The Comeback

Rafael Nadal

On February 5, 2013, following a 222 day break from the game, Rafael Nadal returned to tennis ranked #5 in the world. Just 9 months later he completed an almost flawless comeback ending the year ranked the #1 player in the world for the third time.

To celebrate Nadal's historic season we present his 2013 interactive Game Tree. Nadal's Game Tree allows you to explore how his 600+ service games played out in the Grand Slams, Masters 1000 and World Tour Finals.

This rare point-by-point summary shows where Nadal's history breaking season was won and rarely lost.

Nadal

© GameSetMap
Positive momentum

Negative momentum

Neutral

Concept & design: Damien Demaj
Development: David Webb
Photo: Ella Ling
Data source: William Hill

Note: Nadal’s match against Richard Gasquet at the US Open is not shown in the Game Tree due to an incomplete summary of the match. Only Nadal’s service games have been mapped. Tiebreaks have been excluded from the Game Tree.

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