french open

Roger Federer beat Juan Martin del Potro 3-6, 7-6(2), 2-6, 6-1, 6-4 in the French Open semi-final, 2009 on clay Federer would go onto win his sole title at the event, beating Robin Soderling in the final to complete a Career Grand Slam and take his Slam count to a record tying 14. He’d go onto...

Ivan Lendl beat Andres Gomez 5-7, 6-4, 6-1, 6-1 in the French Open quarter-final, 1987 on clay Lendl was the defending champion and would go onto win the title, beating Mats Wilander in the final. Gomez would go onto win the title in 1990. It was the 4th time the pair had met at the event, with...

Boris Becker beat Jimmy Connors 6-3, 6-3, 7-5 in the French Open quarter-final, 1987 on clay Becker would go onto lose to Mats Wilander in the next round in the first of his eventual 3 semi-finals at the event. This would turn out to be the last of Connors’ 8 quarter-finals at the event Becker...

Mats Wilander beat Yannick Noah 6-4, 6-3, 6-2 in the French Open quarter-final, 1987 on clay Wilander would go onto lose in the final to Ivan Lendl. It was the third and last time the two met at the event, Noah having won the final in ‘83, Wilander a 5 set quarter-final in ‘84 Wilander won 94...

Gustavo Kuerten beat Alex Corretja 6-7(3), 7-5, 6-2, 6-0 in the French Open final, 2001 on clay Kuerten was the defending champion and this was his third and last title at the event. Corretja was playing his second final, having previously lost in 1998 to Carlos Moya Kuerten 136 won points...

Gustavo Kuerten beat Magnus Norman 6-2, 6-3, 2-6, 7-6(6) in the French Open final, 2000 on clay It was Kuerten’s second title at the event and he would go onto defend it the following year. This would turn out to be Norman’s only Slam final. The two had met twice in the lead in to this event...

Stefan Edberg beat Boris Becker 6-3, 6-4, 5-7, 3-6, 6-2 in the French Open semi-final, 1989 on clay Edberg would go onto lose the final to Michael Chang, and it would turn out to be his sole final at the event. Becker would go onto win Wimbledon (beating Edberg in the final) and US Open later...

Gustavo Kuerten beat Sergi Bruguera 6-3, 6-4, 6-2 in the French Open final, 1997 on clay Kuerten was unseeded and it was his first title of any kind. Bruguera was seeded 16th and playing his third final at the event, having previously won it in 1993 and 1994 Kuerten won 111 points, Bruguera 84...

Mats Wilander beat Guillermo Vilas 1-6, 7-6(6), 6-0, 6-4 in the French Open final, 1982 on clay The unseeded Wilander was playing the event for the first time and had won the juniors event the previous year. He beat the 2nd, 3rd, 4th and 5th seeds in claiming the title. Vilas was playing in the...

Novak Djokovic beat Casper Ruud 7-6(1), 6-3, 7-5 in the French Open final, 2023 on clay It was Djokovic’s record breaking 23rd Slam title and made him the first player in history to win a triple career Grand Slam. Ruud was playing his third Slam final and had been runner-up the previous year...

Far from being a mug, 08erer was actually pushing arguably the best ever version of Nadal on clay super close in their first 2 matches of the season. He lost their match in the final of Monte Carlo 7-5, 7-5, having been 4-0 up in the 2nd set before a classic choke job (and Nadal rescue voyage)...

Novak Djokovic beat Rafael Nadal 3-6, 6-3, 7-6(4), 6-2 in the French Open semi-final, 2021 on clay Djokovic would go onto beat Stefanos Tsitsipas to win his second title at the event and complete a double career Grand Slam. Nadal had won the last 4 editions, most recently beating Djokovic in...

Rafael Nadal beat Casper Ruud 6-3, 6-3, 6-0 in the French Open final, 2022 on clay It was Nadal’s 14th title at the event, record extending 22nd Slam and first clay title of the season. He’d won Australian Open earlier in the year. Ruud was seeded and playing his first Slam final final. The...

How would you rank them levelwise and difficulty - wise?

Novak Djokovic beat Stefanos Tsitsipas 6-7(6), 2-6, 6-3, 6-2, 6-4 in the French Open final, 2021 on clay It was Djokovic’s second title at the event and gave him a double career Grand Slam Slam. Tsitsipas was playing his first Slam final. The two had played a 5 set semi at previous years...

Things going against Nadal today: 1. Nadals form 2. Novaks form 3. Night time conditions 4. Crowd being against Novak 5. Nadals movement 6. Played a 5 setter in the previous match whereas Novak only played 3 sers Things going against Djokovic today: 1. Pressure of being the heavy favourite 2...

Zverev's 12th approach to defeat a Top 10 opponent in BO5 formula. He's at 0-11 at this moment: 01 2016 AO R128: #2 Murray 0-3 [1-6 2-6 3-6] 02 2016 WIM R32: #9 Berdych 1-3 [3-6 4-6 6-4 1-6] 03 2017 AO R32: #9 Nadal 2-3 [6-4 3-6 7-6 3-6 2-6] 04 2017 WIM R16: #7 Raonic 2-3 [6-4...

It is the most awaited tennis match since 2021 RG SF, can't wait for it. Clash #59 in one of the greatest rivalries of all time. H2H Djokovic 30-28 Nadal Vegas odds (as of 29 May) TBA Sources: atptour.com oddsportal.com

********* and Nadal haters are just hyping up Nadal so that when Novak inevitably destroys Rafa they can gloat and claim that Novak beat a great opponent. Current Nadals BH is at par or maybe slightly worse than Berrettini especially the movement to his BH side. Atleast in 2015 Nadal’s BH was...

Korda plays flawlessly so far (3-0 vs Millman, 3-0 vs Gasquet). Alcaraz forced to defend a matchpoint in R64 against Ramos. Was looking vulnerable. They both clashed last month in Monte-Carlo, Korda was better then. Who's going to win this time? H2H Korda 1-1 Alcaraz Vegas odds (as of 25...

Take the poll. Which are your favorite 5-set French Open finals in the Open Era? Impressively, of the 9 times that the final went 5 sets, 4 of those times were 0-2 sets down comeback wins.

This could be the very last ATP match for Jo-Wilfried Tsonga as he has announced 2022 RG is his final professional tournament before the retirement. https://www.atptour.com/en/news/tsonga-retirement-announcement-2022 H2H Ruud 0-0 Tsonga Vegas odds (as of 20 May) Sources: atptour.com...

H2H Nadal 1-0 Thompson Vegas odds (as of 19 May) Sources: atptour.com oddsportal.com

Our evidence that he can is 1 match in Madrid which was super, super tight (5-7 final TB). Djokovic was still relatively fresh into his clay comeback - he will have much better rhythm and level when RG comes around - and his level in slams been always miles above his M1000 levels without fail...

Rafael Nadal beat Novak Djokovic 3-6, 7-5, 6-2, 6-4 in the French Open final, 2014 on clay It was Nadal’s record extending 9th title at the event and record breaking 5th in a row. Djokovic had won the pair’s last 4 meetings, mostly recently on clay in Rome final. This was the...

Mats Wilander beat Ivan Lendl 3-6, 6-4, 6-2, 6-2 in the French Open final, 1985 on clay It was Wilander's second title at the event. Lendl had been the defending champion and reached the final without loss of set. The two had met twice recently on clay leading into the event, with Lendl...

Mats Wilander beat Vitas Gerulaitis 6-3, 6-3, 4-6, 6-4 in the French Open quarter-final, 1982 on clay The unseeded Wilander would go onto win the title, beating Guillermo Vilas in the final and become the then youngest ever Slam champion. Gerulaitis was seeded 5th Wilander won 125...

Andre Agassi beat Jim Courier 6-7(8), 6-1, 6-4, 6-0 in the French Open fourth round, 1990 on clay Agassi would go onto reach his first Slam final where he would lose to Andres Gomez. The two had played each other the previous years third round and would go onto meet in the following years...

Rafael Nadal beat Roger Federer 6-3, 6-4, 6-2 in the French Open semi-final, 2019 on clay Nadal, the double defending champion, would go onto beat Dominic Thiem in the final for his 12th title at the event. Federer was playing at the event for the first time since 2015. The two had...