Rafael Nadal

Rafael Nadal is, at this time, the number one ranked tennis player in the world and on his way to becoming one of the best of all time.

Rafael is a 22-year-old Spaniard who has already put up some impressive stats on his resume, including a 22-1 record on clay courts. He has equaled Bjorn Borg and won four consecutive French Open titles. He has a chance to make it five this year. If he does win, this would make him the only man ever to achieve this. He has a fierce rivalry with Roger Federer, which has played a part in tennis becoming more popular again.

Before Rafael, Roger was dominating the Sport. 2008 was Rafael's finest year because not only did he win the French Open, but he also finally beat Roger at Wimbledon. This was huge because he lost in the finals the previous two years to Roger, making it so that he won two of the four majors in that year. Then he followed that up with a win at the Australian Open at the beginning of 2009.

With Rafael’s dominance, he will no doubt be the favorite to win the French Open. After that, he will have a very good chance to win Wimbledon, which would mean that all he would need to do to get the grand slam in tennis would be to win the U.S.Open. This is a feat that would definitely secure his place in history as one of the greatest ever. All that can be done is to wait and see if he continues his streak.