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At the age of 22 Rafael Nadal has just won his first Wimbledon final. Beating Roger Federer by 6-4, 6-4, 6-7, 6-7, 9-7, in the longest Wimbledon final in history, they have just finished playing after 4 hours and 48 minutes. He has now become the first player since Bjorn Borg to win both the French Open and Wimbledon back-to-back.

From April 2005 to May 2007, Nadal won a record 81 consecutive clay court matches before being defeated by Federer in the 2007 Hamburg Masters final. This is the longest winning streak of any male player on a single surface in the open era. These achievements have led many to regard Nadal as the greatest clay-court player in the history of the sport.

His career looks something like this, so far:

Singles
Career record: 302 - 73
Career titles: 29
Highest ranking: No. 1 (July 6, 2008)

Grand Slam results
Australian Open SF (2008)
French Open W (2005, 2006, 2007, 2008)
US Open QF (2007)
Wimbledon W (2008)

Doubles
Career record: 65 - 43
Career titles: 4
Highest ranking: No. 26 (August 8, 2005)

He is also quite cute!!!