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Will Novak Djokovic Become the Player With the Most Grand Slams in Tennis?
The latest victory at the Australian Open has brought Novak Djokovic his 17th Grand Slam. At the moment, the Serbian fella is third on the all-time list behind Roger Federer with 20, and Rafael Nadal with 19 GS titles. Here is the list of the most successful Grand Slam winners of all time (Top 9): […]
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Grand Slam Records: Serena Williams Stays Stuck, Rafael Nadal Advances
24 hours after Serena Williams failed in her bid to tie the Grand Slam title record, Rafael Nadal inched one championship closer to sharing the historic lead.
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Longest Time Before the First & Last Tennis Grand Slam Titles
Roger Federer winning his 19th Grand Slam title and 8th at Wimbledon makes it 14 years between his first and most recent major Tennis championship. While that beats out most players who have enjoyed longevity and multiple Grand Slam championships, surprisingly it isn’t the longest timeframe between first and last since the Open Era began.
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Federer Ends ‘Best of All-Time’ Uncertainties, Finally Slays the Nadal Dragon
With his 18th Grand Slam title, Roger Federer proved once more he’s the greatest ever to play the game of Tennis. It was fitting that to end his long drought in the Australian Open and in major tournaments in general, he had to beat Rafael Nadal in five grueling, epic sets.
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Active Men’s Tennis Players With Grand Slam Titles
There are eight active players as we come to the end of the 2015 Tennis season with at least one Grand Slam title: Roger Federer, Rafael Nadal, Novak Djokovic, Andy Murray, Lleyton Hewitt, Juan Martin Del Potro, Stanislas Wawrinka and Marin Cilic.
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Rafael Nadal Can’t Lose in the French Open, Not Even to Novak Djokovic
The greatest clay court player of all time, Rafael Nadal, proved for the ninth time in his career that beating him in Paris, a best of five match in the French Open, is an almost impossible feat, even if he is far from his best and the player standing on the other side, Novak Djokovic, is actually better.
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Rafael Nadal – Soon More Grand Slam Titles Than Roger Federer
Whenever the discussion of Rafael Nadal and his chances to become the all-time leader in Grand Slam titles comes up, the words ‘as long as he doesn’t get injured’ are heard. And it’s true – Nadal is an injury risk. But even with that risk, it’s getting clearer and clearer that the day of him dethroning Roger Federer isn’t very far away.
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Novak Djokovic Will be Remembered as Better Than Rafael Nadal
The situation for Rafael Nadal at this stage of his career is quite different than it is for Novak Djokovic. Unless what we saw in the Monte Carlo final was a rusty Nadal who still needs more time to find his way back to the top of the game, this is as good as it gets. A final on clay, with the world’s number one standing in his way. When the careers of both men will be over, the Serb will be remembered as the better player.
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Tennis Big Four Bragging Rights
Does Andy Murray have anything to be proud of? Sure, he has a Grand Slam title and an Olympic gold medal. But when he’s compared with Novak Djokovic, who has won five in a career that began at the same time, it doesn’t look as impressive. And when you throw Rafael Nadal into the discussion, with 11, it doesn’t look fair. All that dwarfs in comparison to Roger Federer, with 17.
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Roger Federer Won’t Win Another Wimbledon Title
Losing to Tommy Haas wasn’t in the plans. Roger Federer, rebounding from his decisive 0-3 defeat to Novak Djokovic in Paris at the French Open should have won the Halle tournament, or at least he thought he should. It didn’t work out, and Roger Federer heads into Wimbledon a little less confident than he expect to.