Nine-time champion Rafael Nadal and Stan Wawrinka will meet in the Roland Garros final on Sunday afternoon.
It will be Rafa’s 22nd Grand Slam final overall, breaking a tie with Novak Djokovic for second behind Roger Federer’s 28.
If our champ wins the championship on Sunday, it’ll be his 15th at a major, breaking a tie with Pete Sampras for second behind Federer’s 18.
Rafa, who won the last of his French Opens in 2014, is bidding to become the first man to win 10 titles at a single Grand Slam.
Date: June 11, 2017
Match time: 3 PM local time / 9 AM EDT – New York, Montreal / 2 PM BST – United Kingdom / 3 PM CET – Spain, France, Germany, Italy / 11 PM AEDT – Melbourne. To convert to your local time, use this website.
Rafa on facing Stan:
I have been playing a great event. But Stan is playing unbelievable, no? It will be a super-hard final and I will need to play at my very best.
Stan on facing Rafa:
I think to play Rafa on clay in French Open in a final is probably the biggest challenge you can have in tennis. He’s the best player ever on clay. He’s going for his 10th Roland Garros, so it’s something really impressive, something tough.
It’s for sure going to be really difficult. But again, in the end of the day, it’s the final. The pressure is on both players. No one will go on the court thinking he has no pressure. We both want to win the title, and we both gonna give it all on the court.
- The winner of today’s final will move up to No. 2, with the runner-up at No. 3, when the ATP rankings are updated on Monday 12 June.
- Rafa is in 1st place on the list for the most Tour-level match-wins in 2017 (42-6). Thiem (34-13), Goffin (31-12).
- Rafa is in 1st place on the list for most clay court wins in 2017 (23-1).
- This is Rafa’s 22nd Grand Slam final. He has a 14-7 win-loss record in Grand Slam finals, going into today’s match.
- Rafa is bidding to win his 53rd career clay court title at Roland Garros.
- Rafa is through to the Roland Garros final without dropping a set for the 5th time in his career. He also reached the final here without dropping a set in 2007, 2008, 2010 and 2012. He went on to win the title without dropping a set in 2008 and 2010.
- Rafa has played just 2 five-set matches at Roland Garros – he came back from 1-2 down to defeat John Isner in the 1st round in 2011 and also defeated Djokovic in 5 sets in the 2013 semifinals. He has a 19-9 win-loss record in 5-set matches overall.
- Rafa is the leading performer in Roland Garros history. He has a 78-2 win-loss record at Roland Garros, ahead of Federer (65-16), Djokovic (59-12) and Vilas (58-17).
Rafa has a 15-3 record against Wawrinka. Rafa has a 2-1 win-loss record against Wawrinka in Tour-level finals, with both of his 2 wins coming on clay. This is the 8th time the pair have met on clay. Rafa has a 6-1 win-loss record against Wawrinka on clay, with his only defeat coming at 2015 Rome-1000.
| YEAR | EVENT | SURFACE | RND | WINNER | RESULT |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2016 | ATP World Tour Masters 1000 Monte Carlo Monaco |
Outdoor Clay | QF | Rafael Nadal |
61 64
|
| 2015 | ATP Finals Great Britain |
Indoor Hard | RR | Rafael Nadal |
63 62
|
| 2015 | ATP World Tour Masters 1000 Paris France |
Indoor Hard | QF | Stan Wawrinka |
768 767
|
| 2015 | ATP World Tour Masters 1000 Shanghai China |
Outdoor Hard | QF | Rafael Nadal |
62 61
|
| 2015 | ATP World Tour Masters 1000 Rome Italy |
Outdoor Clay | QF | Stan Wawrinka |
767 62
|
| 2014 | Australian Open Australia |
Outdoor Hard | F | Stan Wawrinka |
63 62 36 63
|
| 2013 | ATP Finals Great Britain |
Indoor Hard | RR | Rafael Nadal |
765 766
|
| 2013 | ATP World Tour Masters 1000 Shanghai China |
Outdoor Hard | QF | Rafael Nadal |
7610 61
|
| 2013 | Roland Garros France |
Outdoor Clay | QF | Rafael Nadal |
62 63 61
|
| 2013 | ATP World Tour Masters 1000 Madrid Spain |
Outdoor Clay | F | Rafael Nadal |
62 64
|
| 2012 | ATP World Tour Masters 1000 Monte Carlo Monaco |
Outdoor Clay | QF | Rafael Nadal |
75 64
|
| 2010 | ATP World Tour Masters 1000 Shanghai China |
Outdoor Hard | R32 | Rafael Nadal |
64 64
|
| 2010 | ATP World Tour Masters 1000 Canada Canada |
Outdoor Hard | R32 | Rafael Nadal |
7612 63
|
| 2010 | ATP World Tour Masters 1000 Rome Italy |
Outdoor Clay | QF | Rafael Nadal |
64 61
|
| 2009 | ATP World Tour Masters 1000 Miami FL, U.S.A. |
Outdoor Hard | R16 | Rafael Nadal |
762 764
|
| 2007 | ATP World Tour Masters 1000 Paris France |
Indoor Hard | R16 | Rafael Nadal |
64 63
|
| 2007 | Stuttgart Germany |
Outdoor Grass | F | Rafael Nadal |
64 75
|
| 2007 | Australian Open Australia |
Outdoor Hard | R32 | Rafael Nadal |
62 62 62
|
GOOD LUCK & VAMOS RAFA!
Sources: Roland Garros, AFP
Rafa stopped swimming in the clay after his French Open wins because the clay was difficult to remove from his clothes, he said. Hhmmm, I kinda like it as it’s probably a stress reliever after a FO-final win.
RAFA DECIMA ROCKS
SO HAPPY TO SEE HIS TEARS OF JOY….
RAFA DECIMA ROCKS
SOUIX, where the heck are U???
RAFA ROCKS
YEESS congratulations sweet KING OF CLAY 🎾💪🏼😘 You did it – you did it FABOLOUS 😃❤️🌟👑🔟🏆🇪🇸🤗
OH WHAT A RELIEF ! A dominant redemption. Amazing performance by the king. Tiers of joy coming out. It’s a privilege an honour to be your fan. All I can say is Thank you Rafa Nadal. You are UNFORGETTABLE FOREVER
Sans doute, c’était un fait accompli.
RAFA ROCKS
wow Rafa! I am in tears to see him lifting the 15th!!
Go after 18 now!
Definitely here…celebrating Rafa’s win. HE PLAYED SOOOO SMARTLY. Stan was throwing everything in the book, at Rafa. To no avail. He appeared to start wilting in the second set. I thought he would get one set. THIS WAS A TOYAL BEATDOWN.
RAFA RAFA RAFA RAFA RAFA
YESSSSSSS! Game ,set and ‘ La Decimal ‘
CONGRATULATIONS – KING OF CLAY
You never stopped believing and today you made millions of fans dreams come true
🗼🏆🔟🇪🇸🗼🏆🔟🇪🇸🗼🏆🔟🇪🇸🗼🏆🔟🇪🇸🗼🏆🔟🇪🇸🗼🏆🔟🇪🇸🗼🏆🔟🇪🇸
CELEBRATE TO YOUR HEARTS CONTENT.
You have just left every other player astounded and Open 👄
Go now and enjoy your victory with your family, team , friends and of course the children from your Academy who’s dreams are just beginning.
RAFA, UNCLE TONI , CARLOS MOYA – I bow before you 🙇😍
Oops, sorry for posting 3 times didn’t think it had posted . My apologies.
YESSSSSSS! Game ,set and ‘ La Decimal ‘
CONGRATULATIONS – KING OF CLAY
You never stopped believing and today you made millions of fans dreams come true
🗼🏆🔟🇪🇸🗼🏆🔟🇪🇸🗼🏆🔟🇪🇸🗼🏆🔟🇪🇸🗼🏆🔟🇪🇸🗼🏆🔟🇪🇸🗼🏆🔟🇪🇸
CELEBRATE TO YOUR HEARTS CONTENT.
You have just left every other player astounded and Open 👄
Go now and enjoy your victory with your family, team , friends and of course the children from your Academy who’s dreams are just beginning.
RAFA, UNCLE TONI , CARLOS MOYA – I bow before you 🙌🙇😍
The history maker- Rafael Nadal. I’m speechless and no-one deserved this 10th Roland Garros more!!
YESSSSSSS! Game ,set and ‘ La Decimal ‘
CONGRATULATIONS – KING OF CLAY
You never stopped believing and today you made millions of fans dreams come true
🗼🏆🔟🇪🇸🗼🏆🔟🇪🇸🗼🏆🔟🇪🇸🗼🏆🔟🇪🇸🗼🏆🔟🇪🇸🗼🏆🔟🇪🇸🗼🏆🔟🇪🇸
CELEBRATE TO YOUR HEARTS CONTENT.
You have just left every other player astounded and Open 👄
Go now and enjoy your victory with your family, team , friends and of course the children from your Academy who’s dreams are just beginning.
RAFA, UNCLE TONI , CARLOS MOYA – I bow before you 🙌🙇😍
CONGRATULATIONS TO THE KING OF DECIMAS!!!!🎾👏👍👍🤗👑🍾🍾🍾🍾
Wonderful match. I’m tempted to say it’s the best I’ve ever seen Rafa play…
Margo are you there, watching tennis magic? 🎾𗀠
I’m extatic – this is GREAT! 𗀂👍🏻
Rafa is playing his vintage tennis. I’m so happy at the moment and I’m hoping I’ll be ecstatic very soon
RAFA EST UN MONSTRE !!!!!!!! <3
King at its absolute best. What a performance so far!
TOTALLY AMAZING ❤️🌟👍🏻
Whoops spoke too soon – there goes stans racquet
😉😂
Great lyrics Maria 👍🏻 Fits perfectly with Rafa 💕🎶😊👑