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Rafael Nadal at the French Open
	Rafael Nadal holding the Coupe des Mousquetaires in 2006.
Full name	Rafael "Rafa" Nadal Parera
Country (sports)	Spain
Singles
Career record	112–4
Career titles	14
Grand Slam singles results
French Open	W (2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2022)

Spanish tennis player Rafael Nadal's fourteen French Open titles hold numerous records in the all-time and Open Era categories for tennis, with his longtime rival Roger Federer calling it "one of the greatest achievements in sport".^[1] He holds a 112–4 record at the event.

Nadal's most recent title came at the 2022 edition in which he defeated Casper Ruud in the final.^[2]^[3] From 2005 to 2014, he won 9 out of 10 French Open titles and from 2017 to 2022, he won 5 out of 6 French Open titles. In all 14 finals, he has never been taken to five sets.

In 2021, a statue was erected at the site of the tournament, Stade Roland Garros, in honor of his achievements there.^[4]

Overview

Finals: 14 (14 titles)

Result	Year	Title	Surface	Opponent	Score
Win	2005	1	Clay	Mariano Puerta	6–7^(6–8), 6–3, 6–1, 7–5
Win	2006	2	Clay	Roger Federer	1–6, 6–1, 6–4, 7–6^(7–4)
Win	2007	3	Clay	Roger Federer	6–3, 4–6, 6–3, 6–4
Win	2008	4	Clay	Roger Federer	6–1, 6–3, 6–0
Win	2010	5	Clay	Robin Söderling	6–4, 6–2, 6–4
Win	2011	6	Clay	Roger Federer	7–5, 7–6^(7–3), 5–7, 6–1
Win	2012	7	Clay	Novak Djokovic	6–4, 6–3, 2–6, 7–5
Win	2013	8	Clay	David Ferrer	6–3, 6–2, 6–3
Win	2014	9	Clay	Novak Djokovic	3–6, 7–5, 6–2, 6–4
Win	2017	10	Clay	Stan Wawrinka	6–2, 6–3, 6–1
Win	2018	11	Clay	Dominic Thiem	6–4, 6–3, 6–2
Win	2019	12	Clay	Dominic Thiem	6–3, 5–7, 6–1, 6–1
Win	2020	13	Clay	Novak Djokovic	6–0, 6–2, 7–5
Win	2022	14	Clay	Casper Ruud	6–3, 6–3, 6–0

All matches

Singles (112 wins, 4 losses)

Tournament	Match	Round	Opponent (seed or key)	Rank	Result	Score
French Open Paris, France Grand Slam tournament Clay, outdoor 23 May – 5 June 2005
	1 / 116	1R	Lars Burgsmüller	96	Win	6–1, 7–6^(7–4), 6–1
	2 / 116	2R	Xavier Malisse	46	Win	6–2, 6–2, 6–4
	3 / 116	3R	Richard Gasquet	31	Win	6–4, 6–3, 6–2
	4 / 116	4R	Sébastien Grosjean	24	Win	6–4, 3–6, 6–0, 6–3
	5 / 116	QF	David Ferrer	21	Win	7–5, 6–2, 6–0
	6 / 116	SF	Roger Federer (1)	1	Win	6–3, 4–6, 6–4, 6–3
	7 / 116	W	Mariano Puerta	37	Win (1)	6–7^(6–8), 6–3, 6–1, 7–5

French Open Paris, France Grand Slam tournament Clay, outdoor 29 May – 11 June 2006	8 / 116	1R	Robin Söderling	50	Win	6–2, 7–5, 6–1
	9 / 116	2R	Kevin Kim	116	Win	6–2, 6–1, 6–4
	10 / 116	3R	Paul-Henri Mathieu	32	Win	5–7, 6–4, 6–4, 6–4
	11 / 116	4R	Lleyton Hewitt	14	Win	6–2, 5–7, 6–4, 6–2
	12 / 116	QF	Novak Djokovic	63	Win	6–4, 6–4 RET
	13 / 116	SF	Ivan Ljubičić (4)	4	Win	6–4, 6–2, 7–6^(9–7)
	14 / 116	W	Roger Federer (1)	1	Win (2)	1–6, 6–1, 6–4, 7–6^(7–4)

French Open Paris, France Grand Slam tournament Clay, outdoor 27 May – 10 June 2007	15 / 116	1R	Juan Martín del Potro	59	Win	7–5, 6–3, 6–2
	16 / 116	2R	Flavio Cipolla	227	Win	6–2, 6–1, 6–4
	17 / 116	3R	Albert Montañés	50	Win	6–1, 6–3, 6–2
	18 / 116	4R	Lleyton Hewitt	16	Win	6–3, 6–1, 7–6^(7–5)
	19 / 116	QF	Carlos Moyá	26	Win	6–4, 6–3, 6–0
	20 / 116	SF	Novak Djokovic (6)	6	Win	7–5, 6–4, 6–2
	21 / 116	W	Roger Federer (1)	1	Win (3)	6–3, 4–6, 6–3, 6–4

French Open Paris, France Grand Slam tournament Clay, outdoor 25 May – 7 June 2008	22 / 116	1R	Thomaz Bellucci	76	Win	7–5, 6–3, 6–1
	23 / 116	2R	Nicolas Devilder	148	Win	6–4, 6–0, 6–1
	24 / 116	3R	Jarkko Nieminen	26	Win	6–1, 6–3, 6–1
	25 / 116	4R	Fernando Verdasco	23	Win	6–1, 6–0, 6–2
	26 / 116	QF	Nicolás Almagro	20	Win	6–1, 6–1, 6–1
	27 / 116	SF	Novak Djokovic (3)	3	Win	6–4, 6–2, 7–6^(7–4)
	28 / 116	W	Roger Federer (1)	1	Win (4)	6–1, 6–3, 6–0

French Open Paris, France Grand Slam tournament Clay, outdoor 25 May – 7 June 2009
	29 / 116	1R	Marcos Daniel (Q)	97	Win	7–5, 6–4, 6–3
	30 / 116	2R	Teymuraz Gabashvili	72	Win	6–1, 6–4, 6–2
	31 / 116	3R	Lleyton Hewitt	48	Win	6–1, 6–3, 6–1
	32 / 116	4R	Robin Söderling (23)	25	Loss	2–6, 7–6^(7–2), 4–6, 6–7^(2–7)

French Open Paris, France Grand Slam tournament Clay, outdoor 24 May – 6 June 2010
	33 / 116	1R	Gianni Mina (WC)	655	Win	6–2, 6–2, 6–2
	34 / 116	2R	Horacio Zeballos	44	Win	6–2, 6–2, 6–3
	35 / 116	3R	Lleyton Hewitt (28)	33	Win	6–3, 6–4, 6–3
	36 / 116	4R	Thomaz Bellucci (24)	29	Win	6–2, 7–5, 6–4
	37 / 116	QF	Nicolás Almagro (19)	21	Win	7–6^(7–2), 7–6^(7–3), 6–4
	38 / 116	SF	Jürgen Melzer (22)	27	Win	6–2, 6–3, 7–6^(8–6)
	39 / 116	W	Robin Söderling (5)	7	Win (5)	6–4, 6–2, 6–4

French Open Paris, France Grand Slam tournament Clay, outdoor 23 May – 5 June 2011
	40 / 116	1R	John Isner	39	Win	6–4, 6–7^(2–7), 6–7^(2–7), 6–2, 6–4
	41 / 116	2R	Pablo Andújar	48	Win	7–5, 6–3, 7–6^(7–4)
	42 / 116	3R	Antonio Veić (Q)	227	Win	6–1, 6–3, 6–0
	43 / 116	4R	Ivan Ljubičić	37	Win	7–5, 6–3, 6–3
	44 / 116	QF	Robin Söderling (5)	5	Win	6–4, 6–1, 7–6^(7–3)
	45 / 116	SF	Andy Murray (4)	4	Win	6–4, 7–5, 6–4
	46 / 116	W	Roger Federer (3)	3	Win (6)	7–5, 7–6^(7–3), 5–7, 6–1

French Open Paris, France Grand Slam Clay, outdoor 28 May – 10 June 2012	47 / 116	1R	Simone Bolelli	111	Win	6–2, 6–2, 6–1
	48 / 116	2R	Denis Istomin	43	Win	6–2, 6–2, 6–0
	49 / 116	3R	Eduardo Schwank	192	Win	6–1, 6–3, 6–4
	50 / 116	4R	Juan Mónaco	15	Win	6–2, 6–0, 6–0
	51 / 116	QF	Nicolás Almagro	13	Win	7–6^(7–4), 6–2, 6–3
	52 / 116	SF	David Ferrer	6	Win	6–2, 6–2, 6–1
	53 / 116	W	Novak Djokovic (1)	1	Win (7)	6–4, 6–3, 2–6, 7–5

French Open Paris, France Grand Slam tournament Clay, outdoor May 26 – June 9, 2013	54 / 116	1R	Daniel Brands	59	Win	4–6, 7–6^(7–4), 6–4, 6–3
	55 / 116	2R	Martin Kližan	35	Win	4–6, 6–3, 6–3, 6–3
	56 / 116	3R	Fabio Fognini	29	Win	7–6^(7–5), 6–4, 6–4
	57 / 116	4R	Kei Nishikori	15	Win	6–4, 6–1, 6–3
	58 / 116	QF	Stanislas Wawrinka	10	Win	6–2, 6–3, 6–1
	59 / 116	SF	Novak Djokovic	1	Win	6–4, 3–6, 6–1, 6–7^(3–7), 9–7
	60 / 116	W	David Ferrer (5)	5	Win (8)	6–3, 6–2, 6–3

French Open Paris, France Grand Slam tournament Clay, outdoor 25 May – 08 June 2014
	61 / 116	1R	Robby Ginepri (WC)	279	Win	6–0, 6–3, 6–0
	62 / 116	2R	Dominic Thiem	57	Win	6–2, 6–2, 6–3
	63 / 116	3R	Leonardo Mayer	65	Win	6–2, 7–5, 6–2
	64 / 116	4R	Dušan Lajović	83	Win	6–1, 6–2, 6–1
	65 / 116	QF	David Ferrer (5)	5	Win	4–6, 6–4, 6–0, 6–1
	66 / 116	SF	Andy Murray (7)	8	Win	6–3, 6–2, 6–1
	67 / 116	W	Novak Djokovic (2)	2	Win (9)	3–6, 7–5, 6–2, 6–4

French Open Paris, France Grand Slam tournament Clay, outdoor 24 May – 7 June 2015
	68 / 116	1R	Quentin Halys (WC)	304	Win	6–3, 6–3, 6–4
	69 / 116	2R	Nicolás Almagro	154	Win	6–4, 6–3, 6–1
	70 / 116	3R	Andrey Kuznetsov	120	Win	6–1, 6–3, 6–2
	71 / 116	4R	Jack Sock	37	Win	6–3, 6–1, 5–7, 6–2
	72 / 116	QF	Novak Djokovic (1)	1	Loss	5–7, 3–6, 1–6

French Open Paris, France Grand Slam tournament Clay,outdoor 22 May – 5 June 2016
	73 / 116	1R	Sam Groth	95	Win	6–1, 6–1, 6–1
	74 / 116	2R	Facundo Bagnis	99	Win	6–3, 6–0, 6–3
	–	3R	Marcel Granollers	56	Withdrew	N/A

French Open Paris, France Grand Slam tournament Clay, outdoor 28 May – 11 June 2017
	75 / 116	1R	Benoît Paire	45	Win	6–1, 6–4, 6–1
	76 / 116	2R	Robin Haase	46	Win	6–1, 6–4, 6–3
	77 / 116	3R	Nikoloz Basilashvili	63	Win	6–0, 6–1, 6–0
	78 / 116	4R	Roberto Bautista Agut (17)	18	Win	6–1, 6–2, 6–2
	79 / 116	QF	Pablo Carreño Busta (20)	21	Win	6–2, 2–0 RET
	80 / 116	SF	Dominic Thiem (6)	7	Win	6–3, 6–4, 6–0
	81 / 116	W	Stan Wawrinka (3)	3	Win (10)	6–2, 6–3, 6–1

French Open Paris, France Grand Slam tournament Clay, outdoor 28 May – 10 June 2018
	82 / 116	1R	Simone Bolelli (LL)	130	Win	6–4, 6–3, 7–6^(11–9)
	83 / 116	2R	Guido Pella	78	Win	6–2, 6–1, 6–1
	84 / 116	3R	Richard Gasquet (27)	32	Win	6–3, 6–2, 6–2
	85 / 116	4R	Maximilian Marterer	70	Win	6–3, 6–2, 7–6^(7–4)
	86 / 116	QF	Diego Schwartzman (11)	12	Win	4–6, 6–3, 6–2, 6–2
	87 / 116	SF	Juan Martín del Potro (5)	6	Win	6–4, 6–1, 6–2
	88 / 116	W	Dominic Thiem (7)	8	Win (11)	6–4, 6–3, 6–2

French Open Paris, France Grand Slam tournament Clay, outdoor 27 May – 9 June 2019
	89 / 116	1R	Yannick Hanfmann (Q)	180	Win	6–2, 6–1, 6–3
	90 / 116	2R	Yannick Maden (Q)	114	Win	6–1, 6–2, 6–4
	91 / 116	3R	David Goffin (27)	29	Win	6–1, 6–3, 4–6, 6–3
	92 / 116	4R	Juan Ignacio Londero	78	Win	6–2, 6–3, 6–3
	93 / 116	QF	Kei Nishikori (7)	7	Win	6–1, 6–1, 6–3
	94 / 116	SF	Roger Federer (3)	3	Win	6–3, 6–4, 6–2
	95 / 116	W	Dominic Thiem (4)	4	Win (12)	6–3, 5–7, 6–1, 6–1

French Open Paris, France Grand Slam tournament Clay, outdoor 27 September – 11 October 2020
	96 / 116	1R	Egor Gerasimov	83	Win	6–4, 6–4, 6–2
	97 / 116	2R	Mackenzie McDonald (PR)	236	Win	6–1, 6–0, 6–3
	98 / 116	3R	Stefano Travaglia	74	Win	6–1, 6–4, 6–0
	99 / 116	4R	Sebastian Korda (Q)	213	Win	6–1, 6–1, 6–2
	100 / 116	QF	Jannik Sinner	75	Win	7–6^(7–4), 6–4, 6–1
	101 / 116	SF	Diego Schwartzman (12)	14	Win	6–3, 6–3, 7–6^(7–0)
	102 / 116	W	Novak Djokovic (1)	1	Win (13)	6–0, 6–2, 7–5

French Open Paris, France Grand Slam tournament Clay, outdoor 30 May – 13 June 2021
	103 / 116	1R	Alexei Popyrin	63	Win	6–3, 6–2, 7–6^(7–3)
	104 / 116	2R	Richard Gasquet	53	Win	6–0, 7–5, 6–2
	105 / 116	3R	Cameron Norrie	45	Win	6–3, 6–3, 6–3
	106 / 116	4R	Jannik Sinner (18)	19	Win	7–5, 6–3, 6–0
	107 / 116	QF	Diego Schwartzman (10)	10	Win	6–3, 4–6, 6–4, 6–0
	108 / 116	SF	Novak Djokovic (1)	1	Loss	6–3, 3–6, 6–7^(4–7), 2–6

French Open Paris, France Grand Slam tournament Clay, outdoor 22 May – 5 June 2022
	109 / 116	1R	Jordan Thompson	82	Win	6–2, 6–2, 6–2
	110 / 116	2R	Corentin Moutet (WC)	139	Win	6–3, 6–1, 6–4
	111 / 116	3R	Botic van de Zandschulp (26)	29	Win	6–3, 6–2, 6–4
	112 / 116	4R	Félix Auger-Aliassime (9)	9	Win	3–6, 6–3, 6–2, 3–6, 6–3
	113 / 116	QF	Novak Djokovic (1)	1	Win	6–2, 4–6, 6–2, 7–6^(7–4)
	114 / 116	SF	Alexander Zverev (3)	3	Win	7–6^(10–8), 6–6^(0–0), ret.
	115 / 116	W	Casper Ruud (8)	8	Win (14)	6–3, 6–3, 6–0

French Open Paris, France Grand Slam tournament Clay, outdoor 28 May – 11 June 2023
	Withdrew

French Open Paris, France Grand Slam tournament Clay, outdoor 26 May – 9 June 2024
	116 / 116	1R	Alexander Zverev (4)	4	Loss	3–6, 6–7^(5–7), 3–6

Statistics

Head-to-head records

Players in bold were ranked inside the top 10 at the time of at least one meeting.

Novak Djokovic 8–2
Robin Söderling 3–1
Roger Federer 6–0
David Ferrer 4–0
Dominic Thiem 4–0
Diego Schwartzman 3–0
Juan Martín del Potro 2–0
Andy Murray 2–0
Stan Wawrinka 2–0
Félix Auger-Aliassime 1–0
Mariano Puerta 1–0
Casper Ruud 1–0
Alexander Zverev 1–1

Top 10 wins

Category
Grand Slam (32)

Wins by surface
Clay (32)

Wins by setting
Outdoor (32)

#	Player	Rank	Event	Surface	Rd	Score	RNR
1/32.	Roger Federer	1	2005 French Open	Clay	SF	6–3, 4–6, 6–4, 6–3	5
2/32.	Ivan Ljubičić	4	2006 French Open	Clay	SF	6–4, 6–2, 7–6^(9–7)	2
3/32.	Roger Federer	1	2006 French Open	Clay	F	1–6, 6–1, 6–4, 7–6^(7–4)	2
4/32.	Novak Djokovic	6	2007 French Open	Clay	SF	7–5, 6–4, 6–2	2
5/32.	Roger Federer	1	2007 French Open	Clay	F	6–3, 4–6, 6–3, 6–4	2
6/32.	Novak Djokovic	3	2008 French Open	Clay	SF	6–4, 6–2, 7–6^7–3)	2
7/32.	Roger Federer	1	2008 French Open	Clay	F	6–1, 6–3, 6–0	2
8/32.	Robin Söderling	7	2010 French Open	Clay	F	6–4, 6–2, 6–4	2
9/32.	Robin Söderling	5	2011 French Open	Clay	QF	6–4, 6–1, 7–6^(7–3)	1
10/32.	Andy Murray	4	2011 French Open	Clay	SF	6–4, 7–5, 6–4	1
11/32.	Roger Federer	3	2011 French Open	Clay	F	7–5, 7–6^(7–3), 5–7, 6–1	1
12/32.	David Ferrer	6	2012 French Open	Clay	SF	6–2, 6–2, 6–1	2
13/32.	Novak Djokovic	1	2012 French Open	Clay	F	6–4, 6–3, 2–6, 7–5	2
14/32.	Stan Wawrinka	10	2013 French Open	Clay	QF	6–2, 6–3, 6–1	4
15/32.	Novak Djokovic	1	2013 French Open	Clay	SF	6–4, 3–6, 6–1, 6–7^(3–7), 9–7	4
16/32.	David Ferrer	5	2013 French Open	Clay	F	6–3, 6–2, 6–3	4
17/32.	David Ferrer	5	2014 French Open	Clay	QF	4–6, 6–4, 6–0, 6–1	1
18/32.	Andy Murray	8	2014 French Open	Clay	SF	6–3, 6–2, 6–1	1
19/32.	Novak Djokovic	2	2014 French Open	Clay	F	3–6, 7–5, 6–2, 6–4	1
20/32.	Dominic Thiem	7	2017 French Open	Clay	SF	6–3, 6–4, 6–0	4
21/32.	Stan Wawrinka	3	2017 French Open	Clay	F	6–2, 6–3, 6–1	4
22/32.	Juan Martín del Potro	6	2018 French Open	Clay	SF	6–4, 6–1, 6–2	1
23/32.	Dominic Thiem	8	2018 French Open	Clay	F	6–4, 6–3, 6–2	1
24/32.	Kei Nishikori	7	2019 French Open	Clay	QF	6–1, 6–1, 6–3	2
25/32.	Roger Federer	3	2019 French Open	Clay	SF	6–3, 6–4, 6–2	2
26/32.	Dominic Thiem	4	2019 French Open	Clay	F	6–3, 5–7, 6–1, 6–1	2
27/32.	Novak Djokovic	1	2020 French Open	Clay	F	6–0, 6–2, 7–5	2
28/32.	Diego Schwartzman	10	2021 French Open	Clay	QF	6–3, 4–6, 6–4, 6–0	3
29/32.	Félix Auger-Aliassime	9	2022 French Open	Clay	4R	3–6, 6–3, 6–2, 3–6, 6–3	5
30/32.	Novak Djokovic	1	2022 French Open	Clay	QF	6–2, 4–6, 6–2, 7–6^(7–4)	5
31/32.	Alexander Zverev	3	2022 French Open	Clay	SF	7–6^(10–8), 6–6, ret.	5
32/32.	Casper Ruud	8	2022 French Open	Clay	F	6–3, 6–3, 6–0	5

Notes

^ Nadal withdrew before the third round in 2016 due to a wrist injury, does not officially count as loss.

References

^ "Federer hails Nadal's milestone 20th". Roland Garros. 11 October 2020. Retrieved 14 October 2020.
^ Abulleil, Reem (5 June 2022). "It's Grand Slam No.22 for Rafa". Roland-Garros. Archived from the original on 5 June 2022. Retrieved 5 June 2022.
^ Trollope, Matt (6 June 2022). "With 14th Roland Garros title, Nadal halfway to Grand Slam". Australian Open. Archived from the original on 19 June 2022. Retrieved 19 June 2022.
^ "STATUE IN HONOUR OF RAFA UNVEILED AT RG". rolandgarros.com. Paris. 27 May 2021. Retrieved 2 June 2021.

[1] Nadal withdrew before the third round in 2016 due to a wrist injury, does not officially count as loss.

[2] "Federer hails Nadal's milestone 20th". Roland Garros. 11 October 2020. Retrieved 14 October 2020.

[3] Abulleil, Reem (5 June 2022). "It's Grand Slam No.22 for Rafa". Roland-Garros. Archived from the original on 5 June 2022. Retrieved 5 June 2022.

[4] Trollope, Matt (6 June 2022). "With 14th Roland Garros title, Nadal halfway to Grand Slam". Australian Open. Archived from the original on 19 June 2022. Retrieved 19 June 2022.

[5] "STATUE IN HONOUR OF RAFA UNVEILED AT RG". rolandgarros.com. Paris. 27 May 2021. Retrieved 2 June 2021.

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Rafael Nadal at the French Open