Stat Proves Novak Djokovic Dominates Rafael Nadal and Roger Federer in Marquee Events
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That the Big 3 – combined nickname for Roger Federer, Rafael Nadal and Novak Djokovic – have lorded men’s tennis for years is a fact that isn’t open to debate or dispute.
However, when one puts their unchallenged supremacy in context, in terms of statistics, they look frightfully formidable and their numbers scarcely believable.
Roger Federer, Rafael Nadal and Novak Djokovic have registered a staggering statistic
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One such piece of statistics has now come to light shows the extent to which Federer, Nadal and Djokovic literally ran the show in men’s tennis from the mid-2000s.
It says that the Big 3 together played 131 tournaments, winning a staggering 106 of them.
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Big 3 have won 106 / 131 tournaments where all 3 were present.
Among these 106 titles each player has won
🇷🇸 Novak Djokovic: 39 titles
🇪🇸 Rafael Nadal: 35
🇨🇭 Roger Federer: 32 https://t.co/OJI7ipQmcv pic.twitter.com/qEJ7vKfKHa— TennisMyLife (@TennisMyLife68) April 17, 2021
Even if you break down their wins, the numbers seem no less mind-boggling.
Novak Djokovic leads the tally with 39 championship wins, followed by Rafael Nadal and Roger Federer
It also shows how Djokovic has dominated his Big 3 rivals with regard to the number of titles won. Each had a fair share of the combined championship victories, with Djokovic, the current World No.1 and reigning Australian Open champion leading with 39 titles.
Nadal, who won a record 13th French Open title last year, ranks second with 35 championship trophies. Federer takes third place with 32 titles to his name.
However, what the piece of stat doesn’t mention is that in most of these tournaments, if not all, one of the Big 3 would have finished runner-up or somewhere deep.
Also, most of these tournaments are either Masters 1000 events – Miami, Indian Wells, Cincinnati, Hamburg, Monte-Carlo et al or Grand Slams, underlining their stranglehold on marquee events.
While the men’s game has since seen the emergence of a clutch of new stars, some of whom are being touted as ones who will take the mantle from the Big 3 in time, these are numbers that may stand the test of time.
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This year, so far, has seen neither of the two Masters 1000 titles fall in the Big 3’s lap.
Federer, Nadal and Djokovic headlined a raft of marquee names that were missing from the men’s draw at Miami Masters and the event crowned a new champion in the form of Pole Hubert Hurkacz.
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