Rafael Nadal 2005 Roland Garros Final

Established in 1891 and played since 1928 on outdoor red clay courts at the stade roland garros in paris france 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.

Rafael nadal 2005 roland garros final. After defeating top seed roger federer in the semi finals nadal defeated argentinas mariano puerta to claim his first french open title and the first of four won consecutively from 2005 until 2008. Hes been ruling the red dirt ever since pulling off inconceivable feats and hitting unthinkable milestones. The french open also known as roland garros is an annual tennis tournament held over two weeks in may and june. Rafael nadal has lifted the coupes des mousquetaires at roland garros on 12 occasions triumphing at the clay court major more frequently than any other player in history.

Enjoy the videos and music you love upload original content and share it all with friends family and the world on youtube. Nadal would go on to win the tournament a record thirteen times. 2005 french open may 23. 1 court for the firstand lasttime at roland garros in his debut against lars burgsmuller.

A poised prodigy takes no. The spaniard the oldest champion in paris since andres gimeno in 1972 claimed the title. Mariano puerta full nbc coverage. Rafael nadal has dominated roland garros like no other player before him at any major.

Nadals first point at roland garros at just 18 rafael nadal had all the professionalism of a title winner plus the poise of a veteran. Heres a look at all the stats and figures surrounding mallorcas raging bull. Roland garros mens final french open 2005 rafael nadal vs. Australian open 2017 mens final roger federer vs rafa nadal full match duration.

Starting off the year ranked world no51 nadals first exploit came in march when he took a two set lead against none other than roger federer during the miami final. Rafa won the title in paris on a debut in 2005 competing in the french capital for 16 years and winning a.