Daniel who? Which hockey team does he play for? Exactly! I guess this should also include a thumbs down to Canada for continually ignoring all of their international sports heroes that don't play hockey or curling. I mean, when Jacques Villeneuve was getting mobbed all over the world for winning the F1 championship, he could have easily walked down the street unnoticed in his home town.
Now, back to Daniel Nestor. While playing the often forgotten doubles in tennis, Daniel has career winnings over 9 million dollars! That's right, $9M and you've probably never heard of him. Let me give you some numbers:
71 men's doubles titles,
6 grand slam doubles titles,
2 grand slam mixed doubles titles, and
1 Olympic gold medal
He's the only player in history to have won all four grand slams, all Master Series events, year end championships, and an Olympic gold medal. He has the most doubles titles of all active players. Just to put it into perspective, between singles, doubles, and mixed doubles, Roger Federer has a total of 75 titles, while Daniel Nestor has 73. Yet, everyone knows who Roger Federer is. How can a Canadian, have only two fewer tennis titles than Roger Federer, and yet the average Canadian has never heard of him? Shame on us!
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