Rafael Nadal won the French Open without dropping a set four times.
Those title runs came in 2008, 2010, 2017, and 2020. In each campaign, Nadal won every match in straight sets, a remarkable achievement at a best-of-five-set tournament on clay. His 2008 run was especially significant because it made him only the fifth man in the Open Era to win a Grand Slam singles title without losing a set.
The four victories also illustrate the different phases of Nadal’s career. He was 22 when he completed the feat in 2008, returned to do it again in 2010, repeated it during his 10th French Open triumph in 2017, and achieved it once more in 2020. No other player has won as many Grand Slam titles without dropping a set. The number refers specifically to French Open championship campaigns, not individual matches or finals.