Novak Djokovic and Rafael Nadal are two of the greatest tennis players of all time. The two have faced each other 56 times, with the Serbian leading 29–27. Of these matches, 16 have been in Grand Slams with Nadal leading 10–6. Nadal leads 7–1 at the French Open and 2– 1 at the US Open. DjOKovic leads 2–0 at the Australian Open and 3–2 at Wimbledon.
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Novak Djokovic and Rafael Nadal are two of the greatest tennis players of all time. The two have faced each other 56 times, with the Serbian leading 29–27. Of these matches, 16 have been in Grand Slams with Nadal leading 10–6. Nadal leads 7–1 at the French Open and 2– 1 at the US Open, while DjOKovic leads 2–0 at the Australian Open and 3–2 at Wimbledon. Their 2012 Australian Open final has been lauded as the greatest match ever played by some long-time tennis pundits, analysts, and former players and legends of the sport. From March 2011 to April 2013, the pair contested eleven consecutive meetings in the championship match, the only duo to ever achieve such a feat in the open era. Some of their matches are considered to be classics including the 2009 Madrid Masters semifinal and the 2013 French Open semifinal, and the 2018 Wimbledon semifinal. They are tied on grass. The first ever meeting between the two occurred at the 2006 French Open in the quarterfinals. The first encounter took place in the finals of the 2007 Indian Wells Masters tournament, where Nadal won the event, and this was just the second time they had met on tour. The pair met twice during the summer clay-court season, Nadal continuing his dominance on clay. The final encounter was the two during the two Masters 1000s during the year in Montreal, where Djokovich won his second Masters 1000 title.
The rivalry was listed as the third greatest rivalry in the 2000s decade in 2009 by ATPworldtour. com despite its only starting in 2006. It started to become widely recognized when they played their first Grand Slam final against each other at the 2010 US Open. It was the first rivalry to involve meetings at all 4 Grand Slam finals and a record 27 Masters Series matches. The second part of the rivalry was dominated by Nadal who led 16–7 from 2006 to 2010, while the second part was dominated. From 2011 to 2016 they have been mostly even, with NadAl leading 4–3. The last time the two met in a Grand Slam semifinal was at the 2014 French Open, when Nadal defeated Djok Serbian in four sets. The match was the only one for this year, and it was played in a matter of 114 minutes. The winner of this year’s French Open final will face either Andy Murray or Stan Wawrinka in the final at Flushing Meadows on July 14. The French Open is the only Grand Slam Grand Slam to be played in the Open Era, and is held every year until the end of the year. The tournament will be held in New York City, where it will be played for the first time in the 2014 US Open Grand Slam. It will also be the second Grand Slam title for the Spaniard, who won the 2008 US Open in New Jersey. The other Grand Slam is the 2014 Wimbledon Grand Slam, which he won in straight sets.
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