rogger vs nadal rivalary : greatest rivalary in tennis

Roger Federer and Rafael Nadal are unargubly the best professional tennis players of this era ,engaged in a healthy rivalry, which many consider as the greatest in the game's history.Federer and Nadal are the only pair of men to have finished six consecutive calendar years as the top two ranked players on the ATP Tour, from 2005-2010. Federer ranked No. 1 for a record 237 consecutive weeks beginning in February 2004. Nadal, who is four years and ten months younger, ascended to No. 2 in July 2005 and held this spot for a record 160 consecutive weeks before surpassing Federer in August 2008.Federer regained the No. 1 ranking in June 2009, due in part to Nadal's injury hiatus, which also caused Nadal to briefly fall to No. 3. Nadal returned to No. 2 in September but dropped two spots in February 2010, and regained the World No. 2  in May 2010 ..

After winning the 2010 French Open, Nadal regained the No. 1 position again.Nadal leads their overall head-to-head series 14–8. Because tournament seedings are based on rankings, 17 of their matches have been in tournament finals, including an all-time record 7 Grand Slam finals. From 2006 to 2008 they played in every French Open and Wimbledon final, and then they met in the 2009 Australian Open final. Nadal won five of the seven, losing the first two Wimbledons. Three of these matches lasted five sets (2007 and 2008 Wimbledon, 2009 Australian Open), and the2008 Wimbledon final—which Nadal won—has been lauded as the greatest match ever by many long-time tennis analysts.] They have also played in a record 9 Masters Series finals, including their lone five hour match at the 2006 Rome Masters which Nadal won in a fifth-set tiebreak.

HEAD TO HEAD RESULTS

All matches: Nadal 14–8

All finals: Nadal 12–8

Grand Slams: Nadal 6–2

Grand Slam finals: Nadal 5–2

Best of five sets: Nadal 8–3

ATP World Tour Finals: Federer 3–0

Masters Series: Nadal 7–3

Masters Series finals: Nadal 6–3

Results on each court surface

Clay courts: Nadal 10–2

Hard courts: Federer 4–3

Grass courts: Federer 2–1

Federer is considered by many to be the greatest tennis player of all time. Some, however, argue that despite Federer's record 16 Grand Slam titles, he should not be considered the greatest ever with an 8-14 record against Nadal. Others analyze the head-to-head matches by surface and conclude that Nadal's edge comes from his 10-2 record against Federer on clay. Federer has achieved the majority of his success on grass (6 Wimbledon titles) and hardcourts (5 US Open titles and 4 Australian Open titles), whereas Nadal has achieved his greatest success on clay (5 French Open titles). Nadal is regarded by many as the greatest clay court player of all time.

Then, in the 2010 ATP World Tour Finals' final they met in their last match of the year for both, and Federer won it 6–3, 3–6, 6–1. With this match the Federer–Nadal rivalry is 14–8 for Nadal and Federer has won his fifth Year-End Championship, like Peter Sampras and Ivan Lendl. Federer had won it in 2003, 2004, 2006, 2007 and 2010, losing the 2005 final.
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