2009 French Open – Men's Singles titles. Until the 2016 Wimbledon, this was the last Grand Slam tournament that Novak Djokovic failed to reach the quarter-finals. He lost to Philipp Kohlschreiber in the third round. 2009 French Open – Men's Singles Rafael Nadal was the four-time defending champion, but lost in the fourth round to Robin Söderling in a huge upset. This was Nadal's first defeat (of two) at the French Open, having won the title in all four of his previous appearances at Roland Garros since debuting in 2005. With Nadal's loss, there would be a first time French Open champion for 2009. Roger Federer
2008 French Open brief match which never allowed him to gain a foothold. Rafael Nadal claimed his fourth consecutive French Open crown, on the final score of 6–1, 6–3, 6–0, and in becoming the 2008 French Open champion equalled Björn Borg's record of four straight Roland-Garros titles, and extended his win-loss record at the tournament to 28–0. Rafael Nadal defeated Roger Federer, 6–1, 6–3, 6–0 Ana Ivanovic defeated Dinara Safina, 6–4, 6–3 Pablo Cuevas / Luis Horna defeated Daniel Nestor / Nenad Zimonjić, 6–2, 6–3 Anabel Medina Garrigues / Virginia Ruano Pascual defeated Casey Dellacqua / Francesca Schiavone, 2–6, 7–5, 6–4 Victoria Azarenka