Most dominant men’s slam runs by Dominance ratio

ForehandCross said:
No. Even Nadal calls 2008 his best tournament ever. The final has no bearing on his form. Watch any highlights of his previous matches , I have never seen anyone be that in control of rallies , hit that lethal FHs with that high margin of error and cover the court with complete control.

The final is what it is, but Nadal was playing at probably the highest level the sport has seen even before that.

He felt like he had all the time in the world to make his shots.

Only 2012 deserves a mention alongside that.
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He was out there having fun lol
 
Holmes said:
Sampras with 3 appearances in the top 10, and of course all at Wimbledon (unsurprisingly)
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I'm actually a little surprised since a big factor in DR is about a player making a big dent on return and Sampras has a rep as a player who just tried for one break a set and tanked many return games. Maybe that was a bit of a myth. Regardless this shows without a doubt that he was no servebot. Isner, Ivo, Shelton, GMP can only dream of winning that % of return points.
 
Moose Malloy said:
I'm actually a little surprised since a big factor in DR is about a player making a big dent on return and Sampras has a rep as a player who just tried for one break a set and tanked many return games. Maybe that was a bit of a myth. Regardless this shows without a doubt that he was no servebot. Isner, Ivo, Shelton, GMP can only dream of winning that % of return points.
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His approach at Wimbledon might have been different then? It's possible that he tried harder there given how much harder it was to break serve, and that his desire to deprive the opponent of rhythm would be achieved by the surface itself give its speed and slickness. If so, it would make sense for him to try since he gets his desired disruption, and avoids the constant pressure of having to win late breaks or tiebreaks.
 
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Third Serve said:
Didn't he have a long streak of service points won in that tournament?
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Yeah and held every service game going into the QF. I wasn’t too optimistic though. Fed was hitting lots of windshield-wiper forehands that grass court season, and his I/O wasn’t being utilized the same way. His decision to up his swingweight may have contributed to it but I also think he wasn’t 100% up to it physically.
 
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SonnyT said:
Eh, Fedfans, I was right! His highest ratio occurred at WB '17, his next to last slam. I told you he got better with age!
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Imagine if he had switched to the larger racket earlier, then he wouldn’t have such a weak backhand for everyone to pick on
 
jackson vile said:
Imagine if he had switched to the larger racket earlier, then he wouldn’t have such a weak backhand for everyone to pick on
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You really think it's that simple, and not a drop in Nadal's intensity, speed and mobility as well?

What stood out about the 2006 Rome final is that Federer's backhand was strong on the day. He still lost the match.
 
PETE held 97 consecutive games, and was broken just twice en route to the Wimbledon trophy in 1997, which is the record for fewest times broken in winning a grand slam. He also holds second place, being broken just thrice en route to the 1994 Wimbledon trophy.

Broken only 4 times in 7 finals, but most impressively, all 4 of those were over 2 finals. He played FIVE Wimbledon finals without getting broken.
 
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ghostofMecir said:
Nadal, 2017 RG, 1.95
Sampras, 1997 Wimbledon, 1.91
Alcaraz, 2025 USO, 1.79
Djokovic, 2019 AO, 1.79
Federer, 2017 Wimbledon, 1.76
Agassi, 1995 AO, 1.74
Sampras, 1995 Wimbledon, 1.73
Nadal, 2014 RG, 1.73
Medvedev, 2021 USO, 1.71
Federer, 2006 Wimbledon, 1.69
Sampras, 1999 Wimbledon, 1.68
Nadal, 2008 RG, 1.66
Federer, 2007 AO, 1.65
Nadal, 2010 USO, 1.65
Nadal, 2019 RG, 1.65
Sampras, 1993 USO, 1.64
Nadal, 2017 USO, 1.64
Edberg, 1991 USO, 1.62
Nadal, 2012 RG, 1.62
Krajicek, 1996 Wimbledon, 1.61
Djokovic, 2013 AO, 1.60
Nadal, 2013 USO, 1.60
Nadal, 2020 RG, 1.60
Federer, 2006 USO, 1.59
Djokovic, 2023 AO, 1.59
Sinner, 2025 AO, 1.59
Sinner, 2025 Wimbledon, 1.59
Federer, 2009 Wimbledon, 1.58
Agassi, 2003 AO, 1.57
Roddick, 2003 USO,1.57
Djokovic, 2021 Wimbledon, 1.57
Federer, 2005 Wimbledon, 1.55
Federer, 2007 USO, 1.54
Agassi, 2001 AO, 1.54
Djokovic, 2020 AO, 1.54
Sinner, 2024 USO, 1.54
Djokovic, 2022 Wimbledon, 1.53
Federer, 2012 Wimbledon, 1.51
Nadal, 2018 RG, 1.51
Djokovic, 2015 AO, 1.51
Federer, 2018 AO, 1.50
Djokovic, 2018 Wimbledon, 1.50
Nadal, 2007 RG, 1.50
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Third highest dominance ratio in the last 35 years. Sinner’s two slam runs also appear on the list.
 
Third Serve said:
Crazy that 3/4 Slam winners this year had >1.5 dominance ratios lol

It’s truly those two players and then everyone else
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Watch them excuse it in the weak era. As if he didn't face Oldovic (as old as he is, still an ATG) and Sinner back to back on arguably their favorite surface. Like they weren't asking him to win a GS in such a dominant fashion. Like the others:

Nadal, 2017 RG, 1.95
Sampras, 1997 Wimbledon, 1.91
Alcaraz, 2025 USO, 1.79
Djokovic, 2019 AO, 1.79
Federer, 2017 Wimbledon, 1.76

faced much greater competition.

Like they were the same age at all.
 
Jav said:
Watch them excuse it in the weak era. As if he didn't face Oldovic (as old as he is, still an ATG) and Sinner back to back on arguably their favorite surface. Like they weren't asking him to win a GS in such a dominant fashion. Like the others:

Nadal, 2017 RG, 1.95
Sampras, 1997 Wimbledon, 1.91
Alcaraz, 2025 USO, 1.79
Djokovic, 2019 AO, 1.79
Federer, 2017 Wimbledon, 1.76

faced much greater competition.

Like they were the same age at all.
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All five of these titles occurred against lacking competition, so what else is new.
 
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MichaelNadal said:
Nadal 2008 IS the list ;)

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Gotta come up with a better gif, man. Come on dude, you know what that guy is, and what you are and you still posted it??
 
NatF said:
This list is equal parts GOAT competition and trash level.
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there has to be an adjustment meeting for competition. I could be a multiplier that you add to the number based on ranked of Conans or you could do something like face from the quarterfinals through the finals or maybe even a special adjustment for the final something like that. That'll take a lot of time to do though.
 
ghostofMecir said:
there has to be an adjustment meeting for competition. I could be a multiplier that you add to the number based on ranked of Conans or you could do something like face from the quarterfinals through the finals or maybe even a special adjustment for the final something like that. That'll take a lot of time to do though.
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I think DR is an interesting stat but it only shows relative dominance. It's not really reflective of the best or worst slam runs without further context. There's some in there like Johansson's AO where you can say yeah it probably was one of the weakest slam wins ever by level, but then you look at Edberg at the very bottom and consider he beat Krajicek, Lendl, Chang and Sampras in a row and there's no way it's the worst slam win ever, like no way lol.
 
Wow! That’s amazing, and knocking Federer out of the top four at age 22.

I can’t imagine where Alcaraz will be by age 25 if he can stay healthy and motivated.
 
Those were the winners' ratio. Too bad there were no ratios for the losers of slams up to the finals. Federer's ratios for '14-15 WB should be right up there, with him unbroken in '15. He looked so magnificent that many of his fans were sure he would take Djokovic for a ride.

Now a decade later, his fans are saying, 'He went downhill at least a decade ago,' and 'That was an old Federer.'
 
jm1972 said:
Did you watch the sex tape? He's definitely not in heaven LOL
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I haven’t. Apparently you must have so that must mean you aren’t going either lol. Thankfully its never too late for us, like it wasn’t too late for the criminal on the cross next to Jesus.
 
MichaelNadal said:
I haven’t. Apparently you must have so that must mean you aren’t going either lol. Thankfully its never too late for us, like it wasn’t too late for the criminal on the cross next to Jesus.
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There is no heaven. Also FYI, every time your god mentioned you guys, he thought you deserve to die. So I'd say heaven is a stretch for you too.
 
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