5 Rafael Nadal records you probably don't know of

'The King of Clay' - Rafael Nadal has many milestones to his name. The only man to have won 11 Grand Slam majors at a single Grand Slam event is also the holder of many unique and one of a kind records. The teenaged Nadal who beat Mariano Puerta at the 2005 French open final has made giant strides since then and has firmly secured a place among the games' greatest. As Nadal continues to strive for even more greatness, we take a look at some of his lesser known records :

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#1 Olympic Gold medals in both singles and doubles

The southpaw from Mallorca, Rafa Nadal is the only player in tennis history to have won Olympics Gold in both singles as well as doubles. At Beijing Olympics in 2008, Rafael Nadal won Gold by beating Chilean Fernando Gonzalez in straight sets 6-3, 7-6, 6-3. At the Rio Olympics 2016, Rafael Nadal erased the pain of losing his singles bronze medal match against Kei Nishikori by winning Gold with his doubles partner Marc Lopez. The two Spaniards beat Romania's Florin Mergea and Horia Tecau in a tightly fought match 2-6, 6-3, 6-4.

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#2 Youngest to complete a career Grand Slam

Rafael Nadal with the US Open trophy,2010.

From winning Roland Garros at the tender age of 19, Rafael Nadal's career trajectory made giant leaps. In quick succession, he won titles at Wimbledon and the Australian Open and on September 13th, 2010 he made history by becoming the youngest man to have completed a 'Career Slam' by winning the US Open defeating Serbian Novak Djokovic in the final. Nadal was 24 years, 3 months and 10 days old when he achieved the feat a good 3 years younger than Roger Federer who held the record at the time.

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#3 Only man to complete 'The Clay Slam'

Nadal celebrating his 2010 Madrid Masters triumph in style.

The greatest clay-court player of all-time fittingly holds the record for being the only person in the history of tennis to have completed 'The Clay Slam'. This includes winning the French Open and the ATP Masters 1000 events on the clay surfaces of Monte Carlo, Rome and Madrid. Rafael Nadal achieved this feat in 2010. He is also the only player to have completed both 'The Clay Slam' as well as 'The Summer Slam'. 'The Summer Slam' includes winning the Canadian Open, Cincinnati Masters as well as US Open in the same year. Nadal achieved this in the same year, 2010.

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#4 Consecutive titles at any single tournament

Nadal with his 2018 Monte Carlo Masters trophy.

Nadal won the Monte Carlo Masters a record 8 consecutive times between 2005 and 2012 inclusive. Between 2005 and 2013 inclusive, Rafa won 46 consecutive matches at the Monte Carlo Masters. During this streak, Nadal also managed to win 31 consecutive sets. the streak would eventually end in 2013 with a loss to Novak Djokovic in the final but Nadal true to his never-say-die attitude came back and won 3 more titles at the Monte Carlo Masters in 2015,2017 and 2018. One wouldn't count against him winning more titles at one of his favorite stomping grounds.

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#5 Winner of at least 1 ATP Masters 1000 title for 10 consecutive years

Nadal celebrating his victory at the 2005 Monte Carlo Masters final.

The winner of the most number of ATP Masters 1000 titles at 33, Nadal also holds the record of winning the most Masters 1000 matches - 362 and featuring in the most number of finals - 49. Between the periods 2005 - 2014 inclusive, Nadal managed to win at least 1 ATP Masters 1000 title every year. It started with his very first ATP Masters Series title at Monte Carlo Masters 2005. He beat Argentine Guillermo Coria in the final. The streak ended in 2014 when he won the Madrid Masters beating Japan's Kei Nishikori in the finals.