Interesting Facts
- ‘Rafa’ is the nick name of tennis start Rafael Nadal Perera
- Rafael plays left handed , however he can also play forehand shorts two-handed to add into his advantages. He is naturally “Righty”
- Rafael earned the trademark of biting the trophies that he won, in early times of his career.
- Rafael is 6’1” (185 cm) tall and his weight is 188 lbs (85 Kgs)
- Rafael’s Career prize money is US$40,052,402
- Rafael was featured in music video of “Gypsy”, the single from Shakira and was part of his album release “She Wolf”
- Rafael isn’t single, his girl-friend’s name is Maria Francisca Parello, however she goes by the name of “Xisca”
- Rafa was ranked world number one first time on August 18th, 2008.
- Rafa won “Gold Medal” in Beijing Olympics beating Fernando Gonzalez
- Rafael’s favorite movies are Titanic and The Gladiator
- Rafa loves to eat seafood and pasta.
- Nadal’s favorite pass time is playing soccer and golf. He loves fishing as well.