The Spaniard rules supreme on clay, having won his tenth Italian Open title last week and heads to Roland Garros in search of a 14th French Open success.

FactfileAge 34Born Mallorca, SpainHeight 1.85mWeight 85kgWorld ranking 3 (highest, 1)Career prize money $124,480,032

The king of clayThe most important thing on clay is patience, lex Corretja, a two-times runner-up at the French Open, told The Times in 2019. You need to accept you need to spend a lot of time on the court because points last longer, matches too. The fitness, conditioning, mental strength, his game is perfect for that, Corretja added of Nadal. He stands far back your service is useless. When you know your service is going

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