PhotoBjorn Borg, the pokerfaced Swede who was the best men’s claycourt player in history until Nadal’s emergence, dropped only 32 games en route to the 1978 French Open title. He beat Nadal in the 2014 Australian Open and Djokovic in the 2015 French Open and in the 2016 United States Open. In 2005, Nadal was partial to sleeveless shirts and pirate pants. Now Nadal has won another French Open, closing the gap with Federer in the standings for career Grand Slam singles titles. Not even a gifted child brimming with ambition would have expected to win 10 French Open singles titles.

Source: New York Times June 11, 2017 15:26 UTC