Greatest clay court player to never win a French Open
These Valencians are gutsy, aren't they? Valencia beat Real Madrid a few weeks before. Their football team is one of the most successful and respected teams in Spanish football history but they have another one who is equally respected in Spain and around the world, playing an altogether different sport. In the mix of things since 1999, David Ferrer has underachieved considering how good a player he was and there is no question about it. He managed to win 27 titles in his career and let's hope it's the icing on the cake and he takes his 28th title in Madrid. Most of his titles came on clay as he was at his best playing on the red soil. Naturally, born in Spain, playing on clay is a usual thing but what makes him special is the presence of so many great players around him. If him winning only 27 titles and not a single grand slam is an underachievement, on the other side of it, David winning as many as he did is staggering because he often found himself playing against Fe...