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Number Sense: Setting up the Roland Garros Men's Final
By Nick Georgandis
In the 30 years since Yannick Noah won the 1983 French Open, French men who reach at least the quarterfinals are a combined 8-15 including Jo-Wilfried Tsonga's losss to David Ferrer on Friday.
This season is the first year since 2005 that neither the No. 1 or 2 seed has played in the French Open final.
In 59 career matches at the French Open, Rafael Nadal has only been taken to five sets twice. He is 2-0 in those matches.
David Ferrer is the first Spaniard besides Rafael Nadal to make the French Open final since Juan Carlos Ferrero in 2003.
This is the fourth time in French Open history that two Spaniards have faced off against each other in the final.
It took David Ferrer 780 career matches to reach his first Grand Slam final.
Rafael Nadal's .983 winning percentage at Roland Garros would be the equivalent of an NBA or NHL team going 80-2 over a season, or a Major League baseball team going 159-3.
Nadal is 19-4 all-time against Ferrer, with eight straight victories. On clay, he is 16-1, the one loss coming in the two men's first-ever match in 2004, when Nadal was 18 years old.
Nadal's win on Thursday was the 15th time he has beaten the No. 1 player in the world, and the third time he has beaten Novak Djokovic when Djokovic was No. 1.
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