5 similarities between the careers of Nadal and Djokovic

Modified Dec 31, 2019 11:36 GMT

#4 Both Nadal and Djokovic have defeated Federer in tournament finals more times than they have defeated any other player

Federer has lost 54 tournament finals against 21 different players during the course of his illustrious 22-year professional career.

However, more than half of his losses in title matches have come against the duo of Nadal and Djokovic. Both Nadal and Djokovic have won 14 tournament finals apiece at the expense of the 20-time Grand Slam champion - a tally which includes 10 Grand Slam finals (Nadal-6, Djokovic-4).

Federer's next highest tallies of tournament final defeats against an opponent have come against Juan Martin Del Potro (4), Andy Murray (3), Lleyton Hewitt and David Nalbandian (2 apiece). 13 other players have had one tournament final win over Federer.

#5 Nadal and Djokovic have the two best win-loss percentages in the Open Era

Among players to have played over 200 matches, Nadal (973-197) and Djokovic (893-187) are two of only seven players to have a career win-loss record of over 80%.

Nadal (83.2%) and Djokovic (82.7%) lead the list with the two best win-loss records of any player.

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