Frenchy-Player
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Yes and Rudd number 4.
Roland Garros Final: [3] Novak Djokovic vs [4] Casper Ruud
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THUNDERVOLLEY
G.O.A.T.
Djokovic was running a tennis clinic with Ruud as the lone student. Djokovic is at the top of the Best of the Rest list for non-GOAT / Grand Slam winning players.
Tennfan123
Legend
You're biased though. You love women's tennis.
I don't think most people share your views.
Only a fellow Croat brother can take that and understand it I guess!
SonicNirvana
Hall of Fame
But Nole, what if my goal is to beat you on a tennis court!!!!
LeastExhaustingPlayer
Professional
Once again, congrats to Djokovic!
He did it, "~~MY WAY~~!"
He did it, "~~MY WAY~~!"
Nostradamus
Bionic Poster
yea see you next year Novak,,, Alcarez will be waiting to destroy you
ACE of Hearts
Bionic Poster
Well when you win the first two slams of the year you deserve to be number 1.
ACE of Hearts
Bionic Poster
Tiny needs to worry about his cramps my goodness. So disappointed in that match. Interesting to see if he can do anything at Wimbledon.
Nostradamus
Bionic Poster
he will go see the doctor and that will fix that real quick. may even win wimbledon this year
ScentOfDefeat
G.O.A.T.
Murray/Wawrinka's Slam career is now his distance to Federer.
Crazy.
Crazy.
Baseline_Bungle
Hall of Fame
SonicNirvana
Hall of Fame
Casper sounding like Tommy Wiseau
Steffi-forever
Hall of Fame
| Titles | Player | AE | OE | Australian Open | French Open | Wimbledon | US Open | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 23 |
Novak Djokovic | N/A | 23 | 10 | 3 | 7 | 3 | 2008–2023 |
| 22 |
Rafael Nadal | N/A | 22 | 2 | 14 | 2 | 4 | 2005–2022 |
| 20 |
Roger Federer | N/A | 20 | 6 | 1 | 8 | 5 | 2003–2018 |
| 14 |
Pete Sampras | N/A | 14 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 5 | 1990–2002 |
| 12 |
Roy Emerson | 12 | N/A | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1961–1967 |
| 11 |
Rod Laver | 6 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 1960–1969 |
| 11 |
Björn Borg | N/A | 11 | 0 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 1974–1981 |
| 10 |
Bill Tilden | 10 | N/A | 0 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 1920–1930 |
| 8 |
Ken Rosewall | 4 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1953–1972 |
| 8 |
Ivan Lendl | N/A | 8 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 1984–1990 |
| 8 |
Fred Perry | 8 | N/A | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 1933–1936 |
| 8 |
Andre Agassi | N/A | 8 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1992–2003 |
| 8 |
Jimmy Connors | N/A | 8 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 1974–1983 |
Rafa, as classy as ever
NaomiKonjuhPotapova
G.O.A.T.
what are they gonna do with the Muskeeter trophy if Novak loses lol.
23 so so good. Interesting to see how he will bring the level at Wimbledon with nothing to prove.
23 so so good. Interesting to see how he will bring the level at Wimbledon with nothing to prove.
ACE of Hearts
Bionic Poster
So i didn’t see the match but boy ruud should have won that first set. This should have been four sets at least. This is the problem with this generation.
He will be super motivated to match Roger's 8 Wimby titles.
Plus, he knows a healthy Nadal can easily nab another RG. He will stay motivated until Rafa retires.
What classy kudos from Djokovic's greatest rival.
Love or hate him you got to take your hat off to this guy. I didn’t think he could win this tournament based on his poor showing in the lead up tournaments. Casper didn’t play badly today but the writing was already on the wall when Novak beat Alcaraz on Friday.
NaomiKonjuhPotapova
G.O.A.T.
Yeah, I would like to believe he will go for Wimbledon record (need 2 more of that) and matching USO Open (The hardest).
mike danny
Bionic Poster
Baghdatis still has managed sets and matches against the Big 3 
Genie Of the Bank
Hall of Fame
it will be another 2 majors wait for you.
Zetty
Hall of Fame
He's a contender, not a GOAT, there's plenty of debate to be had.
TheAssassin
Legend
As I always said, it's about the journey, not the end goal. And this journey still has more to come. Yet I would be lying if I said that I wasn't having a flashback of all significant events of this man's career from the moment I jumped on his train.
That first step happened on this exact same venue in 2006, when a skinny kid with firecracker groundstrokes and wonderful explosive yet light movement was on pretty much nobody's radar.
Now, seventeen years later... Man... They grow up so fast.
The GOAT? Harder than ever before to argue against it.
Most stunning? That he always has been.
What a ride. Hugs to all fellow Warriors around the world and to Novak Djokovic, the legend like no other.
That first step happened on this exact same venue in 2006, when a skinny kid with firecracker groundstrokes and wonderful explosive yet light movement was on pretty much nobody's radar.
Now, seventeen years later... Man... They grow up so fast.
The GOAT? Harder than ever before to argue against it.
Most stunning? That he always has been.
What a ride. Hugs to all fellow Warriors around the world and to Novak Djokovic, the legend like no other.
Nostradamus
Bionic Poster
Who can stop novak at wimbledon ? we need volunteers.. he must be stopped from getting the CIG
Records will always be broken
Players will play into their 40s in future.
And there willl be times when there is just one big player better than rest
gqnelly
Rookie
Novak is used to this sort of smack talk. He has entire stadiums cheering against him for every match...your internet tough talk falls woefully short of the mark. It also fuels him ... so the more you hate...the more he is going to redirect it and aim it right back at you.
So you believe that the world has somehow stopped producing top level tennis player for 20 years or so while the Big 3 have dominated. I choose rather to believe that the Big 3 are exactly that - the best three tennis players in the history of the game and the fact that they played at the same time created an unstoppable force where the three of them pushed each other to greater and greater heights - longevity and outcomes. Humanity didn't just stop making great tennis players - it made the three greatest ones to ever play and threw them together!
What an era to have watched. I have watched a lot of quality tennis which does not include the Big 3 in the past 10 years and it has been highly entertaining. So many good players and such a deep field. This is coming from someone who has been watching tennis since the late 1970s. This game is as or more entertaining today than ever before.
Mainad
Bionic Poster
In winning 2023 Roland Garros, Djokovic becomes:
1. The first male player in history to win 23 singles Slams.
2. One of just 3 players of either sex in the history of the game to win 23 singles Slams (along with Margaret Court, Serena Williams).
3. The first male player in history to win each of the Slams 3 times.
4. One of just 4 players of either sex to win each of the Slams at least 3 times (along with Court, Graf and Serena).
5. One of just 6 men to win at least 3 singles titles at Roland Garros in the Open Era (along with Nadal, Borg, Lendl, Wilander, Kuerten).
6. One of just 13 players of either sex to win at least 3 singles titles at Roland Garros in the Open Era (along with the other 5 men plus Court, Evert, Graf, Seles, Sanchez Vicario, Henin, Swiatek).
1. The first male player in history to win 23 singles Slams.
2. One of just 3 players of either sex in the history of the game to win 23 singles Slams (along with Margaret Court, Serena Williams).
3. The first male player in history to win each of the Slams 3 times.
4. One of just 4 players of either sex to win each of the Slams at least 3 times (along with Court, Graf and Serena).
5. One of just 6 men to win at least 3 singles titles at Roland Garros in the Open Era (along with Nadal, Borg, Lendl, Wilander, Kuerten).
6. One of just 13 players of either sex to win at least 3 singles titles at Roland Garros in the Open Era (along with the other 5 men plus Court, Evert, Graf, Seles, Sanchez Vicario, Henin, Swiatek).
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Ray Mercer
Hall of Fame
It’s crazy how much he’s inflated his resume with the drop off in men’s tennis quality. He was literally 8-8 when the competition was still good.
Please - the Big 3 as a group has dominated this sport because they are the GOATs. Nothing is more easy to see than that. The world didn't magically stop making top tier tennis players for 20 years. The Big 3 came in and conquered all the while holding everyone else at bay. Great to have witnessed it and the more that Nadal and Djokovic win just proves how great they are and nothing more. There are a number of players over the past 20 years who would have won a few GS trophies in other eras but they had the misfortune of playing during the Big 3 era.
Hood_Man
G.O.A.T.
Well yeah, and it doesn't have to be for 20 years, just a few.
When the financial crash happened it stopped plenty of tennis lessons for talented teenagers whose parents could no longer afford them, it stopped plenty of very young kids from starting the sport, and a lot of kids who may have been receiving some form of funding would have seen it stop as organisations ran out of money and squeezed their budgets.
We're just starting to see a new generation of players who are skilled, athletic, and have the mental strength to be champions, and I've no doubt that will continue as kids who were very young or born when the economy started improving begin maturing.
If only we could go back to the glory days of men’s tennis where Andy Roddick and Lleyton Hewitt were the best non-federer players in the world
Ray Mercer
Hall of Fame
Where is the next all time great? Every sport should have another great in the making. Tennis has had nobody for 16 years.
This is such an insane argument. The financial crash didn’t stop rich parents from sending their kids to tennis lessons lol. This is a country club sport.
The world has been at war and dealing with crisis for eternity. Djokovic himself emerged from a poor family in a war torn situation. Talent always finds a way. The world didn't stop producing tennis greats just at the Big 3 arrived. They are heads and shoulders above all others and have propelled themselves beyond imagination. Better to enjoy and appreciate what we have here rather than try to explain it away as some sort of byproduct of luck. Luck doesn't last for two decades - greatness does.
Ray Mercer
Hall of Fame
Safin, Nalbandian, Hewitt, Ferrero and Roddick are all better than Ruud. Again Djokovic was 8-8 when the competition was still good.
Now do nadal
Tennis has had three GOATs for 20 years - that's why no one else has penetrated. When they are done (which will be soon), there will be plenty of GS trophy winners and those will likely be more dispersed than has been the case for the past 20 years. You complain about where the next all time great is - why not enjoy the ones who are here right now and still at the top of their games (in the case of Djokovic and hopefully soon in the case of Nadal).
Pheasant
Legend
Nooooo!!! Not Lendl. Not that match!
Ray Mercer
Hall of Fame
Nadal is toast and Djokovic is 36. There should be a young great by now like a Connor Mcdavid, Patrick Mahomes, Mbappe etc. There should always be a young great chasing the old guard. Tennis is missing that.
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