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Celebrate the King of Clay's birthday with a selection of his best matches. Here, 18-year-old Rafael Nadal battled past Guillermo Coria to clinch the title in the 2005 Rome Masters final.

Celebrate the King of Clay's birthday with a selection of his best matches. Here, Rafael Nadal and Roger Federer met in the first of three consecutive Monte-Carlo Masters finals.

Celebrate the King of Clay's birthday with a selection of his best matches. Here, Rafael Nadal refused to succumb to Roger Federer in the 2006 Rome Masters final.

Celebrate the King of Clay's birthday with some of his best matches. Here, revisit a three-set Madrid marathon as Novak Djokovic took Rafael Nadal to the brink during the 2009 semi-final.

Celebrate the King of Clay's birthday with some of his best matches. Here, revisit the moment Rafael Nadal completed the career Grand Slam by winning his first US Open title in 2010.

Celebrate the King of Clay's birthday with some of his best matches. Here, revisit Rafael Nadal's 2010 classic with Andy Murray in the semi-finals of the ATP World Tour Finals.

Celebrate the King of Clay's birthday with some of his best matches. Here, Rafael Nadal re-established his positioning at the pinnacle after knee injury with 2013 victory in Indian Wells.

Celebrate the King of Clay's birthday with some of his best matches. Here, Rafael Nadal won his 19th Grand Slam and fourth US Open title with victory over Daniil Medvedev in 2019.