The end of a record-breaking run - Nadal's 50 successive victorious clay-court sets

After Dominic Thiem ended Rafael Nadal's run of 50 victorious clay-court sets, we look back on a remarkable streak.

Rafael Nadal's remarkable run of 50 successive sets won on clay was stunningly ended on Friday as he suffered defeat to Dominic Thiem in the Madrid Open quarter-finals.

Nadal had not surrendered a set on clay since his loss to Thiem at the Internazionali d'Italia last May and the Austrian proved his undoing again in the Spanish capital.

The defeat means Nadal – who surpassed John McEnroe's Open Era record of 49 straight sets won on the same surface, which he registered on carpet in 1984 – will also lose his world number one ranking to Roger Federer.

Here we look back at King of Clay's stunning streak, which included a 10th French Open win and 11th titles in Monte Carlo and Barcelona, on the red dirt.

 

2017 French Open : Benoit Paire 6-1 6-4 6-1 Robin Haase 6-1 6-4 6-3 Nikoloz Basilashvili 6-0 6-1 6-0 Roberto Bautista Agut 6-1 6-2 6-2 Pablo Carreno Busta 6-2 2-0 (RET) Dominic Thiem 6-3 6-4 6-0 Stan Wawrinka 6-2 6-3 6-1

2018 Davis Cup : Philipp Kohlschreiber 6-2 6-2 6-3 Alexander Zverev 6-1 6-4 6-4

2018 Monte Carlo Masters :

Aljaz Bedene 6-1 6-3 Karen Khachanov 6-3 6-2 Dominic Thiem 6-0 6-2 Grigor Dimitrov 6-4 6-1 Kei Nishikori 6-3 6-2

2018 Barcelona Open :

Roberto Carballes Baena 6-4 6-4 Guillermo Garcia-Lopez 6-1 6-3 Martin Klizan 6-0 7-5 David Goffin 6-4 6-0 Stefanos Tsitsipas 6-2 6-1

2018 Madrid Open :

Gael Monfils 6-3 6-1 Diego Schwartzman 6-3 6-4