Top 5 clay courters of all time 

#1 Rafael Nadal

Rafael Nadal - the King Of Clay

Coming down to the greatest grinder of all time- Rafael Nadal! To explain the greatness he has achieved on this surface in a few words is difficult. Looking at him as the greatest clay court player of all time while he is still an active player might be also be a little challenging.

However, to put it in perspective, let me give you some basic stats – the man has an unbelievable 57 clay court titles to his name, with 11 French Open titles already under his belt.

Nadal has only lost twice in the French Open in more than a decade and has a win percentage over 90! All this translates to the fact that Nadal is a beast on the surface and anyone including the likes of Federer or Novak Djokovic have to wonder what it takes to beat a man who seems to have been put on this planet to dominate and defend clay court tennis all his life.

There are only a handful of things that has been a constant from my childhood to adulthood and Nadal's dominance on clay is easily one of them. Let us tennis fans hope, he continues to rewrite history as a clay-courter for as long as he can.