After victory against Goffin, Nadal is 114-2 in best-of-five matches on clay

[Sorry_to_tell_you_mate]

Updated after becoming 2019 RG Champion:

118-2

Those stats are mind-boggling.

Here's the breakdown:

• French Open: 93-2
• Davis Cup: 18-0
• Barcelona Open: 2-0
• Monte Carlo Masters: 2-0
• Rome Masters: 2-0
• Stuttgart: 1-0

That's pure domination if I ever saw one.

 

[Jackuar]

For men's tennis, yes. But there are bigger streaks overall, for ex: margaret court in wta, jahangir khan in men's squash

 

[Tennisgods]

Unbelievable. Ombileebable. The man is a fortress on this surface.

 

[tennisaddict]

Didn't Chris Evert win 125 consecutive clay matches ? Nevertheless doing in BO5 is great.

 

[Sephiroth]

GOD of clay for a reason. There will never ever be a better clay courter than him. Not just the titles but his game is perfection on clay.

 

[Poisoned Slice]

Amazing.

 

[Lleytonstation]

Didn't Chris Evert win 125 consecutive clay matches ? Nevertheless doing in BO5 is great.

Wouldn't you say doing it best out of 3 would be harder?

 

[Raiden]

Didn't Chris Evert win 125 consecutive clay matches ? Nevertheless doing in BO5 is great.

No she didn't.

Faux "green clay" (aka Har Tru surface) doesn't count.

Nadal's stats are all on pure unadulterated real (red) clay.

 

[tennisaddict]

No she didn't.

Faux "green clay" (aka Har Tru surface) doesn't count.

Nadal's stats are all on pure unadulterated real (red) clay.

That is not what the stats show

 

[Gazelle]

It's only one better than 113-2.

 

[Sport]

There are various reasons. Kyrgios sucks on clay precisely because his nation doesn't care about it.

No, because lacks the necesary mobility, speed and baseline game for that. Being tall helped him to serve great, but not to have a great baseline game. His poor baseline game is noticieable on any surface, but clay is the surface where the baseline game is more important, and that is the reason why he sucks on clay.

 

[WhiskeyEE]

No, because lacks the necesary mobility, speed and baseline game for that. Being tall helped him to serve great, but not to have a great baseline game. His poor baseline game is noticieable on any surface, but clay is the surface where the baseline game is more important, and that is the reason why he sucks on clay.

Del Potro does just fine. He also just happens to hail from one of the very few nations that actually cares about clay court tennis.

 

[Sport]

Del Potro does just fine. He also just happens to hail from one of the very few nations that actually cares about clay court tennis.

Del Potro is better on grass than clay. Del Potro lost in straight sets to Nadal at RG 2018 and almost defeated Nadal at WB 2018. And as I said, Kyrgios' baseline game is his biggest weakness, which explains his poor clay skills.

 

[WhiskeyEE]

Del Potro is better on grass than clay. Del Potro lost in straight sets to Nadal at RG 2018 and almost defeated Nadal at WB 2018. And as I said, Kyrgios' baseline game is his biggest weakness, which explains his poor clay skills.

If a player's results against Nadal are such a useful metric for determining his aptitudes, Kyrgios won most of the long baseline points against Nadal at Cinci 2017 just before Nadal won the USO. Maybe other matches as well, but he dominated Nadal from the baseline in that match.

 

[Technology Ruined Tennis]

RG's entered: 14
RG's won: 11

14-11 = 3 losses

 

[Sorry_to_tell_you_mate]

115-2 today

 

[MichaelNadal]

115-2 today

PWNED!!
Lmao at Nadal losing 2 BO5 matches on clay in his entire life. Just sick.

 

[Tiki-Taka]

Nearest thing to perfection I have ever seen for one surface.

Hopefully he makes it 118-2 after next Sunday.

 

[Sorry_to_tell_you_mate]

Updated after becoming 2019 RG Champion:

118-2