roger federer won the french open in 2007.
when did roger federer win the french open?
2007
known as the "“king of clay”", nadal won the french open 9 times in his first 10 attempts, with a match record of 66-1 (98.5% win rate), and is viewed by many analysts as one of the greatest feats in the open era. 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; he defeated then world no. 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. nadal is also the only player to beat federer in the finals of 3 different grand slams, the french open, the australian open, and wimbledon). his sole loss at the french open during this period came at the hands of sweden's robin söderling in 2009 in the round of 16. nadal then went on to avenge his loss to söderling by defeating him in the 2010 french open final, and then notched four consecutive title defences from 2011 to 2014 (an open era record). rafa furthered his legend in history when he won "la decima", a 10th title in paris in 2017, where he didn't drop a set and lost only 35 games, only three shy of borg's record of 32 games lost. he holds a match record of 93–2 at the french open (never taken to five sets in the final) from 2005 to 2019 achieving a win percentage of 97.9%, and is the only player to achieve this type of dominance at any single grand slam tournament. nadal won the french open an all-time record of 12 times and is the first, and only, player in history, male or female, to win 12 grand slams at a single major (no other male player has won more than 8 titles at a single major in the open era). additionally, nadal is 25-0 in best of 5 matches on clay at other events, bringing his total match record in best of 5 on clay to 118-2, a win percentage of 98.3%.
list of career achievements by rafael nadal
federer concluded his clay court season with the french open in paris, his 50th career major championship. he played german tobias kamke in the first round, and won in straight sets. with his win, federer recorded his 50th match win at the french open and tied jimmy connors' record for most career grand slam match wins at 233 wins. he next played adrian ungur of belgium, and defeated him in four sets after dropping a third-set tiebreak on a backhand error. with this win, federer broke connors' record for the most career grand slam match wins, earning his 234th win. he next played against frenchman nicolas mahut, who took the second set from federer before federer rallied to win the match in four sets. federer then faced david goffin, who made his grand slam debut as a lucky loser, the seventh to reach the fourth round at a grand slam. after dropping the first set because of unforced errors, federer fought back and won the next three sets to reach his thirty-second consecutive grand slam quarterfinal. he next faced juan martín del potro for the fifth time in the season. after del potro broke federer in the first set and won a set tiebreak to take a two set lead, federer capitalized on a waning del potro to win the next three sets and take the match in three hours and fourteen minutes. federer advanced to his thirty-first grand slam semifinal with his seventh career win from two sets down and his third at the french open. he next played first-seeded novak djokovic. in a match with constant breaks of serve, federer lost in straight sets because of inconsistent play and copious errors, which included failing to convert on an early second-set lead.
2012 roger federer tennis season