Analysis Djokovic–Nadal rivalry

1 analysis

1.1 comparison of grand slam tournament titles
1.2 comparison of masters 1000 titles
1.3 comparison of year–end championships
1.4 head-to-head tallies

1.4.1 completed set tallies


1.5 results on each court surface
1.6 grand slam matches

analysis

commentators dick enberg, john mcenroe, , mary carillo have said rivalry has potential of being greatest rivalry in tennis history due number of matches played between two, quality of matches, , age difference of 1 year.

djokovic player career wins against nadal. nadal player career wins against djokovic. djokovic player have defeated nadal in 4 clay court finals, player defeat nadal @ french open in straight sets, , player defeat nadal in 7 consecutive finals. both play similar style of tennis have differences make matches competitive , unique. djokovic player defeat nadal in 3 consecutive grand slam finals , player defeat nadal in 4 grand slams (australian open, french open, wimbledon , open). consequently, nadal player defeat djokovic in 2 hard court slam finals (us open 2010 , open 2013).

the rivalry has seen dominance shift , forth, nadal dominant on, followed djokovic beating nadal 7 times in row, nadal winning 6 out of seven, , djokovic winning eleven out of last thirteen.

many pundits have claimed greatest rivalry of open era given number of records has produced, quality of matches, has encounters in open era, , number of classic matches has produced unrivaled other. in 2009, rated 3rd best rivalry of last decade though began in 2006.

comparison of grand slam tournament titles

as of 2017, novak djokovic has won 12 grand slam tournament titles fourth place open era , has won career grand slam winning 4 majors @ least once. in 2015 - 2016 tennis season, djokovic won 4 consecutive grand slam titles, feat not achieved since 1969. in addition, djokovic player hold 4 grand slam titles @ once on 3 different surfaces. djokovic s grand slam tournament titles include 8 on hard courts, 3 on grass, , 1 on clay. nadal has won 16 grand slam tournament titles , second on all-time list , in total has 10 on clay, 4 on hard courts, , 2 on grass. both won career grand slam , nadal youngest player in open era achieve feat, aged 24. second rivalry after federer-nadal 2 players have won @ least ten majors each.

comparison of masters 1000 titles

as of 2017, djokovic , nadal share all-time record masters 1000 titles 30. novak djokovic has won 22 on hard courts , 8 on clay. nadal won 22 on clay , 8 on hard courts. djokovic missing cincinnati while nadal missing 2 masters 1000 titles (miami , paris), having won german open hamburg before downgraded atp 500 in 2009 , replaced madrid masters (clay). nadal won madrid masters event in 2005 when played on indoor hardcourt in october, same slot shanghai masters has today.

comparison of year–end championships

as of 2016, novak djokovic has won 5 year–end championships while nadal has not won event has made finals twice, in 2010 , 2013. djokovic holds 3–2 lead on nadal @ event , won lone meeting in championship finals 6–3, 6–4 in 2013. djokovic second (tied pete sampras , ivan lendl) behind roger federer s 6 year-end championships, holds record in atp world tour finals won 4.

head-to-head tallies

all matches: djokovic, 26–24
all finals: djokovic, 14–10
grand slam matches: nadal, 9–4

australian open: djokovic, 1–0
roland garros: nadal, 6–1
wimbledon: tied, 1–1
us open: nadal, 2–1


grand slam finals: nadal, 4–3
tennis masters cup/atp world tour finals matches: djokovic, 3–2
tennis masters cup/atp world tour finals finals: djokovic, 1–0
atp masters series/atp world tour masters 1000 matches: djokovic, 16–10
atp masters series/atp world tour masters 1000 finals: djokovic, 7–5

completed set tallies

results on each court surface

clay courts: nadal 15–7
hard courts: djokovic 18–7

outdoor: djokovic 14–5
indoor: djokovic 4–2


grass courts: nadal 2–1


grand slam matches

notes

in bold: matches happened in finals.




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