35 is the number of matches top seed Rafael Nadal has won in the Australian Open, while losing only seven times. PHOTO: REUTERS/FILE
11 June 2017: Here's a look at the form and previous records of Spaniard Rafael Nadal and Stan Wawrinka of Switzerland ahead of their French Open final on Sunday (prefix number denotes seeding).
4-Rafa Nadal (Spain)
The Spaniard has been in stupendous form on clay, winning titles in Monte Carlo, Barcelona and Madrid before his 17-match winning streak was ended by Dominic Thiem in the Rome quarter-finals.
Nadal, bidding for a record-extending 10th title at Roland Garros, has won 78 of his 80 matches on Paris clay.
The 31-year-old has dropped just 29 games on his way to his 10th French Open final.
3-Stan Wawrinka (Switzerland)
The three-times grand slam champion is vying for a second French Open triumph in three years after winning the title in 2015.
The 32-year-old Swiss is one of the best claycourt players on the tour, winning a title a year on the surface since 2013.
He has a 100 percent success rate in grand slam finals, having won all three he has contested -- 2014 Australian Open, 2015 French Open and 2016 U.S. Open.
The third seed is aiming to become the oldest man to lift the Musketeers' Cup since 34-year-old Andres Gimeno in 1972.
His last grand slam meeting against Nadal was at the 2014 Melbourne Park final, where Wawrinka beat the Spaniard to claim his first major title.
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