H2H at the Australian Open:
Finals played in Majors on HC/grass:
Federer vs Nadal:
3-2
Federer vs Djokovic:
1-3
SF played in Majors on HC/grass:
Federer vs Nadal:
0-2
Federer vs Djokovic:
3-5
8-5 after 2017. But yes, a better winning percentage than Djokovic vs. Federer in outdoor hard courts: 13-13.
He's still pretty great, it's just that Ultron too stronk.
Can you think of anything greater? Possibly Cristiano Ronaldo still rewriting record books.
But 12 RGs show that you are incredibly good and consistent at just one surface. A CYGS, in today’s game, means you are incredibly good across all surfaces (but only within one year)
Assuming Nadal stops in 12 rather than 15-16 and assuming someone is going to surpass Nadal's record at RG, not only in your lifetime, but ever. We can't assume that it will be surpassed. Some records are never surpassed.
Obviously in tennis 20 Slams remains the biggest record.
The AO is quasi indoors, never any wind there as roof is always pulled to more than other events.
Djokovic achieved his only NCYGS winning RG when Nadal was injured and out of form, so not a sign of domination of all surfaces, but rather an opportunistic clay success.
I think though 20 Majors is not unique, Serena has more.
In your opinion. There are 2 h/c slams for a start so if that's your best surface you have 2 bites of the cherry.
That’s how tennis is played.
We are taking about men’s tennis in the Open Era, no? WTA and pre Open Era are something very different
No, we ae talking in sport. Nothing compares to Nadal at the FO. unique and will never be repeated. Federer not even the highest Major winner in tennis.
Tennis in general. The history of tennis includes both the pre-Open Era and the Open Era.
They are so different as to be almost different sports
Djokovic hasn't won RG in Nadal's era either. He won his only RG when Nadal withdrawed injured and was out of form.
4 Slams in a row has already been done before (Laver twice), so not comparable to Nadal's 12 RG.
Nadal wins both the AO and WB without Djokovic withdrawing from the tournament: it wasn't Djokovic's era.
And no one has won 3 Grand Slams on 3 different surfaces the same year like Nadal did in 2010. It doesn't mean Nadal 3 x 3 is more important than his 12 RG, as 12 RG is more difficult to repeat.
2015 Djokovic couldn't defeat Wawrinka in the RG final, let alone a well-playing Nadal, who is much better than Wawrinka on clay.
Nope. Fallacy of bad analogy. A fallacy of bad analogy occurs when you compare two situations which ressemble some aspects, but are not similar enough to be be totally compared.
A double standard is applied here.
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Djokovic still lost to Nadal at RG 2013, and Nadal was playing better at RG 2012. Djokovic has never defeated a well-playing Nadal at RG.
Without question 12 RG's is a superior achievement to 8 Wimbledon's. All of that is just minutiae, the only number that matters is the total number of majors.
So he pulled out of Queens and Wimbledon both at which he was the defending champion for the sake of it? Yea, right.
