Roger Federer's 5 worst Grand Slam defeats

#1 Rafael Nadal (6-1 6-3 6-0): 2008 French Open

French Open - Roland Garros 2008 Day Fifteen

It is not often Federer fails to win six games in a set, let alone a match, but that was the manner of the hiding he received at the hands of his nemesis Rafa Nadal in the 2008 French Open as the Spaniard pummelled the Swiss into submission, sailing to a 6-1 6-3 6-0 win. It was Federer's third consecutive loss at the final of the French Open and by far his worst.

Nadal's groundstrokes strangled Federer like a Boa Constrictor, suffocating him slowly but surely. At one stage, he even reeled off 22 of 25 points, knocking the stuffing out of the Swiss.

So one-sided was the encounter, it forced a rather sheepish Nadal to almost apologise after the match. "Roger, I'm sorry for the final," Nadal conceded.

It was the first time Federer had been served a bagel at a Grand Slam since 1999 against Pat Rafter. The 2008 final was also the shortest in terms of length, since 1980 when Bjorn Borg had annihilated Vitas Gerulaitis.