2016 French Open – Men's singles final first man since Rod Laver in 1969 to hold all four Major titles simultaneously, while he also became the first man since Jim Courier in 1992 to win the Australian and French Open titles in the same calendar year. The match took place on the final day of the 2016 edition of the 15-day French Open, held every May and June. In the lead-up to the French Open, Djokovic and Murray contested the finals at both the Madrid and Rome Masters in May; these were the first two times that the pair contested a final on clay. Both dethroned each
2009 French Open – Men's singles final Federer also filled the only void on his resume by capturing the French Open and becoming only the third man in the Open Era to capture the career Grand Slam. Many tennis analysts and commentators proclaimed Federer the greatest male player of all-time, including tennis legend John McEnroe who called the match for NBC. The call by Eurosport on match point was thus: "Federer wins the French Open for the first time in his career; and in addition must surely be regarded now as the greatest male player of all-time." This tournament also transformed Söderling's career as he went from