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
2018 Rafael Nadal tennis season matches of Rafael Nadal in 2018, including walkovers (W/O) which the ATP does not count as wins. Per Rafael Nadal, this is his current 2018 schedule (subject to change). Rafael Nadal had a ATP match win-loss record in the 2018 season. His record against players who were part of the ATP Rankings Top Ten at the time of their meetings was 10–3. Bold indicates player was ranked top 10 at time of at least one meeting. The following list is ordered by number of wins: <br> Some of Nadal's matches had significant audiences on Spanish television: 2018 Rafael Nadal tennis