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Mats Wilander beat Henri Leconte 7-5, 6-2, 6-1 in the French Open final, 1988 on clay Wilander had won a then Open Era record breaking 3rd Australian Open earlier in the year and this was his third French title. He would go onto add the US Open to finish the year with 3 Slam titles - a feat...

Bjorn Borg beat Vitas Gerulaitis 6-4, 6-1, 6-2 in the French Open final, 1980 on clay It was Borg's 3rd title in a row at the event and 5th overall. He would go onto add a 4th and 6th respectively the following year. Borg dropped just 38 games in winning the tournament and never more than 4 in...

Bjorn Borg beat Guillermo Vilas 6-1, 6-1, 6-3 in the French Open final, 1978 on clay It was Borg's 3rd title at the event and first in 3 years. He won the tournament without loss of set and for the loss of an Open Era record low 32 games. Vilas was the defending champion had had previously lost...

Borg d. Vilas 6-1, 6-1, 6-3 The match lasted 1 hour 49 minutes. By my count, there were 133 points. Borg won 84, Vilas 49 (so Borg got 63% of the points). Borg gave up 22 points on serve and won more points on Vilas’ serve than Vilas himself did (38 to 27). Borg had 0 aces and 1...

Ivan Lendl beat Mats Wilander 7-5, 6-2, 3-6, 7-6(3) in the French Open final, 1987 on clay Lendl was the defending champion and this was his third and final French title. Wilander would go onto win his third the year after. This was the pair's 4th match at the venue, with Lendl having won in...

Mats Wilander beat John McEnroe 6-1, 7-5, 7-5 in the French Open semi-final, 1985 on clay Wilander would go onto beat defending champion Ivan Lendl in the final to claim the second of his 3 titles at the event Wilander won 129 points, McEnroe 104 McEnroe serve-volleyed off most first serves...

Andre Agassi beat Carlos Moya 4-6, 7-5, 7-5, 6-1 in the French Open fourth round, 1999 on clay Agassi would go onto win his only title at the French and complete the career Grand Slam, beating Andrei Medvedev in the final. Moya was the defending champion Agassi won 141 points, Moya 121 Serve...

Rafael Nadal beat Roger Federer 6-3, 4-6, 6-3, 6-4 in the French Open final, 2007 on clay This was Nadal's 3rd French title. Federer had been on a non-calendar year Grand Slam, just as he had the previous year when he had also been thwarted by Nadal Nadal won 137 points, Federer 119 Serve...

Novak Djokovic beat Andy Murray 3-6, 6-1, 6-2, 6-4 in the French Open final, 2016 on clay With the win, Djokovic completed a non-calendar year Grand Slam, becoming the second man in the Open Era to hold all 4 Slams simultaneously. It was also his first French title and completed his career...

“Playing Nadal is like playing against someone with two forehands.” Check out what it was like to play against a 17-year-old Nadal by reading this article...

Ivan Lendl beat Mats Wilander 6-3, 6-3, 7-5 in the French Open semi-final, 1984 on clay Lendl would go onto beat John McEnroe in the final and claim his first Slam title. Lendl and Wilander would go onto play 2 of the next 3 finals at the event (1 win each) Lendl won 108 points, Wilander 82...

John McEnroe beat Jimmy Connors 7-5, 6-1, 6-2 in the French Open semi-final, 1984 on clay McEnroe would go onto lose the final to Ivan Lendl. He had been unbeaten in the year to date and this is the only time he reached the final at the event McEnroe won 104 points, Connors 72 McEnroe...

Rafael Nadal beat Robin Soderling 6-4, 6-2, 6-4 in the French Open final, 2010 on clay It was Nadal's 5th title at the venue, having previously won in 2005-08. His only loss had come to Soderling the previous year in the 4th round. For Soderling, it was his second successive runner-up finish...

Rafael Nadal beat Roger Federer 6-1, 6-3, 6-0 in the French Open final, 2008 on clay It was Nadal's 4th successive title at the event - having beaten Federer in all 4 runs (3 finals, 1 semi-final) - and he would go onto win his first Wimbledon right afterwards (again beating Federer in the...

Mats Wilander beat Ivan Lendl 4-6, 7-5, 3-6, 6-4, 6-2 in the French Open fourth round, 1982 on clay The unseeded 17 year old Wilander was playing his first French Open and would go onto win the first of 3 titles there - following up this win over the 2nd seeded Lendl with wins over the 3rd, 4th...

Rafael Nadal beat Mariano Puerta 6-7(6), 6-3, 6-1, 7-5 in the French Open final, 2005 on clay Nadal had just turned 19 and this was the first of a to date of 12 French Open and 18 Slam titles Nadal won 146 points, Puerta 128 Serve Stats Nadal... - 1st serve percentage (108/137) 79% - 1st...

Career H2H 6-2 Djokovic. This will be the 3rd time they met in RG. 2016 SF Djokovic d. Thiem 62 61 64 2017 QF Thiem d. Djokovic 76 63 60 2019 SF Djokovic vs. Thiem ??? This is also the right time to review their Madrid SF. 76 76 Novak.

Rafael Nadal beat Roger Federer 6-3, 4-6, 6-4, 6-3 in the French Open semi-final 2005 on clay Nadal would go on to win his first Slam at the event and the first to date of 11 French Open titles Nadal won 124 points, Federer 114 Serve Stats Nadal... - 1st serve percentage (89/120) 74% - 1st...

Defending champion: Rafael Nadal (11-time RG winner (2005-08, 2010-14 and 2017-18)) Former FO champions, who will participating in the 2019 tournament: Roger Federer (2009), Stan Wawrinka (2015), Novak Djokovic (2016) Official website: http://www.rolandgarros.com/en_FR/index.html Wiki-link...

Rafael Nadal beat Roger Federer 1-6, 6-1, 6-4, 7-6(4) in the French Open final 2006 on clay The win saw Nadal defend his maiden Slam title from the French Open 2005, where he had beaten Federer in the semis and he would go onto defeat the Swiss at the next two finals at the venue too. Federer...

Ever since his French Open loss to Nadal, Thiem has been in a rut, he looks low on confidence, his game is even more erratic. Murrayslamfinallossitis is my term for when you loss in a slam final then have a slump in form afterwards ala Andy Murray when he lost in the Australian Open in 2010/2011...

A theoretical matchup between Prime Nadal and Prime Sampras at Roland Garros, but Sampras serves every game. As a Federer and Nadal fan, I think these two have gone a level beyond the Sampras league, but to be fair we could have seen that years ago when Federer played Sampras at Wimbledon and...

Look at Rafas movement here. Back when the era was stronger and wasn't dominated by a bunch of old players.

Hehe. Feddy found the last few weeks boring !!!! Hint Hint. http://www.atpworldtour.com/en/news/stuttgart-2018-federer-preview

Ungratefulerer http://indianexpress.com/article/sports/tennis/roger-federer-hasnt-thanked-me-for-beating-rafael-nadal-im-still-waiting-says-robin-soderling-5208786/

Injury or sweat related?

Cecchinato defeated 2 top players named david goffin and novak djokovic back to back.... Thiem just crushed alex zverev. Predict the result. Discuss I go with thiem in 4 sets

Yes. The most consistent player in time violations.. More than 25s b/w serve points on a regular basis. To umpires and ATP/ITF I will say only onr thing :- what's the use of rules if you're not going to implement them? Just because you're afraid of top players....... P.S. :- The poll question...

Djokovic trying to comeback from the very depth of his fall. Lowest ranking since many years. And so many losses to mugs, probably his worst start to a season in a long long time (atleast till rome masters started) Looking in average form (neither best nor worst). Will he pull out a win against...

I personally believe Nadal *could* have lost 2011 if he had played Djokovic instead of Federer in the final. But still unlikely. In 2014 I felt Nadal *should* have lost the title. He was playing quite miserably right through the clay season perhaps affected by his loss to Stan Wawrinka in the...