Nadal spent two historic weeks at this year's Australian Open. In the final, he defeated Medvedev 2-6, 6-7 (5), 6-4, 6-4, 7-5, staging a miracle of losing two and chasing three.
With this victory, Nadal's number of Grand Slams exceeded 20 first, becoming the largest of the big three. At the same time, his victory at the Australian Open also set a record of 20.
1. He won his 21st Grand Slam title, becoming the player with the largest number of Grand Slams in men's professional tennis. Djokovic and Federer are tied for 2nd place in history, with 20 Grand Slams.
2. This is actually the first time that Nadal has a Grand Slam record alone. Until then, the Spaniard had been behind Federer until they were on a par with Federer and Djokovic, eventually achieving transcendence.
3. He has now achieved the achievement of a double Grand Slam, winning at least two or more titles in each of the four Grand Slams. He is the fourth person in tennis history to achieve this feat, alongside Roy Emerson, Rod Laver and Djokovic.
He has participated in 63 Grand Slams, winning 21 of them, exactly one-third. In addition, he has reached the final 29 times, with a winning percentage of 72%.
5. His record in the Grand Slam final is 21 wins and 8 losses, and Federer and Djokovic have the same record in the Grand Slam final, both 20 wins and 11 losses.
6. He is the first player since the Open era to win multiple Grand Slam titles in three different decades. His 21 Grand Slams include 6 in the 2000s, 13 in the 2010s and 2 in 2020 and beyond.
7. Since the 2019 French Open, he has won four consecutive Grand Slam finals. He has also won 7 of his last 8 Grand Slam finals and 11 of his last 14.
8. Since the 2019 Rome final, he has won the tour final for 10 consecutive times. He has also won 15 of the last 16 Tour finals and 21 of the last 23.
9. It took 5 hours and 24 minutes for Nadal to win the Australian Open, becoming the second longest Grand Slam final since the Open era. In the Australian Open final 10 years ago, Espanyol lost to Djokovic 7-5, 4-6, 2-6, 7-6, 5-7 with 5 hours and 53 minutes.
10. This is the myth of a 0-2 reversal in the history of the Australian Open men's singles final for the first time since the Open era. Prior to that, the players who won the first two sets had won 31 straight.
11 This is also the first time in nearly 15 years that Nadal has reversed the victory when he is 2-0 behind. He competed in Madrid 2005 at the age of 19, Wimbledon in 2006 and Wimbledon in 21 in 2007, each performing miracles of falling behind and reversing, but never reaching the quarter-finals or even winning the title. At this year's Australian Open, the 35-year-old Nadal once again surpassed himself.
At the age of 12 and 35, he is the third-oldest player to win a Grand Slam title since the Open Era. Rosewall won the 1972 Australian Open at the age of 37, while Federer won the 2018 Australian Open at the age of 36.
13. Since the age of 30, he has won 7 Grand Slam titles. He won a Grand Slam in his 10s, 13 in his 20s and now 7 in his 30s.
14. He won the 90th Tour title of his career. He is the fourth person to reach this milestone after Jimmy Connors (109), Federer (103) and Ivan Lendl (94).
15. His victory over Medvedev was his first victory over the top 2 players on a hard-earth field since 2015. At the time, he defeated second-placed Murray in the round robin of the ATP Finals.
16. The victory over Medvedev was also his first victory over the top 2 players in a hard court Grand Slam tournament since 2013. In 2013, he defeated no. 1-ranked Djokovic in the FINALS.
17. Hard court events are the second best venues for his winning percentage, after clay. His record on clay is 464-43 and his record on the grass is 71-20.
When he entered the Australian Open, he had a record of 494 wins and 140 losses in the hard courts, but after seven wins in Melbourne, he now has a record of 501 wins and 140 losses.
18 He also became the fourth person to achieve more than 500 singles wins on the hard court since the Open era. Only Federer (783 wins), Djokovic (634 wins) and Agassi (592 wins) are ahead of him.
19 He became the first player in the 2022 season to win 10 singles games. Before reaching the Australian Open final, Nadal had nine straight wins, with Medvedev (9-1) and Maxim Cressi (9-3) and the most at-the-TOP wins.
20. From the French Open victory in 2005 to the Australian Open in 2022, the time span between Nadal's first and most recent Grand Slam titles is 16 years and 7 months, second only to Serena Williams, whose time span is 17 years and 5 months, from the 1999 US Open to the 2017 Australian Open. (Source: Tennis House Author: Wu Li Fun)