50+ Nadal French Open Record Pictures. For world number one djokovic, the defeat ended his hopes of an 18th slam and of becoming the first man since rod laver in 1969 to win all. Nadal made astonishingly quick work of them both in the french open final, overwhelming djokovic, the world's no.

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Rafael nadal is 0 for 14 when trying to close within two grand slam titles of roger federer's male record. While nadal went into sunday's final as a warm favourite, nobody was expecting him to completely wipe the world no.1 off the court. At the age of 25 nadal claimed his sixth french open title to equal the record of swedish great bjorn borg.

While nadal went into sunday's final as a warm favourite, nobody was expecting him to completely wipe the world no.1 off the court.

Rafael nadal with his french open trophy after defeating compatriot david ferrer on sunday. Can the spanish superstar claim a record tenth french open title? Daniela hantuchova thinks nadal's french open record is better than any other achievement in tennis (image: For world number one djokovic, the defeat ended his hopes of an 18th slam and of becoming the first man since rod laver in 1969 to win all.