It is not that
Rafa Nadal
has stopped time, but rather that he has made it his own.
His 22 Grand Slam titles, two above
Roger Federer
and
Novak Djokovic
, reinforce a career without equal in the history of tennis.
A future that speaks of longevity and resistance (he has just turned 36), stage dominance, especially in Ronald Garros, a fetish tournament that he has won 14 times, and financial prizes.
That his figures also serve as a common thread of the legend.
$128,337,592
They are the millions of dollars that Rafa Nadal has earned in his career.
An amount that, yes, is less than what Djokovic has pocketed ($156,136,601) and also Federer ($130,594,339).
1052-212
They are Nadal's wins/losses during his career, more than those achieved by Djokovic (1001-203), but even far from Federer he is behind (1251-275)
299-41
They are Nadal's wins/losses in Grand Slam tournaments.
That 87.9% of wins in the big four is only bettered by Borg with 89.2%.
After them, Djokovic (87.4%) and Federer (86%).
30
They are the finals reached by Nadal in Grand Slam tournaments.
Federer and Djokovic hold the finals record with 31.
92
They are the titles raised by Nadal.
He is still ahead of Ivan Lendl (94), Roger Federer (103) and Jimmy Connors (109).
19
These are the years that he has won at least one title consecutively: 2004 to 2022. He is the most ever and Djokovic follows with 17.
71%
It is the percentage of wins in finals.
Thomas Muster is the historic leader with 81%.
3,843
They are the
aces
achieved by Nadal in a statistic in which he never stood out.
Ivo Karlovic is the historical leader with 13,653.
Yes, it was always a good weapon for Federer, with 11,411.
2,054
They are the double faults in Nadal's career.
Djokovic, sometimes harassed by nerves in capital moments, goes until 2,666.
Federer is, yes, above both with 2,759 double faults.
68%
It is the percentage of success in Nadal's first service.
Djokovic (64.9%) and Federer (62.1%) lag behind.
66.5%
It is the percentage of breaking balls saved by Nadal.
Federer is somewhat above (67.3%), not so Djokovic (65.5%).
86%
It is the percentage of games won in which Nadal served.
Karlovic is the historical leader (92%).
Four. Five%
It is the percentage of break points won by Nadal.
Federer is at 41% and Djokovic at 44%.
61.1%
It is the percentage of
tie breaks
won by Nadal in his career.
Federer was always somewhat more reliable (65%), but so was Djokovic (64.6%).
69.1%
It is the percentage of final sets won by Nadal.
Federer is somewhat less reliable in capital sets (65.2%), but Djokovic is not, with 73.1%.
120-163
They are Nadal's wins/losses after losing the first set.
Rod Laver achieved an incredible 92-92.
Nadal is the sixth best in the historical ranking, with Djokovic second (131-165).
178-79
They are Nadal's wins/losses in the deciding set.
Federer is the historical leader (235-128), above David Ferrer (199-115) and Djokovic (197-75).
63
They are Nadal's clay court titles, the undisputed leader.
Guillermo Vilas stayed at 49 and Thomas Muster at 40.
468-45
They are Nadal's wins/losses on clay.
Vilas ended his career with a 681-173, and Manolo Orantes with a 569-170.
85.74%
It is the percentage of games won by Nadal with the service.
Federer goes up to 88.8%, while Djokovic is very close to Nadal (85.8%).
59
Matches played against Djokovic.
He is the rival he has faced the most and the only one, along with Davydenko (5-6) with whom he has a negative balance playing five times or more: 29-30.
two
They are the Olympic gold medals won by Nadal.
One individual in Beijing 2008, and another in doubles with Marc López in Rio 2016.
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