Rafa only needs to win WTF once, because he has so many other edges over Federer, like Olympic Singles Gold, Masters Shields - Rafa already has the record, and plenty of years left to rack up around 30 of them - and the head2head which is so lopsided it will be taken into account. Also all these records-
Only lost one match in Grand Slam play after winning the first set.
Only male player in the open era to win 21 consecutive grand slam matches within a calendar year
(French open 2010 - US Open 2010).
Lost only six sets in winning the three titles namely French Open, Wimbledon & US Open in 2010.
Nadal is the only player in the Open Era to win more than one ATP Tournament at least 6 times in his career.
Best career outdoor match winning percentage: 85.35% (466-80).
Winner of the most Golden Bagel Awards (3) in Open Era during the year 2005, 2008 and 2009.
Most consecutive weeks as World Number 2 than any player in the history of the computer rankings maintained by the
Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP): 160 weeks.
Most weeks at No.2: 189 weeks.
Quickest player to reach 400 wins by playing less than 500 matches (401-91).
Established a lead of 5245 points in October 2010, a record since the point values were doubled in 2009.
Nadal has earned the highest amount of prize money ever in a single season, $10,171,998, in 2010.
Winner of the 2010 Laureus Sportsman Award of the Year. Nadal had earlier won the 2006 Laureus Award for the
World Newcomer of the Year.
Only male player in history to win Roland Garros, Wimbledon and US Open in the same year on 3 different surfaces.
Tied the US Open serving record to become the 2nd player in history to only be broken 5 times (Roddick is the other).
Highest 5 set winning% of all-time.
Best Grand Slam Finals conversion rate in history of players to have won 5 slams or more.
Most Masters Shields Ever (19).
Only player ever to win 3 straight Masters Shields.
Youngest male in Open Era to win the Career Grand Slam.
Youngest male ever to win the Career Golden Grand Slam.
Winner of 28 consecutive Grand Slam sets in the year 2010 and 24 in 2008.
Only male to have won French Open, Wimbledon, and Olympic Gold Medal in the same year (2008 ).
Most singles titles won in a single season as a teenager: 11 (2005).
Won 24 consecutive matches, the longest winning streak of any teenager in the open era, in 2005.
Nadal joins Aussie legend Rod Laver as the only left-handers to win all four Grand Slams.
The only player to have lost just one game in an ATP World Tour Masters 1000 final (Monte Carlo 2010: 6-0, 6-1).
Longest single-surface winning streak in the Open Era: 81 matches (11 April 2005 - 20 May 2007).
31 consecutive match wins at Roland Garros.
58–1 record in best-of-five-set matches on clay.
Quickest male player (losing fewest matches) in the Open Era to reach 200 clay-court wins (200–16).
He he, most weeks at nr two... Most of these records are about clay and being young.
Wimbledon 2003 — Australian Open 2010, 16 titles. Stands alone.
US Open 2008 — Australian Open 2010, Career Grand Slam. Rod Laver, Andre Agassi, Rafael Nadal.
Wimbledon 2003 — Australian Open 2010, 22 finals. Stands alone.
Wimbledon 2005 — US Open 2007, 10 consecutive finals. Stands alone.
Wimbledon 2004 — Australian Open 2010, 23 consecutive semi-finals. Stands alone.
Wimbledon 2004 — U.S. Open 2010, 26 consecutive quarter-finals. Stands alone.
2006 — 2007, 2 consecutive years winning 3+ titles. Stands alone.
2004 & 2006 — 2007, 3 years winning 3+ titles. Stands alone.
2004 — 2007, 4 consecutive years winning 2+ titles. Stands alone.
2004 — 2007 & 2009, 5 years winning 2+ titles. Stands alone.
2003–2010, 8 consecutive years winning 1+ title. Björn Borg, Pete Sampras.
Wimbledon 2003 — Australian Open 2006, First 7 finals won. Stands alone.
Australian Open 2004 — US Open 2010, 7 consecutive years winning 20+ matches. Ivan Lendl.
US Open 2006 — French Open 2007, 36 consecutive sets won. Stands alone.
US Open 2007, 35 consecutive service points won. Stands alone.
US Open 2007, $2.4 million earned at one event. Stands alone.
Wimbledon 2009, 50 aces in a final. Stands alone.
French Open 2004 — Wimbledon 2008, 18 consecutive No. 1 seeds. Stands alone.
Specific Grand Slams:
Australian Open 2004–2010, 4 titles overall. Andre Agassi.
Australian Open 2004 — 2010, 4 titles in 7 years. Stands alone.
Australian Open 2004–2007, 3 titles in 4 years. Andre Agassi.
Australian Open 2006–2007, 2 consecutive titles. Ken Rosewall, Guillermo Vilas, Johan Kriek, Mats Wilander, Stefan Edberg, Ivan Lendl, Jim Courier, Andre Agassi.
Australian Open 2004–2010, 5 finals overall. Stefan Edberg.
Australian Open 2004 — 2010, 7 consecutive semi-finals. Stands alone.
Australian Open 2007, Won without dropping a set. Ken Rosewall.
French Open 2006–2009, 4 consecutive finals. Björn Borg, Ivan Lendl, Rafael Nadal
French Open 2006–2008, 3 runner-ups. Guillermo Vilas.
French Open 2006 — 2008, 3 consecutive runner-ups. Stands alone.
French Open 2005 — 2009, 5 consecutive semi-finals. Stands alone.
Wimbledon 2003–2007, 5 consecutive titles. Björn Borg.
Wimbledon 2003–2009, 7 finals overall. Boris Becker, Pete Sampras.
Wimbledon 2003 — 2009, 7 consecutive finals. Stands alone.
Wimbledon 2003 — 2009, 7 consecutive semi-finals. Stands alone.
U.S. Open 2004–2008, 5 titles overall. Jimmy Connors, Pete Sampras.
U.S. Open 2004 — 2008, 5 consecutive titles. Stands alone.
U.S. Open 2004 — 2009, 40 consecutive match victories. Stands alone.
Other records:
2 February 2004 — 17 August 2008, 237 consecutive weeks at No.1. Stands alone.
October 2003 — January 2005, 26 consecutive match victories vs. top 10 opponents. Stands alone.
2005–2006, 56 consecutive hard court match victories. Stands alone.
2003–2008, 65 consecutive grass court match victories. Stands alone.
2003–2005, 24 consecutive tournament finals won. Stands alone.
2006, 94.12% of tournament finals reached in 1 season. Stands alone.
2005–2006, 2-season match winning percentage of 95.05%. Stands alone.
2004–2006, 3-season match winning percentage of 94.27%. Stands alone.
2004–2007, 4-season match winning percentage of 92.92%. Stands alone.
2003–2010, 5 ATP World Tour Finals titles. Ivan Lendl, Pete Sampras.
2007, $10 million earned in a season. Stands alone.
2002–2010, 29 Masters 1000 finals reached. Stands alone.
2005–2006, 29 consecutive Masters 1000 match victories. Stands alone.
2004–2008, 2 consecutive Olympic games as wire-to-wire No. 1. Stands alone.
2005–2007, 3 consecutive calendar years as wire-to-wire No. 1. Stands alone.
2005–2007, 3 calendar years as wire-to-wire No. 1. Jimmy Connors.
