just because of that rafa's incredible reign of terror on clay and never-before-seen dominance is one fact regarding nole and rafa quite overlooked and does not get the attention it objectively deserves. we often hear that Nole did not have the highest peak, even though all possible measurable means show it. from ELO to ATP points record to the objectively greatest season and best year in the history of tennis. elem. in connection with raff and ****. little mentioned is the fact that nole in his first era (11-RG16) has a positive h2h even with the raff on clay. and that despite the fact that Nolet's era coincides 50% with Rafin's "era" (08-13)!
nole rafa in noles era1 (11-16) on clay, 7-5 and in the same period they were 11-2 on HC and 1-0 on grass! so 19-7 overall (73% nole) (with 46% GC matches!
in rafas era (08-13) they were 3-10 on clay, 11-5on HC and 1-1 on grass! so 16-15 overall (52% rafa) for rafa with 42% of CC mathes!
in both eras period (11-13) they were 3-4 on CC, 6-2 on HC and 1-0 on GC 10-6 (62,5% nole) overall with 44% CC matches!
CC is less than 29% of big tournaments and players can play each other 2 times in WTF.
