10 most significant records created by Rafael Nadal in the decade that was 2010-2019

#5 First player to win 10 titles at a claycourt tournament

Nadal celebrates his 10th Monte Carlo title in 2017

Following his first defeat to Roger Federer at a Grand Slam tournament in over a decade (2017 Australian Open final), Nadal endured further final reverses - Acapulco (Sam Querrey) and Miami (Federer) - before lifting his first title of the season at Monte Carlo.

With his 10th triumph at the tournament, Nadal became the first player to win 10 titles at a claycourt event. The Spaniard would then go on to complete a 'La Decima' of titles at two further tournaments - Barcelona and Roland Garros - later in the season, and would complete his respective 'undecimas' at the three tournaments in 2018.

#6 Second player to win a Grand Slam thrice without dropping a set

Nadal exults after winning his 10th French Open title in 2017

Nadal repeated his runs of 2008 and 2010 seven seasons later at the same tournament as he won 2017 Roland Garros without dropping a set.

That made the Spaniard the only player after Bjorn Borg in the Open Era to win a Grand Slam tournament without dropping a set on three separate occasions.

Roger Federer (2007 Australian Open, 2017 Wimbledon) is the only one to do so multiple times since tennis opened its doors to professionals in the summer of 1968.