Do you think Nadal can win consecutive FO from 2014-2015

[Finesse4sum]

Here are the oldest French Open winners:

Andres Gimeno at 34 years and 10 months (Only Slam he ever won)
Ken Rosewall at 33 years and 7 months
Rod Laver at 30 years and 9 months
Andres Gomez at 30 years 3 months (Only Slam he ever won)
Andre Agassi at 29 years 1 month


Roger Federer at 27 years 9 months
Thomas Muster at 27 years 8 months (Only Slam he ever won)
Ivan Lendl at 27 years 3 months
Rafael Nadal at 27 years 0 months
Albert Costa at 26 years 11 months (Only Slam he ever won)
Ilie Nastase at 26 years 10 months (Won 2 slams)


Andre Agassi won his one and only FO on his 156th grand slam match

Federer won his one and only FO on his 201st grand slam match

Ivan Lendl won his last FO on his 151st grand slam match

Rafael Nadal won his 8th FO title on his 186th grand slam match


Regardless of whether or not Nadal wins the USO final he will be at 194 grand slam matches.

To put that in perspective if a guy has 2 gs semifinals and 2 gs quarterfinals in one year that equates to 22 matches (6 for a semi and 5 for a quarter) as long as there is no "bye" or withdrawals of some kind.


Discuss

 

[ubi1]

I don't see why he can't win 4 French in a row as long as he plays as if his life depends on it we shall witness Nadal Winning multiple French Open titles. And other grand slams as well.

 

[90's Clay]

I think he''ll win the French next year, not sure about beyond that though.

All depends on how he schedules

 

[FrontHeadlock]

If Nadal gets 10 titles at Roland Garros, I might rank that as the greatest single achievement in men's tennis. He'd be 4 clear of Borg and 7 clear of Lendl/Wilander/Kuerten.

 

[Backspin1183]

Good question, bad timing. Will answer this question after the US Open final.

 

[granddog29]

12 French Open titles is probably a good estimate for Nadal. There is nobody who can beat him there in the forseeable future. Djokovic probably came as he will ever come this year, especialy if Nadal keeps beating him on hard courts. There will be absolutely no belief to beat Nadal on clay if he isnt even usually beating him on hard courts anymore.

 

[Chico]

No. Nadal is finished winning FOs. 8 is too much already. He should not have won and didn't deserve to win 2013 FO as well.

 

[DeShaun]

I do not get the feeling that he will win the FO more than 9x.
I think it's nine and done. Which, if he wins no majors away from clay, will put his total at 13 a seemingly appropriate number for him because he has always been someone who defies norms and sides with unusual performance metrics.

 

[RF_fan]

12 French Open titles is probably a good estimate for Nadal. There is nobody who can beat him there in the forseeable future. Djokovic probably came as he will ever come this year, especialy if Nadal keeps beating him on hard courts. There will be absolutely no belief to beat Nadal on clay if he isnt even usually beating him on hard courts anymore.

Djokovic almost beat him this year, and beat him in MC. Next year maybe the clay isn't so dry.

 

[Sentinel]

Nole needs to really step it up. Enough horseplay.

 

[Crose]

No. Nadal is finished winning FOs. 8 is too much already. He should not have won and didn't deserve to win 2013 FO as well.

He deserved to win it because he is the best clay courter to ever live, the best clay courter right now, and will be remembered as such for a long time. He beat everyone he had to beat, including your boy Novak. Stop with your nonsense.

 

[Bud]

He'll win 10 total

 

[TheTruth]

He deserved to win it because he is the best clay courter to ever live, the best clay courter right now, and will be remembered as such for a long time. He beat everyone he had to beat, including your boy Novak. Stop with your nonsense.

QFT

10drycourts

 

[jg153040]

I do not get the feeling that he will win the FO more than 9x.
I think it's nine and done. Which, if he wins no majors away from clay, will put his total at 13 a seemingly appropriate number for him because he has always been someone who defies norms and sides with unusual performance metrics.

I would normally agree, but the competition is declining with him. I don't think Murray, Nole, Fed can stop him. Also I was wrong about his injuries, they don't seem that bad or they healed.

And in younger generations there aren't any good players that Fed had to deal with, like Rafa and Nole. Let alone any good clay courters.

So, 10 RG is a possibility.

 

[Finesse4sum]

Now that Nadal has won USO lets see what people think

 

[Smasher08]

Now that Nadal has won USO lets see what people think

I think that whatever program they switched him onto during his 8 months off has sure paid dividends.

He's now able to consistently outlast Novak -- who Clarky swears has been doping -- and appears to be impervious to fatigue.

I do believe, however, that he'll get caught. But, like other former champs, that might not be for several years.