2016 Rafael Nadal tennis season

Statistics for Spanish tennis player Rafael Nadal File:Thomaz Bellucci perde para o espanhol Rafael Nadal (28655794820).jpg Rafael Nadal Parera Spain $2,836,500 39 14 2 No. 9 9 5 1R 3R A 4R yes 4th 11 2 yes G 2 No. 115 115 86 Wrist injury suffered on May 28 10 October 2016 2015 2017 The 2016 Rafael Nadal tennis season officially began on 4 January 2016 with the start of the 2016 Qatar Open. Year in detail Australian Open Series Qatar Open Nadal began his year at the Qatar Open. He faced compatriot Pablo Carreño Busta in the first round tennislive and managed a comeback by defeating him in three sets. He then defeated Robin Haase in straight sets but then required three sets to defeat Andrey Kuznetsov in the quarter-finals. Nadal then defeated Illya Marchenko in the semifinals in straight sets to advance to the final, where he faced Novak Djokovic for the title. Nadal was crushed, winning just three games in a straight sets defeat, and thus lost his lead in his head-to-head record against Djokovic for the first time. Australian Open Nadal suffered a shocking defeat in the first round of the 2016 Australian Open at the hands of his compatriot Fernando Verdasco in five gruelling sets. This marked only the second time in his entire professional career that he has lost in the first round of a grand slam singles tournament. The only other first round loss was to Steve Darcis at the 2013 Wimbledon Championships. South American Clay Court Season Argentina Open After receiving a bye in the first round, Nadal reached the semifinals of the Argentina Open by defeating Juan Mónaco and Paolo Lorenzi respectively in straight sets. However, he lost to an in-form young-gun Dominic Thiem in the semifinals in three sets after squandering 2 match points. Rio Open Nadal opens his Rio Open campaign by defeating compatriots Pablo Carreño Busta and Nicolás Almagro respectively in straight sets to book his place in the quarterfinals. He got a walkthrough to the semifinals after Alexandr Dolgopolov withdrew due to a right-shoulder injury. He eventually lost to Pablo Cuevas in the semifinals. March Masters Indian Wells Masters After receiving a bye in the first round, Nadal recorded his first win after changing back to his old racket against Gilles Müller in three tight sets and booked his place in the fourth round winning his rematch against Fernando Verdasco in straight sets. Nadal reaches the quarterfinals for the second straight year after saving a match point against rising star Alexander Zverev to beat him in three gruelling-sets. He defeated Kei Nishikori in straight sets for his first top 10 win of the season to advance to the semifinals. He lost to Novak Djokovic 7–6, 6–2 in the semifinal after squandering a set point on Djokovic's serve in the first set making their head-to-head record 25–23 in Djokovic's favor. Miami Masters After a bye in the first round, Nadal lost to Damir Džumhur in the second round, retiring in the third set of their match citing dizziness due to the extreme heat at the end of the first set. European Clay Court Season Monte-Carlo Masters Nadal defeats Monfils to claim his ninth Monte Carlo Masters title After receiving a bye in the first round, Nadal defeated Aljaž Bedene in straight sets and faced a more stringent test in the third round against the in-form Dominic Thiem. After two hours on the court, Nadal came out victorious, beating Thiem in straight sets 7–5, 6–3. Nadal reached the semifinals of the Monte Carlo Rolex Masters for the 2nd straight year after a dominant straight sets win in the quarterfinals against 2015 French Open champion Stan Wawrinka. After dropping the first set in the semifinals 2–6 to world #2 Andy Murray, Nadal rallied to beat Murray 6–4, 6–2, upping his head-to-head record against Murray to 17–6. In the final, Nadal defeated an in-form Gaël Monfils in three tough sets, winning 7–5, 5–7, 6–0 to claim his 9th Monte Carlo masters trophy, ending a nearly 2-years Masters 1000 title drought since his last Masters title in Madrid 2014. After leading the Masters 1000 title tally for several years Nadal was surpassed by Novak Djokovic in Miami 2016 but the Monte Carlo win ensures that Nadal is again tied with Djokovic for a record of 28 masters titles.ATPworldtur Barcelona Open After a first round bye, Nadal continued his dominant form by dispatching compatriots Marcel Granollers and Albert Montañés in straight sets to proceed to the Quarterfinals. Nadal faced Fabio Fognini who defeated him 3 times the previous year and managed to close out the match in the 2nd set tiebreak in straight sets. Nadal reaches his 101st final beating German Philipp Kohlschreiber in a one-sided contest, winning in straight sets. He defeated two-time defending champion Kei Nishikori in the final 6–4, 7–5, winning the tournament without dropping a single set and winning a record 9th Barcelona Open and equalling the record of most clay court titles won with Guillermo Vilas with 49 clay court titles. ESPn Rafa Nadal wins Barcelona Open, equals clay-court record Madrid Open After receiving a first round bye, Nadal put on a superb display against Russian Andrey Kuznetsov, beating him in straight sets along with Sam Querrey, dispatching him in a hard-fought straight sets win, nearly going 1–5 down in the first set after fending off a break point in his own serve in the 5th game and then winning 5 straight games to clinch the first set and reach the quarterfinals. Nadal progresses to the semis beating an in-form João Sousa in three-sets despite winning the first set in a bagel. He lost to Andy Murray in the semifinal with a score of 7–5, 6–4. Italian Open Nadal received an unfavorable draw and, after a bye in the first round, Nadal faced Philipp Kohlschreiber and beat him 6–3, 6–3. Nadal then faced Nick Kyrgios who famously beat Nadal at the 2014 Wimbledon and, despite Kyrgios winning the first set in a tiebreak, Nadal won the last 2 sets, breaking Kyrgios 3 times and winning in three sets to book his place in the quarterfinals, where he was beaten by Novak Djokovic in straight sets. French Open Nadal withdraws from French Open 2016, suffers from wrist injury Nadal gained a top 4 seeding for his French Open campaign after Federer withdrew with a back injury which guaranteed he won't be meeting Djokovic until the semifinals.June 2016 Nadal defeated Sam Groth in the first round 6-1 6-1 6–1. In the second round, Nadal defeated Facundo Bagnis. However, Nadal was forced to withdraw a day before his 3rd round match due to a wrist injury. US Open Series Rio Olympics Having not played since May 28, Nadal took part in his first competitive match in the Rio Olympic Games. Nadal Faced Argentina's Federico Delbonis. Nadal was in no mood to mess around as he put in an excellent performance, winning 6–2 6–1. In the next round, he faced Andreas Seppi, but beat him in straight sets. Nadal faced Gilles Simon from France, and despite hitting 28 unforced errors in the first set, Nadal came through 7–6 6–3. Nadal then faced home favourite and fellow lefty Thomaz Bellucci. Nadal came through in 3 tough sets. He then faced a resurgent Juan Martín del Potro, the pair last met three years ago. Despite Nadal winning the first set, del Potro fought back to claim victory in an epic olympic semi-final. After the loss to del Potro, Rafa faced Kei Nishikori in the bronze medal match. A visibly exhausted Nadal lost the first set 6–2. He was then 5–2 down in the second, but Nishikori nerves were visible, Nadal levelling 7–6. But in the end, Nishikori was too good, prevailing 6–3 in the third. Nadal saw more success in the doubles tournament playing alongside Marc López, winning the gold medal.Lopez/Nadal Top Mergea/Tecau For Gold In Rio Nadal was also set to play in the mixed doubles alongside Garbiñe Muguruza, but withdrew without playing a match, saying the medical staff advised that three tournaments could aggravate his wrist's recovery.Rafa Nadal withdraws from Olympics mixed doubles Cincinnati Masters Nadal was defeated in the third round by Borna Ćorić 6–1, 6–3. US Open Entering the tournament as the fourth seed, Nadal advanced to the fourth round but was defeated by 24th seed Lucas Pouille in 5 sets. Asian Swing China Open Nadal defeated Paolo Lorenzi and Adrian Mannarino in straight sets, then lost to Grigor Dimitrov in straight sets in the quarterfinals. Shanghai Masters Nadal was defeated in straight sets in his opening round match by Victor Troicki. This was Nadal's final match of the 2016 season. All matches Singles matches 5 250 Qatar Open Doha, Qatar Hard, outdoor 4–10 January 2016 1R 1 / 928 ESP Pablo Carreño 67 Win 6–7(5–7), 6–3, 6–1 2R 2 / 929 NED Robin Haase 66 Win 6–3, 6–2 QF 3 / 930 RUS Andrey Kuznetsov 79 Win 6–3, 5–7, 6–4 SF 4 / 931 UKR Illya Marchenko 94 Win 6–3, 6–4 F 5 / 932 SRB Novak Djokovic (1) 1 Loss 1 1–6, 2–6 yes 1 GS Australian Open Melbourne, Australia Hard, outdoor 18–31 January 2016 1R 6 / 933 ESP Fernando Verdasco 47 Loss 6–7(6–8), 6–4, 6–3, 6–7(4–7), 2–6 yes 4 250 Argentina Open Buenos Aires, Argentina Clay, outdoor 8–14 February 2016 1R yes 2R 7 / 934 ARG Juan Mónaco 55 Win 6–4, 6–4 QF 8 / 935 ITA Paolo Lorenzi 52 Win 7–6(7–3), 6–2 SF 9 / 936 AUT Dominic Thiem (5) 19 Loss 4–6, 6–4, 6–7(4–7) yes 4 500 Rio Open Rio de Janeiro, Brazil Clay, outdoor 15–21 February 2016 1R 10 / 937 ESP Pablo Carreño 66 Win 6–1, 6–4 2R 11 / 938 ESP Nicolás Almagro 53 Win 6–3, 7–5 QF UKR Alexandr Dolgopolov 33 Walkover SF 12 / 939 URU Pablo Cuevas 45 Loss 7–6(8–6), 6–7(3–7), 4–6 yes 6 1000 BNP Paribas Open Indian Wells, United States Hard, outdoor 10–20 March 2016 1R yes 2R 13 / 940 LUX Gilles Müller 45 Win 6–2, 2–6, 6–4 3R 14 / 941 ESP Fernando Verdasco 65 Win 6–0, 7–6(11–9) 4R 15 / 942 GER Alexander Zverev 58 Win 6–7(8–10), 6–0, 7–5 QF 16 / 943 JPN Kei Nishikori (5) 6 Win 6–4, 6–3 SF 17 / 944 SRB Novak Djokovic (1) 1 Loss 6–7(5–7), 2–6 yes 2 1000 Miami Open Miami, United States Hard, outdoor 24 March – 3 April 2016 1R yes 2R 18 / 945 BIH Damir Džumhur 94 Loss 6–2, 4–6, 0–3 ret. yes 6 1000 Monte-Carlo Masters Monte-Carlo, Monaco Clay, outdoor 11–17 April 2016 1R yes 2R 19 / 946 GBR Aljaž Bedene 60 Win 6–3, 6–3 3R 20 / 947 AUT Dominic Thiem (12) 14 Win 7–5, 6–3 QF 21 / 948 SUI Stan Wawrinka (4) 4 Win 6–1, 6–4 SF 22 / 949 GBR Andy Murray (2) 2 Win 2–6, 6–4, 6–2 W 23 / 950 FRA Gaël Monfils (13) 16 Win 1 7–5, 5–7, 6–0 yes 6 500 Barcelona Open Barcelona, Spain Clay, outdoor 18–24 April 2016 1R yes 2R 24 / 951 SPA Marcel Granollers 50 Win 6–3, 6–2 3R 25 / 952 SPA Albert Montañés 104 Win 6–2, 6–2 QF 26 / 953 ITA Fabio Fognini (12) 31 Win 6–2, 7–6(7–1) SF 27 / 954 GER Philipp Kohlschreiber (10) 27 Win 6–3, 6–3 W 28 / 955 JPN Kei Nishikori (2) 6 Win 2 6–4, 7–5 yes 5 1000 Madrid Open Madrid, Spain Clay,outdoor 1–8 May 2016 1R yes 2R 29 / 956 RUS Andrey Kuznetsov 39 Win 6–3, 6–3 3R 30 / 957 USA Sam Querrey 37 Win 6–4, 6–2 QF 31 / 958 POR João Sousa 35 Win 6–0, 4–6, 6–3 SF 32 / 959 GBR Andy Murray (2) 2 Loss 5–7, 4–6 yes 4 1000 Italian Open Rome, Italy Clay,outdoor 9–15 May 2016 1R yes 2R 33 / 960 GER Philipp Kohlschreiber 26 Win 6–3, 6–3 3R 34 / 961 AUS Nick Kyrgios 20 Win 6–7(3–7), 6–2, 6–4 QF 35 / 962 SRB Novak Djokovic (1) 1 Loss 5–7, 6–7(4–7) yes 3 GS French Open Paris, France Clay,outdoor 22 May – 5 June 2016 1R 36 / 963 AUS Sam Groth 95 Win 6–1, 6–1, 6–1 2R 37 / 964 ARG Facundo Bagnis 99 Win 6–3, 6–0, 6–3 3R ESP Marcel Granollers 56 Withdrew yes 6 OL Summer Olympics Rio de Janeiro, Brazil Hard, outdoor 6–14 August 2016 1R 38 / 965 ARG Federico Delbonis 43 Win 6–2, 6–1 2R 39 / 966 ITA Andreas Seppi 74 Win 6–3, 6–3 3R 40 / 967 FRA Gilles Simon (15) 31 Win 7–6(7–5), 6–3 QF 41 / 968 BRA Thomaz Bellucci 54 Win 2–6, 6–4, 6–2 SF 42 / 969 ARG Juan Martín del Potro 165 Loss 7–5, 4–6, 6–7(5–7) SF-B 43 / 970 JPN Kei Nishikori 7 Loss 2–6, 7–6(7–1), 3–6 yes 3 1000 Cincinnati Masters Cincinnati, United States Hard, outdoor 13–21 August 2016 1R yes 2R 44 / 971 URU Pablo Cuevas 19 Win 6–1, 7–6(7–4) 3R 45 / 972 CRO Borna Ćorić 49 Loss 1–6, 3–6 yes 4 GS US Open New York City, United States Hard, outdoor 29–11 September 2016 1R 46 / 973 UZB Denis Istomin 107 Win 6–1, 6–4, 6–2 2R 47 / 974 ITA Andreas Seppi 87 Win 6–0, 7–5, 6–1 3R 48 / 975 RUS Andrey Kuznetsov 47 Win 6–1, 6–4, 6–2 4R 49 / 976 FRA Lucas Pouille (24) 25 Loss 1–6, 6–2, 4–6, 6–3, 6–7(6–8) yes 3 500 China Open Beijing, China Hard, outdoor 3–9 October 2016 1R 50 / 977 ITA Paolo Lorenzi 39 Win 6–1, 6–1 2R 51 / 978 FRA Adrian Mannarino (Q) 64 Win 6–1, 7–6(8–6) QF 52 / 979 BUL Grigor Dimitrov 20 Loss 2–6, 4–6 yes 2 1000 Shanghai Masters Shanghai, China Hard, outdoor 10–16 October 2016 1R yes 2R 53 / 980 SRB Viktor Troicki 31 Loss 3–6, 6–7(3–7) yes Doubles matches yes 1 250 Qatar Open Doha, Qatar Hard, outdoor 4–10 January 2016 ESP Fernando Verdasco 1R 1 / 188 RUS Teymuraz Gabashvili / ESP Albert Ramos #130 / #605 Loss 7–6(7–3), 4–6, [9–11] yes 1 1000 BNP Paribas Open Indian Wells, United States Hard, outdoor 10–20 March 2016 ESP Fernando Verdasco 1R 2 / 189 USA Bob Bryan / USA Mike Bryan #5 / #6 Loss 6–3, 5–7, [8–10] yes 2 1000 Miami Open Miami, United States Hard, outdoor 24 March – 3 April 2016 ESP Fernando Verdasco 1R 3 / 190 ITA Simone Bolelli / ITA Andreas Seppi #22 / #80 Win 6–3, 6–4 2R USA John Isner / USA Nicholas Monroe #120 / #53 Withdrew yes 2 1000 Monte-Carlo Rolex Masters Roquebrune-Cap-Martin, Monaco Clay, outdoor 9–17 April 2016 ESP Fernando Verdasco 1R 4 / 191 GER Philipp Kohlschreiber / SRB Viktor Troicki #250 / #177 Win 6–4, 6–2 2R FRA Pierre-Hugues Herbert / FRA Nicolas Mahut #8 / #5 Withdrew yes 5 OL Summer Olympics Rio de Janeiro, Brazil Hard, outdoor 6–14 August 2016 ESP Marc López 1R 5 / 192 NED Robin Haase / NED Jean-Julien Rojer #14 / #157 Win 6–4, 6–4 2R 6 / 193 ARG Máximo González / ARG Juan Martín del Potro #73 / #351 Win 6–3, 5–7, 6–2 QF 7 / 194 AUT Alexander Peya / AUT Oliver Marach #23 / #37 Win 6–3, 6–1 SF 8 / 195 CAN Daniel Nestor / CAN Vasek Pospisil #9 / #17 Win 7–6(7–1), 7–6(7–4) G 9 / 196 ROM Horia Tecău / ROM Florin Mergea #10 / #14 Win 1 6–2, 3–6, 6–4 yes 1 DC Davis Cup World Group Playoff: India vs Spain New Delhi, India Hard, outdoor 16–18 September 2016 ESP Marc López 1R 10 / 197 IND Saketh Myneni / IND Leander Paes #119 / #63 Win 4–6, 7–6(7–2), 6–4, 6–4 yes 4 500 China Open Beijing, China Hard, outdoor 3–9 October 2016 ESP Pablo Carreño Busta 1R 11 / 198 IND Rohan Bopanna / CAN Daniel Nestor (3) #18 / #14 Win 7–6(7–3), 6–4 QF 12 / 199 CHN Gong Maoxin / CHN Zhang Ze (WC) #105 / #144 Win 7–5, 6–3 SF 13 / 200 USA Bob Bryan / USA Mike Bryan (1) #6 / #7 Win 7–5, 6–4 W 14 / 201 USA Jack Sock / AUS Bernard Tomic #22 / #230 Win 2 6–7(6–8), 6–2, [10–8] yes Mixed doubles matches yes 1 OL 2016 Summer Olympics Rio de Janeiro, Brazil Hard, outdoor 8–14 August 2016 ESP Garbiñe Muguruza 1R –Nadal y Muguruza se retiran del dobles mixto Nadal and Muguruza retire from mixed doubles http://www.abc.es/deportes/juegos-olimpicos/rio-2016/abci-muguruza-nadal-hradecka-stepanek-tenis-dobles-mixto-rio2016-201608112142_noticia.html 5 March 2017 ABC.es EFE 12 August 2016 Rio de Janeiro spanish CZE Lucie Hradecká / CZE Radek Štěpánek (IP) #10 / #31 Withdrew Exhibition matches Tournament Match Round Opponents (Seed or Key) Rank Result Score Mubadala World Tennis Championship Abu Dhabi, United Arab EmiratesSingles exhibitionHard, outdoor31 December 2015 – 2 January 2016 QF yes 1 SF ESP David Ferrer (3) 7 Win 6–3, 6–7(4–7), 6–3 2 W CAN Milos Raonic (6) 14 Win 1 7–6(7–2), 6–3 Tournament schedule Singles schedule Nadal's 2016 singles tournament schedule is as follows: (Bolded letter indicates better or same result at the tournament) DateTournamentLocationCategory Surface1 Outcome 2015 Outcome 2016 Prev. Pts New Pts2 04 – 10 Jan 2016 Qatar Open Doha, Qatar ATP World Tour 250 Hard 1R F 0 150 18–31 Jan 2016 Australian Open Melbourne, Australia Grand Slam Hard QF 1R 360 10 8–14 Feb 2016 Argentina Open Buenos Aires, Argentina ATP World Tour 250 Clay W SF 250 90 15–21 Feb 2016 Rio Open Rio de Janeiro, Brazil ATP World Tour 500 Clay SF SF 180 180 10–20 Mar 2016 Indian Wells Masters Indian Wells, United States ATP World Tour Masters 1000 Hard QF SF 180 360 24 Mar – 3 April 2016 Miami Masters Miami, United States ATP World Tour Masters 1000 Hard 3R 2R 45 10 9–17 April 2016 Monte-Carlo Rolex Masters Roquebrune-Cap-Martin, Monaco ATP World Tour Masters 1000 Clay SF W 360 1000 16–24 April 2016 Barcelona Open Barcelona, Spain ATP World Tour 500 Clay 3R W 45 500 29 April – 8 May 2016 Madrid Open Madrid, Spain ATP World Tour Masters 1000 Clay F SF 600 360 9–15 May 2016 Italian Open Rome, Italy ATP World Tour Masters 1000 Clay QF QF 180 180 16 May – 5 June 2016 French Open Paris, France Grand Slam Clay QF 3R 360 90 4–12 June 2016 Stuttgart Open Stuttgart, Germany ATP World Tour 250 Grass W DNP 250 0 13–19 June 2016 Queen's Club Championships London, United Kingdom ATP World Tour 500 Grass 1R DNP 0 0 27 June – 10 July 2016 Wimbledon Championships London, United Kingdom Grand Slam Grass 2R DNP 45 0 9–17 July 2016 German Open Hamburg, Germany ATP World Tour 500 Clay W DNP 500 0 23–31 July 2016 Canadian Open Montreal, Canada ATP World Tour Masters 1000 Hard QF DNP 180 0 4–14 Aug 2016 Olympic Games Rio de Janeiro, Brazil Hard N/A SF-B 0 0 13–21 Aug 2016 Cincinnati Masters Cincinnati, United States ATP World Tour Masters 1000 Hard 3R 3R 90 90 29 Aug – 11 Sep 2016 US Open New York City, United States Grand Slam Hard 3R 4R 90 180 3–9 Oct 2016 China Open Beijing, China ATP World Tour 500 Hard F QF 300 90 8–16 Oct 2016 Shanghai Masters Shanghai, China ATP World Tour Masters 1000 Hard SF 2R 360 10 24–30 Oct 2016 Swiss Indoors Basel, Switzerland ATP World Tour 500 Hard (i) F 300 0 31 Oct – 6 Nov 2016 Paris Masters Paris, France ATP World Tour Masters 1000 Hard (i) QF 180 0 13–20 Nov 2016 ATP World Tour Finals London, United Kingdom ATP World Tour Finals Hard (i) SF 600 0 Total 5230 3300 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 39 14 match win–loss record in the 2016 season. His record against players who were part of the ATP rankings Top Ten at the time of their meetings was 4 5. 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) 22em RUS Andrey Kuznetsov 3–0 GER Philipp Kohlschreiber 2–0 ESP Pablo Carreño 2–0 ITA Andreas Seppi 2–0 ITA Paolo Lorenzi 2–0 JPN Kei Nishikori 2–1 SUI Stan Wawrinka 1–0 AUS Nick Kyrgios 1–0 FRA Gaël Monfils 1–0 FRA Gilles Simon 1–0 ARG Federico Delbonis 1–0 POR João Sousa 1–0 ITA Fabio Fognini 1–0 GBR Aljaž Bedene 1–0 LUX Gilles Müller 1–0 GER Alexander Zverev 1–0 ESP Nicolás Almagro 1–0 AUS Sam Groth 1–0 ARG Facundo Bagnis 1–0 ESP Albert Montañés 1–0 ESP Marcel Granollers 1–0 NED Robin Haase 1–0 ARG Juan Mónaco 1–0 USA Sam Querrey 1–0 UKR Illya Marchenko 1–0 UZB Denis Istomin 1–0 FRA Adrian Mannarino 1–0 GBR Andy Murray 1–1 AUT Dominic Thiem 1–1 ESP Fernando Verdasco 1–1 URU Pablo Cuevas 1–1 CRO Borna Ćorić 0–1 BIH Damir Džumhur 0–1 FRA Lucas Pouille 0-1 BUL Grigor Dimitrov 0–1 SRB Viktor Troicki 0–1 SRB Novak Djokovic 0–3 Finals Singles: 3 (2–1) CategoryGrand Slam (0–0)Summer Olympic Games (0–0)ATP World Tour Finals (0–0)ATP World Tour Masters 1000 (1–0)ATP World Tour 500 (1–0)ATP World Tour 250 (0–1)Titles by surfaceHard (0–1)Clay (2–0)Grass (0–0)Titles by conditionsOutdoors (2–1)Indoors (0–0) OutcomeDateTournamentSurfaceOpponent in the finalScore in the finalRunner-up10 January 2016Qatar Open, Doha, QatarHardSRB Novak Djokovic1–6, 2–6Winner17 April 2016Monte-Carlo Masters, Monte Carlo, MonacoClayFRA Gaël Monfils7–5, 5–7, 6–0Winner24 April 2016Barcelona Open, Barcelona, SpainClayJPN Kei Nishikori6–4, 7–5 Doubles: 2 (2–0) CategoryGrand Slam (0–0)Summer Olympic Games (1–0)ATP World Tour Finals (0–0)ATP World Tour Masters 1000 (0–0)ATP World Tour 500 (1–0)ATP World Tour 250 (0–0)Titles by surfaceHard (2–0)Clay (0–0)Grass (0–0)Titles by conditionsOutdoors (2–0)Indoors (0–0) OutcomeDateTournamentSurfacePartnerOpponents in the finalScore in the finalWinner dmy 2016 8 12 Summer Olympics, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil Hard ESP Marc López ROU Florin MergeaROU Horia Tecău 6–2, 3–6, 6–4Winner dmy 2016 10 9 China Open, Beijing, China Hard ESP Pablo Carreño Busta USA Jack SockAUS Bernard Tomic 6–7(6–8), 6–2, [10–8] Earnings Bold font denotes tournament win # Venue Singles Prize Money Year-to-date 1.2016 Qatar ExxonMobil Open $105,940 $105,940 2.2016 Australian Open A$38,500 $132,347 3.2016 Argentina Open $26,570 $158,917 4.2016 Rio Open $70,735 $229,652 5.2016 Indian Wells Masters $251,500 $481,152 6.2016 Miami Masters $19,530 $500,682 7.2016 Monte-Carlo Rolex Masters €717,315 $1,317,919 8.2016 Barcelona Open Banc Sabadell €460,000 $1,836,753 9.2016 Mutua Madrid Open €225,300 $2,094,586 10.2016 Internazionali BNL d'Italia €90,010 $2,197,224 11.2016 French Open €102,000 $2,311,066 12.2016 Western & Southern Open $54,390 $2,365,456 13.2016 US Open $235,000 $2,600,456 14.2016 China Open $77,375 $2,677,831 15.2016 Shanghai Masters $35,845 $2,714,278 See also 2016 ATP World Tour 2016 Novak Djokovic tennis season 2016 Roger Federer tennis season 2016 Andy Murray tennis season 2016 Stan Wawrinka tennis season References nb External links http://www.rafaelnadal.com/en/ es ATP tour profile Sport Tennis Olympics Spain 2016 Rafael Nadal tennis season Nadal Nadal tennis season Nadal tennis season Category:Tennis players at the 2016 Summer Olympics