French Open 2017 Men's Final: Rafael Nadal vs. Stan Wawrinka Result and Stats

Rafael Nadal made history in emphatic fashion as he crushed Stan Wawrinka 6-2, 6-3, 6-1 in the 2017 French Open final on Sunday to claim a 10th title at Roland Garros.

In doing so, the Spaniard eclipsed Martina Navratilova's Open Era record for titles at the same Grand Slam, with the Czech legend having won the singles at Wimbledon nine times between 1978 and 1990.

The closest challengers in the men's game are Roger Federer and Pete Sampras, both of whom hold seven singles titles at Wimbledon.

Nadal's Paris triumph saw him pass legendary American Sampras for all-time Grand Slams, but Federer remains the man to beat, per The Times' Stuart Fraser:

It was an imperious display from the clay-court master against Wawrinka.

The Swiss, likely fatigued from his mammoth semi-final win against Andy Murray, did not play poorly, but Nadal's immense power and athleticism proved too much for the 2015 French Open winner.

Nadal's shot-making was regularly mesmerising, per Roland Garros:

He broke Wawrinka twice in the opener, once in the second and three times in the third to complete victory in just over two hours.

Meanwhile, the world No. 3 could barely get close on Nadal's serve, failing to take the single break point he earned in the whole match in the first set.

Wawrinka was blitzed in almost every statistical contest of the match. Nadal had four aces to his one, had a superior first-serve percentage—65 to 58—and won 90 per cent of his points at the net, with Wawrinka finishing on 73 per cent.

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Crucially, Nadal also hammered his opponent when it came to winners and unforced errors.

Per RolandGarros.com, the champion hit 27 winners in the match and had 12 unforced errors, while runner-up Wawrinka returned 19 winners and 29 unforced errors.

To call them unforced errors from the Swiss, though, is somewhat harsh. Given the level of Nadal, Wawrinka was forced to go for the lines, and he could not hit them every time.

During the whole 2017 French Open campaign, no player came close to troubling Nadal, per the New York Times' Ben Rothenberg:

He breezed through the final as he had done every other round and made history in the process.