Rafael Nadal is currently ranked 158th in the world in tennis. Nadal has been facing health problems for the past two years, which has resulted in him playing only 19 matches in 2024. Rafael Nadal has appeared in one Grand Slam. this year it was the French Open, where he lost to Alexander Zverev in the preliminary round.

After missing major tournaments including the US Open and the Laver Cup, Nadal announced his retirement from tennis via his personal social media, informing his fans that he will officially retire next month at the Davis Cup, which runs from November 19 to 25, 2024.

Rafael Nadal said: "Hello everyone, I am here to inform you that I retired from tennis as a professional, it was really a difficult time, especially in the last two years. I know that I have never played without a problem. I would say that I am 'It's a difficult decision that took me a long time to make, but in life, everything has a beginning and an end, and I think it's a good time to end my tennis career, it's a game I've been playing for a long time and it's been better than I thought.

He went on to say that he is happy to finish playing as a professional in the Davis Cup tournament, and that it is precious to represent his country Spain for the last time.

"I'm really happy that my last tournament is the Davis Cup because my first happiness as a professional tennis player was the final of the Davis Cup tournament in Sevilla in 2004, and it was important to represent my country Spain.

Rafael Nadal concludes by thanking the players who played the game of Tennis, the World Association of this game and his family who have been close to him.

He said: Thanks to the players we played it was a great value, thanks to the World Tennis Association. And I am thankful to my family who continued to support me especially my mother who did everything possible for me to achieve all this. Thank you to my wife Mery of 19 years, thank you for everything you've done for me throughout my journey."

Rafael Nadal has more French Open singles titles than any player in history. Nadal has won 14 Roland-Garros titles, the first in 2005 and the last in 2022, 17 years later.

These 14 French Open titles are part of a total of 22 Grand Slam titles that include four US Open titles (2010, 2013, 2017 and 2019), two Wimbledon titles (2008 and 2010) and two Australian Open titles. (2009 and 2022).

Nadal also became the first player in the world to spend 209 weeks at the top of the ATP rankings, and won an Olympic gold medal as a singles player in 2008 in Beijing, after which he won another gold medal. in 2016 with Marc Lopez as a duo.

Rafael Nadal has won 92 ATP titles, trailing only Novak Djokovic (99) and Roger Federer (103).