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Win (5) 6–4, 6–2, 6–4: French Open Paris, France Grand Slam tournament Clay, outdoor 23 May – 5 June 2011 40 / 116: 1R ... Rafael Nadal at the French Open.
The French Open, also known as Roland-Garros, is an annual tennis tournament held over two weeks in May and June. Established in 1891 and played since 1928 on outdoor red clay courts at the Stade Roland Garros in Paris, France, [1] the French Open is (since 1925) one of the four Grand Slam tournaments played each year, the other three being the Australian Open, Wimbledon, and the US Open.
The 2005 French Open was the 109th edition of the tournament. On the men's side, Rafael Nadal , seeded fourth at his first French Open, [ 1 ] was a strong favorite to win the singles title after winning the Monte Carlo and Rome Masters .
Nadal won five straight French Open singles titles from 2010 to 2014 to become the only player in the tournament's history to win 5 consecutive singles titles, breaking the previous record of 4 titles held by Paul Aymé and Borg. In 2017, by winning his 10th French Open title, Nadal became the first man to win a milestone 10 titles at the same ...
Rafael Nadal defeated Mariano Puerta in the final, 6–7 (6–8), 6–3, 6–1, 7–5 to win the men's singles tennis title at the 2005 French Open. [1] It was his first major title, the first of an all-time record 14 French Open titles, and the first of 22 major men's singles titles overall. Nadal won the French Open on his tournament debut ...
Rafael Nadal won the French Open singles title an astonishing 14 times - can you name the years?
From Nadal's first Grand Slam tournament victory at the 2005 French Open until the 2011 French Open, Federer and Nadal had won 22 of 25 Major titles (12 for Federer, 10 for Nadal). The exceptions were the 2008 and 2011 Australian Open, won by Novak Djokovic, and the 2009 US Open, won by Juan Martín del Potro .
He also became the first man to win majors on clay, grass, and hard courts in the same year, and the first to win the French Open, Wimbledon, and the US Open in the same year since Rod Laver in 1969. [180] Nadal's victory also clinched him the year-end No. 1 ranking for 2010. [181]