Does anybody know Nadal's ranking when he first beat Federer in the French Open semifinals?

Question

After Rafa beat Federer at the French Open in the semis, he later moved on to beat Argentina's Mariano Puerta and the young Mallorcan won his first French Open. . . but what was his ranking then?

Just being curious.

Answer 1

Rafael Nadal turned pro at only the age of 15 :)

His journey to the summit of the men’s game began in April 2002, when he recorded his maiden ATP win over Ramon Delgado at his hometown event at Mallorca. At 15 years and 10 months, the World No. 762 was the ninth player in the Open Era to win an ATP match before his 16th birthday.

One year later on April 21, 2003, he broke into the Top 100 at No. 96 after reaching the ATP Masters Series Monte-Carlo third round (l. to Coria). He was forced to qualify for his second career ATP tournament and beat reigning Roland Garros champion and World No. 7 Albert Costa in the second round.

On his Wimbledon debut, he became the youngest player at 17 to reach the third round since 16-year-old Boris Becker in 1984. He went on to reach his first ATP quarterfinal at Bastad (l. to Lapentti) and then a first ATP semifinal at Umag (l. to Moya). As a result he received the ATP Newcomer of the Year award for 2003.

Even a 27,000-strong crowd in Seville didn’t overwhelm Nadal, who at 18 years and six months became the youngest player to register a singles victory in a Davis Cup final for a winning nation. By beating World No. 2 Andy Roddick, he helped Spain clinch the 2004 title over the United States in a 3-2 win. He finished the season at No. 49 in the South African Airways ATP Rankings.

Nadal became a Top 20 player for the first time on April 4, 2005. He sealed his maiden Grand Slam title at Roland Garros in May 2005 (d. Puerta), becoming the first player to win the French title on debut since Mats Wilander in 1982. He was also the first teenager at 19 years and two days to win a Grand Slam title since Pete Sampras captured the 1990 US Open and the first teenager to win at Roland Garros since 17-year-old Michael Chang in 1989.

Eight of his 11 titles that year were won on clay courts as he compiled an ATP-best 50-2 clay court record, finishing with 36 consecutive match wins on his favorite surface. It was the best clay record since Thomas Muster in 1995, when the Austrian went 65-2 and won 11 of 12 titles on red dirt.

In 2006, Nadal equaled Bjorn Borg’s tally of 16 ATP titles won as a teenager at ATP Masters Series Rome before he became the youngest back-to-back champion at Roland Garros since Borg in 1974-75. A month later he was the first Spanish man since Manuel Santana in 1966 to reach the Wimbledon final (l. to Federer). He went on to become the first player since Andre Agassi in 1994-95 to finish as the World No. 2 in back-to-back years.

Answer 2

After the 2005 French Open, Nadal was ranked #3.

Answer 3

he went into rolland garros as the 5th seed.-

and after he beat roger he went up to the third spot.-

here's rafa's ranking's history:

http://www.atptennis.com/5/en/players/pl...

Answer 4

You may find this article interesting. Its all about his ranking.

http://ontennis.com/news/nadal-becomes-2...

I couldn't find the EXACT points though! All I remember is he became the world number two in 2005. That's all that matters!