2009 ATP World Tour Finals Radek Štěpánek and the Malaysian Open losing to Nikolay Davydenko. Verdasco is making his debut at the championship. After Roddick's withdrawal due to left leg injury on 17 November Robin Söderling was announced as his replacement. Robin Söderling 's highlight of the year was reaching the French Open final. After becoming the first player to defeat Rafael Nadal at the Roland Garros. He won his only title of the year at the Catella Swedish Open defeating Juan Mónaco. He reached 4 semifinals as well at the Heineken Open, Proton Malaysian Open, China Open, and the If Stockholm Open. Soderling is
2015 French Open – Men's Singles 2015 French Open – Men's Singles Rafael Nadal was five-time defending champion, but was defeated by Novak Djokovic in the quarterfinals. This was just Nadal's second career defeat at the French Open (the previous one being in 2009) and ended his record win streak of 39 matches. Nadal had won all six of his prior matches against Djokovic at the French Open, each during one of his record eleven title runs. Nadal fell to number 10 in rankings after the loss, his lowest ranking since breaking top 10 on April 18, 2005. Also, Stan Wawrinka defeated 2009 champion Roger Federer