Rafael Nadal’s 2007 French Open winning racket sells for $118k at auction
Rafael Nadal’s championship point winning racket from his 2007 French Open final victory over Roger Federer was sold for more than $118,000 at an auction on Monday, ranking among the highest-priced such memorabilia.
Nadal beat Federer 6-3 4-6 6-3 6-4 in the 2007 final in Paris to win his third Grand Slam title before the Spaniard moved on to secure a further 19 – 14 of them at Roland Garros – becoming one of the sport’s greatest players.
The racket, which Nadal also used in previous matches of the tournament, including his semi-final victory against Novak Djokovic, sold for $118,206 at an online auction that closed on Monday at 0255 GMT.
Rafael Nadal didn’t lose a clay court match until Hamburg 2007.
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81 wins. 0 losses.
All before 22 years-old.
More than the *total* number of clay match wins for Djokovic and Federer up until the… pic.twitter.com/ip7T0eDGjh
— Olly (@Olly_Tennis_) August 14, 2023
It was previously housed in the Australian Tennis Museum before its recent closure. Previous highest individual tennis racket auction sales include Nadal’s 2022 Australian Open racket at $139,700, Billie Jean King’s ‘Battle of the Sexes’ racket at $125,000, and Djokovic’s 2016 French Open racket sold for $107,482.
Source: eNCA
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