Rafael Nadal Wins First French Open

Mariano puerta 6 7 6 6 3 6 1 7 5. 2005 marked rafael nadals first french open. Nadal won the french open on his first attempt as a 19 year old in 2005 and went on to make three consecutive title defences from 2005 to 2008.
rafael nadal wins first french open

Nadal won the torneo conde de godo in barcelona and beat 2004 french open runner up guillermo coria in the finals of the 2005 monte carlo masters and the 2005 rome masters.

Rafael nadal wins first french open. He won four consecutive titles from 2005 to 2008. Spains rafael nadal celebrates winning the final match of the french open tennis tournament against serbias novak djokovic in three sets 6 0 6 2 7 5 at the roland garros stadium in paris. He defeated then world no. His 9th french open crown in 2014 made him the first man in the open era to win the same tournament 9 times breaking a 32 year record held by guillermo vilas who won the buenos aires title 8 times the last being in 1982.

His win loss record at roland garros currently stands at 100 2. Nadal regained the title in 2010 and defended his crowns in 2011 2012 2013 and 2014. Spanish tennis legend rafael nadal scripted history on sunday as he defeated rival novak djokovic in straight sets to bag yet another french open title. 5 and made him one of the favorites at his career first french open.

100 of those 1000 wins a solid 10 have come just at the french open where nadal won a record 13th title just last month. 1 roger federer in three consecutive finals from 2006 to 2008 he also defeated federer in the 2005 semi finals and again in the 2011 final nadal is the only player to defeat federer in four finals at the same major. Rafael nadal demolished novak djokovic 6 0 6 2 7 5 to win his 13th french open on sunday and equal the all time record of 20 grand slam titles held by roger federer who hailed the victory as. With his crowning achievement at the french open 2020 the 34 year old won his 13th french open and his 20th overall grand slam title.

Nadal was just 19 when he won his first french open title in 2005. Michael steelegetty images 4. He has won 13 french open titles 130 in french open finals 11 monte carlo masters and 9 rome masters and won at least one of the three clay court masters series tournaments every year between 2005 and 2014. Nadal was beaten in the round of 16 of the 2009 tournament by robin soederling who lost to roger federer in the final.

These victories raised his ranking to no.