50 Match Wins at Grand Slams/Masters 1000 in a Season, Big 3 Big 3

McEnroeisanartist

Hall of Fame
It is interesting to note how Djokovic over the last four years has taken the mantle of best in the sport from Federer and Nadal.

Looking at seasons when each player won at least 50 matches at the Grand Slams and Masters 1000 tournaments.

Federer - 51 (2005), 61 (2006), 52 (2007), 50 (2009)
Nadal - 51 (2007), 56 (2008 ), 54 (2010)
Djokovic - 58 (2011), 58 (2012), 52 (2013)

Note: Federer's 47 match wins in 2014 is his highest total since 2009. Nadal's 32 match wins in 2014 was is his lowest total since 2004. If Novak wins Paris, he will have won 50 matches again at the Grand Slams/Masters 1000 level in 2014.
 
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hoodjem

G.O.A.T.
It is interesting to note how Djokovic over the last four years has taken the mantle of best in the sport from Federer and Djokovic.

Looking at seasons when each player won at least 50 matches at the Grand Slams and Masters 1000 tournaments.

Federer - 51 (2005), 61 (2006), 52 (2007), 50 (2009)
Nadal - 51 (2007), 56 (2008 ), 54 (2010)
Djokovic - 58 (2011), 58 (2012), 52 (2013)

Note: Federer's 47 match wins in 2014 is his highest total since 2009. Nadal's 32 match wins in 2014 was is his lowest total since 2004. If Novak wins Paris, he will have won 50 matches again at the Grand Slams/Masters 1000 level in 2014.
I think you mean Fed and Nadal.?
 

eldanger25

Hall of Fame
It is interesting to note how Djokovic over the last four years has taken the mantle of best in the sport from Federer and Nadal.

Looking at seasons when each player won at least 50 matches at the Grand Slams and Masters 1000 tournaments.

Federer - 51 (2005), 61 (2006), 52 (2007), 50 (2009)
Nadal - 51 (2007), 56 (2008 ), 54 (2010)
Djokovic - 58 (2011), 58 (2012), 52 (2013)

Note: Federer's 47 match wins in 2014 is his highest total since 2009. Nadal's 32 match wins in 2014 was is his lowest total since 2004. If Novak wins Paris, he will have won 50 matches again at the Grand Slams/Masters 1000 level in 2014.

How does it look as a matter of winning percentage versus raw win totals? Let's say 90 percent w/p or above, minimum of 50 GS/MS1000 matches played:

Federer:

2005 (51-3, 94.4%)
2006 (61-4, 93.8%)

Note - Federer went 42-4 in 2004, for a 91% record, but played only 6 MS1000 events, thus falling short of 50 matches.

Nadal:

2010 (54-6, 90.0%)
2013 (49-4, 92.5%)

Djokovic:

2011 (58-2, 96.7%)

Make of this what you will - basically all 3 lose two seasons, and Nadal gains 2013 (he managed 49 wins at GS/MS1000s that year despite missing Australia and Miami, so your 50 win threshold was a little unfair on the old boy anyway, my friend. Regardless, I do think 50 of anything is a conventional enough cutoff for these kind of fun measurements to assume good faith on your part)

Fun concept for a thread - thanks.
 
The stats to back up two things we knew before:

Novak Djokovic has been phenomenally consistent from 2011 through 2014, pretty much week-in, week-out; and has underachieved, relative to his overall tour dominance, in terms of winning Majors.
 

Chico

Banned
It is interesting to note how Djokovic over the last four years has taken the mantle of best in the sport from Federer and Nadal.

Looking at seasons when each player won at least 50 matches at the Grand Slams and Masters 1000 tournaments.

Federer - 51 (2005), 61 (2006), 52 (2007), 50 (2009)
Nadal - 51 (2007), 56 (2008 ), 54 (2010)
Djokovic - 58 (2011), 58 (2012), 52 (2013)

Note: Federer's 47 match wins in 2014 is his highest total since 2009. Nadal's 32 match wins in 2014 was is his lowest total since 2004. If Novak wins Paris, he will have won 50 matches again at the Grand Slams/Masters 1000 level in 2014.

QFT. Finally a nice thread from OP.

Also nice fact to take from this is that in 2013 Djokovic had way more Slam/Master wins than Nadal - just tells us who was really the best player that year. Nadal claimed YE #1 thanks to the points from Vina Del Mar, Sao Paulo and Acapulco.
 

LazyNinja19

Banned
Also nice fact to take from this is that in 2013 Djokovic had way more Slam/Master wins than Nadal - just tells us who was really the best player that year. Nadal claimed YE #1 thanks to the points from Vina Del Mar, Sao Paulo and Acapulco.

Troll gonna troll.

Nadal claimed the YE #1 because he won more Slams, Masters, Titles, finals, and a better W/L record than Djoker. In short, he beat Djoker in every possible category. So suck it up, sonny.
 
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Deleted member 733170

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Thanks for the interesting thread, tells a story that gets lost in the glory of the slams alone
 

Russeljones

Talk Tennis Guru
It is interesting to note how Djokovic over the last four years has taken the mantle of best in the sport from Federer and Nadal.

Looking at seasons when each player won at least 50 matches at the Grand Slams and Masters 1000 tournaments.

Federer - 51 (2005), 61 (2006), 52 (2007), 50 (2009)
Nadal - 51 (2007), 56 (2008 ), 54 (2010)
Djokovic - 58 (2011), 58 (2012), 52 (2013)

Note: Federer's 47 match wins in 2014 is his highest total since 2009. Nadal's 32 match wins in 2014 was is his lowest total since 2004. If Novak wins Paris, he will have won 50 matches again at the Grand Slams/Masters 1000 level in 2014.

Match wins in Slams AND Masters? Why would you mix the two? Especially when one of the two has never made 4 Slam finals in a calendar year.
 

kandamrgam

Hall of Fame
It is interesting to note how Djokovic over the last four years has taken the mantle of best in the sport from Federer and Nadal.

Looking at seasons when each player won at least 50 matches at the Grand Slams and Masters 1000 tournaments.

Federer - 51 (2005), 61 (2006), 52 (2007), 50 (2009)
Nadal - 51 (2007), 56 (2008 ), 54 (2010)
Djokovic - 58 (2011), 58 (2012), 52 (2013)

Note: Federer's 47 match wins in 2014 is his highest total since 2009. Nadal's 32 match wins in 2014 was is his lowest total since 2004. If Novak wins Paris, he will have won 50 matches again at the Grand Slams/Masters 1000 level in 2014.

Dustin Brown, Nick Kyrgios, Martin Klizan, Borna Coric - some guys Nadal lost to after winning Roland Garros this year.

And some others he lost to this year - Dolgopolov, Lopez, Wawrinka, Almagro, Ferrer. Usually his bunnies..
 
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