Full name is Rafael nadal Parera...Nicknamed "Rafa"...Plays left-handed but writes right-handed...Began playing tennis at age four with his uncle Toni, who is his long-time coach...Used to play with two-handed forehand and backhand before his uncle made him change at age nine or 10 to a one-handed forehand...Played his only junior Grand Slam event at Wimbledon in 2002 and reached SF...Fa

The ATP World Tour has today published the 2014 year-end Emirates ATP Rankings, after an enthralling season that saw Novak Djokovic clinch No. 1 for the third time in four years and Roger Federer make history by becoming at 33 years of age the oldest year-end No. 2 since the Emirates ATP Rankings started in 1973. Kei Nishikori ended a career-best campaign as the first Asian male in the year-end To