The rivalry of Novak Djokovic and Rafael Nadal

Novak Djokovic

Rafael Nadal

Rivalry Djokovic - Nadal - the current rivalry between two tennis players : Serb Novak Djokovic and Spaniard Rafael Nadal , members of the so-called. The "Big Four" of men's tennis of the second decade of the XXI century. At the moment, they have played 52 times among themselves as part of the professional tour competitions ^[1] .

In 2006-2010, it was inferior in importance to the matches of Nadal and the Swiss Roger Federer , but then, thanks to the improvement of the Serb game and the fall in the results of the Swiss, it raised its status to a qualitatively new level. The first game of this period was in the final of US Open-2010 .

This series is the longest in the number of matches held during the Open Era .

The first meeting between them took place at Roland Garros 2006 at the quarter-final stage. Then Djokovic withdrew from the match in the third set. The first final between them took place at the Masters in Indian Wells in 2007, and again the victory remained with Nadal. Djokovic’s first victory came next week at the Masters in Miami .

The Djokovic Nadal rivalry was named by the Association of Professional Tennis Players the third largest in the 2000s ^[2] .

Content

Analysis

Tennis commentators Dick Enberg , John McEnroe and Mary Carillo believe that this rivalry has the potential to become the greatest in tennis history, given the quantity, quality and importance of the matches that they have already played, as well as the young age of both ^[3] .

General statistics

All matches : 28-26 in favor of Djokovic.
All finals : 15-11 in favor of Djokovic.
Matches in Grand Slam tournaments : 9-6 in favor of Nadal.
Grand Slam Tournament Finals : 4-4.
Matches at ATP Masters 1000 : 16-12 tournaments in favor of Djokovic.
ATP Masters 1000 Series Tournament Finals : 7-6 in favor of Djokovic.
Matches at the Olympic Games : 1-0 in favor of Nadal.

Match List

Series	Djokovic	Nadal
Grand slam	6	9
ATP World Tour Finals	3	2
ATP Masters 1000	sixteen	12
ATP 500	2	0
ATP 250	one	one
Davis Cup	0	one
Olympic Games	0	one

Coating	Djokovic	Nadal
Hard (i)	19 (4)	7 (2)
Priming	7	17
Grass	2	2

Djokovic - Nadal (28-26)

No.	Year	Tournament	Coating	Round	Winner	Score	Time	Account (D-N)
one.	2006	Roland Garros	priming	quarter final	Nadal	6-4 6-4 - failure	1:54	0-1
2.	2007	Indian Wells	hard	the final	Nadal	6-2 7-5	1:34	0-2
3.	2007	Miami	hard	quarter final	Djokovic	6-3 6-4	1:37	1-2
four.	2007	Rome	priming	quarter final	Nadal	6-2 6-3	1:41	1-3
five.	2007	Roland Garros (2)	priming	semifinal	Nadal	7-5 6-4 6-2	2:28	1-4
6.	2007	Wimbledon	grass	semifinal	Nadal	3-6 6-1 4-1 - failure	1:41	1-5
7.	2007	Montreal	hard	semifinal	Djokovic	7-5 6-3	1:51	2-5
eight.	2007	Tennis masters cup	hard (i)	Group	Nadal	6-4 6-4	1:44	2-6
9.	2008	Indian Wells (2)	hard	semifinal	Djokovic	6-3 6-2	1:28	3-6
ten.	2008	Hamburg	priming	semifinal	Nadal	7-5 2-6 6-2	3:03	3-7
eleven.	2008	Roland Garros (3)	priming	semifinal	Nadal	6-4 6-2 7-6 ³	2:49	3-8
12.	2008	London	grass	the final	Nadal	7-6 ⁶ 7-5	2:16	3-9
13.	2008	Cincinnati	hard	semifinal	Djokovic	6-1 7-5	1:26	4-9
14.	2008	Olympiad	hard	semifinal	Nadal	6-4 1-6 6-4	2:10	4-10
15.	2009	Davis Cup	priming	1st round	Nadal	6-4 6-4 6-1	2:28	4-11
sixteen.	2009	Monte Carlo	priming	the final	Nadal	6-3 2-6 6-1	2:43	4-12
17.	2009	Rome (2)	priming	the final	Nadal	7-6 ² 6-2	2:03	4-13
18.	2009	Madrid	priming	semifinal	Nadal	3-6 7-6 ⁵ 7-6 ⁹	4:03	4-14
nineteen.	2009	Cincinnati (2)	hard	semifinal	Djokovic	6-1 6-4	1:32	5-14
20.	2009	Paris	hard (i)	semifinal	Djokovic	6-2 6-3	1:17	6-14
21.	2009	ATP World Tour Finals (2)	hard (i)	Group	Djokovic	7-6 ⁵ 6-3	1:58	7-14
22.	2010	US open	hard	the final	Nadal	6-4 5-7 6-4 6-2	3:43	7-15
23.	2010	ATP World Tour Finals (3)	hard (i)	Group	Nadal	7-5 6-2	1:52	7-16
24.	2011	Indian Wells (3)	hard	the final	Djokovic	4-6 6-3 6-2	2:25	8-16
25.	2011	Miami (2)	hard	the final	Djokovic	4-6 6-3 7-6 ⁴	3:21	9-16
26.	2011	Madrid (2)	priming	the final	Djokovic	7-5 6-4	2:17	10-16
27.	2011	Rome (3)	priming	the final	Djokovic	6-4 6-4	2:12	11-16
28.	2011	Wimbledon (2)	grass	the final	Djokovic	6-4 6-1 1-6 6-3	2:28	12-16
29.	2011	US Open (2)	hard	the final	Djokovic	6-2 6-4 6-7 ³ 6-1	4:10	13-16
thirty.	2012	Australian open	hard	the final	Djokovic	5-7 6-4 6-2 6-7 ⁵ 7-5	5:53	14-16
31.	2012	Monte Carlo (2)	priming	the final	Nadal	6-3 6-1	1:18	14-17
32.	2012	Rome (4)	priming	the final	Nadal	7-5 6-3	2:20	14-18
33.	2012	Roland Garros (4)	priming	the final	Nadal	6-4 6-3 2-6 7-5	3:49 am	14-19
34.	2013	Monte Carlo (3)	priming	the final	Djokovic	6-2 7-6 ¹	1:54	15-19
35.	2013	Roland Garros (5)	priming	semifinal	Nadal	6-4 3-6 6-1 6-7 ³ 9-7	4:37	15-20
36.	2013	Montreal (5)	hard	semifinal	Nadal	4-6 6-3 6-7 ²	2:30	15-21
37.	2013	US Open (3)	hard	the final	Nadal	6-2 3-6 6-4 6-1	3:24	15-22
38.	2013	Beijing	hard	the final	Djokovic	6-3 6-4	1:27	16-22
39.	2013	ATP World Tour Finals (4)	hard (i)	the final	Djokovic	6-3 6-4	1:36	17-22
40.	2014	Miami (3)	hard	the final	Djokovic	6-3 6-3	1:24	18-22
41.	2014	Rome (5)	priming	the final	Djokovic	4-6 6-3 6-3	2:19	19-22
42.	2014	Roland Garros (6)	priming	the final	Nadal	3-6 7-5 6-2 6-4	3:31	19-23
43.	2015	Monte Carlo (4)	priming	semifinal	Djokovic	6-3 6-3	1:37	20-23
44.	2015	Roland Garros (7)	priming	quarter final	Djokovic	7-5 6-3 6-1	2:27	21-23
45.	2015	Beijing (2)	hard	the final	Djokovic	6-2 6-2	1:30	22-23
46.	2015	ATP World Tour Finals (5)	hard (i)	semifinal	Djokovic	6-3 6-3	1:19	23-23
47.	2016	Doha	hard	the final	Djokovic	6-1 6-2	1:13	24-23
48.	2016	Indian Wells (4)	hard	semifinal	Djokovic	7-6 ⁴ 6-2	1:59	25-23
49.	2016	Rome (6)	priming	quarter final	Djokovic	7-5 7-6 ⁴	2:25	26-23
50.	2017	Madrid (3)	priming	semifinal	Nadal	6-2 6-4	1:39	26-24
51.	2018	Rome (7)	priming	semifinal	Nadal	7-6 ⁴ 6-3	1:56	26-25
52.	2018	Wimbledon (3)	grass	semifinal	Djokovic	6-4 3-6 7-6 ⁹ 3-6 10-8	5:14	27-25
53.	2019	Australian Open (2)	hard	the final	Djokovic	6-3 6-2 6-3	2:06	28-25
54.	2019	Rome (8)	priming	the final	Nadal	6-0 4-6 6-1	2:25	28-26

Records

The second pair of players who met among themselves in all four finals of the Grand Slam tournaments.

The second pair of players in history who met in four consecutive finals of Grand Slam tournaments.

12 finals at Masters tournaments .

27 matches at Masters tournaments.

The longest Grand Slam Tournament Final.

The longest open era match at the Australian Open .

The longest three-set match with tie-breaks (at Madrid Masters in 2009).

Career Development

(as of August 12, 2019)

Djokovic and Nadal in the final of the US Open 2011

Season		2004	2005	2006	2007	2008	2009	2010	2011	2012	2013	2014	2015	2016	2017	2018	2019
TBS titles	Djokovic	0	0	0	0	one	one	one	four	five	6	7	ten	12	12	14	sixteen
TBS titles	Nadal	0	one	2	3	five	6	9	ten	eleven	13	14	14	14	sixteen	17	18
Victories in matches at TBS	Djokovic	0	five	14	33	51	66	85	110	134	158	180	207	228	237	258	277
Victories in matches at TBS	Nadal	6	nineteen	36	56	80	95	120	143	157	171	187	198	203	226	247	265
Total titles	Djokovic	0	0	2	7	eleven	sixteen	18	28	34	41	48	59	66	68	72	75
Total titles	Nadal	one	12	17	23	31	36	43	46	50	60	64	67	69	75	80	83
Total wins	Djokovic	2	13	53	121	185	263	324	394	469	543	604	686	751	783	836	871
Total wins	Nadal	45	124	183	253	335	401	472	541	583	658	706	767	806	873	918	960
Rating	Djokovic	186	78	sixteen	3	3	3	3	one	one	2	one	one	2	12	one	one
Rating	Nadal	51	2	2	2	one	2	one	2	four	one	3	five	9	one	2	2
Weeks in Role # 1	Djokovic	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	26	62	100	125	177	223	223	232	264
Weeks in Role # 1	Nadal	0	0	0	0	nineteen	46	76	102	102	115	141	141	141	160	196	196

Grand Slam Tournament Performance

Bold = a match between these players took place in the tournament

2003-08

Player	2003				2004				2005				2006				2007				2008
Player	ABC	FRA	UIM	USA	ABC	FRA	UIM	USA	ABC	FRA	UIM	USA	ABC	FRA	UIM	USA	ABC	FRA	UIM	USA	ABC	FRA	UIM	USA
Novak Djokovic	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1P	2P	3P	3P	1P	1/4	4P	3P	4P	1/2	1/2	F	P	1/2	2P	1/2
Rafael Nadal	-	-	3P	2P	3P	-	-	2P	4P	P	2P	3P	-	P	F	1/4	1/4	P	F	4P	1/2	P	P	1/2

2009-14

Player	2009				2010				2011				2012				2013				2014
Player	ABC	FRA	UIM	USA	ABC	FRA	UIM	USA	ABC	FRA	UIM	USA	ABC	FRA	UIM	USA	ABC	FRA	UIM	USA	ABC	FRA	UIM	USA
Novak Djokovic	1/4	3P	1/4	1/2	1/4	1/4	1/2	F	P	1/2	P	P	P	F	1/2	F	P	1/2	F	F	1/4	F	P	1/2
Rafael Nadal	P	4P	-	1/2	1/4	P	P	P	1/4	P	F	F	F	P	2P	-	-	P	1P	P	F	P	4P	-

2015-20

Player	2015				2016				2017				2018				2019				2020
Player	ABC	FRA	UIM	USA	ABC	FRA	UIM	USA	ABC	FRA	UIM	USA	ABC	FRA	UIM	USA	ABC	FRA	UIM	USA	ABC	FRA	UIM	USA
Novak Djokovic	P	F	P	P	P	P	3P	F	2P	1/4	1/4	-	4P	1/4	P	P	P	1/2	P
Rafael Nadal	1/4	1/4	2P	3P	1P	3P	-	4P	F	P	4P	P	1/4	P	1/2	1/2	F	P	1/2

Notes

↑ ATP World Tour. ATP Head 2 Head (unopened) (link not available) . Date of treatment September 18, 2011. Archived June 28, 2013.
↑ Rivalries of the decade (neopr.) . Date of treatment August 19, 2011. Archived June 28, 2013.
↑ Novak In the Sky With Biplanes . Date of treatment July 14, 2011.

Links

[atp-headtohead-1] ATP World Tour. ATP Head 2 Head (unopened) (link not available) . Date of treatment September 18, 2011. Archived June 28, 2013.

[2] Rivalries of the decade (neopr.) . Date of treatment August 19, 2011. Archived June 28, 2013.

[3] Novak In the Sky With Biplanes . Date of treatment July 14, 2011.