The 2009 TIME 100 Finalists

Cast your votes for the leaders, artists, entrepreneurs and thinkers who deserve a spot on this year's TIME 100. — By Brian Raftery

Rafael Nadal

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AGE: 22
OCCUPATION: Tennis player
PREVIOUS APPEARANCES ON THE TIME 100: 0

PRO: The excitable Spanish star crushed longtime foe Roger Federer at last year's Wimbledon, earning him the No. 1 ranking and the praise of John McEnroe, who dubbed it "the greatest match [he'd] ever seen."

CON: If Nadal keeps defeating Federer, this is going to become an awfully lopsided rivalry.

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