Rafael Nadal closes in on Roger Federer in career Grand Slam titles after French Open victory

June 10, 2019 at 1:54AM

It's tight at the top in men's majors

With his latest French Open crown, Rafael Nadal pulled within two of Roger Federer for the most Grand Slam men's singles titles. The Spaniard now has twice as many titles in Paris as he has in the Australian Open, Wimbledon and the U.S. Open combined:

Australian Open French OpenWimbledonU.S. OpenOverall, pct.

Roger Federer6-11-48-35-220-10, .667

Rafael Nadal1-412-02-33-118-8, .692

Novak Djokovic7-01-34-13-515-9, .625

Pete Sampras2-1—7-05-314-4, .778

Roy Emerson6-12-12-02-112-3, .800

Bjorn Borg—6-05-10-411-5, .688

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Rod Laver3-12-14-22-211-6, .647

Bill Tilden—0-23-07-310-5, .667

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