Points won by each set: | 37-30, 34-26, 19-31, 35-29 |
Points won directly behind the serve:
18 % Nadal – 22 of 118
12 % Djokovic – 15 of 123

For the first time in the Open Era, two players faced each other in four consecutive majors, and it occurred in four straight finals! Djokovic had defeated Nadal in London & New York (2011) as well as in Melbourne (2012), but Nadal confirmed his reign in Paris claiming his seventh title there. The Spaniard won in straight sets their two previous clay-court meetings that year, and he did actually the same in the first two sets. In the 3rd set the weather worsened and Djokovic began to play his best tennis trailing 0:2. He won eight straight games, but the final was suspended due to bad weather at *2:1 for the Serbian in the 4th set. On the Monday resumption Nadal broke back immediately, and converted his first match point at 6:5 after Djokovic’s double fault. The longest rally (45 strokes) occurred at 15-all in the opening game of the 4th set.

Nadal’s route to his 50th title:
1 Simone Bolelli 6-2, 6-2, 6-1
2 Denis Istomin 6-2, 6-2, 6-0
3 Eduardo Schwank 6-1, 6-3, 6-4
4 Juan Monaco 6-2, 6-0, 6-0
Q Nicolas Almagro 7-6(4), 6-2, 6-3
S David Ferrer 6-2, 6-2, 6-1
W Novak Djokovic 6-4, 6-3, 2-6, 7-5