The Swiss has gotten the better of Djokovic no fewer than three times in the final of the Western & Southern Open (2009, 2012, and 2015). That was still the case on Tuesday morning. [29], In their fifth encounter of the year at the Cincinnati Masters, Djokovic defeated Nadal in the semifinals.[30]. [4] Djokovic leads 1513 in finals of all levels, while Nadal leads 117 at the majors, including 54 in major finals. Rafael Nadal FirstSportz is the First Stop for all sports fanatics. There he went down a break, 42, only to break back and ultimately triumph 97 for a 4-hour, 37-minute victory. The two legends have met in three Wimbledon finals (2014, 2015, and 2019) with the Serb winning each time. 1 in South African Airways ATP Rankings for 2nd straight year", "Djokovic clinches year-end No. Only two male players to win a single Grand Slam at least 10 times, Nadal in the French Open, Djokovic in the Australian Open. In photos from the event, Djokovic appears with the acting director of Serbias postal service, Zoran Dordevic. Oldest pair in the Open Era to play the French Open final (in, This page was last edited on 24 April 2023, at 11:51. This time, Nadal won his eighth consecutive title after defeating Djokovic in straight sets, ending a seven-match loss streak to Djokovic. However, he lost to Nadal in straight sets in the final. 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[4], In Bogot on March 21, 2011, Nadal beat Djokovic in their first exhibition match and the highest caliber match ever played in Colombia. With this victory, Nadal became the most successful male player at the French Open, winning seven French Open titles.[47]. He is the only male player to have won all nine of the Masters tournaments, and has done so twice. Djokovic has had ten 20+ match win streaks in his career: 43 (201011), 29 (201920), 28 (201314), 28 (2015), 23 (2015), 22 (201213), 22 (2018), 22 (2021), 20 Djokovic Scrambles to Explain Test Result and Public Events, https://www.nytimes.com/2022/01/11/sports/tennis/novak-djokovic-covid-positive-australia.html, honored with a stamp by the Serbian postal service. One of the biggest rivalries in the sport began with Rafael Nadal winning five straight finals against Djokovic from 2007 to 2010 (including three Masters and one Grand Slam final). [5] It is one of two rivalries in men's tennis (the other one being the Djokovic-Murray rivalry) to involve meetings in the finals of all four majors, including four consecutive finals in 201112, and a record 29 Masters matches. Nadal and Djokovic faced each other in the Australian Open final with Djokovic comprehensively winning 63, 62, 63 in two hours and four minutes. 1 rankings, having achieved the feat 7 times. Only main-draw results in ATP Tour, Grand Slam tournaments, Davis Cup/ATP Cup/Laver Cup and Olympic Games are included in winloss records. Nadal, on a 20-match winning streak at the All England Club, was favoured by many to win despite Djokovic coming into the match with four finals victories over Nadal during the year. Djokovic defeated Nadal in the semifinals at Indian Wells Masters.[27]. Not only with the arsenal of shots available with them, but the trio has been successful on all four surfaces stamping their authority on the Tour. As per Ultimate Tennis Statistics, Rafael Nadal leads the Big-3 in terms of not only the most Grand Slams won but also in bagels scored. Djokovic defeated Nadal in a thrilling five set match, lasting 5 hours, 15 minutes and played over two days. Many pundits have claimed this to be the greatest rivalry of the Open Era, given the number of records it has produced, the quality of their matches, it having the most encounters in the Open Era, and the number of classic matches it has produced that are unrivaled by any other. They met twice in 2010, and Nadal won both encounters. (shared with. Of the 109, the Serbian great has 43 bagels in Grand Slam events that have tied him with Ivan Lendl in the 5th spot. Nadal won their first four encounters, while Djokovic won the last three. From the 2010 Davis Cup final to the 2011 French Open, Djokovic held a 43-match win streak, behind only Guillermo Vilas (46 matches in 1977) and Ivan Lendl (44 matches from 1981 to 1982) on the all-time list. He also said he was socially distanced and wore a mask except for in the photographs, though he admitted that he regretted keeping the interview as scheduled. And his only losses came at his best major, the Australian Open, falling to Safin in the first round in 2005 and to Paul Goldstein in the first. [56] In a four-hour battle, Nadal won in four sets, 62, 46, 62, 76(74), before going on to win the title for a 14th time. It was a unique encounter in that it was almost the mirror opposite[50] of the almost six-hour 2012 Australian Open final they contested where Djokovic led Nadal 21 sets and was two points away from victory in the fourth set, only for Nadal to come back and win the fourth set in a tiebreaker and go up a break in the fifth set. In 2009, it was rated the third best rivalry of the last decade, even though it only began in 2006. How many times has Roger Federer been bageled? - FirstSportz With an overall winning percentage of 83.1%, the Serb is second only to Rafael Nadal (83.3%). Novak Djokovic Tested Positive: A Timeline of What - New York Times It was Djokovic's first victory against the Spaniard in seven meetings at the tournament, Djokovic became the only man to ever beat Nadal at all four majors, the first man to beat Nadal in straight sets in a best-of-five-set match on clay, and the only man to beat Nadal on clay six times. Djokovic is still the only one out of the Big 3 never to have won a 'bagel' set against one of the others.