How many times the big 3 came back from 0-2 sets down in a slam match and went onto win the slam title

[johnmccabe]

Federer

RG 2009 - Haas 4th round
W 2012 - Benneteau 2nd round

Nadal

AO 2022 - Medvedev Final

Djokovic

USO 2011 - Federer Semi Final
W 2015 - Anderson 4th Round
RG 2021 - Musetti 4th Round
RG 2021 - Tsitipas Final
W 2022 - Sinner Quarter Final
USO 2023 - Djere 3rd Round

Djokovic only player who had to do it twice in the same slam.

Counting how many replies it takes to bring out the weak era card

 

[messiahrobins]

Incorrect. They both played plenty of 5 set matches against inferior players in their best years. If we go by percentage for entire careers it's:

Nadal - 38/358 = 10.6%
Federer - 46/429 = 10.7%
Djokovic - 46/429 = 10.7%

They all have played about the same percentage of 5 setters across their careers. Djokovic just has won a higher percentage of those matches than they have.

But at what stage of their careers? Thats the point. For example Nadal on his best surface at slams virtually never went to 5 sets.
Whoever started the thread i assume was doing so to highlight how dominant Nadal and Federer were in their primes?

 

[messiahrobins]

So rather than giving the percentage of 5-setters played against inferior players when Federer/Nadal/Djokovic were "in their best years", why did you instead list the "entire career" percentage?

Or why not break this down further and look at best of 5 sets on each of their best surfaces as each of the Big 3 had a best surface on a different one to each other. Its a good thread as its nice for younger fans to see how dominant Federer and Nadal were back in the day as obviously its over a decade since those days and i dont think we see that level from Sinner and Alcaraz tbh.

 

[djokovic the conqueror]

This is another reason Djokovic has the greatest mental strength ever. He always tries to find a way to make a comeback no matter what the circumstances are.

Nadal's mental strength is incredibly overrated. The fact that he only has one comeback from being down 0-2 in a slam speaks volumes about his supposed strong mental strength. Plus he needed extra help from corrupt Australian politicians to unjustly ban Djokovic from competing at the AO in 2022.

 

[Mustard]

How many times have those 3 won a major without dropping a set? I know Djokovic is bottom of that list.

 

[nolefam_2024]

Nadal allowed 6% of matches to go fifth set vs opponents outside top 20.
Djokovic allowed 6.4%
Federer allowed 7%.

Very minor difference between all 3.

Now coming to our loser Sascha, he allows 21% of matches to go fifth vs opponents outside top 20. That is so ridiculous. And a reason why he hasn't been a slam champion yet.