DSH
Bionic Poster
I was ok with Thiem beating him the last few years but it didn't happen, and now Rafa is close to the slam record so, imma need my cute prince to wait a bit longer
Final slam tally : Nadal 26, Fed 21, Djoker 18
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Mark-Touch
G.O.A.T.
Make that..."I don't want Nole to retire until he had the record."
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Mark-Touch
G.O.A.T.
When Rafa falls off the cliff, even Rosstour won't be able to save him.
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MichaelNadal
Bionic Poster
Mark-Touch
G.O.A.T.
Rosstour
Talk Tennis Guru
You have no idea how badly I want this to be true
Sadly he has shown himself to be super adaptive, his serve was insane later in the year. And he has been great at net for a while.
The guy who's going to fall off a cliff is Djoker, once his legs really can't save him anymore. IMO of course.
Tommy Haas
Hall of Fame
Realistically...
Djokovic: 22+ (Won't retire until he passes Nadal, so 22 minimum)
Nadal: 21 (FO and a AO or USO)
Federer: 20 (He's 38 and just a man, not a god)
Djokovic: 22+ (Won't retire until he passes Nadal, so 22 minimum)
Nadal: 21 (FO and a AO or USO)
Federer: 20 (He's 38 and just a man, not a god)
MichaelNadal
Bionic Poster
Im so looking forward to Imhotep dragging and sliding his carcass around tennis courts getting defeated time after time chasing a dangling carrot
Where do I sign?check out these 2 great quality videos of Federer and Nadal practising;
Both guys look great, striking the ball beautifully. To my eye Rafa looks far more potent and determined, less likely to break down/shank nervous shots etc. Hopefully both guys pace themselves well and are 100% fit for all slams. Fed’s best chance to get a slam is Wimbledon again, FO is almost a gimme for Rafa. Djoker will have to play out of his skin this yr to keep his slam chase alive. I’m sure he’ll give it a good go, but I think he’s more likely to win no slams this yr as he is to win more than 1.
Nadal - should win 3 slams this, 25% chance to win all 4
Federer will win 1 or 0
Djokovic - will win 1 or 0
Tsitsipas - will win 1 or 0
Both guys look great, striking the ball beautifully. To my eye Rafa looks far more potent and determined, less likely to break down/shank nervous shots etc. Hopefully both guys pace themselves well and are 100% fit for all slams. Fed’s best chance to get a slam is Wimbledon again, FO is almost a gimme for Rafa. Djoker will have to play out of his skin this yr to keep his slam chase alive. I’m sure he’ll give it a good go, but I think he’s more likely to win no slams this yr as he is to win more than 1.
Nadal - should win 3 slams this, 25% chance to win all 4
Federer will win 1 or 0
Djokovic - will win 1 or 0
Tsitsipas - will win 1 or 0
Newballsplease872
Rookie
Fed 23
Djoker 21
Nadal 19
Djoker 21
Nadal 19
DSH
Bionic Poster
Mark-Touch
G.O.A.T.
Finally someone who is making reasonable predictions on this.
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So you would have damned someone as trolling if they predicted Fed/Rafa would win 20 slams each 10 yrs ago? You would have praised the conservative estimates of maybe 12 or so?
19 currently
4more RG guaranteed minimum (Rafa will be 34 next year, Fed made a W final aged 37.9 so Rafa can do same age 34/35/36/37)
1 more USO (Rafa is best HC player currently so can win another USO)
1 more AO or Wimbledon. He only lost these to Fed/Nole when fit. He can sneak another one.
25 makes sense.
Phoenix1983
G.O.A.T.
It’s him. Posting style is the same.
He probably won’t mention “7543” now that Fed long since passed Sampras on that metric though...
And if they come to pass I presume I’ll hear crickets from your like? If you have any credibility/respect you’ll give credit where it’s due, even if you’re a Rafa hater/Fed lover. Any chance of that?
Mark-Touch
G.O.A.T.
Would have/could have is trademark Whisper territory.
I won't touch it, sorry.
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If it happens, is it fair I bump this post & ridicule you & others who said it won't happen?
NoleFam
Bionic Poster
Sure, have at it but none of them are winning 26 Slams so I dont think I have to worry about that. Lol
Djokovic_is_the_best#1
Bionic Poster
Rafa will still struggle to win slams off clay! Novak is most likely to win more slams going forward. However, Rafa and fed have the slam gap advantage on him and Rafa is still clear favourite at the French!
Novak needs another 2 slams in 2020 to have a good shot at catching his rivals! Another aussi Open and Wimbledon would do nicely!
Novak needs another 2 slams in 2020 to have a good shot at catching his rivals! Another aussi Open and Wimbledon would do nicely!
Novak will win AO, WIMB and USO this year, Nadal will win la decima tercera, Fed will win Basel.
Eren
Professional
Federer will win at most 2 more though 0 seems to be the most realistic outcome.
Djokovic is a complete mystery to me. Sometimes plays amazing and sometimes gets on a legendary run where even Cechinato is able to beat the sh*t out of him. 4 More slams.
I can see Nadal win RG again and again, there is simply no end in sight. 3 more RGs seem very realistic. Another USO is realistic as well. 4 More Slams.
Djokovic is a complete mystery to me. Sometimes plays amazing and sometimes gets on a legendary run where even Cechinato is able to beat the sh*t out of him. 4 More slams.
I can see Nadal win RG again and again, there is simply no end in sight. 3 more RGs seem very realistic. Another USO is realistic as well. 4 More Slams.
Sport
G.O.A.T.
More like wishfullistically. What if Nole hasn't won a Slam since age 36 and still hasn't surpassed Nadal's Slam tally? Will he keep playing till he is 86 years old despite not winning any more Slams after age 36? Will he keep playing 50 years without winning a Slam?
GuyForget
Professional
u can be my bookmaker any day of the week. his odds are way longer than that to win any single non clay slam, and real bookies dont let emotions cloud the facts. Fed no more slams, Djoks 2, Nadal 1 FO
vex
Legend
Fed's not winning any more slams. Rafa would need Djoker to get hit by a bus to win 26. Djoker will adapt to Tsits and Med. Med has probably already peaked and I don't see him doing anything but regressing. Tsits is more legit than Med but even he doesn't have anything that Djoker can't handle.
I think Rafa will end with 21-22 slams, outside chance of maxing out at 24 if alot breaks his way. Djoker should end between 19 and 22. Fed's gonna be stuck on 20.
AlexR
Rookie
If Nadal has a 25% chance of winning a calendar slam, that means he has about a 71% chance of winning each individual slam in a year.
Don’t get me wrong, I personally love ludicrous claims on TT, they are the highest octane TT fuel out there. Just saying.
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ForehandRF
Legend
BeatlesFan
Bionic Poster
You know you’ve made an idiotic thread when the OP states that Rafa “has a 25% chance to win the CYGS in 2020.” It’s been done once in the Open era and that was 50 years ago. Nobody since has come close. But a 33-34 year old is suddenly going to perform a miracle and do it. It’s typical idiocy from the OP.
Enga
Hall of Fame
I think Federer has one more in him. I don't see him winning another if he gets an injury. Nadal has a couple more, but if he suffers a knee injury or something like that, I think he might not win anymore after that. Djokovic I think he has a few more in him as well, but of the 3 of them I think he has the best capability to recover from injury.
vex
Legend
Wait what? You sure about that? Unless you were in a coma you saw someone come within 1 match of it.
vex
Legend
Am I taking crazy pills?!?! Did 2015 not happen? He was 1 match short of the CYGS in 2015. The only thing that stopped it was Stan upsetting him in the RG final. And Djoker won the first set of that match. I don’t know what more you could want for “close.” Like 2 match points on your serve? Is that required for “close”?
ya gotta win 28 slam matches in a year to win the CYGS. Djoker won 27/28 in 2015.
vex
Legend
That’s your view of it. From a metrics perspective he came up 1 match short
The_Order
G.O.A.T.
Yeah sure, Nadal winning 5+ more RG titles, let's see that puts him at 17+ RG total.
If he gets there, do you think he'll go for 3 more so he can have 20 and equal Fed's slam haul with just his RG titles alone? He'll only be about 41 years old...
Steve0904
Talk Tennis Guru
Sure it's my view of it. Just like you saying he came up 1 match short is your view of it. This is what @BeatlesFan is also saying. From a metrics perspective it might be 27/28 but according to the way the GS season is structured he won 13 matches before his bid came up short. So essentially he didn't make it half way.
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Phoenix1983
G.O.A.T.
Correct.
Interestingly, the closest anyone has come since Laver is actually Borg in 1980 - he won the FO and W (which were then the first two slams of the year), and came within 2 games of winning the USO final (losing 4-6 to McEnroe in the 5th set). He's actually the only one since Laver who was close to even being 3/4 of the way to the CYGS.
Federer has never got halfway, and Novak Djokovic only did so in 2016 - promptly losing early at Wimbledon soon afterwards.
Yugram
Legend
That’s also wishful.
vex
Legend
Seems very short changing of what that year was
In 2016 I considered Djokovic had amazing opportunity to become goat. All he had to do was win next 3 slams after he won FO. Had he done that he would have;
- won 1st modern era calendar slam (male) on 3 surfaces
- 1st player ever, man or woman, to win 7 slams in a row.
- become goat of AO with 7 titles (he's done that now)
Too bad for him that was the moment he fell off a cliff (by his standards) & didn't win a slam for 2 yrs. Timing is everything in tennis.
- won 1st modern era calendar slam (male) on 3 surfaces
- 1st player ever, man or woman, to win 7 slams in a row.
- become goat of AO with 7 titles (he's done that now)
Too bad for him that was the moment he fell off a cliff (by his standards) & didn't win a slam for 2 yrs. Timing is everything in tennis.
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