Nadal Repeats As Stefan Edberg Sportmanship Award Winner

Fellow players have chosen World No. 1 Rafael Nadal as the winner of the Stefan Edberg Sportsmanship Award in the 2019 ATP Awards. The Spaniard receives this honour for a second straight year and third time overall (2010) for his fair play, professionalism and integrity on and off the court.

Can I win it this year? ?? pic.twitter.com/0jBe0aBg8v

— Rafa Nadal (@RafaelNadal) November 27, 2019

Nadal has won an ATP Award in each of the player-voted categories: Newcomer (2003), Most Improved (2005), Comeback (2013) and Sportsmanship (2010, 2018). He was also named Arthur Ashe Humanitarian of the Year in 2011, and this year was awarded the ATP Tour No. 1 trophy for a fifth time (2008, 2010, 2013, 2017, 2019).

At 33, Nadal is the oldest player to finish as the year-end No. 1 in the history of the ATP Rankings. The Mallorcan captured four trophies this season, including a historic 12th title at Roland Garros and a fourth at the US Open. He won a ninth Internazionali BNL d’Italia crown in Rome and a record-extending 35th ATP Masters 1000 trophy at the Coupe Rogers in Montreal.

Roger Federer, Diego Schwartzman and Dominic Thiem were also nominated for this year’s sportsmanship award.