Nadal is now 21/29 (72.4%) in Grand Slam Finals, Federer and Djokovic both 20/31

[Forgive Me Father]

*20/31 actually

Nadal is basically unbeaten in slam finals when not facing Federer or Djokovic. The 1 loss to a non-Federer/Djokovic opponent interfered with the back injury at the 2014 AO, otherwise he would be 22/29.

5 of Nadal's 8 slam finals losses are losing to peak Federer at Wimbledon (2x) and losing to Djokovic at the AO (2x), and another loss to Djokovic on HC ('11 USO).

His slam final conversion rate is the best out of the three, but also his slam win to participation rate.

Nadal has the most slams ever and the least attempts between the Big 3.

Nadal is 21/63 in Grand Slams (wins every 3rd slam for his career).
Djokovic is 20/66.
Federer is 20/81.

 

[Harry_Wild]

21st Grand Slam Singles Title!

 

[D.Nalby12]

20/31 actually. Nadal has got far better win % in finals.

 

[TheNachoMan]

Wawrinka is the only person to beat Nadal in a slam final other than Fedovic. Stan will always have my respect more than any NextGen player

 

[bhpower]

Wawrinka is the only person to beat Nadal in a slam final other than Fedovic. Stan will always have my respect more than any NextGen player

Nadal was injured though.

 

[mattennis]

Rafael Nadal is a very tough cookie to beat in a GS final. Leaving back problems aside, only two players have ever defeated him in a GS final: Federer and Djokovic (two GOAT players themselves).

He has grown up and fought hard countless times in important matches against two of the greatest players ever.

No new generation player will ever present him with the same level of difficulty in a GS final... even if Nadal is 35 years old.

Exactly the same goes for Federer and Djokovic.

 

[Backspin1183]

Nadal was injured though.

He still outplayed Nadal in the first set and had beaten Djokovic in the quarter final too. He was on a roll at the time.

 

[The_Order]

He still outplayed Nadal in the first set and had beaten Djokovic in the quarter final too. He was on a roll at the time.

Did Medvedev not outplay Nadal in the first set and on a roll at the time too?

Never know what could have happened had he not gotten injured...

 

[Forgive Me Father]

Wawrinka is the only person to beat Nadal in a slam final other than Fedovic. Stan will always have my respect more than any NextGen player

Ehh he did go down 0-40 at 5-3 and then Nadal missed 4 straight 2nd serve returns, something he never did in his career. Clearly bothered.

 

[abmk]

He still outplayed Nadal in the first set and had beaten Djokovic in the quarter final too. He was on a roll at the time.

Wawa up a set and a break before nadal got injured.
And as you said had obviously beaten Djoko in 5 sets. only one to do so vs prime DJoko at AO.

 

[abmk]

Fed has 1 slam final loss to non Big 3 player - delpo in USO 09
Nadal to Wawa in AO 14
djokovic OTOH has a bucketful - 5 - Murray USO 12, Murray Wim 13, Stan RG 15, Stan USO 16, Med USO 21

 

[The_Order]

Wawa up a set and a break before nadal got injured.
And as you said had obviously beaten Djoko in 5 sets. only one to do so vs prime DJoko at AO.

Med was up 2 sets and you were flapping your gums that Nadal had no chance unless Med broke his leg...

Wrong as usual.. ROFLSTOMP

 

[MichaelNadal]

 

[Forgive Me Father]

Fed has 1 slam final loss to non Big 3 player - delpo in USO 09
Nadal to Wawa in AO 14
djokovic OTOH has a bucketful - 5 - Murray USO 12, Murray Wim 13, Stan RG 15, Stan USO 16, Med USO 21

tbf I'd take those players over philippoussis, baghdatis, gonzalez, etc.

if Djokovic had played those instead, he'd probably have won.

And on the other hand if Fed had played the others instead at times like 03 WB or 06 AO, he'd probably have a few more too.

 

[Deleted member 758560]

congrats mike

 

[Krish872007]

Fed has 1 slam final loss to non Big 3 player - delpo in USO 09
Nadal to Wawa in AO 14
djokovic OTOH has a bucketful - 5 - Murray USO 12, Murray Wim 13, Stan RG 15, Stan USO 16, Med USO 21

Yes some of these were perhaps avoidable

Though in general the Big 3 can only beat each other when in decent form at the very end of a Slam tournament

 

[abmk]

tbf I'd take those players over philippoussis, baghdatis, gonzalez, etc.

if Djokovic had played those instead, he'd probably have won.

And on the other hand if Fed had played the others instead at times like 03 WB or 06 AO, he'd probably have a few more too.

Djoko also played Berr, Anderson, AO 11 Murray (lol), AO 16 Murray, AO 21 Med, RG 16 Murray in slam finals, lol.

 

[One]

But half of his finals are on his pet slam. The more times he would have reached finals in other, more slams would he had lost. But his early exits in Wimbledon and US open speaks for themselfs.

 

[Forgive Me Father]

Djoko also played Berr, Anderson, AO 11 Murray (lol), AO 16 Murray, AO 21 Med, RG 16 Murray in slam finals, lol.

Berr is the one comparable finalist there. KAndy well yeah but Rafa was the defacto final anyway.

 

[BorgTheGOAT]

tbf I'd take those players over philippoussis, baghdatis, gonzalez, etc.

if Djokovic had played those instead, he'd probably have won.

And on the other hand if Fed had played the others instead at times like 03 WB or 06 AO, he'd probably have a few more too.

Last paragraph is very unlikely. Murray was always Fed’s pigeon in slam finals and Stan was his pigeon everywhere. Given that Djokovic lost to them in his prime years we must assume the same for Fed in which case I cannot see him losing. After today, I would also doubt 34 year old Fed would lose a final to Med. They are stronger than Baghdatis, Gonzales etc. but nevertheless there is no excuse for Djokovic to lose against them.

 

[abmk]

Berr is the one comparable finalist there. KAndy well yeah but Rafa was the defacto final anyway.

nope, all of them are. Some of them significantly worse than any of Gonzo/Scud/Baggy.

Gonzo of AO 07 absolutely MUCH better than Murray of AO 11 final and Med of AO 21 final.
baggy of AO 06 final itself was better even with brutal draw. pre-final, clearly better than either of the 2 above.

both better Murray of AO 16 final

Scud was on grass. Obviously significantly better than Berr and Anderson.

 

[DSH]

Ehh he did go down 0-40 at 5-3 and then Nadal missed 4 straight 2nd serve returns, something he never did in his career. Clearly bothered.

Yes, I remember those failed returns from Nadal against Wawrinka's second serves, who is not exactly a great server like Federer, Isner, Karlovic and so many others.