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By Chris Oddo / Thursday, January 22, 2014
Roger Federer and Rafael Nadal will meet for the 33rd time
on Day 12 of the Australian Open. Join us as we go inside
the numbers of their storied rivalry.
Photo Source: AP
Roger
Federer and
Rafael Nadal will renew their storied rivalry on
Day 12 of the Australian Open with a spot in the final on the
line.
Here’s a peek inside the numbers of their
rivalry:
30: Number of Grand Slams won by Federer and
Nadal combined. Either Federer or Nadal has won 30 of the last
42 Grand Slam titles. Only six other men have won Grand Slams
in that period (Andy Roddick, Gaston
Gaudio, Marat Safin, Novak
Djokovic, Juan Martin del Potro
and Andy Murray).
22-10: Nadal holds a significant edge in the
series, thanks to his dominant 13-2 record against Federer on
clay. Nadal also holds an 8-2 edge in the pair’s previous Grand
Slam encounters (5-0 at Roland Garros, 2-0 at Australia, 1-2 at
Wimbledon).
6-8: Federer’s record against Nadal on hard
courts, the surface on which the pair will do battle on Friday
night in Melbourne.
56: The number of Grand Slam semifinals that
Federer and Nadal have played, combined. Federer reached his
record 34th Grand Slam semifinal when he defeated Andy
Murray in the quarterfinals. He owns a record of 24-9
in Slam semis.
Nadal moves ahead of Novak Djokovic and into
sixth place all-time in terms of Grand Slam semifinals played.
The Spaniard owns a remarkable 18-3 record in his 21 previous
Grand Slam semifinals. Nadal has not lost a Grand Slam
semifinal since the 2009 U.S. Open, when he dropped a
straight-sets decision to Juan Martin del
Potro.
12: Number of deciding sets they’ve played.
Nadal owns a 7-5 record in deciders vs. Federer, including 2-1
in Grand Slams and 1-0 at the Australian Open.
20: Number of tiebreaks the pair have played.
They’ve split, 10-10. Federer won their longest tiebreaker in
the fourth-set of their 2008 Wimbledon final, 10-8.
24: Number of times the winner of the first
set has gone on to win their 32 previous matches, including 18
of the last 21 meetings. Nadal bucked that trend in their
penultimate battle, a 5-7, 6-4, 6-3 victory in the Cincinnati
quarterfinals.
26,250,526: Total number of FB likes amassed
by the two tennis icons. That’s 547,962 more than their
previous meeting in November.
10: Number of different countries Federer and
Nadal have played a tour-level match in (England: 6), (France:
5), (U.S.: 6), (Monaco: 3), (Spain: 3), (Australia: 3), (China:
2), (Germany: 2), (Italy: 2), (United Arab Emirates: 1)
0: The number of players who have won multiple
titles at each Grand Slam in the Open Era. Nadal is bidding to
become the first player to achieve the milestone. Roy
Emerson and Rod Laver are the only
two non-Open Era players to have achieved it.
138: Titles won by Federer and Nadal. Federer
has 77, Nadal 61.
421: Number of weeks at No. 1 by Federer and
Nadal combined. Federer leads all ATP players past and present
at 302 weeks at No. 1. Nadal has held the ATP top spot for 119
weeks and counting.
4: Number of bagel sets in their 31 previous
matches. Federer has three (2006 Wimbledon, 2007 Hamburg, 2011
World Tour Finals) and Nadal has one (2008 Roland Garros).
8: Number of times that either Federer or
Nadal has finished as ATP year-end No. 1 in the last 10 years.
Federer did it in 2004-2007 and 2009, Nadal did it in 2008,
2010 and 2013.
2: Number of players that have more than one
career meeting with Federer and own a winning record against
him. The other? Andy Murray, who owns a 11-10 record vs.
Federer.
86,364: Number of die-hard tennis fans that
have cried watching this video.
5: Number of rivalries that have
met more times than Nadal and Federer.
Djokovic-Nadal has met 39 times,
Lendl-McEnroe met 36,
Connors-Lendl met 35,
Connors-McEnroe met 34,
Agassi-Sampras met 34.
113: Number of Australian Open match wins
between the pair. Federer is tops all-time with a record of
73-10, while Nadal moved into 7th place on the Australian
all-time win list this year. His record at the event is 40-7.
The pair have amassed a combined 441 Grand Slam wins between
them. Federer is tops all-time with a record of 265-41, while
Nadal can move into a tie with Stefan Edberg
for sixth place if he wins the title. The Spaniard’s current
Grand Slam record is 176-23.
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