Rafael Nadal's 5 biggest titles as a teenager

#4 2005 Madrid

Nadal lifts his 11th title of 2005 at the Madrid Masters

In what turned out to be his last tournament of the season, Nadal beat Victor Hansecu, Tommy Robredo, Radek Stepanek and Robby Ginepri in straight sets before seemingly meeting his match in Ivan Ljubicic in the final.

Perhaps with the tiredness of a long season setting in, the young Spaniard trailed by two sets to find himself on the brink. But in a remarkable turnaround, Nadal clawed his way back into the contest by winning the next two sets. He then prevailed in a fifth-set tiebreak to win his 11th title of a career-best season.

That marked only the second time Nadal had lifted an indoor title. With 79 wins and 11 titles in the season, it was the best-ever season by a teenager on the ATP Tour; the Spaniard ended the year as the ATP No. 2 for the first time in his career.

#3 2005 Coupe Rogers

Nadal lifted his 1st hardcourt title at the 2005 Coupe Rogers

Playing only his 5th hardcourt Masters 1000 tournament at the 2005 Coupe Rogers in Montreal, Nadal needed three sets to see off his compatriot Carlos Moya. He then reeled off successive straight-sets wins over Ricardo Mello, Sebastian Grosjean, Mariano Puerta and Paul-Henri Mathieu to reach the final.

In the title match, Nadal was up against American legend Andre Agassi for the first time. The Spaniard took the opening set but Agassi fought back to force a decider.

Reasserting his ascendancy in the third, Nadal dropped only two games to win the first hardcourt title of his career.

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