Rafael Nadal at the French Open

Spanish tennis player Rafael Nadal's fourteen French Open titles hold numerous records in the all-time and Open Era records for tennis, with his longtime rival Roger Federer calling it "one of the greatest achievements in sport".[1] He holds a 112–3 record at the event.

Rafael Nadal at the French Open
Rafael Nadal holding the Coupe des Mousquetaires in 2006.
Full nameRafael "Rafa" Nadal Parera
Country (sports) Spain
Singles
Career record112–3 (97.4%)
Career titles14
Grand Slam singles results
French OpenW (2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2022)

Nadal's most recent title came at the 2022 edition in which he defeated Casper Ruud in the final.[2][3] From 2005 to 2014, he won 9 out of 10 French Open titles and from 2017 to 2022, he won 5 out of 6 French Open titles. In all 14 finals, he has never been taken to five sets.

Overview

Finals: 14 (14 titles)

Result Year Title Surface Opponent Score
Win20051ClayArgentina Mariano Puerta6–7(6–8), 6–3, 6–1, 7–5
Win20062ClaySwitzerland Roger Federer1–6, 6–1, 6–4, 7–6(7–4)
Win20073ClaySwitzerland Roger Federer6–3, 4–6, 6–3, 6–4
Win20084ClaySwitzerland Roger Federer6–1, 6–3, 6–0
Win20105ClaySweden Robin Söderling6–4, 6–2, 6–4
Win20116ClaySwitzerland Roger Federer7–5, 7–6(7–3), 5–7, 6–1
Win20127ClaySerbia Novak Djokovic6–4, 6–3, 2–6, 7–5
Win20138ClaySpain David Ferrer6–3, 6–2, 6–3
Win20149ClaySerbia Novak Djokovic3–6, 7–5, 6–2, 6–4
Win201710ClaySwitzerland Stan Wawrinka6–2, 6–3, 6–1
Win201811ClayAustria Dominic Thiem6–4, 6–3, 6–2
Win201912ClayAustria Dominic Thiem6–3, 5–7, 6–1, 6–1
Win202013ClaySerbia Novak Djokovic6–0, 6–2, 7–5
Win202214ClayNorway Casper Ruud6–3, 6–3, 6–0

All matches

Singles (112 wins, 3 losses)

Tournament Match Round Opponent (seed or key) Rank Result Score
French Open
Paris, France
Grand Slam tournament
Clay, outdoor
23 May – 5 June 2005
1 / 115 1R Germany Lars Burgsmüller 96
Win
6–1, 7–6(7–4), 6–1
2 / 115 2R Belgium Xavier Malisse 46
Win
6–2, 6–2, 6–4
3 / 115 3R France Richard Gasquet 31
Win
6–4, 6–3, 6–2
4 / 115 4R France Sébastien Grosjean 24
Win
6–4, 3–6, 6–0, 6–3
5 / 115 QF Spain David Ferrer 21
Win
7–5, 6–2, 6–0
6 / 115SF Switzerland Roger Federer (1)1Win6–3, 4–6, 6–4, 6–3
7 / 115W Argentina Mariano Puerta37Win (1)6–7(6–8), 6–3, 6–1, 7–5
French Open
Paris, France
Grand Slam tournament
Clay, outdoor
29 May – 11 June 2006
8 / 115 1R Sweden Robin Söderling 50
Win
6–2, 7–5, 6–1
9 / 115 2R United States Kevin Kim 116
Win
6–2, 6–1, 6–4
10 / 115 3R France Paul-Henri Mathieu 32
Win
5–7, 6–4, 6–4, 6–4
11 / 115 4R Australia Lleyton Hewitt 14
Win
6–2, 5–7, 6–4, 6–2
12 / 115 QF Serbia Novak Djokovic 63
Win
6–4, 6–4 RET
13 / 115SF Croatia Ivan Ljubičić (4)4Win6–4, 6–2, 7–6(9–7)
14 / 115W Switzerland Roger Federer (1)1Win (2)1–6, 6–1, 6–4, 7–6(7–4)
French Open
Paris, France
Grand Slam tournament
Clay, outdoor
27 May – 10 June 2007
15 / 115 1R Argentina Juan Martín del Potro 59
Win
7–5, 6–3, 6–2
16 / 115 2R Italy Flavio Cipolla 227
Win
6–2, 6–1, 6–4
17 / 115 3R Spain Albert Montañés 50
Win
6–1, 6–3, 6–2
18 / 115 4R Australia Lleyton Hewitt 16
Win
6–3, 6–1, 7–6(7–5)
19 / 115 QF Spain Carlos Moyá 26
Win
6–4, 6–3, 6–0
20 / 115 SF Serbia Novak Djokovic (6) 6
Win
7–5, 6–4, 6–2
21 / 115W Switzerland Roger Federer (1)1Win (3)6–3, 4–6, 6–3, 6–4
French Open
Paris, France
Grand Slam tournament
Clay, outdoor
25 May – 7 June 2008
22 / 115 1R Brazil Thomaz Bellucci 76
Win
7–5, 6–3, 6–1
23 / 115 2R France Nicolas Devilder 148
Win
6–4, 6–0, 6–1
24 / 115 3R Finland Jarkko Nieminen 26
Win
6–1, 6–3, 6–1
25 / 115 4R Spain Fernando Verdasco 23
Win
6–1, 6–0, 6–2
26 / 115 QF Spain Nicolás Almagro 20
Win
6–1, 6–1, 6–1
27 / 115 SF Serbia Novak Djokovic (3) 3
Win
6–4, 6–2, 7–6(7–4)
28 / 115W Switzerland Roger Federer (1)1Win (4)6–1, 6–3, 6–0
French Open
Paris, France
Grand Slam tournament
Clay, outdoor
25 May – 7 June 2009
29 / 1151R Brazil Marcos Daniel (Q)97Win7–5, 6–4, 6–3
30 / 1152R Russia Teymuraz Gabashvili72Win6–1, 6–4, 6–2
31 / 1153R Australia Lleyton Hewitt48Win6–1, 6–3, 6–1
32 / 1154R Sweden Robin Söderling (23)25Loss2–6, 7–6(7–2), 4–6, 6–7(2–7)
French Open
Paris, France
Grand Slam tournament
Clay, outdoor
24 May – 6 June 2010
33 / 1151R France Gianni Mina (WC)655Win6–2, 6–2, 6–2
34 / 1152R Argentina Horacio Zeballos44Win6–2, 6–2, 6–3
35 / 1153R Australia Lleyton Hewitt (28)33Win6–3, 6–4, 6–3
36 / 1154R Brazil Thomaz Bellucci (24)29Win6–2, 7–5, 6–4
37 / 115QF Spain Nicolás Almagro (19)21Win7–6(7–2), 7–6(7–3), 6–4
38 / 115SF Austria Jürgen Melzer (22)27Win6–2, 6–3, 7–6(8–6)
39 / 115W Sweden Robin Söderling (5)7Win (5)6–4, 6–2, 6–4
French Open
Paris, France
Grand Slam tournament
Clay, outdoor
23 May – 5 June 2011
40 / 1151R United States John Isner39Win6–4, 6–7(2–7), 6–7(2–7), 6–2, 6–4
41 / 1152R Spain Pablo Andújar48Win7–5, 6–3, 7–6(7–4)
42 / 1153R Croatia Antonio Veić (Q)227Win6–1, 6–3, 6–0
43 / 1154R Croatia Ivan Ljubičić37Win7–5, 6–3, 6–3
44 / 115QF Sweden Robin Söderling (5)5Win6–4, 6–1, 7–6(7–3)
45 / 115SF United Kingdom Andy Murray (4)4Win6–4, 7–5, 6–4
46 / 115W Switzerland Roger Federer (3)3Win (6)7–5, 7–6(7–3), 5–7, 6–1
French Open
Paris, France
Grand Slam
Clay, outdoor
28 May – 10 June 2012
47 / 115 1R Italy Simone Bolelli 111
Win
6–2, 6–2, 6–1
48 / 115 2R Uzbekistan Denis Istomin 43
Win
6–2, 6–2, 6–0
49 / 115 3R Argentina Eduardo Schwank 192
Win
6–1, 6–3, 6–4
50 / 115 4R Argentina Juan Mónaco 15
Win
6–2, 6–0, 6–0
51 / 115 QF Spain Nicolás Almagro 13
Win
7–6(7–4), 6–2, 6–3
52 / 115 SF Spain David Ferrer 6
Win
6–2, 6–2, 6–1
53 / 115W Serbia Novak Djokovic (1)1Win (7)6–4, 6–3, 2–6, 7–5
French Open
Paris, France
Grand Slam tournament
Clay, outdoor
May 26 – June 9, 2013
54 / 115
1R
Germany Daniel Brands 59
Win
4–6, 7–6(7–4), 6–4, 6–3
55 / 115 2R Slovakia Martin Kližan 35
Win
4–6, 6–3, 6–3, 6–3
56 / 115 3R Italy Fabio Fognini 29
Win
7–6(7–5), 6–4, 6–4
57 / 115 4R Japan Kei Nishikori 15
Win
6–4, 6–1, 6–3
58 / 115 QF Switzerland Stanislas Wawrinka 10
Win
6–2, 6–3, 6–1
59 / 115 SF Serbia Novak Djokovic 1
Win
6–4, 3–6, 6–1, 6–7(3–7), 9–7
60 / 115W Spain David Ferrer (5)5Win (8)6–3, 6–2, 6–3
French Open
Paris, France
Grand Slam tournament
Clay, outdoor
25 May – 08 June 2014
61 / 1151R United States Robby Ginepri (WC)279Win6–0, 6–3, 6–0
62 / 1152R Austria Dominic Thiem57Win6–2, 6–2, 6–3
63 / 1153R Argentina Leonardo Mayer65Win6–2, 7–5, 6–2
64 / 1154R Serbia Dušan Lajović83Win6–1, 6–2, 6–1
65 / 115QF Spain David Ferrer (5)5Win4–6, 6–4, 6–0, 6–1
66 / 115SF United Kingdom Andy Murray (7)8Win6–3, 6–2, 6–1
67 / 115W Serbia Novak Djokovic (2)2Win (9)3–6, 7–5, 6–2, 6–4
French Open
Paris, France
Grand Slam tournament
Clay, outdoor
24 May – 7 June 2015
68 / 1151R France Quentin Halys (WC)304Win6–3, 6–3, 6–4
69 / 1152R Spain Nicolás Almagro154Win6–4, 6–3, 6–1
70 / 1153R Russia Andrey Kuznetsov120Win6–1, 6–3, 6–2
71 / 1154R United States Jack Sock37Win6–3, 6–1, 5–7, 6–2
72 / 115QF Serbia Novak Djokovic (1)1Loss5–7, 3–6, 1–6
French Open
Paris, France
Grand Slam tournament
Clay,outdoor
22 May – 5 June 2016
73 / 1151R Australia Sam Groth95Win6–1, 6–1, 6–1
74 / 1152R Argentina Facundo Bagnis99Win6–3, 6–0, 6–3
3R Spain Marcel Granollers56WithdrewN/A
French Open
Paris, France
Grand Slam tournament
Clay, outdoor
28 May – 11 June 2017
75 / 1151R France Benoît Paire45Win6–1, 6–4, 6–1
76 / 1152R Netherlands Robin Haase46Win6–1, 6–4, 6–3
77 / 1153R Georgia (country) Nikoloz Basilashvili63Win6–0, 6–1, 6–0
78 / 1154R Spain Roberto Bautista Agut (17)18Win6–1, 6–2, 6–2
79 / 115QF Spain Pablo Carreño Busta (20)21Win6–2, 2–0 RET
80 / 115SF Austria Dominic Thiem (6)7Win6–3, 6–4, 6–0
81 / 115W Switzerland Stan Wawrinka (3)3Win (10)6–2, 6–3, 6–1
French Open
Paris, France
Grand Slam tournament
Clay, outdoor
28 May – 10 June 2018
82 / 1151R Italy Simone Bolelli (LL)130Win6–4, 6–3, 7–6(11–9)
83 / 1152R Argentina Guido Pella78Win6–2, 6–1, 6–1
84 / 1153R France Richard Gasquet (27)32Win6–3, 6–2, 6–2
85 / 1154R Germany Maximilian Marterer70Win6–3, 6–2, 7–6(7–4)
86 / 115QF Argentina Diego Schwartzman (11)12Win4–6, 6–3, 6–2, 6–2
87 / 115SF Argentina Juan Martín del Potro (5)6Win6–4, 6–1, 6–2
88 / 115W Austria Dominic Thiem (7)8Win (11)6–4, 6–3, 6–2
French Open
Paris, France
Grand Slam tournament
Clay, outdoor
27 May – 9 June 2019
89 / 1151R Germany Yannick Hanfmann (Q)180Win6–2, 6–1, 6–3
90 / 1152R Germany Yannick Maden (Q)114Win6–1, 6–2, 6–4
91 / 1153R Belgium David Goffin (27)29Win6–1, 6–3, 4–6, 6–3
92 / 1154R Argentina Juan Ignacio Londero78Win6–2, 6–3, 6–3
93 / 115QF Japan Kei Nishikori (7)7Win6–1, 6–1, 6–3
94 / 115SF Switzerland Roger Federer (3)3Win6–3, 6–4, 6–2
95 / 115W Austria Dominic Thiem (4)4Win (12)6–3, 5–7, 6–1, 6–1
French Open
Paris, France
Grand Slam tournament
Clay, outdoor
27 September – 11 October 2020
96 / 1151R Belarus Egor Gerasimov83Win6–4, 6–4, 6–2
97 / 1152R United States Mackenzie McDonald (PR)236Win6–1, 6–0, 6–3
98 / 1153R Italy Stefano Travaglia74Win6–1, 6–4, 6–0
99 / 1154R United States Sebastian Korda (Q)213Win6–1, 6–1, 6–2
100 / 115QF Italy Jannik Sinner75Win7–6(7–4), 6–4, 6–1
101 / 115SF Argentina Diego Schwartzman (12)14Win6–3, 6–3, 7–6(7–0)
102 / 115W Serbia Novak Djokovic (1)1Win (13)6–0, 6–2, 7–5
French Open
Paris, France
Grand Slam tournament
Clay, outdoor
30 May – 13 June 2021
103 / 1151R Australia Alexei Popyrin63Win6–3, 6–2, 7–6(7–3)
104 / 1152R France Richard Gasquet53Win6–0, 7–5, 6–2
105 / 1153R United Kingdom Cameron Norrie45Win6–3, 6–3, 6–3
106 / 1154R Italy Jannik Sinner (18)19Win7–5, 6–3, 6–0
107 / 115QF Argentina Diego Schwartzman (10)10Win6–3, 4–6, 6–4, 6–0
108 / 115SF Serbia Novak Djokovic (1)1Loss6–3, 3–6, 6–7(4–7), 2–6
French Open
Paris, France
Grand Slam tournament
Clay, outdoor
22 May – 5 June 2022
109 / 1151R Australia Jordan Thompson82Win6–2, 6–2, 6–2
110 / 1152R France Corentin Moutet (WC)139Win6–3, 6–1, 6–4
111 / 1153R Netherlands Botic van de Zandschulp (26)29Win6–3, 6–2, 6–4
112 / 1154R Canada Félix Auger-Aliassime (9)9Win3–6, 6–3, 6–2, 3–6, 6–3
113 / 115QF Serbia Novak Djokovic (1)1Win6–2, 4–6, 6–2, 7–6(7–4)
114 / 115SF Germany Alexander Zverev (3)3Win7–6(10–8), 6–6(0–0), ret.
115 / 115W Norway Casper Ruud (8)8Win (14)6–3, 6–3, 6–0
French Open
Paris, France
Grand Slam tournament
Clay, outdoor
28 May – 11 June 2023
Withdrew

Statistics

Head-to-head records

Players in bold were ranked inside the top 10 at the time of at least one meeting.

Top 10 wins

Category
Grand Slam (32)
Wins by surface
Clay (32)
Wins by setting
Outdoor (32)
# Player Rank Event Surface Rd Score RNR
1/32. Switzerland Roger Federer 1 2005 French Open Clay SF 6–3, 4–6, 6–4, 6–3 5
2/32. Croatia Ivan Ljubičić 4 2006 French Open Clay SF 6–4, 6–2, 7–6(9–7) 2
3/32. Switzerland Roger Federer 1 2006 French Open Clay F 1–6, 6–1, 6–4, 7–6(7–4) 2
4/32. Serbia Novak Djokovic 6 2007 French Open Clay SF 7–5, 6–4, 6–2 2
5/32. Switzerland Roger Federer 1 2007 French Open Clay F 6–3, 4–6, 6–3, 6–4 2
6/32. Serbia Novak Djokovic 3 2008 French Open Clay SF 6–4, 6–2, 7–67–3) 2
7/32. Switzerland Roger Federer 1 2008 French Open Clay F 6–1, 6–3, 6–0 2
8/32. Sweden Robin Söderling 7 2010 French Open Clay F 6–4, 6–2, 6–4 2
9/32. Sweden Robin Söderling 5 2011 French Open Clay QF 6–4, 6–1, 7–6(7–3) 1
10/32. United Kingdom Andy Murray 4 2011 French Open Clay SF 6–4, 7–5, 6–4 1
11/32. Switzerland Roger Federer 3 2011 French Open Clay F 7–5, 7–6(7–3), 5–7, 6–1 1
12/32. Spain David Ferrer 6 2012 French Open Clay SF 6–2, 6–2, 6–1 2
13/32. Serbia Novak Djokovic 1 2012 French Open Clay F 6–4, 6–3, 2–6, 7–5 2
14/32. Switzerland Stan Wawrinka 10 2013 French Open Clay QF 6–2, 6–3, 6–1 4
15/32. Serbia Novak Djokovic 1 2013 French Open Clay SF 6–4, 3–6, 6–1, 6–7(3–7), 9–7 4
16/32. Spain David Ferrer 5 2013 French Open Clay F 6–3, 6–2, 6–3 4
17/32. Spain David Ferrer 5 2014 French Open Clay QF 4–6, 6–4, 6–0, 6–1 1
18/32. United Kingdom Andy Murray 8 2014 French Open Clay SF 6–3, 6–2, 6–1 1
19/32. Serbia Novak Djokovic 2 2014 French Open Clay F 3–6, 7–5, 6–2, 6–4 1
20/32. Austria Dominic Thiem 7 2017 French Open Clay SF 6–3, 6–4, 6–0 4
21/32. Switzerland Stan Wawrinka 3 2017 French Open Clay F 6–2, 6–3, 6–1 4
22/32. Argentina Juan Martín del Potro 6 2018 French Open Clay SF 6–4, 6–1, 6–2 1
23/32. Austria Dominic Thiem 8 2018 French Open Clay F 6–4, 6–3, 6–2 1
24/32. Japan Kei Nishikori 7 2019 French Open Clay QF 6–1, 6–1, 6–3 2
25/32. Switzerland Roger Federer 3 2019 French Open Clay SF 6–3, 6–4, 6–2 2
26/32. Austria Dominic Thiem 4 2019 French Open Clay F 6–3, 5–7, 6–1, 6–1 2
27/32. Serbia Novak Djokovic 1 2020 French Open Clay F 6–0, 6–2, 7–5 2
28/32. Argentina Diego Schwartzman 10 2021 French Open Clay QF 6–3, 4–6, 6–4, 6–0 3
29/32. Canada Félix Auger-Aliassime 9 2022 French Open Clay 4R 3–6, 6–3, 6–2, 3–6, 6–3 5
30/32. Serbia Novak Djokovic 1 2022 French Open Clay QF 6–2, 4–6, 6–2, 7–6(7–4) 5
31/32. Germany Alexander Zverev 3 2022 French Open Clay SF 7–6(10–8), 6–6, ret. 5
32/32. Norway Casper Ruud 8 2022 French Open Clay F 6–3, 6–3, 6–0 5

References

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