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With his unbelievable 2-6, 6-7 (5), 6-4, 6-4, 7-5 victory over Daniil Medvedev in the final of the Australian Open on Sunday night (and Monday morning), Rafael Nadal won his 21st career Grand Slam title, breaking the all-time men’s record.

MOST CAREER GRAND SLAM TITLES (men, all-time)
21: Rafael Nadal
20: Roger Federer, Novak Djokovic
14: Pete Sampras
12: Roy Emerson
11: Rod Laver, Bjorn Borg
10: Bill Tilden

Nadal has also won every major at least twice now, just the second man in the Open Era to do so after Djokovic, and the fourth man all-time (Emerson did it pre-Open Era, and Laver did it in a combination of Open Era and pre-Open Era).

NADAL’S 21 GRAND SLAM TITLES, BY GRAND SLAM
2 Australian Opens (2009, 2022)
13 French Opens (2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020)
2 Wimbledons (2008, 2010)
4 US Opens (2010, 2013, 2017, 2019)

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— #AusOpen (@AustralianOpen) January 30, 2022

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MATCH POINT: R. Nadal def. D. Medvedev; Australian Open F

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