Rafael Nadal has confirmed that he will retire from professional tennis after the Davis Cup Finals in Malaga, Spain this November. “The reality is that it has been some difficult years, these last two especially. I don’t think I have been able to play without limitations,” he said in a video released Thursday October 10.

Rafael Nadal announced his decision to retire from professional tennis on Wednesday, bringing the curtain down on his 23-year career.

His last pair of major titles arrived in 2022, with those Australian Open and French Open crowns pushing him ahead of Federer, who held the men's record of 20 Grand Slam singles titles when he announced his retirement at age 41. Federer bid adieu in late 2022 by teaming with Nadal in a doubles match at the Laver Cup.