Greatest of all Time
01. Roger Federer
02. Pete Sampras
03. Bjorn Borg
04. Rod Laver
05. Rafael Nadal
Best Player at the moment
01. Novak Djokovic
02. Rafael Nadal
03. Roger Federer
04. Andy Murray
05. Juan Martin Del Potro?
Best Player on Hard Court: Roger Federer, Pete Sampras, Andre Agassi
Best Player on Grass Court: Roger Federer, Pete Sampras, Mats Wilander, Bjorn Borg
Best Player on Clay Court: Rafael Nadal, Bjorn Borg, Guillermo Vilas
Best Player Ever has to go to Federer. During his prime, he was a beast. He even beat Nadal consistently (bar clay surfaces) in his prime which was 2004-2007. From '08 his decline started. Even then he has posted like what 20 something consecutive semi-finals in Majors.
Heck people even lost count of his consecutive quarter-final appearances.
Federer's records
- 16 Grand Slams
- 20+ consecutive Semi-Finals in Grand Slams
- 30+ consecutive Quarter-Finals in Grand Slams?
- Most consecutive weeks at No.1
- 5 year-end World Tour championships
- Owns EVERY Master Series titles except for Monte Carlo, Rome and Paris (two of which are on clay, his least favorite surface)
- Is 6-5 Head to Head against Nadal (bar the clay surface, we already agree Nadal's better there)
- Has the record for dishing the most number of Bagels and Breadsticks: 2004-2006.. Not to mention Nadal got bagelled twice (one on freaking clay)
Yes I agree that Nadal matches up badly with Federer in style of play and Federer has a certain weakness to Nadal just like Nadal does against the likes of Djokovic and Del Potro. Whereas Djokovic and Del Potro has a much harder time against Federer than Nadal due to his style of play.
Nadal IS better than Federer on Clay by a long shot and everyone else except Djokovic
Federer IS better than Nadal in everything else (records show it) and everyone else
We can't compare the Federer now to Nadal and Djokovic. The guy's 30. His prime is over. Sure he may win another Grand Slam or two at best but thats it.
Nadal's also nearing his expiry date with his physical style of play. He's not gonna last trust me (maybe 2 more slams at best... 2 Roland Garros)
So we're looking more at Djokovic, Del Potro and hate to say it but Murray in the near future.
Djokovic's cool though, he has the charisma of a champion like Federer. Nadal just doesn't... with his shameless butt picking and broken english.
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