Rafael Nadal Finishes Third in AIPS Poll for Best Male Athlete of 2019

Tennis - World No. 1 tennis star Rafael Nadal has finished third in the vote for Best Male Athlete of 2019 by the International Sports Press Association (AIPS), which has a panel of 331 journalists from 102 countries.

The Argentine footballer Lionel Messi was voted Best Male Athlete in the poll while long-distance runner Eliud Kipchoge came in second place ahead of third-placed Nadal, who won the French Open and US Open titles in 2019 and helped his country Spain to win the Davis Cup title for the sixth time this year. Greek tennis star Stefanos Tsitsipas, who won the season-ending Nitto ATP Finals in November, finished 19th in the poll.

The vote for Best Female Athlete went out to American gymnast Simone Biles for the 2nd year in a row. World No. 1 tennis star Ash Barty, who won the French Open in June, finished seventh in the poll while US Open champion Bianca Andreescu finished ninth in the poll.  The Complete Best Male Athlete list: 1.Lionel Messi (Argentina) Football 394 (13.11%) 2. Eliud Kipchoge (Kenya) Athletics 361 (12.01%) 3. Rafael Nadal (Spain) Tennis 282 (9.38%) 4. Cristiano Ronaldo (Portugal) Football 240 (7.98%) 5. Lewis Hamilton (UK) Formula One 232 (7.72%) 6. Virgil van Dijk (The Netherlands) Football 159 (5.29%) 7. Marcel Hirscher (Austria) Ski 145 (4.82%) 8. Milák Krištof  (Hungary) Swimming 143 (4.76%) 9. Luka Dončić (Slovenia) Basketball 129 (4.29%) 10. Egan Bernal (Colombia) cycling 129 (4,29%) 11. Christian Coleman (USA) Athletics 82 (2.73%) 12. Johannes Thingnes Boe (Norway) Biathlon 76 (2.53%) 13. Marc Márquez (Spain) Moto GP 57 (1.90%) 14. Saúl Álvarez (Mexico) Box 56 (1.86%) 15. Karsten Warholm (Norway) Athletics 53 (1.76%) 16. Caeleb Dressel USA) Swimming 53 (1.76%) 17. Tiger Woods (USA) Golf 49 (1.63%) 18. Kento Momota (Japan) Badminton 46 (1.53%) 19. Stefanos Tsitsipas (Greece) Tennis 46 (1.53%) 20. Anton Čupkov Swimming (Russia) 37 (1.23%) 21. Adam Peaty Swimming (UK) 35 (1.16%) 22. Yuzuru Hanyu (Japan) Figure Skating 33 (1.10%) 23. Stephen Curry (USA) Basketball 33 (1.10%) 24. Isaquias Queiroz (Brazil) Canoeing 24 (0.80%) 25. Joshiro Maruyama (Japan) Judo 24 (0.80%) 26. Jiří Prskavec (Czech Republic) Canoeing 22 (0.73%) 27. Javier Fernandez (Spain)  Figure Skating  19 (0.63%) 28. Johannes Høsflot Klæbo (Norway) Cross-country ski 19 (0.63%) 29.Tom Liebscher (Germany) Canoeing 15 (0.50%) 30. Nathan Chen (USA) Figure Skating  9 (0.30%) 31. Rudy Fernández (Spain) Basketball 2 (0.07%) 32. Sebastian Brendel (Germany) Canoeing  2 (0.07%) The Complete Best Female Athlete list: 1. Simone Biles (USA) Gymnastics 452 (15.04%) 2. Megan Rapinoe (USA) Football 406 (13.51%) 3. Shelly Ann Fraser-Pryce Athletics (Jamaica) 331 (11.01%) 4. Katinka Hosszu (Hungary) Swimming 302 (10.05%) 5. Mikaela Schiffrin (USA) Ski 232 (7.72%) 6. Dalilah Muhammad (USA) Athletics 191 (6.35%) 7. Ash Barty (Australia) Tennis 175 (5.82%) 8. Yulimar Rojas (Venezuela) Athletics 150 (4.99%) 9. Bianca Andreescu (Canada) Tennis 125 (4.16%) 10. Dorothea Wierer (Italy) Biathlon 109 (3.63%) 11. Dina Asher-Smith (UK) Athletics 103 (3.43%) 12. Darja Bilodid (Ukraine) Judo 87 (2.89%) 13. Clarisse Agbegnenou (France)  Judo 75 (2.50%) 14. Therese Johaug  (Norway) Cross-country ski 59 (1.96%) 15. Regan Smith (USA) Swimming 53 (1.76%) 16. Lisa Carrington (New Zealand) Canoeing 52 (1.73%) 17. Katie Taylor (Ireland) Boxing 46 (1.53%) 18. Risako Kawai (Japan) Wrestling 39 (1.30%) 19. Sanita Pušpure (Ireland) Rowing 19 (0.63%)

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