Men's Tennis: 5 Lesser known records of Rafael Nadal

#2 Most singles titles won in a single year as a teenager

Rafael Nadal poses with his first French Open trophy along with the legendary Zinedine Zidane, 2005

2005 was a momentous year in Rafael Nadal's career. Athletes take years to lift the 'Coupe des Mousquetaires' at the French Open but Nadal achieved this in his first appearance at Roland Garros defeating Mariano Puerta in the final.

His tally of 11 titles that year included the Brazilian Open, Mexico Open, Barcelona Open, Monte Carlo Masters, Rome Masters, the French Open, Sweden Open, Mercedes Cup, Beijing Open, Rogers Cup and the Madrid Masters. He broke Mats Wilander's record of 9 titles won in a single calendar year as a teenager.

Nadal won 24 consecutive matches as a teenager beating the record earlier held by Andre Agassi. In 2005, Nadal rose from 51 in the ATP rankings at the start to World Number 2 at the end of the season.