Rafael Nadal has won the Davis Cup five times with Spain in 2004, 2008, 2009, 20. He also lost 37 finals, including 8 in Grand Slams. Rafael Nadal has won 85 ATP titles in his career, which can be broken down as follows: He has also lost 54 finals, including 11 in Grand Slams. He won the silver medal in singles at the 2012 London Olympics and the gold medal in doubles with Stan Wawrinka at the 2008 Beijing Olympics.

He also won the Davis Cup once in 2014 with the Swiss team. Roger Federer has won 103 ATP titles in his career, which can be broken down as follows: Nevertheless, here are a few facts to draw a comparison.Īs of April 2020, Federer has won 20 Grand Slams titles, one more than Rafael Nadal (19). Ranking these two champions and electing the GOAT is a harsh task, especially since their careers are not finished. The complete list of their matches is available on the ATP website. Nadal’s only win over Federer since 2014 came in the semifinals of the 2019 French Open. However, Nadal leads 8-6 on the away hard court. Federer’s record against the Spaniard is positive on hard, with 14 victories and ten defeats. Some evolutions in Federer’s racquet and backhand can explain such a turnaround. Since then, Roger Federer is 6-1 against the Mallorcan. Quite surprisingly, Federer took the advantage in the rivalry since 2015. On clay court, Rafael Nadal has a record of 14 wins and two defeats against the Swiss. Technically speaking, left-handed Nadal makes right-handed Federer suffer on the backhand diagonal, especially the Spaniard’s heavy top spin on forehand that bounces high and is difficult to handle by Federer single-handed backhand. At the end of 2014, Nadal led 23-10 in their matches. In 2006, 20, Nadal and Federer faced three years in a row in the French Open and Wimbledon finals.įrom 2008 to 2014, Nadal dominated the rivalry, he beat Federer 15 times, for only 4 losses. The two players were then ranked world number one and two. The Federer vs Nadal rivalry reached its peak between 20.

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