the third. Play was suspended in the fourth set due to rain. When the match resumed the following day, <mask> won when Djokovic double-faulted on match point, sealing a record 7th French Open title for <mask>. By winning his seventh title at Stade Roland-Garros, <mask> surpassed Borg's overall titles record to become the most successful male player in French Open history. <mask> lost a total of only three sets in the 2012 clay court season. As a warm-up ahead of Wimbledon Nadal played in Halle, losing to Philipp Kohlschreiber in the

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 quarterfinals.At Wimbledon, <mask> was upset in the second round by Lukáš Rosol in a close five-set match. This was the first time since the Wimbledon 2005 championships that <mask> had failed to progress past the 2nd round of a Grand Slam tournament. In July 2012, <mask> withdrew from the 2012 Olympics owing to tendinitis in his knee, which subsequently led to him pulling out of both the Rogers Cup and the Cincinnati Masters. He later withdrew from the rest of the 2012 season, as he felt he still was not healthy enough to compete. <mask> ended 2012 ranked No. 4 in the world, the first time in eight years that he has not been ranked 1st or 2nd at the end of the year. 2013: Two major titles and back to No.1

Two weeks prior to the Australian Open, <mask> officially withdrew from the tournament citing a stomach virus. <mask>'s withdrawal saw him drop out of the ATP's Top Four for the first time since 2005. Playing in his first tournaments in South America since 2005, <mask> made his comeback at the VTR Open in Chile, where he was upset by Argentine No. 73 Horacio Zeballos in the final. At the Brasil Open, <mask> reached the final, where he defeated David Nalbandian. In the title match of the Abierto Mexicano Telcel in Acapulco, <mask> defeated David Ferrer, losing just two games in the match. <mask> then returned to the American hard courts, playing the Indian Wells Masters as the fifth seed.He lost only one set, and defeated No. 2 Roger Federer and No. 6 Tomáš Berdych before beating Juan Martín del Potro in the final. After withdrawing from Miami, <mask> attempted to defend his title at the Monte-Carlo Rolex Masters, but was beaten by Djokovic in


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texts: straight sets. He then won his eighth title at the Barcelona Open. <mask> went on to win the Mutua Madrid Open, beating Stanislas Wawrinka in the final. In May, he defeated Roger Federer for his 7th championship at the 2013 Rome Masters.These victories raised his ranking to No. 4. <mask> won the 2013 French Open after beating Novak Djokovic in the semifinal and David Ferrer in the final, breaking the record for the most match wins in the tournament in the process with his 59th match victory. His match with Djokovic is widely considered one of the greatest clay court matches ever played, as <mask> came back from down a break in the fifth set to take out a hard-fought 4-hour, 37-minute victory. <mask> then lost his first-round match at the 2013 Wimbledon Championships in straight sets to unseeded Belgian Steve Darcis (ranked No. 135), the first time he had ever lost in the first round of a Grand Slam. In August, <mask> won a close semifinal match in Montreal, denying Djokovic his fourth Rogers Cup title.<mask> proceeded to win the title after beating Milos Raonic in the final in straight sets. He won his 26th Masters title in Cincinnati on Sunday 18 August after beating John Isner in the final. <mask> concluded a brilliant North American hard court season with his 4th hard court title of the year, defeating Djokovic at the 2013 US Open final in four sets, bringing his Grand Slam count to 13 and giving him a male tennis record paycheck of $3.6 million. Later in September, <mask> helped Spain secure their Davis Cup World Group Playoff spot for 2014, with a victory against Sergiy Stakhovsky and a doubles win with Marc Lopez. In October, he reached the final

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 of the China Open, guaranteeing he would be back to the No. 1 ranking. In the final, he was beaten by Djokovic in straight sets.At the 2013 Shanghai Rolex Masters, he reached the semifinals but was defeated by Del Potro. In November, <mask> played his final event of the season in London at the 2013 ATP Finals where he secured the year-end No. 1 spot. He beat David Ferrer, Stanislas Wawrinka and Tomáš Berdych in the round robin stage to set up a semifinal victory over Roger Federer. <mask> met Djokovic in the final, losing in straight sets. 2014: Ninth French Open title and injuries

<mask> began his 2014 season at the Qatar Open in Doha, defeating Lukáš Rosol in the first round and he won the title after defeating Gaël Monfils in the final. At the Australian Open, he defeated Roger Federer to reach his third Australian Open final.This marked <mask>'s 11th consecutive victory in a Major semifinal, second only to Borg's all-time record of 14. In the final, he faced Stanislas Wawrinka, against whom he entered the match with a 12–0 record. However, <mask> suffered a back injury during the warm-up, which progressively worsened as the match wore on. <mask> lost the first two sets, and although he won the third set, he ultimately lost the match in four sets. The first tournament he played after that was the inaugural Rio Open which he won after defeating Alexandr Dolgopolov in the final. However, at the Indian Wells Masters, Dolgopolov would avenge his loss, defeating <mask> in three sets in the third round. He reached the final of the Miami Masters, falling to Novak Djokovic in straight sets.<mask> began his clay court season with a quarterfinal loss to David

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<mask> began the year as the defending Champion at the Qatar Open, but suffered a shocking three set defeat to Michael Berrer in the first round. He won the doubles title with Juan Mónaco. At the Australian Open, <mask> lost in straight sets to Tomáš Berdych in the quarterfinal, thus ending a 17-match winning streak against the seventh-seeded Czech. In February, <mask> lost in the semifinals to Fabio Fognini at the Rio Open, before


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 going on to win his 46th career clay-court title against Juan Mónaco at the Argentina Open. <mask> then participated at the Indian Wells and Miami Open but suffered early defeats to Milos Raonic and Fernando Verdasco, in the quarterfinals and third round respectively. <mask> then began his spring clay season at the Monte Carlo Masters and reached the semifinals where he lost to Novak Djokovic in straight sets. After losing to Fognini again at the Barcelona Open quarterfinals, <mask> entered the Madrid Open as the two-time defending champion but lost in the final to Andy Murray in straight sets, resulting in his dropping out of the top five for the first time since 2005.He then lost in the quarterfinals of the Rome Masters to Stan Wawrinka in straight sets. <mask> lost to eventual runner-up Djokovic in the quarterfinals of the French Open, ending his winning streak of 39 consecutive victories in Paris since his defeat by Robin Söderling in 2009. <mask> went on to win the 2015 Mercedes Cup against Serbian Viktor Troicki, his first grass court title since he won at Wimbledon in 2010. He was unable to continue his good form on grass as he lost in the first round of the Aegon Championships to Alexandr Dolgopolov in three sets. <mask>'s struggles continued when he lost in the second round of Wimbledon to Dustin Brown. In the third round of the 2015 US Open, <mask> once again lost to Fognini, despite having won the first two sets. This early exit ended <mask>'s record 10-year streak of winning at least one major.2016: Second Olympic gold medal

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texts: the Doha, Qatar, where he reached the finals, losing to Djokovic in straight sets. This was their 47th match, after which Djokovic led their head-to-head rivalry with 24 matches won. At the Australian Open, <mask> was defeated in five sets by compatriot Fernando Verdasco in the first round. The defeat marked his first opening round exit at the Australian Open. In April he won his 28th Masters title in Monte Carlo. He went on to win his 17th ATP 500 in Barcelona, winning the trophy for the ninth time in his career.He continued the clay court season in Madrid, falling to Murray in the semifinal. The following week, <mask> played in Rome Masters where he reached the quarterfinal. <mask> was again defeated by Djokovic in straight sets, although he had a break advantage in both sets and served to win the second. Following Federer's withdrawal due to injury, <mask> was named the fourth seed at the French Open. On 26 May, he became the eighth male player in tennis history to record 200 Grand Slam match wins, as he defeated Facundo Bagnis in straight sets in the second round of the Slam. Following the victory, however, <mask> had to withdraw from competition owing to a left wrist injury initially suffered during the Madrid Open, handing Marcel Granollers a walk-over into the fourth round. On 9 June, <mask> announced that the same wrist injury that forced him to withdraw from  the French Open needed more time to heal, and that he would not play at the 2016 Wimbledon Championships.At the Rio 2016 Olympics, <mask> achieved 800 career wins with his quarterfinal victory over the Brazilian Thomaz Bellucci. Partnering Marc López, he won the gold medal in men's doubles


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 event for Spain by defeating Romania's Florin Mergea and Horia Tecau in the finals. This made <mask> the second man in the open era to have won gold medals in both singles and doubles. <mask> also advanced to the bronze medal match in the men's singles but was defeated by Kei Nishikori. At the US Open <mask> was seeded #4 and advanced to the fourth round but was defeated by 24th seed Lucas Pouille in 5 sets. The defeat meant that 2016 was the first year since 2004 in which <mask> had failed to reach a Grand Slam quarter-final. He played the Shanghai Masters and was upset in the second round by Viktor Troicki.He subsequently ended his 2016 season to let his wrist recover. 2017: La Decima historic 10th French Open title, 3rd US Open title, and year-end No. 1

<mask> opened his season by playing at the Brisbane International for the first time, where he reached the quarterfinals before losing to Milos Raonic in three sets. In the second round of the tournament, he defeated Mischa Zverev for the loss of just two games;  <mask> began the Australian Open with straight-set wins over Florian Mayer and Marcos Baghdatis, before more difficult wins over Alexander Zverev and Gael Monfils, which set up his first quarterfinal berth at a Grand Slam since the 2015 French Open. <mask> defeated Raonic and Grigor Dimitrov in the quarterfinal and semifinal, respectively (the latter lasting for five sets over five hours), to set up a final against Roger Federer, his first Grand Slam final since he won the 2014 French Open. <mask> went on to lose to Federer in five sets; this was the first time that <mask> had lost to Federer in a Grand Slam since the final of the 2007


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texts: Wimbledon Championships. <mask> made it to the final of Acapulco without dropping a set, but was defeated by big-serving Sam Querrey.In a rematch of the Australian Open final <mask> took on Roger Federer in the fourth round at Indian Wells but again lost to his old rival, this time in straight sets; it was their earliest meeting in a tournament in over a decade. In the Miami Masters, <mask> reached the final to again play Federer, and was once again defeated in straight sets. <mask> then won his 29th Masters title in Monte Carlo; it was his tenth victory in the principality, the most wins by any player at a single tournament in the Open era. <mask> won his 18th ATP 500 title in Barcelona without dropping a set, also marking his tenth victory in Barcelona. <mask> next played in the Madrid Open, where he defeated Dominic Thiem to tie Novak Djokovic's all-time Masters record of 30 titles. <mask> went on to beat Stan Wawrinka in straight sets and win a record tenth French Open title. This marked his first Grand Slam title since 2014, ending his three-year drought in Grand Slams.<mask> won every set that he played in the tournament, dropping a total of only 35 games over his seven matches, which is the second-fewest by any male (second only to Björn Borg's 32 dropped games at the 1978 French Open) on the way to a title at a Grand Slam tournament in the Open era with all matches being best-of-five-sets. The achievement, called "La Décima" ("the tenth" in Spanish), made <mask> the first male or female in the Open era to win ten titles from a single Grand Slam tournament, following similar achievements in Monte Carlo and Barcelona. <mask> also climbed to second


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 on the all-time Grand Slam titles list, with 15 grand slam championships, putting him one ahead of Pete Sampras. <mask> lost in the round of 16 at Wimbledon, 13–15 in the fifth set, to Gilles Müller. He returned to competition in Montreal. He won his first match against Coric in straight sets but fell in the Round of 16 to Canadian teenager Denis Shapovalov. By 21 August, he retook the ATP No.1 ranking from Andy Murray. <mask> earned his third US Open title against first-time Grand Slam finalist Kevin Anderson, winning the final in straight sets. This marked the first time that <mask> had captured two Grand Slam tournaments in a year since 2013, and the second time since 2010. <mask> extended his winning streak by winning the China Open, winning the final against Nick Kyrgios in straight sets. On 11 September 2017, <mask> and Garbiñe Muguruza made Spain the first country since the United States 14 years ago to simultaneously top both the ATP and the WTA rankings, with Muguruza making her debut in the No. 1 spot. After defeating Hyeon Chung in the second round of the Paris Masters <mask> secured the year-end No.1. He became year-end No. 1 for the fourth time in his career, tying him for fourth all-time with Novak Djokovic, Ivan Lendl and John McEnroe, behind Pete Sampras (6), and Roger Federer and Jimmy Connors (5). By securing the year-end no. 1 ranking, <mask> became the first player aged over 30 to finish as year-end No. 1 and the first to finish in the top spot four years since he last achieved the feat; he also broke a number of other historical records, all of which he broke again in 2019. 2018: 11th French Open title

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texts: 20th ATP 500 series title, which put him back atop the list of most ATP 500 titles, tied with Roger Federer. It also marked his 14th consecutive season with at least one ATP 500 title. Fresh after achieving the 'Undecima' at Monte Carlo and Barcelona, <mask> had to defend yet another title at Madrid. He reached the quarterfinals, defeating Gael Monfils and Diego Schwartzman in straight sets, to extend his record to 50 consecutive sets won on clay, starting from the 2017 French Open.His win over Schwartzman broke John McEnroe's record of 49 straight sets won on a single surface. McEnroe had previously achieved the record on carpet in 1984. In a surprise, <mask> lost in straight sets to Dominic Thiem in the quarterfinals, ending his 21-match and record 50-set winning streaks on clay. He also relinquished his world No. 1 ranking to Federer in the process. At the Rome Masters, <mask> captured his 8th title in the Italian capital as well as his 78th career title, defeating Alexander Zverev in three sets, thus overtaking John McEnroe in the fourth place on the list of most titles won in the Open Era. It was <mask>'s 32nd Masters title – most of any player in the Open Era.With his victory in Rome, <mask> also regained the No. 1 spot from Federer. Then at the French Open, <mask> won his 17th Grand Slam title. This tied Margaret Court's record for singles titles at a Grand Slam event (Court won 11 Australian Opens, but seven came when it was the Australian Championships, an amateur event). En route to the title, <mask> dropped only one set, beating Dominic Thiem in the final in three sets. <mask> became just the fourth man in the Open Era to win three or more


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texts: major titles after turning 30. Going into Wimbledon, <mask> was ranked world number one, but was seeded second due to Wimbledon's seeding algorithm.He made it to the quarterfinals without dropping set. He then faced #5 seed Juan Martín del Potro, who he defeated in five sets. In the semifinals he faced long-time rival Novak Djokovic, who was aiming to reach his first major final since the 2016 US Open. This match lasted 5 hours and 17 minutes, spread over two days, becoming the second-longest Wimbledon semifinal in history, second only to the match between Kevin Anderson and John Isner held earlier on the same day. Djokovic defeated <mask> in five sets with the fifth set being 10–8. This was <mask>'s first defeat in the semifinals of a major since the 2009 US Open, and his first-ever defeat in the semifinals of Wimbledon. Despite this, <mask> achieved his best results at Wimbledon since 2011.This performance, combined with Roger Federer's unsuccessful title defense, ensured that <mask> retained the world number one ranking after the grass season. He then won the Rogers Cup, a record-extending 33rd Masters title. This was <mask>'s first Masters title win on hard court since 2013. He then withdrew from the Cincinnati Masters to prepare for the US Open. <mask> was the top seed during his title defense at the US Open. He first faced David Ferrer in Ferrer's last Grand Slam match, who retired due to injury during the second set. In his semi-final matchup against Juan Martin del Potro, <mask> retired after losing the second set 6–2 due to knee pain.On 31 October, he announced his withdrawal from the Paris Masters due to an abdominal injury and as a result


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 Novak Djokovic replaced him as world No. 1. 2019: 12th French Open and 4th US Open titles, year-end No. 1, and Davis Cup crown

<mask> was due to start his season at the Brisbane International, but withdrew shortly before due to an injury. He was seeded second at the Australian Open, where he progressed to his fifth Australian Open final, and did so without losing a set. <mask> then lost in straight sets to Novak Djokovic, winning only eight games for the match and marking <mask>'s first straight-sets defeat in a major final. <mask> next played at the Mexico Open, where he lost to Nick Kyrgios in the second round despite holding three match points.He withdrew from both Indian Wells and Miami due to a right hip injury. <mask> began the clay season at the Monte Carlo Masters, reaching the semifinals, where he was upset by Fabio Fognini in straight sets. He then competed in Barcelona, reaching the semifinals where he lost to Dominic Thiem in straight sets. In Madrid, he reached his third clay-court semifinal of the year, but lost to Stefanos Tsitsipas in three sets. He won his first tournament of the year in Rome, with a three-set win over Djokovic in the final. At the 2019 French Open, <mask> defeated Kei Nishikori and Roger Federer (their first meeting at the tournament since 2011) en route to the final, dropping only one set en route. In a rematch of the previous year's final, <mask> prevailed in four sets against Thiem to claim his record-extending twelfth French Open title.In doing so, he broke Margaret Court's all-time record of singles titles won at the same major. <mask> next played at Wimbledon and, like the previous year, reached the semifinals,


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texts: where he faced Federer for the first time at Wimbledon since the 2008 final. <mask> lost the match in four sets. At the Rogers Cup, <mask> was the defending champion and top seed. By defeating Fabio Fognini in the quarterfinals, he surpassed Roger Federer's record of 378 victories at Masters tournaments. In the final, <mask> yielded just three games to Daniil Medvedev, winning in straight sets. This victory marked the first time he defended a title on a surface other than clay.At the US Open, <mask> lost only one set (against Marin Čilić) en route to the final, where he won against Medvedev in five sets. In doing so, <mask> claimed his fourth US Open title and 19th major title overall (placing him only one behind Roger Federer in overall standings), and completed his second-best season in terms of Grand Slam singles results. At the Paris Masters, <mask> reached the semifinals, but withdrew due to an abdominal injury. At the ATP Finals, <mask> defeated Tsitsipas and Medvedev in the round-robin stage, but failed to progress to the semifinals. Despite his elimination, <mask> secured the year-end No. 1 ranking when Djokovic was also eliminated in the round-robin stage. This was <mask>'s fifth time as the year-end No.1 player, drawing level with Jimmy Connors, Federer and Djokovic behind Pete Sampras (six), and in doing so, he surpassed a number of the records he set in 2017, becoming (at the time) the oldest person to finish as the year-end No. 1 player, and creating a record eleven-year gap between his first and last year-end No. 1 seasons (2008 and 2019, respectively). At the 2019 Davis Cup Finals, <mask> helped Spain win its sixth Davis Cup title,


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<mask> began his 2020 season by playing at the inaugural 2020 ATP Cup and helped Spain reach the final where they lost to Serbia, with <mask> losing to Djokovic in straight sets. <mask> then played at the 2020 Australian Open and won his first three matches in straight sets against Hugo Dellien, Federico Delbonis and Pablo Carreño Busta.In the fourth round, he defeated Nick Kyrgios in four sets and reached the quarterfinals, where he lost to eventual runner-up Dominic Thiem in four sets. Afterwards, <mask> went on to win his third Mexican Open title, defeating Taylor Fritz in straights sets in the final. <mask> lost in the quarter-final of the Italian Open after Diego Schwartzman beat him in straight sets. <mask> won his 13th French Open title, beating Novak Djokovic in straight sets in the tournament's final, only losing seven games. In doing so, he won his 20th Grand Slam title, equalling Roger Federer's record as the man with the most Grand Slam titles. It also marked his 100th win at the tournament, losing only twice in 16 years. His straight-sets victory over Djokovic marked also the 4th time that he won a Grand Slam without losing a set, all at the French Open doing it also in 2008, 2010 and 2017.At the Paris Masters, <mask> defeated compatriot Feliciano López in the second round to get his 1,000 victory in the ATP Tour, becoming the


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 fourth man in the Open Era to achieve it. He then reached the semifinals where he lost to Alexander Zverev in straight sets. On 9 November 2020, <mask> reached his 790th back to back week as one of the ten highest placed players on the ATP Rankings and surpassed the record held by Jimmy Connors. At the 2020 ATP Finals, <mask> played in the London 2020 group. He defeated Rublev and defending champion Tsitsipas progressing to the semifinals and securing ending the year as no. 2. It was the first time since 2015 that <mask> reached the semifinals.<mask> then lost his semifinal match to eventual champion Daniil Medvedev in three sets. This was the seventh time that <mask> had finished Year-end No. 2 and now leads the "Big Three" with 12 Top 2 finishes. 2021: 12th Barcelona Open and 10th Italian Open titles, and injury-shortened season

At the 2021 Australian Open, <mask> lost in the quarterfinals to World No. 5 Stefanos Tsitsipas, despite being two sets to love up. This marked only the second time <mask> had lost a Grand Slam match after being two sets up. <mask> next played at the Monte Carlo Masters and defeated Federico Delbonis and Grigor Dimitrov in straight sets to reach the quarterfinals, where he lost to Andrey Rublev in three sets.On 25 April, <mask> won a record-extending twelfth Barcelona Open trophy with a three-set victory over Stefanos Tsitsipas in the final, saving a championship point in the third set. At 3 hours and 38 minutes, this was the longest best-of-three-set ATP Tour final since statistics started being tracked in 1991. He followed up in May by making the quarterfinals at the Madrid Open and winning his record-extending tenth Italian


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texts: Open title. In the latter, he saved two match points against Denis Shapovalov and defeated Novak Djokovic in the final. At the French Open, <mask> entered as the heavy favorite seeking to become the first man to win 21 majors. He reached the semifinals after wins over Jannik Sinner and Diego Schwartzman, where he encountered Novak Djokovic in a rematch of the previous year's final. There, <mask> was upset by eventual champion Djokovic in four sets, in only his third-ever loss at the French Open.Following his loss, <mask> withdrew from both Wimbledon and the Olympics, citing schedule reasons. <mask> returned to action at the 2021 Citi Open, revealing that his recent withdrawals were actually due to a recurring left foot injury that returned at the  2021 French Open. He defeated home favorite Jack Sock in a tight 3 set match before being upset by 50th ranked Lloyd Harris in the 3rd round. He was then set to defend his title at the National Bank Open, but withdrew from the tournament before his first match, citing the same foot injury. He also withdrew from the Cincinnati Masters. On 20 August 2021, just 10 days out from the US Open, <mask> announced that would be ending his 2021 season due to the left foot issue that had been troubling him for most of the year. Therefore, his ranking fell to No.6, due to his injury.<mask> returned to the court on 17 December 2021, in an exhibition match at the Mubadala World Tennis Championship in Abu Dhabi. Receiving a bye in the quarterfinals, <mask> lost to Andy Murray in the semifinals in straight sets. In the third place play-off, he lost to Denis Shapovalov in three sets. 2022: Second Australian Open title and 21st


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In January, <mask> won his 89th ATP singles title at Melbourne Summer Set 1, defeating first time finalist Maxime Cressy in the final. Following wins over Karen Khachanov, Denis Shapovalov, and Matteo Berrettini, <mask> won his second Australian Open title and a 21st major title overall by defeating Daniil Medvedev in a five-set final, coming back from two sets down. With the win, <mask> surpassed a tie held with Novak Djokovic and Roger Federer for the most men's singles major titles of all-time. <mask> also became the second man in the Open Era, after Djokovic, to complete the double career Grand Slam.At the Mexican Open, <mask> won the title without dropping a set, which included a win over Medvedev, who that week had clinched the world No. 1 ranking. He also extended his winning streak to 15 matches, his best start to a season in his career. Rivalries

<mask> vs. Federer

Roger Federer and <mask> have been playing each other since 2004, and their rivalry is a significant part of both men's careers. They held the top two rankings on the ATP Tour from July 2005 to 14 August 2009, and again from 11 September 2017 to 15 October 2018. They are the only pair of men to have ever finished four consecutive calendar years at the top. <mask> ascended to No.2 in July 2005 and held this spot for a record 160 consecutive weeks before surpassing Federer in August 2008. They have played 40 times. <mask> leads 24–16 overall and 10–4 in Grand Slam tournaments. <mask> has a winning record on clay (14–2) and outdoor hard courts (8–6), while Federer leads the indoor hard courts 5–1 and grass 3–1. As tournament seedings are based on rankings, 24 of their


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 matches have been in tournament finals, including a joint-record nine Grand Slam tournament finals (tied with Djokovic–<mask>). From 2006 to 2008, they played in every French Open and Wimbledon final, and also met in the title match of the 2009 Australian Open, the 2011 French Open and the 2017 Australian Open. <mask> won six of the nine, losing the first two Wimbledon finals.Four of these matches were five-set matches (2007 and 2008 Wimbledon, 2009 and 2017 Australian Open), and the 2008 Wimbledon final has been lauded as the greatest match ever by many long-time tennis analysts. <mask> is the only player who has competed and won against Federer in the final of a Grand Slam on all three surfaces (grass, hard, and clay). <mask> vs. Djokovic

Novak Djokovic and <mask> have met 58 times (more than any other pair in the Open Era). <mask> leads 10–7 at Grand Slam events but trails 28–30 overall. They have played a joint-record 17 Grand Slam matches (tied with Djokovic–Federer) and a joint-record nine Grand Slam tournament finals (tied with <mask>–Federer). <mask> leads on clay 19–8, while Djokovic leads on hard courts 20–7, and they are tied on grass 2–2. In 2009, this rivalry was listed as the third greatest of the previous 10 years by ATPworldtour.com.Djokovic is one of only two players to have at least ten match wins against <mask> (the other being Federer) and the only person to defeat <mask> seven consecutive times, and two times consecutively on clay. The two earlier shared the record for the longest match played in a best of three sets (4 hours and 3 minutes) at the 2009 Mutua Madrid Open semifinals until the match between Roger Federer and Juan


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texts: Martín del Potro in the London 2012 Olympics Semifinal, which lasted 4 hours and 26 minutes. They have also played in a record 14  ATP Masters finals. In the 2011 Wimbledon final, Djokovic won in four sets for his first Grand Slam final victory over <mask>. Djokovic also defeated <mask> in the 2011 US Open Final. In 2012, Djokovic defeated <mask> in the Australian Open final for a third consecutive Grand Slam final win over <mask>. This is the longest Grand Slam tournament final in Open era history at 5 hours, 53 minutes.<mask> won their last three 2012 meetings in the final of the Monte Carlo Masters, Rome Masters and French Open in April, May, and June 2012, respectively. In 2013, Djokovic defeated <mask> in straight sets in the final at Monte Carlo, ending <mask>'s record eight consecutive titles there, but <mask> got revenge at the French Open in an epic five-setter 9–7 in the fifth. In August 2013, <mask> won in Montreal, denying Djokovic his fourth Rogers Cup title. <mask> also defeated Djokovic in the 2013 US Open Final. <mask> defeated Djokovic in the 2014 French Open final. Djokovic then won seven consecutive meetings including a win in straight sets in the quarterfinals of the 2015 French Open which ended <mask>'s 39-match win streak at Stade Roland-Garros and an opportunity for a sixth consecutive title, with Djokovic becoming only the second player after Robin Söderling to defeat <mask> at the event. <mask> easily defeated Djokovic in the 2017 Madrid Open semifinals (6–2, 6–4), his first victory against the Serb since the 2014 French Open.When they next met <mask> beat Djokovic again, this time on clay in the 2018 Rome semifinals. They then

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<mask> and Andy Murray have met on 24 occasions since 2007, with <mask> leading 17–7.<mask> leads 7–2 on clay, 3–0 on grass, and 7–5 on hard courts (including 4–4 on outdoor courts, but <mask> leads 3–1 on indoor hard courts), but trails 1–3 in finals. The pair once met regularly at Grand Slam level, with nine out of their 23 meetings coming in Grand Slams, with <mask> leading 7–2 (3–0 at Wimbledon, 2–0 at the French Open, 1–1 at the Australian Open, and 1–1 at the US Open). Seven of these nine appearances have been in quarterfinals and semifinals, making the rivalry an important part of both men's careers. <mask> defeated Murray in three consecutive Grand Slam semifinals in 2011 from the French Open to the US Open. They have never met in a Grand Slam final, but Murray leads 3–1 in ATP finals, with <mask> winning at Indian Wells in 2009 and

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<mask>  and Stan Wawrinka have met 20 times, with <mask> leading . Although this rivalry has less significance than rivalries with the other members of the Big Four, the pair have met in several prestigious tournaments.The rivalry saw <mask> winning the first 12 encounters, all in straight sets, including 2 finals, one of which is a Masters final at Madrid in 2013. However, since Wawrinka's breakthrough season in 2013 the pair has won an almost equal number of matches against each other (3–4) from 2014 onward. Wawrinka scored his first win against <mask> in their most important encounter, the 2014 Australian Open final in 4 sets, denying <mask>'s double career slam. It was also the only match between the pair not resulting in a straight set win for either player. <mask> won their second Grand Slam final, at the 2017 French Open. <mask> vs. Ferrer
<mask> and compatriot David Ferrer met a total of 32 times, with the total record ending  in favor of <mask> with Ferrer's retirement. <mask> and Ferrer had met in several prestigious tournaments and important matches.Ferrer won their first meeting in 2004 in Stuttgart in 3 sets, but <mask> went on to win the next four until Ferrer defeated him in the 4th round of the 2007 US Open. The pair met in their first tournament final in 2008, in Barcelona, where <mask> won in three sets. They met a year later again in the Barcelona final, with <mask> taking the title in straight sets. In 2010, the pair met in their first Masters final in Rome, where <mask> won in straight sets. Ferrer, however, would get his revenge in


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 the 2011 Australian Open quarterfinal, defeating <mask> in straight sets for the first time in a grand slam. Their biggest meeting, came in the 2013 French Open final. Ferrer was in his first major final, whereas <mask> was aiming for his 8th title at the French Open, and 13th overall.It was a straightforward victory for <mask>, 6–3, 6–2, 6–3. Between that meeting and 2015, Ferrer and <mask> would go on to play 6 more matches, with <mask> winning 4 of the 6. In 2018, Ferrer announced that the US Open would be his last Grand Slam tournament, and he would retire the next year in the clay court season in Spain. <mask> and Ferrer had their first meeting since 2015 in the first round in the US Open. Ferrer's final grand slam match, however, ended in injury as he was forced to retire in the 2nd set against <mask>. Yet, in his second to last tournament in Barcelona, he would have one more meeting with <mask>. Although it was a straight sets victory it was a close match until the end, with the resilient Ferrer fighting until the last point.The overall score was 6–3, 6–3 in the final match between the two before Ferrer's retirement at the 2019 Madrid Open. <mask> vs. del Potro
<mask> and Juan Martin del Potro have met 17 times, with <mask> leading . Outside the Big Four, no active player has more wins against <mask> than del Potro. The two have met in many prestigious tournaments, including at three of the four majors and the Olympics. <mask> won their first four meetings between 2007 and 2009, before del Potro went on to win the next three, including a straight-sets victory at the 2009 US Open semifinals (he later went on to win the tournament by defeating


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 Roger Federer in the final). Their next significant meeting came during the 2011 Davis Cup final. <mask> beat del Potro in four sets to claim the Davis Cup for Spain.In 2013, <mask> denied del Potro his first Masters title, with a victory in the final of the Indian Wells Masters. However, del Potro got his revenge in the semifinals of the 2016 Rio Olympics, narrowly beating <mask> via a third-set tie break. After a long span of injuries for both players, the pair met at a major for the first time since 2011 at the 2017 US Open. Del Potro, coming off of a four-set victory over Federer, had reached the semifinals of a major for the first time since 2013. However, <mask> defeated del Potro in four sets. The pair then met in three of the four majors in 2018, including a memorable match in the Wimbledon quarterfinals. The match went on for nearly five hours, with <mask> coming out on top, 7–5, 6–7, 4–6, 6–4, 6–4.The pair met again at the 2018 US Open, where <mask> retired against del Potro in the semifinals. Del Potro then progressed to his first major final since his victory at the 2009 US Open, but lost in straight sets to Novak Djokovic. <mask> vs. Berdych
<mask> and Tomas Berdych met a total of 24 times, with <mask> leading . Although this rivalry is lopsided mostly in favor of <mask>, the two had several close matches in prestigious tournaments. The pair met at 2 of the 4 grand slams, with 3 meetings at the Australian Open and 2 at Wimbledon, including the 2010 final. <mask> and Berdych first met in an ATP tournament in Båstad, where both men reached the final. <mask> won the match in 3 sets, in what was only his 8th title on the tour.<mask> and Berdych


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texts: met a few more times in 2005–06, all in Masters tournaments. Out of their 4 matches, Berdych was able to win in 3, in Canada, Madrid, and Cincinnati. Their first meeting in a Grand Slam came at Wimbledon in 2007. They met in the QF, where <mask> defeated Berdych in straight sets. Their next significant meeting was in the opening round of the 2009 Davis Cup Final, where <mask> again defeated Berdych in straight sets. Spain went on to win the Davis Cup that year. Their next meeting in a final came at a Grand Slam, in Wimbledon.<mask> had reached his 4th Wimbledon final, in an attempt to win his second title. Berdych had reached his first Grand Slam final, defeating Roger Federer in 4 sets in the quarterfinal and Novak Djokovic in straight sets in the SF. However, the Spaniard was too good for the Czech in the final, and <mask> won in straight sets to take his 8th Grand Slam title. Their next meeting in a Grand Slam came only two years later in the 2012 Australian Open quarterfinal, where <mask> won in 4 tight sets. <mask> would later go on to lose the final to Djokovic in 5 sets. After multiple meetings from 2012 to 2014, all of which were won by <mask>, the pair met again at the 2015 Australian Open quarterfinal. Here, after 18 straight losses over 9 years, Berdych was able to claim a win over <mask>, and his only in a Grand Slam against the Spaniard.Berdych won the match in straight sets, including a bagel (6–0) in the second. The two met later in 2015 in Madrid, where <mask> won in straight sets. After a long gap of 4 years, <mask> and Berdych's last encounter was at the 2019 Australian Open R16. After both players had prematurely ended their 2018


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<mask> stands alone in the Open Era as the player with the most Clay court titles (62), and holds an all-time record of 13 French Open titles, 12 Barcelona titles, 11 Monte-Carlo Masters titles, and 10 Rome titles.He also stands alone with the longest single-surface win streak in matches (Clay courts, 81) and in sets (Clay courts, 50) in the history of the Open Era. <mask>'s dominance on Clay is reflected by his honorific title as the "King of Clay", and he is widely regarded as the greatest Clay-court player in history. <mask>'s records and evolution into an all-court champion have established him as one of the greatest players in tennis history, with some former tennis players and analysts considering him to be the greatest tennis player of all time. Former tennis player and eight-time Grand Slam champion Andre Agassi picked <mask> as the greatest of all time because of the way the Spaniard "had to deal with Federer, Djokovic, Murray in the golden age of tennis". <mask> leads the head-to-head record in Grand Slams against the other members of the Big Three and holds the record for the most Slams won beating a Big Three member en route (13). <mask> is one of three male tennis players, along with Mats Wilander and Djokovic, to win at least two Grand Slams on three different surfaces (Hard, Grass and Clay courts). <mask> is also one of two male tennis players, along with


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<mask>'s playing style and personality has been described by Jimmy Connors: "He's built out of a mold that I think I came from also, that you walk out there, you give everything you have from the first point to the end no matter what the score. And you're willing to lay it all out on the line and you're not afraid to let the people see that." <mask> generally plays an aggressive, behind-the-baseline game founded on heavy topspin groundstrokes, consistency, speedy footwork and tenacious court coverage, thus making him an aggressive counterpuncher. Known for his athleticism and speed around the court, <mask> is an excellent defender who hits well on the run, constructing winning plays from seemingly defensive positions. He also plays very fine dropshots, which work especially well because his heavy topspin often forces opponents to the back of the court.<mask> employs a semi-western grip forehand, often with a "lasso-whip" follow-through, where his left arm hits through the ball and finishes above his left shoulder – as opposed to a more traditional finish across the body or around his opposite shoulder. <mask>'s forehand groundstroke form allows him to hit shots with heavy


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 topspin – more so than many of his contemporaries. San Francisco tennis researcher John Yandell used a high-speed video camera and special software to count the average number of revolutions of a tennis ball hit full force by <mask>. Yandell concluded:

While <mask>'s shots tend to land short of the baseline, the characteristically high bounces his forehands achieve tend to mitigate the advantage an opponent would normally gain from capitalizing on a short ball. Although his forehand is based on heavy topspin, he can hit the ball deep and flat with a more orthodox follow through for clean winners. <mask>'s serve was initially considered a weak point in his game, although his improvements in both first-serve points won and break points saved since 2005 have allowed him to consistently compete for and win major titles on faster surfaces. <mask> relies on the consistency of his serve to gain a strategic advantage in points, rather than going for service winners.However, before the 2010 US Open, he altered his service motion, arriving in the trophy pose earlier and pulling the racket lower during the trophy pose. Before the 2010 U.S. Open, <mask> modified his service grip to a more continental one. These two changes in his serve increased his average speed by around 10 mph during the 2010 US Open, maxing out at 135 mph (217 km/h), allowing him to win more free points on his serve. Since the 2010 US Open, <mask>'s serve speed dropped to previous levels and was again cited as in need of improvement. From 2019 onwards, several analysts praised <mask>'s improvement on the serve, noting the speed of his serve had increased. After signing his new coach Carlos Moyá


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Equipment and endorsements
<mask> has been sponsored by Kia Motors since 2006. He has appeared in advertising campaigns for Kia as a global ambassador for the company. In May 2008, Kia released a claymation viral ad featuring <mask> in a tennis match with an alien. In May 2015, <mask> extended his partnership with Kia for another five years. Nike serves as <mask>'s clothing and shoe sponsor. <mask>'s signature on-court attire entailed a variety of sleeveless shirts paired with 3/4 length capri pants. For the 2009 season, <mask> adopted more-traditional on-court apparel.Nike encouraged <mask> to update his look in order to reflect his new status as the sport's top player at that time and associate <mask> with a style that, while less distinctive than his "pirate" look, would be more widely emulated by consumers. At warmup tournaments in Abu Dhabi and Doha, <mask> played matches in a polo shirt specifically designed for him by Nike, paired with shorts cut above the knee. <mask>'s new, more conventional style carried over to the 2009 Australian Open, where he was outfitted with Nike's Bold Crew Men's Tee and Nadal Long Check Shorts. <mask> wears Nike's Air CourtBallistec 2.3 tennis shoes, bearing various customizations throughout the season, including his nickname "Rafa" on the right shoe and a stylized bull logo on the left. He became the face of Lanvin's L'Homme Sport cologne in April 2009. <mask> uses an AeroPro Drive


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 joined the group of sports endorsers of the PokerStars online poker cardroom. <mask> won a charity poker tournament against retired Brazilian football player Ronaldo in 2014. Court name and tributes
In April 2017, the centre court of the Barcelona Open was named Pista Rafa Nadal. In 2021, prior to the start of tournament, Roland-Garros paid tribute to <mask> with the installation of a 3-meters tall steel statue at Stade Roland Garros.It was created by Jordi Díez Fernández, one of Spain's most renowned sculptors. In popular culture
In February 2010, <mask> was featured in the music video of Shakira's "Gypsy". and part of her album release She Wolf. In explaining why she chose <mask> for the video, Shakira was quoted as saying in an interview with the Latin American Herald Tribune: "I thought that maybe I needed someone I could in some way identify with. And <mask> is a person who has been totally committed to his career since he was very young. Since he was 17, I believe." Asteroid
128036 <mask>nadal is a main belt asteroid discovered in 2003 at the Observatorio Astronómico de Mallorca and named after <mask>.The decision to name the asteroid after Nadal was made by the International Astronomical Union in response to a request by the observatory. The asteroid is four kilometers in diameter and travels through space at a speed of 20 km per second. Off the court

Rafa Nadal Sports Centre
<mask> owns and trains at the Rafa Nadal Sports Centre () in his hometown of Manacor, Mallorca. The centre houses the Rafa Nadal Tennis Academy, where the American International School of Mallorca is located. Also located in the centre is a sports residence, a <mask>

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<mask> took part in Thailand's "A Million Trees for the King" project, planting a tree in honour of King Bhumibol Adulyadej on a visit to Hua Hin during his Thailand Open 2010. "For me it's an honour to be part of this project", said <mask>. "It's a very good project. I want to congratulate the Thai people and congratulate the King for this unbelievable day. I wish all the best for this idea. It's very, very nice."Fundación Rafa Nadal
The creation of the Fundación Rafa Nadal took place in November 2007, and its official presentation was in February 2008, at the Manacor Tennis Club in Mallorca, Spain. The foundation will focus on social work and development aid particularly on childhood and youth. On deciding why to start a foundation, <mask> said "This can be the beginning of my future, when I retire and have more time, [...] I am doing very well and I owe society, [...] A month-and-a-half ago I was in Chennai, in India. The truth is we live great here....I can contribute something with my image..." <mask> was inspired by the Red Cross benefit match against malaria with Real Madrid goalkeeper Iker Casillas, recalling, "We raised an amount of money that we would never have imagined. I have to thank Iker, my project partner, who went all out for it, [...] That is why the time has come to set up my own foundation and determine the destination of the money." <mask>'s mother, Ana María Parera, chairs the charitable organization and father Sebastian is vice-chairman. Coach and uncle <mask> and his agent, former tennis player Carlos Costa, are also involved.Roger Federer has given <mask> advice on getting involved in philanthropy. Despite the fact that

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<mask> opened his tennis academy centre to Majorca flood victims in October 2018. By that time he was recovering at home in Majorca, shortly after having to leave the US Open due to injury and one day after the flood he worked personally with some friends to help the victims. Later, <mask> donated  €1 million for rebuilding Sant Llorenç des Cardassar, the most affected town by the floods in the island.<mask> also organized other charitable activities to help repair the damage of the disaster, such as the Olazábal & Nadal charity golf tournament  and a charity tennis match in which he was going to participate and that had to be suspended because he had to have an operation on an ankle injury. Other charities
Nadal supports or has supported other charities, such as City Harvest, Elton John AIDS Foundation, Laureus Sport for Good Foundation and Small Steps Project

Involvement in football
<mask> is an avid fan of association football club Real Madrid. On 8 July 2010, it was reported that he had become a shareholder of RCD Mallorca, his local club by birth, in an attempt to assist the club from debt. <mask> reportedly owns 10 percent and was offered the role of

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<mask> lived with his parents and younger sister María Isabel in a five-storey apartment building in their hometown of Manacor, Mallorca. In June 2009, Spanish newspaper La Vanguardia, and then The New York Times, reported that his parents, Ana María and Sebastián, had separated. This news came after weeks of speculation in Internet posts and message boards over <mask>'s personal issues as the cause of his setback. <mask> is an agnostic atheist. As a young boy, he would run home from school to watch Goku in his favorite Japanese anime, Dragon Ball. CNN released an article about <mask>'s childhood inspiration, and called him "the Dragon Ball of tennis" owing to his unorthodox style "from another planet".<mask> speaks Spanish, Balearic Catalan and English.


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 In addition to tennis and football, <mask> enjoys playing golf and poker. In April 2014, he played the world's No. 1 female poker player, Vanessa Selbst, in a poker game in Monaco. In October 2020, <mask> competed in the professional-level Balearic Golf Championship, obtaining a World Amateur Golf Ranking in the process. <mask>'s autobiography, Rafa (Hyperion, 2012, ), written with assistance from John Carlin, was published in August 2011. <mask> has been in a relationship with María Francisca (Mery) Perelló Pascual (often mistakenly referred to as Xisca in the press) since 2005, and their engagement was reported in January 2019.The couple married in October 2019. Despite being left-handed while playing tennis, <mask> is known for being right-handed while doing things in everyday life such as writing and playing golf. Career statistics

Grand Slam tournament performance timeline

Current through the 2022 Australian Open. Year–End Championships performance timeline

Olympic gold medal matches

Records

All-time tournament records

Open Era records
 These records were attained in the Open Era of tennis. Records in bold indicate peer-less achievements. Records in italics are currently active streaks. ^ Denotes consecutive streak.Professional awards
 ITF World Champion: 2008, 2010, 2017, 2019
 ATP Player of the Year: 2008, 2010, 2013, 2017, 2019

See also
 All-time tennis records – men's singles
 ATP Tour records (since 1990)
 List of ATP number 1 ranked singles tennis players (since 1973)
 List of career achievements by <mask>
 List of Grand Slam men's singles champions
 Open Era tennis records – men's singles (since 1968)
 Sport in Spain
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<mask> (born 7 February 1956, in Turin) is an Italian continental philosopher and scholar, whose name is associated especially with the philosophical current named "new realism" -- Ferraris wrote the Manifesto of New Realism in 2012, which was published by SUNY Press in 2014) -- which shares significant similarities with speculative realism and object oriented ontology. A pupil of Gianni Vattimo, and influenced by Jacques Derrida, Ferraris began as a theorist of hermeneutics before turning his attention to analytic philosophy. Over the years he has been able to create an effective synthesis between the two approaches, creating a new ontological realism that rejects Kant's schematism in the domain of cognition. Since 1995, <mask> has been Professor of Philosophy in the Department of Literature and Philosophy at the University of Turin, where he also runs the LabOnt (Laboratory for Ontology). He studied in Turin, Paris and Heidelberg and has taught at major European Universities. He is the editor of the Rivista di Estetica and is a member of the editorial board of Critique and aut aut. From 1989 to 2010 Ferraris contributed regularly to the cultural supplement of the Italian newspaper Il Sole 24 ORE.Since 2010 he has been writing for the cultural section of La Repubblica. His main areas of expertise are hermeneutics, aesthetics and ontology. Biography
Ferraris graduated from philosophy at the University of Turin in 1979, under the guidance of Gianni Vattimo. In the early years of his career he divided his time between teaching, research and cultural journalism. From 1979 to 1988 he has been an editor, and then

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texts: co-director, of Alfabeta, whose directive committee includes, among others, Antonio Porta, Nanni Balestrini, Maria Corti, Umberto Eco, Francesco Leonetti, Pier Aldo Rovatti and Paolo Volponi. In the early eighties he began his relationship with Derrida, who deeply marked his philosophical training. On the academic level, in 1984, after two years of teaching in Macerata (1982–83), he began to teach in Trieste, interspersing his didactic activities with a series of stays in Heidelberg.Here, after getting in contact with Gadamer, he started his studies in hermeneutics. In 1995, Ferraris was called in Turin, as a full Professor of Aesthetics, and later began teaching Metaphysics (Filosofia teoretica) in 1999. While working as a director of program (i.e. teacher) at the Collège international de philosophie from 1998 to 2004, in 1999 he founded the Laboratory for Ontology (LabOnt) and the Inter-University Centre for Theoretical and Applied Ontology (CTAO). Currently <mask> is full Professor of Philosophy at the University of Turin, where he is also the President of the LabOnt (Laboratory for Ontology) and of the Centre for Theoretical and Applied Ontology (CTAO). He is a Fellow of Käte Hamburger Kolleg “Recht als Kultur” (Bonn) and a Honorary Fellow of the Center for Advanced Studies of South East Europe (Rijeka). Ferraris has been Fellow of the Italian Academy for Advanced Studies in America and of the Alexander von Humboldt Stiftung.He has also been Directeur d’études of the Collège International de Philosophie and a Visiting Professor at the École des Hautes Études en Sciences Sociales (Paris) as well as other


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 European and American Universities. Ferraris is a columnist for ‘La Repubblica’, the Director of ‘Rivista di Estetica’, and the Co-director of ‘Critique’ and the ‘Revue francophone d’esthétique’. He wrote more than fifty books that have been translated into several languages. The books that have appeared in English are: History of Hermeneutics (Humanities Press, 1996), Documentality or Why it is Necessary to Leave Traces (Fordham UP, 2012), Goodbye Kant! (SUNY UP, 2013); Where Are You? An Ontology of the Cell Phone (Fordham UP, 2015) and Manifesto of New Realism (SUNY UP, 2015). <mask> <mask> has worked in the field of aesthetics, hermeneutics and social ontology, attaching his name to the theory of documentality, and contemporary new realism.Thought
Ferraris’ early interests lay in French post-structuralist philosophy, with special attention to authors such as Jean-François Lyotard, Michel Foucault, Jacques Lacan and Gilles Deleuze. A special role in the formation of his thought was undoubtedly played by Jacques Derrida, with whom Ferraris has maintained a relationship of research, later turned into a friendship, since 1981. Evidence of this phase of his thought can be found in his early works: Differenze (1981), Tracce (1983) and La svolta testuale (1984). Ferraris has specifically dedicated to Derrida: Postille a Derrida (1990), Honoris causa a Derrida (1998), Introduzione a Derrida (2003), Il gusto del segreto (1997) [A Taste for the Secret, Blackwell 2001] and, finally, Jackie Derrida. Ritratto a memoria (2006). While working with Gadamer, starting in the early eighties, Ferraris then turned to

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 applies to: that of social objects. This new phase of Ferraris’ thought was ideally inaugurated with the publication of Dove sei? Ontologia del telefonino (2005) [Where are you?Ontology of the Cell Phone, forthcoming for Fordham UP] and went on with Babbo Natale, Gesù adulto (2006), Sans Papier (2007), La fidanzata automatica (2007) and Il tunnel delle multe (2008). The basic thesis is that the distinction between ontology and epistemology, combined with the acknowledgment of the ontological autonomy of the sphere of social objects (regulated by the constitutive law "object = inscribed act"), allows for the correction of Derrida's thesis that "there is nothing outside the text "(literally, and asemantically,"there is no outside text") so as to theorize, against Searle, that “there is nothing social outside the text." This leads to the mature stage of Ferraris’ thought, fully exposed and systematized in what may be considered his summa: Documentalità. Perché è necessario lasciar tracce (2009) [Documentality. Why It Is Necessary to Leave Traces, Fordham UP, 2010] - and a monographic issue of the ‚“Monist“  (Edited by <mask> <mask> and Leonardo Caffo). Documentality
The most influential ontology of social reality, formulated by the American philosopher John Searle (1995), is based on collective intentionality, which allegedly ensures that certain physical objects (e.g. a piece of paper) are transformed into social objects (e.g.a banknote). As noted by Barry Smith (2003), this perspective has difficulty in accounting for both negative entities – such as debts, which apparently do not have a physical counterpart


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The realist turn carried out by <mask> Ferraris starting from the formulation of aesthetics not as philosophy of art, but as ontology of perception and sensory experience (Estetica razionale 1997 new edition 2011), finds a further declination in the Manifesto del nuovo realismo (2012) [Manifesto of new realism, SUNY Press, 2014]. New Realism – the principles of which were anticipated by Ferraris in an article published in La Repubblica on 8 August 2011 and which then started a massive debate – is primarily a consideration of some historical, cultural and political phenomena (i.e. the analysis of postmodernism up to its deteriorating into media populism).From these reflections follows the urge to shed light over the outcomes produced by the derivations of postmodernism within contemporary thought (i.e. the interpretation of philosophical realisms and "theories of truth" that developed starting from the end of last century in response to a deviation of the relationship between the individual and reality). This, in turn, leads to the proposal of an antidote to the degeneration of postmodernist ideology and the degraded and mendacious relationship with the world that it has caused: New Realism, in fact, identifies itself with the synergistic action of three key words, Ontology, Critique and Enlightenment. New Realism has been the


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 subject of several debates and national and international conferences and has called for a series of publications that involve the concept of reality as a paradigm even in non-philosophical areas. In fact, the debate on new realism, for number of contributions and media response, has no equivalent in the recent cultural history, to the point of being chosen as 'case study' for the analysis of the sociology of communication and linguistics. In the international arena, the Manifesto of new realism can be found in several translations: English (SUNYI Press), French (Hermann), German (Klostermann), Spanish (Biblioteca Nueva) ecc. New realism was discussed in the Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung, in the Neue Zürcher Zeitung and the Süddeutsche Zeitung.A monographic issue of the ‚“Monist“  (Edited by <mask> <mask> and Mario De Caro) will also shortly appear. Furthermore, the topic was re-elaborated both in Warum es die Welt nicht gibt by Markus Gabriel (Berlin, Ullstein Verlag 2013) and in Manifiesto del nuevo realismo analógico (Buenos Aires, Circulo Herméneutico 2013) by Mauricio Beuchot (México-UNAM) and José Luis Jerez (Argentina-UNCo). History:
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<mask> (born 1969) is a Uruguayan American writer. Life
He was born in Tacuarembó, Uruguay. He received a professional degree in Architecture in 1996 from the University of the Republic in Montevideo and studied at Escuela Nacional de Bellas Artes. He traveled extensively to gather material that would later become part of his novels and essays and was a professor at the Universidad Hispanoamericana of Costa Rica and at Escuela Técnica del Uruguay, where he taught art and mathematics. In 2003 he entered the University of Georgia, where he obtained a Masters and a Ph.D. in the Department of Romance Languages. He is a member of the scientific committee of the Araucaria review of Spain, The Honor Society of Phi Kappa Phi, and a Professional Member of PEN American Center. He taught at the University of Georgia and was a professor at Lincoln University in Pennsylvania.Currently, he is a professor at Jacksonville University. Dr. Majfud has won many research awards including the Excellence in Research Award in Humanities and Letters 2006, Casa de las Américas prize 2001, Juan Rulfo Award finalist 2011, and Faculty Award for Excellence in Scholarship and Professional Activities, Jacksonville University, 2013. His novels and essays are under study in different universities in Europe, the U.S., and Latin America. "He is one of the most important writers of a new generation of Latino intellectuals". In 2012, readers of the American magazine Foreign Policy (now EsGlobal in Spanish) recognized him as "The Most Influential Latin American Intellectual"
He delivered public lectures at many universities and events around the world

Works
His publications include:
Hacia qué patrias del silencio / memorias de un desaparecido (novel, 1996)
Crítica de la pasión pura (essays, 1998)
La reina de América (novel, 2001)
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 narración de lo invisible / Significados ideológicos de América Latina (essays, 2006)
Perdona nuestros pecados (short stories, 2007)
La ciudad de la Luna (novel, 2009)
Crisis (novel, 2012)
Cyborgs (essays, 2012)
 El eterno retorno de Quetzalcoátl, 2012. Cuentos, audiobook, 2014
 Cine político latinoamericano, essays, 2014
 Herrmenéutica, essays, 2014
 El pasado siempre vuelve, short stories, 2014
 Algo salió mal, short stories, 2015
 El mar estaba sereno, novel, 2017
 USA. ¿Confía Dios en nosotros?, essays, 2017
 Neomedievalism.Reflections on the Post-Enlightenment Era, essays, 2018
 Tequila, novel, 2018
 El mismo fuego, novel, 2019
 Perros sí, negros no, essays, 2020
 Silicona 5.0, novel, 2020
 La frontera salvaje: 200 años de fanatismo anglosajón en América latina, history essay, 2021
 La privatización de la verdad. La continuidad de la ideología esclavista en Estados Unidos, essay, 2021

As contributor or editor

 2020, Crónicas del coronavirus (Editorial Irreverentes)
 2020, Diccionario de autobiografías intelectuales (Universidad Nacional de Lanus)
 2019, Unwanted People (University of Valencia Press, PUV) by Aviva Chomsky. 2018, Cinco entrevistas a Noam Chomsky (Le Monde Diplomatique / Editorial Aun Creemos en los Sueños) by Michel Foucault, Ignacio Ramonet, Daniel Mermet, <mask>d y Federico Kukso. 2018, "Vsa teža zakona" (Zgodbe iz Urugvaja. Antologija sodobne urugvajske kratke proze/Anthology of contemporary Uruguayan short prose). Translated by Yuri Kunaver. 2017, The Routledge History of Latin American Culture (Edited by Carlos Manuel Salomon)  Routledge Histories.2017, Pertenencia. Narradores sudamericanos en Estados Unidos. Antología. (Melanie Márquez Adams, Hemil García Linares, editores). Ars Communis Editorial, Publisher. .
 2016, Ruido Blanco. Antología de cuentos de ciencia ficción uruguaya. (Mónica Marchesky,


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 Tiempos del Mundo of Washington, Monthly Review of New York, The Huffington Post, Milenio of Mexico, Jornada of La Paz, Panama America, El Nuevo Herald of Miami, Página/12 of Buenos Aires, Cambio16 of Spain, Centro Cervantes of Madrid, The Humanist of the American Humanist Association, Radio Uruguay, Radio Nacional de Argentina , Radio Exterior de España], Radio Popolare Roma, NTN 24 TV , Russia TV (RT), and many other daily and weekly newspapers. He is a member of the International Scientific Committee of the magazine Araucaria  in Spain. His essays and articles have been translated into Portuguese, French, English, German, Italian, Basque, Greek, and many others. He is also the editor and translator of Ilusionistas, the latest book of Noam Chomsky in Spanish (Madrid, 2012). He has published many books with authors like Slavoj Zizek, Eduardo Galeano, Ray Bradbury, José Saramago, Mario Vargas Llosa, Carlos Fuentes, and Ernesto Sábato. In November 2019, after the coup d'état in Bolivia, <mask>d called on OAS Secretary General Luis Almagro to resign from his post. The letter went viral and was supported by millions of Latin Americans.Awards
He has distinguished himself in different international contests, for example:
Mention at Premio Casa de las Américas, in Habana, Cuba in 2001, for the novel La Reina de América, "because it stands out as an intense writing regarding the established powers by the use of parody and irony," according to the panel of judges composed of Belén Gopegui (Spain), Andrés Rivera (Argentina), Mayra Santos Febres (Puerto Rico) and others
Excellence in Research Award, University of Georgia, 2006
Faculty Award for Excellence in Scholarship and Professional Activities, Jacksonville University, 2013. 2014 International Latino Book Awards Finalist
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Further reading
 Ferrer Herrero, Raúl. El otro en <mask>, Leonor. De un infierno a otro: El migrante latino en Crisis de <mask>fud Rio: Universidade do Estado do Rio de Janeiro Press, 2018
 Taiano, Leonor. Finisterre: en el últimolugar del mundo. "Huyendo hacia la paradoja del tío Sam: Consideraciones sobre Crisis de <mask>fud" (123-148)
 Gianni, Silvia M. "Identidad de la ausencia", University of Milan.(117-122)

References

External links

 "Los 10 autores hispanos del momento", Impacto Latin News, New York, 2013. Twitter
 "La escritura sin anestesias de un uruguayo universal: Entrevista a <mask>fud" Revista Mito, by Leonor Taiano. June 8, 2016. Books in WorldCat
 Editorial Baile del Sol
 Ediciones Irreverentes
 The Age of Barbaria
 "Crossing borders and more: A professor profile on Dr. <mask>d"
 Introducción a la literatura
 Tendencias
 La Republica's Critique and Book Review
 La ciudad de la Luna, a Spanish National Radio Interview
 An Interview
 La ciudad de la Luna
 Narrativa uruguaya de principios de siglo. Amazon.com
 Radio Exterior de España
 Línea Abierta. Texas-California edition. Entrevista de Samuel Schmidt (Audio)
 Nuevos escritores uruguayos: Centro Virtual Cervantes
 Pensamiento Latinoamericano
 Books at Biblioteca Miguel de Cervantes
 Cambio16
 Interview of María Luisa Pedrós

1969 births
Living people
People from Tacuarembó
Psychological fiction writers
Uruguayan people of Lebanese descent
Uruguayan male writers
Hispanic and Latino American writers
Hispanic and Latino American novelists
American Spanish-language writers
Latin Americanists
Uruguayan architects
University of the Republic (Uruguay) alumni
University of Georgia alumni
Jacksonville University faculty
Uruguayan emigrants to the United States
21st-century American novelists
American male novelists
21st-century American male writers
Novelists from

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Jorge Majano
Jorge Maj
Jorge Maj
Jorge Maj
Jorge Majfu