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Daniil came from 30-15 down in the tenth game and wrapped up the set with a forehand winner for 6-4 in 39 minutes. And like other rivals of this era, such as Marin Cilic, Milos Raonic, Kei Nishikori and Grigor Dimitrov lived. They have each completed a Career Grand Slam by winning all four majors at least once, with Djokovic and Nadal completing it twice for a double Career Grand Slam. Nadal took hold of the record by winning his 21st major title at the Australian Open in January, breaking his tie with his longtime rivals Djokovic and Roger Federer, who both have won 20.. [90] This, and Nadal's loss to Nick Kyrgios in the fourth round, his third consecutive early-round loss at Wimbledon, led former players and experts, including Jimmy Connors, to express the opinion that the "aura" around the Big Four had faded. Questions had been asked about 34-year-old Nadal . Nadal followed in 2005 with a French Open triumph on his first attempt, including a win over Federer,[12] and the duo occupied the top two places of the ATP rankings from July 2005 to August 2009. He entered the French Open as the favourite, but was defeated in a massive upset by Robin Sderling in the fourth round. Means a lot to me.. They made me realise what I had to do to improve. The trio, affectionately nicknamed the 'Big-3' for their stellar exploits in the game, are the. [174], Murray's three Majors, two Olympic Games victories, ATP Finals, Masters titles and his success in reaching the world no. Nadal withdrew from Wimbledon due to scheduling reasons. Raonic, a one-time Wimbledon finalist, has a 3-11 record against Roger Federer after having registered wins at the 2014 Paris Masters, the 2016 Brisbane International and the 2016 Wimbledon semifinals. [122] At the Montreal Masters, Federer reached the final but sustained a severe back injury there, which took him out of contention for the US Open and the No. Full list of Roger Federer's defeats on grass: 1. At the Olympics, Djokovic was knocked out of the men's singles in the opening round by Juan Martn del Potro, in a repeat of the bronze medal match from four years earlier. Creator: Cameron Spencer Credit: Getty Images Copyright: 2018 Getty Image, Jo-Wilfried Tsonga (16 wins against the Fab 3). Check here, Be the first one to comment on this story. The Scotsman became the first British man sinceFred Perryin1936to win a major title. Each player won a major: Djokovic the Australian Open, Nadal the French Open, Federer Wimbledon and Murray (who hired former world number 1 Ivan Lendl as his head coach earlier in the year[55]) his maiden major title at the US Open. At the French Open, Federer returned to play at the tournament for the first time since 2015, reaching the semifinals where he was defeated by Nadal in straight sets. He tied Pete Sampras for the second-most Wimbledon men's singles titles at 7, one behind Federer's all-time record of 8 titles. 9 in the world, became the first man to beat Nadal and Djokovic who have combined to win 41 Grand Slam titles in the same clay court event and the 12th on all. A 43% win record against a player of Rafael Nadal's caliber is a feat any player can be proud of. 2, while Djokovic, who lost in the quarterfinals, fell to world No. Nadal won both, with the latter final often described as one of the greatest tennis matches of all time. Nadal breezed through to the French Open title, defeating Wawrinka in the final and not dropping a set at the tournament for the third time in his career. Spanish second seed Nadal outclassed world number one Djokovic in a 6-0 6-2 7-5 win, which clinched a record-extending 13th title at Roland Garros. Djokovic, on the other hand, defeated Kei Nishikori to make his eighth US Open final, where he beat del Potro for his 14th major title. Djokovic won the title and his 20th major against Matteo Berrettini, thereby equaling both Federer and Nadal's all-time tally. The "nearly great if not for Federer" Andy Roddick had enough overlap between eras and lodged career wins over all of the. ^ Two walkovers (2014 ATP Finals final and 2019 Indian Wells semifinal) are not included in the table. While many have prevailed against one of the three great legends of the game, only a small number have managed to beat two of them. At the 2016 French Open, Murray reached his first Paris final to complete his set of Grand Slam singles finals, but Djokovic beat him in the final to become the third Big Four member after Federer and Nadal to complete a Career Grand Slam, and the first player since Rod Laver in 1969 to hold all four Grand Slam titles at the same time. At the ATP Finals, Murray beat Djokovic 63, 64, claiming the title and the No. All four players qualified for the year-end championships, which Djokovic won. Thats amazing for me. Federer excelled in the men's doubles event and captured the gold medal, while Djokovic lost in the first round, and Murray and Nadal in the second. [41] Federer subsequently surpassed Sampras' record by winning his 15th major title at Wimbledon.[42]. Djokovic successfully defended his title by defeating Kyrgios in four sets in the final to win his 21st major title, thereby passing Federer and placing him one behind Nadal. At the start of 2018, Murray underwent hip surgery for the injury that had sidelined him since the previous summer. Nadal suffered his worst European clay-court season in a decade, failing to win a single title and appearing in just one final, whereas Djokovic and Murray entered the second Grand Slam event of the year unbeaten on clay. Its quite strange when I tell myself that I have a gold medal, a Davis Cup, and I have two Grand Slam. 1 for a record 378 weeks, Federer for 310 weeks, Nadal for 209 weeks, and Murray for 41 weeks. Roger Federer has never beaten both Rafael Nadal and Novak Djokovic in the same grand slam. Despite his struggles with form throughout the second half of the year, Djokovic still ended 2016 as world number two. The Cypriot, who was a 2006 Australian Open semifinalist, prevailed over Nadal in the quarterfinals of the 2010 ATP Masters in Cincinnati. This meant that all of the Big Four had reached world number one at some point. After defeating the top seed, the German went on to win the tournament to notch up his fourth Masters 1000 title. One of the three finished the season as the year-end No. [172] Murray's overall record against the Big Three is 2956 (as of year end 2021). Since the2003 Australian Open, the Big Three have dominated mens singles, winning 62 of the past 77 Grand Slamtitles up to the2022 French Open. I never expected to play a final. He extended the all-time record for the most men's singles titles and became the third man after Mats Wilander (1982 French Open) and Federer (2017 Australian Open) to defeat four Top-10 players en route to a major title. Federer: 5 Nadal: 5 Djokovic: 4 Lleyton Hewitt (14) Hewitt has a fine record against them, although it is perhaps a little loaded since he was at the top when Federer and Nadal were just starting out. Those weren't good either? I dont know how Im going to feel if I win a second one or third one. Actually, there are plenty of players who have beaten all of these 3 in the game of tennis. The Serbian ace has denied Federer 13 titles of the 19 finals they have played together. 10 in the rankings. The two have played each other 53 times, with Djokovic winning 27 and Federer 16. [123] Nadal's loss to Dominic Thiem in the Madrid quarterfinals returned the No. Likewise, Federer is the only player to have beaten Djokovic at the Australian Open, Wimbledon, the US Open, and the French Open. Although Nadal did not reach the semifinals of either North American Masters event, he returned to world No. Amongst the three of them they have played 149 matches against each other, 49 of which were at Grand Slam events. However, the emergence of new players, commonly referred to as the "Next Gen", have tempered their dominance at the ATP Finals and ATP Masters tournaments since 2017. Roger Federer, Rafael Nadal and Novak Djokovic are the three biggest names in men's tennis. 1 ranking back to Federer for one week until Nadal won the title in Rome. However, given Murray's injury-ridden exit from the tennis elite after his 2016 triumphs, and the Big Three's continued dominance through year-end 2019, the "Big Four" label has been increasingly confined to the 20082017 period. Next to them is Pete Sampras, who has won a total of 14 grand slams, mind the gap. 1 in true Big-4 style", "New Big 5: Is Marin ili the real deal? Federer was the most competitive against Djokovic, winning three of their eight matches, which made up half of Djokovic's total defeats in 2015. Djokovic has reached 33 finals, Federer 31 finals, and Nadal 30 finals. Victories at the 2000 Paris Masters and the 2004 Cincinnati Masters put Hrabty 2-0 ahead in the head-to-head with Federer, who managed to pull one back at the 2008 Wimbledon Championships. [25] He also won two Masters titles and five overall titles during the season, finishing 2007 as the world No. Nadal and Murray both struggled against the Serb, with Nadal losing all four of his encounters in straight sets, and Murray winning only one of his seven encounters, in Montreal. Here's a look at who they are: Andy Murray has scored two victories over Rafael Nadal on clay, both of which came at the Madrid Masters. Tonight, Rafael Nadal reached the semifinal of the French Open after beating his opponent Novak Djokovic in four sets, 6-2 4-6 6-2 7-6(3). He is the only player . However, Medvedev played calm, patient tennis to become the 3. Carlos Alcaraz is the most likely player to take over after the 'Big-3' era of Roger Federer, Rafael Nadal and Novak Djokovic comes to an end, reckons Daniil Medvedev. Nadal returned in Montreal where he defended his title. 4. ", "Is the Dominance of the Big Three Good for Tennis? [40] With the win, he equaled Pete Sampras' all-time record of 14 Grand Slam singles titles and completed the Career Grand Slam, having lost to Nadal at each of the previous four editions of the French Open. At the Australian Open, Nadal won his first title there in another five-set final, his third consecutive major final victory over Federer, while Murray and Djokovic were eliminated earlier. Medvedev's later elimination guaranteed a new champion (which would be Carlos Alcaraz), making this the 13th time that a major would feature a new champion since Federer's first Wimbledon title in 2003, and the third consecutive year that the US Open would feature a new champion. Nadal won his eleventh title in Monte Carlo, then claimed an 11th Barcelona title, winning both without dropping a set. They have collectively occupied the top-three positions of the year-end ATP rankings eight times; in 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2014, 2018, and 2019. Just because you look back maybe 15 years, then you have Sampras, Edberg, Becker, and Agassi, I don't know who else. Nadal has 22 major victories, Djokovic 21 and Federer 20 the last coming at the Australian Open in 2018 at the age of 36. In 2012, when asked about his Davis Cup comments, Federer . 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It's nice to see Andy making his move at the Olympics, nice to see Novak having an absolutely ridiculous year last year, and then Rafa and myself still being around. [67] Nadal dominated the US Open series, winning the Canada Masters, Cincinnati Masters, and US Open, defeating Djokovic in the final of the latter. At the Paris Masters, Djokovic defeated Medvedev in the final to win his sixth Paris Masters title and surpass Nadal for the most Masters titles at 37. Your login session has . Federer is the only member to have won Hopman Cup for his nation, in 2001, 2018, and 2019. Look, I'm not trying to be rude towards Nadal but I don't see how he can be considered better than Djokovic when you see what Djokovic did in the fall season and what he did. He is one of the most feared opponents, as he can dominate any superstar on a good day. [30] Djokovic went on to defeat Jo-Wilfried Tsonga (who had eliminated Nadal in the semifinals) to win his first major. [197], Djokovic, Federer, Nadal make up the top three prize money leaders of all time (not adjusted for inflation).[198]. [citation needed] The era has been compared to that of Rod Laver, Ken Rosewall, Roy Emerson and John Newcombe throughout the 1960s and that of Bjrn Borg, Jimmy Connors, John McEnroe and Ivan Lendl during the late 1970s and early 1980s.[188][189][190][191]. 1 ranking for the entirety of the period. He failed to win a Grand Slam title for the first time since 2002, losing to Nadal for the fourth time in a French Open final. With a combined total of 149 matches played, the Big Three have played many notable matches against each other. Nadal and Djokovic have each achieved a Surface Slam by winning majors on hard, clay, and grass courts in a calendar year, making them the only male players in history to do so. 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While marveling over Novak Djokovic's 378 weeks as the world's No. Never expect to be that far in my career. After winning the title, Andy said, I was obviously very emotional. The rivalry started in 2006 with Federer winning the first four meetings, but following Djokovic's first win at the 2007 Canadian Open, the rivalry became mostly even through to its conclusion in 2020. [108] Djokovic emerged victorious over Murray in a five-set match that was spread over two days[109] but succumbed to Wawrinka in the final in four sets. Federer and Djokovic were both defeated at the ATP Finals by Alexander Zverev in the semifinals and final, respectively. This marked Nadal's first major title since the 2014 French Open. Example - Querrey beats Thiem in R1 of Wimbledon 2019, Nadal beats Querrey in QF. 1 after the Big Three reached it,[173] though he had by that time spent 76 weeks as No. The Frenchman's first win came in the semifinals of the 2010 Paris Masters, which was followed by another at the 2013 Shanghai Open. Nadal finally got one back by defeating Hrbaty at the 2005 Barcelona Open. Subscribe to our channel for the best ATP tennis. Tomas Berdych (13 wins against the Fab 3). [149] Djokovic subsequently won the 2022 Wimbledon and the 2023 Australian Open, surpassing Federer and tying Nadal at 22 Grand Slam titles. Djokovic . However, Medvedev played calm, patient tennis to become the 3rd Russian man to earn Slam glory, joiningYevgeny Kafelnikov andMarat Safin. In the following three years (20052007), Federer almost dominated the tennis scene entirely. Not many in the world can get the better of Federer a total of 6 times. Djokovic defeated Nadal for the first time at the French Open in a straight-sets quarterfinal.
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