FILE - Spain’s Rafael Nadal celebrates his record 12th French Open tennis tournament title after winning his men’s final match against Austria’s Dominic Thiem at Roland Garros stadium in Paris, June 9, 2019. FILE - Rafael Nadal of Spain celebrates winning a point against Roger Federer of Switzerland Sunday, March 28, 2004 at the Nasdaq-100 Open in Key Biscayne, Fla. Thirty-second seeded Nadal went on to defeat first seeded Federer 6-3, 6-3.
2nd Round. c. His first Grand Slam main-draw appearance came in 2003 at Wimbledon, where he made it to the third round. He also played in the U.S. Open later that year, then made his Australian Open debut the following season, before playing in the French Open for the first time in 2005. 3rd Round. d. Nadal wore a blue brace on his injured left wrist when he announced at a news conference in Paris that he would not be able to continue in the tournament. He was supposed to face Granollers, a Spaniard who would go on to lose in the fourth round to Dominic Thiem.
4th Round. c. He has a .974 winning percentage in the French Open, including 14-0 in finals. His only losses came against Robin Soderling and Novak Djokovic . Quarterfinals. c. He won 39 matches in a row, including five consecutive titles, from the beginning of the 2010 French Open until a quarterfinal loss to Djokovic in 2015.Final. b. Evert won seven titles at the French Open in the 1970s and 1980s. Steffi Graf and Bjorn Borg each won six.