Novak Djokovic Edges Past Rafael Nadal and Roger Federer as the Player of All Courts

Published 07/30/2020, 7:25 AM EDT

Primarily tennis is played on three surfaces – grass, clay, and hard court. An all-round tennis player should succeed on all three surfaces. Fortunately, we live in the era of the ‘Big 3’. Novak Djokovic, Roger Federer, and Rafael Nadal have dominated tennis for a long time and have won titles and matches on all three surfaces. But who has the edge on being the best all-round player in history? Let’s find out!

Novak Djokovic, Rafael Nadal, or Roger Federer; Who has the best all-round stat?

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The main difference between the surfaces is the bounce and speed. The fastest court is the grass-court where the ball bounces the lowest. The clay-court is the slowest court with the ball bouncing the highest. And the hard court is sort of a middle ground where the ball is faster than clay but slower than grass. The bounce here is also even. So a player will have to keep changing and evolving to stay competitive throughout the season on different surfaces.

When looking at the numbers you find out how close to each other and great these players are. It is a very close affair. The Big 3 have a favored surface but over the years, they have tweaked their style and play to adapt and win on other surfaces as well.

For example, Rafael Nadal favors the clay court but has evolved so much that he is a powerful force even on the hard and grass court.

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Looking at the numbers by win percentage, Djokovic edges out Nadal and Federer. Taking the average of win percentages on the three surfaces, Djokovic has won 82.73 percent of his matches. Both Nadal and Federer are very close with 82.64 and 82.27 respectively. So the man of all three surfaces is Novak Djokovic who is just slightly ahead of his counterparts.

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The stats say that Djokovic is a very tiny bit ahead in the Big 3 battle. But the Big 3 have surely changed tennis and redefined what dominance means.

Source: Ultimate Tennis Statistics

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Bhavishya Mittal is a tennis author for EssentiallySports, who is currently pursuing his Bachelor's degree in Journalism from Manipal University. A former sports editor for The Manipal Journal, Bhavishya has also worked for The New Indian Express. He has a keen eye for many sports but he is a particularly ardent follower of tennis, with a zest to create riveting articles on the ever-evolving sport.

Novak Djokovic Edges Past Rafael Nadal and Roger Federer as the Player of All Courts

Novak Djokovic, Rafael Nadal, or Roger Federer; Who has the best all-round stat?

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