Nadal, who?

What I wrote about Federer's records just doesn't do justice to him. Below is another avid fan's listing:

* Longest winning streak on hard courts: 56 (2005-06)
* Longest winning streak on grass courts: 65 (2003-08)
* Longest winning streak against top ten players: 26 (2003-05)
* Longest tiebreak in Masters history: 20-18 (W)
* Best 1-season tournament winning percentage: 94.1% (2006)
* Best 2-season match winning percentage: 95.0% (2005-06)
* Best 3-season match winning percentage: 94.3% (2004-06)
* Best 3-season tournament winning percentage: 69.4% (2004-06)
* Best 4-season match winning percentage: 93.0% (2004-07)
* Best ranked player every week during a calendar year. Tied-Five players in history
* Best 7-Grand Slam final record: 100% Tied-Three players in history
* Best single Grand Slam tournament win %: Won AO without dropping a single set. Tied-Four players in history
* First player to reach the finals of each Grand Slam at least four times
* First player to win four Masters Series in one season (2005)
* First player to win four Masters Series in one season consecutively (2005-'06)
* First player to win four Masters Series and Masters Cup in one season (2006)
* First player to win at least 10 titles in a season without losing in a final: 2004
* First player to win Indian Wells and Miami back-to-back, consecutively: 2005-06
* First player to be number one ranked for four consecutive physical years - 2/2/04-8/18/08
* First player to win their first four Grand Slam finals. Open Era
* First player to reach the final of all four Grand Slams in a calendar year. Open Era
* First player to win three consecutive Grand Slam titles in two seasons. Open Era
* First player to win three consecutive Grand Slam titles in two consecutive seasons. Open Era
* First player to win three different Grand Slam titles at least three times each (3AO, 5Wi, 5US)
* Most Grand Slam singles titles: 14 (tied with Pete Sampras)
* Most Grand Slam singles finals: 19 (tied with Ivan Lendl)
* Most Grand Slam singles titles won by a player having achieved the Career Grand Slam: 14
* Most singles finals won, consecutive: 24 (2003-05)
* Most grass court titles: 10
* Most Masters Series titles won in a season: 4 (2005, 2006)
* Most career prize money (male or female): $46.5 million
* Most prize money in one season: $10,130,620 (2007)
* Most tournament finals won in succession: 24
* Most Grand Slams won in last 7 attempts: 6
* Most Grand Slams won in 10 attempts: 8
* Most Grand Slams won in 14 attempts: 10
* Most Grand Slams won in 16 attempts: 11
* Most Grand Slams won in 18 attempts: 12
* Most Grand Slams won in 22 attempts: 13
* Most Grand Slams won in 24 attempts: 14
* Most Grand Slam wins in 2 years: 6
* Most Grand Slam wins in 3 years: 8
* Most Grand Slam wins in 4 years: 11
* Most Grand Slam wins in 5 years: 12
* Most Grand Slam wins in 6 years: 13
* Most Grand Slam wins in 7 years: 14
* Most Grand Slams won in first 7 finals: 7
* Most grass tournaments won: 10
* Most singles titles in a single season: 12, Tied-Ten players in the Open Era
* Most singles titles won by a year-end No. 1: 11 (tied). Open Era
* Most US Open titles: 5 (tied with Pete Sampras and Jimmy Connors)
* Most Hamburg Masters series titles: 4
* Most Indian Wells Masters Series titles: 3 (tied)
* Most Gerry Weber Open Series titles: 5
* Most Dubai International Gold Series events: 4
* Most Basel International Gold Series events: 3 (tied with Edberg)
* Most US Open titles, consecutive: 5
* Most Madrid Series titles: 2
* Most Indian Wells Masters Series titles, consecutive: 3
* Most Dubai International Gold Series titles, consecutive: 3
* Most Gerry Weber Open Series consecutive titles: 4
* Most Basel International Gold Series titles, consecutive: 3
* Most Wimbledon titles, consecutive: 5 (tied with Bjorn Borg)
* Most International Gold Series titles: 8 (tied with Nadal)
* Most Masters Cup Championships in a five year span: 4 (tied)
* Most different opponents defeated in Grand Slam finals: 11
* Most Grand Slam appearances as top seeded player: 18
* Most Grand Slam finals in a calendar season. 4. Tied-Six players in history
* Most continents to win singles titles, single season. 4. Tied-Three players in history
* Most finals reached out of 17 tournaments: 16
* Most times to win two different Grand Slams: 5 (Borg, Sampras)
* Most times facing the same opponent in Grand Slam finals: 7 (tied)
* Most times winning at least three Grand Slams in a season, three times: 2004, 2006, 2007
* Most times winning at least three consecutive Grand Slams, twice: 2005-06, 2006-07
* Most times reaching the final of all four Grand Slams: 3, Open Era
* Most times winning three Grand Slams in a calendar year: 3 (2004, 2006, 2007)
* Most times to appear in 3 Grand Slam finals in a calendar year: 4 (2004, 2006, 2007, 2008)
* Most ranking points at the end of the season: 8,370 (2006)
* Most ranking points at any time of the season: 8,370 (November 20, 2006)
* Most tour race points: 1,674
* Most ranking points lead (Weighted %): 1.918 (June 2005)
* Most year-end ranking points lead (W %): 1.872 (2006)
* Most winning streaks of more than twenty matches: 5. Tied with Borg.
* Most consecutive weeks as the top ranked player: 237 (2004-08)
* Most consecutive hard court Grand Slam titles, at least two different Slams: 5 (2005, 2006, 2007 US Open with 2006, 2007 Australian Open)
* Most consecutive hard court Grand Slam finals, at least two different Slams: 5 (2005, 2006, 2007 US Open with 2006, 2007 Australian Open)
* Most consecutive 10+ title seasons: 3 (2004-06)
* Most consecutive years reaching the final of all four Grand Slams in a calendar year: 2
* Most consecutive Grand Slam singles finals: 10 (Wimbledon 2005-US Open 2007)
* Most consecutive Grand Slam singles semifinals: 20 (Wimbledon 2004-present)
* Most consecutive Wimbledon finals: 6 (Tied with Bjorn Borg)
* Most consecutive French Open finals: 4 (Tied with Rafael Nadal, [[Ivan Lendl] and Bjorn Borg)
* Most consecutive straight-set victories in a Grand Slam: 11
* Most consecutive sets won in Grand Slams: 36, Open Era
* Most consecutive match wins at three different Grand Slams: 19 (Wimbledon, UO, AO)
* Most consecutive match wins at two different Grand Slams (Wimbledon, US Open): 34
* Most consecutive years winning at least 10 singles titles: 3 (2004-06)
* Most consecutive French Open runner-up: 3, Open Era
* Most consecutive finals at two different Grand Slams: 5
* Most consecutive years winning at least two Grand Slam titles: 4 (2004-'07) Open Era
* Most consecutive Masters Series sets won: 31
* Most consecutive Grand Slam final appearances of all four: 2, Tied
* Most consecutive Masters Cup Championships: 2 (tied)
* Most consecutive Wimbledon and US Open same year wins: 4
* Most consecutive times to win two different Grand Slams: 4. Tied
* Most consecutive singles title at two different Grand Slams: 5
* Most consecutive Grand Slam finals out of 16 appearances: 15
* Most consecutive winning streaks of at least 20 matches: 5 (Tied with Borg)
* Most consecutive times winning the same two Grand Slam singles titles back-to-back: 4
* Most consecutive times winning at least two Grand Slam titles: 4
* Most consecutive Tennis Masters Series match wins: 29
* Most consecutive times Year-end number one: 4. Tied-Five players in history
* Most consecutive singles wins in North America: 55
* Most consecutive years to have won at least 10 singles titles: 3
* Most consecutive games won in an entire tournament: 49 - Broke his own previous record of 43 in Doha '05
* Completed a Small Slam. Tied-Nine players in history
* Earliest to clinch the year-end No. 1 ranking: September (2004)
* Only player to have won at least 70 matches for four consecutive years
* Only player to win the first two Tennis Masters Series events of the year two years in a row

Nadal, who?

The Greatest

My man, Roger, has just made history, again. But this time, he writes finis to the hitherto unanswerable question as to who is the greatest player of all time. 14 Grand Slam Titles, including now a French Open (after 3 years a runner-up), the only title which eluded the great Pete Sampras (the only other man with 14). All 4 Grand Slams in hand. Still the longest consecutive weeks at No. 1 (that's 237). All-time highest career prize money. The only man ever, in history, to win 5 consecutive Wimbledon titles AND 5 consecutive US Open titles. What else is there ever to prove?

I cried with him during the 2009 Roland Garros trophy ceremony. I was ... relieved, no ... immensely proud, yes. And well, happy. Deliriously so, for the man who has made it, finally, back home to Olympus.