Rafael Nadal's 5 biggest titles as a teenager

#2 2006 Rome

Nadal lifted his last title as a teenager at the 2006 Rome Masters

Having won five Masters 1000 titles in his young career, Nadal arrived at the 2006 Rome Masters after a successful title defence at Monte Carlo earlier in the season.

Like it was at the Principality, it was World No. 1 Roger Federer who stood across the other side of the net in the 2006 Rome final against the Spaniard.

Facing Federer for the sixth time (4-1 Nadal), the Spaniard conceded the first set to the world's top-ranked player in a tiebreak. But he regrouped to take the second set on another tiebreak, before going on to take a two sets to one lead.

Far from being overwhelmed, Federer dropped only two games in the fourth and led by a break in the fifth before Nadal got back on serve.

In the ensuing tiebreak, Federer would rue pulling the trigger prematurely and squander two championship points. Nadal eventually beat the then seven-time Grand Slam champion for the fifth time in six meetings between the pair.

It marked Nadal's 16th title as a teenager, which is an ATP record.

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#1 2005 Roland Garros

Nadal beat Mariano Puerta to win his first Grand Slam title at 2005 Roland Garros

Making his first appearance at the claycourt Major in 2005 after missing the previous two editions due to injury, Nadal beat World No. 1 Federer in four sets to reach his first Grand Slam final.

In what was the first all-lefty Roland Garros final in the Open Era, and ninth overall at all Slams, Nadal faced Argentine Mariano Puerta for the title.

After dropping the first set on a tiebreak, Nadal dropped only four games in the next two sets before taking the fourth set 7-5. That made him the first teenager since Pete Sampras (1990 US Open) to win a Grand Slam title.

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