If you could hybrid together two of the big 3 which two would you choose?

If you could hybrid together two of the big 3 which two would you choose?

  • Djokovic and Federer

    Votes: 21 55.3%

  • Djokovic and Nadal

    Votes: 7 18.4%

  • Federer and Nadal

    Votes: 10 26.3%
  • Total voters
    38
zill

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So can take the best elements of any two (and only two) of the big 3 to create one super player. Which two players would you choose?

I suspect most of you would combo Federer because he has clearly the more superior serve which is the most important stroke in tennis.

For me I'd take Federer and Djokovic.
 
Definitely Federer and Djokovic. Federer's serve (though either would do) Djokovic's return, Federer's forehand, Djokovic's backhand, Federer's slice, his volleys, his dropper, Djokovic's defensive capabilities, his consistent smothering depth.

90% of Rafa's strengths, or things that became strengths as his career went along, are also Federer's strengths (forehand, slice, droppers, volleys) you can argue all day who did them better (or can you?) but the one thing Nadal has that Federer is not close to is his defending, and in this situation you will get that from Novak. The Nadal serve is obviously not comparable to the Federer serve, so between the two you're probably better off going with Roger.

Though the combination of Djokovic's depth with Nadal's spin would be something to see.
 
zill said:
But Djokovic's depth is mainly due to how flat he hits.
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Yes, indeed. The two don't really blend, which is another reason why it'd be weird to stick them together. Still, Nadal has had times in his career where he fairly consistently hits deep. The 2010 Roland Garros final comes to mind, so it can kind of be done.
 
zill said:
So can take the best elements of any two (and only two) of the big 3 to create one super player. Which two players would you choose?

I suspect most of you would combo Federer because he has clearly the more superior serve which is the most important stroke in tennis.

For me I'd take Federer and Djokovic.
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And still this combo would lose to peak Nadal on clay.
 
Biased presentation order. Your first option was "Djokovic + Federer" implicitly suggesting they're the best option for the voter

An unbiased order would place them meritocratically by number of Slams won, like this:

1. Djokovic + Nadal (46 Slams).
2. Djokovic + Federer (44 Slams).
3. Nadal + Federer (42 Slams).
 
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Sport said:
Biased presentation order. Your first option was "Djokovic + Federer" implicitly suggesting they're the best option for the voter.
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Order shouldn’t matter. But I put it first because that’s what I’d choose.
 
Novak already has 24 Slams.

If you unify Nadal + Djokovic, you'd get 14 RG + 24 Slams for a total of 38 Slams.

If you unify Fed + Djokovic, being generous, I'd give 3 extra Wimbledon titles to Novak and another USO for him, for a total of 28 Slams.

38 > 28.

Nadovic would be the most dominant combination. Not even close.

The problem with Djokorer is that they have the SAME strength (dominating outside clay). Only by combining any of them with Nadal can they add what they lack (clay brutal domination).
 
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Sport said:
Nadal dominates Novak 3-0 in RG finals (none of the matches went to 5 sets) and has always broken Fed's serve at RG without problem.
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2012 & 2014 were both very close hard fought matches even if they didn't go 5. It only takes a couple points here and there to push a match into an extra set. And if Djokovic could steal just a few extra points with Federer's serve, that's probably all it would take to go the distance.

This is also conveniently leaving out 2013. It's not like that one only went 5 because it was a semi.
 
MeatTornado said:
2012 & 2014 were both very close hard fought matches even if they didn't go 5. It only takes a couple points here and there to push a match into an extra set. And if Djokovic could steal just a few extra points with Federer's serve, that's probably all it would take to go the distance.

This is also conveniently leaving out 2013. It's not like that one only went 5 because it was a semi.
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Not "conventionally". My original post was about Nadal in RG finals. Novak never beat him in a RG final, nor did he push him to 4 sets. Everything related to matches outside RG finals is non-related to my original post.
 
Sport said:
Not "conventionally". My original post was about Nadal in RG finals. Novak never beat him in a RG final, nor did he push him to 4 sets. Everything related to matches outside RG finals is non-related to my original post.
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oh lord lol

You really think the 2013 match was magically getting wrapped up in 3 or 4 if it happened to be played on a Sunday instead of a Friday?
 
Sport said:
If you unify Fed and Djoko, they still wouldn't represent a worthy opponent in RG finals for Rafa.
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but they would be as dominant on other surfaces as rafa on clay. and at iHC rafa would count points rader than games and sets.
fedal hibrid should make an oponent worthy nole.
 
I would put Rafa in the mains for more spin, and Djok in the crosses for more control under pressure. String it up at high tension for crispy response.
 
If I combine Fed and Nadal do I get Fed's FH on the right side and Nadal's FH on the left because if so that player is going to win 99%+ of their matches
 
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Easily Djokovic/Federer. The combination of them covers everything you could possible need on the court shot wise and you've got a solid mental focus and even the off-court charm to boot!
 
Krish872007 said:
Federer + Djokovic would be a great complement across all skill sets.
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MeatTornado said:
I don't think Rafa wants any part of a peak Djokovic that can serve+1 like Federer.
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Sport said:
If you unify Fed and Djoko, they still wouldn't represent a worthy opponent in RG finals for Rafa.
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ibbi said:
Definitely Federer and Djokovic. Federer's serve (though either would do) Djokovic's return, Federer's forehand, Djokovic's backhand, Federer's slice, his volleys, his dropper, Djokovic's defensive capabilities, his consistent smothering depth.

90% of Rafa's strengths, or things that became strengths as his career went along, are also Federer's strengths (forehand, slice, droppers, volleys) you can argue all day who did them better (or can you?) but the one thing Nadal has that Federer is not close to is his defending, and in this situation you will get that from Novak. The Nadal serve is obviously not comparable to the Federer serve, so between the two you're probably better off going with Roger.

Though the combination of Djokovic's depth with Nadal's spin would be something to see.
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(Federer+Djokovic) vs (Nadal + Sampras serve and volley)

Now thats a good match.
 
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