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Williams has won an Open Era record 23 Grand Slam singles titles. To win those titles, she has beaten 12 different players who have been ranked No. 1, including her sister, Venus Williams , seven times.
Rafael Nadal (x5) Francesca Schiavone: Daniel Nestor Nenad Zimonjić: Serena Williams Venus Williams Katarina Srebotnik Nenad Zimonjić 2011: Li Na: Max Mirnyi Daniel Nestor (x2) Andrea Hlaváčková Lucie Hradecká: Casey Dellacqua Scott Lipsky: 2012: Maria Sharapova: Sara Errani Roberta Vinci: Sania Mirza Mahesh Bhupathi 2013: Serena Williams ...
Rafael Nadal, who has won an all-time record fourteen French Open titles. Nadal won four consecutive titles on two separate occasions from 2005 to 2008 and 2017–2020, and an open era record of five consecutive titles from 2010 to 2014. The French Open was established in 1891 and was originally known as the French Championships. [10]
Rafael Nadal was the three-time defending champion in the men's singles, and won the title to become the first man to win the same Grand Slam title eight times. Maria Sharapova was the defending champion in women's singles, but lost in the final to Serena Williams .
The victory made Nadal the first tennis player to have won 5 consecutive French Open titles, in addition to becoming the only man with at least one Grand Slam title in 10 consecutive years. Serena Williams was the defending women's singles champion. Williams failed to defend her title, losing to Garbiñe Muguruza in the second round. Maria ...
Serena Williams Williams at the 2013 US Open Full name Serena Jameka Williams Country (sports) United States Residence Palm Beach Gardens, Florida, U.S. Born (1981-09-26) September 26, 1981 (age 43) Saginaw, Michigan, U.S. Height 5 ft 9 in (175 cm) Turned pro October 1995 Retired September 2022 Plays Right-handed (two-handed backhand) Prize money US$94,816,730 1st in all-time rankings Official ...
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.
The French Open Women's Singles finals have consisted of 54 competitors from 18 nationalities in the 54 meetings that have taken place at the event. [3] The eras of dominance are the following: United States and Yugoslavia in different eras, Australia in the 1970s, Germany and Spain in the 1980s and 1990s, and Belgium and Russia in the 2000s. [3]