Francisco Cerundolo played a good game against Rafael Nadal in the first round of Wimbledonbut the young Argentine tennis player could only win a set against the Spaniard who thus managed to avoid a commitment that seemed to be complicated.
Nadal is the top grand slam champion in men’s tennis 22 titles and also disputed other eight finals and seven semi-finals: His success in the four Majors has been resounding throughout his career. But he has also known debut loss of some editions.
How many times did Rafael Nadal lose in the first round of a Grand Slam?
Rafael Nadal played 64 Grand Slams and only on two occasions he was eliminated in the first game of the tournament.
Nadal’s eliminations happened in Wimbledon 2013 and in the Australian Open 2016against a Belgian tennis player and a compatriot.
Compared to other greats of the last 25 years of tennis, Nadal is the one with the fewest losses in the first round along with Novak Djokovic (also two): Andre Agassi lost nine times, Roger Federer six times, Andy Murray six times and Pete Sampras seven times.
Which tennis players eliminated Nadal in the first round of a Grand Slam?
the belgian Steve Darcisthen 135 in the ATP ranking, defeated Nadal in the debut of Wimbledon 2013with a surprising victory by 7-6 (4), 7-6 (8) y 6-4.
Later Ferdinand Verdascowho was 45th in the ATP ranking, beat Nadal by 7-6 (8), 4-6, 3-6, 7-6 (4) y 6-2 in the first round of Australian Open 2016.
