The Masters Guinot-Mary Cohr was a tennis team exhibition event played on clay the week before the French Open . It features two teams, Guinot (Red) and Mary Cohr (Green). Both are made up of five players and 1 playing captain. The captains have been Marat Safin , James Blake , David Ferrer , and Michaël Llodra . Team Guinot currently hold a 2-1 series lead over team Mary Cohr, with the most recent tie (2012) being won by team Mary Cohr. Each match is played best-of-three sets , with a match tiebreak in place of a third set.
123-456: Four editions were held from 2009 to 2012, after which the sponsor, Guinot-Mary Cohr withdrew its support. The 2013 edition was cancelled while other sponsorship was sought. "Guinot" and "Mary Cohr" are brands of cosmetics sold by the Guinot-Mary Cohr group. Team Guinot won the tie by 4 matches to 2 after James Blake had the chance to make the tie a draw in the final rubber. Team Guinot won
246-566: A career-best 32 matches by winning his second Canada Masters title in Toronto, and reaching the semi-finals at Cincinnati , where he lost to Djokovic. At the Beijing Olympics , he beat Fernando González in the final to win gold. With the win, Nadal clinched the world No. 1 ranking on 18 August, ending Federer's record four-and-a-half-year reign. At the US Open , Nadal was the top seed for
369-605: A 3–0 win over Russia. Nadal ended 2000 at No. 5 of the ETA rankings for U14s. His junior results secured Nadal a tennis scholarship in Barcelona , and the Spanish tennis federation requested that Nadal move to Barcelona to continue his tennis training. His family turned down this request, partly because they feared his education would suffer, but also because Toni said, "I don't want to believe that you have to go to America or other places to be
492-614: A break up in the final set. Gasquet then played in a Challenger event in Bordeaux , where he defeated Thierry Ascione , Alex Bogdanovic , Olivier Rochus, and Florent Serra in straight sets, before defeating Michaël Llodra in the final. As preparation for the French Open, Gasquet entered the Open de Nice . He advanced to the final with wins over Lukáš Lacko , Alexandr Dolgopolov , Olivier Rochus, and Potito Starace . He faced second seed Verdasco in
615-457: A fall while training. He then qualified directly to Wimbledon , having never contested in a major qualifying event before. In his major main draw debut in Wimbledon, Nadal defeated Mario Ančić , and reached the third round to became the youngest man to do so since Boris Becker in 1984. At Umag , Nadal lost to Moyá in the semi-finals. This was Nadal's only loss at a clay-court semi-final for
738-678: A first-round meeting with Roger Federer at Wimbledon , and won his second title of the year on clay in Gstaad. Gasquet's form continued to improve heading towards the US Open, as he reached the final of the Masters Series event in Toronto , again being halted by Federer in three sets. He reached the fourth round of the US Open for the second year in a row, where he lost to Lleyton Hewitt in five sets. In October, Gasquet won his third ATP Tour singles title of
861-549: A first-round win over Frenchman Michaël Llodra in the Cincinnati Masters , after Llodra retired, and then lost in the second round to Dmitry Tursunov in straight sets. Gasquet made a first-round exit from the US Open, losing against Tommy Haas in five sets. Gasquet began his 2009 tour season at the Brisbane International . Gasquet came back from a set down to defeat Marc Gicquel in the first round. He then had
984-441: A good athlete. You can do it from your home." Nadal already was by then practicing three times a week at Palma with former World No. 1 Carlos Moyá , who later became Nadal's mentor and confidant, and whom Nadal beat in 2000, at the time still a Top-10 player, in an exhibition match. The decision to stay home meant less financial support from the federation; instead, Nadal's father covered the costs. Nadal turned professional at
1107-525: A hard-court major) to win his first hard-court major singles title, and was the first Spaniard to win the Australian Open. At Rotterdam , Nadal sustained a knee injury during the final, which he lost to Andy Murray. In March, Nadal beat Janko Tipsarević and Novak Djokovic to help Spain beat Serbia in Davis Cup round one. At Indian Wells , Nadal won his 13th Masters tournament, beating Andy Murray in
1230-451: A key reverse-singles match against Andy Roddick. After winning his first-round match at Monte Carlo , Gasquet's poor form continued as he lost in the second round to Sam Querrey , and then both of his opening-round matches in Rome and Hamburg to Luis Horna and to Andreas Seppi , respectively. With a string of disappointing results behind him, Gasquet admitted feeling burnt out, in dire need of
1353-691: A lacklustre display. At the Paris Masters, he outlasted Nicolas Mahut in a marathon, winning 9–7 in the third set tiebreak, before falling to Roger Federer in straight sets in the second round. He made the Davis Cup team for France in the final against Serbia. Gasquet began 2011 at the Chennai Open , losing to Björn Phau . He then headed to Australia to play in the Medibank International Sydney , losing to Viktor Troicki. Afterwards he played in
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#17330848487691476-501: A month. In the Davis Cup match against Marat Safin, British TV presenter Barry Cowan described him as "naturally more talented than Federer". Having struggled to find any form after his comeback during the clay season, Gasquet went out in the second round of the French Open to David Nalbandian . Following a disappointing opening half of the season, in the space of three weeks Gasquet successfully defended his title at Nottingham, lost in
1599-399: A natural advantage on the tennis court. The transition was difficult for Nadal, but Toni helped him make the change, getting him to try it for just 20 minutes per day before gradually increasing that time until he fully adjusted himself to it. Nadal won the Spanish junior championships in 1997 and 1998, beating Ricardo Villacorta and Marcel Granollers respectively. In 1998 Nadal reached
1722-405: A quarterfinal showdown with Andy Roddick . In one of the great Wimbledon quarterfinals, Gasquet recovered from a sluggish start and a deficit of two sets and a break in the third, to upset the two-time finalist by a scoreline in five sets. Gasquet managed to score an amazing 93 winners, many of which were with his trademark backhand down the line. He lost in the semifinals to Federer (who beat him in
1845-443: A rest from tennis, and a reluctance to play the French Open. He changed coaches immediately ahead of the French Open and pulled out of his first-round match against Florent Serra , citing a knee injury. Gasquet, later announced his decision to not take part in the upcoming Beijing Olympics , preferring instead to prepare for the US Open . He joined fellow top-ten players Andy Roddick, Mardy Fish and former top-10 player Tommy Haas ,
1968-581: A result. After being sidelined for a lengthy period, Richard then appeared at the Suisse Open in Gstaad . Seeded seventh, Gasquet had victories over Farrukh Dustov , Daniel Brands , and fourth seed Albert Montañés to reach the semifinals. In the semifinals, he defeated Yuri Schukin for a place in the final, where he lost to Nicolás Almagro . At the Cincinnati Masters, he reached the third round, beating Mikhail Youzhny, before falling to Mardy Fish. At
2091-460: A right-shoulder injury. His next tournament was Dubai. In the first round, he defeated Marat Safin. He then defeated Simone Bolelli and received a walkover into the semifinals following Andy Murray's withdrawal because of illness, where he was then defeated by David Ferrer. He then participated in the Davis Cup with Gilles Simon, Jo-Wilfried Tsonga, and Gaël Monfils against the Czech Republic in
2214-505: A silver medalist in 2000 at the Sydney Olympic Games to opt out of that year's Olympic Games. Gasquet began the grass-court season at Queen's Club , where he defeated Mario Ančić of Croatia in the second round, and Italian Simone Bolelli in the third round. However, in his quarterfinal match, he fell to David Nalbandian of Argentina. This was Gasquet's first quarterfinal appearance in a tournament that year. At Wimbledon, Gasquet
2337-549: A straight-set win over American Taylor Dent in the second round and defeated second seed Jo-Wilfried Tsonga in the quarterfinals. He lost to Radek Štěpánek in the semifinals. Gasquet then traveled to Sydney, Australia for the Medibank International . He defeated defending champion Dmitry Tursunov in the first round and second seed and compatriot Gilles Simon in straight sets in the second. Gasquet then defeated countryman Jérémy Chardy , before losing to David Nalbandian in
2460-587: A stripper, known only by her first name "Pamela", in a Miami nightclub. The tribunal stated that the quantity of cocaine detected in Gasquet's sample was "very small, about the size of a grain of salt". Gasquet made his return to the tour at the Pilot Pen championship in New Haven to qualify for the main draw, but lost in the second round of qualifying. Playing his first Grand Slam since January, Gasquet drew Rafael Nadal in
2583-475: A wildcard into qualifying and became the youngest player ever to qualify for a Tennis Masters Series event. At the age of 15 years and 10 months, he defeated Argentina 's Franco Squillari in the first round of that tournament to become the youngest player to win a top-tier tour ( ATP Tour , Grand Prix tennis circuit or World Championship Tennis ) main draw singles match since Tommy Ho at Rye Brook in 1988. Gasquet made his Grand Slam tournament debut at
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#17330848487692706-664: A young age caused him to become one of the most anticipated juniors ever and many thought that he would become a future world number 1, with the French media heralding him as their bastion of hope and calling him the “ Mozart of tennis ” when he was just 15 years old. Gasquet made his debut on the ATP tour in April 2002, at the Tennis Masters Series tournament in Monte Carlo where he received
2829-622: Is a French professional tennis player. His career-high ATP singles ranking is world No. 7, attained on 9 July 2007. He has won 16 singles titles on the ATP Tour , tied for eighth most among active players. He is also fourth among active players with over 600 career match wins. His best performances in Grand Slam singles tournaments have been three semifinal appearances, two at the Wimbledon Championships (in 2007 and 2015 ) and once at
2952-482: Is a Spanish former professional tennis player. He was ranked world No. 1 in singles by the Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP) for 209 weeks, and finished as the year-end No. 1 five times. Nadal won 22 Grand Slam men's singles titles, including a record 14 French Open titles . He won 92 ATP-level singles titles, including 36 Masters titles and an Olympic gold medal , with 63 of these on clay courts . Nadal
3075-554: Is considered to be where their rivalry began in earnest. The New York Times compared it to the Muhammad Ali – Joe Frazier rivalry in boxing . Nadal then broke Argentinian Guillermo Vilas 's 29-year male record of 53 consecutive clay-court match victories by beating Robin Söderling in the first round of the French Open . Nadal beat Novak Djokovic in the quarterfinals, the first-ever meeting of their historic rivalry . He won
3198-541: Is one of three men to complete the career Golden Slam in singles. His 81 consecutive wins on clay constitute the longest single-surface win streak in the Open Era . For nearly two decades, Nadal was a leading figure in men's tennis, alongside Roger Federer and Novak Djokovic , collectively known as the Big Three . Early in his career, Nadal became one of the most successful teenagers in ATP Tour history, reaching No. 2 in
3321-516: Is the male Open Era record for consecutive wins on a single surface. He bounced back quickly in the French Open , not dropping a set en route to the final where he faced Federer once again, this time winning in four sets to join Björn Borg as the only men to win three French Open titles in a row. Between Barcelona and Rome, Nadal beat Federer in the " Battle of Surfaces " exhibition match in Mallorca, with
3444-591: The 2012 Hopman Cup alongside top-10 WTA pro Marion Bartoli . The French won all three of their round-robin ties to reach the final, where they lost to the Czech Republic. Gasquet lost in the quarterfinals in Sydney to Denis Istomin. He competed in the Australian Open shortly afterward, defeating Andreas Seppi, Andrey Golubev , and ninth seed Janko Tipsarević en route to the fourth round. There, he faced and lost to fifth seed David Ferrer. Immediately thereafter, he made
3567-580: The ATP Masters Series tournament in Indian Wells, Gasquet lost in straight sets in the fourth round to James Blake. At the next ATP Masters Series tournament in Key Biscayne, Florida, he lost in the first round to Dmitry Tursunov. And at the U.S. vs France World Group quarterfinal Davis Cup match, Gasquet lost in three sets to Blake in the opening round. Then, in a controversial move, he opted out of
3690-697: The Abierto Mexicano Telcel tournament, where he defeated Carlos Moyá in the first round. In the second round, however, he lost to defending champion Nicolás Almagro . He lost in the first round of both the BNP Paribas Open to Simon Greul , and the Sony Ericsson Open to Olivier Rochus. In April, he played at the Grand Prix Hassan II tournament, where he defeated Olivier Rochus and Andrey Golubev , before losing to Victor Hănescu in
3813-457: The Australian Open , Nadal lost in the quarterfinals to eventual runner-up Fernando González . After another quarterfinal loss at Dubai , he won Indian Wells after beating Novak Djokovic in the final, before losing to Djokovic in the quarterfinals of Miami . He won the titles at the Monte Carlo , Barcelona and Rome , before losing to Roger Federer in the final of Hamburg . This defeat ended his 81-match winning streak on clay , which
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3936-613: The Australian Open , losing in the third round to Tomáš Berdych. He then competed at the Zagreb Indoors , where he reached the quarterfinals after a bye and the withdrawal of Arnaud Clément. However, he retired against Michael Berrer, 2–5 down due to a shoulder injury. After a short break, he played in the Dubai Tennis Championships , where he defeated qualifiers Grigor Dimitrov and Sergei Bubka , as well as compatriot Gilles Simon, before he lost to top seed Roger Federer in
4059-601: The European Junior Championships at San Remo . In the latter two finals, he beat Brian Baker and Jerome Becker respectively, but perhaps the most significant match of the year was the Les Petits quarterfinal match against the 12-year-old Rafael Nadal , which Gasquet won 6-7, 6-3, 6-4. As a junior, he posted a 44–7 career singles record and a 10–4 career doubles record. He had a career-high juniors singles ranking of world No. 1, attained on 9 September 2002, at
4182-527: The French Open , becoming the fifth man in the Open Era to win a Grand Slam singles title without losing a set. He beat Federer in the final for the third straight year, losing only four games, and gave Federer his first bagel since 1999. This was Nadal's fourth consecutive French title, tying Borg's all-time record. Nadal became the fourth male player during Open Era to win the same Grand Slam singles tournament for four consecutive years. Nadal faced Federer in
4305-480: The Italian Open , he played Roger Federer in the third round, and came from behind to claim a spectacular victory in three sets with two tiebreaks. He was defeated by Rafael Nadal in the semifinals. At the French Open , Gasquet cruised through his first two rounds before impressively defeating Thomaz Bellucci in four sets in front of an animated Parisian crowd. He, however, lost to Novak Djokovic in straight sets in
4428-484: The Madrid Masters . During the round-robin stage of the year-ending Tennis Masters Cup , Nadal lost to James Blake but defeated Nikolay Davydenko and Robredo. Nadal qualified for the semi-finals, where he lost to Federer. This was Nadal's third loss in nine career matches with Federer. Nadal went on to become the first player since Andre Agassi in 1994–95 to finish the year ranked No. 2 in consecutive years. At
4551-659: The Spanish national team . As a child, he idolized Ronaldo , and through his uncle was given access to the Barcelona team dressing room to have a photo taken with the Brazilian. Another uncle, tennis coach Toni Nadal , introduced him to tennis when he was three years old. Nadal started to play tennis at the Manacor Tennis Club, where Toni worked as a coach, hitting his first few shots with his uncle. At this stage Nadal's passion
4674-650: The Stefan Edberg Sportsmanship Award five times and was the Laureus World Sportsman of the Year in 2011 and 2021. Time named Nadal one of the 100 most influential people in the world in 2022. Representing Spain, he won two Olympic gold medals, and led the nation to five Davis Cup titles. Nadal has also opened a tennis academy in Mallorca , and is an active philanthropist. Rafael Nadal Parera
4797-612: The Tennis Masters Cup in Shanghai, where Federer defeated him in straight sets. Nadal reached the semi-finals of the Australian Open for the first time, losing in straight sets to Jo-Wilfried Tsonga . He lost to Nikolay Davydenko in the Miami final. At Monte Carlo , Nadal beat Federer in the final for the third year in a row to become the first player to win four consecutive titles there since Anthony Wilding in 1914. He also won
4920-542: The Torneo Conde de Godó in Barcelona defeating the former world No. 1 Juan Carlos Ferrero in the final; which meant he was ranked in the top 10 for the first time in his career. He then beat 2004 French Open runner-up Guillermo Coria in the finals of the 2005 Monte Carlo Masters and the 2005 Italian Open . These victories raised his ranking to world No. 5 and made him one of the favorites at his career-first French Open . On his 19th birthday, Nadal defeated Federer in
5043-582: The US Open (in 2013 ). His best performance in ATP World Tour Masters 1000 singles tournaments was being the runner-up in Hamburg in 2005 and Toronto in 2006 and 2012. He won the mixed doubles title at the 2004 French Open , partnering with Tatiana Golovin . He also won the men's doubles Olympic bronze medal in 2012 with his doubles partner Julien Benneteau . Gasquet is best known for his elegant groundstrokes and his one-handed backhand . Gasquet
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5166-545: The US Open Nadal lost in the semi-finals to eventual champion Juan Martín del Potro. At the ATP Finals , Nadal lost all three of his matches to Robin Söderling , Nikolay Davydenko , and Djokovic without winning a set. In December, Nadal beat Tomáš Berdych in the Davis Cup final. Spain secured its fourth Davis Cup victory. Nadal finished the year as No. 2 for the fourth time in five years. In his first ATP tournament of
5289-616: The US Open he brushed aside sixth seed Nikolay Davydenko in the second round, the Russian winning a mere nine games. He lost in the fourth round to Gaël Monfils in straight sets, despite having held set points in both the second and third sets. At the Shanghai Masters , Gasquet advanced to the third round, defeating Ernests Gulbis and Monfils, before losing to Novak Djokovic. He reached the quarterfinals in Basel before falling to Victor Troicki in
5412-453: The US Open . Aged 16 years and 6 months, he became both the youngest year-end World No. 1 in junior rankings (since broken by Donald Young in 2005), and also the youngest player in history to finish in the year-end ATP top 200. In 2004, Gasquet reached his first ATP Tour singles final in Metz , losing to his countryman Jérôme Haehnel in straight sets. He also won the mixed doubles title at
5535-471: The double Career Grand Slam in singles, finishing his career with 22 Grand Slam singles titles. On November 19, 2024, Nadal retired from the sport after playing for Spain in the Davis Cup Finals . As a left-handed player, one of Nadal's main strengths was his forehand, delivered with heavy topspin. He frequently ranked among the tour leaders in return games, return points, and break points won. Nadal won
5658-410: The doubles event with Tommy Robredo , becoming the first player since Jim Courier in 1991 to win the singles and doubles titles at a Masters Series event. Nadal won his fourth consecutive title at Barcelona . Nadal won his first Masters Hamburg title, defeating Federer, to become the third player to have won all three clay-court Masters Series titles, in Rome, Monte Carlo and Hamburg. He then won
5781-927: The 12-year-old Nadal was playing in the U14 circuit of the ETA Junior Tour (now the Tennis Europe Junior Tour ), winning the Tim Essonne , and finishing the year at No. 69. In 2000, Nadal dominated the U14 circuit, winning Les Petits As in Tarbes , beating Julien Gely in the final, and the European Junior Masters in Prato . On the day he turned 14, Nadal won the Sport Goofy Trophy in Getxo , beating Granollers in
5904-452: The 2002 French Open at the age of 15 years, 11 months and nine days. He was the second-youngest player ever to compete in the main draw there. Despite his lack of experience, he managed to take a set off the eventual champion Albert Costa in the first round. Gasquet finished 2002 as the No. 1 junior in the world and was named World Junior Champion, having won the junior titles at the French Open and
6027-509: The French Open that year, partnering Tatiana Golovin . Gasquet missed the first seven weeks of the 2005 season because of chickenpox . Upon recovery, he won back-to-back Challenger titles in March. In April, riding the momentum of a ten-match winning streak, Gasquet reached the semifinals of the Masters Series tournament at Monte Carlo , handing world No. 1 Roger Federer a surprise defeat in
6150-406: The French Open semi-finals, being one of only four players to defeat him that year. Then he defeated Mariano Puerta in the final, becoming the second man to win the French Open on his first attempt. He also became the first male teenager to win a major singles title since Pete Sampras won the 1990 US Open at age 19. His ranking rose to No. 3. Three days later, Nadal's 24-match winning streak
6273-425: The French Open, and he then broke Chris Evert 's overall record of 29 by beating Teymuraz Gabashvili in round two. This run came to an end on 31 May 2009 , when Nadal was upset by the eventual runner-up, Robin Söderling in the 4th round. This was Nadal's first loss at the French Open. Former champion Mats Wilander stated after the match that "Everybody's in a state of shock, I would think. At some point, Nadal
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#17330848487696396-545: The Year Award. At the US Open , Nadal lost in round two to Younes El Aynaoui . In September, Nadal entered the final Challenger event of his career, on hard courts in Saint-Jean-de-Luz, retiring with an injury against Richard Gasquet , who never defeated Nadal again. Nadal finished the year ranked as the world No. 49. Nadal won Chennai Open doubles , with Tommy Robredo defeating Jonathan Erlich and Andy Ram in
6519-663: The age of 16 years and 3 months. During the same year, he made the semifinals of the Junior Australian Open and won the Junior French Open and the Junior US Open , winning the final of the former against compatriot Laurent Recouderc in just 45 minutes, the shortest final in the event’s history. Junior Grand Slam results - Singles: Australian Open: SF (2002) French Open: W (2002) Wimbledon: A (-) US Open: W (2002) His wins at junior grand slams at such
6642-418: The beginning of 2001, at the age of 14. He reached the semi-finals of the junior singles event at Wimbledon and helped Spain defeat the US in the final of the Junior Davis Cup . In early 2001, aged 14, Nadal began playing the qualifying draws of professional tournaments. In May 2001, he defeated former Grand Slam tournament champion Pat Cash in a clay-court exhibition match. Nadal made his pro debut in
6765-443: The championship and deny the Bryan brothers ever winning the tournament. After defeating Nick Lindahl , Feliciano López , and Igor Andreev, Gasquet lost in four sets in the fourth round of the Australian Open to eventual finalist Jo-Wilfried Tsonga. At Gasquet’s next two tournaments, the Open 13 at Marseille, France, and Barclays Dubai Tennis Championships , he suffered second-round defeats to Robin Söderling and Igor Andreev. At
6888-402: The court being half grass and half clay. Nadal was upset in the quarterfinals at Queen's . Nadal then won consecutive five-set matches during the third and fourth rounds of Wimbledon before being beaten by Federer in a five-set final. This was Federer's first five-set match at Wimbledon since 2001. In July, Nadal beat Stan Wawrinka in the final of the clay-court Stuttgart Open . Nadal
7011-443: The courts. In his 2011 autobiography, he admitted fearing Toni and dreading solo practice sessions with him. Nadal admitted he sometimes returned home from tennis lessons crying. At age 8, Nadal won an under-12 regional tennis championship while also being a promising football player. This victory inspired Toni to train Nadal more intensively. After studying Nadal's two-handed forehand , Toni encouraged him to play left-handed for
7134-502: The fifth set 9–7 in near-darkness. The match was widely lauded as the greatest Wimbledon final ever, with many tennis critics calling it the greatest match in tennis history. By winning Wimbledon, Nadal became the third man in the Open Era to win both the French Open and Wimbledon in the same year, as well as the second Spaniard to win Wimbledon. He also ended Federer's streak of five consecutive Wimbledon titles and 65 straight wins on grass courts. Nadal extended his winning streak to
7257-513: The final of Wimbledon for the third consecutive year, in the most anticipated match of their rivalry . Nadal entered the final on a 23-match winning streak, including his first career grass-court title at Queen's . Unlike their previous two Wimbledon finals, Federer was not the prohibitive favorite, and many analysts picked Nadal to win. At 4 hours and 48 minutes, they played the longest final (in terms of time on court, surpassed in 2019) in Wimbledon history, and because of rain delays, Nadal won
7380-414: The final and prevailed in three sets, breaking a five-match losing streak against Verdasco. Richard lost his first-round match of the French Open against fourth seed Andy Murray in five sets. Gasquet then played in the Aegon Championships in preparation for Wimbledon, and won against Kei Nishikori and Rajeev Ram , but withdrew in the third round due to a back injury. He also withdrew from Wimbledon as
7503-433: The final of the China Open in Beijing and won both of his Davis Cup matches against Italy. In October, he won his fourth Masters title of the year, against Ivan Ljubičić at the 2005 Madrid Masters , his biggest indoor title to this day. A foot injury prevented him from competing in the year-ending Tennis Masters Cup . Nadal (with 11 titles) broke Mats Wilander's previous teenage season record of nine in 1983. Nadal
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#17330848487697626-496: The final of the Hamburg Masters , where, this time, he was defeated by Federer in three sets. In May, Gasquet won his first Grand Slam singles match at Roland Garros . On 18 June, his 19th birthday, he won his first ATP Tour singles title beating Max Mirnyi in the final of the Nottingham Open in England on grass. He made his Davis Cup debut against Russia in July where he won his first rubber against Igor Andreev but lost second to Nikolay Davydenko . Gasquet had to miss
7749-469: The final of the U14 Spanish championship at the age of 12, a feat that remains unmatched, losing to Juan Sanchez de Luna in straight sets. In late 1998, Nadal won the season-ending U12 Junior Masters at Stuttgart, beating future world No. 5 Kevin Anderson in the final. In February 1998, Nadal competed outside Spain for the first time and won the Open Super 12, an unofficial world championship for U12 players in Auray . He beat 1997 winner Jamie Murray in
7872-406: The final over Federer to become the first player to beat Federer in a major final. At Wimbledon , Nadal beat No. 20 Andre Agassi in Agassi's last ever match at Wimbledon. Nadal won his next three matches to reach his first Wimbledon final (the first Spanish man since Manuel Santana in 1966 to reach the Wimbledon final). Federer won the final and his fourth consecutive Wimbledon title. Nadal
7995-426: The final, but won hardly any other match on the tour. At the US Open , Nadal lost to defending champion Andy Roddick in the second round. In the doubles he and Robredo upset the No. 4 seeds in the third round and reached the semi-finals; Nadal's best performance in a grand slam doubles event. In the 2004 Davis Cup final, 18-year-old Nadal beat world No. 2 Andy Roddick on clay in Spain to help his nation clinch
8118-399: The final. In July, Nadal won the U14 Spanish championships, beating his friend and training partner Tomeu Salvá in the final, despite breaking a finger on his left hand during the first round. As a member of the Spanish national team, Nadal won the 2000 ITF World Junior Championship for players under 14, winning his matches in both singles and doubles (paired with Marcel Granollers ) in
8241-406: The final. At the 2005 Australian Open , Nadal lost in the fourth round to eventual runner-up Lleyton Hewitt. Two months later, he reached the final of the 2005 Miami Masters , but was defeated by No. 1 Roger Federer. He dominated the spring clay-court season. He won 24 consecutive singles matches, breaking Andre Agassi 's Open Era record of consecutive match wins for a male teenager. Nadal won
8364-505: The final. At the Miami Masters , Nadal lost to del Potro in the quarterfinals. At Monte Carlo , Nadal beat Djokovic in the final to win a record fifth consecutive singles title. He won Barcelona and Italian Open , defeating Ferrer and Djokovic respectively. In the semi-finals of the Madrid Open , Nadal saved three match points to defeat Djokovic in a deciding set tiebreaker to take his career record over Djokovic to 14–4 and his clay record since 2005 to 150–4. At 4 hours 3 minutes, it
8487-546: The final. At the time, Nadal was torn between football and tennis, partly because his uncle Miguel Ángel was preparing to compete in the 1998 FIFA World Cup with Spain. Nadal said winning the Auray tournament helped him make the decision to "opt for tennis and try an international career". In 1998, when Nadal was runner-up in the U14 event Spanish championship, he was still playing football. Nadal's father insisted he choose between football and tennis to so his schoolwork wouldn't suffer, leading Nadal to quit football. In 1999,
8610-399: The final. He followed this up by reaching the final of the Tokyo ATP tournament, losing to David Ferrer in straight sets. Gasquet took a few weeks break and then played in Lyon where he was defending champion. He lost to Tsonga (whom he beat at Wimbledon) in the third round in straight sets. At the Paris Masters , Gasquet defeated Tsonga in the second round and sixth seed James Blake in
8733-490: The final; Nadal's second doubles title and first on hard courts. In singles, Nadal had his 5th consecutive loss after a first round exit to Thierry Ascione ; this remains the worst losing streak of his career. At Auckland he reached the first ATP final of his career, which he lost to Dominik Hrbatý . Nadal reached the third round of the Australian Open , where he lost in straight sets to former world No. 1 Lleyton Hewitt . Ranked No. 34, Nadal faced No. 1 Roger Federer for
8856-459: The first hardcourt title of his career and to bring his ranking to No. 2 on 25 July 2005, where he remained for the next three years behind Roger Federer. His winning streak ended in the first round of the Cincinnati Open at the hands of Tomáš Berdych . Nadal was seeded second at the 2005 US Open , but was upset in the third round by No. 49 James Blake . In September, he defeated Coria in
8979-605: The first round of the US Open and lost in straight sets. Gasquet made a solid run at his next tournament, the Open de Moselle in Metz, beating Michael Berrer , Christophe Rochus and Philipp Petzschner to reach his first ATP semifinal since January. He lost to eventual winner Gaël Monfils. Gasquet also made the quarterfinals in the Kuala Lumpur Open 250 tournament in Malaysia, losing to Fernando Verdasco ; despite leading 3–0 in
9102-539: The first round of the same event the previous year). He made his top-10 debut at No. 7 as a result, his highest ranking to date. The following week in Gstaad, as defending champion, Gasquet beat Rubén Ramírez Hidalgo and avenged his Roland Garros loss to Kristof Vliegen , but lost in the quarterfinals to Igor Andreev . He bowed out at the 2007 US Open because of a virus. Gasquet returned to action in Mumbai, India winning his fifth career ATP title by beating Olivier Rochus in
9225-556: The first round. Gasquet teamed up with Michaël Llodra (who replaced Monfils) to play the doubles rubber on day two, but they lost in four sets against Radek Štěpánek and Tomáš Berdych . France then went on to lose the tie 2–3, the first time they had exited in the first round since 2000. His next tournament was the BNP Paribas Open Masters 1000 in Indian Wells. He received a bye in the first round, and then defeated compatriot Michaël Llodra, before losing to Fernando Verdasco in
9348-525: The first set. Gasquet began the season at the Brisbane International . He defeated Jarkko Nieminen and Australian qualifier Matthew Ebden , but he lost to Andy Roddick in the quarterfinals. He then entered the Medibank International in Sydney. There, he beat Feliciano López in the first round, and Benjamin Becker in the second. Gasquet then defeated Potito Starace in the quarterfinals and Julien Benneteau in
9471-577: The first time at a major. He lost in the semi-finals to Andy Murray . Nadal helped Spain defeat the United States in the Davis Cup semi-finals. At the Madrid Masters , Nadal lost in the semi-finals to Gilles Simon . He ended the year-end No. 1, making him the first Spaniard to finish the year No. 1 in the Open Era. At the Paris Masters , Nadal withdrew from his quarterfinal because of a knee injury and ended his season. At Qatar Open , Nadal lost in
9594-533: The first time in the third round of the Miami Open , winning in straight sets before losing to Fernando González in the fourth round. At Estoril , Nadal suffered a stress fracture in his left ankle during his round of 16 victory over Richard Gasquet, causing him to miss 3 months of play, the French Open , and Wimbledon. He won his first ATP singles title at the Prokom Open by defeating No. 105 José Acasuso in
9717-420: The fourth round of the Australian Open , losing to Tommy Robredo in four sets. At Monte Carlo, he notched his first win over a top-10 opponent of the year, winning his third-round match over Ivan Ljubičić , ranked No. 8 at the time. However, he then lost his quarterfinal match to twice former Monte Carlo champion Juan Carlos Ferrero . Gasquet reached his first final of the season two weeks later at Estoril, but
9840-602: The fourth round of the Australian Open , where he met and lost to Jo-Wilfried Tsonga in four sets. Gasquet won his second title of the year defeating fellow Frenchman Benoît Paire in the 2013 Open Sud de France final. At the French Open , he lost in the fourth round to Stanislas Wawrinka despite winning the first two sets. As the ninth seed, Gasquet reached the third round at the 2013 Wimbledon Championships where he lost to Bernard Tomic in four sets, despite winning 13 more points than his Australian opponent. Rafael Nadal Rafael Nadal Parera (born 3 June 1986)
9963-676: The fourth round. He rose to world No. 13 as a result of this run. At Wimbledon , Gasquet was defeated in the fourth round by Andy Murray. He reached the third rounds of the Rogers Cup in Canada and the Southern & Western Open in Cincinnati, where he was defeated by Nicolás Almagro and Mardy Fish, respectively. At the US Open , he lost in the second round to Ivo Karlović . Coached by Riccardo Piatti , Gasquet kicked off his 2012 season by competing at
10086-499: The last two months of the season because of an elbow injury. He finished the year as French number one for the first time. In 2006, Gasquet had a slow start after a first-round defeat by Tommy Haas at the Australian Open . He later avenged this defeat in the Davis Cup first-round tie against Germany, where he beat Haas in five sets. However, he lost both his singles rubbers in a quarterfinal tie versus Russia and suffered an abdominal injury in that tie which left him out of action for
10209-633: The main draw at the Futures in Madrid on 11 September 2001, wasting 13 match points against Guillermo Platel-Varas in the opening round. He received a wild card into the main draw of the Challenger in Seville , his first Challenger tournament, and beat world No. 751 Israel Matos Gil 6–4 6–4 to claim his first pro win and earn the first five ATP points of his career to become world No. 1002. At age 15, Nadal ended 2001 as
10332-518: The next 12 years, as he then began a streak of 52 consecutive wins in semi-final matches on clay that ended at the 2015 Rio Open . Nadal won his first ATP title (doubles or singles) at Umag , partnering Álex López Morón to beat Todd Perry and Thomas Shimada in the final. Nadal won his second Challenger title of the year in August at Segovia , thus entering the top 50 and winning the ATP Newcomer of
10455-779: The quarterfinals at the Open Sud de France , where he lost to Philipp Kohlschreiber . In February, Gasquet made the quarterfinals in Rotterdam , before losing to Nikolay Davydenko in straight sets. In Indian Wells, he lost his first match to Albert Ramos . Gasquet reached the fourth round in Miami, but was defeated by eventual champion Novak Djokovic. He reached the final in Estoril, where he lost to Juan Martín del Potro in straight sets. In Madrid, Gasquet beat Thomaz Bellucci and Victor Troicki, before succumbing to Roger Federer. Gasquet defeated Andy Murray in
10578-423: The quarterfinals to Gaël Monfils . He won the doubles with Marc López , beating No. 1-ranked Daniel Nestor and Nenad Zimonjić in the final. At the Australian Open , Nadal won his first five matches without dropping a set, before beating Fernando Verdasco in the semis in the fifth-longest match in Australian Open history (5 hours 14 minutes). Nadal beat Federer in a five-set final (their first meeting in
10701-553: The quarterfinals. At the Monte-Carlo Masters , Gasquet advanced to the second round after a three-set win over Spain's Daniel Gimeno-Traver , but was defeated by Tomáš Berdych. He lost to Fernando Verdasco in the second round of Barcelona , after defeating Igor Andreev in the first round. Gasquet defeated Olivier Rochus and Andreas Seppi in the Serbian Open , but lost to John Isner despite being two points away from victory and
10824-494: The quarterfinals. He saved three match points before closing it out in a 10–8 tiebreak. As a result, he became the youngest French player ever to defeat a world No. 1. However, the eventual champion Rafael Nadal defeated him in the semifinals. Fresh off of Gasquet’s win over Federer and having just beaten Paradorn Srichaphan in straight sets, the rising teen disappointingly lost against Andre Agassi in Rome . A month later, he reached
10947-575: The second round he beat the 2002 French Open champion Albert Costa , then ranked No. 7 (his first top 10 career win) and he entered the world's top 100. Nadal reached his fifth Challenger final of the year in Aix-en-Provence, which he lost to Mariano Puerta . In May, 16-year-old Nadal entered his second Masters event at Hamburg , where he upset No. 4 Carlos Moyá before losing to future French Open Champion Gaston Gaudio in round three. Nadal postponed his French Open debut after injuring his elbow in
11070-493: The second round of Miami by Carlos Moyá. Nadal beat Federer in the final of the Monte Carlo Masters and Tommy Robredo in the Barcelona final. He won the Italian Open beating Federer in a fifth-set tiebreak in the final, after saving two match points, and equaled Björn Borg 's tally of 16 ATP titles won as a teenager. At five hours and five minutes, this was the longest match Federer and Nadal ever contested and it
11193-502: The second round. He had more success in the doubles, however, as he and Julien Benneteau defeated Spaniards David Ferrer and Feliciano López in the third-place playoff to win the bronze medals . Gasquet started his 2013 season by capturing the title in Doha . He recorded his 300th match win defeating Grega Zemlja in the second round. In the final, he defeated former finalist Nikolay Davydenko in three sets. He followed that win by reaching
11316-609: The second round. He won that match, but fell to Mardy Fish. Gasquet then played in the Monte-Carlo Masters, where he had a tough first-round victory over Denis Istomin . He then breezed through his second-round match against Guillermo García-López , before falling to Rafael Nadal in the third round. At the Mutua Madrid Open , Gasquet was defeated in the first round by the Spaniard Daniel Gimeno-Traver . At
11439-450: The semi-finals before losing to Lamine Ouahab . Nadal then won six of the nine Futures events he entered from July until December, including 5 on clay and 1 on hard courts. Nadal finished 2002 with a Futures record of 40–9 in singles and 10–9 in doubles. In October, Nadal achieved his first victory over a top-100 player by defeating No. 76 Albert Montañés in the quarterfinals of a Challenger at Barcelona, before losing to Albert Portas in
11562-455: The semi-finals. Nadal ended 2002 as the world No. 199. Nadal continued his ascent in early 2003, reaching the finals of Challengers at Hamburg , Cherbourg and Cagliari , and winning at Barletta . He scored a total of 19 Challenger wins in the first three months of the season to find himself inside the Top 150. He then qualified for his second career ATP event, the Monte Carlo Masters , where in
11685-470: The semifinals in straight sets, despite serving for the second set. At the BNP Paribas Open , Gasquet defeated top-10 players Jürgen Melzer and Andy Roddick back to back. It was the first time in his career that he had defeated two top-10 players consecutively. He lost to eventual champion Novak Djokovic in the quarterfinals. With this result, he made his return to the top 20 of the rankings. In Miami , he played Paolo Lorenzi , who upset Ivan Ljubičić , in
11808-569: The semifinals, placing third in his group. Gasquet started out the year as the top seed of the Sydney Medibank International , but made an early second-round exit to eventual champion Dmitry Tursunov . Gasquet played with Tsonga in the doubles final of the Sydney Medibank International, scoring a major upset over world No. 1 duo Bob and Mike Bryan . The French combination came back from two match points down to win
11931-453: The semifinals. At the Australian Open, he won his first-round match against Argentine Diego Junqueira and defeated Denis Istomin in the second round. In the third round, he lost to Fernando González in a five-set match that lasted over four hours. He held a match point in the third-set tiebreak, but was unable to convert it. Gasquet had to pull out of the tournament in Marseille because of
12054-606: The semifinals. However, he lost in the final to Marcos Baghdatis . At the Australian Open , Gasquet lost to Mikhail Youzhny in five sets in the first round, despite having several match points in the third and fourth sets. Gasquet withdrew from both the Movistar Open and the Brasil Open because of a recurring injury, but returned at the Copa Telmex , where he lost in the first round to Juan Ignacio Chela . Next, Gasquet played
12177-495: The third round of the Rome Masters, but lost to David Ferrer in the quarterfinals. Gasquet reached the fourth round of the French Open , before losing to Andy Murray. At Wimbledon he lost in the fourth round to Florian Mayer and in the US Open he lost at the same stage to David Ferrer. At the 2012 Summer Olympics , Gasquet played in both the singles and doubles competitions. In the singles, he lost to Marcos Baghdatis in
12300-424: The third round. In May 2009, Gasquet was provisionally suspended after testing positive for cocaine . Traces of the drug were found in a urine sample taken in March 2009. In July 2009, he was cleared to return to competitive tennis after a tribunal found that "the cocaine entered his system through inadvertent contamination in a nightclub". Gasquet suggested that the cocaine entered his system after he French-kissed
12423-542: The third round. He beat Andy Murray in the quarterfinals to reach the semifinals, where he was stopped by David Nalbandian in straight sets. With his performance in Paris, Gasquet qualified for the Tennis Masters Cup, clinching eighth place. At the Tennis Masters Cup , Gasquet was defeated by Rafael Nadal in his first round-robin match. He then defeated Novak Djokovic, but lost to David Ferrer. Gasquet failed to qualify for
12546-477: The tie by 4 matches to 2. After David Ferrer had the chance to leave the tie at a 3 all in the final rubber. The tie ended in a draw at 3 matches all, after Team Guinot Captain Richard Gasquet won the final rubber. * Note: Ivan Ljubičić replaced Kei Nishikori , who withdrew due to sickness. Lleyton Hewitt , who had just returned from surgery, withdrew and was replaced by Nicolas Mahut . Novak Djokovic
12669-468: The title over the United States. In doing so at 18 years and six months of age, he became the youngest player to register a singles victory in a Davis Cup final for a winning nation. Nadal finished the year ranked No. 51, mainly because he missed most of the clay court season. 2005 started with a doubles title alongside Albert Costa at the Qatar Open , defeating Andrei Pavel and Mikhail Youzhny in
12792-590: The top 10, the lowest he had been ranked since April 2007. At the Mercedes Cup in Stuttgart, Germany, Gasquet was the second seed and reached his first ATP tour semifinal and final of the year, defeating Spaniard Albert Montañés in the quarterfinals and sixth-seeded Argentine Agustín Calleri in the semifinals. Favourite to win the tournament, Gasquet suffered a surprise defeat in the finals to Argentine teenager Juan Martín del Potro in straight sets. Gasquet began with
12915-494: The up-and-coming Serbian player Novak Djokovic got the better of him in three sets. Gasquet reached the doubles final of the Monte Carlo Masters with Julien Benneteau , where the French team lost to Bob and Mike Bryan . Despite losing in the second round of the French Open to Kristof Vliegen , he rose two spots to a career high No. 11. Gasquet then made his first Grand Slam semifinal at Wimbledon. He beat fellow Frenchmen Nicolas Mahut and Jo-Wilfried Tsonga on his way to
13038-537: The world No. 811. In 2002, Nadal, then ranked No. 762, received a wild card to the ATP 250 event on his home island of Mallorca , where on 29 April, Nadal won his first ATP match by defeating No. 81 Ramón Delgado , and became the ninth player in the Open Era to do so before the age of 16. He did not compete for two months as he studied for school exams and missed the junior French Open in June. At junior Wimbledon, he reached
13161-399: The world and winning 16 titles before turning 20 including his first Grand Slam title at 2005 French Open. Nadal became the world No. 1 for the first time in 2008 after defeating Federer in a historic Wimbledon final , his first major victory off clay. He followed this with an Olympic singles gold at the 2008 Beijing Olympics . After defeating Djokovic in the 2010 US Open final, Nadal became
13284-460: The year, Nadal reached the final of the Qatar Open , losing to Nikolay Davydenko . At the Australian Open , Nadal reached the quarterfinals, where he retired at 3–0 down in the third set against Andy Murray . Nadal reached the semi-finals of the Indian Wells Open and Miami Masters , losing to the eventual champions. Nadal won Monte Carlo , beating Fernando Verdasco in the final. It
13407-510: The year, this time on indoor carpet in Lyon , completing his achievement of reaching ATP Tour singles finals on all four surfaces during the year. His season ended when he withdrew from his third round singles match against Marat Safin at the Paris Masters due to illness. Gasquet's 2007 started with a quarterfinal showing in Adelaide, followed by a semifinal appearance in Sydney . He went on to reach
13530-518: The youngest man in the Open Era to achieve the Career Grand Slam at 24, and the first man to win majors on three different surfaces in the same year. Nadal won Grand Slam singles titles in 10 consecutive years from 2005 to 2014 and a four year span from 2017 until 2020. He surpassed his joint-record with Djokovic and Federer for the most Grand Slam men's singles titles at the 2022 Australian Open , and became one of four men in history to complete
13653-536: Was 9 years old, Gasquet was touted as a future champion on the cover of the February 1996 issue of French Tennis Magazine. Gasquet played his first junior match in April 1999 at the age of 12 at a grade 3 tournament in France. Throughout the rest of the year, Gasquet dominated the U14 circuit in the Tennis Europe Junior Tour , collecting the three most prestigious trophies of the year at Tim Essonne , Les Petits As , and
13776-454: Was a semi-finalist in Montreal before losing his first match at the Cincinnati Open . At 2007 US Open, he was defeated in the fourth round by David Ferrer , and spent the tournament dealing with a knee injury. At Madrid and Paris , David Nalbandian beat Nadal in straight sets in the quarterfinals and final. Nadal won two of his three-round robin matches to advance to the semi-finals of
13899-571: Was at the time the longest three-set singles match on the ATP Tour, and was voted the best match ever at the Madrid Open in 2022. Exhausted, Nadal lost the final to Roger Federer. This was Nadal's first defeat on clay in 33 matches and his first loss to Federer since the semi-finals of the 2007 Tennis Masters Cup. By beating Marcos Daniel in the first round of the French Open , Nadal broke Björn Borg 's 28-year male record of 28 consecutive victories at
14022-463: Was awarded ATP Most Improved Player of the Year award. Nadal missed the Australian Open because of a foot injury. In February, he lost in the semi-finals of Marseille . Two weeks later, he handed Roger Federer his first loss of the year in the final of the Dubai Open , ending Federer's 56-match hard court winning streak. Nadal was then upset in the semi-finals of Indian Wells by James Blake, and in
14145-538: Was born on 18 June 1986, in Béziers , France , where he was raised. His mother, Maryse, and his father, Francis, were both biology teachers and ran a local tennis club in Sérignan . This had an influence on Gasquet and he began playing tennis at the age of 4 with his dad at the club. Soon after, he was discovered by former world number 9 Pierre Barthès who ran a tennis camp at the nearby seaside resort of Cap d'Agde . When he
14268-514: Was born on 3 June 1986 in Manacor on the island of Mallorca , Spain, to Ana María Parera Femenías and Sebastián Nadal Homar. His father is a businessman who owns an insurance company, a glass and window company, and a restaurant. His mother owned a perfume shop but gave it up to raise Nadal and his younger sister, María Isabel. One of his uncles, Miguel Ángel Nadal , is a retired professional footballer who played for RCD Mallorca , FC Barcelona and
14391-405: Was football, which he often played on the streets of Manacor with his friends. He began to play tennis more regularly when he was five. Toni quickly realized that his young nephew had both the passion and talent to be a serious player. Nadal often played tennis in a group, but Toni singled him out during sessions, shouting at him instead of the other kids, and making him pick up the balls and sweep
14514-464: Was going to lose. But nobody expected it to happen today, and maybe not this year." Nadal withdrew from Queen's and Wimbledon due to suffering from tendinitis in both knees. Nadal dropped back to No. 2 behind Federer on 6 July 2009. At the Montreal , Nadal lost in the quarterfinals to del Potro, meaning he dropped outside the top two for the first time since July 2005. He lost in the semi-finals of Cincinnati to Djokovic in straight sets. At
14637-490: Was his first title in 11 months, having lost only 14 games en route to become the first player in the Open Era to win the same tournament for six straight years. At Italian Open , he defeated David Ferrer in the final for his fifth title. At Madrid , Nadal beat Federer in straight sets to become the first man to complete a clean sweep of the three clay-court Masters 1000 titles and was his 18th Masters title, breaking Andre Agassi 's all-time record. He moved back to No. 2 in
14760-425: Was originally due to play Mahut after Hewitt pulled out. However Djokovic needed to rest in preparation for the French Open . Thus Jo-Wilfried Tsonga replaced him to play his second match of the tournament. Then Julien Benneteau replaced Andy Murray when the latter pulled out with a groin injury. Richard Gasquet Richard Gabriel Cyr Gasquet ( French: [ʁiʃaʁ ɡaskɛ] ; born 18 June 1986)
14883-510: Was snapped in the first round on grass at Halle , Germany, where he lost to No. 147 Alexander Waske . He then lost in the second round of 2005 Wimbledon to No. 69 Gilles Müller . Following his Wimbledon loss, Nadal won 16 consecutive matches and three consecutive tournaments, the Swedish Open , Stuttgart Open , and the Canada Masters , defeating Agassi in the final of the latter to win
15006-441: Was the eighth seed and defeated American Mardy Fish in the first round. In his next two matches, he defeated a pair of his compatriots, Sébastien Grosjean and Gilles Simon . He went out to Andy Murray in the fourth round despite serving for the match at 5–4 in the third set. At the new tennis rankings posted on 7 July 2008, Gasquet fell five places from No. 10 to 15, the first time in nine months that Gasquet’s ranking fell outside
15129-472: Was upset in the third round of the Rogers Cup in Toronto and in the quarterfinals of Cincinnati by Juan Carlos Ferrero. At the US Open he lost in the quarterfinals to No. 54 Mikhail Youzhny . Nadal played only three tournaments for the remainder of the year. Joachim Johansson , ranked No. 690, upset Nadal in the second round of the Stockholm Open and he lost to Tomáš Berdych in the quarterfinals of
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