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| Full name | Rafael Nadal Parera |
|---|---|
| Country |  Spain |
| Calendar prize money | $3,943,888 |
| Singles | |
| Season record | 61–20 (75.3%) |
| Calendar titles | 3 |
| Year-end ranking | No. 5 |
| Ranking change from previous year |  2 |
| Grand Slam & significant results | |
| Australian Open | QF |
| French Open | QF |
| Wimbledon | 2R |
| US Open | 3R |
| Doubles | |
| Season record | 13–7 (65.0%) |
| Calendar titles | 1 |
| Current ranking | 86 |
| Ranking change from previous year |  719 |
| Injuries | |
| Injuries | N/A |
| Last updated on: 9 November 2015. | |
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The 2015 Rafael Nadal tennis season officially began on 5 January 2015 with the start of the 2015 Qatar Open.
Nadal began the year as the defending champion at the Qatar Open. However, he lost in the first round, suffering a shocking three set defeat to world number 127 Michael Berrer.[1] He won the doubles title with Juan Mónaco.
Nadal opened his 2015 Australian Open by defeating Mikhail Youzhny in straight sets. In the second round, he prevailed in a tough five-setter against American Tim Smyczek, despite being visibly unwell at times during the match. He then beat Dudi Sela and Kevin Anderson in straight sets to advance to his 28th career Grand Slam quarterfinal. He was defeated there by Tomáš Berdych, thus ending his 17-match win streak against the Czech. This resulted in Berdych becoming only the second player to defeat all four members of the Big Four at a Grand Slam, after Jo-Wilfried Tsonga.
Nadal reached the semifinals of the Rio Open after defeating Thomaz Bellucci, Pablo Carreño Busta and Pablo Cuevas. However, he lost to Fabio Fognini in three sets in the semifinals, despite winning the first set and being a break up in the second. This was the first loss in his career against the Italian.
Nadal played in the ATP Buenos Aires tournament, in Argentina, reaching the final without losing a set. He won his first singles title of 2015 and his 46th career clay-court title with a straight-sets victory over Juan Mónaco.[2]
Nadal reached the quarterfinals of the Indian Wells Masters after beating his first three opponents in straight sets. However, his run was ended by Milos Raonic who beat him in three tight sets after Nadal squandered three match points in the second set tiebreak.
He next competed at the Miami Open, hoping to reach the final for the fifth time and win the tournament for the first time. He had a bye in the first round and proceeded by beating Nicolás Almagro in straight sets but he lost to Fernando Verdasco in the next round in three sets, failing to reach the fourth round of the Miami Open for the first time since 2006 (absent in 2013).
Nadal began his favourite part of the season in the clay courts of Monte-Carlo. After a first round bye, he defeated Lucas Pouille in a straight sets match before working hard to pass through big-serving John Isner in three tough sets to book his quarterfinal spot. He defeated David Ferrer in another tight, three set match to proceed to the semifinals, and record his first win over a top 10 player since the final of the 2014 French Open. However, he was defeated by world No.1 Novak Djokovic in the semifinals in straight sets.
Nadal received a bye in the first round of the 2015 Barcelona Open Banc Sabadell and faced Nicolás Almagro in the second round, completing his revenge for his only loss in Barcelona last year to him by beating him in straight sets. However, he was upset by Fabio Fognini in the next round in straight sets for the second time in the year. The loss made Fognini become the fifth man to beat Nadal on clay more than once after Gastón Gaudio, Roger Federer, Novak Djokovic, and David Ferrer. He also became the second man to beat Nadal on clay twice in a row in the same year after Djokovic in 2011.
After a first round bye, Nadal had wins over Steve Johnson and Simone Bolelli, each in two sets. He faced Grigor Dimitrov in the quarterfinals and also dispatched him in straight sets. In the semifinals, Nadal had a two set win over Tomáš Berdych to reach his seventh Madrid Open final and 41st Masters 1000 final. He lost to Andy Murray in the final in straight sets. The loss saw Nadal drop out of the Top 5 for the first time since 2005, falling to No. 7.
Nadal was granted a first round bye and faced qualifier Marsel İlhan, dominating him in straight sets. He next faced the big-serving John Isner again in the third round and defeated him in straight sets to advance to the quarterfinals. He was taken down by Stan Wawrinka in the quarterfinals in straight sets, squandering a 6–2 lead in the first set tiebreak and four set points, marking the first time since 2008 that he did not reach the final at the tournament. This also marked the first time since 2004 that Nadal failed to win a single European clay court title before the French Open.
Nadal opened his campaign for a 10th French Open title by facing off against wildcard Quentin Halys, beating him in straight sets. He then defeated compatriot Nicolás Almagro and Andrey Kuznetsov, again both in straight sets. In the fourth round he defeated Jack Sock in four sets, but eventually lost to Novak Djokovic in the quarterfinals. The loss ended Nadal's 5 year winning streak at Roland Garros and was just his second loss ever at the tournament. This loss also marked the first time since 2004 that Nadal failed to win at least one of the first two Grand Slam events of the season. As a result, his ranking dropped to No. 10 in the ATP singles ranking, his lowest ranking since April 2005.
Nadal opened his grass-court season campaign by participating in the Stuttgart Open and survived his first match against Marcos Baghdatis by beating him in three tight sets. He next faces Bernard Tomic and booked his semifinal spot by beating him in another three tight sets. Nadal reached his first grass-court tournament final since reaching the 2011 Wimbledon final by beating Gaël Monfils in straight sets. Nadal won his third Stuttgart title and first grass-court title for the first time since winning the 2010 Wimbledon Championships by beating Viktor Troicki in straight sets in the final. It was only his 2nd title of 2015.
Nadal played at the Queen's Club for the first time since 2011 as the fifth seed. He was knocked out in the first round by Alexandr Dolgopolov, who had previously beaten him at the 2014 BNP Paribas Open.
Nadal played at the 2015 Wimbledon as tenth seed. After beating Thomaz Bellucci in the first round in straight sets, he was eliminated in the second round in four sets by Dustin Brown. By winning, Brown became the first ever qualifier to ever beat Nadal at a Grand Slam.
Nadal decided to participate in the German Open for the first time since he defeated Roger Federer in the 2008 final in this tournament. He faced a tough opponent, Fernando Verdasco, in the first round but managed to defeat him in three sets. He next faced Jiří Veselý and easily dispatched him in straight sets followed by another straightforward quarterfinal victory against Pablo Cuevas to set a semifinal encounter with Andreas Seppi, which he won again in straight sets. Nadal extended his streak of winning at least one European clay-court title every year since winning in 2004 by beating Fabio Fognini in the Hamburg final in straight sets.
Nadal opened his hard-court season campaign in Canada where he had won the title 3 times. He faced Sergiy Stakhovsky as his first opponent and defeated him in straight sets. He beat Mikhail Youzhny in the third round and advanced to QF, where he lost to Kei Nishikori in straight sets. This marked the first time in eight meetings that he lost a match against the Japanese player.
Nadal participated in the Cincinnati Masters the following week, hoping to repeat his 2013 feat by winning this tournament. He opened his campaign against Frenchman Jérémy Chardy and successfully defeated the Rogers Cup semi-finalist in straight sets to book his third round clash with compatriot Feliciano López, which he lost in three sets.
In the final major of the season, Nadal once again faced Fognini, and again was defeated by the player from Italy, losing in the third round. In that match, Nadal won the first two sets, and previously had been 151–0 in Grand Slam matches that he led two sets to love(0). However, Fognini still defeated Nadal in five sets. The upset loss ended Nadal's record 10-year streak of winning at least one major, and leaving him one year short of the record 11-year streak of reaching at least one major final (shared by Lendl and Sampras). This remained the only time he had lost a Grand Slam tournament singles match after starting with a 2-0 lead until the quarterfinals of the 2021 Australian Open where he lost to Stefanos Tsitsipas.[3]
Nadal and many of his Spanish compatriots made a comeback to the Spanish Davis Cup team after the captain of the Spanish Davis Cup team, Gala Leon, was fired due to several critics and rebellions from the Spanish tennis players like Nadal and Ferrer. Spain was now at the Europe Africa Zone due to several consecutive losses. Spain meets Denmark in the 1st round play-offs and easily defeated Denmark with a dominant 5–0 score with Rafa winning in both doubles and singles. He won against Mikael Torpegaard in straight sets.
Nadal started the Asian Fall by participating in the China Open where he managed to reach the quarterfinals after beating home hope Wu Di and Vasek Pospisil both in straight sets. He survived a quarterfinal test against Jack Sock after comebacking from a set down to set a fifth meeting this year with his nemesis Fabio Fognini. He succeeded in exacting revenge against Fognini by beating him in straight sets to reach his first hard-court tournament final for more than a year. Nadal lost to World No.1 Novak Djokovic in the final 2-6, 2-6.
Nadal received a first round bye into this ATP Masters 1000 event and faced Ivo Karlović in the second round. Nadal won the first set 7-5 after initially trailing 3-5 but Karlovic forced the second set to a decider which he won 6-7(4). After 2 hours and 44 minutes, Nadal prevailed in the third and final set decider 7-6(4) and won the match. Nadal then avenged his Indian Wells quarterfinals lost against Milos Raonic by beating him in straight sets to reach the quarterfinals. He defeated World No.4 and 2015 French Open Champion Stan Wawrinka in straight sets to reach his first semifinal of a Masters 1000 hard-court tournament in more than a year and with this win, Nadal qualified for the ATP World Tour Finals. Despite sporting an 8-3 head-to-head winning record against Jo-Wilfried Tsonga, Nadal fell to the Frenchman in the semi-finals in three sets 4–6, 6–0, 5–7.
Nadal participated in the Swiss Indoors ATP 500 at Basel and survived a scare in the first round against Lukáš Rosol by beating him in a comeback three-setter where Rosol was 2 points away from winning at the 2nd set at 5-4 on his own serve. In Nadal's next match against Grigor Dimitrov, Rafa battled back from a break down in the final set to defeat Dimitrov 6-4, 4-6, 6-3 to reach the Swiss Indoors quarter-finals. Nadal came back from a set and a break down to surpass big-serving Croatian Marin Čilić in three sets. Nadal reached the second final in a hard-court tournament of the season when he beat Frenchman Richard Gasquet in straight sets to set his first meeting for almost 2 years with long-time rival Roger Federer. However, in his first final at the Swiss Indoor, Nadal lost 3-6, 7-5, 3-6 to Federer.
Nadal, seeded 7th, received a bye into the Round of 32 of the Paris Masters in Paris, France. Rafa rolled into the Round of 16 with a 6-2, 6-2 win, his 2nd in back-to-back weeks, over Lukáš Rosol, the 66th-ranked Czech, in just over an hour. Nadal then took on the big hitting South African Kevin Anderson and made another comeback from a set down and 5-6 down in the second set tie-break, saving a match point and closing out the match by breaking twice in the third set. Nadal faced world No.4 Stan Wawrinka in the quarterfinals and despite pushing both sets to a tiebreaker, Rafa lost the match 6–7(8–10), 6–7(7–9).
Rafael Nadal was seeded fifth in the 2015 ATP World Tour Finals in London and was drawn in the Ilie Năstase Group alongside Andy Murray, David Ferrer and Stan Wawrinka. He first played against Wawrinka and successfully crushed his nemesis in straight sets. Nadal continued his blistering resurgence of form by dominating a fellow Big Four, Murray, in straight sets to claim a semifinal spot in the ATP Finals. He then beat Ferrer in three sets, advancing to the semifinals with three wins. But he then lost to Novak Djokovic in straight sets.
| W | F | SF | QF | #R | RR | Q# | P# | DNQ | A | Z# | PO | G | S | B | NMS | NTI | P | NH |
| Tournament | Match | Round | Opponent (seed or key) | Rank | Result | Score |
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| Qatar Open Doha, Qatar ATP Tour 250 Hard, outdoor 4 – 10 January 2015 | ||||||
| 1 / 847 | 1R |  Michael Berrer (Q) |
127 | Loss | 6–1, 3–6, 4–6 | |
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| Australian Open Melbourne, Australia Grand Slam tournament Hard, outdoor 19 January – 1 February 2015 | ||||||
| 2 / 848 | 1R |  Mikhail Youzhny |
49 | Win | 6–3, 6–2, 6–2 | |
| 3 / 849 | 2R |  Tim Smyczek (Q) |
112 | Win | 6–2, 3–6, 6–7(2–7), 6–3, 7–5 | |
| 4 / 850 | 3R |  Dudi Sela |
106 | Win | 6–1, 6–0, 7–5 | |
| 5 / 851 | 4R |  Kevin Anderson (14) |
15 | Win | 7–5, 6–1, 6–4 | |
| 6 / 852 | QF |  Tomáš Berdych (7) |
7 | Loss | 2–6, 0–6, 6–7(5–7) | |
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| Rio Open Rio de Janeiro, Brazil ATP Tour 500 Clay, outdoor 16 – 22 February 2015 | ||||||
| 7 / 853 | 1R |  Thomaz Bellucci |
64 | Win | 6–4, 6–1 | |
| 8 / 854 | 2R | Pablo Carreño Busta |
55 | Win | 7–5, 6–3 | |
| 9 / 855 | QF |  Pablo Cuevas (6) |
23 | Win | 4–6, 7–5, 6–0 | |
| 10 / 856 | SF |  Fabio Fognini (4) |
28 | Loss | 6–1, 2–6, 5–7 | |
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| Argentina Open Buenos Aires, Argentina ATP Tour 250 Clay, outdoor 23 February – 1 March 2015 | ||||||
| – | 1R | Bye | ||||
| 11 / 857 | 2R |  Facundo Argüello (Q) |
146 | Win | 6–4, 6–0 | |
| 12 / 858 | QF | Federico Delbonis |
59 | Win | 6–1, 6–1 | |
| 13 / 859 | SF | Carlos Berlocq |
74 | Win | 7–6(9–7), 6–2 | |
| 14 / 860 | W | Juan Mónaco |
60 | Win (1) | 6–4, 6–1 | |
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| Indian Wells Masters Indian Wells, United States ATP Tour Masters 1000 Hard, outdoor 9 – 22 March 2015 | ||||||
| – | 1R | Bye | ||||
| 15 / 861 | 2R |  Igor Sijsling |
134 | Win | 6–4, 6–2 | |
| 16 / 862 | 3R | Donald Young |
47 | Win | 6–4, 6–2 | |
| 17 / 863 | 4R |  Gilles Simon (13) |
14 | Win | 6–2, 6–4 | |
| 18 / 864 | QF |  Milos Raonic (6) |
6 | Loss | 6–4, 6–7(10–12), 5–7 | |
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| Miami Open Miami, United States ATP Tour Masters 1000 Hard, outdoor 24 – 4 April 2015 | ||||||
| – | 1R | Bye | ||||
| 19 / 865 | 2R | Nicolás Almagro |
74 | Won | 6–4, 6–2 | |
| 20 / 866 | 3R | Fernando Verdasco (29) |
34 | Loss | 4–6, 6–2, 3–6 | |
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| Monte-Carlo Masters Monte Carlo, Monaco ATP Tour Masters 1000 Clay, outdoor 12–19 April 2015 | ||||||
| – | 1R | Bye | ||||
| 21 / 867 | 2R | Lucas Pouille |
108 | Win | 6–2, 6–1 | |
| 22 / 868 | 3R | John Isner (15) |
19 | Win | 7–6(8–6), 4–6, 6–3 | |
| 23 / 869 | QF | David Ferrer (5) |
7 | Win | 6–4, 5–7, 6–2 | |
| 24 / 870 | SF |  Novak Djokovic (1) |
1 | Loss | 3–6, 3–6 | |
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| Barcelona Open Barcelona, Spain ATP Tour 500 Clay, outdoor 20–26 April 2015 | ||||||
| – | 1R | Bye | ||||
| 25 / 871 | 2R | Nicolás Almagro |
123 | Win | 6–3, 6–1 | |
| 26 / 872 | 3R | Fabio Fognini (13) |
30 | Loss | 4–6, 6–7(6–8) | |
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| Madrid Open Madrid, Spain ATP Tour Masters 1000 Clay, outdoor 4–10 May 2015 | ||||||
| – | 1R | Bye | ||||
| 27 / 873 | 2R | Steve Johnson |
54 | Win | 6–4, 6–3 | |
| 28 / 874 | 3R | Simone Bolelli |
63 | Win | 6–2, 6–2 | |
| 29 / 875 | QF |  Grigor Dimitrov (10) |
11 | Win | 6–3, 6–4 | |
| 30 / 876 | SF | Tomáš Berdych (6) |
7 | Win | 7–6(7–3), 6–1 | |
| 31 / 877 | F |  Andy Murray (2) |
3 | Loss (1) | 3–6, 2–6 | |
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| Italian Open Rome, Italy ATP Tour Masters 1000 Clay, outdoor 11–17 May 2015 | ||||||
| – | 1R | Bye | ||||
| 32 / 878 | 2R |  Marsel İlhan (Q) |
87 | Win | 6–2, 6–0 | |
| 33 / 879 | 3R | John Isner (16) |
17 | Win | 6–4, 6–4 | |
| 34 / 880 | QF |  Stan Wawrinka (8) |
9 | Loss | 6–7(7–9), 2–6 | |
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| French Open Paris, France Grand Slam tournament Clay, outdoor 24 May – 7 June 2015 | ||||||
| 35 / 881 | 1R | Quentin Halys (WC) |
304 | Win | 6–3, 6–3, 6–4 | |
| 36 / 882 | 2R | Nicolás Almagro |
154 | Win | 6–4, 6–3, 6–1 | |
| 37 / 883 | 3R | Andrey Kuznetsov |
120 | Win | 6–1, 6–3, 6–2 | |
| 38 / 884 | 4R | Jack Sock |
37 | Win | 6–3, 6–1, 5–7, 6–2 | |
| 39 / 885 | QF | Novak Djokovic (1) |
1 | Loss | 5–7, 3–6, 1–6 | |
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| Stuttgart Open Stuttgart, Germany ATP Tour 250 Grass, outdoor 8–14 June 2015 | ||||||
| – | 1R | Bye | ||||
| 40 / 886 | 2R |  Marcos Baghdatis |
63 | Win | 7–6(7–5), 6–7(4–7), 6–2 | |
| 41 / 887 | QF |  Bernard Tomic (5) |
24 | Win | 6–4, 6–7(6–8), 6–3 | |
| 42 / 888 | SF | Gaël Monfils (4) |
16 | Win | 6–3, 6–4 | |
| 33 / 889 | W | Viktor Troicki (8) |
28 | Win (2) | 7–6(7–3), 6–3 | |
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| Queen's Club Championships London, United Kingdom ATP Tour 500 Grass, outdoor 15–21 June 2015 | ||||||
| 44 / 890 | 1R |  Alexandr Dolgopolov |
75 | Loss | 3–6, 7–6(8–6), 4–6 | |
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| Wimbledon Championships London, United Kingdom Grand Slam tournament Grass, outdoor 29 June – 12 July 2015 | ||||||
| 45 / 891 | 1R | Thomaz Bellucci |
42 | Win | 6–4, 6–2, 6–4 | |
| 46 / 892 | 2R | Dustin Brown (Q) |
102 | Loss | 5–7, 6–3, 4–6, 4–6 | |
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| German Open Hamburg, Germany ATP Tour 500 Clay, outdoor 27 July – 2 August 2015 | ||||||
| 47 / 893 | 1R | Fernando Verdasco |
41 | Win | 3–6, 6–1, 6–1 | |
| 48 / 894 | 2R | Jiří Veselý |
45 | Win | 6–4, 7–6(7–2) | |
| 49 / 895 | QF | Pablo Cuevas (5) |
31 | Win | 6–3, 6–2 | |
| 50 / 896 | SF | Andreas Seppi (4) |
26 | Win | 6–1, 6–2 | |
| 51 / 897 | W | Fabio Fognini (8) |
32 | Win (3) | 7–5, 7–5 | |
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| Canadian Open Montreal, Canada ATP Tour Masters 1000 Hard, outdoor 10 – 16 August 2015 | ||||||
| – | 1R | Bye | ||||
| 52 / 898 | 2R | Sergiy Stakhovsky |
60 | Win | 7–6(7–4), 6–3 | |
| 53 / 899 | 3R | Mikhail Youzhny |
101 | Win | 6–3, 6–3 | |
| 54 / 900 | QF |  Kei Nishikori (4) |
4 | Loss | 2–6, 4–6 | |
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| Cincinnati Masters Cincinnati, United States ATP Tour Masters 1000 Hard, outdoor 17 – 23 August 2015 | ||||||
| – | 1R | Bye | ||||
| 55 / 901 | 2R | Jérémy Chardy |
27 | Win | 6–3, 6–4 | |
| 56 / 902 | 3R | Feliciano López |
23 | Loss | 7–5, 4–6, 6–7(3–7) | |
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| US Open New York City, United States Grand Slam tournament Hard, outdoor 31 August – 13 September 2015 | ||||||
| 57 / 903 | 1R |  Borna Ćorić |
35 | Win | 6–3, 6–2, 4–6, 6–4 | |
| 58 / 904 | 2R | Diego Schwartzman |
74 | Win | 7–6(7–5), 6–3, 7–5 | |
| 59 / 905 | 3R | Fabio Fognini (32) |
32 | Loss | 6–3, 6–4, 4–6, 3–6, 4–6 | |
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| Davis Cup Group I Odense, Denmark Davis Cup Hard, indoor 18 – 20 September 2015 | ||||||
| 60 / 906 | RR |  Mikael Torpegaard |
909 | Win | 6–4, 6–3, 6–2 | |
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| China Open Beijing, China ATP Tour 500 Hard, outdoor 5 – 11 October 2015 | ||||||
| 61 / 907 | 1R |  Wu Di |
224 | Win | 6–4, 6–4 | |
| 62 / 908 | 2R | Vasek Pospisil |
44 | Win | 7–6(7–3), 6–4 | |
| 63 / 909 | QF | Jack Sock |
30 | Win | 3–6, 6–4, 6–3 | |
| 64 / 910 | SF | Fabio Fognini |
28 | Win | 7–5, 6–3 | |
| 65 / 911 | F | Novak Djokovic (1) |
1 | Loss (2) | 2–6, 2–6 | |
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| Shanghai Masters Shanghai, China ATP Tour Masters 1000 Hard, outdoor 12 – 18 October 2015 | ||||||
| – | 1R | Bye | ||||
| 66 / 912 | 2R | Ivo Karlović |
21 | Win | 7–5, 6–7(4–7), 7–6(7–4) | |
| 67 / 913 | 3R | Milos Raonic (9) |
9 | Win | 6–3, 7–6(7–3) | |
| 68 / 914 | QF | Stan Wawrinka (4) |
4 | Win | 6–2, 6–1 | |
| 69 / 915 | SF | Jo-Wilfried Tsonga (16) |
15 | Loss | 4–6, 6–0, 5–7 | |
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| Swiss Indoors Basel, Switzerland ATP Tour 500 Hard, indoor 26 October – 1 November 2015 | ||||||
| 70 / 916 | 1R | Lukáš Rosol |
78 | Win | 1–6, 7–5, 7–6(7–4) | |
| 71 / 917 | 2R | Grigor Dimitrov |
28 | Win | 6–4, 4–6, 6–3 | |
| 72 / 918 | QF | Marin Čilić (7) |
13 | Win | 4–6, 6–3, 6–3 | |
| 73 / 919 | SF | Richard Gasquet (5) |
11 | Win | 6–4, 7–6(9–7) | |
| 74 / 920 | F | Roger Federer (1) |
3 | Loss (3) | 3–6, 7–5, 3–6 | |
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| Paris Masters Paris, France ATP Tour Masters 1000 Hard, indoor 2 – 8 November 2015 | ||||||
| – | 1R | Bye | ||||
| 75 / 921 | 2R | Lukáš Rosol (Q) |
66 | Win | 6–2, 6–2 | |
| 76 / 922 | 3R | Kevin Anderson (11) |
12 | Win | 4–6, 7–6(8–6), 6–2 | |
| 77 / 923 | QF | Stan Wawrinka (4) |
4 | Loss | 6–7(8–10), 6–7(7–9) | |
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| ATP World Tour Finals London, United Kingdom ATP Finals Hard, indoor 15 – 22 November 2015 | ||||||
| 78 / 924 | RR | Stan Wawrinka (4) |
4 | Win | 6–3, 6–2 | |
| 79 / 925 | RR | Andy Murray (2) |
2 | Win | 6–4, 6–1 | |
| 80 / 926 | RR | David Ferrer (7) |
7 | Win | 6–7(2–7), 6–3, 6–4 | |
| 81 / 927 | SF | Novak Djokovic (1) |
1 | Loss | 3–6, 3–6 | |
| Tournament | Match | Round | Opponents (seed or key) | Ranks | Result | Score |
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| Qatar Open Doha, Qatar ATP Tour 250 Hard, outdoor 4 – 10 January 2015 Partner: Juan Mónaco
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| 1 / 168 | 1R | Simone Bolelli / Leonardo Mayer |
#139 / #67 | Win | 6–3, 6–3 | |
| 2 / 169 | QF | Benjamin Becker / Artem Sitak |
#192 / #66 | Win | 2–6, 6–2, [10–6] | |
| 3 / 170 | SF | Novak Djokovic / Filip Krajinović (WC) |
#568 / #1449 | Win | 7–6(7–3), 6–1 | |
| 4 / 171 | W |  Julian Knowle / Philipp Oswald |
#40 / #53 | Win (1) | 6–3, 6–4 | |
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| Argentina Open Buenos Aires, Argentina ATP Tour 250 Clay, outdoor 23 February – 1 March 2015 Partner: Juan Mónaco
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| 5 / 172 | 1R | František Čermák / Jiří Veselý |
#60 / #103 | Win | 4–6, 7–5, [10–7] | |
| 6 / 173 | QF | Federico Delbonis / Andrés Molteni (WC) |
#241 / #138 | Loss | 4–6, 6–3, [7–10] | |
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| Indian Wells Masters Indian Wells, United States ATP Tour Masters 1000 Hard, outdoor 9 – 22 March 2015 Partner: Pablo Carreño
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| 7 / 174 | 1R | Pablo Cuevas / David Marrero |
#23 / #23 | Win | 6–2, 6–1 | |
| 8 / 175 | 2R | Marcel Granollers / Marc López (6) |
#11 / #14 | Win | 6–4, 6–4 | |
| 9 / 176 | QF | Simone Bolelli / Fabio Fognini |
#49 / #22 | Loss | 1–6, 6–3, [4–10] | |
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| Stuttgart Open Stuttgart, Germany ATP Tour 250 Grass, outdoor 8 – 14 June 2015 Partner: Feliciano López
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| 10 / 177 | 1R | Rameez Junaid / Adil Shamasdin |
#67 / #60 | Win | 7–6(7–5), 6–2 | |
| – | QF |  Juan Sebastián Cabal / Robert Farah Maksoud (5) |
#28 / #33 | Walkover | N/A | |
| – | SF | Alexander Peya / Bruno Soares |
#15 / #13 | Withdrew | N/A | |
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| Queen's Club Championships London, United Kingdom ATP Tour 500 Grass, outdoor 15 – 21 June 2015 Partner: Marc López
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| 11 / 178 | 1R | Milos Raonic / Édouard Roger-Vasselin |
#826 / #19 | Won | 6–4, 6–4 | |
| 12 / 179 | 2R | Daniel Nestor /  Leander Paes (3) |
#23 / #24 | Loss | 6–7(3–7), 4–6 | |
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| German Open Hamburg, Germany ATP Tour 500 Clay, outdoor 27 June – 3 July 2015 Partner: Jaume Munar
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| 13 / 180 | 1R | Simone Bolelli / Fabio Fognini (1) |
#11 / #7 | Loss | 4–6, 2–6 | |
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| Canadian Open Montreal, Canada ATP Tour Masters 1000 Hard, outdoor 10 – 16 August 2015 Partner: Fernando Verdasco
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| 14 / 181 | 1R | Tomáš Berdych / Jack Sock |
#564 / #18 | Win | 6–3, 5–7, [10–7] | |
| 15 / 182 | 2R | Pierre-Hugues Herbert / Nicolas Mahut (8) |
#20 / #22 | Win | 7–6(10–8), 6–7(2–7), [10–4] | |
| 16 / 183 | QF | Bob Bryan / Mike Bryan (1) |
#1 / #1 | Loss | 3–6, 7–6(7–5), [8–10] | |
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| Davis Cup Group I Odense, Denmark Davis Cup Hard, indoor 18 – 20 September 2015 Partner: Fernando Verdasco
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| 17 / 184 | 1R | Thomas Kromann / Frederik Nielsen |
#none / #149 | Win | 6–4, 3–6, 7–6(7–4), 6–4 | |
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| Swiss Indoors Basel, Switzerland ATP Tour 500 Hard, indoor 26 October – 1 November 2015 Partner: Marc López
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| 18 / 185 | 1R | Borna Ćorić / Viktor Troicki |
#none / #161 | Won | 6–1, 4–6, [10–5] | |
| 19 / 186 | QF | Jean-Julien Rojer /  Horia Tecău (2) |
#5 / #4 | Loss | 5–7, 6–7(5–7) | |
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| Paris Masters Paris, France ATP Tour Masters 1000 Hard, indoor 2 – 8 November 2015 Partner: Leander Paes
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| 20 / 187 | 1R | Dominic Inglot /  Robert Lindstedt |
#29 / #23 | Loss | 3–6, 4–6 | |
Nadal's 2015 singles tournament schedule is as follows: (Bolded letter indicates better or same result at the tournament)
| Date | Tournament | Location | Category | Surface1 | Outcome 2014 | Outcome 2015 | Prev. Pts | New Pts2 |
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| 04 – 11 Jan 2015 | Qatar Open | Doha, Qatar | 250 Series | Hard | W | 1R | 250 | 0 |
| 19 Jan – 1 Feb 2015 | Australian Open | Melbourne, Australia | Grand Slam | Hard | F | QF | 1200 | 360 |
| 16 – 22 Feb 2015 | Rio Open | Rio de Janeiro, Brazil | 500 Series | Clay | W | SF | 500 | 180 |
| 23 Feb – 1 March 2015 | Argentina Open | Buenos Aires, Argentina | 250 Series | Clay | DNS | W | 0 | 250 |
| 9 – 22 March 2015 | Indian Wells Masters | Indian Wells, United States | Masters 1000 | Hard | 3R | QF | 45 | 180 |
| 25 March – 5 April 2015 | Miami Open | Miami, United States | Masters 1000 | Hard | F | 3R | 600 | 45 |
| 12 – 19 April 2015 | Monte-Carlo Masters | Roquebrune-Cap-Martin, France | Masters 1000 | Clay | QF | SF | 180 | 360 |
| 20 – 26 April 2015 | Barcelona Open | Barcelona, Spain | 500 Series | Clay | QF | 3R | 90 | 45 |
| 3 – 10 May 2015 | Madrid Open | Madrid, Spain | Masters 1000 | Clay | W | F | 1000 | 600 |
| 10 – 17 May 2015 | Italian Open | Rome, Italy | Masters 1000 | Clay | F | QF | 600 | 180 |
| 24 May – 07 Jun 2015 | French Open | Paris, France | Grand Slam | Clay | W | QF | 2000 | 360 |
| 08 – 14 Jun 2015 | Stuttgart Open | Stuttgart, Germany | 250 Series | Grass | DNS | W | 0 | 250 |
| 15 – 21 Jun 2015 | Queen's Club Championships | London, United Kingdom | 500 Series | Grass | DNS | 1R | 0 | 0 |
| 29 Jun – 12 Jul 2015 | Wimbledon Championships | London, United Kingdom | Grand Slam | Grass | 4R | 2R | 180 | 45 |
| 25 Jul – 02 Aug 2015 | German Open | Hamburg, Germany | 500 Series | Clay | DNS | W | 0 | 500 |
| 10 – 16 Aug 2015 | Canadian Open | Montreal, Canada | Masters 1000 | Hard | DNS | QF | 0 | 180 |
| 16 – 23 Aug 2015 | Cincinnati Masters | Cincinnati, United States | Masters 1000 | Hard | DNS | 3R | 0 | 90 |
| 31 Aug – 13 Sep 2015 | US Open | New York City, United States | Grand Slam | Hard | DNS | 3R | 0 | 90 |
| 05 – 11 Oct 2015 | China Open | Beijing, China | 500 Series | Hard | QF | F | 90 | 300 |
| 11 – 18 Oct 2015 | Shanghai Masters | Shanghai, China | Masters 1000 | Hard | 2R | SF | 10 | 360 |
| 26 Oct – 01 Nov 2015 | Swiss Indoors | Basel, Switzerland | 500 Series | Hard (i) | QF | F | 90 | 300 |
| 02 – 08 Nov 2015 | Paris Masters | Paris, France | Masters 1000 | Hard (i) | DNS | QF | 0 | 180 |
| 15 – 22 Nov 2015 | ATP World Tour Finals | London, United Kingdom | ATP World Tour Finals | Hard (i) | DNS | SF | 0 | 600 |
| Total | 6835 | 5230 |
1 The symbol (i) = indoors means that the respective tournament will be held indoors.
2 The ATP numbers between brackets = non-countable tournaments.
Rafael Nadal has a 61–20 (75.3%) match win–loss record in the 2015 season. His record against players who were part of the ATP rankings Top Ten at the time of their meetings was 7–11 (38.9%). The following list is ordered by number of wins: (Bolded number marks a top 10 player at the time of match, Italic means top 30)
Nicolás Almagro 3–0 Stan Wawrinka 2–2 Kevin Anderson 2–0 John Isner 2–0 Pablo Cuevas 2–0 Thomaz Bellucci 2–0[nb 1] Mikhail Youzhny 2–0 Jack Sock 2–0 Grigor Dimitrov 2–0 Lukáš Rosol 2–0 David Ferrer 2–0 Fabio Fognini 2–3 Ivo Karlović 1–0 Richard Gasquet 1–0 Jérémy Chardy 1–0 Borna Ćorić 1–0 Diego Schwartzman 1–0 Sergiy Stakhovsky 1–0 Tim Smyczek 1–0 Dudi Sela 1–0 Pablo Carreño Busta 1–0 Facundo Arguello 1–0 Andreas Seppi 1–0 Federico Delbonis 1–0 Carlos Berlocq 1–0 Jiří Veselý 1–0 Juan Mónaco 1–0 Igor Sijsling 1–0 Donald Young 1–0 Gilles Simon 1–0 Lucas Pouille 1–0 Steve Johnson 1–0 Simone Bolelli 1–0 Marsel İlhan 1–0 Quentin Halys 1–0 Andrey Kuznetsov 1–0 Vasek Pospisil 1–0 Wu Di 1–0 Marcos Baghdatis 1–0 Bernard Tomic 1–0 Gaël Monfils 1–0 Viktor Troicki 1–0 Mikael Torpegaard 1–0 Marin Čilić 1–0 Andy Murray 1–1 Tomáš Berdych 1–1 Milos Raonic 1–1 Fernando Verdasco 1–1 Jo-Wilfried Tsonga 0–1 Feliciano López 0–1 Michael Berrer 0–1 Alexandr Dolgopolov 0–1 Dustin Brown 0–1 Kei Nishikori 0–1 Roger Federer 0–1 Novak Djokovic 0–4
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| Result | No. | Date | Category | Tournament | Surface | Opponent | Score |
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| Winner | 65. | March 1, 2015 | 250 Series | Argentina Open, Buenos Aires, Argentina | Clay | Juan Mónaco
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6–4, 6–1 |
| Runner-up | 29. | May 10, 2015 | Masters 1000 | Madrid Open, Madrid, Spain | Clay | Andy Murray
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3–6, 2–6 |
| Winner | 66. | June 14, 2015 | 250 Series | Stuttgart Open, Stuttgart, Germany | Grass | Viktor Troicki
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7–6(7–3), 6–3 |
| Winner | 67. | August 2, 2015 | 500 Series | German Open, Hamburg, Germany (2) | Clay | Fabio Fognini
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7–5, 7–5 |
| Runner-up | 30. | October 11, 2015 | 500 Series | China Open, Beijing, China | Hard | Novak Djokovic
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2–6, 2–6 |
| Runner-up | 31. | November 1, 2015 | 500 Series | Swiss Indoors, Basel, Switzerland | Hard (i) | Roger Federer
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3–6, 7–5, 3–6 |
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| Result | No. | Date | Category | Tournament | Surface | Partner | Opponents | Score |
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| Winner | 9. | January 9, 2015 | 250 Series | Qatar Open, Doha, Qatar (4) | Hard | Juan Mónaco
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Julian Knowle Philipp Oswald
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6–3, 6–4 |
| # | Venue | Singles Prize Money | Year-to-date |
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| 1. | 2015 Qatar ExxonMobil Open | $42,275 | $42,275 |
| 2. | 2015 Australian Open | A$340,000 | $308,291 |
| 3. | 2015 Rio Open | $73,240 | $381,531 |
| 4. | 2015 Argentina Open | $93,305 | $474,836 |
| 5. | 2015 Indian Wells Masters | $130,655 | $605,491 |
| 6. | 2015 Miami Open | $31,670 | $637,161 |
| 7. | 2015 Monte-Carlo Rolex Masters | €155,000 | $762,785 |
| 8. | 2015 Barcelona Open Banc Sabadell | €22,565 | $787,157 |
| 9. | 2015 Mutua Madrid Open | €392,000 | $1,225,923 |
| 10. | 2015 Internazionali BNL d'Italia | €78,820 | $1,314,186 |
| 11. | 2015 French Open | €250,000 | $1,564,186 |
| 12. | 2015 MercedesCup | €104,600 | $1,705,561 |
| 13. | 2015 Aegon Championships | €11,035 | $1,717,990 |
| 14. | 2015 Wimbledon | £47,000 | $1,791,955 |
| 15. | 2015 International German Open | €311,755 | $2,134,127 |
| 16. | 2015 Rogers Cup | $85,985 | $2,220,112 |
| 17. | 2015 Western & Southern Open | $47,625 | $2,267,737 |
| 18. | 2015 US Open | $120,200 | $2,387,937 |
| 19. | 2015 China Open | $295,180 | $2,683,117 |
| 20. | 2015 Shanghai Masters | $225,460 | $2,908,577 |
| 21. | 2015 Swiss Indoors | €172,200 | $3,098,289 |
| 22. | 2015 Paris Masters | €82,030 | $3,188,513 |
| 23. | 2015 ATP World Tour Finals | $668,000 | $3,943,888 |
