In the 2015–2016 tennis seasons, Djokovic also won 4 consecutive Grand Slam titles, a feat not achieved since 1969. • Only two male players in the open era to play 55 matches against one another. Nadal also broke a tie with Djokovic by claiming a record 34th ATP Masters 1000 crown.The duo met for a second time in a team competition (also Davis Cup 2009), and Djokovic beat Nadal 6-2 7-6.With Nadal widely regarded as invincible on clay courts by many in the tennis world.Nadal needed this title to complete his Golden Career Slam, creating much hype before the tournament. Nadal is now 86–2 at the French Open, and a 108–2 record for best-of-five set matches on clay.In 2016, the pair met three times with all three matches going to Djokovic. Nadal won their only meeting at the Olympics in the semi-finals of the 2008 event. Nadal is also the player with the most career wins against Djokovic. 1 ranking.The 2011 US Open final had Nadal as the defending champion after defeating Djokovic the prior year but with Djokovic having defeated Nadal in five finals including a victory over Nadal in the Wimbledon final earlier in the year, expectations were high on Djokovic to win his first US Open title. 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Nadal has won 19 Grand Slam tournament titles and is second on the all-time list and has 12 on clay, 5 on hard courts, and 2 on grass. Nadal, on a 20-match winning streak at the All England Club, was favored by many to win despite Djokovic coming into the match with four finals victories over Nadal during year. Shapovalov also makes his Top 10 debut.© 2020 Tennis Channel Network. Even more so when he would have to face Djokovic who had an excellent record on this surface. TENNIS.com - Live Scores, Tennis News, Player Ranking, and Complete Tournament Data. Next up in the series is a full-match live stream of the 2011 final between Novak Djokovic and Rafael Nadal. 2 won his ninth Internazionali BNL d’Italia title, overcoming a stern challenge from top seed Novak Djokovic to triumph at the Foro Italico 6-0, 4-6, 6-1 after two hours and 25 minutes. The match was competitive in parts with Nadal producing, by his own assessment, his best performance yet of the season. Djokovic is second all-time in total titles at the event (tied with Pete Sampras and Ivan Lendl), behind Roger Federer (6 titles).Djokovic and Nadal faced each other at the 2008 Olympics and in the 2009 Davis Cup. However, with a four set victory, Djokovic became the first Serbian man to win Wimbledon and for the first time overtook Nadal for the No. Before the match, Nadal was considered as the slight favorite due to his far superior form that year, including a straight-set victory over Djokovic at the.Djokovic is the player with the most career wins against Nadal. Djokovic is the only player to have defeated Nadal in 4 clay court finals, the only player to defeat Nadal at the French Open in straight sets, and the only player to defeat Nadal in 7 consecutive finals. It was Djokovic's first victory against the Spaniard in seven meetings at the tournament, Djokovic also broke the record for most sets won against Nadal at the French Open (7), became the only man to ever beat Nadal at all four of the Grand Slam tournaments, became the first man to beat Nadal in straight sets in a best of five format match on clay, and also the only man to beat Nadal on clay 6 times. There were several delays due to the erratic rain, but none lasting more than an hour. Djokovic is the only player to defeat Nadal in three consecutive grand slam finals and the only player to defeat Nadal in all four grand slams (Australian Open, French Open, Wimbledon and US Open). Wij willen hier een beschrijving geven, maar de site die u nu bekijkt staat dit niet toe. It was the longest Grand Slam final in history with Djokovic prevailing 7–5 in the fifth set in 5 hours 53 minutes.This match was the fourth straight Djokovic vs Nadal major final. After a highly competitive first set, Nadal's level declined in the second and third allowing Djokovic to finally get the better of him at the tournament he had dominated for the last ten years. Please enable Cookies and reload the page.This process is automatic. Rafael Nadal won the first set 6–4, Nadal gaining a break of serve after a long attritional battle. Djokovic has a 3-2 advantage over Nadal in the event and won their only meeting in the title match by 6-3, 6-4 in 2013. In a match lasting 4 hours and 10 minutes, Djokovic defeated Nadal for a sixth consecutive finals victory over Nadal. Nadal has a record of 12 French Open titles and Djokovic has 8 Australian Open titles. 1 ranked and defending champion Nadal against the No. With Nadal leading by two sets to one, and Djokovic leading 2–1 and serving (up a break) in the fourth set, the match was suspended due to rain;Björn Borg dubbed it the greatest clay court match ever.Djokovic defeated Nadal ending a 39 match winning streak at the tournament in straight sets. Both play a similar style of tennis but have differences that make their matches competitive and unique. He would take the title to beat Djokovic for the sixth time out of seven meetings.The two tennis players faced again in the China Open final with Djokovic winning in straight sets; however, by reaching the final, Nadal took the world #1 ranking away from Djokovic. … Both also won the career grand slam, and Nadal is the youngest player in the Open Era to achieve this feat, aged 24.Novak Djokovic won four ATP World Tour Finals in a row (2012, 2013, 2014 and 2015) and has won five total, while Nadal has not won the event. Full match replays include the 2009 Monte Carlo final, 2011 Indian Wells final, the 2011, 2012 and 2014 Rome finals, the 2013 ATP Finals title decider, the 2014 Miami final and many more. Head To Head. []))). The Serb now eyes Federer’s record of 310 weeks. The match showed Nadal's fighting spirit, as he clawed down from 0–2 at a set apiece, and from 4–4, 0–40 on his own serve. They met again in the finals of the.In 2014, the pair met three times, all in finals, with Djokovic winning the first two encounters, and Nadal winning the last one. In 2009, it was rated the 3rd best rivalry of the last decade even though it only began in 2006.Novak Djokovic has won 17 Grand Slam tournament titles and stands at the third place for all time list, and has won the career grand slam by winning all four majors at least once. In the Doha final, Djokovic won in a convincing straight set victory bringing him into the head-to-head lead for the first time. The two have faced each other 55 times with Djokovic leading 29–26.The first ever meeting between the two occurred at the,Between 2006–2009, this rivalry was often overshadowed by the historic.From March 2011 to April 2013, the pair contested eleven consecutive meetings in the championship match, the only duo to ever achieve such a feat in the open era.Some of their matches are considered to be classics and among the greatest matches of all time including the,The first meeting between the two, which was the only one for this year, was at the.In 2007, the pair met seven times, Nadal winning five of them.The first encounter took place in the finals of the,The pair met twice during the summer clay-court season, Nadal continuing his dominance on clay. Nadal also won their only match so far at the Davis Cup in the 1st round tie of the 2009 event. He defeated Djokovic en route to the title in the quarterfinals of the,The final encounter between the two during the year was in the round robin phase.Djokovic and Nadal met six times in 2008, Nadal improving his career advantage against Djokovic to 10–4, winning four of their encounters.Djokovic defeated Nadal in the semifinals at,Nadal defeated Djokovic in the semis of the,Next, they met in their second final at the,In their fifth encounter of the year at the,The sixth and final battle of the year came at the.They met seven times in 2009. This was also only the second time that Nadal has been defeated at the French Open, after losing to Robin Soderling in the 2009 edition of the tournament. All Rights Reserved,Barclays ATP World Tour Finals final stage,Western & Southern Financial Group Masters,Djokovic hits 287 weeks at No. Their final meeting of the year came at the French Open, where Nadal went on to win the match after dropping the opening set to Djokovic.In 2015, the pair contested four matches with Djokovic winning all four. They faced each other at the quarterfinal stage of the French Open where Djokovic beat Nadal in straight sets. Originally scheduled to be played on the 10th anniversary of 9/11, the 2011 US Open men's singles final was delayed to Monday, Sept. 12, due to heavy rains earlier in the tournament. Conversely, Nadal is the only player to defeat Djokovic in two hard court slam finals (US Open 2010 and 2013).The rivalry has seen dominance shift back and forth, with Nadal dominant early on, followed by Djokovic beating Nadal seven times in a row, then Nadal winning six out of seven, and Djokovic winning eleven out of the last thirteen.Many pundits have claimed this to be the greatest rivalry of the Open Era given the number of records it has produced, the quality of their matches, it has the most encounters in the Open Era, and the number of classic matches it has produced that are unrivaled by any other. In addition, Djokovic is the only player to hold all four Grand Slam titles at once on three different surfaces. It was the second time Nadal lost in the French Open and the only time he lost in straight sets at the event. In the process he acquired a 4-match winning streak against the Spaniard, and also the first player to have amassed 4 clay-court wins over Nadal. () = active record (updated Monday, 31 August 2020),This page was last edited on 22 September 2020, at 01:52. They met for the first time in a clay-court final at the,They then met for a third consecutive tournament on clay, in the semis of the,During the US Open series, Djokovic defeated Nadal for the first time that year at the.They met only twice in 2010, and Nadal won both encounters.Djokovic and Nadal faced off for the first time in a Grand Slam final at the,Their second encounter came during the Round Robin stage of the.The pair met six times, all in finals, with Djokovic winning all six encounters, including two Grand Slam finals.Coming into their first encounter of the year at the,Two weeks later, the pair met again in the finals of the,Djokovic and Nadal clashed twice during the clay-court spring. 2 ranked Djokovic who was looking for his first Wimbledon title. The US Open final saw a third Nadal-Djokovic matchup, which Nadal took in four sets. Nadal has reached the final twice, in 2010 and 2013. 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