2007 Nadal vs 2023 Alcaraz at Wimbledon - who wins?

Who wins - 2007 Nadal vs 2023 Alcaraz at Wimbledon

  • 2007 Nadal

    Votes: 67 74.4%
  • 2023 Alcaraz

    Votes: 23 25.6%

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TheFifthSet

Legend
Nadal in a tight 3 or a loose 4. Carlos is tough to routine and Nadal can play a loose service game or two, but this should only have one outcome.
 

TennisFan3

Talk Tennis Guru
Comparing Eras is useless, but Alcaraz has been really really impressive this fortnight. He's made Novak's serve look bad. His ROS last year on grass was garbage compared to this year. His serve also has developed.
Nadal had better mentality and a bigger forehand than Alcaraz. But Alcaraz is a more all round player. As such, I don't see how it's easy to say that Nadal of 2006/2007 would beat this version of Alcaraz easily.
 

StrongRule

Talk Tennis Guru
06 nadal takes it vs this Alcaraz in 4 competitive sets, maybe 5 at a stretch.
07 nadal in 2nd week would murder this Alcaraz, not even close.

Also zero chance 07 nadal wins vs 07 fed in 4 sets. you must be high.
fed was always ahead in the match till BP in 5th set for nadal.
Just interesting, why do you begin all names with a small letter, but Alcaraz with a capital letter? :unsure:
 
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StrongRule

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Yeah Rafa has definitely be unlucky at Wimbledon. Peak Federer,  then Djokovic? And 2007 and 2018 could have both gone the other way. Though I guess Djokovic and Federer have been very unlucky at RG too

Pleased that Carlos won for sure
Err...No. Not with the draws he had in 2016 and 2023. And the DO conditions starting from 2020. He never played any match in this slam where he looked unbeatable (unlike in AO for example), and so him winning 3 titles there is massively overachieving.
 
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The Blond Blur

G.O.A.T.
Comparing Eras is useless, but Alcaraz has been really really impressive this fortnight. He's made Novak's serve look bad. His ROS last year on grass was garbage compared to this year. His serve also has developed.
Nadal had better mentality and a bigger forehand than Alcaraz. But Alcaraz is a more all round player. As such, I don't see how it's easy to say that Nadal of 2006/2007 would beat this version of Alcaraz easily.
Very little (if anything) has changed in tennis in 2023 compared to 2007. This isn’t comparing the 80’s or even the 90’s. This “tennis has evolved” nonsense is just that, nonsense. The Big 3 took it to a new level, but they’re either heavily declined or straight up retired. The generations that have come after them are vastly inferior and until today have yet to expose how much they’ve declined.
 

RS

Bionic Poster
Who wins these matches?

1. Alcaraz Wim 23 final vs Nadal Wim 19 SF
2. Alcaraz Wim 23 final vs Federer Wim 19 final
3. Hewitt Wim 05 SF vs Alcaraz Wim 23 final
4. Safin Wim 08 2R vs Del Potro Wim 13
5. Nadal RG 19 final vs Puerta RG 05 final
 
He had a negative winner-UFE differential… on grass, a winner-friendly surface.

A nice rule of thumb (with some exceptions) is that if your winner-UFE differential is getting even close to negative on grass of all places, that’s not a good sign.

Dude had 0 winners in the fifth set until about halfway through.
Novak only won 2 less points. I would say he forced plenty of errors to make up for it
 

The Guru

Legend
He had a negative winner-UFE differential… on grass, a winner-friendly surface.

A nice rule of thumb (with some exceptions) is that if your winner-UFE differential is getting even close to negative on grass of all places, that’s not a good sign.

Dude had 0 winners in the fifth set until about halfway through.
Even more proof of how useless W-UFE is because the start of the fifth was some of the best stuff all match.
 
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Soul_of_Slicehand

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Comparing Eras is useless, but Alcaraz has been really really impressive this fortnight. He's made Novak's serve look bad. His ROS last year on grass was garbage compared to this year. His serve also has developed.
Nadal had better mentality and a bigger forehand than Alcaraz. But Alcaraz is a more all round player. As such, I don't see how it's easy to say that Nadal of 2006/2007 would beat this version of Alcaraz easily.
Do you see now his mental strength? Did you see how he closed out the match? I seen that millions of times from him, thats why i knew he had always the edge today. Because of the mentality, not only the technique, you still dont see the mental part is what has been making the difference all along.
 

-NN-

G.O.A.T.
Let's try the fairer comparison, which is 2006 Nadal vs 2023 Alcaraz.

Given that I recently spent time combing through every single point of the 2006 Wimbledon final for a project, I'm taking Alcaraz here.
 

BeatlesFan

Bionic Poster
Nadal played Peak Federer in 2007 on his favourite surface and could easily have won the match in 4, where he lost two close tie breaks.
The third set TB was 7-3 for Roger, that's not close. Nadal was never close to winning the match, so he couldn't have "easily won it." The closest he got was in the fifth set when he failed to convert in the third and fifth games on Fed's serve at 15-40. A 6-2 fourth set is a blow out anyway, Nadal wasn't close to the trophy.
 

Mike Sams

G.O.A.T.
Now nothing.

I’m answering the question OP asked.
OP is just butthurt that his beloved Rafa has been replaced by Alcaraz and is trying to soothe his emotions. Notice he immediately posted this garbage thread to take away from Alcaraz's Wimbledon win and bring attention back to his hero?
 

jl809

Legend
Who wins these matches?

1. Alcaraz Wim 23 final vs Nadal Wim 19 SF
2. Alcaraz Wim 23 final vs Federer Wim 19 final
3. Hewitt Wim 05 SF vs Alcaraz Wim 23 final
4. Safin Wim 08 2R vs Del Potro Wim 13
5. Nadal RG 19 final vs Puerta RG 05 final
 
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TheFifthSet

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OP is just butthurt that his beloved Rafa has been replaced by Alcaraz and is trying to soothe his emotions. Notice he immediately posted this garbage thread to take away from Alcaraz's Wimbledon win and bring attention back to his hero?
Probably so, convenient time to do a glow-up of Nadal.
 
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The third set TB was 7-3 for Roger, that's not close. Nadal was never close to winning the match, so he couldn't have "easily won it." The closest he got was in the fifth set when he failed to convert in the third and fifth games on Fed's serve at 15-40. A 6-2 fourth set is a blow out anyway, Nadal wasn't close to the trophy.
Wouldn't say easily but if Nadal broke first in the 5th like he had 4 chances that Fed saved that could easily shifted the dynamic Federer would have had to break back.
 
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metsman

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2006 Nadal wins in straights. He's significantly better at every single meaningful aspect of the game. I don't see any reliable way for Alcaraz to win a set barring divine intervention or sheer dumb luck. But I guess getting a geriatric Djokovic playing way below average to vulture a Wimbledon title after a historic vulture of USO shows that he already has a penchant for that.
 
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metsman

Talk Tennis Guru
Who wins these matches?

1. Alcaraz Wim 23 final vs Nadal Wim 19 SF
2. Alcaraz Wim 23 final vs Federer Wim 19 final
3. Hewitt Wim 05 SF vs Alcaraz Wim 23 final
4. Safin Wim 08 2R vs Del Potro Wim 13
5. Nadal RG 19 final vs Puerta RG 05 final
The first three are all ROFLMAO, the last two are actually kind of interesting lol.
 
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WOW, nice try. The whole debate was 2006 Wimbledon vs 2023 Alcaraz you little daisy, not 2007 Wimbledon. I said it myself as for now I think Nadal played better in 2007 than Alcaraz this year. READ.
no no.. duck is right, guys he mentioned, were talkin exactly about 06dal;)
 

ADuck

Legend
Like ONE post in a full thread about something else?
Haha no, multiple posts bud. Here I'll quote some of them for you lol:
Nadal 2006 in 4 or 5. Nadal 2007 in 4
06 nadal takes it vs this Alcaraz in 4 competitive sets, maybe 5 at a stretch.
07 nadal in 2nd week would murder this Alcaraz, not even close.

Also zero chance 07 nadal wins vs 07 fed in 4 sets. you must be high.
fed was always ahead in the match till BP in 5th set for nadal.
2006 Nadal wins in 5 imo.
2006 Nadal (who I think takes it in four) is the better comparison.
2006 Nadal wins in straights. He's significantly better at every single meaningful aspect of the game. I don't see any reliable way for Alcaraz to win a set barring divine intervention or sheer dumb luck. But I guess getting a geriatric Djokovic playing way below average to vulture a Wimbledon title after a historic vulture of USO shows that he already has a penchant for that.

I already got bored in the other discussion, but after this I'm going out lol.
Yeah I saw that coming. See ya
 
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Deleted member 758560

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btw, just wanted to ask you, which level was higher from djoko, at wimby19 final or wimby23 final? @abmk
 

RS

Bionic Poster
Who played at a higher level?

1. Djokovic Wim 11 or Nadal USO 13
2. Murray AO 12 or Del Potro USO 09
3. Federer USO 11 or Nadal Wim 07
4. Murray AO 10 or Alcaraz Wim 23
5. Wawrinka USO 16 or Djokovic USO 08
 

Kralingen

Bionic Poster
Who played at a higher level?

1. Djokovic Wim 11 or Nadal USO 13
2. Murray AO 12 or Del Potro USO 09
3. Federer USO 11 or Nadal Wim 07
4. Murray AO 10 or Alcaraz Wim 23
5. Wawrinka USO 16 or Djokovic USO 08
Djok barely
DelPo
Nadal
Carlos
Shockingly Djok
 
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