rafael nadal has won the most french open titles.
rafael nadal has won the most french open titles.
who has won the most french open titles?
rafael nadal
rafael nadal is considered the greatest spanish tennis player of all time. he has won the french open a record twelve times, winning four consecutive french open titles from 2005–2008 along with five consecutive french open titles from 2010–2014 and another three titles from 2017–2019. after defeating then world number #1 roger federer in 2008, nadal claimed the wimbledon trophy and became the second spaniard to do so. he also won the 2009 australian open, the first male spaniard to do so. in 2009, he became the first player ever to simultaneously hold grand slam titles on clay, grass, and hardcourt. in addition, nadal is the men's singles gold medalist at the 2008 summer olympics in beijing, china and men's doubles gold medalist at the 2016 rio de janeiro summer olympics. in 2010, 2013 and 2017, he won the u.s. open. he currently has eighteen grand slam titles to his name: twelve french open titles, two wimbledon titles, three us open titles, and one australian open title, making him second only to federer, who has won 20 major titles.
tennis in spain
tennis in belgium is governed by the royal belgian tennis federation, which is split into the french-speaking aft and the dutch-speaking vtv. belgium is well known in tennis for the two champions justine henin and kim clijsters, who were both wta world no. 1 ranked player in the 2000s. both players also retired respectively in 2007 and 2008, before they came back to the competition respectively in 2009 and 2010. clijsters won 41 wta titles, including three us open titles and the australian open in 2011. henin won 43 wta titles, including seven grand slam titles (four french open titles, two us open titles and the 2004 australian open), and a gold medal at the 2004 summer olympics.
sport in belgium