mattosgrant
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One interesting thing is Djokovic has only ever beaten Nadal 4 times in slams. He has beaten Federer 7 times. So whom did he do more damage to.
Nadal 3 slams lost to Djokvovic:
2011 Wimbledon
2011 U.S Open
2012 Australian Open
IMO he wins all 3 of those otherwise. Wimbledon is a no brainer. U.S Open some would argue for Federer, and Australian Open some for Murray, but I would say he wins both those. So likely 3 slams lost because of Djokovic, and 1 YE#1 in 2011. However that isnt nearly as much as you would think. Nadal was never winning Roland Garros 2015.
Nadal 7 slams lost to Djokovic:
2008 Australian Open
2010 U.S Open
2011 Australian Open
2011 U.S Open
2012 French Open
2014 Wimbledon
2015 Wimbledon
OK lets eliminate the easy ones first. Fed was never beating Nadal at the 2010 U.S Open or 2012 French Opens so those are easy outs. I think it is pretty clear he was winning the 2011 Australian Open or 2015 Wimbledon without Djokovic. So that is atleast 2 slams. It seems likely he would have won 2014 Wimbledon also, even if Dmitrov might have given him a battle based on his semifinal performance. So likely 3 slams. I would guess Tsonga winning the 2008 Australian Open as he was on fire, and Federer was dealing with mono and clearly subpar. The 2011 U.S Open as stated above I would still favor Nadal, even if it wouldnt be like 2010 where Federer would have absolutely no chance, as Nadal was weaker than the 2010 event and Federer in much better form.
Still if I had to guess it would be 3 slams just like Nadal. However 3 seems the max for Nadal, and the minimum for Federer. Federer lost the YE#1 in both 2012 and 2014 to Djokovic. Since 2011 Nadal has mostly been too injured to even come close to that.
So Federer has in fact lost out on more to Djokovic than Nadal most likely which is surprising and a bit amazing.
Nadal 3 slams lost to Djokvovic:
2011 Wimbledon
2011 U.S Open
2012 Australian Open
IMO he wins all 3 of those otherwise. Wimbledon is a no brainer. U.S Open some would argue for Federer, and Australian Open some for Murray, but I would say he wins both those. So likely 3 slams lost because of Djokovic, and 1 YE#1 in 2011. However that isnt nearly as much as you would think. Nadal was never winning Roland Garros 2015.
Nadal 7 slams lost to Djokovic:
2008 Australian Open
2010 U.S Open
2011 Australian Open
2011 U.S Open
2012 French Open
2014 Wimbledon
2015 Wimbledon
OK lets eliminate the easy ones first. Fed was never beating Nadal at the 2010 U.S Open or 2012 French Opens so those are easy outs. I think it is pretty clear he was winning the 2011 Australian Open or 2015 Wimbledon without Djokovic. So that is atleast 2 slams. It seems likely he would have won 2014 Wimbledon also, even if Dmitrov might have given him a battle based on his semifinal performance. So likely 3 slams. I would guess Tsonga winning the 2008 Australian Open as he was on fire, and Federer was dealing with mono and clearly subpar. The 2011 U.S Open as stated above I would still favor Nadal, even if it wouldnt be like 2010 where Federer would have absolutely no chance, as Nadal was weaker than the 2010 event and Federer in much better form.
Still if I had to guess it would be 3 slams just like Nadal. However 3 seems the max for Nadal, and the minimum for Federer. Federer lost the YE#1 in both 2012 and 2014 to Djokovic. Since 2011 Nadal has mostly been too injured to even come close to that.
So Federer has in fact lost out on more to Djokovic than Nadal most likely which is surprising and a bit amazing.