He’s beaten a much better Federer than any version Joker beat at Wimby. He’d be sitting on close to if not as many titles as him if his peak/prime lined up with the current grass field.
He’s beaten the supposed HC GOAT in multiple HC GS Fs and has more titles than him at the most prestigious HC tournament in the world.
His prime/peak years were smack dab in the middle in one of the strongest periods in tennis history. He didn’t have the luxury of Ol’ Rog with 0 ATGs outside of clay in their prime during that 2003-2006. And he didn’t have the luxury of Joker with no ATG to follow him. The guys been battling a fellow ATG from start to finish. Much harder to dominate when the competition is stronger. He’s also had more injury issues than either of Fedovic. Ol’ Rog for example benefited immensely from his knee injury in 2009. He doesn’t get back to #1 that year without that happening.
Nadal fans' fav argument ...... Ohh Federer did not have a GOAT candidate in his same gen outside clay ..... Ohhh Novak did not have a GOAT candidate in his same gen outside clay .... Ohh these guys never had to beat world number 1s in their career like Rafa could ...
Well how can you beat a world number 1 in your peak when you yourself are 1 ?
How can Roger or Novak have some non clay ATG when they themselves did not allow anyone to be ATG ????
Let me remind you that Nadal was an established GRASS courter with 2Ws and some finals by 2010 at age 24 and Novak had not yet won his 1st W title, yet from 2011 Novak won 6, Murray won 2, old Rodgi himself took 2 and lost many finals, what was Nadal doing ????
Let me remind you Nadal fans claim of Aus open H2H and such nonsense vs Fed but Nadal has 0 AO after age 23 and old Rodgi himself took 3 AOs in this period, what was Nadal doing ???
USOs have actually saved Nadal's prestige, if he would have been a fail there then he actually would have look very inferior ..... \
So lets not make excuses of prime and peak rivals, Nadal had the advantage of exploiting the 08-10 period when Fed was decliing and Novak was yet to reach his peak, in this period Nadal was at his absolute peak and he won some slams, yet u make excuses?