List of records broken by Rafael Nadal after winning the 2022 French Open
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Rafael Nadal with his 2022 French Open trophy
Rafael Nadal asserted his dominance in the Stade Roland Garros for yet another time as he defeated Casper Ruud 6-3, 6-3, 6-0 in the finals of the 2022 French Open. This was his 14th French Open title and his 22nd Grand Slam title extending his lead at the top in the race for most Grand Slam singles won.
Over the course of the tournament, it had not been an easy journey for the Spaniard as he was coming fresh from his injury in the right foot and had a tough draw at his hand in a top-heavy draw. Nevertheless, he did not drop his standards and continued to dominate opponents dropping only 3 sets in the tournament, two sets against Felix Auger-Aliassime in the 4th round and once against Novak Djokovic in the quarter-finals.
List of records broken by Rafael Nadal after winning the 2022 French Open
- Rafael Nadal leads the race for most Grand Slam titles with 22 majors, next best are Roger Federer and Novak Djokovic with 20 each.
- Rafael Nadal extends his lead for most French Open titles to 14, the next best in the Open Era is Bjorn Borg with 6 titles. No active player has more than 2 French Open titles.
- In the all-time Grand Slam record, Rafael Nadal ties Steffi Graf with 22 majors, only Margaret Court with 24 majors and Serena Williams with 23 majors are ahead.
- Amongst male players with 8+ Grand Slam finals played, only Pete Sampras (77.8%) has a higher winning ratio than Rafael Nadal (73.3%) in Majors finals.
- Rafael Nadal at age 36 years becomes the oldest French Open champion since 1925.
- Rafael Nadal now has 63 titles on Clay, 14 more than any other player on the surface.
- Rafael Nadal becomes the sixth man in history to win the first two majors of a season.
- Rafael Nadal becomes 3rd man to earn 4 Top-10 wins at a Grand Slam event. Nadal joins Roger Federer at the 2017 Australian Open and Mats Wilander at the 1982 Roland Garros.
- Rafael Nadal has now won more than a third of the Grand Slams he’s ever played.
- Rafael Nadal wins the Australian Open and French Open in the same season for the first time, joining Rod Laver, Mats Wilander and Novak Djokovic in achieving the feat.
- Rafael Nadal maintains his perfect record in the French Open finals, 14 titles from 14 finals.
- Rafael Nadal betters his French Open career record to 112-3, Novak Djokovic (twice) and Robin Soderling remain the only men to defeat him in the major.
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