Rafael Nadal has become the first man in the Open Era (since April 1968) to win a singles tournament on 10 occasions as he captured his 10th Monte-Carlo Rolex Masters defeating fellow Spaniard Albert Ramos-Vinolas in straight set 61- 6-3 in 76-minute.
The victory, Nadal’s 29th ATP World Tour Masters 1000 title, one shy of record-holder Novak Djokovic (30). The 10th Monte-Carlo Masters is Nadal’s 50th clay-court crown (50-8), breaking the record he shared with Guillermo Vilas since 24 April 2016, when Nadal lifted his ninth trophy at the Barcelona Open.
His Serene Highness Albert II, Sovereign Prince of Monaco presented Nadal with the trophy after he improved to a 63-4 match record at the Monte-Carlo Country Club. World No. 7 Nadal earned 1,000 Emirates ATP Rankings points and will now travel to Barcelona, where he will look to further add to his legacy as the undisputed ‘King of Clay’, with €820,035 in prize money.
Nadal has now won an ATP World Tour title for the 14th year in a row (since 2004) and has a 70-35 mark in title matches during his illustrious career.
It was the first all left-handed Monte-Carlo Rolex Masters final since 2010, when Nadal swept past his compatriot Fernando Verdasco, and the fourth all-Spanish final in the tournament’s history-2002 Juan Carlos Ferrero down Carlos Moya, 2010 Nadal defeat Verdasco and 2011 Nadal tops David Ferrer.
Nadal leads Ramos 3-0 in FedEx ATP Head2Head meeting.
