Once again Rafael Nadal has come out on top in his beloved French Open. On Sunday he downed Dominic Thiem 6-3, 5-7, 6-1, 6-1. Claiming 2000 ranking points and winning €2,300,000 in prize money. He has now overtaken Novak Djokovic in the ATP Race To London standings and has a 780-point lead.
Named the king of clay due to his dominance on the surface, here is the extraordinary numbers behind Nadal’s performance at the French Open so far in his career.
$22 million: According to data from atptour.com, Nadal had earned a total of $22,051,715 in prize money from the French Open alone. That amount is more than what players such as Andy Roddick, Ivan Lendl and Lleyton Hewitt won during their entire careers. Overall, Nadal’s prize money earnings currently stands at $109,533,646. The third highest of all time.
93: Nadal has won a total of 93 matches at the French Open since he made his debut back in 2005. This equates to 36% of all victories he has achieved at a grand slam level so far in his career. His win over Thiem on Sunday was his 260th overall.
33: By defeating Thiem, Nadal has become the oldest French Open winner for 47 years and the third oldest in the Open Era at the age of 33 years and six days. The only older men to win the title were Andrés Gimeno in 1972 (34 years, 306 days) and Ken Rosewall in 1968 (33 years, 220 days).
18: He now has 18 grand slam titles to his name, which is the second highest in history. Although he is not too concerned about breaking rival Roger Federer’s record in the future.
Grand Slam collection
French Open – 12
US Open – 3
Wimbledon – 2
Australian Open – 1
12: Nadal has now won the tournament 12 times in his career. In the history of tennis no other player has managed to win the same grand slam that amount of times. In the Open Era the only player to have won 12 titles at tour-level tournaments was Martina Navratilova in Chicago.
12-0: The world No.2 has never lost a final at the French Open. Five of his wins have been in straight sets and seven has been in four sets. He is yet to go the full distance in a final at Roland Garros.
2005: bt Mariano Puerta (ARG) 6-7, 6-3, 6-1, 7-5
2006: bt Roger Federer (SUI) 1-6, 6-1, 6-4, 7-6
2007: bt Roger Federer (SUI) 6-3, 4-6, 6-3, 6-4
2008: bt Roger Federer (SUI) 6-1, 6-3, 6-0
2010: bt Robin Soderling (SWE) 6-4, 6-2, 6-4
2011: bt Roger Federer (SUI) 7-5, 7-6, 5-7, 6-1
2012: bt Novak Djokovic (SRB) 6-4, 6-3, 2-6, 7-5
2013: bt David Ferrer (ESP) 6-3, 6-2, 6-3
2014: bt Novak Djokovic (SRB) 3-6, 7-5, 6-2, 6-4
2017: bt Stan Wawrinka (SUI) 6-2, 6-3, 6-1
2018: bt Dominic Thiem (AUT) 6-4, 6-3, 6-2
2019: bt Dominic Thiem (AUT) 6-3, 5-7, 6-1, 6-1
3: Nadal has won the title three times without dropping a single set. He achieved the milestones in 2008, 2010 and 2017.
2: Only two people have managed to get the better of the Spaniard on the Paris clay. Robin Soderling was the first in 2009 when he prevailed in the fourth round. Six years later, Novak Djokovic was victorious in their quarter-final clash at the 2015 tournament. Nadal also didn’t win the title in 2006, but withdrew before his match due to injury.
