2009 ATP World Tour Finals Radek Štěpánek and the Malaysian Open losing to Nikolay Davydenko. Verdasco is making his debut at the championship. After Roddick's withdrawal due to left leg injury on 17 November Robin Söderling was announced as his replacement. Robin Söderling 's highlight of the year was reaching the French Open final. After becoming the first player to defeat Rafael Nadal at the Roland Garros. He won his only title of the year at the Catella Swedish Open defeating Juan Mónaco. He reached 4 semifinals as well at the Heineken Open, Proton Malaysian Open, China Open, and the If Stockholm Open. Soderling is
Rafael Nadal career statistics and intensity, in April 2018, Nadal became the first player, male or female, to amass 400+ match wins on both hard and clay courts with 425 and 400, respectively. The achievement speaks to his versatility, as 425 hard court wins ranks him No. 9 on the Open Era list, and his 900 total match wins, which has only been matched by four other players, over 16 seasons speaks volumes to his longevity. In 2008, Nadal became the second Spanish man to win Wimbledon. Nadal is only the third male player in the Open Era to have won the French Open