Tennis Sport in Spain

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rafael nadal


spain has produced number of tennis champions, excelling in tournaments held on clay courts such roland garros tournament.


spain has won davis cup 5 times (2000, 2004, 2008, 2009, 2011) , fed cup 5 other times (1991, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1998)


rafael nadal greatest spanish tennis player of time , considered 1 of best players ever. has won french open 5 consecutive times, , altogether won ten roland garros titles surpassing björn borg s record of 6 french open titles. after defeating world number #1 roger federer, nadal claimed wimbledon trophy , became second spaniard so. won 2009 australian open, first male spaniard so. in 2009, became first player ever simultaneously hold grand slam titles on clay, grass, , hardcourt. in addition, nadal gold medalist @ 2008 summer olympics in beijing, china. of has won 16 grand slam trophies; constituting ten french open titles, 2 wimbledon titles, 3 open titles , 1 australian open title.


spain has produced several other world number 1 players such arantxa sánchez vicario in 1995 (also 3 times french open champion in 1989, 1994 , 1998 , 1994 open champion), carlos moyá in 1999 (1998 french open champion) juan carlos ferrero in 2003 (2003 french open champion) , garbiñe muguruza (2016 french open , 2017 wimbledon).


other grand slam champions include manuel santana (1961,1964 french opens, 1966 wimbledon , 1965 open), sergi bruguera (1993–94 french opens), andrés gimeno (1972 french open), conchita martínez (1994 wimbledon) , albert costa (2002 french open).


other notable top 10 players spain include #2 Àlex corretja, #3 david ferrer, #5 tommy robredo, #7 juan aguilera, #7 emilio sánchez (older brother of arantxa sánchez vicario), #7 alberto berasategui, #7 fernando verdasco, #10 carlos costa, #10 félix mantilla, lilí Álvarez or manuel alonso.


tournaments held in spain on men s tour every year include madrid, barcelona, , valencia, spain. women have events in madrid, barcelona, , marbella.







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