If Djokovic could only win one specific GS 5 more times...

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Which one would you choose ? For me, it’d be easily RG. I know it’s probably not possible, it’s just a fantasy but it’s fun to think about it.

AO would cement his AO GOAT status, Wimbledon would allow him to become the new grass GOAT and same thing for USO. But I think 5 more RG titles would be even more meaningful and better for his legacy, especially if we consider Nadal’s supreme dominance and the fact that it’s Djoko’s worst surface.

Realistically, he could win 1 or 2 more times, I’d love him to end up with 2 or 3 RG titles.
 
I won't say Wimbledon because I'm a nice enough person to let Roger have his Centre Court, plus he already has 5 :p, so I'm going with USO. Djokovic could be GOAT at two different hardcourt Slams. Too bad that that ship has sailed.
 
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I’d be ecstatic if he got at least one more RG, he should already have 3-4 of them but Nadal mentally owns him there. He’s underperformed there greatly, the USO to an extent as well.
 
Wimbledon.

Don't want to be that guy but it's impossible to win any of them 5 more times now. I'd rather ask which one would we prefer if he had only one Slam left in him, or something like that.
 
mavsman149 said:
I’d be ecstatic if he got at least one more RG, he should already have 3-4 of them but Nadal mentally owns him there. He’s underperformed there greatly, the USO to an extent as well.
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Physically owns him too. Let's give the clay goat a little credit. The mental advantage exists because of years where he racked up wins due to being a definitely better clay courter than Novak.
 
Djokovic would choose RG for sure, because that would mean no more for Rafa. On the other hand, if Djo only won 5 more AOs or whatever and nothing else, Rafa could end up leading the Slam count by winning 3 more RG and 1 other (or other combo of 4, but he'd clearly need at least one more RG to get there (probably 3 though to reach 21).
 
Doctor/Lawyer Red Devil said:
Wimbledon.

Don't want to be that guy but it's impossible to win any of them 5 more times now. I'd rather ask which one would we prefer if he had only one Slam left in him, or something like that.
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Impossible? You're clearly a nonbeliever, #NoleFam apostles do not believe in that word. Nole can achieve what he can achieve and what he can achieve is what he wills himself to achieve.
 
MeatTornado said:
Physically owns him too. Let's give the clay goat a little credit. The mental advantage exists because of years where he racked up wins due to being a definitely better clay courter than Novak.
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Wasn’t trying to discredit him, apologize if it came off that way. There were a couple years Novak was beating him on clay at pretty much all the events leading up to RG and just couldn’t do it in the RG final. Even if Novak has won his 3-4 I think he could’ve, Nadal would’ve still been by far the Clay GOAT, wasn’t trying to take that away from him.
 
Doctor/Lawyer Red Devil said:
Wimbledon.

Don't want to be that guy but it's impossible to win any of them 5 more times now. I'd rather ask which one would we prefer if he had only one Slam left in him, or something like that.
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Yes, it clearly is but I think the question is still interesting. Had I said 1 more time instead of 5 more times, everyone would say RG because it would allow him to accomplish the DCGS, which even Federer and Nadal couldn't do.
 
As good as he's been playing,
at any time going forward Djoker's switch can
be turned off, then it will be lights out for him.
Same for Fed.

30's can be a very fickle time of life for a tennis player.

It's got nothing to do with talent.
 
Rabe87 said:
Impossible? You're clearly a nonbeliever, #NoleFam apostles do not believe in that word. Nole can achieve what he can achieve and what he can achieve is what he wills himself to achieve.
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I am sure his will is at an all-time high now or close to that. But soon that won't be enough for winning Slams. 5 of any kind will be a very difficult challenge.
Imperator said:
Yes, it clearly is but I think the question is still interesting. Had I said 1 more time instead of 5 more times, everyone would say RG because it would allow him to accomplish the DCGS, which even Federer and Nadal couldn't do.
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I am not so sure though. I myself would probably lean towards the US Open actually. Even at the beginning of this season, I said I would prefer him winning the Australian Open the most.
 
Mark-Touch said:
As good as he's been playing,
at any time going forward Djoker's switch can
be turned off, then it will be lights out for him.
Same for Fed.

30's can be a very fickle time of life for a tennis player.

It's got nothing to do with talent.
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Nole isn't from this world, he's not a mere human like Fraud-erer or Nads.
 
NoleFam said:
I won't say Wimbledon because I'm a nice enough person to let Roger have his Centre Court, plus he already has 5 :p, so I'm going with USO. Djokovic could be GOAT at two different hardcourt Slams. Too bad that that ship has sailed.
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if Novak wins this year’s USO, there’s still a big possibility he could snatch two more. But you’re right that he missed many chances, he should’ve won in 2016, 2014, 2012.. he also didn’t bring his best level in 2013 and went down too easily in 2010 and 2007, where he missed far too many opportunities.
 
StANDAA said:
if Novak wins this year’s USO, there’s still a big possibility he could snatch two more. But you’re right that he missed many chances, he should’ve won in 2016, 2014, 2012.. he also didn’t bring his best level in 2013 and went down too easily in 2010 and 2007, where he missed far too many opportunities.
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He's not the one who's lost 22 matches whilst holding MP's, that's a distinction for Fedski. He also has the best conversion rate when entering Slams and M1000's, far better than the Fraud.

And he's way more relevant than Eminem, who peaked in the 90's and now looks like a washed up version of Bridget Nielsen.
 
Rabe87 said:
He's not the one who's lost 22 matches whilst holding MP's, that's a distinction for Fedski. He also has the best conversion rate when entering Slams and M1000's, far better than the Fraud.

And he's way more relevant than Eminem, who peaked in the 90's and now looks like a washed up version of Bridget Nielsen.
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whatever, I wasn’t talking to you.
 
StANDAA said:
if Novak wins this year’s USO, there’s still a big possibility he could snatch two more. But you’re right that he missed many chances, he should’ve won in 2016, 2014, 2012.. he also didn’t bring his best level in 2013 and went down too easily in 2010 and 2007, where he missed far too many opportunities.
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He should have won in 2012 without a doubt. That was the best USO tournament he played and lost. 2013, he just didn't have the confidence after two tough losses in a row to Nadal. 2016, he wasn't 100% but it was just a bad performance when you think of how many blown chances he had in that match. Still, he should have snatched two of those three, and be at least on 5 now. He wasn't ready yet in 2007 and 2010. I think 5 is probably the max he could reach now when he could have gotten more if he wasn't so bad in finals there.
 
mavsman149 said:
I’d be ecstatic if he got at least one more RG, he should already have 3-4 of them but Nadal mentally owns him there. He’s underperformed there greatly, the USO to an extent as well.
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Djokovic didn't underperform at RG. It's not like he was the better player in a few matches but lost them because of bad luck.
 
NoleFam said:
He should have won in 2012 without a doubt. That was the best USO tournament he played and lost. 2013, he just didn't have the confidence after two tough losses in a row to Nadal. 2016, he wasn't 100% but it was just a bad performance when you think of how many blown chances he had in that match. Still, he should have snatched two of those three, and be at least on 5 now. He wasn't ready yet in 2007 and 2010. I think 5 is probably the max he could reach now when he could have gotten more if he wasn't so bad in finals there.
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He should have done better in 2007 final without doubt. There was some epic choking in the first two sets. Had his chances in the third set as well.
 
NoleFam said:
It was a choke fest from him but understandable since it was his first final.
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But he was coming from a win over Federer in Montreal which included saving 6 setpoints on Federer's serve, including a triple setpoint. For sure he had some confidence after that win. Of course USO is a different level tournament and the loss was understandable. But losing a set when you have a triple setpoint on serve is never understandable IMO.
 
StrongRule said:
But he was coming from a win over Federer in Montreal which included saving 6 setpoints on Federer's serve, including a triple setpoint. For sure he had some confidence after that win. Of course USO is a different level tournament and the loss was understandable. But losing a set when you have a triple setpoint on serve is never understandable IMO.
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Yes but there's a big difference between a Masters and a Slam. He choked but he was young and inexperienced. Pretty understandable.
 
Goof said:
Djokovic would choose RG for sure, because that would mean no more for Rafa. On the other hand, if Djo only won 5 more AOs or whatever and nothing else, Rafa could end up leading the Slam count by winning 3 more RG and 1 other (or other combo of 4, but he'd clearly need at least one more RG to get there (probably 3 though to reach 21).
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If Novak is no longer an obstacle to winning AO/Wim/USO then I wouldn't say no more for Rafa.

As it stands right now it feels like he can only win RG, but a lot of that has to do with Novak being in his way everywhere else. For all his problems off clay in 2018-19, he almost definitely would've won Australia this year if Novak hadn't.
 
He's not going to win 5 more of any slam. I'll be content with just five more majors, period.

If I had to choose 5x more of one slam, I'd probably choose USO, if only to (somewhat) make up for all of his past missed chances.
 
Nadal_Django said:
Wimbledon
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This is the obvious choice. Novak winning 5 more Slams at Wimbledon would likely mean Fed wins no more Wimbledons, and maybe no more Slams, period.

It also gives Nadal a chance to collect his French Open titles, likely catapulting him beyond 20 as well, resulting in my ideal scenario in the Slam race - with Fed at third overall
 
Goof said:
Djokovic would choose RG for sure, because that would mean no more for Rafa. On the other hand, if Djo only won 5 more AOs or whatever and nothing else, Rafa could end up leading the Slam count by winning 3 more RG and 1 other (or other combo of 4, but he'd clearly need at least one more RG to get there (probably 3 though to reach 21).
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But this gives Fed an opening at Wimbledon. I'm pretty sure that given the choice, he would rather have Rafa ahead of him than Fed
 
insane to think that if you gave Novak 10, I repeat 10 Roland Garros titles right now, just like that, he would be still be one short from Rafa.
 
I'd say each scenario would have its pros and cons.

AO: He'd have 12 of them, which would be insane - this would match Nadal's current 12 RG... but I'd think Nadal is likely to go beyond 12.
RG: He'd have 6 of them - tied with Borg at 2nd place. Would also mean a triple career slam. That's huge, and unique among men - though Graf has four...
WIM: He'd have 10 of them - would be WIM GOAT, (slow) grass GOAT, and also reach this mythical 10 bar (though Nadal would still have more RGs).
USO: He'd have 8 of them - USO GOAT above all players, amateurs and open era, and undisputed HC GOAT. However, these records at AO and USO may not be as safe at the long term.

It'd be hard to choose. I think I'd take Wimbledon, merely so that he'd be dominating two slams, on two different surfaces, including reaching the 10-mark there at the most prestigious tennis tournament.
 
NoleFam said:
I won't say Wimbledon because I'm a nice enough person to let Roger have his Centre Court, plus he already has 5 :p, so I'm going with USO. Djokovic could be GOAT at two different hardcourt Slams. Too bad that that ship has sailed.
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How? The USO is slow now, around the same speed the Aussie was when plexi was first introduced (and during Nole's biggest run there).

If anything he has a good chance of getting it at USO now that it's slower than Rod Laver Arena.
 
Oh jeez. Good question.

AO: No reason to want that. Tie Nadal for most dominant at one slam? But then you also have to consider Nadal would get more at RG, and then it's just him being very dominant. 2/10.

RG: 7 AO, 6 RG, 5 WIM, 3 USO. Tempting. He only has one, and it would give him the triple CGS. However, if the USO is the one that's holding him back, it's gonna hurt to see the USO be his worst when he has the most match wins there of any of his slams (of course, assuming that 5 at any slam doesn't mean 5 + more at others, it just means 5 more at one slam and that's it.) 5/10.

WIM: 10 Wimbledons. 2 more than the grass GOAT, and Novak would be the indisputable grass GOAT. Most prestigious title in tennis, 10 times winner. 10 grass titles, 10 hard court titles. I'm liking the sound of that. Of course, no double/triple career grand slam, but this is sweet. 6/10.

USO: 7 AO, 8 USO. I don't think I can help myself. Getting more US Opens is a big thing. Thing is, Federer is the HC GOAT until Djokovic wins more slams on HC, his best surface. Until that point, Fed fans can claim Federer is better than Djokovic on Djokovic's favorite surface and Federer's second favorite. However, once he gets a total of 15 HC slams, it's impossible to say that.
In addition, Djokovic would have about even HC slams, he wouldn't have a losing record at the US Open finals, and he would cement himself as HC GOAT to Fed's grass GOAT and Nadal's clay GOAT. Balanced. 8/10.
 
MasturB said:
How? The USO is slow now, around the same speed the Aussie was when plexi was first introduced (and during Nole's biggest run there).

If anything he has a good chance of getting it at USO now that it's slower than Rod Laver Arena.
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I don't think slow is all that good for Djokovic at this point in his career. Plus he's 32 so no guarantee he can keep racking up Slams non-stop when he's 34+.
 
TripleATeam said:
USO: 7 AO, 8 USO. I don't think I can help myself. Getting more US Opens is a big thing. Thing is, Federer is the HC GOAT until Djokovic wins more slams on HC, his best surface. Until that point, Fed fans can claim Federer is better than Djokovic on Djokovic's favorite surface and Federer's second favorite. However, once he gets a total of 15 HC slams, it's impossible to say that.
In addition, Djokovic would have about even HC slams, he wouldn't have a losing record at the US Open finals, and he would cement himself as HC GOAT to Fed's grass GOAT and Nadal's clay GOAT. Balanced. 8/10.
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But if he were taking 5 WIMs, he'd be Grass GOAT above Federer, who might be considered HC GOAT above Djokovic. Each of the GOAT Three would still be take one surface GOAT, so there would still be balance (and a bit of irony).
 
Goret said:
But if he were taking 5 WIMs, he'd be Grass GOAT above Federer, who might be considered HC GOAT above Djokovic. Each of the GOAT Three would still be take one surface GOAT, so there would still be balance (and a bit of irony).
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Fair. I don't know, that just doesn't feel right, though. It feels wrong to make Djokovic the grass GOAT and Federer the HC GOAT.
 
mavsman149 said:
I disagree, at the very least Novak should have won in the 2013 SF's. He choked that one.
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No, he didn't. Nadal was better during most of the match and should have won in four sets. He was actually the one who choked in the fourth. Then in the fifth set Djokovic didn't do much wrong (touching the net was obviously bad, but it was 1 error), it's just that Nadal started hitting winners from all over the court and outplayed him. There is no reason to why Djokovic should have won that match and for sure he never choked there. Nadal was better in sets 1,3,4,5 (choked in the fourth set) and also was up a break in the second set. Nadal was clearly the better player that day, that's clear even if you just look at the stats.
 
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