He has recently won the French Open ( 2009 ) after losing to Nadal in the final in 2006 , 2007 and 2008 . He won Wimbledon in 2009 to make it a record of 15 Grand Slam titles .
Both have won Grand Slam events on three different surfaces successively ( 2008 French Open , 2008 Wimbledon , 2009 Australian Open for Nadal and 2008 US Open , 2009 French Open , 2009 Wimbledon for Federer ) .