That's the win-loss record for Nadal at the French Open, giving him a career winning percentage of .966. The only four losses ...

He certainly left his indelible mark in Paris. A larger-than-life statue was erected near an entrance to the tournament ...

As a sports writer, Christopher Clarey covered more than a hundred Grand Slam tennis tournaments (and 15 Olympics) for the ...

There will be an unfamiliar uncertainty at the French Open when the year’s second Grand Slam tournament begins in Paris on ...

The French Open 2025 will feature a special tribute to Rafael Nadal, the most successful player in the tournament's history, ...

Djokovic closed the sixth game at love with a smash winner, forcing Nadal to serve to stay in the match. Rafa suffered a break at love at 1-5 after a double fault, suffering his second Roland Garros ...

The Athletic Can Iga Świątek make women’s tennis history? Will her idol, Rafael Nadal, get the tribute his success deserves? Is this the denouement for line judges on tennis courts? And is the most ...

PARIS — For quite some time, there's usually been a sense of certainty at the French Open.

Before the 2020 French Open final clash against Novak Djokovic, Rafael Nadal had already played him seven times at Roland Garros, winning six of those matches, including the finals in 2012 and 2014.

That was particularly so on the men’s side, with Rafael Nadal ruling over the red clay of Roland-Garros the way no one has dominated any tournament in tennis history. He would go there, he would win ...

Rafael Nadal, Novak Djokovic and Roger Federer have 18 French Open trophies between them, with the Spaniard leading the charge. Nadal emerged victorious in Paris on an astonishing 14 occasions In ...

To ease the absence—and take the measure of the man and his career—here comes Christopher Clarey, longtime tennis journalist, with a new book The Warrior: Rafael Nadal and His Kingdom of Clay. On the ...