{"id":76563,"date":"2024-04-04T11:47:14","date_gmt":"2024-04-04T09:47:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/montecarlotennismasters.com\/?p=76563"},"modified":"2024-04-04T11:47:14","modified_gmt":"2024-04-04T09:47:14","slug":"king-of-the-principality-nadals-dominance-in-monte-carlo","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/montecarlotennismasters.com\/en\/king-of-the-principality-nadals-dominance-in-monte-carlo\/","title":{"rendered":"King of the Principality! Nadal&#8217;s dominance in Monte-Carlo"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.atptour.com\/en\/news\/nadal-monte-carlo-2024-11-titles-feature\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">This story is courtesy of ATPTour.com.<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Rafael Nadal<\/span><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">\u2019s unprecedented success at the\u00a0<\/span><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Rolex Monte-Carlo Masters<\/span><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">\u00a0has solidified him as the undisputed king of the Principality. It is a rare feat that a player tallies more titles than losses at one event, but that\u2019s exactly what the 37-year-old has achieved at the ATP Masters 1000 event. Nadal, an 11-time champion in Monte-Carlo, boasts a 73-6 tournament record, including a 46-match winning streak spanning from 2005-2013.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Ahead of Nadal\u2019s 18th appearance in Monte-Carlo, ATPTour.com looks at five of his most memorable title runs at the season\u2019s first clay-court Masters 1000.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">2005 &#8211; Teen Dream<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">An 18-year-old Nadal, sporting an orange tank top and \u2018shorts\u2019 that extended below his knees, captivated the world\u2019s attention in 2005, when he arrived in Monte-Carlo a week after making his Top 20 debut in the PIF ATP Rankings.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">The teenage sensation was generating heavy RPMs on his lefty forehand, forcing the ball to jump off the clay and make opponents hit above their shoulder. Nadal finished the week lifting his maiden ATP Masters 1000 title, defeating Argentine\u00a0<\/span><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Guillermo Coria<\/span><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">\u00a0in the final \u2014 during which he recovered from getting bagelled in the third set \u2014 to win 6-3, 6-1, 0-6, 7-5.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">&#8220;It is my first big title. [I thought I was] very happy when I won the Davis Cup, but now this is unbelievable,&#8221; said Nadal, who the next month won his first major title in his\u00a0<\/span><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Roland Garros<\/span><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">\u00a0debut and finished the year at No. 2 after a career-best 11 trophies in one season.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">2010 &#8211; Relentless Rafa<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Nadal arrived as the \u2018up-and-coming\u2019 star in 2005, but things were drastically different upon entering the Monte-Carlo Country Club gates in 2010. He was now the overwhelming favourite, having won the previous five editions \u2014 which equalled a 27-match winning streak.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Nadal showed no mercy in 2010. Despite entering the clay-court season on an 11-month title drought, the Mallorcan enjoyed his most dominant Monte-Carlo run, surrendering just 14 games across five matches, including a 6-0, 6-1 championship-match crushing of countryman\u00a0<\/span><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Fernando Verdasco<\/span><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">&#8220;Every time when I have the chance to win Monte-Carlo, it is a very important tournament for me,&#8221; Nadal said. &#8220;I was a little bit nervous, I didn&#8217;t win a tournament for a while and I saw the chance. My feeling is I was playing really well, so you are a little bit more nervous than usual, but it&#8217;s normal.&#8221;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">2012 &#8211; Revenge Routing<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">After winning seven straight titles in Monte-Carlo, an eighth seemed all but guaranteed in 2023. But a left knee injury, which forced Nadal to withdraw from Miami ahead of his semi-final match, left questions about his health for his most successful Masters 1000 event. Would an injury keep him from lifting the trophy? Or perhaps his rival\u00a0<\/span><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Novak Djokovic<\/span><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">, who had beaten him in their previous seven meetings, including that year\u2019s epic five-hour, 53-minute\u00a0<\/span><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Australian Open<\/span><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">\u00a0title match?<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Ultimately Nadal\u2019s fitness held up in Monte-Carlo, where he and Djokovic clashed in the final. It marked their first encounter since their Melbourne thriller and the Spaniard earned a 6-3, 6-1 win, his most dominant of 29 victories in his Lexus ATP Head2Head series with the Serbian.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">\u201cIt&#8217;s very important to break that situation,&#8221; said Nadal of his seven-match skid to Djokovic. &#8220;[Breaking] that situation [and] winning a Masters 1000, one of my favourites, [makes] everything perfect today.&#8221;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">2017 &#8211; History!<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">The lefty found another place to etch his name in the record books in 2017, when he became the first man in the Open Era to win the same event 10 times. Nadal was 0-3 in finals that year entering Monte-Carlo, but he delivered another standout week, only dropping a set to\u00a0<\/span><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Kyle Edmund<\/span><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">\u00a0in the opening round. Nadal downed countryman\u00a0<\/span><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Albert Ramos-Vinolas<\/span><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">\u00a06-1, 6-3 in the final.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">\u201cTo win 10 times at such an important event like Monte-Carlo is something difficult to describe my feelings,\u201d Nadal said. \u201cIt really is unbelievable\u2026 I think after a lot of years of experience on this Tour, you learn how to enjoy every moment. Today is a day to enjoy.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">2018 &#8211; La Und\u00e9cima (The Eleventh)<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">The\u00a0<\/span><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Rolex Monte-Carlo Masters<\/span><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">\u00a0was Nadal\u2019s second tournament of 2018, due to a right hip injury he suffered at the\u00a0<\/span><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Australian Open<\/span><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">. Again, Nadal proved there was no obstacle too big to conquer en route to his 11th Monte-Carlo title, which was dubbed as \u2018La Und\u00e9cima\u2019. The 2018 crown also marks his most recent triumph in the Principality.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">\u201cI really don&#8217;t know how these things can happen because it is a lot of years without making mistakes and without being unlucky in this week,\u201d said Nadal. \u201cEleven is a lot.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Nadal did not drop a set en route to the title for a fifth time, defeating\u00a0<\/span><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Kei Nishikori<\/span><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">\u00a06-3, 6-2 in the final. The Spaniard was in the midst of an impressive set-winning streak on clay, which climbed to 36 during Monte-Carlo and eventually hit 50 before he fell to\u00a0<\/span><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Dominic Thiem<\/span><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">\u00a0in the Madrid quarter-finals.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">From his breakthrough triumph as a teen in 2005 to his historic 11th crown in 2018, Nadal has enjoyed unparalleled achievements in Monte-Carlo. A 36-time ATP Masters 1000 titlist, Nadal also lifted the trophy in Monte-Carlo in the following years: 2006 (which marked the 100th edition of the tournament), 2007, 2008, 2009, 2011 and 2016.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Nadal\u00a0<\/span><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">hinted last season<\/span><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">\u00a0that 2024 could be his final year competing on the ATP Tour. Should that be the case and this month marks his final Monte-Carlo appearance, fans will celebrate the great champion who has made himself at home in the Principality across the past two decades.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Look back at Rafael Nadal&#8217;s record-breaking success in Monte-Carlo.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":18,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[15],"tags":[28,17,29],"class_list":["post-76563","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-non-classifiee-en","tag-28","tag-monte-carlo","tag-rafael-nadal"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.5 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>King of the Principality! 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