Rafael Nadal's 14th French Open win means he has now won 97% of his 115 matches at the tournament, losing just 3 times in almost 2 decades

• Rafael Nadal's record at the French Open is simply ridiculous.
• The Spaniard won his 14th title on Sunday by beating Casper Ruud in straight sets in the final.

Rafael Nadal's win over Casper Ruud in the final of the French Open means the Spaniard has now won an astonishing 97% of his matches at the tournament since debuting almost two decades ago.

Nadal made his Roland Garros debut in 2005 and he has since dominated the event, with Sunday's 6-3, 6-3, 6-0 win over Ruud seeing him claim his 14th title and also extend his record number of Grand Slam men's singles titles to 22.

The victory was also Nadal's 112th at the tournament in just 115 matches, with the Spaniard having lost just three matches in his 18 appearances at the Paris Grand Slam.

He suffered a shock a defeat to Sweden's Robin Soderling in the fourth round in 2009, while he lost to Novak Djokovic in the 2015 quarterfinals and again in last year's semifinals. He also withdrew ahead of the third round in 2016 thanks to a wrist injury, an event which does not formally count as a defeat.

After Sunday's triumph, the three-time French Open champion Mats Wilander described Nadal's record at the French Open as the most dominant in sporting history.

"This record will never be beaten at a Grand Slam," said the Swede talking on Eurosport. "Will this record be beaten in any sporting event that's annual? That's the question."

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Nadal's triumph in the French capital means he is now on course for a first ever "Grand Slam" having already won the Australian Open in January.

The "Grand Slam" or "Calendar Slam" is the achievement of winning all four major championships in the same calendar year.

However, the 36-year-old said after his win over Ruud that he could withdraw from Wimbledon later this month due to problems with his feet.

Nadal suffers from Mueller-Weiss syndrome – a rare degenerative condition that affects bones in the feet. He had multiple injections during the French Open and said he "no feeling" in his left foot in the final.

"I'm going to be in Wimbledon if my body is ready to be in Wimbledon," he told reporters. "That's it. Wimbledon is not a tournament that I want to miss. I think nobody wants to miss Wimbledon. I love Wimbledon.

"If I am able to play with anti-inflammatories, yes; to play with anesthetic injections, no. I don't want to put myself in that position again."