Tennis in Spain clay, grass, and hardcourt. In addition, Nadal is the men's singles Gold Medalist at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, China and men's doubles gold medalist at the 2016 Rio de Janeiro Summer Olympics. In 2010, 2013 and 2017, he won the U.S. Open. He currently has seventeen Grand Slam titles to his name: eleven French Open titles, two Wimbledon titles, three US Open titles, and one Australian Open title, making him second only to Roger Federer, who has won 20 major titles. Spain has produced several other world number one players; Arantxa Sánchez Vicario in 1995 (a three-time French
1996 US Open (tennis) 1996 US Open (tennis) The 1996 US Open was a tennis tournament played on outdoor hard courts at the USTA National Tennis Center in New York City in New York in the United States. It was the 116th edition of the US Open and was held from August 26 through September 8, 1996. Pete Sampras defeated Michael Chang 6–1, 6–4, 7–6 Steffi Graf defeated Monica Seles 7–5, 6–4 Todd Woodbridge / Mark Woodforde defeated Jacco Eltingh / Paul Haarhuis 4–6, 7–6, 7–6 Gigi Fernández / Natasha Zvereva defeated Jana Novotná / Arantxa Sánchez Vicario 1–6, 6–1, 6–4 Lisa Raymond /