The 2010 decade’s 61 greatest athletes

Tom Brady, Tiger Woods, Roger Federer, Serena Williams and Michael Phelps are among the top athletes in the 2010s.

Rafael Nadal

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Rafael Nadal is the king of clay and is pretty great on other tennis surfaces, too. The Spaniard Nadal has won 19 Grand Slam singles titles, as well as a record 35 ATP Tour Masters 1000 titles, 20 ATP Tour 500 titles and the 2008 Olympic gold medal in singles. In addition, Nadal has held the world no. 1 ranking for a total of 202 weeks, including being the year-end no. 1 5 times.