The King of Clay sculpted his 14th French Open championship.
Rafael Nadal crushed Casper Ruud, 6-3. 6-3, 6-0, Sunday to win the title on the clay court of Roland Garros.
French Open title No. 14 for Rafael Nadal 🏆
That’s the most by any male or female at a single major all-time! pic.twitter.com/I2fEu0jro3
— SportsCenter (@SportsCenter) June 5, 2022
Nadal has won 22 Grand Slam titles, a record. At 36, he is the oldest French Open champion, supplanting Andres Gimeno, who was 34 when he won in 1972.
It never gets old 🏆#RolandGarros | @RafaelNadal pic.twitter.com/QrMdgRSq06
— Roland-Garros (@rolandgarros) June 5, 2022
There was little mystery to this match. The only time Ruud was ahead was in the second set when he was up 3-1.
All Nadal did from that point was rattle off the final 11 games.
Nadal is 112-3 in the French Open. He won his first title in 2005 as 19-year-old.
Nadal becomes the fifth player to win both the Australian Open and the French in the same year since the Open Era began in 1968.
🇪🇸 LEGENDARY 👑@RafaelNadal reigns at #RolandGarros for a 14th time, winning his 22nd major title! pic.twitter.com/M5gSqggYQE
— #AusOpen (@AustralianOpen) June 5, 2022
LIST OF RAFAEL NADAL’S FRENCH OPEN TITLES
Year Champion Runner up Match score
2005 Rafael Nadal Mariano Puerta 6–7(6–8), 6–3, 6–1, 7–5
2006 Rafael Nadal Roger Federer 1–6, 6–1, 6–4, 7–6(7–4)
2007 Rafael Nadal Roger Federer 6–3, 4–6, 6–3, 6–4
2008 Rafael Nadal Roger Federer 6–1, 6–3, 6–0
2010 Rafael Nadal Robin Soderling 6–4, 6–2, 6–4
2011 Rafael Nadal Roger Federer 7–5, 7–6(7–3), 5–7, 6–1
2012 Rafael Nadal Novak Djokovic 6–4, 6–3, 2–6, 7–5
2013 Rafael Nadal David Ferrer 6–3, 6–2, 6–3
2014 Rafael Nadal Novak Djokovic 3–6, 7–5, 6–2, 6–4
2017 Rafael Nadal Stan Wawrinka 6–2, 6–3, 6–1
2018 Rafael Nadal Dominic Thiem 6–4, 6–3, 6–2
2019 Rafael Nadal Dominic Thiem 6–3, 5-7, 6–1, 6-1
2020 Rafael Nadal Novak Djokovic 6–0, 6–2, 7–5
2022 Rafael Nadal Casper Ruud 6-3, 6-3, 6-0
Congratulations on this historic feat, @RafaelNadal. It’s an honour being able to enjoy a great madridista and honorary club member as the best tennis player of all-time. Congratulations on your 22nd Grand Slam, your 14th @rolandgarros title, without doubt a magic number in 2022.
— Real Madrid C.F. 🇬🇧🇺🇸 (@realmadriden) June 5, 2022
🇪🇸 @RafaelNadal is in a league of his own #RolandGarros pic.twitter.com/cxRKww2RPl
— US Open Tennis (@usopen) June 5, 2022
