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- published: 16 Jun 2012
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- author: ATPWorldTour
I've got this special kind of something, mmm
Somebody said that I wouldn't make it big
Somebody said I would be the kid
To go all the way, to go all the way
My daddy said, "Learn and you will go far
You gotta reach out for the highest star"
That's what she said, so that's what I did
But nobody said that I would feel this pain
Nobody said that I would feel this way
And now I need to explain
I've got something to give
I need someone to hold
I need a special kind of something
Cos I don't wanna be alone
I wanna learn how to love
I need to know how to care
I've got a special kind of something
That I just need to share
I didn't really think about the consequence
I got a one-way ticket out of innocence
But that was my dream, and this is my dream
I can't spend another night on my own
Never in my life felt so alone
Tell me, can I explain?
I've got something to give
I need someone to hold
I need a special kind of something
Cos I don't wanna be alone
I wanna learn how to love
I need to know how to care
I've got a special kind of something
That I just need to share
And if I keep pretending
How will you know, oh oh
The message I keep sending
I've got this special kind of something
That I need to show, oh
I've got something to give
I need someone to hold
I need a special kind of something
Cos I don't wanna be alone
I wanna learn how to love
I need to know how to care
I've got a special kind of something
That I just need to share
(Got something to give) something to give
Someone to hold (need someone to hold)
A special kind of something, don't wanna be alone
(I need special kind of something), uh-oh
(I don't want to be alone)
(Gotta learn how to live) learn how to love
Know how to care (need to know how to care)
A special kind of something, I just need to share
(I've got a special kind of something)
That I just need to share
(Got something to give) something to give
Someone to hold (need someone to hold)
A special kind of something, don't wanna be alone
(I need special kind of something), uh-oh
You are all I need to get me through (get me through
now baby)
Like a falling star I fell for you (I fell for you)
Sweet anticipation
It's giving me the butterflies
And my heartbeat's racing
Cos loving you is beautiful
When you're so irresistible
So don't stop (don't stop)
What you're doing baby
So good (so good)
And it drives me crazy
One touch (who-ho-hoo)
I'm in heaven, yeah
Cos loving you is so beautiful baby cos...
You are all I need to get me through (to get me through
now)
Like a falling star I fell for you (I fell for you now)
You have taught me how to love
An angel sent from high above
Now I know that all I need is you
Cos I need you and you need me
And we'll always be together
Before I knew what love was
I always ended up in tears
It's just the way my world was
Until you walked into my life
It's something that I just can't hide
Real love (real love)
Has come my way
And I know (I know)
That it's here to stay
And it feels (who-ho-hooo)
Like never before
Cos loving you is so beautiful baby cos...
You are all I need to get me through (to get me through
now)
Like a falling star I fell for you (I fell for you now)
You have taught me how to love
An angel sent from high above
Now I know that all I need is you
Cos I need you and you need me
And we'll always be together
Cos I need you and you need me
And we'll always be together
You're my inspiration
My world just seems a brighter place
I just wanna tell you
I've never ever felt this way
I've never thought I'd see the day
Real love (real love)
Has come my way
And I know (I know)
That it's here to stay
And it feels (who-ho-hooo)
Like never before
Cos loving you is so beautiful baby cos...
You are all I need to get me through (to get me through
now)
Like a falling star I fell for you (I fell for you now)
You have taught me how to love
An angel sent from high above
Now I know that all I need is...
You are all I need to get me through (get me through
now baby)
Like a falling star I fell for you (I fell for you)
You have taught me how to love
An angel sent from high above
You're so fine
Hey, look at me, can't you see
I'm the girl in all your dreams
So lay back, close your eyes
Cos I'm wilder than I seem
Boy, don't you feel the heat rise
Almost too much to take
Don't put your heart in my hands
Cos you know it's gonna break
I love to be loved but I wont stay too long
I just live to be free
Call my name, turn around, baby I'll be gone
Hey kitty kitty
Shame on you
How'd you get away with the things you do
So good at being bad
Blow my mind
Hey kitty kitty
You're so fine
You look for me in the dark
Cos I only come out at night
So come along, for the ride
But you gotta hold tight
I love to be loved but I wont stay too long
I just live to be free
Call my name, turn around, baby I'll be gone
Hey kitty kitty
Shame on you
How'd you get away with the things you do
So good at being bad
Blow my mind
Hey kitty kitty
You're so fine
Hey kitty kitty
Set me free
Why'd you wanna do what you do to me
So good at being bad
Blow my mind
Hey kitty kitty
You're so fine
You're so fine
Hey, look at me, can't you see
That I ain't gonna stay too long
Call my name, turn around, baby I'll be gone
Hey kitty kitty
Shame on you
How'd you get away with the things you do
So good at being bad
Blow my mind
Hey kitty kitty
You're so fine
Hey kitty kitty
Set me free
Why'd you wanna do what you do to me
So good at being bad
Blow my mind
Hey kitty kitty
You're so fine
Said the fight to make ends meet
Keeps a man upon his feet
Holding down his job
Trying to show he can't be bought
Ooh, it takes every kind of people
To make what life's about, yeah
Ooh every kind of people
To make the world go round
Someone's looking for a lead
In his duty to a King or to a creed
Protecting what he feels is right
Fights against wrong with his life
There's no profit in deceit
Honest men know that
Revenge do not taste sweet
Whether yellow, black or white
Each and every man's the same inside
Ooh, It takes every kind of people
To make what life's about, yeah
It takes every kind of people
To make the world go round
You know that love's the only goal
That could bring a peace to any soul
Hey, and every man's the same
He wants the sunshine in his name
Ooh, It takes every kind of people
To make what life's about, yeah
It takes every kind of people
To make the world go round
It takes every kind of people
To make what life's about, yeah
Every kind of people
To make the world go round
Every kind of people
To make what life's about, yeah
Every kind of people
Don't stop movin' to the funky, funky beat,
Don't stop movin' to the funky, funky beat,
Don't stop movin' to the funky, funky beat,
Don't stop movin' to the S Club beat,
DJ's got the party started, there's no end in sight,
Everybody's movin' to the rhythm that's inside,
It's a crazy world but tonight's the right situation,
Let it take you there,
I can feel the music movin' thru me everywhere,
Ain't no destination baby
We don't even care
There's a place to be,
If you need the right education,
Let it take you there
Just go with the magic baby,
I can see it there in your eyes,
Let it flow, stop the waiting,
Right there on the dance floor is where you gotta let
it go,
Don't stop movin'
Can you feel the music,
DJ's got us goin' around, round,
Don't stop movin'
Find your own way to it,
Listen to music,
Takin' you to places that you've never been before baby
now.
Don't stop movin' to the funky, funky beat,
Don't stop movin' to the S Club beat,
You can touch the moment, almost feel it in the air,
Don't know where we're goin' baby we don't even care,
Ain't no mystery just use your imagination,
Let it take you there,
Just go with the magic baby,
I can see it there in your eyes,
Let it flow, stop the waitin'
Right there on the dance floor is where you've gotta
let it go,
Don't stop movin'
Can you feel the music,
DJ's got us goin' around, round,
Don't stop movin'
Find your own way to it,
Listen to the music,
Takin' you to places that you've never been before baby
now,
Don't stop movin' to the funky, funky beat,
Don't stop movin' to the funky, funky beat,
Don't stop movin' to the funky, funky beat,
Don't stop movin' to the S Club beat,
Forget about all your fears tonight,
Listen to your heart let's just touch the sky(Listen to
your heart),
No need to reason why,
Just listen to the sound that'll make you come alive,
Don't stop movin'
Can you feel the music,
DJ's got us goin' around, round,
Don't stop movin'
Find your own way to it,
Listen to the music,
Yea yea yea…
Don't stop movin'
Can you feel the music,
DJ's got us goin' around, round,
Don't stop movin'
Find your own way to it,
Listen to the music,
Takin' you to places that you've never been before baby
now,
Don't stop movin' to the funky, funky beat,
Don't stop movin' to the funky, funky beat,
Don't stop movin' to the funky, funky beat,
Whole lotta nothing
Oh yeah yeah
Take me on a spin
Do your thing
But you can't get in
No no
Ain't about to give it all up
Just because you pull up in your drop-top
Gotta do it right
Boy you're moving too fast, rewind
Oh oh
If you wanna slip in my bed
Then you want what you can't get
I know you got it
And you're coming back to mine
Just forget it
Don't go wasting my time
You gotta be a man who's there for me
Somebody who will always care for me
No doubt in what you've gotta do
No class, no pass
No room for you
If you wanna be my Mr. Right
You've gotta know what I need tonight
Be mine, can't be no other way
No creep, no peep
And a whole lotta nothing
Take me on a cruise
Give me something that I can't refuse
Uh oh
Takes more than a good time
To let you know that you're my kind
I know you got it
And you're coming back to mine
Just forget it
Don't go wasting my time
You gotta be a man who's there for me
Somebody who will always care for me
No doubt in what you've gotta do
No class, no pass
No room for you
If you wanna be my Mr. Right
You've gotta know what I need tonight
Be mine, can't be no other way
No creep, no peep
And a whole lotta nothing
No creep, no peep
No creep, no peep
No creep, no peep
And a whole lotta nothing
Don't go wasting my time
You gotta be a man who's there for me
Somebody who will always care for me
No doubt in what you've gotta do
No class, no pass
No room for you
If you wanna be my Mr. Right
You've gotta know what I need tonight
Be mine, can't be no other way
No creep, no peep
And a whole lotta nothing
You gotta be a man who's there for me
Somebody who will always care for me
No doubt in what you've gotta do
No class, no pass
No room for you
If you wanna be my Mr. Right
You've gotta know what I need tonight
Be mine, can't be no other way
No creep, no peep
And a whole lotta nothing
Don't go wasting my time
You gotta be a man who's there for me
Somebody who will always care for me
No doubt in what you've gotta do
No class, no pass
No room for you
If you wanna be my Mr. Right
You've gotta know what I need tonight
Be mine, can't be no other way
No creep, no peep
Stand out
There's something about the way that you do it
So bottle it up, that way you won't lose it for love
Big sound
Dreaming you up, I'm feeling so erratic
Your holding me down, I'm set to automatic
So loud
Saw an apple in every vibe
Whenever your rub-a-dubbin'
Pineapple is playin all night
He's the one, he's the one
Baby
Day after day (my MC) putting the rest to shame
Cos he'll be givin me gangsta, givin me gangsta love
Day after day (my MC) gotta give up the name
Cos he'll be givin me gangsta, givin me gangsta love
Spaced out
Ready to take the seat of your intentions
There's more then one thing that I forgot to mention
Go down
Turn 'round
Been checkin' you out and watchin' you undo it
Been pickin' it up and love the way you throw it all down
Saw an apple in every vibe
Whenever your rub-a-dubbin'
Pineapple is playin all night
He's the one, he's the one
Baby
Day after day (my MC) putting the rest to shame
Cos he'll be givin me gangsta, givin me gangsta love
Day after day (my MC) gotta give up the name
Cos he'll be givin me gangsta, givin me gangsta love
Face down
Wiped out
Brotha let me peep this
I'm a ga-ga-ga-ga-ga-ga-gagaga
Gotta keep the peace
You got me spaced out
Wiped out
Brotha let me peep this
I'm a gangsta, gangsta, gangsta
Gangsta love
Pineapple is playing all night
He's the one, he's the one
Baby
Day after day (my MC) putting the rest to shame
Cos he'll be givin me gangsta, givin me gangsta love
Day after day (my MC) gotta give up the name
Cos he'll be givin me gangsta, givin me gangsta love
Day after day (my MC) putting the rest to shame
Cos he'll be givin me gangsta, givin me gangsta love
Day after day (my MC) gotta give up the name
Cos he'll be givin me gangsta, givin me gangsta love
Day after day (my MC) putting the rest to shame
Cos he'll be givin me gangsta, givin me gangsta love
Day after day (my MC) gotta give up the name
Cos he'll be givin me gangsta, givin me gangsta love
Day after day (my MC) putting the rest to shame
Cos he'll be givin me gangsta, givin me gangsta love
Day after day (my MC) gotta give up the name
Come out and play with me baby
Like girls do
Come on and play with me baby
Right now
I wanna stamp to the music
You know how much I like it
When you turn me around
I can't stop
I can't calm down
Why don't we dance to the music
Like boys do
Why don't we dance to the music
Right now
I wanna move with you baby
You know how much I like it
When you turn me around
It's so hot
We can't complain
Why don't we do it till we drop (so why, so why why)
Why don't we start it up and never stop (don't stop, don't stop)
Why don't we dance
Get the girls with the boys
And the boys with the girls
It's easy to see
When you're here with me
Together we'll make it forever
Over here, over there
You're looking for me
Let me get down my special lady
I've been watching you watching me
Girl all night
I've been sitting and waiting for your green light
Clock is ticking and you still dont bite
If only I knew what was on your mind
And I just gotta let you know
That you're the one
I want you so
So we can talk for a moment
I'll tell you
All of the secrets
Inside of my mind
I think it's time
That I told you
I wanna get to know you
Before we run out of time
It's so hot
We can't complain
Oh won't you stay with me baby
Till daylight
And stay this way
Till the end of all time
I wanna be with you darlin'
You know how much I like it
When you turn me around
It's so hot
We can't complain
Why don't we do it till we drop (so why, so why why)
Why dont we start it up and never stop (don't stop, don't stop)
Why don't we dance
Get the girls with the boys
And the boys with the girls
It's easy to see
When you're here with me
Together we'll make it forever
If you wanna have fun with me
Just come to my drum with me
We can get freaky deaky
When ya wanna slow down, see me
And slide your body right next to me
No need to rush
We can take it slow
Get down with the rhythms
Cause I'm feeling your flow
And I just gotta let you know
That you're the one
I want you so
Why don't we dance to the music
Like boys do
Why don't we dance to the music
Right now
I wanna move with you baby
You know how much I like it
When you turn me around
It's so hot
We can't complain
Why don't we do it till we drop (so why, so why why)
Why don't we start it up and never stop (don't stop, don't stop)
Why don't we dance
Get the girls with the boys
And the boys with the girls
It's easy to see
When you're here with me
Together we'll make it forever
Why don't we do it till we drop (so why, so why why)
Why don't we start it up and never stop (don't stop, don't stop)
Why don't we dance
Get the girls with the boys
And the boys with the girls
It's easy to see
When you're here with me
I still think about how it used to be
So entwined in my own lies, surrounded by this make believe
I've been held by despondency
I should have known the road I chose would run out on me (oh no)
I could've faded
Been jaded
By every consequence
Every word that you hurdled
Was part of my defense
You can hurt me
Desert me
It makes no difference
I give as good as I get
Like a weight falling from my shoulders
I'm not going to go that way again (never going back)
When everybody said that my days were over
Wouldn't get the time to comprehend (you should've known that)
You should've known it would make me stronger
I was never gonna fade away (don't you know that)
I keep it coming, my destiny aint running away from me
And it's all so bittersweet
In my life, I had no room for comprimise
The things I've done have been the ones I have had to leave behind
Look in my eyes, you barely recognise
The woman who depended on you to sing a little praise or criticise (oh no)
So I hide it
Divide it
Bout what I feel inside
Now I take it
Or make it
I'm gonna be alright
Whether you need me
Believe me
You'll never hurt my pride
Finally all this feels like
Like a weight falling from my shoulders
I'm not going to go that way again (never going back)
When everybody said that my days were over
Would'nt get the time to comprehend (you should've known that)
You should've known it would make me stronger
I was never gonna fade away (don't you know that)
I keep it coming, my destiny aint running away from me
And it's all so bittersweet
Look into my eyes
I wont be left behind
Everything's going to be fine
And I have never felt like this
I have no need to reminisce
Those old days have gone
And I keep holding on
Like a weight falling from my shoulders
I'm not going to go that way again (never going back)
When everybody said that my days were over
Would'nt get the time to comprehend (you should've known that)
You should've known it would make me stronger
I was never gonna fade away (don't you know that)
I keep it coming, my destiny aint running away from me
And it's all so bittersweet
Like a weight falling from my shoulders
I'm not going to go that way again (never going back)
When everybody said that my days were over
Would'nt get the time to comprehend (you should've known that)
You should've known it would make me stronger
I was never gonna fade away (don't you know that)
I keep it coming, my destiny aint running away from me
And it's all so bittersweet
Like a weight falling from my shoulders
I'm not going to go that way again (never going back)
When everybody said that my days were over
Would'nt get the time to comprehend (you should've known that)
You should've known it would make me stronger
I was never gonna fade away (don't you know that)
I keep it coming, my destiny aint running away from me
We've been living a lie
We're not what we seem to be
And we've had enough of being fooled
Now we wanna be free
Sure we be living a dream (somebody else's)
And now we wanna live on
But we gotta leave this game behind
And know who we really are
Don't let anyone take over your life (no no no)
Don't give up your dreams and you'll be alright (no no)
They think they can control you but they should've told you
When you're a clone, you know you're never alone
Who do you think you are
Do you know for sure
Now tell me
Who do you think you are
Do you know for sure
Now tell me
Who do you think you are
Who do you think you are
We're ready for change
And we just wanna come out
And it's up to you and me now boy
Why are we waiting around
Feels like we're caught in a trance (somebody else's)
Maybe it's all in the mind
But we've gotta find a way to leave all of this trouble behind
Don't let anyone take over your life (no no no)
Don't give up your dreams and you'll be alright (no no)
They think they can control you but they should've told you
When you're a clone, you know you're never alone
Who do you think you are
Do you know for sure
Now tell me
Who do you think you are
Do you know for sure
Now tell me
Just gotta get
Just gotta get back
Just gotta get
Just gotta get back on track
Just gotta get
Just gotta get back
Just gotta get
Just gotta get back on track
Who do you think you are
Do you know for sure
Now tell me
Who do you think you are
Do you know for sure
Now tell me
Who do you think you are
Do you know for sure
Now tell me
Who do you think you are
Do you know for sure
Da da da da
Da da da
Da da da da
Da da da (Oh yeah)
Da da da da
Da da da
Da da da da
Da da da
How about a cup of coffee
Me and you, we can meet at the cafe
Parler while sippin' cappuccinos
If that ain't you, we can go hit a movie
Here I am all jittery and nervous
Got me feelin' that I'm really not good at this
In your mind I know your thinkin' what I'm up to
All I wanna do is try to get to know you
I can be the one
You know the one you don't know your lookin' for
We can be the spark
To start a fire that the world's been waitin' for
The greatest love affair started with hello
The greatest love song started with a note
And the Mona Lisa started with a stroke
Maybe me and you could be one of those
The greatest idea started with a thought
If I think hard enough I can win your heart
Cause the greatest love story that was ever told
Could be me and you
You just never know
I've been doin' all the talkin'
Whats up with you, can you tell me what you're thinkin'
Am I off base
Slow down, stop walking
Take a breath, do you come here often
You say you do, and tommorow is the weekend
Do you bowl or are you up for rollerblading
Take my number, hit me up on my cell phone
Maybe later we can finish converstatin'
Yeah
I can be the one
You know the one you don't know your lookin' for
We can be the spark
To start a fire that the world's been waitin' for
The greatest love affair started with hello
The greatest love song started with a note
And the Mona Lisa started with a stroke
Maybe me and you could be one of those
The greatest idea started with a thought
If I think hard enough I can win your heart
Cause the greatest love story that was ever told
Could be me and you
You just never know
The strangest things have happened
And I don't even know your name
But I'm feelin' this connection
Tell me do you feel the same
It could be bigger than both of us
But first it has to start
One day people gonna look back at us as a work of art
Da da da da
Da da da
Da da da da
Da da da (Oh yeah)
Da da da da
Da da da
Da da da da
Da da da
I can be the one
To start a fire that the world's been waitin' for
The greatest love affair started with hello
The greatest love song started with a note
And the Mona Lisa started with a stroke
Maybe me and you could be one of those
The greatest idea started with a thought
If I think hard enough I can win your heart
Cause the greatest love story that was ever told
Could be me and you
You just never know
The greatest love affair started with hello
The greatest love song started with a note
And the Mona Lisa started with a stroke
Maybe me and you could be one of those
The greatest idea started with a thought
If I think hard enough I can win your heart
Cause the greatest love story that was ever told
Could be me and you
You just never know
Da da da
Da da da da
Da da da
Da da da da
Da da da
Da da da da
Da da da
I see my future there in your eyes
Together and forever, it's you and me
You see cause I wont be listening to what my friends have got to say
I know you'll be there all the way
You promised
And I know
That you will always care
Through good times
Through bad times
You're always there
Hold me now don't ever let it go
I'm in love with you but you already know
I want this love to last and be forever
If you believe and you can only see
That making love to me would make your life complete
Hold me tight and say you'll leave me never
Straight from the heart you changed my life forever more
I dream of waking up in your arms
And watch the sun bring in the day
You see what I can't imagine I'm sure we can achieve
Which means giving up on this dream
You comfort
And you guide me
When skies are grey
And I feel you
And I need you
To say you'll stay
Hold me now don't ever let it go
I'm in love with you but you already know
I want this love to last and be forever
If you believe and you can only see
That making love to me would make your life complete
Hold me tight and say you'll leave me never
Straight from the heart you changed my life forever more
Forever more
Forever more
Changed my life
You promised
And I know
That you will always care
Through good times
Through bad times
You're always there
Hold me now don't ever let it go
I'm in love with you but you already know
I want this love to last and be forever
If you believe and you can only see
That making love to me would make your life complete
Hold me tight and say you'll leave me never
Straight from the heart you changed my life forever more
You cast a spell over me
I don't know where to turn to anymore
I see your face
Every morning when I wake up
Every night when I go to bed
You're here with me some how
Don't know how
I can feel you here right now
So close
So real
Doo doo-doo doo-doo
Show me your colours
Show me
Show me your colours
Show me
Don't break this spell I'm in
Please don't break my heart
Show me
Show me your colours, baby
Tell me who you really are
I know you want what I want
Far away
But still within our reach
Do you dare
Are you brave enough to show me
What your heart really wants to?
(Heart really wants to)
I say your name to my self out loud
Wanna have you all around
Like a cover for the cold and the outside
Making love in the candle lights
Doo doo-doo doo-doo
Show me
(Show me)
Show me your colours
Show me
Don't break this spell I'm in
Please don't break my heart
(Don't break my heart)
Show me
(Show me)
Show me your colours
Baby
Tell me who you really are
Baby
Don't tell me I mean nothing
After all you did
(After all you did)
Baby
Don't you tell me
Tell me I mean nothing
Tell me I mean nothing to you
Please show me now
(Please show me)
Show me
Show me your colours
Show me
Don't break this spell I'm in
Please don't break my heart
(Don't break my heart)
Show me
Show me your colours
Baby
Tell me who you really are
(Who you really are)
Show me
(Show me)
Show me your colours
(Show me your colours baby)
Show me
Don't break this spell I'm in
Please don't break my heart
(Don't break my heart
Show me
(Aaaaahh)
Show me your colours
Baby
Tell me who you really are
I'm not allowed to adore you
The way you know I really want
But I do
Even though it's been a nightmare
To pretend that it's all over
It's not the easiest thing to avoid
Damage is already done
I'm in love
With
La la-la la-la la-la la-la la
La la-la la-la la-la la la la
La la-la la-la la-la la-la la
La la-la la-la la-la la la la la
I come to see you
Every night
All on my own
Nobody else
The way that you're dancing
The look in your eyes
How your body moves
Will hypnotise
I can't
Show my feelings
When I'm around you
But I can
Hide this secret secret secret
Like I do
I see the fire in your soul
And it drives me wild
The music's burning in my heart
I feel desire
When you dance I lose control
Cause you lead me on
To the point of no return
My secret love
La la-la la-la la-la la-la la
La la-la la-la la-la la la la la
Underneath the moonlight
I imagine his kiss
All of my dreams
Start like this
I'm way downtown
I'm out of my depth
Why am I here
What do I say
But I can't
Fight my feelings
When I'm around you
But I can
Hide this secret secret secret
Like I do
I see the fire in your soul
And it drives me wild
The music's burning in my heart
I feel desire
When you dance I lose control
Cause you lead me on
To the point of no return
My secret love
La la-la la-la la-la la-la la
La la-la la-la la-la la la la
La la-la la-la la-la la-la la
La la-la la-la la-la la la la la
The way you move's so firey and strong
Dark latin heats me up as the beat goes on
Your moody stares send shivers down my spine
The more I watch the more my temperature climbs
And my secret shows
I see the fire in your soul
And it drives me wild
The music's burning in my heart
I feel desire
When you dance I lose control
Cause you lead me on
To the point of no return
My secret love
I see the fire in your soul
And it drives me wild
The music's burning in my heart
I feel desire
When you dance I lose control
Cause you lead me on
To the point of no return
My secret love
La la-la la-la la-la la-la la
La la-la la-la la-la la la la
La la-la la-la la-la la-la la
In the years to come
Will you think about these moments that we shared
In the years to come
Are you gonna think it over
And how we lived each day with no regrets
Nothing lasts forever though we want it to
The road ahead holds different dreams for me and you
Sometimes goodbye though it hurts in your heart is the only way for destiny
Sometimes goodbye though it hurts is the only way now for you and me
Though its the hardest thing to say
I'll miss your love in every way
So say goodbye
But don't you cry
Cause true love never dies
In a year from now
Maybe there'll be things we'll wish we'll never said
In a year from now
Maybe we'll see each other, stnding on the same street corner though it rains
Each and every end is always written in the stars
If only i could stop the World i'd make this last
Sometimes goodbye though it hurts in your heart is the only way for destiny
Sometimes goodbye though it hurts is the only way now for you and me
And its the hardest thing to say
I'll miss your love in every way
So say goodbye
But don't you cry
Cause true love never dies
And when you need my arms to run into
I'll come for you
Nothing will ever change the way i feel
Sometimes goodbye though it hurts in your heart is the only way for destiny
Sometimes goodbye though it hurts is the only way now for you and me
And its the hardest thing to say
I'll miss your love in every way
So say goodbye
Your heartbeat's taking over
And there's nowhere you can go
And the love that you discover
Is finally taking hold
When it feels like the beginning
And the story will unfold
There's a time to take your chances
Don't be scared of the unknown
Cause you can't fight it
Don't deny it
Love is stronger than each other
Show me baby
What you're gonna do, do
Love ain't gonna wait for you
Don't run, don't hide
Love ain't gonna wait for you
It's so good, it's so right
Love ain't gonna wait for you
You know that it's true
Love ain't gonna wait for you
So baby hold me really closer
Be the one I give my all
There's no waiting a minute longer
To finally give your heart
You can't hide it
Don't deny it
Love is stronger than each other
Show me baby
What you're gonna do, do
Love ain't gonna wait for you
Don't run, don't hide
Love ain't gonna wait for you
It's so good, it's so right
Love ain't gonna wait for you
You know that it's true
I can't hold back what I'm thinking
Don't you tell me that I'm dreaming
You know that there's something you should do, do, do, do, do
Cause love ain't gonna wait for you
Don't run, don't hide
Love ain't gonna wait for you
It's so good, it's so right
Love ain't gonna wait for you
You know that it's true
Cause love ain't gonna wait for you
Don't run, don't hide
Love ain't gonna wait for you
It's so good, it's so right
Love ain't gonna wait for you
You know that it's true
Cause love ain't gonna wait for you
Don't run, don't hide
Love ain't gonna wait for you
It's so good, it's so right
Love ain't gonna wait for you
Baby
Ooo-oo-ooh Ooo-oo-ooh Ooo-oo-ooh
Shadows on the wall
Forming outlines of your face
I reach out to touch you
Through time and through space
In my dreams I'm always with you
So let me sleep
Ooo-oo-ooh Ooo-oo-ooh Ooo-oo-ooh
In my dreams I'm with you
Ooo-oo-ooh Ooo-oo-ooh Ooo-oo-ooh
I'll always be with you
Oh oh
Baby
I dream that your here with me
Lying by my side
This wont last forever
Let's catch the sands of time
I don't want ever to end
So let me sleep
Ooo-oo-ooh Ooo-oo-ooh Ooo-oo-ooh
In my dreams I'm with you
Ooo-oo-ooh Ooo-oo-ooh Ooo-oo-ooh
I'll always be with you
Let me sleep
Let me sleep
Let me sleep
Just let me sleep
Oh yeah
So let me sleep (oh)
Ooo-oo-ooh Ooo-oo-ooh Ooo-oo-ooh
In my dreams I'm with you
Ooo-oo-ooh Ooo-oo-ooh Ooo-oo-ooh
I'll always be with you
Let me sleep for a while let me dream of your smile
In my dreams I'm with you
Let me sleep for a while let me dream of your smile
10:30 one more Friday night
I got my space so I wont be getting heavy anymore
Bring on the one to save me
To you it might sound crazy
Way down inside my heart
I'm drowning
I'm in too deep (in too deep, too deep, alright)
Let's take it easy, cool it down (in too deep, gotta hold it back somehow)
Can't help the way I'm feeling (in too deep, too deep, although)
I'm trying not to let it show (in too deep, I can't let you go)
I wait to find you by my side (oh yeah, you're freakin me again now)
How much more can I take this (babe, I gave you everything, yeah)
Bring on the one to save me
To you it might sound crazy
Way down inside my heart
I know
I'm in too deep (in too deep, too deep, alright)
Let's take it easy, cool it down (in too deep, gotta hold it back somehow)
Can't help the way I'm feeling (in too deep, too deep, although)
I'm trying not to let it show (in too deep, I can't let you go)
Everytime I let you know (well)
Gotta let the feeling flow (ooh)
Gotta let it fly by (oh)
(Too deep, too deep)
(Too deep, too deep)
Can't help the way I'm feeling (in too deep, too deep, although)
I'm trying not to let it show (in too deep, I can't let you go)
In too deep, too deep
In too deep, too deep
Baby
I know I can see what you like
As your standing by the dance floor
Baby
You've got something that you need to find
I can feel it that you want more
Take your body over to the floor
It's much too soon to hit the door
Stop
Let's make it tonight
Don't fake it
There's no need to analyze
Now's the time to recognize
And jump in the light
Invade it
Dance
Let the music take you over
Dance
Let the beat become your lover
Dance
You can't stop it baby it's your life
Woah woah
Dance
Da-a-a-a-a-ance (everybody just dance tonight)
Dance
Da-a-a-a-a-ance (oh)
Lately
You've been searching for the other side
There's a feeling to discover
Baby
You can feel it in the air tonight
Let the groove just take you over
Take your body over to the floor
It's much too soon to hit the door
Stop
Let's make it tonight
Don't fake it
There's no need to analyze
Now's the time to recognise
And jump in the light
Invade it
Dance
Let the music take you over
Dance
Let the beat become your lover
Dance
You can't stop it baby it's your life
Woah woah
Dance
Let the music take you over
Dance
Let the beat become your lover
Dance
You can't stop it baby it's your life
Woah woah
Dance
Da-a-a-a-a-ance
Dance
Da-a-a-a-a-ance (yeah yeah)
Dance
Da-a-a-a-a-ance (oh dance)
Everybody just dance
I've been thinking
It's time to discover
A new religion
From one to another
Da-da-dance
Let the music take you over
Dance
Let the beat become your lover
Dance
You can't stop it baby it's your life
Woah woah
Dance
Let the music take you over
Dance
Let the beat become your lover
Dance
You can't stop it baby it's your life
Woah woah
I still remember it was day number one
We hit the ground and then we started to run
Now we're connected and I won't turn around
Cause you set me free, put my soul at ease
I just can't stop the feeling
What you give is what I'm needing
I just won't stop believing
On and on it's only just begun
I'm feeling so alive
Make it last forever
Everyday is right
Whenever we're together
I'm so alive
And loving every minute
Underneath the sky there's a heaven for you and I
I feel so alive
Day number two and there's a difference in me
We're getting closer baby spiritually
I got this feeling it was just meant to be
There's an energy between you and me yeah
I just can't stop the feeling
What you give is what I'm needing
I just won't stop believing
On and on it's only just begun
I'm feeling so alive
Make it last forever
Everyday is right
Whenever we're together
I'm so alive
And loving every minute
Underneath the sky there's a heaven for you and I
Like a waterfall coming down on me
I can't go back cos I'm in too deep
You make me see those things that I never seen
You know the remedy, it's obvious to me
I'm feeling so alive
Make it last forever
Everyday is right
Whenever we're together
I'm so alive
And loving every minute
Underneath the sky there's a heaven for you...
I'm feeling so alive
Make it last forever
Everyday is right
Whenever we're together
I'm so alive
And loving every minute
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Edition: | 37th | |||
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Doubles | ||||
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The 2008 Artois Championships (also known traditionally as the Queen's Club Championships) was a tennis tournament played on outdoor grass courts. It was the 37th edition of the Artois Championships, and was part of the International Series of the 2008 ATP Tour. It took place at the Queen's Club in London, England, United Kingdom, from 9 through 15 June 2008.
The singles draw was headlined by ATP No. 2, four-time French Open champion Rafael Nadal, Australian Open winner and Roland-Garros semifinalist Novak Djokovic, and Queen's Club defending champion Andy Roddick. Also present in the field were Buenos Aires winner David Nalbandian, 2007 Mumbai titlist Richard Gasquet, Andy Murray, Paul-Henri Mathieu and Ivo Karlović.
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Location | London United Kingdom |
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Venue | Queen's Club | |
Category | ATP World Series (1990–1997) ATP International Series (1998–2008) ATP World Tour 250 series (2009–current) |
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Surface | Grass / Outdoors | |
Draw | 56S / 32Q / 24D | |
Prize money | £640,000 (€750,000) | |
Website | www.aegonchampionships.com |
The Queen's Club Championships is an annual tournament for male tennis players, held on grass courts at the Queen's Club in West Kensington, London. Originally known as the London Grass Court Championships, the tournament traces back to 1884 when a tennis tournament was held at the London Athletic Club.[1] One year later the tournament was given the title of the London Championships, and it was held outdoors, on grass. In 1890 the tournament moved to its current location, the Queen's Club. Between 1970 and 1989 it was part of the Grand Prix tennis circuit. The event is now an ATP World Tour 250 series tournament on the Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP) Tour. From 1979 until 2008, the tournament was sponsored by Stella Artois, and thus called the Stella Artois Championships.[2] In 2009 the tournament was renamed as the AEGON Championships following a comprehensive sponsorship deal between Lawn Tennis Association and AEGON, which also led to renaming of Birmingham and Eastbourne grass court events.[3]
The Queen's Club Championships is held every year in June in the week after the French Open. Grass courts are the least common playing surface for top-level events on the ATP Tour (excluding Challenger Series events). The 2009 schedule included only four grass court tournaments in the run-up to Wimbledon. Alongside Queen's, there are the Gerry Weber Open, the Eastbourne International, and the Rosmalen Grass Court Championships. An additional tournament is played on grass in Newport, Rhode Island, USA, in the week immediately after Wimbledon.
Outside Wimbledon, this is the grass-court tournament with the largest draw size. In addition, it enjoys full coverage on the BBC in the UK, and was shown in High Definition for the first time in 2009. Andy Roddick and Lleyton Hewitt have dominated the tournament in recent times, each winning four titles.[4] Four titles is the most anyone has won at Queens with famous names such as Emerson and McEnroe added to Hewitt and Roddick. Andy Roddick has called the courts at the Queen's Club "arguably the best in the world".[5]
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Since 1890:
Year | Champion | Runner-up | Score |
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1890 | David G. Chaytor | Wilfred Baddeley | 3–6, 6–8, 6–1, 6–2, 6–2 |
1891 | Harry S. Barlow | Joshua Pim | 6–4, 2–6, 6–0, 7–5 |
1892 | Ernest W. Lewis | Joshua Pim | 6–4, 6–4, 3–6, 4–6, 6–1 |
1893 | Joshua Pim | Harold S. Mahony | 1–6, 6–1, 6–8, 6–3 |
1894 | Harold S. Mahony | Harry S. Barlow | 6–2, 6–3, 6–3 |
1895 | Harry S. Barlow | Manliff Goodbody | 6–4, 7–5, 5–7, 5–7, 10–8 |
1896 | Harold S. Mahony | Reginald Doherty | 11–9, 6–4, 6–4 |
1897 | Lawrence Doherty | Josiah Ritchie | 6–2, 6–2, 6–2 |
1898 | Lawrence Doherty | Harold S. Mahony | 6–3, 6–4, 9–7 |
1899 | Harold S. Mahony | Arthur Gore | 8–10, 6–2, 7–5, 6–1 |
1900 | Arthur Gore | A. Lavy | 6–0, 6–2, 6–3 |
1901 | Charles Dixon | George Greville | 6–1, 6–0, 4–6, 6–4 |
1902 | Josiah Ritchie | Charles Simond | 6–3, 6–4, 6–0 |
1903 | George Greville | Charles Simond | 6–1, 6–4, 7–9, 5–7, 6–4 |
1904 | Josiah Ritchie | Harold S. Mahony | 6–3, 6–1, 6–1 |
1905 | Holcombe Ward | Beals C. Wright | walkover |
1906 | Josiah Ritchie | John M. Flavelle | 6–0, 6–1, 7–5 |
1907 | Anthony Wilding | Josiah Ritchie | 6–2, 6–1, 6–0 |
1908 | Kenneth Powell | Josiah Ritchie | 6–4, 3–3 retired |
1909 | Josiah Ritchie | Harry Parker | 11–13, 6–4 6–1, 6–0 |
1910 | Anthony Wilding | Josiah Ritchie | 6–4, 6–3, 2–0 retired |
1911 | Anthony Wilding | Alfred Beamish | 7–5, 6–2, 6–3 |
1912 | Anthony Wilding | Otto Froitzheim | walkover |
1913 | Arthur Lowe | Wallace F. Johnson | 7–5, 6–4, 4–6, 4–6, 6–4 |
1914 | Arthur Lowe | Percival Davson | 6–2, 7–5, 6–4 |
1915–1918 | Not Held | ||
1919 | Pat O'Hara Wood | Louis Raymond | 6–4, 6–0, 2–6, 7–5 |
1920 | William Johnston | William Tilden | 4–6, 6–2, 6–4 |
1921 | Zenzo Shimizu | Mohammed Sleem | 6–2, 6–0 |
1922 | Henry Mayes | Donald Greig | 6–8, 6–2, 6–2, 6–1 |
1923 | Vincent Richards | Sydney M. Jacob | 6–2, 6–2 |
1924 | Algernon Kingscote | Arthur Lowe | 3–6, 8–6, 6–3, 6–2 |
1925 | Arthur Lowe | Henry Mayes | 6–2, 9–7 |
1926 | Henry Mayes | Arthur Lowe | 6–3, 6–2 |
1927 | Henry Mayes | D.M. Evans | 6–3, 6–3 |
1928 | William Tilden | Francis Hunter | 6–3, 6–2, 6–1 |
1929 | William Tilden / Francis Hunter | title shared | |
1930 | Wilmer Allison | Gregory Mangin | 6–4, 8–6 |
1931 | John Olliff | Edward Avory | 3–6, 6–4, 6–2 |
1932 | Jack Crawford | Hendrik Timmer | 1–6, 6–3, 6–3, 6–4 |
1933 | Ellsworth Vines / Lester Stoefen | title shared | |
1934 | Sidney Wood | Frank Shields | 6–4, 6–3 |
1935 | Wilmer Allison / Clarence Jones | title shared | |
1936 | Donald Budge | David P. Jones | 6–4, 6–3 |
1937 | Donald Budge | Henry Austin | 6–1, 6–2 |
1938 | Henry Austin | Kie Kho-Sin | 6–2, 6–0 |
1939 | Gottfried von Cramm | Ghaus Mohammad | 6–1, 6–3 |
1940–1945 | Not Held | ||
1946 | Pancho Segura | Colin Long | 6–4, 7–5 |
1947 | Robert Falkenburg | Colin Long | 6–4, 7–5 |
1948 | Robert Falkenburg / Eric Sturgess | title shared | |
1949 | Ted Schroeder | Gardnar Mulloy | 8–6, 6–0 |
1950 | John Bromwich | Arthur Larsen | 6–2, 6–4 |
1951 | Eric Sturgess | Frank Sedgman | 6–4 5–7 6–2 |
1952 | Frank Sedgman | Mervyn Rose | 10–8, 6–2 |
1953 | Lewis Hoad | Ken Rosewall | 8–6, 10–8 |
1954 | Lewis Hoad | Mervyn Rose | 8–6, 6–4 |
1955 | Ken Rosewall | Lewis Hoad | 6–2, 6–3 |
1956 | Neale Fraser | Ken Rosewall | 7–5, 3–6, 9–7 |
1957 | Ashley Cooper | Neale Fraser | 6–8, 6–2, 6–3 |
1958 | Malcolm Anderson | Robert Mark | 1–6, 11–9, 6–3 |
1959 | Ramanathan Krishnan | Neale Fraser | 6–3, 6–0 |
1960 | Andrés Gimeno | Roy Emerson | 8–6,6–3 |
1961 | Bob Hewitt | Robert McKinley | 6–2 6–3 |
1962 | Rod Laver | Roy Emerson | 6–4 7–5 |
1963 | Roy Emerson | Owen Davidson | 6–1 6–2 |
1964 | Roy Emerson | Toomas Lejus | 12–10, 6–4 |
1965 | Roy Emerson | Dennis Ralston | walkover |
1966 | Roy Emerson | Tony Roche | walkover |
1967 | John Newcombe | Roger Taylor | 7–5, 6–3 |
1968 | Clark Graebner / Tom Okker | title shared (rainout) | |
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1969 | Fred Stolle | John Newcombe | 6–3, 22–20 |
1970 | Rod Laver | John Newcombe | 6–4, 6–3 |
1971 | Stan Smith | John Newcombe | 8–6, 6–3 |
1972 | Jimmy Connors | John Paish | 6–2, 6–3 |
1973 | Ilie Năstase | Roger Taylor | 10–8, 6–3 |
1974–1976 | Not Held | ||
1977 | Raúl Ramírez | Mark Cox | 9–7, 7–5 |
1978 | Tony Roche | John McEnroe | 8–6, 9–7 |
1979 | John McEnroe | Victor Pecci | 6–7, 6–1, 6–1 |
1980 | John McEnroe | Kim Warwick | 6–3, 6–1 |
1981 | John McEnroe | Brian Gottfried | 7–6, 7–5 |
1982 | Jimmy Connors | John McEnroe | 7–5, 6–3 |
1983 | Jimmy Connors | John McEnroe | 6–3, 6–3 |
1984 | John McEnroe | Leif Shiras | 6–1, 3–6, 6–2 |
1985 | Boris Becker | Johan Kriek | 6–2, 6–3 |
1986 | Tim Mayotte | Jimmy Connors | 6–4, 2–1 (retired) |
1987 | Boris Becker | Jimmy Connors | 6–7, 6–3, 6–4 |
1988 | Boris Becker | Stefan Edberg | 6–1, 3–6, 6–3 |
1989 | Ivan Lendl | Christo van Rensburg | 4–6, 6–3, 6–4 |
1990 | Ivan Lendl | Boris Becker | 6–3, 6–2 |
1991 | Stefan Edberg | David Wheaton | 6–2, 6–3 |
1992 | Wayne Ferreira | Shuzo Matsuoka | 6–3, 6–4 |
1993 | Michael Stich | Wayne Ferreira | 6–3, 6–4 |
1994 | Todd Martin | Pete Sampras | 7–6(7–4), 7–6(7–4) |
1995 | Pete Sampras | Guy Forget | 7–6(7–3), 7–6(8–6) |
1996 | Boris Becker | Stefan Edberg | 6–4, 7–6(7–3) |
1997 | Mark Philippoussis | Goran Ivanišević | 7–5, 6–3 |
1998 | Scott Draper | Laurence Tieleman | 7–6(7–5), 6–4 |
1999 | Pete Sampras | Tim Henman | 6–7(1–7), 6–4, 7–6(7–4) |
2000 | Lleyton Hewitt | Pete Sampras | 6–4, 6–4 |
2001 | Lleyton Hewitt | Tim Henman | 7–6(7–3), 7–6(7–3) |
2002 | Lleyton Hewitt | Tim Henman | 4–6, 6–1, 6–4 |
2003 | Andy Roddick | Sébastien Grosjean | 6–3, 6–3 |
2004 | Andy Roddick | Sébastien Grosjean | 7–6(7–4), 6–4 |
2005 | Andy Roddick | Ivo Karlović | 7–6(9–7), 7–6(7–4) |
2006 | Lleyton Hewitt | James Blake | 6–4, 6–4 |
2007 | Andy Roddick | Nicolas Mahut | 4–6, 7–6(9–7), 7–6(7–2) |
2008 | Rafael Nadal | Novak Djokovic | 7–6(8–6), 7–5 |
2009 | Andy Murray | James Blake | 7–5, 6–4 |
2010 | Sam Querrey | Mardy Fish | 7–6(7–3), 7–5 |
2011 | Andy Murray | Jo-Wilfried Tsonga | 3–6, 7–6(7–2), 6–4 |
Since 1969:
(Note: Tournament dates back to 1890)
Year | Champion | Runner-up | Score |
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1969 | Owen Davidson Dennis Ralston |
Ove Nils Bengtson Thomaz Koch |
8–6, 6–3 |
1970 | Tom Okker Marty Riessen |
Arthur Ashe Charlie Pasarell |
7–9, 6–4, 9–7 |
1971 | Tom Okker Marty Riessen |
Stan Smith Erik Van Dillen |
8–6, 4–6, 15–13 |
1972 | Jim McManus Jim Osborne |
Jürgen Fassbender Karl Meiler |
4–6, 6–3, 7–5 |
1973 | Tom Okker Marty Riessen |
Ray Keldie Raymond Moore |
6–4, 7–5 |
1974–1976 | Not Held | ||
1977 | Anand Amritraj Vijay Amritraj |
John Lloyd David Lloyd |
6–1, 6–2 |
1978 | Bob Hewitt Frew McMillan |
Fred McNair Raúl Ramírez |
6–2, 7–5 |
1979 | Tim Gullikson Tom Gullikson |
Marty Riessen Sherwood Stewart |
6–4, 6–4 |
1980 | Rod Frawley Geoff Masters |
Paul McNamee Sherwood Stewart |
6–2, 4–6, 11–9 |
1981 | Pat Du Pré Brian Teacher |
Kevin Curren Steve Denton |
3–6, 7–6, 11–9 |
1982 | John McEnroe Peter Rennert |
Victor Amaya Hank Pfister |
7–6, 7–5 |
1983 | Brian Gottfried Paul McNamee |
Kevin Curren Steve Denton |
6–4, 6–3 |
1984 | Pat Cash Paul McNamee |
Bernard Mitton Butch Walts |
6–4, 6–3 |
1985 | Ken Flach Robert Seguso |
Pat Cash John Fitzgerald |
3–6, 6–3, 16–14 |
1986 | Kevin Curren Guy Forget |
Darren Cahill Mark Kratzmann |
6–2, 7–6 |
1987 | Guy Forget Yannick Noah |
Rick Leach Tim Pawsat |
6–4, 6–4 |
1988 | Ken Flach Robert Seguso |
Pieter Aldrich Danie Visser |
6–2, 7–6 |
1989 | Darren Cahill Mark Kratzmann |
Tim Pawsat Laurie Warder |
7–6, 6–3 |
1990 | Jeremy Bates Kevin Curren |
Henri Leconte Ivan Lendl |
7–6, 6–4 |
1991 | Todd Woodbridge Mark Woodforde |
Grant Connell Glenn Michibata |
7–6, 6–4 |
1992 | John Fitzgerald Anders Järryd |
Goran Ivanišević Diego Nargiso |
7–6, 2–6, 16–14 |
1993 | Todd Woodbridge Mark Woodforde |
Neil Broad Gary Muller |
6–4, 6–7, 6–3 |
1994 | Jan Apell Jonas Björkman |
Todd Woodbridge Mark Woodforde |
5–7, 7–6, 6–4 |
1995 | Todd Martin Pete Sampras |
Jan Apell Jonas Björkman |
6–4, 6–2 |
1996 | Todd Woodbridge Mark Woodforde |
Sébastien Lareau Alex O'Brien |
6–2, 6–7, 6–3 |
1997 | Mark Philippoussis Patrick Rafter |
Sandon Stolle Cyril Suk |
6–2, 4–6, 7–5 |
1998 | Todd Woodbridge & Mark Woodforde vs Jonas Björkman & Patrick Rafter |
title shared (rainout) | |
1999 | Sébastien Lareau Alex O'Brien |
Todd Woodbridge Mark Woodforde |
6–3, 7–6 |
2000 | Todd Woodbridge Mark Woodforde |
Jonathan Stark Eric Taino |
7–6, 6–4 |
2001 | Bob Bryan Mike Bryan |
Eric Taino David Wheaton |
6–3, 6–2 |
2002 | Wayne Black Kevin Ullyett |
Mahesh Bhupathi Max Mirnyi |
7–6, 3–6, 6–3 |
2003 | Mark Knowles Daniel Nestor |
Mahesh Bhupathi Max Mirnyi |
6–3, 6–4 |
2004 | Bob Bryan Mike Bryan |
Mark Knowles Daniel Nestor |
6–3, 6–4 |
2005 | Bob Bryan Mike Bryan |
Jonas Björkman Max Mirnyi |
6–7, 7–6, 7–6 |
2006 | Paul Hanley Kevin Ullyett |
Jonas Björkman Max Mirnyi |
6–4, 7–6 |
2007 | Mark Knowles Daniel Nestor |
Bob Bryan Mike Bryan |
7–5, 6–4 |
2008 | Daniel Nestor Nenad Zimonjić |
Marcelo Melo André Sá |
6–4, 7–6 (7–3) |
2009 | Wesley Moodie Mikhail Youzhny |
Marcelo Melo André Sá |
6–4, 4–6, [10–6] |
2010 | Novak Djokovic Jonathan Erlich |
Karol Beck David Škoch |
7–6(8–6), 2–6, [10–3] |
2011 | Bob Bryan Mike Bryan |
Mahesh Bhupathi Leander Paes |
6–7(2–7), 7–6(7–4), [10–6] |
Year | Champion | Runner-up | Score |
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1972 | 22x20px Olga Morozova | Evonne Goolagong | 6–2, 6–3 |
1973 | Chris Evert | Karen Krantzcke | 6–4, 6–0 |
Year | Champion | Runner-up | Score |
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1972 | Rosie Casals Billie Jean King |
Françoise Durr Betty Stöve |
4–6, 6–3, 7–5 |
1973 | Rosie Casals Billie Jean King |
Brenda Kirk Pat Walkden |
5–7, 7–0, 6–2 |
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2007 | Uladzimir Ignatik | Gastão Elias |
2006 | Iain Atkinson | Nicolas Santos |
2003 | Florin Mergea | Chris Guccione |
2002 | Alex Bogdanović | Dudi Sela |
The HSBC Junior Invitation Cup | ||
2001 | Santiago González | Andrew Banks |
The David Lloyd Leisure Cup | ||
2000 | Lee Childs | Arnaud Segoda |
1999 | Jarkko Nieminen | Lee Childs |
1998 | Edgardo Massa | Wei-Jen Chang |
The Sam Whitbread Cup | ||
1997 | Nicolás Massú | Xavier Malisse |
1996 | Jaymon Crabb | Arvind Parmar |
1995 | Alejandro Hernández | Jamie Delgado |
1994 | Jamie Delgado | Nicolás Lapentti |
1993 | Neville Godwin | David Škoch |
1992 | Grant Doyle | Lucas Arnold |
1991 | Leander Paes | Nicolas Kischewitz |
1990 | Andrew Foster | Dirk Dier |
Centre Court holds 6,478 spectators. The highest total attendance for the week was in 2003, when 52,553 people attended the event; The highest attendance for one day was 8,362 on 11 June 2003.
During the 2004 singles tournament, Andy Roddick set the world record for the fastest serve recorded at 153 mph (246.2 km/h) during a straight-set victory over Thailand's Paradorn Srichaphan in the quarter-finals.
The ball girls for the AEGON Championships are provided by Nonsuch High School and St Philomena's Catholic High School for Girls, two schools in the London Borough of Sutton.[citation needed]
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Rafael Nadal in 2012 |
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Full name | Rafael Nadal Parera |
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Country | Spain |
Residence | Manacor, Majorca, Balearic Islands, Spain |
Born | (1986-06-03) 3 June 1986 (age 26) Manacor, Majorca, Balearic Islands, Spain |
Height | 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in) |
Weight | 85 kg (190 lb; 13.4 st) |
Turned pro | 2001 |
Plays | Left-handed (two-handed backhand) |
Career prize money | $48,433,332 |
Singles | |
Career record | 574–120 (82.71%) |
Career titles | 49 |
Highest ranking | No. 1 (18 August 2008) |
Current ranking | No. 2 (28 May 2012)[1] |
Grand Slam Singles results | |
Australian Open | W (2009) |
French Open | W (2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2010, 2011) |
Wimbledon | W (2008, 2010) |
US Open | W (2010) |
Other tournaments | |
Tour Finals | F (2010) |
Olympic Games | Gold medal (2008) |
Doubles | |
Career record | 97–59 |
Career titles | 8 |
Highest ranking | No. 26 (8 August 2005) |
Current ranking | No. 62 (28 May 2012)[2] |
Grand Slam Doubles results | |
Australian Open | 3R (2004, 2005) |
Wimbledon | 2R (2005) |
US Open | SF (2004) |
Last updated on: 28 May 2012. |
Olympic medal record | ||
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Competitor for Spain | ||
Men's Tennis | ||
Gold | 2008 Beijing | Singles |
Rafael "Rafa" Nadal Parera (Catalan: [rəˈfɛɫ nəˈðaɫ pəˈɾeɾə]; Spanish: [rafaˈel naˈðal paˈɾeɾa]) (born 3 June 1986) is a Spanish professional tennis player and a former World No. 1. As of 28 May 2012 (2012 -05-28)[update], he is ranked No. 2 by the Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP). He is widely regarded as one of the greatest players of all time;[5][6][7] his success on clay has earned him the nickname "The King of Clay", and has prompted many experts to regard him as the greatest clay court player of all time.[8][9][10]
Nadal has won ten Grand Slam singles titles, including a record six French Open titles (tied with Bjorn Borg), the 2008 Olympic gold medal in singles, a record 21 ATP World Tour Masters 1000 tournaments, and also was part of the Spain Davis Cup team that won the finals in 2004, 2008, 2009 and 2011. He completed the Career Grand Slam by winning the 2010 US Open, being the seventh player in history, and the youngest in the open era, to achieve it. He is the second male player to complete the Career Golden Slam (winner of the four grand slams and the Olympic Gold medal) after only Andre Agassi.
Nadal had a 32-match winning streak in 2008, starting at the 2008 Masters Series Hamburg to the 2008 Western & Southern Financial Group Masters and Women's Open, which included titles at Hamburg, the French Open (where he did not drop a set), Queen's Club, his first title at Wimbledon, and the Rogers Cup. In 2012, by winning the Monte-Carlo Masters, he became the only player to have won eight consecutive editions in any tournament during history of tennis, and only the 2nd player to win a single tournament for a total of eight times during Open Era. Nadal was ranked world No. 2, behind Roger Federer, for a record 160 consecutive weeks before earning the top spot, which he held from 18 August 2008 to 5 July 2009.[11] He regained the world No.1 ranking on 7 June 2010, after winning his fifth French Open title.[12] He held it until 3 July 2011, when Novak Djokovic replaced him as world No. 1. Nadal has held the No. 2 ranking for an ATP record 235 weeks (as of 21 May 2012).
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Rafael Nadal was born in Manacor, Majorca, Spain to Sebastián Nadal, a businessman who owns an insurance company, a glass and window company, Vidres Mallorca, and manages his own restaurant, Sa Punta. His mother is Ana María Parera, a housewife. He has a younger sister named María Isabel. His uncle, Miguel Ángel Nadal, is a retired professional footballer, who played for RCD Mallorca, FC Barcelona, and the Spanish national team.[13] Nadal supports football clubs Real Madrid and RCD Mallorca.[14] Recognizing that Nadal had a natural talent for tennis, another uncle, Toni Nadal, a former professional tennis player, introduced him to tennis when he was three years old.[15]
At age eight, Nadal won an under-12 regional tennis championship at a time when he was also a promising football player.[16] This made Toni Nadal intensify training, and at that time he encouraged Nadal to play left-handed for a natural advantage on the tennis court, as he noticed Nadal played forehand shots with two hands.[16] When Nadal was 12, he won the Spanish and European tennis titles in his age group and was playing tennis and football all the time.[16] Nadal's father made him choose between football and tennis so that his school work would not deteriorate entirely. Nadal said: "I chose tennis. Football had to stop straight away."[16]
When he was 14, the Spanish tennis federation requested that he leave Majorca and move to Barcelona to continue his tennis training. Nadal's family turned down this request, partly because they feared it would hurt his education,[16] but also because Toni said that "I don't want to believe that you have to go to America, or other places to be a good athlete. You can do it from your home."[15] The decision to stay home meant that Nadal received less financial support from the federation; instead, Nadal's father covered the costs. In May 2001, he defeated former Grand Slam champion Pat Cash in a clay-court exhibition match.[13]
At 15, he turned pro.[17] Nadal participated in two events on the ITF junior circuit. In 2002, at the age of 16, Nadal reached the semifinals of the Boy's Singles tournament at Wimbledon, in his first ITF junior event.[18]
By the age of 17, he beat Roger Federer the first time they played and became the youngest man to reach the third round at Wimbledon since Boris Becker. At 18, he helped pace Spain over the US in the junior Davis Cup in his second, and final, appearance on the ITF junior circuit. At 19, Nadal won the French Open the first time he played it, a feat not accomplished in Paris for more than 20 years. He eventually won it the first four times he played at Roland Garros.[17] In 2003, he had won the ATP Newcomer of the Year Award. Early in his career, Nadal picked up the trademark habit of biting the trophies he won.[19]
In April 2002, at 15 years and 10 months, the world No. 762 Nadal won his first ATP match, defeating Ramón Delgado, and became the ninth player in the open era to do so before the age of 16.[20] The following year, Nadal won two Challenger titles and finished the year in the top 50. At his Wimbledon debut in 2003, Nadal became the youngest man to reach the third round since Boris Becker in 1984.[21] During 2004, Nadal played his first match against world No. 1 Roger Federer at the 2004 Miami Masters, and won in straight sets. He is one of the six players that defeated Federer that year (along with Tim Henman, Albert Costa, Gustavo Kuerten, Dominik Hrbatý, and Tomáš Berdych). He missed most of the clay court season, including the French Open, because of a stress fracture in his left ankle.[13] Nadal, at 18 years and six months, became the youngest player to register a singles victory in a Davis Cup final for a winning nation.[22] By beating world No. 2 Andy Roddick, he helped Spain clinch the 2004 title over the United States in a 3–2 win. He finished the year ranked world No. 51.
At the 2005 Australian Open, Nadal lost in the 4th round to eventual runner-up Lleyton Hewitt. Two months later, Nadal reached the final of the 2005 Miami Masters, and despite being two points from a straight-sets victory, he was defeated in five sets by world No. 1 Roger Federer. Both performances were considered to be breakthroughs for Nadal.[23][24]
He then dominated the spring clay court season. He won 24 consecutive singles matches, which broke Andre Agassi's open era record of consecutive match wins for a male teenager.[25] Nadal won the Torneo Conde de Godó in Barcelona and beat 2004 French Open runner-up Guillermo Coria in the finals of the 2005 Monte Carlo Masters and the 2005 Rome Masters. These victories raised his ranking to world No. 5[26] and made him one of the favorites at his career-first French Open. On his 19th birthday, Nadal defeated Federer in the 2005 French Open semifinals, being one of only four players who defeated the top-seeded player that year (along with Marat Safin, Richard Gasquet, and David Nalbandian). Two days later, he defeated Mariano Puerta in the final, becoming the second male player to win the French Open on his first attempt since Mats Wilander in 1982: He also became the first teenager to win a Grand Slam singles title since Pete Sampras won the 1990 US Open at age 19.[13] Winning the French Open improved Nadal's ranking to World No. 3.[26]
Three days after his victory in Paris, Nadal's 24-match winning streak was snapped in the first round of the grass court Gerry Weber Open in Halle, Germany, where he lost to the German Alexander Waske.[27] He then lost in the second round of 2005 Wimbledon to Gilles Müller of Luxembourg.
Immediately after Wimbledon, Nadal won 16 consecutive matches and three consecutive tournaments, bringing his ranking to world No. 2 on 25 July 2005.
Nadal started his North American summer hard-court season by defeating Agassi in the final of the 2005 Canada Masters, but lost in the first round of the 2005 Cincinnati Masters. Nadal was seeded second at the 2005 US Open, where he was upset in the third round by World No. 49 James Blake in four sets.
In September, he defeated Coria in the final of the China Open in Beijing and won both of his Davis Cup matches against Italy. In October, he won his fourth ATP Masters Series title of the year, defeating Ivan Ljubičić in the final of the 2005 Madrid Masters. He then suffered a foot injury that prevented him from competing in the year-ending Tennis Masters Cup.[28]
Both Nadal and Federer won eleven singles titles and four ATP Masters Series titles in 2005. Nadal broke Mats Wilander's previous teenage record of nine in 1983.[29] Eight of Nadal's titles were on clay, and the remainder were on hard courts. Nadal won 79 matches, second only to Federer's 81. Nadal won the Golden Bagel Award for 2005, with eleven 6–0 sets during the year.[30] Also, he earned the highest year-end ranking ever by a Spaniard and the ATP Most Improved Player of the Year award.
Nadal missed the Australian Open due to a foot injury.[31] In February, he lost in the semifinals of the first tournament he played, the Open 13 tournament in Marseille, France. Two weeks later, he handed Roger Federer his first loss of the year in the final of the Dubai Duty Free Men's Open (in 2006, Rafael Nadal and Andy Murray were the only two men who defeated Federer). To complete the spring hard-court season, Nadal was upset in the semifinals of the Pacific Life Open in Indian Wells, California, by James Blake, and was upset in the second round of the 2006 Miami Masters.
On European clay, Nadal won all four tournaments he entered and 24 consecutive matches. He defeated Federer in the final of the Masters Series Monte Carlo in four sets. The following week, he defeated Tommy Robredo in the final of the Open Sabadell Atlántico tournament in Barcelona. After a one-week break, Nadal won the Masters Series Internazionali BNL d'Italia in Rome, defeating Federer in a fifth-set tiebreaker in the final, after saving two match points and equaling Björn Borg's tally of 16 ATP titles won as a teenager. Nadal broke Argentinian Guillermo Vilas's 29-year male record of 53 consecutive clay-court match victories by winning his first round match at the French Open. Vilas presented Nadal with a trophy, but commented later that Nadal's feat was less impressive than his own because Nadal's winning streak covered two years and was accomplished by adding easy tournaments to his schedule.[32] Nadal went on to play Federer in the final of the French Open. The first two sets of the match were hardly competitive, as the rivals traded 6–1 sets. Nadal won the third set easily and served for the match in the fourth set before Federer broke him and forced a tiebreaker. Nadal won the tiebreaker and became the first player to defeat Federer in a Grand Slam final.[33]
Nadal injured his shoulder while playing a quarterfinal match against Lleyton Hewitt at the Artois Championships, played on grass at the Queen's Club in London.[34] Nadal was unable to complete the match, which ended his 26-match winning streak. Nadal was seeded second at Wimbledon, but was two points from defeat against American qualifier Robert Kendrick in the second round before coming back to win in five sets. In the third round, Nadal defeated world No. 20 Andre Agassi in straight sets at Agassi's last career match at Wimbledon. Nadal also won his next three matches in straight sets, which set up his first Wimbledon final, which was against Federer, who had won this tournament the three previous years. Nadal was the first Spanish man since Manuel Santana in 1966, to reach the Wimbledon final, but Federer won the match in four sets 6–0, 7–6, 6–7, 6–3 to win his fourth consecutive Wimbledon title.
During the lead up to the US Open, Nadal played the two Masters Series tournaments in North America. He was upset in the third round of the Rogers Cup in Toronto and the quarterfinals of the Western & Southern Financial Group Masters in Cincinnati, Ohio. Nadal was seeded second at the US Open, but lost in the quarterfinals to world No. 54 Mikhail Youzhny of Russia in four sets.
Nadal played only three tournaments the remainder of the year. Joachim Johansson, ranked world No. 690, upset Nadal in the second round of the Stockholm Open 6–4, 7–6. The following week, Nadal lost to Tomáš Berdych in the quarterfinals of the year's last Masters Series tournament, the Mutua Madrileña Masters in Madrid. During the round-robin stage of the year-ending Tennis Masters Cup, Nadal lost to James Blake but defeated Nikolay Davydenko and Robredo. Because of those two victories, Nadal qualified for the semifinals, where he lost to Federer 6–4, 7–5. 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 as the world No. 2 in consecutive years.
Nadal started the year by playing in six hard-court tournaments. He lost in the semifinals and first round of his first two tournaments and then lost in the quarterfinals of the Australian Open to eventual runner-up Fernando González. After another quarterfinal loss at the Dubai Tennis Championships, he won the 2007 Indian Wells Masters, before Novak Djoković defeated him in the quarterfinals of the 2007 Miami Masters.
He had comparatively more success after returning to Europe to play five clay-court tournaments. He won the titles at the Masters Series Monte Carlo, the Open Sabadell Atlántico in Barcelona, and the Masters Series Internazionali BNL d'Italia in Rome, before losing to Roger Federer in the final of the Masters Series Hamburg. This defeat ended his 81-match winning streak on clay, which is the male open era record for consecutive wins on a single surface. He then rebounded to win the French Open for the third straight year, defeating Federer once again in the final.
Between the tournaments in Barcelona and Rome, Nadal defeated Federer in the "Battle of Surfaces" exhibition match in Majorca, Spain, with the tennis court being half grass and half clay.[35]
Nadal played the Artois Championships at the Queen's Club in London for the second consecutive year. As in 2006, Nadal was upset in the quarterfinals. Nadal then won consecutive five-set matches during the third and fourth rounds of Wimbledon before being beaten by Federer in the five-set final. This was Federer's first five-set match at Wimbledon since 2001.[36]
In July, Nadal won the clay court Mercedes Cup in Stuttgart, which proved to be his last title of the year. He played three important tournaments during the North American summer hard court season. He was a semifinalist at the Masters Series Rogers Cup in Montreal before losing his first match at the Western & Southern Financial Group Masters in Cincinnati, Ohio. He was the second-seeded player at the US Open, but was defeated in the fourth round by David Ferrer.
After a month-long break from tournament tennis, Nadal played the Mutua Madrileña Masters in Madrid and the BNP Paribas Masters in Paris. David Nalbandian upset him in the quarterfinals and final of those tournaments. To end the year, Nadal won two of his three round robin matches to advance to the semifinals of the Tennis Masters Cup in Shanghai, where Federer defeated him 6–4, 6–1.
During the second half of the year, Nadal battled a knee injury suffered during the Wimbledon final. In addition, there were rumors at the end of the year that the foot injury he suffered during 2005, caused long-term damage, which were given credence by coach Toni Nadal's claim that the problem was "serious". Nadal and his spokesman strongly denied this, however, with Nadal himself calling the story "totally false".[37]
Nadal began the year in India, where he was comprehensively beaten by Mikhail Youzhny in the final of the Chennai Open. Nadal then reached the semifinals of the Australian Open for the first time. Jo-Wilfried Tsonga defeated Nadal 6–2, 6–3, 6–2 in the semifinal of 2008 Australian Open. Tsonga's semifinal performance was characterized by his powerful and precise serve, finesse volleys, and aggressive baseline play; it was a performance that drew the Melbourne crowd to their feet. Tsonga did not face a break point until the third set, while breaking the Spaniard five times in the match. Nadal also reached the final of the Miami Masters for the second time.
During the spring clay-court season, Nadal won four singles titles and defeated Roger Federer in three finals. He beat Federer at the Masters Series Monte Carlo for the third straight year, capturing his open era record fourth consecutive title there. He won in straight sets, despite Federer's holding a 4–0 lead in the second set.[38] Nadal then won his fourth consecutive title at the Open Sabadell Atlántico tournament in Barcelona. A few weeks later, Nadal won his first title at the Masters Series Hamburg, defeating Federer in the three-set final. He then won the French Open, becoming the fifth man in the open era to win a Grand Slam singles title without losing a set.[39] He defeated Federer in the final for the third straight year, but this was the most lopsided of all their matches, as Nadal only lost four games and gave Federer his first bagel since 1999.[38] This was Nadal's fourth consecutive French title, tying Björn Borg's all-time record. Nadal became the fourth male player during Open era to win the same Grand Slam singles tournament four consecutive years (the others being Borg, Pete Sampras, and Federer).
Nadal then played Federer in the final of Wimbledon for the third consecutive year, in the most anticipated match of their rivalry.[40][41] Nadal entered the final on a 23-match winning streak, including his first career grass-court title at the Artois Championships staged at the Queen's Club in London prior to Wimbledon. Federer had won his record fifth grass-court title at the Gerry Weber Open in Halle, and then reached the Wimbledon final without losing a set. Unlike their previous two Wimbledon finals, though, Federer was not the prohibitive favorite, and many analysts picked Nadal to win.[41][42] They played the longest (in terms of time on court, not in terms of numbers of games) final in Wimbledon history, and because of rain delays, Nadal won the fifth set 9–7 in near-darkness. The match was widely lauded as the greatest Wimbledon final ever, with some tennis critics even calling it the greatest match in tennis history.[43][44][45][46][47] By winning his first Wimbledon title, Nadal became the third man in the open era to win both the French Open and Wimbledon in the same year, after Rod Laver in 1969, and Borg in 1978–80, (Federer later accomplished this the following year) as well as the second Spaniard to win Wimbledon. He also ended Federer's record streak of five consecutive Wimbledon titles and 65 straight wins on grass courts. This is also the first time that Nadal won two Grand Slams back-to-back.
After Wimbledon, Nadal extended his winning streak to a career-best 32 matches. He won his second Rogers Cup title in Toronto, and then made it into the semifinals of the Western & Southern Financial Group Masters in Cincinnati, Ohio. As a result, Nadal clinched the US Open Series and, combined with Federer's early-round losses in both of those tournaments, finally earned the world No. 1 ranking on 18 August, officially ending Federer's record four-and-a-half year reign at the top.
At the 2008 Beijing Olympics, Nadal defeated Novak Djoković of Serbia in the semifinals 6–4, 1–6, 6–4 and Fernando González of Chile in the final to win his first Olympic gold medal. Nadal became the first male player ranked in the top five to win the gold medal.[48]
At the US Open, Nadal was the top-seeded player for the first time at a Grand Slam tournament. He did not lose a set during his first three matches, defeating qualifiers in the first and second rounds and Viktor Troicki in the third round. He then needed four sets to defeat both Sam Querrey in the fourth round and Mardy Fish in the quarterfinals. In the semifinals, he lost to eventual runner up, Andy Murray 6–2, 7–6, 4–6, 6–4. Later in the year in Madrid, Nadal helped Spain defeat the United States in the Davis Cup semifinals.
At the Mutua Madrileña Masters in Madrid, Nadal lost in the semifinals to Gilles Simon 3–6, 7–5, 7–6. However, his performance at the event guaranteed that he would become the first Spaniard during the open era to finish the year as the world No. 1.[49] On 24 October at the Campoamor theatre in Oviedo, Spain, Nadal was given the Prince of Asturias Award for Sports, in recognition of his achievements in tennis.[50] Two weeks after the Madrid Masters at the BNP Paribas Masters in France, Nadal reached the quarterfinals, where he faced Nikolay Davydenko. Nadal lost the first set 6–1, before retiring in the second with a knee injury.[51] The following week, Nadal announced his withdrawal from the year-ending Tennis Masters Cup in Shanghai, citing tendinitis of the knee. On 10 November, Nadal withdrew from Spain's Davis Cup final against Argentina, as his knee injury had not healed completely.[52]
Nadal's first official ATP tour event for the year was the 250 series Qatar ExxonMobil Open in Doha. After his first-round match with Fabrice Santoro, Nadal was awarded the 2008 ATP World Tour Champion trophy.[53] Nadal eventually lost in the quarterfinals to Gaël Monfils. Nadal also entered and won the tournament's doubles event with partner Marc López, defeating the world No. 1 doubles team of Daniel Nestor and Nenad Zimonjić in the final. As noted by statistician Greg Sharko, this was the first time since 1990, that the world No. 1 singles player had played the world No. 1 doubles player in a final.[54]
At the 2009 Australian Open, Nadal won his first five matches without dropping a set, before defeating compatriot Fernando Verdasco in the semifinals in the second longest match in Australian Open history at 5 hours and 14 minutes.[55] This win set up a championship match with Roger Federer, their first meeting ever in a hard-court Grand Slam tournament and their nineteenth meeting overall. Nadal defeated Federer in five sets to earn his first hard-court Grand Slam singles title,[56] making him the first Spaniard to win the Australian Open and the fourth male tennis player—after Jimmy Connors, Mats Wilander, and Andre Agassi—to win Grand Slam singles titles on three different surfaces. This win also made Nadal the first male tennis player to hold three Grand Slam singles titles on three different surfaces at the same time.[57] Nadal then played the ABN AMRO World Tennis Tournament in Rotterdam. In the final, he lost to second-seeded Murray in three sets. During the final, Nadal called a trainer to attend to a tendon problem with his right knee, which notably affected his play in the final set.[58] Although this knee problem was not associated with Nadal's right knee tendonitis, it was serious enough to cause him to withdraw from the Barclays Dubai Tennis Championships a week later.[59]
In March, Nadal helped Spain defeat Serbia in a Davis Cup World Group first-round tie on clay in Benidorm, Spain. Nadal defeated Janko Tipsarević and Novak Djokovic. The win over world No. 3 Djokovic was Nadal's twelfth consecutive Davis Cup singles match win and boosted his career win–loss record against Djokovic to 11–4, including 6–0 on clay.[60][61]
At the 2009 Indian Wells Masters, Nadal won his thirteenth Masters 1000 series tournament. In the fourth round, Nadal saved five match points, before defeating David Nalbandian for the first time.[62] Nadal defeated Juan Martín del Potro in the quarterfinals and Andy Roddick in the semi-finals, before defeating Murray in the final. The next ATP tour event was the 2009 Miami Masters. Nadal advanced to the quarterfinals, where he again faced Argentinian del Potro, this time losing the match. This was the first time del Potro had defeated Nadal in five career matches.[63]
Nadal began his European clay court season at the 2009 Monte Carlo Masters, where he won a record fifth consecutive singles title there.[64] He defeated Novak Djokovic in the final for his fifth consecutive win, a record in the open era. Nadal is the first male player to win the same ATP Master series event for five consecutive years.
Nadal then competed in the ATP 500 event in Barcelona. He advanced to his fifth consecutive Barcelona final, where he faced David Ferrer. Nadal went on to beat Ferrer 6–2, 7–5 to record five consecutive Barcelona victories.[65] At the Rome Masters, Nadal reached the final, where he defeated Novak Djokovic to improve his overall record to 13–4 and clay record to 8–0 against the Serb.[66] He became the first player to win four Rome titles.
After winning two clay-court Masters, he participated in the Madrid Open. He lost to Roger Federer 4–6, 4–6 in the final. This was the first time that Nadal had lost to Federer since the semifinals of the 2007 Tennis Masters Cup.
On 19 May, the ATP World Tour announced that Nadal was the first player out of eight to qualify for the 2009 ATP World Tour Finals, to be played at the O2 Arena in London.[67]
By beating Lleyton Hewitt in the third round of 2009 French Open, Nadal (2005–09 French Open) set a record of 31 consecutive wins at Roland Garros, beating the previous record of 28 by Björn Borg (1978–81 French Open). Nadal had won 32 consecutive sets at Roland Garros (since winning the last 2 sets at the 2007 French Open final against Federer), the second-longest winning streak in the tournament's history behind Björn Borg's record of 41 consecutive sets. This run came to an end on 31 May 2009, when Nadal lost to eventual runner-up, Robin Söderling in the 4th round. The Swede triumphed 6–2, 6–7, 6–4, 7–6. This was Nadal's first loss at the French Open.
After his surprise defeat at Roland Garros, Nadal withdrew from the AEGON Championships. It was confirmed that Nadal was suffering from tendinitis in both of his knees.[68] On 19 June, Nadal withdrew from the 2009 Wimbledon Championship, citing his recurring knee injury.[69] He was the first champion to not defend the title since Goran Ivanišević in 2001.[69] Roger Federer went on to win the title, and Nadal consequently dropped back to world No. 2 on 6 July 2009. Nadal later announced his withdrawal from the Davis Cup.
On 4 August, Nadal's uncle, Toni Nadal, confirmed that Nadal would return to play at the Rogers Cup in Montreal.[70] There, in his first tournament since Roland Garros, Nadal lost in the quarterfinals to Juan Martín del Potro.[71] With this loss, he relinquished the No. 2 spot to Andy Murray on 17 August 2009, ranking outside the top two for the first time since 25 July 2005.
In the quarterfinals of the US Open he defeated Fernando González 7–6, 7–6, 6–0 in a rain-delayed encounter.[72] However, like his previous US Open campaign, he fell in the semifinals, this time losing to eventual champion Juan Martín del Potro 2–6, 2–6, 2–6.[73] Despite the loss, he regained his No. 2 ranking after Andy Murray's early exit.[74]
At the World Tour Finals, Nadal lost all three of his matches against Robin Söderling, Nikolay Davydenko, and Novak Djokovic respectively without winning a set.
In December, Nadal participated in the second Davis Cup final of his career. He defeated Czech No. 2 Tomáš Berdych in his first singles rubber to give the Spanish Davis Cup Team their first point in the tie. After the Spanish Davis Cup team had secured its fourth Davis Cup victory, Nadal defeated Jan Hájek in the first Davis Cup dead rubber of his career. The win gave Nadal his 14th consecutive singles victory at Davis Cup (his 13th on clay).
Nadal finished the year as No. 2 for the fourth time in five years. Nadal won the Golden Bagel Award for 2009, with nine 6–0 sets during the year. Nadal has won the award three times (a tour record).
Nadal began the year by participating in the Capitala World Tennis Championship in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates. He defeated compatriot David Ferrer 7–6, 6–3 to reach his second final in the exhibition tournament. In the final, Nadal defeated Robin Söderling 7–6, 7–5.[75]
Nadal participated in an Australian Open warm-up tournament, the Qatar ExxonMobil Open ATP 250 event in Doha, where he lost in the finals to Nikolay Davydenko 6–0, 6–7, 4–6.[76][76]
In the first round of the Australian Open, Nadal defeated Peter Luczak of Australia 7–6, 6–1, 6–4. In the second round, he beat Lukáš Lacko 6–2, 6–2, 6–2. In the third round, he was tested by Philipp Kohlschreiber, finally beating him 6–4, 6–2, 2–6, 7–5. In the fourth round, he beat Ivo Karlović of Croatia, 6–4, 4–6, 6–4, 6–4.[77] In the quarterfinals, Nadal pulled out at 3–0 down in the third set against Andy Murray, having lost the first two sets 6–3, 7–6.[78] After examining Nadal's knees, doctors told him that he should take two weeks of rest, and then two weeks of rehabilitation.
Nadal reached the semifinals in singles at the BNP Paribas Open in Indian Wells, where he was the defending champion; however, eventual champion Ivan Ljubičić defeated him in three sets.[79] He and countryman López won the doubles title, though, as wildcard entrants against number one seeds Daniel Nestor and Nenad Zimonjić.[80] This boosted his doubles ranking 175 places[81] to world number 66, whereas he was 241st before Indian Wells.[82] After Indian Wells, Nadal reached the semifinals of the Sony Ericsson Open, where he lost to eventual champion Andy Roddick in three sets.[83]
Nadal reached the final of the Monte-Carlo Rolex Masters in Monaco, after beating fellow Spaniard David Ferrer 6–3, 6–2 in the semifinals. This was Nadal's first tour final since Doha earlier in the year. He won the final 6–0, 6–1 over his compatriot Fernando Verdasco. He lost 14 games throughout all five matches, the fewest he had ever lost en route to a championship, and the final was the shortest Masters 1000 final in terms of games. With this win, Nadal became the first player in the open era to win a tournament title for six straight years.[84]
Unlike in previous years, Nadal next chose to skip the Barcelona tournament (despite being that event's five-time defending champion), and his next tournament was the 2010 Internazionali BNL d'Italia. He defeated Philipp Kohlschreiber, Victor Hănescu, and Stanlias Wawrinka, all in straight sets, to win his 57th straight match in April. In the semis, he faced a resilient Ernests Gulbis, who defeated Roger Federer earlier in the tournament and took Nadal to three sets for the first time this clay-court season. Nadal eventually prevailed with a 6–4, 3–6, 6–4 in 2 hours and 40minutes. He then defeated compatriot David Ferrer in the final 7–5, 6–2 for his fifth title at Rome to equal Andre Agassi's record of winning 17 ATP Masters titles.
Nadal then entered the 2010 Mutua Madrileña Madrid Open, where he had finished runner-up the previous year. Being one of the top eight seeds, he received a bye in the first round. In the second round, he defeated qualifier Oleksandr Dolgopolov Jr in straight sets. He then played the six-foot-nine-inch American John Isner. Nadal comfortably came through in straight sets, 7–5, 6–4. He defeated Gaël Monfils in the quarterfinals 6–1, 6–3 and his countryman Nicolás Almagro in the next round, who was playing in his first Masters 1000 semifinal, 4–6, 6–2, 6–2. The first set of his match against Almagro would be just the second set he lost on clay up to this point in 2010. Nadal then defeated longtime rival Roger Federer 6–4, 7–6, avenging his 2009 finals loss to Federer. The win gave him his 18th Masters title, breaking the all-time record. He became the first player to win all three clay-court Masters titles in a single year and the first player to win three consecutive Masters events. Nadal moved back to No. 2 the following day.
Entering the French Open, many were expecting another Nadal-Federer final. However, this became impossible when rival Robin Söderling defeated Federer 3–6, 6–3, 7–5, 6–4 in the quarterfinals.[85] The failure of Federer to reach the semifinals allowed Nadal to regain the world No. 1 ranking if he were to win the tournament. Nadal advanced to the final and defeated Soderling 6–4, 6–2, 6–4 to win the French Open. The win gave Nadal his seventh Grand Slam, tying him with John McEnroe, John Newcombe, and Mats Wilander on the all-time list, and allowed Nadal to reclaim the position of world No. 1, denying his biggest rival Roger Federer the all-time record for weeks at No. 1.[86][87] By this win, Nadal became the first man to win the three Masters series on clay and the French Open. This was dubbed by the media as the "Clay Slam". This victory at Roland Garros marked the second time (2008) that Nadal had won the French Open without dropping a single set (tying the record held by Björn Borg). With the win in Paris he also booked his place at the World Tour Finals in London and became the first player to win five French Open titles in six years.
In June, Nadal entered the AEGON Championships, which he had won in 2008, at the prestigious Queen's Club. He played singles and doubles at this grass court tournament as a warmup for Wimbledon. Being one of the top eight seeds, he received a bye in the first round. In the second round, where he played his first match on grass since winning Wimbledon 2008, he defeated Marcos Daniel easily, 6–2, 6–2. In the third round, he played Denis Istomin of Uzbekistan, whom he defeated 7–6, 4–6, 6–4, to advance to the quarterfinals. However, he was defeated by compatriot Feliciano López 6–7, 4–6.
At the Wimbledon, Nadal beat Kei Nishikori 6–2, 6–4, 6–4. Nadal was taken to the limit by Robin Haase winning 5–7, 6–2, 3–6, 6–0, 6–3. He defeated Philipp Petzschner in the third round. The match was a 5-set thriller, with Nadal triumphing 6–4, 4–6, 6–7, 6–2, 6–3. During his match with Petzschner, Nadal was warned twice for receiving coaching from his coach and uncle, Toni Nadal, resulting in a $2000 fine by Wimbledon officials. Allegedly, encouraging words for Nadal shouted during the match were some sort of coaching code signal.[88][89] He met Paul-Henri Mathieu of France in the round of 16 and comfortably beat Mathieu 6–4, 6–2, 6–2. In the quarterfinals, he got past Robin Söderling of Sweden in four sets 3–6, 6–3, 7–6, 6–1. He defeated Andy Murray in straight sets 6–4, 7–6, 6–4 to reach his fourth Wimbledon final.
Nadal won the 2010 Wimbledon men's title by defeating Tomáš Berdych in straight sets 6–3, 7–5, 6–4. After the win, Nadal said "it is more than a dream for me" and thanked the crowd for being both kind and supportive to him and his adversary during the match and in the semifinal against Andy Murray.[90] The win gave him a second Wimbledon title and an eighth career major title[91] just past the age of 24.[92] The win also gave Nadal his first "Old World Triple"; the last person to achieve this was Björn Borg in 1978 ("Old World Triple" is a term given to winning the Italian Open, French Open, and Wimbledon in the same year).
In his first hard-court tournament since Wimbledon, Nadal advanced to the semifinals of the Rogers Cup, along with No. 2 Novak Djokovic, No. 3 Roger Federer, and No. 4 Andy Murray, after coming back from a one-set deficit to defeat Philipp Kohlschreiber of Germany, 3–6, 6–3, 6–4.[93] In the semifinal, defending champion Murray defeated Nadal 6–3, 6–4, becoming the only player to triumph over the Spaniard twice in 2010.[94] Nadal also competed in the doubles with Djokovic in a one-time, high-profile partnership of the world No. 1 and No. 2, the first such team since the Jimmy Connors and Arthur Ashe team in 1976.[95] However, Nadal and Djokovic lost in the first round to Canadians Milos Raonic and Vasek Pospisil. The next week, Nadal was the top seed at the Cincinnati Masters, losing in the quarterfinals to 2006 Australian Open finalist Marcos Baghdatis.
At the 2010 US Open, Nadal was the top seed for the second time in three years. He defeated Teymuraz Gabashvili, Denis Istomin, Gilles Simon, number 23 seed Feliciano López, number 8 seed Fernando Verdasco, and number 12 seed Mikhail Youzhny all without dropping a set, to reach his first US Open final, becoming only the eighth man in the Open Era to reach the final of all four majors, and at age 24 the second youngest ever to do so, behind only Jim Courier. In the final, he defeated Novak Djokovic 6–4, 5–7, 6–4, 6–2 which completed the Career Grand Slam for Nadal and he became the second male after Andre Agassi to complete a Career Golden Slam.[96] Nadal also became the first man to win grand slams on clay, grass, and hard court in the same year, and the first to win the French Open, Wimbledon, and the US Open in the same year since Rod Laver in 1969. Nadal and Mats Wilander are the only male players to win at least two Grand Slams each on clay, grass, and hardcourts in their careers. Nadal also became the first left-handed man to win the US Open since John McEnroe in 1984.[97] Nadal's victory also clinched the year-end No. 1 ranking for 2010, making Nadal only the third player (after Ivan Lendl in 1989 and Roger Federer in 2009) to regain the year-end number one ranking after having lost it.[98]
Nadal began his Asian tour at the 2010 PTT Thailand Open in Bangkok where he reached the semifinals, losing to compatriot Guillermo García López. Nadal was able to regroup, and at the 2010 Rakuten Japan Open Tennis Championships in Tokyo (debut), he defeated Santiago Giraldo, Milos Raonic, and Dmitry Tursunov. In the semifinals against Viktor Troicki, Nadal saved two match points in the deciding set tiebreaker to win it 9–7 in the end. In the final, Nadal comfortably defeated Gaël Monfils 6–1, 7–5 for his seventh title of the season.
Nadal next played in the 2010 Shanghai Rolex Masters in Shanghai, where he was the top seed, but lost to world No. 12 Jürgen Melzer in the third round, snapping his record streak of 21 consecutive Masters quarterfinals. On the 5 November, Nadal announced that he was pulling out of the Paris Masters due to tendinitis in his left shoulder.[99] On 21 November 2010, in London, Nadal won the Stefan Edberg Sportsmanship Award for the first time.[100]
At the 2010 ATP World Tour Finals in London, Nadal defeated Roddick 3–6, 7–6, 6–4 in the first match, Djokovic 7–5, 6–2 in the second match, and Berdych 7–6, 6–1 in the third match, to advance to the semifinals for the third time in his career. This is the first time that Nadal achieved three wins in the round-robin stage. In the semifinal, he defeated Murray 7–6, 3–6, 7–6 in a hard-fought match to reach his first final at the tournament. In only their second meeting of the year, Federer beat Nadal in the final by a score of 6–3, 3–6, 6–1. After the match, Nadal stated: "Roger is probably the more complete player of the world. I'm not going to say I lost that match because I was tired." This was a reference to his marathon victory over Murray on Saturday. "I tried my best this afternoon, but Roger was simply better than me."[101]
Nadal ended the 2010 season having won three Slams and three Masters 1000 tournaments, and having regained the No. 1 ranking.
Next up for Nadal was a two-match exhibition against Federer for the Roger Federer Foundation. The first match took place in Zürich on 21 December 2010, and the second in Madrid the next day.
Nadal started 2011, by participating in the Mubadala World Tennis Championship in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates. He defeated Tomáš Berdych, 6–4, 6–4, to reach his third final in the exhibition tournament. In the final, he won over his main rival Roger Federer, 7–6, 7–6.
At the Qatar ExxonMobil Open ATP 250 event in Doha, Qatar, Nadal barely struggled past his first three opponents, Karol Beck, 6–3, 6–0, Lukáš Lacko, 7–6, 0–6, 6–3, and Ernests Gulbis, 7–6, 6–3, citing fever as the primary reason for his poor performance. He fell in straight sets to a resurgent Nikolay Davydenko in the semifinals, 3–6, 2–6.[102] He and countryman López won the doubles title by defeating the Italian duo Daniele Bracciali and Andreas Seppi, 6–3, 7–6.[103]
In the first round of the Australian Open, Nadal defeated Marcos Daniel of Brazil 6–0, 5–0 ret. In the second round, he beat upcoming qualifier Ryan Sweeting of the United States 6–2, 6–1, 6–1. In the third round, he was tested by emerging player Bernard Tomic of Australia, who previously ousted Nadal's countryman Feliciano López, but Nadal was victorious 6–2, 7–5, 6–3. He went on to defeat Marin Čilić of Croatia 6–2, 6–4, 6–3, in the fourth round. He suffered an apparent hamstring injury against fellow Spaniard David Ferrer early in the pair's quarterfinal match and ultimately lost in straight sets 4–6, 2–6, 3–6, thus ending his effort to win four major tournaments in a row.[104]
On 7 February 2011, in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates, Nadal won the Laureus World Sportsman of the Year for the first time, ahead of footballer Lionel Messi, Sebastian Vettel, Spain's Andres Iniesta, Lakers basketball player Kobe Bryant, and Filipino boxer Manny Pacquiao.[105]
In March, Nadal helped Spain defeat Belgium in a 2011 Davis Cup World Group first-round tie on hard indoor courts in the Spiroudome in Charleroi, Belgium. Nadal defeated Ruben Bemelmans 6–2, 6–4, 6–2.[106] After Spain's victory in three matches, Nadal played a second dead rubber against Olivier Rochus and won 6–4, 6–2.[107]
At the 2011 BNP Paribas Open in Indian Wells, Nadal defeated upcoming qualifier Rik de Voest of South Africa 6–0, 6–2, in his first match. In the third round, he beat qualifier Ryan Sweeting, 6–3, 6–1. He then defeated Indian qualifier Somdev Devvarman, 7–5, 6–4, in the fourth round. In the quarterfinals, Nadal had a hard time against Croatian Ivo Karlovic, but won 5–7, 6–1, 7–6, and in the semifinals he met Argentine Juan Martin del Potro, back from a long injury. The last three confrontations between the players were in favor of del Potro, but despite some difficulties, Nadal won 6–4, 6–4. He reached his third final at Indian Wells, and in the final lost against Novak Djokovic, 6–4, 3–6, 2–6.[108] The next day, Nadal and Djokovic played a friendly match in Bogota, Colombia, which Nadal won.[109]
Nadal started the 2011 Sony Ericsson Open with a win over Japanese player Kei Nishikori, 6–4, 6–4, then met his compatriot Feliciano Lopez in the third round, whom he defeated 6–3, 6–3. In the fourth round, he defeated Alexandr Dolgopolov of Ukraine, 6–1, 6–2. In the quarterfinals, Nadal had the first real test of the tournament when he met the world no. 7 Tomas Berdych. After a good first set, Nadal's level of play fell significantly due to an injured right shoulder, and he lost the second set. He eventually triumphed, 6–2, 3–6, 6–3. In the semifinals, Nadal met his main rival Roger Federer, their first meeting in a semifinal since the 2007 Masters Cup. Nadal was swiftly victorious, 6–3, 6–2; this match was one of the fastest matches played on hard courts. For the second time in two weeks, Nadal faced Novak Djokovic in the final. As in the Indian Wells tournament, Nadal won the first set, and Djokovic the second. The third set ended in a tiebreak, with Djokovic winning the match, 4–6, 6–3, 7–6.[110] This is the first time Nadal reached the finals of Indian Wells and Miami in the same year.
Nadal began his clay-court season in style, winning the 2011 Monte-Carlo Rolex Masters with the loss of just one set. Nadal defeated Jarkko Nieminen, 6–2, 6–2, Richard Gasquet, 6–2, 6–4, Ivan Ljubičić, 6–1, 6–3, and Andy Murray, 6–4, 2–6, 6–1, in the semifinals to reach his seventh consecutive final in Monte Carlo. In the final, Nadal avenged his defeat by David Ferrer in the quarterfinals of the 2011 Australian Open and won the match, 6–4, 7–5. He was the first man to win the same tournament seven times in a row at the ATP level in the open era.[111] Nadal chalked up his 37th straight win at the clay-court event, where he has not lost since the 2003 Monte Carlo Masters. It was his 44th career title and 19th at a Masters event.[112] It was his first title since winning the Japan Open. Nadal shares third place with Björn Borg and Manuel Orantes in the list of players with the most titles on clay.[113]
Just a week later, Nadal won his sixth Barcelona Open crown, winning the 2011 Barcelona Open Banco Sabadell final in straight sets. He won the final over Ferrer, 6–2, 6–4. In doing so, Nadal became the first man in the open era to have won two tournaments at least six times each. Nadal was then the leader in terms of matches won in the year, with 29. He did not gain any points for this victory, however, as only four ATP 500 tournaments can be counted towards a players ranking at one time, but they will go into effect 8 August 2011, when the result of the 2010 Legg Mason Tennis Classic expires.[114]
At the Madrid in May, he defeated Marcos Baghdatis, had a walkover against Juan Martin del Potro, and defeated Michael Llodra and Roger Federer, before losing the final to Novak Djokovic, 5–7, 4–6.[115]
Nadal lost in straight sets to Novak Djokovic in the Rome Masters final, 4–6, 4–6.[116] This marked the first time that Nadal has lost twice on clay to the same player in a single season.[117] However, Nadal retained his no. 1 ranking during the clay-court season and won his sixth French Open title by defeating Roger Federer, 7–5, 7–6, 5–7, 6–1.[118]
At Wimbledon, Nadal beat Michael Russell in the first round, 6–4, 6–2, 6–2, Ryan Sweeting, 6–3, 6–2, 6–4, in the second round, and Gilles Muller, 7–6, 7–6, 6–0, in the third round. He then faced former US Open Champion Juan Martin del Potro in the fourth round, prevailing 7–6, 3–6, 7–6, 6–4. He then faced tenth-seeded Mardy Fish in the quarterfinals, prevailing in four sets, 6–3, 6–3, 5–7, 6–4. His semifinal opponent was world no. 4 Andy Murray. Murray took the first set, but Nadal upped his game and won in four sets, 5–7, 6–2, 6–2, 6–4. This set up a final against world no. 2 Novak Djokovic, who had beaten Nadal in all four of their matches in 2011 (all in Masters finals). Djokovic broke in the 10th game of the first set to take it 6–4; he then won the second comfortably 6–1, but Nadal fought back, breaking early in the third to win it 6–1. In a tense fourth set, Djokovic broke in the ninth game and clinched the title, with Nadal losing 4–6, 1–6, 6–1, 3–6. This was the first Grand Slam final that Nadal had lost to someone other than Roger Federer and his first loss at Wimbledon since his five-set loss to Federer in the 2007 final. The loss ended Nadal's winning streak in Grand Slam finals at seven, preventing him from tying the Open-Era record of eight victories in a row set by Pete Sampras. Djokovic's success at the tournament also meant that the Serb ascended to world no. 1 for the first time, breaking the dominance of Federer and Nadal on the position, which one of them had held for every week since 2 February 2004. Nadal fell to world no. 2 in the rankings for the first time since June 2010.
After resting for a month from a foot injury sustained during Wimbledon, he contested the 2011 Rogers Cup, where he was shocked by Croatian Ivan Dodig in a third-set tiebreak. He next played in the 2011 Cincinnati Masters, where he lost to Mardy Fish in the quarterfinals.
At the 2011 US Open, Nadal defeated Andrey Golubev in straight sets and advanced to the third round after Frenchman Nicholas Mahut retired. After defeating David Nalbandian on September 4, Nadal collapsed in his post-match press conference due to severe cramps.[119] Nadal lost to Novak Djokovic in the final in four sets 2–6, 4–6, 7–6, 1–6.
After the US Open, Nadal made the final of the Japan Open Tennis Championships. Nadal, who was the 2010 champion, was defeated by Andy Murray, 6–3, 2–6, 0–6. At the Shanghai Masters, Nadal was top seed with the absence of Novak Djokovic, but was upset in the third round by no. 23 ranked Florian Mayer in straight sets, 6–7, 3–6. At the 2011 ATP World Tour Finals, Nadal was defeated by Roger Federer in the round-robin stage, 3–6, 0–6 in one of the quickest matches between the two, lasting just 60 minutes. In the following match, Nadal was defeated by Jo-Wilfried Tsonga, 6–7, 6–4, 3–6, and was eliminated from the tournament.
In the Davis Cup final in December, Nadal had a quick straight-set win over Juan Monaco in his first match. In his second match against Juan Martin del Potro Nadal did not win a single service game in the first set but came back to win the match 1–6, 6–4, 6–1, 7–6(0).[120]
Nadal ended his tennis season with the Mubadala World Tennis Championship, an exhibition tournament not affiliated with the ATP. The tournament, normally held in early January, was held from December 29 to December 31, 2011. Nadal had a bye into the semifinals and played against David Ferrer, who defeated Jo-Wilfried Tsonga in the quarterfinals.[121] Ferrer won the match in straight sets 6–3, 6–2.[122] Nadal was then relegated to the third place match against Roger Federer. Nadal dominated the first set, and Federer made an attempt to claim the second set but failed, winning the match with a score of 6–1, 7–5.
Federer and Nadal have been playing each other since 2004, and their rivalry is a significant part of both men's careers.[43][123][124][125][126]
They held the top two rankings on the ATP Tour from July 2005 until 14 September 2009, when Nadal fell to World No. 3 (Andy Murray became the new No. 2).[127] They are the only pair of men to have ever finished four consecutive calendar years at the top.[citation needed] Nadal ascended to No. 2 in July 2005 and held this spot for a record 160 consecutive weeks before surpassing Federer in August 2008.[128]
They have played 28 times, and Nadal leads their head-to-head series 18–10 overall and 8–2 in Grand Slam tournaments. Fourteen of their matches have been on clay, which is statistically Nadal's best surface and statistically Federer's worst surface.[129] Federer has a winning record on grass (2–1) and indoor hard courts (4–0) while Nadal leads the outdoor hard courts by 5–2 and clay by 12–2.[130]
Because tournament seedings are based on rankings, 19 of their matches have been in tournament finals, including an all-time record 8 Grand Slam finals.[131] From 2006 to 2008, they played in every French Open and Wimbledon final, and then they met in the 2009 Australian Open final and the 2011 French Open final.[citation needed] Nadal won six of the eight, losing the first two Wimbledons. Three of these matches were five set-matches (2007 and 2008 Wimbledon, 2009 Australian Open), and the 2008 Wimbledon final has been lauded as the greatest match ever by many long-time tennis analysts.[44][132][133][134] They have also played in a record 9 Masters Series finals.[citation needed]
Djokovic and Nadal have met 32 times (which is the sixth-most head-to-head meetings in the Open Era)[135] with Nadal having a 18–14 advantage.[136] Nadal leads on grass 2–1 and clay 11–2, but Djokovic leads on hard courts 11–5.[136] This rivalry is listed as the third greatest rivalry in the last decade by ATPworldtour.com[137] and is considered by many to be the emerging rivalry.[138][139] Djokovic is one of only two players to have at least ten match wins against Nadal (the other being Federer) and the only person to defeat Nadal seven consecutive times and two times consecutively on clay.[140] The two share the record for the longest match played in a best of three sets (4 hours and 3 minutes), at the 2009 Mutua Madrid Open semi-finals.[citation needed] In the 2011 Wimbledon final, Djokovic won in four sets 6–4, 6–1, 1–6, 6–3, for his first slam final over Nadal.[141] Djokovic also defeated Nadal in the 2011 US Open Final. In 2012, Djokovic defeated Nadal in the Australian Open final for a third consecutive slam final win over Nadal. This was the longest Grand Slam final in Open era history at 5 hrs, 53 mins.[142] Nadal won their last two meetings in the final of Monte Carlo Masters and Rome Masters in April and in May 2012, respectively.[143]
To prevent confusion and double counting, information in this table is updated only once a tournament or the player's participation in the tournament has concluded. This table is current through the 2012 Australian Open.
Tournament | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | SR | W–L | Win % | |
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Grand Slam Tournaments | ||||||||||||||
Australian Open | A | 3R | 4R | A | QF | SF | W | QF | QF | F | 1 / 8 | 35–7 | 83.33 | |
French Open | A | A | W | W | W | W | 4R | W | W | 6 / 7 | 45–1 | 97.83 | ||
Wimbledon | 3R | A | 2R | F | F | W | A | W | F | 2 / 7 | 35–5 | 87.50 | ||
US Open | 2R | 2R | 3R | QF | 4R | SF | SF | W | F | 1 / 9 | 34–8 | 80.95 | ||
Win–Loss | 3–2 | 3–2 | 13–3 | 17–2 | 20–3 | 24–2 | 15–2 | 25–1 | 23–3 | 6–1 | 10 / 31 | 149–21 | 87.65 |
Outcome | Year | Championship | Surface | Opponent in the final | Score in the final |
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Winner | 2005 | French Open | Clay | Mariano Puerta | 6–7(6–8), 6–3, 6–1, 7–5 |
Winner | 2006 | French Open (2) | Clay | Roger Federer | 1–6, 6–1, 6–4, 7–6(7–4) |
Runner-up | 2006 | Wimbledon | Grass | Roger Federer | 0–6, 6–7(5–7), 7–6(7–2), 3–6 |
Winner | 2007 | French Open (3) | Clay | Roger Federer | 6–3, 4–6, 6–3, 6–4 |
Runner-up | 2007 | Wimbledon (2) | Grass | Roger Federer | 6–7(7–9), 6–4, 6–7(3–7), 6–2, 2–6 |
Winner | 2008 | French Open (4) | Clay | Roger Federer | 6–1, 6–3, 6–0 |
Winner | 2008 | Wimbledon | Grass | Roger Federer | 6–4, 6–4, 6–7(5–7), 6–7(8–10), 9–7 |
Winner | 2009 | Australian Open | Hard | Roger Federer | 7–5, 3–6, 7–6(7–3), 3–6, 6–2 |
Winner | 2010 | French Open (5) | Clay | Robin Söderling | 6–4, 6–2, 6–4 |
Winner | 2010 | Wimbledon (2) | Grass | Tomáš Berdych | 6–3, 7–5, 6–4 |
Winner | 2010 | US Open | Hard | Novak Djokovic | 6–4, 5–7, 6–4, 6–2 |
Winner | 2011 | French Open (6) | Clay | Roger Federer | 7–5, 7–6(7–3), 5–7, 6–1 |
Runner-up | 2011 | Wimbledon (3) | Grass | Novak Djokovic | 4–6, 1–6, 6–1, 3–6 |
Runner-up | 2011 | US Open | Hard | Novak Djokovic | 2–6, 4–6, 7–6(7–3), 1–6 |
Runner-up | 2012 | Australian Open | Hard | Novak Djokovic | 7–5, 4–6, 2–6, 7–6(7–5), 5–7 |
Tournament | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | SR | W–L | Win % | |||
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Year-End Championship Tournaments | |||||||||||||||||
YEC | A | A | A | A | SF | SF | A | RR | F | RR | 0 / 5 | 9–10 | 47.37 |
Outcome | Year | Championship | Surface | Opponent in the final | Score in the final |
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Runner-up | 2010 | 2010 ATP World Tour Finals | Hard | Roger Federer | 3–6, 6–3, 1–6 |
Outcome | Year | Championship | Surface | Opponent in the final | Score in the final |
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Winner | 2008 | Beijing Olympics | Hard | Fernando González | 6–3, 7–6(7–2), 6–3 |
Tournament | Since | Record accomplished | Players matched |
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All | 1877 | 8 consecutive titles at any single tournament | Stands alone |
Monte Carlo Masters | 1897 | 8 men's singles titles | Stands alone |
French Open | 1925 | 6 men's singles titles | Björn Borg |
Rome Masters | 1930 | 6 men's singles titles | Stands alone |
Barcelona Open | 1953 | 7 men's singles titles | Stands alone |
Time span | Selected Grand Slam tournament records | Players matched |
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2005 French Open — 2010 US Open |
Career Golden Slam | Andre Agassi |
2005 French Open — 2010 US Open |
Career Grand Slam | Rod Laver Andre Agassi Roger Federer |
2005 French Open — 2010 US Open |
2+ titles on grass, clay and hard courts[144] | Mats Wilander |
2005 French Open — 2010 US Open |
Youngest to achieve a Career Grand Slam (24)[144][145] | Stands alone |
2010 French Open — 2010 US Open |
Winner of Majors on clay, grass and hard court in calendar year | Stands alone |
2010 French Open — 2010 US Open |
Winner of three consecutive Majors in calendar year | Rod Laver |
2007 French Open — 2010 US Open |
4 finals reached without losing a set[a] | Bjorn Borg |
2010 French Open — 2010 US Open |
Simultaneous holder of Majors on clay, grass and hard court | Roger Federer |
2008 Olympics — 2010 US Open |
Simultaneous holder of Olympic singles gold medal and Majors on clay, grass and hard court | Stands alone |
2008 Wimbledon — 2008 Olympics |
Simultaneous holder of Olympic singles gold medal and Wimbledon | Stands alone |
2008 French Open — 2009 Australian Open |
Simultaneous holder of Olympic singles gold medal and three Majors | Andre Agassi |
2008 Olympics — 2010 US Open |
Simultaneous holder of Olympic singles gold medal and clay & hard court Majors | Andre Agassi |
2011 Wimbledon — 2012 Australian Open |
Three consecutive runner-up finishes[146][147] | Stands alone |
Grand Slam tournaments | Time Span | Records at each Grand Slam tournament | Players matched |
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French Open | 2005–2011 | 6 titles overall[148] | Björn Borg |
French Open | 2005–2011 | 6 titles in 7 years | Stands alone |
French Open | 2005–2008 | 4 consecutive titles[148] | Björn Borg |
French Open | 2005–2008, 2010–2011 |
6 finals overall | Björn Borg |
French Open | 2005–2008 | 4 consecutive finals | Björn Borg Ivan Lendl Roger Federer |
French Open | 2005–2009 | 31 consecutive match wins[148] | Stands alone |
French Open | 2005–2011 | 97.92% (47–1) match winning percentage | Stands alone |
French Open | 2008, 2010 | 2 wins without losing a set[148] | Björn Borg |
French Open | 2005 | Won title on the first attempt | Mats Wilander |
French Open—Wimbledon | 2008, 2010 | Accomplished a "Channel Slam": Winning both tournaments in the same year | Rod Laver Björn Borg Roger Federer |
Time span | Selected Masters tournament records | Players matched |
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2005–2012 | 21 Masters 1000 titles overall[149] | Stands alone |
2005–2012 | 16 Masters 1000 clay court titles | Stands alone |
2010 | Clay Slam[b] | Stands alone |
2005–2012 | 8 consecutive years winning 1+ title | Stands alone |
2005–2012 | 83.03% (230–47) winning percentage[150] | Stands alone |
Time span | Other selected records | Players matched |
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2005–2007 | 81 consecutive clay court match victories | Stands alone |
2002–2012 | 92.91% (249–19) clay court match winning percentage[151] | Stands alone |
2002–2012 | 85.20% (524–91) outdoor court match winning percentage[152] | Stands alone |
2005–2012 | 7+ titles at 2 different tournaments[153] | Stands alone |
2005–2012 | 8 titles overall at a single tournament (Monte Carlo) | Guillermo Vilas |
2005–2012 | 8 consecutive titles at a single tournament (Monte Carlo)[154] | Stands alone |
Nadal generally plays an aggressive, behind-the-baseline game founded on heavy topspin groundstrokes, consistency, speedy footwork and tenacious court coverage thus making him an aggressive counterpuncher.[155] Known for his athleticism and speed around the court, Nadal is an excellent defender[156] who hits well on the run, constructing winning plays from seemingly defensive positions. He also plays very fine dropshots, which work especially well because his heavy topspin often forces opponents to the back of the court.[157]
Nadal employs a full western grip forehand, often with a "lasso-whip" follow through, where his left arm hits through the ball and finishes above his left shoulder – as opposed to a more traditional finish across the body or around his opposite shoulder.[158][159] Nadal's forehand groundstroke form allows him to hit shots with heavy topspin – more so than many of his contemporaries.[160] San Francisco tennis researcher John Yandell used a high-speed video camera and special software to count the average number of revolutions of a tennis ball hit full force by Nadal. "The first guys we did were Sampras and Agassi. They were hitting forehands that in general were spinning about 1,800 to 1,900 revolutions per minute. Federer is hitting with an amazing amount of spin, too, right? 2,700 revolutions per minute. Well, we measured one forehand Nadal hit at 4,900. His average was 3,200."[161] While Nadal's shots tend to land short of the baseline, the characteristically high bounces his forehands achieve tend to mitigate the advantage an opponent would normally gain from capitalizing on a short ball.[162] Although his forehand is based on heavy topspin, he can hit the ball deep and flat with a more orthodox follow through for clean winners.
Nadal's serve was initially considered a weak point in his game, although his improvements in both first-serve points won and break points saved since 2005 have allowed him to consistently compete for and win major titles on faster surfaces. Nadal relies on the consistency of his serve to gain a strategic advantage in points, rather than going for service winners.[163] However, before the 2010 US Open, he altered his service motion, arriving in the trophy pose earlier and pulling the racket lower during the trophy pose. Before the 2010 U.S. Open, Nadal modified his service grip to a more continental one. These two changes in his serve increased his average speed by around 10 mph during the 2010 US Open, maxing out at 135 mph (217 km), allowing him to win more free points on his serve.[164] However, since the 2010 US Open, Nadal's serve speed has dropped back down to previous levels and has again been cited as a need for improvement.[165][166][167]
Nadal is a clay court specialist in the sense that he has been extremely successful on that surface. Since 2005, he won six times at Roland Garros, eight times at Monte Carlo and five at Rome. However, Nadal has shed that label due to his success on other surfaces, including holding Grand Slams simultaneously on grass, hard courts, and clay on two separate occasions, winning five Masters series titles on hardcourt, and winning the Olympic gold medal on hardcourt.[155][168] Despite praise for Nadal's talent and skill, some have questioned his longevity in the sport, citing his build and playing style as conducive to injury.[169] Nadal himself has admitted to the physical toll hard courts place on ATP Tour players, calling for a reevaluated tour schedule featuring fewer hard court tournaments.[170]
Nadal has appeared in advertising campaigns for Kia Motors as a global ambassador for the company. In May 2008, Kia released a claymation viral ad featuring Nadal in a tennis match with an alien. Nadal also has an endorsement agreement with Universal DVDs.[171]
Nike serves as Nadal's clothing and shoe sponsor. Nadal's signature on-court attire entailed a variety of sleeveless shirts paired with 3/4 length capri pants.[172] For the 2009 season, Nadal adopted more-traditional on-court apparel. Nike encouraged Nadal to update his look in order to reflect his new status as the sport's top player at that time[173] and associate Nadal with a style that, while less distinctive than his "pirate" look, would be more widely emulated by consumers.[174][175] At warmup tournaments in Abu Dhabi and Doha, Nadal played matches in a polo shirt specifically designed for him by Nike,[176] paired with shorts cut above the knee. Nadal's new, more conventional style carried over to the 2009 Australian Open, where he was outfitted with Nike's Bold Crew Men's Tee[177] and Nadal Long Check Shorts.[178][179][180] Nadal wears Nike's Air CourtBallistec 2.3 tennis shoes,[181] bearing various customizations throughout the season, including his nickname "Rafa" on the right shoe and a stylized bull logo on the left.
He became the face of Lanvin's L'Homme Sport cologne in April 2009.[182] Nadal uses an AeroPro Drive racquet with a 41⁄4-inch L2 grip. As of the 2010 season[update], Nadal's racquets are painted to resemble the new Babolat AeroPro Drive with Cortex GT racquet in order to market a current model which Babolat sells.[183][184] Nadal uses no replacement grip, and instead wraps two overgrips around the handle. He used Duralast 15L strings until the 2010 season, when he switched to Babolat's new, black-colored, RPM Blast string. Nadal's rackets are always strung at 55 lb (25 kg), regardless of which surface or conditions he is playing on[citation needed].
As of January 2010[update], Nadal is the international ambassador for Quely, a company from his native Majorca that manufactures biscuits, bakery and chocolate coated products; he has consumed their products ever since he was a young child.[185][186]
In 2010, luxury watchmaker Richard Mille announced that he had developed an ultra-light wristwatch in collaboration with Nadal called the Richard Mille RM027 Tourbillon watch.[187] The watch is made of titanium and lithium and is valued at US$525,000; Nadal was involved in the design and testing of the watch on the tennis court.[187] During the 2010 French Open, Men's Fitness reported that Nadal wore the Richard Mille watch on the court as part of a sponsorship deal with the Swiss watchmaker.[188]
Nadal replaced Cristiano Ronaldo as the new face of Emporio Armani Underwear and Armani Jeans for the spring/summer 2011 collection.[189] This is the first time that the label has chosen a tennis player for the job; association football has ruled lately prior to Ronaldo, David Beckham graced the ads since 2008.[190] Armani said that he selected Nadal as his latest male underwear model because "...he is ideal as he represents a healthy and positive model for youngsters."[189]
In February 2010, Rafael Nadal was featured in the music video of Shakira's "Gypsy".[191][192] and part of her album release She Wolf. In explaining why she chose Nadal for the video, Shakira was quoted as saying in an interview with the Latin American Herald Tribune: "I thought that maybe I needed someone I could in some way identify with. And Rafael Nadal is a person who has been totally committed to his career since he was very young. Since he was 17, I believe." She added about "Gypsy": "I've been on the road since I was very, very young, so that's where the gypsy metaphor comes from."[193][194][195]
128036 Rafaelnadal is a Main belt asteroid discovered in 2003 at the Observatorio Astronómico de Mallorca, Spain and named after Rafael Nadal.[196]
Nadal is an avid fan of association football club Real Madrid. On 8 July 2010, it was reported that he had become a shareholder of RCD Mallorca, his local club by birth, in an attempt to assist the club from debt.[197] Rafa reportedly owns 10 percent and was offered the role of vice president, but he rejected that offer.[198] His uncle Miguel Ángel Nadal, became assistant coach under Michael Laudrup. Nadal remains a passionate Real Madrid supporter; ESPN.com writer Graham Hunter wrote, "He's as Merengue as [Real Madrid icons] Raúl, Iker Casillas and Alfredo Di Stéfano." Shortly after acquiring his interest in Mallorca, he called out UEFA for apparent hypocrisy in ejecting the club from the 2010–11 UEFA Europa League for excessive debts, saying through a club spokesperson, "Well, if those are the criteria upon which UEFA is operating, then European competition will only comprise two or three clubs because all the rest are in debt, too."[199]
He is a fervent supporter of the Spanish national team, one of only six people not affiliated with the team or the national federation allowed into the team's locker room immediately following Spain's victory in the 2010 FIFA World Cup Final.[199]
Rafael Nadal took part in Thailand's 'A Million Trees For The King' project, planting a tree in honour of King Bhumibol Adulyadej on a visit to Hua Hin during his Thailand Open 2010. "For me it's an honour to part of this project," said Nadal. "It's a very good project. I want to congratulate the Thai people and congratulate the King for this unbelievable day. I wish all the best for this idea. It's very, very nice."[200]
The creation of the Fundación Rafa Nadal took place in November 2007, and its official presentation was in February 2008, at the Manacor Tennis Club in Mallorca, Spain. The foundation will focus on social work and development aid particularly on childhood and youth.[201] On deciding why to start a foundation, Nadal said "This can be the beginning of my future, when I retire and have more time, [...] I am doing very well and I owe society, [...] A month-and-a-half ago I was in Chennai, in India. The truth is we live great here....I can contribute something with my image..." Nadal was inspired by the Red Cross benefit match against malaria with Real Madrid goalkeeper Iker Casillas, recalling, "We raised an amount of money that we would never have imagined. I have to thank Iker, my project partner, who went all out for it, [...] That is why the time has come to set up my own foundation and determine the destination of the money." Ana Maria Parera, Rafa's mom, chairs the organization and father Sebastian is vice-chairman. Coach and uncle Toni Nadal and his agent, former tennis player Carlos Costa, are also involved. Roger Federer has been giving Nadal advice on getting involved in philanthropy. Despite the fact that poverty in India struck him particularly hard, Nadal wants to start by helping "people close by, in the Balearic Islands, in Spain, and then, if possible, abroad."[202]
On 16 October 2010, Nadal traveled to India for the first time to assist in the transformation of one of the poorest and most needy areas of India, Andhra Pradesh. He has an academy in the south of the country, in the state of Andhra Pradesh. His foundation has also worked in the Anantapur Educational Center project, in collaboration with the Vicente Ferrer Foundation.[203]
Nadal owns an Aston Martin DBS.[204] He lived with his parents and younger sister Maria Isabel in a five-story apartment building in their hometown of Manacor, Mallorca. In June 2009, Spanish newspaper La Vanguardia, and then The New York Times, reported that his parents, Ana Maria and Sebastian, had separated. This news came after weeks of speculation in Internet posts and message boards over Nadal's personal issues as the cause of his setback.[205] He has revealed himself to be Agnostic.[206] When a young boy, he would run home from school to watch Goku in his favorite Japanese anime, Dragon Ball. CNN released an article about Nadal's childhood inspiration, and called him "the Dragon Ball of tennis" due to his unorthodox style "from another planet."[207]
Nadal's autobiography, Rafa, written with assistance from John Carlin,[208] was published in August 2011. Since 2005, Rafael Nadal has been dating Maria Francisca Perello (Xisca).[209] In addition to tennis and association football, Nadal enjoys playing golf.[210]
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Short description | Spanish tennis player |
Date of birth | 3 June 1986 |
Place of birth | Manacor, Majorca, Spain |
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Country | Great Britain |
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Residence | London, England, UK |
Born | (1986-02-13) 13 February 1986 (age 26) Dunblane, Scotland |
Height | 1.90 m (6 ft 3 in) |
Weight | 84 kg (190 lb) |
Turned pro | 2004 |
Plays | Left-handed |
Career prize money | $679,285 |
Singles | |
Career record | 0–1 |
Career titles | 0 |
Highest ranking | 834 (22 May 2006) |
Doubles | |
Career record | 114–116 |
Career titles | 7 |
Highest ranking | No. 23 (10 October, 2011) |
Current ranking | No. 38 (13 February 2012) |
Grand Slam Doubles results | |
Australian Open | 2R (2011) |
French Open | 2R (2011) |
Wimbledon | 3R (2007, 2008) |
US Open | 2R (2007) |
Mixed Doubles | |
Career record | 26–13 |
Career titles | 1 |
Grand Slam Mixed Doubles results | |
Australian Open | 2R (2008, 2009) |
French Open | SF (2011) |
Wimbledon | W (2007) |
US Open | F (2008) |
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Jamie Robert Murray (born 13 February 1986 in Dunblane) is a British tennis player from Scotland who specialises in doubles and is Britain's number 1 doubles player. He is the older brother of Andy Murray. He won the Wimbledon mixed doubles title in 2007 with Jelena Janković. Murray had an early career partnership with Eric Butorac, winning three titles in 2007. Having split with Butorac at the end of 2007, Murray has since played with a large number of players: his six subsequent ATP finals since have been with different partners. He has also competed regularly alongside his brother Andy, with whom he has won two titles.
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Jamie Murray was born to Willie and Judy in Dunblane, Scotland. At the age of 11, Jamie finished runner up in the boys under 12 category at the prestigious Junior Orange Bowl.[1] Murray was the junior world #2 when he was about 13 years old and was selected to be educated at The Leys School while being coached by national coaches.[2] Jamie's younger brother Andy said of this experience that the LTA 'ruined' him when he went to Cambridge.[3] In 2004 he partnered his brother to the semi final of the Junior US Open[4]
His maternal grandfather, Roy Erskine, was a professional footballer who played reserve team matches for Hibernian and in the Scottish Football League for Stirling Albion and Cowdenbeath.[5][6][7][8]
In 2009 Jamie began dating Colombian Alejandra Gutierrez, in London. They married in Dunblane on 28 October 2010 with brother Andy acting as best man.
In 2006 he reached two ATP Tour doubles finals. In late July, Murray and the American player Eric Butorac reached the final of the Los Angeles tournament which they lost in straight sets to the world's top-ranked doubles team, the Bryan brothers. In September, partnering his younger brother, Murray reached the final of the Bangkok tournament, losing to the top Israeli doubles pairing Andy Ram and Jonathan Erlich (2–6 6–2 4–10).
In early February 2007, Murray and Butorac claimed their first doubles title[9] in the AT&T Challenger tournament. They then won back to back doubles titles on the ATP Tour, at the SAP Open in San Jose[10] and the Regions Morgan Keegan Championships at the Racquet Club of Memphis.[11] These victories lifted Murray into the top 50 in the ATP doubles rankings for the first time.
On 20 March 2007 Murray received his first call-up to the Great Britain Davis Cup team, where he was picked for the doubles rubber on the Saturday of the tie against the Netherlands on 7 April. Jamie played alongside Greg Rusedski versus Robin Haase and Rogier Wassen. Murray and Rusedski beat the Dutch pairing 6–1 3–6 6–3 7–6 (7–5).
After winning his mixed doubles title with Jelena Janković at Wimbledon, Murray again reached a mixed doubles semi-final of the 2007 US Open aside Liezel Huber, coming within ten points of winning a place in the final.
Murray began 2008 with his new doubles partner Max Mirnyi, but the partnership struggled. Despite victory in the Delray Beach International Tennis Championships in February, they had failed to reach any other finals, winning just one of their first four matches as a pair and going out of eleven tournaments within the first two rounds, including at the 2008 Australian Open. Without Mirnyi, Murray has appeared to have had more success, reaching the semi-final of the Movistar Open with Nicolás Lapentti in January and the final of the Estoril Open with Kevin Ullyett in April.
Murray has also shown some interest in singles tennis. He competed in a singles qualifying match against Marcel Granollers in January and applied for a wildcard singles entry for Wimbledon. He was given a wildcard into the qualifying stages for the 2008 Artois Championships, but lost to Poland's Łukasz Kubot and was refused entry into the Wimbledon singles tournament. With Mirnyi he reached the final and semi-final of the Slazenger Open and the Artois Championships respectively, but failed to progress beyond the third round of Wimbledon.
Competing for Great Britain, he had a public fall out with brother Andy Murray, criticising him for dropping out of the squad for a Davis Cup match against Argentina; Jamie played in and lost the doubles match with Ross Hutchins. At the 2008 Summer Olympics the two Murrays competed together in the doubles tournament.[12] After defeating Canadian pair Frédéric Niemeyer and Daniel Nestor 4–6, 6–3, 6–4 in the First Round, they then lost to French pair and 2007 Wimbledon Doubles Champions Arnaud Clément and Michaël Llodra, 6–1, 6–3.[13]
Mixed doubles once again proved to be more successful for Murray in 2008. Competing with Liezel Huber he reached the final of the 2008 US Open, though they lost out to Cara Black and Leander Paes. He also reached the semi-finals at Wimbledon and the quarter-finals in the French Open.
Mirnyi and Murray had mediocre results, compiling a 15 for 17 record. They split in September 2008 and Murray formed a new partnership with Dušan Vemić of Serbia at the start of the 2009 season.[14]
Jamie played the Brisbane and Sydney tournaments with Serbian Dušan Vemić but played the Australian Open with his old partner Eric Butorac as Vemić was unavailable. Butorac and Murray, who had not played together since the 2007 US Open, lost in the first round at Melbourne Park.[15] Since splitting from Vemić at the end of February, Murray has played with several different partners, including Simon Aspelin, Jamie Delgado, Paul Hanley, Pavel Vízner, Gilles Müller and Jonathan Erlich. With Müller he reached the semi-final at Nottingham, his best result since the same tournament last year.[16][17] Murray played with Vízner at the French Open and with Erlich at Wimbledon, but was defeated in the first round of both tournaments.[18][19] However, he did reach the semi-finals of the mixed doubles at Wimbledon with his regular partner Liezel Huber.[20] Dropping out of the world top one hundred, Murray returned to the Challenger circuit with new partner Jamie Delgado. Playing in these lower ranked tournaments, he won his first tournament of any sort in eighteen months at the Tirani Cup in August 2009, followed by wins at the TEAN International (with Jonathan Marray) and the Ljubljana Open. He was semi-finalist in the Challenger event in Orléans, France.[21] He topped off the year with a win in Astana, Kazakhstan again partnering Jonathan Marray.[21]
Jamie started the 2010 year as a semi-finalist in the ATP Challenger event in São Paulo, Brazil. His first win of the year came in Salinas, Ecuador with Marray again. He lost with Marray in another Challenger event in Bucaramanga, Colombia on clay in the quarter-finals. He also competed in the mixed doubles at Wimbledon, this time alongside Laura Robson, but lost in the first round. Playing in his first tournament since getting married, Murray played with his brother Andy Murray. The pair had a great week in Valencia and won the tournament. This was Jamie's first win on the top level of the tour for over two years and the first time that he has won a doubles title with his brother.[22][23] Murray ended the season with another Challenger win, in Bratislava.
Murray began 2011 playing with Xavier Malisse. Though the pair lost in their first ATP event at Chennai, Murray won his first match at a Grand Slam since Wimbledon 2008 as they progressed to the second round of the Australian Open. Murray followed this up with two semifinal appearances, partnering Alexander Peya at the SA Open and his brother Andy at Rotterdam. These successes saw Murray climb back into the world top 50. At the French Open, Murray and his partner Chris Guccione were eliminated in the second round of the men's doubles by the top-seeded Bryan Brothers, but he progressed to the semifinals of the mixed doubles with Nadia Petrova. In August, he reached the semifinals of the Winston–Salem Open but lost in straight sets to Christopher Kas and Alexander Peya. He partnered Santiago González. At the US Open, he and partner González went out in the first round in straight sets to Jürgen Melzer and Philipp Petzschner, who went on to win the tournament. He next played at the Open de Moselle, where he partnered Andre Sa, going on to win the tournament by defeating Lukáš Dlouhý and Marcelo Melo in the final, winning in straight sets. Two weeks later, he won his second title of the year partnering with brother Andy Murray at the Rakuten Japan Open Tennis Championships. They defeated František Čermák and Filip Polášek. In doing so, he rose to a career-high doubles ranking of no. 23 in the world.
Outcome | Year | Championship | Surface | Partner | Opponents in the final | Score in the final |
Winner | 2007 | Wimbledon | Grass | Jelena Janković | Alicia Molik Jonas Björkman |
6–4, 3–6, 6–1 |
Runner-up | 2008 | US Open | Hard | Liezel Huber | Cara Black Leander Paes |
6–7, 4–6 |
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Runner-up | 1. | 30 July 2006 | Los Angeles, United States | Hard (o) | Eric Butorac | Bob Bryan Mike Bryan |
2–6, 4–6 |
Runner-up | 2. | 1 October 2006 | Bangkok, Thailand | Hard (i) | Andy Murray | Jonathan Erlich Andy Ram |
2–6, 6–2, [4–10] |
Winner | 1. | 18 February 2007 | San Jose, United States | Hard | Eric Butorac | Chris Haggard Rainer Schüttler |
7–5, 7–6(8–6) |
Winner | 2. | 25 February 2007 | Memphis, United States | Hard | Eric Butorac | Jürgen Melzer Julian Knowle |
7–5, 6–3 |
Winner | 3. | 23 June 2007 | Nottingham, United Kingdom | Grass | Eric Butorac | Joshua Goodall Ross Hutchins |
4–6, 6–3, [10–5] |
Winner | 4. | 17 February 2008 | Delray Beach, United States | Hard | Max Mirnyi | Bob Bryan Mike Bryan |
6–4, 3–6, [10–6] |
Runner-up | 3. | 21 April 2008 | Estoril, Portugal | Clay | Kevin Ullyett | Jeff Coetzee Wesley Moodie |
2–6, 6–4, [8–10] |
Runner-up | 4. | 16 June 2008 | Nottingham, United Kingdom | Grass (i) | Jeff Coetzee | Bruno Soares Kevin Ullyett |
2–6, 6–7(5–7) |
Winner | 5. | 7 November 2010 | Valencia, Spain | Hard (i) | Andy Murray | Mahesh Bhupathi Max Mirnyi |
7–6(10–8), 5–7, [10–7] |
Winner | 6. | 25 September 2011 | Metz, France | Hard (i) | Andre Sa | Lukáš Dlouhý Marcelo Melo |
6–4, 7–6(9–7) |
Winner | 7. | 9 October 2011 | Tokyo, Japan | Hard (o) | Andy Murray | František Čermák Filip Polášek |
6–1, 6–4 |
Runner-up | 5. | 5 February 2012 | Montpellier, France | Hard (i) | Paul Hanley | Nicolas Mahut Édouard Roger-Vasselin |
4–6, 6–7(4–7) |
W | F | SF | QF | #R | RR | Q# | A | P | Z# | PO | SF-B | F | NMS |
Won tournament, or reached Final, Semifinal, Quarterfinal, Round 4, 3, 2, 1, played in Round Robin or lost in Qualification Round 3, Round 2, Round 1, Absent from a tournament or Participated in a team event, played in a Davis Cup Zonal Group (with its number indication) or Play-off, won a bronze or silver match at the Olympics. The last is for a Masters Series/1000 tournament that was relegated (Not a Masters Series). To prevent confusion and double counting, information in this table is updated only once a tournament or the player's participation in the tournament has concluded.
Tournament | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | Career |
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Australian Open | A | 1R | 1R | 1R | A | 2R | 1R | 1–5 |
French Open | A | 1R | 1R | 1R | 1R | 2R | 1R | 1–6 |
Wimbledon | 1R | 3R | 3R | 1R | 1R | 2R | 5–6 | |
US Open | A | 2R | 1R | A | A | 1R | 1–3 | |
Win-Loss | 0–1 | 3–4 | 2–4 | 0–3 | 0–2 | 2–2 | 0–2 | 7–19 |
Indian Wells Masters | A | 2R | SF | 1R | A | QF | 6–4 | |
Miami Masters | A | 1R | 1R | 1R | A | 2R | 1–4 | |
Monte Carlo Masters | A | 1R | 1R | A | A | A | 0–2 | |
Rome Masters | A | A | 2R | 1R | A | 1R | 1–3 | |
Madrid Masters | A | 2R | 1R | A | A | 1R | 1–3 | |
Canada Masters | A | 1R | 2R | A | A | QF | 3–3 | |
Cincinnati Masters | A | 2R | QF | A | A | A | 3–2 | |
Shanghai Masters | NM1 | A | A | A | 0–0 | |||
Paris Masters | A | 1R | 2R | A | A | 2R | 2–3 | |
Hamburg Masters | A | A | 1R | NM1 | 0–1 | |||
ATP Final Appearances | 2 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 11 | |
ATP Titles | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 7 | |
Year End Ranking | 77 | 32 | 28 | 105 | 57 | 35 | n/a |
Tournament | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | Career |
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Australian Open | A | 2R | 2R | A | 1R | 1R | 2–4 |
French Open | A | QF | A | A | SF | 4–2 | |
Wimbledon | W | SF | SF | 1R | 2R | 13–5 | |
US Open | SF | F | A | A | 1R | 7–3 | |
Win-Loss | 9–1 | 9–4 | 4–2 | 0–1 | 4–4 | 0–1 | 26–13 |
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Jordan Roseman (aka DJ Earworm) is a San Francisco-based mashup artist who has achieved recognition for his technically sophisticated, songwriting oriented music and video mashups.[1][2] His annual “United State of Pop” mashups, short mixes featuring the top 25 songs of the year according to Billboard magazine, have reached the Top 100 for national radio play.[3]
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Roseman was born into a big family of musicians and raised in eastern Iowa and Evanston, Illinois.[2][4] In his early life, he played piano and produced original electronic music on a computer, later majoring in music theory and computer science at the University of Illinois. He began using ACID recreationally in 2003. After encouragement from DJ Adrian at Club Bootie, Roseman created the moniker DJ Earworm ("earworm" referencing a song that repeats uncontrollably in one's mind) and began releasing mashups via a website.[5]
DJ Earworm has a unique mashup style that consists of a compositional, songwriting approach. He gradually layers samples on top of one another, matching keys and subtly altering melodies. His mashups often convey an entirely new meaning than the original material, such as a political message in “No More Gas”. He has been contrasted with mashup artist Girl Talk, who has a more DJ-oriented style.[6]
He is the author of Audio Mashup Construction Kit (Wiley, 2006), a how-to manual for creating mashups.[7]
At the 2008 IDEA conference, he revealed that he has made mashups using Ableton Live₨, and now DJs live with the same software.[8]
Earworm's 2007 mashup, "United State of Pop” consisted of the top 25 songs of 2007 according to Billboard.[9] The song crossed beyond the online download market, reaching the Top 100 for national radio play in February 2008. Earworm is the first mashup artist to have a bootleg mashup enter Billboard’s charts.[10] As of August 12, 2011, the song has surpassed 4.5 million views on YouTube, and it has peaked at number 71 on the CHR/Top 40 Mediabase radio chart.[citation needed]
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On December 25, 2008 he released another mashup called "United State of Pop 2008 (Viva la Pop)", prominently featuring Coldplay's song "Viva la Vida" as the backing track, and an intro by Natasha Bedingfield's Pocketful of Sunshine beat. The official YouTube video of the song had 200,000 views within the first two weeks of release. The mashup peaked at number 58 on Billboard's Pop Airplay chart, and entered the Pop 100 chart.[11] As of December 13, 2011, the video has received over 9.5 million views on YouTube, and it has peaked at number 81 on the CHR/Top 40 Mediabase radio chart.[citation needed]
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On December 27, 2009 he released a third year-end mashup, "United State of Pop 2009 (Blame it on the Pop)" [12] The music video has reached over 40.2 million views as of December 13, 2011.
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On December 28, 2010 he released the fourth year-end mashup, "United State of Pop 2010 (Don't Stop the Pop), which includes the top 25 singles of 2010. The music video has reached over 13.6 million views as of December 5, 2011.
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The fifth year-end mashup, "United State of Pop 2011 (World Go Boom)" was released on December 25 2011. This was the first time this was not based on the Billboard Year-End Hot 100 chart, but on the weekly charts throughout the year, which "ensures that all the late-breaking hits are included in the 2011 mix".[13] It used a combination of Rihanna's "We Found Love" , Katy Perry's Last Friday Night (T.G.I.F.) , Lady Gaga's Born This Way, and Britney Spears' "Till The World Ends" as the backing track. The music video for "United State of Pop 2011 (World Go Boom)"[14] was viewed over 1.4 million times within the first day of release on YouTube.
The mashup included the following songs:
Earworm states that "It doesn't match Billboard's U.S. year-end list, since I'm basing it off of the weekly lists this year in order to more reflect what was actually popular during 2011. Because of the Billboard's early cut off date and their emphasis on chart longevity, songs that are released after August are either split between the two years tor moved to the next year. I also don't want a track appearing two years in a row just because it happened to be peaking right at the cutoff. From my perspective, a song for a aveyear-end mix belongs in the year it will be remembered from, not the year it ended its run. For instance, "We Found Love", which has been #1 for the last 8 weeks of the year, is nowhere to be seen in Billboard's Top 25, and may not make it next year either due to the bias of the cut-off date. As a bonus I am able to spend more time on the mixes and more fully realize them."
While most mashup artists must rely on bootleg samples and public releases to make mashups, Earworm has been contacted by prominent musicians to make mashups from their source material. DJ Earworm was given multitracks by Annie Lennox to create a unique mashup piece called "Backwards/Forwards," which contains nine of her songs.
On September 12, 2009, Earworm released an official Sean Kingston mashup called "A Beautiful Mashup."
"Like OMG, Baby", released in the summer of 2010, was shown as part of a concert at Wembley Stadium in London for Capital FM's Summertime Ball, where all fifteen of the featured artists performed. The mashup is Earworm's fourth song to chart on the CHR/Top 40 Mediabase radio chart, where it peaked at number 83. As of August 8, 2011, the video has received 10.2 million views and counting on YouTube, making it by far his most popular non-United State of Pop mashup and surpassing the 2008 year-end video. In 2011 the song was honored with two Sony Radio Academy Awards.[15] Here is the list of songs used:
On December 10, 2010, Earworm released a Nelly Furtado mashup titled "Free At Night", composed of 13 songs from Furtado's recent greatest hits album, The Best of Nelly Furtado. The music video has over 541,000 views as of August 8, 2011. Here is the list of songs used:
To promote YouTube's Android app, Earworm released a mashup called "The Only Time is Tonight". The mashup heavily used Enrique Iglesias's "Tonight (I'm Lovin' You)" instrumental and vocals. It was released on May 31, 2011 on YouTube's official account.[16] On August 22, 2011, the video reached over 1.5 million views. Recently the official video for "The Only Time is Tonight" has been made unavailable for viewing on YouTube and DJ Earworm's website, although the audio for the mashup is available for download on djearworm.com [17] and unofficial copies of the original video are still posted on YouTube. [18] Here is the list of songs used:
Following up the previous year's "Like OMG, Baby", Earworm released another UK-oriented summertime mashup on June 12, 2011. It is entitled, "Party On The Floor". As of March 17, 2012, the music video has reached over 7 million views. This mash up was used at the start of the Capital FM summertime ball 2011 at Wembley Stadium. Here are the songs used:
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