Who is a better best of 5 set player ...Nadal or Federer ?

[zagor]

Originally Posted by ZeroSkid

this is a joke comparison, nadal by a country mile

Actually, Fed has more BO5 titles than any player in the open era right now, especially if you also count his titles in which only the final was a BO5 match so not, no one is better than Fed in this regard by a "country mile".

[Wolfman Jack]

Originally Posted by jackson vile

Oh no! All of the Tarderer fans delusions are crashing down now. How sad.

10Chameleons

[TennisFan3]

Originally Posted by zagor

Too early to say, whomever ends up with most slams is.

Very funny. Fed has 16 slams and with a little luck, might add more.

What makes you think that Nadal will reach anywhere close to that? Heck, I don't even think Nadal will get to Pete's record, especially given that Djoko is around, who Nadal will likely lose to in any non-clay slam..

[Hood_Man]

Originally Posted by jackson vile

Oh no! All of the Tarderer fans delusions are crashing down now. How sad.

Aww, thanks sweetums, we knew we could count on you

[zagor]

Originally Posted by TennisFan3

Very funny.

Don't think so, Nadal ending with equal or more slams than Fed is far from being an outrageous scenario.

Originally Posted by TennisFan3

Fed has 16 slams and with a little luck, might add more.

At this point Fed would enormous amount of luck to add just one more slam.

Originally Posted by TennisFan3

What makes you think that Nadal will reach anywhere close to that? Heck, I don't even think Nadal will get to Pete's record, especially given that Djoko is around, who Nadal will likely lose to in any non-clay slam..

It's very simple, Nadal has reached 6 of the last 7 slam finals, the only thing that prevented him from completely dominating the game was Novak playing out of his mind (Nadal would have won 5 slam titles in a row since 2011 FO if not for Novak) and given that Novak is nowhere near his 2011 level it puts Nadal in an excellent position to grab many more slams.

Regarding Nadal being likely to lose to Novak in any non-clay slam, I disagree. If Novak doesn't pick up his game big time I'd only favour him against Nadal in HC slams and not as much as I'd favour Nadal against him at Wimbledon.

[TeamNadal]

^ Rafa has reached 8 of the last 9 slam finals, and won 5 of them

[The Dark Knight]

Originally Posted by TeamNadal

^ Rafa has reached 8 of the last 9 slam finals, and won 5 of them

He would have won all 8 if Federer were in those finals instead if Joker....Not too shabby.

[TeamNadal]

Originally Posted by The Dark Knight

He would have won all 8 if Federer were in those finals instead if Joker....Not too shabby.

I have no complaints

I think the fact Rafa was challenged so heavily by Djokovic and saw off that challenge, has added to his legacy massively. It is the opposite of what Federer did when Rafa challenged him. And Rafa went from losing in straight sets on clay to Djokovic TWICE in 2011, to beating Djokovic in straight sets TWICE in 2012 before breaking Djokovic's heart at Roland Garros when history beckoned for the Serbian chest-beater.



Also I like it how Djokovic is now considered the fittest player on tour, so when Rafa beats him its more a case of Rafa outplaying him rather than just 'outlasting' him. Before it was like people considered Rafa just a physical player. Now Djokovic is the most physical player, so Rafa can be recognized for his skill rather than stamina (as Djokovic has the better stamina now).

[VPhuc tennis fan]

Originally Posted by The Dark Knight

He would have won all 8 if Federer were in those finals instead if Joker....Not too shabby.

Proper English:
would have won...had been...
Exact meaning:
wishful thinking about a or several PAST event(s), but can NEVER change the past results NO MATTER how much wishing is involved.

Can someone as a native English speaker correct me if I'm wrong?

[NadalAgassi]

Federer has more slams so overall Federer by a bit at this point. You cant accurately compare Masters when the only best of 5 finals are on clay most of the time (Madrid indoors and Miami was for awhile), although Nadal has more Masters overall even with only 3 of the 9 on clay and most of them best of 3, so he would probably have a big edge in Masters wins in best of 5. In H2H it is Nadal obviously, by an even bigger margin than the overall H2H.

Wow Nadal winning a poll over Federer it isnt even obvious he should win on Planet TW. That must be a first.

[The Dark Knight]

I cannot believe Nadal won this poll.....

There is hope at TW.!

[Bud]

Originally Posted by NadalAgassi

Federer has more slams so overall Federer by a bit at this point. You cant accurately compare Masters when the only best of 5 finals are on clay most of the time (Madrid indoors and Miami was for awhile), although Nadal has more Masters overall even with only 3 of the 9 on clay and most of them best of 3, so he would probably have a big edge in Masters wins in best of 5. In H2H it is Nadal obviously, by an even bigger margin than the overall H2H.

Wow Nadal winning a poll over Federer it isnt even obvious he should win on Planet TW. That must be a first.

Originally Posted by The Dark Knight

I cannot believe Nadal won this poll.....

There is hope at TW.!

I guess some people actually read the posts comparing their 5-set results (as I think Federer was leading in the poll before I posted them)


Nadal has a higher win percentage in all of his 5-set career matches, regardless if the match went 3, 4 or 5 sets

Nadal has a higher win percentage in all of his 5-set career matches when the match went into the 5th set


Hard to choose Federer knowing that

[Towser83]

And I think this kind of points to a federer win.

Slam finals in a row
Federer - 10
Nadal - 5

Longest semi final streak
Federer - 23
Nadal - 5

Longest quarter final streak
Federer - 32
Nadal - 11

also federer hasn't lost as early as the 2nd round since RG 2003 (1st round loss) his earliest loss since becoming a slam winner being the 3rd round of RG in 2004 on his worst surface to a multiple French Open champion.

Well i guess this is just proving Federer is more solid in the slams, still debateable in general best of 5, but most best of 5 is in slams.