Nadal was inspired as a youngster by fellow Majorcan Carlos Moya who won the French Open in 1998, backing up the double success for Spain's SergiBruguera in 1993 and 1994.
In Atlanta, 1996, the USA asserted their dominance on home ground, with Andre Agassi crushing SergiBruguera, although the Las Vegan went close to being defaulted for obscenities in his quarter-final with South Africa's Wayne Ferreira.