Tennis in Spain

Tennis is highly popular in Spain, and the country has produced several tennis players with international careers.

Spain has won the Davis Cup six times (2000, 2004, 2008, 2009, 2011 and 2019) and the Billie Jean King Cup (formerly Fed Cup) five times (1991, 1993, 1994, 1995 and 1998).

Rafael Nadal is regarded as the greatest Spanish player of all time. He has won 22 Grand Slam men's singles titles, the second-most in tennis history. He has won the French Open a record 14 times, between 2005 and 2022.^[1] After defeating then-world No. 1 Roger Federer in 2008, Nadal claimed the Wimbledon title in a historic final, having won the tournament twice thus far. In 2009, he became the first Spaniard to win the Australian Open, a feat he repeated at the 2022 Australian Open. After defeating Novak Djokovic in the 2010 US Open final, he became the first man in history to win majors on clay, grass, and hard courts in a calendar year (Surface Slam), and the first Spaniard to complete a Career Grand Slam, which he has achieved twice in singles (one of four men in history to do so). In addition, Nadal is one of two men to achieve the Career Golden Slam in singles and a two-time Olympic gold medalist, winning the singles event at the 2008 Beijing Olympics and the doubles event at the 2016 Rio Olympics.

Spain has produced several other world No. 1 players; Arantxa Sánchez Vicario (a 3-time French Open champion in 1989, 1994 and 1998, and 1994 US Open champion), Carlos Moyá (1998 French Open champion), Juan Carlos Ferrero (2003 French Open champion), Garbiñe Muguruza (2016 French Open and 2017 Wimbledon champion) and Carlos Alcaraz (2022 US Open, 2023 and 2024 Wimbledon, and 2024 French Open champion).

Other Grand Slam champions are Manuel Santana (1961 and 1964 French Open, 1966 Wimbledon and 1965 US Open champion), Sergi Bruguera (1993 and 1994 French Open champion), Andrés Gimeno (1972 French Open champion), Manuel Orantes (1975 US Open champion), Conchita Martínez (1994 Wimbledon champion), and Albert Costa (2002 French Open champion).

Tournaments held in Spain on the men's tour every year include the Madrid Masters, Barcelona, and Mallorca. Madrid Masters is also contested by women in the WTA Tour.

List of Spanish tennis players (Open Era only)

Only includes players ranked in the top 50. Bold names indicate currently active players.^[2]

Men

Highest ranking	Name	Birth	Place of Birth	Turned pro	Titles
No. 1	Rafael Nadal	1986	Manacor, Mallorca	2001	92
No. 1	Carlos Moyá	1976	Palma	1995	20
No. 1	Juan Carlos Ferrero	1980	Ontinyent, Valencia	1998	16
No. 1	Carlos Alcaraz	2003	Murcia	2018	16
No. 2	Manuel Orantes	1949	Granada	1968	36
No. 2	Àlex Corretja	1974	Barcelona	1991	17
No. 3	David Ferrer	1982	Xàbia, Alicante	2000	27
No. 3	Sergi Bruguera	1971	Barcelona	1988	14
No. 5	Tommy Robredo	1982	Hostalric, Girona	1998	12
No. 6	José Higueras	1953	Diezma	1973	16
No. 6	Albert Costa	1975	Lleida	1993	12
No. 7	Emilio Sánchez	1965	Madrid	1984	15
No. 7	Alberto Berasategui	1973	Bilbao	1991	14
No. 7	Fernando Verdasco	1983	Madrid	2001	7
No. 7	Juan Aguilera	1962	Barcelona	1981	5
No. 9	Nicolás Almagro	1985	Murcia	2003	13
No. 9	Roberto Bautista Agut	1988	Castellón de la Plana	2006	12
No. 10	Carlos Costa	1968	Barcelona	1988	6
No. 10	Félix Mantilla	1974	Barcelona	1993	10
No. 10	Pablo Carreño Busta	1991	Gijón	2009	7
No. 12	Feliciano López	1981	Toledo	1997	7
No. 17	Albert Ramos-Viñolas	1988	Barcelona	2004	4
No. 18	Francisco Clavet	1968	Madrid	1988	8
No. 19	Marcel Granollers	1986	Barcelona	2003	4
No. 19	Albert Portas	1973	Barcelona	1994	1
No. 21	Alejandro Davidovich Fokina	1999	Malaga	2017	0
No. 22	Albert Montañés	1980	Tarragona	1999	6
No. 23	Jordi Arrese	1964	Barcelona	1982	6
No. 23	Javier Sánchez	1968	Pamplona	1986	4
No. 23	Guillermo García-López	1983	La Roda, Albacete	2002	5
No. 29	Fernando Vicente	1977	Benicarló, Castelló	1996	3
No. 30	Julián Alonso	1977	Canet de Mar, Barcelona	1996	2
No. 31	Sergio Casal	1962	Barcelona	1981	1
No. 32	Pablo Andújar	1986	Valencia	2005	4
No. 32	Juan Gisbert	1942	Barcelona	1968	1
No. 34	Alberto Martín	1978	Barcelona	1995	3
No. 37	Bernabé Zapata Miralles	1997	Valencia	2015	0
No. 39	Pedro Martínez	1997	Alzira, Valencia	2016	1
No. 40	Tomás Carbonell	1968	Barcelona	1987	2
No. 40	Galo Blanco	1976	Oviedo	1995	1
No. 41	David Sánchez	1978	Zamora	1997	2
No. 43	Jordi Burillo	1972	Barcelona	1991	1
No. 44	Álex Calatrava	1973	Cologne, Germany	1993	1
No. 47	Juan Albert Viloca	1973	Barcelona	1992	0
No. 48	Daniel Gimeno-Traver	1985	Valencia	2004	0
No. 48	Óscar Hernández	1978	Barcelona	1998	0
No. 49	Roberto Carballés Baena	1993	Tenerife	2011	2
No. 50	Rubén Ramírez Hidalgo	1978	Alicante	1998	0

Women

Highest ranking	Name	Birth	Place of Birth	Turned pro	Titles
No. 1	Arantxa Sánchez Vicario	1971	Barcelona	1985	29
No. 1	Garbiñe Muguruza	1993	Guatire, Venezuela	2012	10
No. 2	Conchita Martínez	1972	Monzón, Huesca	1988	33
No. 2	Paula Badosa	1997	New York, United States	2015	4
No. 6	Carla Suárez Navarro	1988	Las Palmas	2003	2
No. 16	Anabel Medina Garrigues	1982	Valencia	1998	11
No. 19	María José Martínez Sánchez	1982	Yecla, Murcia	1998	5
No. 19	Magüi Serna	1979	Las Palmas	1996	3
No. 22	Ángeles Montolio	1975	Barcelona	1990	3
No. 27	Gala León García	1973	Madrid	1990	1
No. 27	Cristina Torrens Valero	1974	Pamplona	1992	2
No. 28	Virginia Ruano Pascual	1973	Madrid	1992	3
No. 32	Sara Sorribes Tormo	1996	Castellón de la Plana	2012	2
No. 33	María Sánchez Lorenzo	1977	Salamanca	1994	1
No. 35	Nuria Llagostera Vives	1980	Mallorca	1996	2
No. 40	Lourdes Domínguez Lino	1981	Pontevedra	1996	2
No. 45	Nuria Párrizas Díaz	1991	Granada	2008	0
No. 46	Arantxa Parra Santonja	1982	Barcelona	2000	0
No. 47	María Teresa Torró Flor	1992	Villena	2007	1
No. 47	Marta Marrero	1983	Las Palmas	1998	0

Grand Slam performances of Spanish tennis players

Only includes players who have reached at least a Grand Slam quarterfinal

Player	Australian Open	Roland Garros	Wimbledon	US Open	Total titles
Rafael Nadal	Winner (2)	Winner (14)	Winner (2)	Winner (4)	22
Manuel Santana	DNP	Winner (2)	Winner	Winner	4
Arantxa Sánchez Vicario	Runner up	Winner (3)	Runner up	Winner	4
Carlos Alcaraz	QF	Winner	Winner (2)	Winner	4
Garbiñe Muguruza	Runner Up	Winner	Winner	4R	2
Sergi Bruguera	4R	Winner (2)	4R	4R	2
Conchita Martínez	Runner up	Runner up	Winner	SF	1
Juan Carlos Ferrero	SF	Winner	QF	Runner up	1
Manuel Orantes	QF	Runner up	SF	Winner	1
Andrés Gimeno	Runner up	Winner	SF	4R	1
Carlos Moyá	Runner up	Winner	4R	SF	1
Albert Costa	QF	Winner	2R	4R	1
Manuel Alonso	DNP	SF	Runner up	QF	0
Lili Álvarez	DNP	SF	Runner up	DNP	0
Àlex Corretja	3R	Runner up	2R	QF	0
Alberto Berasategui	QF	Runner up	1R	2R	0
David Ferrer	SF	Runner up	QF	SF	0
Fernando Verdasco	SF	4R	4R	QF	0
Roberto Bautista Agut	4R	QF	4R	SF	0
Félix Mantilla	QF	SF	3R	4R	0
Pablo Carreño Busta	3R	QF	1R	SF	0
José Higueras	DNP	SF	2R	4R	0
Emilio Sánchez	4R	QF	4R	QF	0
Tommy Robredo	QF	QF	4R	QF	0
Virginia Ruano Pascual	QF	QF	4R	3R	0
Carla Suárez Navarro	QF	QF	4R	QF	0
Feliciano López	3R	4R	QF	QF	0
Nicolás Almagro	QF	QF	3R	4R	0
Javier Sánchez	3R	4R	2R	QF	0
Marta Marrero	4R	QF	2R	1R	0
Albert Ramos Viñolas	2R	QF	3R	2R	0
Paula Badosa	4R	QF	4R	2R	0
Alejandro Davidovich Fokina	2R	QF	3R	4R	0

Spanish tennis achievements timeline

Year	Grand Slam titles	Total titles (ATP + WTA)	Team competitions	Olympics	Special achievements
1988	0	4 (2 ATP + 2 WTA)	-	1 silver
1989	1	8 (3 ATP + 5 WTA)	-	-	Arantxa Sánchez Vicario becomes the first Spanish woman to win a Grand Slam title
1990	0	12 (7 ATP + 5 WTA)	Hopman Cup champions (1/4)	-
1991	0	12 (8 ATP + 4 WTA)	Fed Cup champions (1/5)	-
1992	0	11 (8 ATP + 3 WTA)	-	2 silvers, 1 bronze
1993	1	19 (10 ATP + 9 WTA)	Fed Cup champions (2/5)	-
1994	4	26 (14 ATP + 12 WTA)	Fed Cup champions (3/5)	-	Sergi Bruguera and Alberto Berasategui play first all-Spanish Grand Slam final Conchita Martínez becomes the first Spanish woman to win Wimbledon
1995	0	12 (4 ATP + 8 WTA)	Fed Cup champions (4/5)	-	Arantxa Sánchez Vicario reaches #1 in both singles and doubles world rankings
1996	0	16 (12 ATP + 4 WTA)		2 silvers, 1 bronze
1997	0	16 (15 ATP + 1 WTA)	-	-
1998	2	17 (12 ATP + 5 WTA)	Fed Cup champions (5/5)		Àlex Corretja wins the Year-end Championships
1999	0	13 (9 ATP + 4 WTA)		-	Carlos Moyá reaches #1
2000	0	11 (9 ATP + 2 WTA)	Davis Cup champions (1/6)	1 bronze
2001	0	18 (12 ATP + 6 WTA)		-
2002	1	12 (10 ATP + 2 WTA)	Hopman Cup champions (2/4)	-
2003	1	13 (10 ATP + 3 WTA)		-	Juan Carlos Ferrero reaches #1
2004	0	9 (8 ATP + 1 WTA)	Davis Cup champions (2/6)	1 silver
2005	1	16 (12 ATP + 4 WTA)		-
2006	1	13 (10 ATP + 3 WTA)		-
2007	1	13 (12 ATP + 1 WTA)		-
2008	2	18 (16 ATP + 2 WTA)	Davis Cup champions (3/6)	1 gold, 1 silver	Rafael Nadal wins two majors including a 4th French Open title (the most by any Spaniard), an Olympic singles gold medal, and finishes the year as world No. 1 for the first time
2009	1	16 (13 ATP + 3 WTA)	Davis Cup champions (4/6)	-	Rafael Nadal becomes the first Spaniard to win the Australian Open
2010	3	20 (19 ATP + 1 WTA)	Hopman Cup champions (3/4)	-	Rafael Nadal becomes the first man to win majors on all three surfaces (clay, grass, and hard), the only Spaniard to complete the Career Golden Slam (second overall) and win Wimbledon twice, and ends the year as world No. 1
2011	1	18 (13 ATP + 5 WTA)	Davis Cup champions (5/6)	-
2012	1	15 (14 ATP + 1 WTA)
2013	2	17 (17 ATP + 0 WTA)	Hopman Cup champions (4/4)	-	Rafael Nadal makes a stellar return to tennis in one of the greatest comeback seasons of all time, wins two majors including a 2nd US Open title (the most by any Spaniard), and ends the year as world No. 1
2014	1	14 (11 ATP + 3 WTA)		-
2015	0	11 (10 ATP + 1 WTA)		-
2016	1	13 (10 ATP + 3 WTA)		1 gold	Garbiñe Muguruza wins a career-first Grand Slam title
2017	3	13 (11 ATP + 2 WTA)		-	Rafael Nadal makes a stellar comeback to tennis, wins two majors including a milestone 10th French Open title, and ends the year as world No. 1. Nadal and Garbiñe Muguruza top both the ATP and WTA rankings simultaneously
2018	1	10 (9 ATP + 1 WTA)		-
2019	2	9 (8 ATP + 1 WTA)	Davis Cup champions (6/6)	-
2020	1	2 (2 ATP + 0 WTA)		-	Rafael Nadal wins a milestone 20th Grand Slam singles title, reaches 1000 career match wins (the most by any Spaniard), and becomes the first man to be ranked world No. 1 in three different decades
2021	0	12 (6 ATP + 6 WTA)		1 bronze	Paula Badosa becomes the first Spanish woman to win the Indian Wells Masters Garbiñe Muguruza becomes the first Spanish woman to win the WTA Finals
2022	3	9 (8 ATP + 1 WTA)		-	Rafael Nadal becomes the first man to win a 21st and 22nd Grand Slam singles title. Nadal becomes the fourth man to achieve a double Career Grand Slam in singles and the first to win multiple majors in three different decades Paula Badosa becomes the fourth Spanish woman to reach the Top 5 of the WTA rankings

References

^ "Fascinating facts about Rafael Nadal's net worth, wife, world rankings, trophies". sportsbrief.com. Retrieved 2024-08-07.
^ "Spanish tennis players with the most ATP titles". Puntodebreak.com. Retrieved 2024-08-07.

External links

[1] "Fascinating facts about Rafael Nadal's net worth, wife, world rankings, trophies". sportsbrief.com. Retrieved 2024-08-07.

[2] "Spanish tennis players with the most ATP titles". Puntodebreak.com. Retrieved 2024-08-07.

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