It’s Rafael Nadal’s 32nd birthday—Happy Birthday Rafa! To celebrate the King of Clay’s big day, here are 32 remarkable Rafa stats, one to match every year of his legendary life.

32: Career ATP Masters 1000 titles won, a record. (Second to Nadal is Novak Djokovic, with 30.)

31: Nadal's first winning streak at Roland Garros, bringing him titles there in 2005, 2006, 2007 and 2008. The streak was snapped by Robin Soderling in 2009.

30: Number of five-set matches Nadal has played in his career—he’s an impressive 19-11 in them.

WATCH—Rafa hits with a ballboy after yet another victory at Roland Garros:

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29: Number of Davis Cup matches Nadal has won for Spain—he’s 24-1 in singles and 5-4 in doubles. His 24-match winning streak across singles and doubles is a Davis Cup record.

28: Number of sets he’s won in a row against Richard Gasquet, after beating him yesterday in Paris.

27: For RM 27—the very pricy Richard Mille watch Nadal has been wearing on court in recent years.

26: Nadal’s career-high doubles ranking. You may not realize that Nadal has won 11 ATP World Tour doubles titles, including three Masters 1000s.

25: Number of wins he’s had against one of his biggest rivals, Djokovic. Nadal does trail Djokovic in their overall head-to-head series, 25-26, though he leads the Serb on clay, 16-7.

24: Age at which Nadal completed the Career Grand Slam by winning the 2010 US Open, becoming the youngest man in the Open Era to complete the Career Grand Slam.

23: Number of wins he’s had against his other great rival, Roger Federer. Nadal leads Federer in their overall head-to-head series, 23-15, which includes a dominant 13-2 mark on clay.

22: Age at which Nadal first rose to No. 1 in the world, on the week of August 18, 2008.

21: Number of clay-court matches Nadal won between last year's French Open and this year's Madrid Open, which included 50 consecutive sets—the longest set streak on a surface in ATP history.

20: Titles won by Nadal at the ATP World Tour 500 level—he’s tied with Federer for the record.

WATCH—Rafa's extended interview on Tennis Channel, after his third-round win:

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19: Number of wins Nadal has over world No. 1s: 13 over a No. 1-ranked Federer; six against a No. 1-ranked Djokovic.

18: Number of hard-court titles Nadal has won, including four Grand Slam titles (Australian Open in 2009; US Open in 2010, 2013 and 2017) and eight Masters 1000 titles.

17: Age Nadal was when he got his first win over a No. 1. The talented teen stunned Federer in the third round of the 2004 Miami Masters, 6-3 6-3. “I was afraid that he could win 6-1, 6-1 or 6-1, 6-2," said Nadal afterwards, "but I went on court with a positive attitude, not with the attitude of, ‘Oh, let’s try and win one game.’”

16: Number of Grand Slam singles titles Nadal owns—one Australian Open, 10 French Opens, two Wimbledons and three US Opens. It’s the second-highest men's total in tennis history, after Federer.

15: Age Nadal was when he won his first ATP World Tour match, when he beat Ramon Delgado at Mallorca in 2002. At the time, Nadal was the ninth man in the Open Era to win a match before turning 16.

14: For Nadal's 14 million followers on Facebook (he has more than 15 million followers on Twitter).

13: Consecutive years Nadal has been ranked inside the Top 10. He’s been inside the Top 10 every single week since he made his Top 10 debut on April 25, 2005—that’s 684 straight weeks!

12: Number of times Nadal has been the No. 1 seed at a major. He’s won five of those majors.

11: Career Monte Carlo titles. And, career Barcelona titles. Nadal is the only man in the Open Era to win the same ATP World Tour event 10 or more times.

10: French Open titles. He’s the only man in tennis history to win the same major 10 or more times; only one woman has done it: Margaret Court, with 11 Australian Opens.

WATCH—Rafa completes his 16th consecutive win against Richard Gasquet:

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9: Number of majors Nadal has missed due to injury (how many more could he have won?)

8: Rome titles. Nadal holds the record for most titles in the tournament’s history.

7: Number of different ATP Masters 1000 events Nadal has won, out of the nine currently on tour. The only two missing from his trophy cabinet are Miami (where he’s reached five finals) and the Paris Indoors. (Rafa has also never won the season-ending ATP Finals.)

6: Stints Nadal has had at No. 1, the most recent of which started less than two weeks ago on May 21. On Monday, he’ll begin his 176th career week as the No. 1 player in the world.

5: Five straight French Open titles, from 2010 to 2014. No man has ever won the French Open five years in a row—not just in the Open Era, but in the entire history of the tournament.

4: Times Nadal has been the year-end No. 1: 2008, 2010, 2013 and 2017. He’s one of seven men to do it four or more times; Pete Sampras holds the record with six year-end No. 1 finishes.

3: US Open titles. It’s his second-best major in terms of titles won. He conquered New York in 2010, 2013 and 2017 (beating Djokovic in the first two finals and Kevin Anderson in the third).

2: Olympic gold medals. The Spaniard won the singles gold in Beijing, in 2008 (beating Fernando Gonzalez in the final) and doubles gold in Rio de Janeiro, in 2016 (alongside Marc Lopez).

… and 1 is for, of course, No. 1, because Nadal is currently  ranked No. 1, seeded No. 1 at the French Open—and is a heavy favorite to be the one left standing at Roland Garros next Sunday, when all is said and done.

Which is your #FavoriteRafaStat, and which stats did we miss?

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The numbers of Nadal: Counting down & celebrating Rafa's 32nd birthday

The numbers of Nadal: Counting down & celebrating Rafa's 32nd birthday

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