At 22, Rafael Nadal is already considered the greatest clay-court player of all time. The four-time defending French Open champion, who is also the reigning Wimbledon and Australian Open champ, has compiled some staggering statistics on the soft stuff. Here's a snapshot of how the world No. 1 has fared on his favorite surface—and against the rest of the world’s Top 25.

176-15 Nadal’s career record on clay (a winning percentage of 92.1)

150-5 Nadal’s record on clay since 2005, a 96.7 winning percentage

- The five losses:
   to Gaston Gaudio in the quarterfinals of Buenos Aires in 2005 (0-6, 6-0, 6-1)
   to Igor Andreev in the quarterfinals of Valencia in 2005 (7-5, 6-2)
   to Roger Federer in the final of Hamburg in 2007 (2-6, 6-2, 6-0)
   to Juan Carlos Ferrero in the second round of Rome in 2008 (7-5, 6-1)
   to Roger Federer in the final of Madrid in 2009 (6-4, 6-4)

81 Number of consecutive clay-court matches Nadal won from April 2005 to May 2007, an all-time record

- The next longest winning streak is 53 matches, set by Guillermo Vilas.
- Nadal's streak was ended by Roger Federer in the 2007 Hamburg final.
- Since then, Nadal has won 55 of his 57 clay-court matches. In total, Nadal has lost three of his last 139 matches on clay.

25 Number of clay-court titles Nadal has won

- Acapulco (2005)
- Barcelona (2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009)
- Bastad (2005)
- Costa do Sauipe (2005)
- Roland Garros (2005, 2006, 2007, 2008)—four of his six career Grand Slam titles
- Hamburg (2008)
- Monte Carlo (2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009)—a record number of consecutive titles
- Rome (2005, 2006, 2007, 2009)
- Sopot (2004)
- Stuttgart (2005, 2007)

How Nadal has fared against the current ATP Top 25 (as of May 18, 2009):

Only three players in the Top 25 have beaten Nadal on clay: Roger Federer, Fernando Gonzalez and David Ferrer.

- Federer beat Nadal on clay in Hamburg in 2007; Nadal has won four of their five matches on clay since, including a 6-1, 6-3, 6-0 obliteration in the 2008 Roland Garros final.
- Gonzalez beat Nadal on clay in Stuttgart in 2003; Nadal has won all four of their matches on clay since, without dropping a set.
- Ferrer beat Nadal on clay in Stuttgart in 2004; Nadal has won all six of their matches on clay since.

Only two players in the Top 25 have a winning record against Nadal: David Nalbandian and James Blake; neither has played the Spaniard on clay.

- Nalbandian hasn't beaten Nadal since 2007; Nadal won their last match (at Indian Wells in 2009).
- Blake hasn't beaten Nadal since 2006; Nadal won their last two matches (at Indian Wells and Miami in 2008).

--compiled by Ed McGrogan; statistics as of May 18, 2009