With his win at the French Open today, Rafael Nadal has won the tournament as many times as Pete Sampras won Grand Slam singles titles in his career: fourteen. Sampras's erstwhile record for men's singles titles was first passed by Roger Federer, then by Nadal, and then by Novak Djokovic. With twenty-two Grand Slam singles titles, Nadal is now tied with Steffi Graf and is close to the top two women, Margaret Court (24) and Serena Williams (23). And although he has no doubles titles, with two more singles titles Nadal would be in third place among the men for most titles overall, behind Roy Emerson (28) and John Newcombe (26). (Andrew Shields, #111words, 5 June 2022)
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