2009 in tennis win the Australian Open Rafael Nadal and Andy Murray win the BNP Paribas Open and the Sony Ericsson Open respectively Rafael Nadal wins the Monte-Carlo Rolex Masters, Barcelona Open Banco Sabadell, and the Internazionali BNL d'Italia May 17: Roger Federer overturns a 5 match losing streak to Rafael Nadal by defeating him in straight sets to win the Mutua Madrileña Madrid Open which ended his title drought June 7: Roger Federer ties Pete Sampras's all-time record with the most grand slam singles titles (14) by defeating Robin Söderling in the final to win his first Roland Garros title July 5:
2012 French Open – Men's Singles 3 hours of play of the 3:49 total length. 2012 French Open – Men's Singles Rafael Nadal was the two-time defending champion and successfully defended his title defeating Novak Djokovic 6–4, 6–3, 2–6, 7–5 in the final. The win was Nadal's seventh French Open title, surpassing Björn Borg's record of six French Open titles and tying Pete Sampras' Wimbledon record for most title wins at one major and Chris Evert's for most French Open titles achieved by a man or woman. Novak Djokovic had the chance to become the first man since Rod Laver in 1969 to hold all four