Nadal ends in the top 3 for the 10th straight year

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Clayisbest

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A mark of his sheer dominance and consistency. In this period he has won 14 Grand Slams, 25+ Masters and an Olympic Gold.

Is this a record for most consecutive years in the top 3?
 
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Clayisbest said:
A mark of his sheer dominance and consistency. In this period he has won 14 Grand Slams, 25+ Masters and an Olympic Gold.

Is this a record for most consecutive years in the top 3?
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What makes this record even more impressive is that he finished 2012 outside of the top three. Rafael "Impossible" Nadal INDEED.
 
Clayisbest said:
A mark of his sheer dominance and consistency. In this period he has won 14 Grand Slams, 25+ Masters and an Olympic Gold.

Is this a record for most consecutive years in the top 3?
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He ended 2012 ranked #4. Federer has 10 years ranked in the top 3 from 2003-2012.

:lol:
 
Yes, Nadal will always be remembered as the #3 and #2, indeed an incredible achievement!

Congrats Rafa fans!!
 
Clayisbest said:
A mark of his sheer dominance and consistency. In this period he has won 14 Grand Slams, 25+ Masters and an Olympic Gold.

Is this a record for most consecutive years in the top 3?
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in 2012 he ended outside the top 3
he was 4th I believe
 
I can't understand why someone would see this as something impressive? It is rather humiliating.

He has like twice more as weeks at #2 than #1. Federer has more as #1 than nadal has as #2.

Who will remember that nadal was consistent top three, 4 or whatever you want it to be?

It's like praising someone who has won zero finals out of 10.
 
And he barely played all year along with getting knocked out of wimbledon early. Pathetic

Speaks volume of the patheticness of the Men's tour today
 
90's Clay said:
And he barely played all year along with getting knocked out of wimbledon early. Pathetic

Speaks volume of the patheticness of the Men's tour today
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You mean like Sampras winning only 4 (2 of them MM jokes) titles in 1998 and still finishing the year as number 1? Yeah pathetic indeed...
 
Wake me up when he matches Connors at 12 straight years of ending in the top 3

or his 13 straight years ending within the top 4.
 
But the big picture is how much time he spent at the top 3.



Weeks at #1:
Federer - 302
Sampras - 286
Nadal - 141

Weeks at #2:
Federer - 123
Sampras - 90
Nadal - 262

Weeks at #3:
Federer - 112
Sampras - 81
Nadal - 40

Total weeks spent in the top 3:
Federer - 537
Sampras - 457
Nadal - 443
 
TMF said:
But the big picture is how much time he spent at the top 3.



Weeks at #1:
Federer - 302
Sampras - 286
Nadal - 141

Weeks at #2:
Federer - 123
Sampras - 90
Nadal - 262

Weeks at #3:
Federer - 112
Sampras - 81
Nadal - 40

Total weeks spent in the top 3:
Federer - 537
Sampras - 457
Nadal - 443
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Looks very likely to eclipse Fed in that stat. He is 5 years younger...
 
TMF said:
Possibly since he's playing in a very weak era.
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But you forget, he was in the top 3 in the strongest era of all time 05-07!

In fact, his position at #2 was never even threatened at all during this strong era even though he was only a teenager.

Chum Jetze!
 
The_Order said:
But you forget, he was in the top 3 in the strongest era of all time 05-07!

In fact, his position at #2 was never even threatened at all during this strong era even though he was only a teenager.

Chum Jetze!
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That is because he was winning 1 slam/year and the guy above him 3/year. Much as I dislike Roger's style, his #2 at 33 is far more impressive.
 
The_Order said:
But you forget, he was in the top 3 in the strongest era of all time 05-07!

In fact, his position at #2 was never even threatened at all during this strong era even though he was only a teenager.
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He spent a lot of times in the top 3 during 2010-2014, but the strength of the field wasn't as strong as 2004-2009.
 
TMF said:
He spent a lot of times in the top 3 during 2010-2014, but the strength of the field wasn't as strong as 2004-2009.
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Yeah of course, whatever you say.

Lucky Nadal and Novak don't have to deal with Blake and Ljubicic breathing down their necks :lol:
 
The_Order said:
Yeah of course, whatever you say.

Lucky Nadal and Novak don't have to deal with Blake and Ljubicic breathing down their necks :lol:
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In case you forgetting, Nadal and Nole was around in 2004-2009.

During 2010-2014, Hewitt, Roddick, Nalbandian, Safin and company all have past their prime. Solderling was gone and Del Potro was hammered with injury. Nadal fortunate not to meet his nemesis Davydenko at the slam and is now retired.
 
Clayisbest said:
A mark of his sheer dominance and consistency. In this period he has won 14 Grand Slams, 25+ Masters and an Olympic Gold.

Is this a record for most consecutive years in the top 3?
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Clayisbest, as you see, members who troll/flame relentlessly (but shamelessly accuse others of doing the same) attack your innocent post. Meanwhile, unlike other "top" players, Nadal made history in 2014 by winning his 9th French Open.

Untouchable.

Historic.
 
THUNDERVOLLEY said:
Clayisbest, as you see, members who troll/flame relentlessly (but shamelessly accuse others of doing the same) attack your innocent post. Meanwhile, unlike other "top" players, Nadal made history in 2014 by winning his 9th French Open.

Untouchable.

Historic.
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Calling out incorrect "facts" is attacking? Also, is Nadal the only "top" player in the world? Because I know of a guy who has 3 more slams and of another who went 7-0 against him not too long ago.

Hint: One's Swiss and the other's Serbian.
 
SystemicAnomaly said:
Facile/superficial thinking
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Imagine this scenario:
-There are two players, A and B
-Player A has 250 weeks at No.1 and 50 at No.2
-Player B has 10 weeks at No.1 and 320 weeks at No.2

Who is the better player, only considering #1? Is it facetious to say that A is better than B, ranking-wise, even though B has 30 more weeks in the top 2?

Remember: "If you ain't first, you're last!"
 
TMF said:
In case you forgetting, Nadal and Nole was around in 2004-2009.

During 2010-2014, Hewitt, Roddick, Nalbandian, Safin and company all have past their prime. Solderling was gone and Del Potro was hammered with injury. Nadal fortunate not to meet his nemesis Davydenko at the slam and is now retired.
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In case 'you' forgetting? :lol:

Hey, in case 'you' forgetting, 17 year old Nadal spanked world #1 Federer in straight sets and has gone on to dominate him in slams.

Nadal owns Federer past, present and future.

390 and counting :lol:
 
TMF said:
He spent a lot of times in the top 3 during 2010-2014, but the strength of the field wasn't as strong as 2004-2009.
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Since Nadal first entered the top 2 in early June 2005 (after starting the year outside the top 20, showing how easy and quickly he got there) he did not spend a single week outside the top 3 until 2012. In fact he didn't spend a single week down at #3 until late 2009, having taken an injury leave and missed Wimbledon. So your suggestion already becomes impossible, even if the premise of the field being stronger in 2005-2009 which true (which is questionable in itself).
 
blarvitread said:
Since Nadal first entered the top 2 in early June 2005 (after starting the year outside the top 20, showing how easy and quickly he got there) he did not spend a single week outside the top 3 until 2012. In fact he didn't spend a single week down at #3 until late 2009, having taken an injury leave and missed Wimbledon. So your suggestion already becomes impossible, even if the premise of the field being stronger in 2005-2009 which true (which is questionable in itself).
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Reviving own threads under different nickname and arguing the same point using the same style and language:

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Being #2 is impressive, not as impressive as #1. But let's be fair. If we were to award points, weeks at #1=1pt, weeks at #2=.25pts, and weeks at number 3=.125 pts. So based on the top 3 information posted before

Federer=387.5 pts
Sampra=318.625 pts
Nadal=211 pts

Weeks at #1:
Federer - 302
Sampras - 286
Nadal - 141

Weeks at #2:
Federer - 123
Sampras - 90
Nadal - 262

Weeks at #3:
Federer - 112
Sampras - 81
Nadal - 40

Total weeks spent in the top 3:
Federer - 537
Sampras - 457
Nadal - 443
 
Chico said:
Reviving own threads under different nickname and arguing the same point using the same style and language:

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You are an idiot. I would have never have started a thread like the OP, as only stupid tennis fans/morons like yourself and claybest wouldtnt realize Nadal ended 2012 at only world #5 (due to a year he mostly didn't play due to injury). This is the kind of thread someone like you would start if you were a Nadal fan instead of a Djokovic fan (and the almost equally stupid OP did), so don't parlay your own stupidity onto me, and with false and baseless accusations. Who is that photo btw, you, I am sure you are everybit as ugly and fat as that poor lady. :lol:
 
blarvitread said:
You are an idiot. I would have never have started a thread like the OP, as only stupid tennis fans/morons like yourself and claybest wouldtnt realize Nadal ended 2012 at only world #5 (due to a year he mostly didn't play due to injury). This is the kind of thread someone like you would start if you were a Nadal fan instead of a Djokovic fan (and the almost equally stupid OP did), so don't parlay your own stupidity onto me, and with false and baseless accusations. Who is that photo btw, you, I am sure you are everybit as ugly and fat as that poor lady. :lol:
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Personal insults as well? Yep, definitely NadalAgassi.
 
Djokovic2011 said:
You wouldn't be saying that if you were a Djokovic fan babe and he wished you to be dead at one point. :|
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NadalAgassi isn't even a troll. You just don't like his points of view. You go out of your way to single him out and bash him every time he posts, so I can't speak on your spats, but you play an equal part.
 
Maybe you'd feel the same if someone wished you dead MN. I think if that happened you'd understand more where I'm coming from.
 
MichaelNadal said:
I really wouldn't care.
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Actually I get it. Sometimes a poster goes just too far, and rightly or wrongly, it's very difficult to let that go. I think libel is a bridge much too far. And, personally, I find that disgusting.

I have no beef with Nadal/Agassi and his subsequent comebacks (& it's generally easy to tell now). I think he makes some great points initially but then resorts to abuse, in fairness, never aimed at me. It's rather odd to just keep coming back for more, and then banned within 48 hours.
 
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