Английская Википедия:2015 Rafael Nadal tennis season

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The 2015 Rafael Nadal tennis season officially began on 5 January 2015 with the start of the 2015 Qatar Open.

Year in detail

Australian Open Series

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. He won the doubles title with Juan Mónaco.

Australian Open

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.

South American clay court season

Rio Open

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.

Argentina Open

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.

The March Masters

Indian Wells Masters

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.

Miami Open

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).

European clay court season

Monte-Carlo Masters

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.

Barcelona Open

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.

Madrid Open

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.

Italian Open

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.

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.

The grass season

Stuttgart Open

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.

Queen's Club Championships

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.

Wimbledon

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.

US Open Series

German Open

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.

Canadian Open

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.

Cincinnati Masters

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.

US Open

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.

Asian Fall & Indoor Hard Court Season

Davis Cup

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.

China Open

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.

Shanghai Masters

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.

Swiss Indoors

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.

Paris Masters

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).

ATP World Tour Finals

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.

Tournament schedule

Singles schedule

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
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.

Yearly records

Head-to-head matchups

Rafael Nadal has a Шаблон:Tennis record 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 Шаблон:Tennis record. 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) Шаблон:Columns-list

Finals

Singles: 6 (3–3)

Category Grand Slam (0–0) ATP World Tour Finals (0–0) ATP World Tour Masters 1000 (0–1) ATP World Tour 500 (1–2) ATP World Tour 250 (2–0)

Titles by Surface Hard (0–2) Clay (2–1) Grass (1–0)

Titles by Location Outdoors (3–2) Indoors (0–1)

Result	No.	Date	Category	Tournament	Surface	Opponent	Score
Winner	65.	March 1, 2015	250 Series	Argentina Open, Buenos Aires, Argentina	Clay	Шаблон:Flagicon Juan Mónaco	6–4, 6–1
Runner-up	29.	May 10, 2015	Masters 1000	Madrid Open, Madrid, Spain	Clay	Шаблон:Flagicon Andy Murray	3–6, 2–6
Winner	66.	June 14, 2015	250 Series	Stuttgart Open, Stuttgart, Germany	Grass	Шаблон:Flagicon Viktor Troicki	7–6(7–3), 6–3
Winner	67.	August 2, 2015	500 Series	German Open, Hamburg, Germany (2)	Clay	Шаблон:Flagicon Fabio Fognini	7–5, 7–5
Runner-up	30.	October 11, 2015	500 Series	China Open, Beijing, China	Hard	Шаблон:Flagicon Novak Djokovic	2–6, 2–6
Runner-up	31.	November 1, 2015	500 Series	Swiss Indoors, Basel, Switzerland	Hard (i)	Шаблон:Flagicon Roger Federer	3–6, 7–5, 3–6

Doubles: 1 (1–0)

Legend Grand Slam tournaments (0–0) Year-End Championships (0–0) ATP World Tour Masters 1000 (0–0) ATP World Tour 500 Series (0–0) ATP World Tour 250 Series (1–0)

Titles by Surface Hard (1–0) Clay (0–0) Grass (0–0)

Titles by Location Outdoors (1–0) Indoors (0–0)

Result	No.	Date	Category	Tournament	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Winner	9.	January 9, 2015	250 Series	Qatar Open, Doha, Qatar (4)	Hard	Шаблон:Flagicon Juan Mónaco	Шаблон:Flagicon Julian Knowle Шаблон:Flagicon Philipp Oswald	6–3, 6–4

Earnings

• Bold font denotes tournament win

#	Venue	Singles Prize Money	Year-to-date
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

See also

• 2015 ATP World Tour
• 2015 Novak Djokovic tennis season
• 2015 Roger Federer tennis season
• 2015 Andy Murray tennis season
• 2015 Stan Wawrinka tennis season

External links

• Шаблон:Official website Шаблон:In lang
• ATP tour profile