Missed Grand Slam match opportunites between Federer/Nadal/Djokovic

[McEnroeisanartist]

Looking at the times that one of the players lost in the round before preventing a match up between Federer/Nadal/Djokovic

Federer-Djokovic -
2006 Wimbledon - Djokovic lost to Ancic
2007 French Open - Djokovic lost to Nadal
2007 Wimbledon - Djokovic lost to Nadal
2008 French Open - Djokovic lost to Nadal
2009 Australian Open - Djokovic lost to Roddick
2009 Wimbledon - Djokovic lost to Haas
2010 Australian Open - Djokovic lost to Tsonga
2010 Wimbledon - Federer lost to Berdych
2011 Wimbledon - Federer lost to Tsonga
2012 Australian Open - Federer lost to Nadal
2013 Australian Open - Federer lost to Murray

Federer-Nadal
2004 Australian Open - Nadal lost to Hewitt
2012 French Open - Federer lost to Djokovic
2008 US Open - Nadal lost to Murray
2009 US Open - Nadal lost to Del Potro
2010 US Open - Federer lost to Djokovic
2011 US Open - Federer lost to Djokovic
2013 US Open - Federer lost to Robredo

Djokovic-Nadal
2008 Australian Open - Nadal lost to Tsonga
2010 French Open - Djokovic lost to Melzer
2010 Wimbledon - Djokovic lost to Berdych
2011 French Open - Djokovic lost to Federer

 

[tennisaddict]

Remarkable Fed fulfilled his obligation every single time till AO 2010

 

[xFedal]

Remarkable Fed fulfilled his obligation every single time till AO 2010

Lol why is Djokovic of 2006 in the picture 2nd year on the tour lmao.

 

[mike danny]

Lol why is Djokovic of 2006 in the picture 2nd year on the tour lmao.

Because Djokovic and Federer actually were 1 match away from meeting at 2006 Wimb whether it was Novak's 2nd year on tour or not.

 

[xFedal]

Because Djokovic and Federer actually were 1 match away from meeting at 2006 Wimb whether it was Novak's 2nd year on tour or not.

He had better results than Fed in his 2nd year, it's unfair to bring Novak of 2006 up don't you think? What was Fed doing in 1999?

 

[mike danny]

He had better results than Fed in his 2nd year, it's unfair to bring Novak of 2006 up don't you think? What was Fed doing in 1999?

I have already answered you. It isn't about Nole being too young in 2006, which he was, it's about the fact that they were actually 1 match away from meeting which is the main subject of this thread.

Same thing with Nadal and Fed at 2004 AO. Yes, Nadal was very young, but there was only 1 match standing between the 2 meeting each other.

 

[Doctor/Lawyer Red Devil]

I wish we had a Fedovic final at 2008 RG... But Bull decided to destroy everyone that year.

 

[xFedal]

I wish we had a Fedovic final at 2008 RG... But Bull decided to destroy everyone that year.

Who do you think would have won that fedovic match?

 

[Doctor/Lawyer Red Devil]

Who do you think would have won that fedovic match?

I don't know, but for his pre-2011 standards, Djokovic was quite impressive on clay that year, would have been a nice match IMO.

Also, assuming all other results that year were the same, Djokovic would have been the YE #2 if he participated in that RG final.

 

[mike danny]

Who do you think would have won that fedovic match?

50/50.

I don't think Fed would have played as bad as he did against Rafa had Djokovic been on the other side of the net.

 

[mike danny]

I don't know, but for his pre-2011 standards, Djokovic was quite impressive on clay that year, would have been a nice match IMO.

Also, assuming all other results that year were the same, Djokovic would have been the YE #2 if he participated in that RG final.

What if Fed had won RG that year though?

 

[xFedal]

What if Fed had won RG that year though?

Novak was 10 points behind Fed....

Novak din't have the presence of mind to reach for No.2 he still had that innocent child mentality before he turned into a beast from 2010 Davis cup...

 

[Doctor/Lawyer Red Devil]

What if Fed had won RG that year though?

My bad, Federer would have finished above if he won RG.

 

[nolefam_2024]

There are no missed opportunities. They should be faking happy of the titles/finals they got.