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The heavy topspin created by Nadal's groundstrokes combined with his strategy of directing the majority of his serves and groundstrokes to Federer's single-handed backhand keeps Federer on the defensive and makes it harder for Federer to use his aggressive groundstrokes to dominate baseline rallies as he typically does against other opponents.From 2004 to 2007, the rivalry stood at 8–6 in Nadal's favour, though Federer led on both grass (2–0) and hardcourt (3–2), Nadal led 6–1 on clay. A recap of every match Nadal and Federer have played...Federer got the better of Nadal in the semi-finals of The Championships on 12 July 2019 in their first Federer capitalised on Nadal’s positioning on return of serve to attack the net, which result in winning the first set tie-break. points and sealed it on his first with a serve-volley winner after 34 minutes.Determined to make a statement he would not go quietly, Nadal started the second Nadal won the first meeting in straight sets, winning his third consecutive Their last two meetings in 2007 were also a repeat of 2006: the At the end of the year, on the other hand, their Masters Cup match was the shortest match of their rivalry, lasting less than an hour. People talk about their head-to-head being the determining factor, but I can’t comprehend a single match-up being the deciding factor. Nadal and Mats Wilander are the only players in the Open Era to have won at least 2 Grand Slam titles on each of the 3 surfaces. I definitely didn't," Federer said. As Federer’s unforced error count rose to 44, Nadal continued to apply pressure on his serve with deep angled returns with significant pace. The rivalry between Roger Federer and Rafael Nadal has been arguably the most enthralling in the history of tennis and well over a decade after it began, it is still going strong. By the end of the year Federer narrowed his head-to-head deficit, with the record standing at 6–8 in Nadal's favour. Rafael Nadal holds a record 35 Masters 1000 titles, with 25 of his titles on clay and 10 on hard courts. While Nadal has not won a year-end championship, he has made the finals twice, in 2010 and 2013.

Nadal and Federer have played half of their 40 matches (20) on hard courts, with the head-to-head on this surface at 11–9 in Federer's favour.
The World No. Nadal is the youngest male in the Open Era to win the Career Grand Slam. Federer's birthday is 8 August 1981, while Nadal's is 3 June 1986. Federer got the better of Nadal in the semi-finals of The Championships on 12 July 2019 in their first Wimbledon re-match for 11 years, and is now 16-24 lifetime in their FedEx ATP Head2Head series, with victories in six of their past seven … Then, when my career is over, then we'll count." Another way to view their respective careers and evolution is to look at the progression of titles won by the number of tournaments played to win each of their titles at each level of competition including Grand Slam tournaments, ATP Tour Masters 1000 (formerly ATP Masters Series), ATP Finals (formerly Tennis Masters Cup), Olympic Games, ATP Tour 500 Series (formerly ATP International Series Gold), and ATP Tour 250 Series (formerly ATP International Series). to keep Nadal on the back foot. backhand return winner for 4-1 after 23 minutes. An illuminating film, it was well received by audiences, scoring 9.2 on Federer and Nadal were born just under four years and 10 months apart. #News Filter# At the press conference following his 9th record French Open win in 2014 and a total of 14 Slams, three shy of Federer's 17, Nadal said that he really does not care much about records, "I'll follow my own path. Nadal is one of only 2 men to have won at least 2 Grand Slam titles on each surface. Subcategory on the Spaniard’s serve at 3-1. "In October 2013, Rod Laver, the only tennis player to achieve the Grand Slam twice, said "When I look at Federer, with what he's accomplished, against the competition that he's accomplished it with, I'd have to say I would think that Roger is the greatest player," Nadal prevented Federer from winning Monte Carlo three times from 2006 to 2008. Nadal produced an awesome display, punctuated with remarkable passing shots, to which Federer had no answer. After splitting the first two sets, a Nadal double fault in the third game of the decider would give Federer a break chance to claim a potentially decisive break, but the Spaniard dispelled any such notion.

1 in the year-end Emirates ATP Rankings for the first time since 2009. Similarly, Federer too has achieved considerable success on clay, winning the French Open (2009) and reaching the finals on four other occasions (2006, 2007, 2008 and 2011) and winning the Madrid/Hamburg Masters six times (2002, 2004, 2005, 2007, 2009 and 2012). The former Basel ballboy out-aced Nadal 12-0 and struck 44 total winners. Roger Federer, Rafael Nadal rivalry swung at 2008 Wimbledon. Federer and Nadal have never faced each other in the Davis Cup or at the Olympics. followed by an explosive wrong-footing forehand winner to bring up a break point He held to love for 4-2 3 took an immediate lead in the third set, breaking for 2-0 and holding serve from there to the finish line. Not only did he halt the momentum of the Spaniard's 16-match winning streak, but maintained his hopes of finishing at No. Federer’s aggression continued to gnaw at Nadal, however. Nadal and Federer had met on the same court exactly two years ago, when Nadal prevailed in four sets before losing out to Federer had won all four of their previous encounters at the season finale, most recently in the 2010 title match at The O2, but Nadal defeated the six-time champion in straight sets to reach his 14th final of a remarkable year.In arguably their most riveting encounter since their 2012 pressure from the 36-year-old Swiss was relentless. Both players began the year strong, reaching the final of the In 2010, Federer and Nadal played twice, with Nadal winning the first and Federer winning the second match.