Rafael Nadal secured its fourth Davis Cup victory, Nadal defeated Jan Hájek in the first Davis Cup dead rubber of his career. Nadal finished the year as No. 2 for the fourth time in five years. Nadal won the Golden Bagel Award for the third time in 2009, with nine 6–0 sets during the year. Nadal began the year by participating in the Capitala World Tennis Championship in Abu Dhabi. In the final, Nadal defeated Robin Söderling in straight sets. Nadal participated in the Qatar ExxonMobil Open ATP 250 event in Doha, where he lost in the finals to Nikolay Davydenko. In
2008 French Open brief match which never allowed him to gain a foothold. Rafael Nadal claimed his fourth consecutive French Open crown, on the final score of 6–1, 6–3, 6–0, and in becoming the 2008 French Open champion equalled Björn Borg's record of four straight Roland-Garros titles, and extended his win-loss record at the tournament to 28–0. Rafael Nadal defeated Roger Federer, 6–1, 6–3, 6–0 Ana Ivanovic defeated Dinara Safina, 6–4, 6–3 Pablo Cuevas / Luis Horna defeated Daniel Nestor / Nenad Zimonjić, 6–2, 6–3 Anabel Medina Garrigues / Virginia Ruano Pascual defeated Casey Dellacqua / Francesca Schiavone, 2–6, 7–5, 6–4 Victoria Azarenka