1. Roger Federer VS Rafael Nadal
Edgar Ilves
Project
CS 110
Prof. Scaramastra
April 28, 2014
Nadal
Federer

2. Roger Federer
Nadal
Roger Federer (born 8 August 1981) is a Swiss professional tennis player who is currently ranked world no. 4 by the Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP). He has been ranked inside the top 10 continuously since May Numerous commentators, pundits, and former and current players of the sport regard Federer as the greatest tennis player of all time.

3. Federer
Rafael Nadal
Rafael Nadal Parera ( born 3 June 1986) is a Spanish professional tennis player and the current world No. 1. His success on clay has earned him the nickname "King of Clay" and has led many sports journalists and commentators, as well as former and current players, to regard him as the greatest clay court player in history. Furthermore, his evolution into an all- court threat has established him as an all- time great

4. Summary of Federer–Nadal rivalry
More Information
Federer and Nadal have been playing each other since 2004 and their rivalry is a significant part of both men's careers.
They held the top two rankings on the ATP Tour from July 2005 until 17 August 2009, when Nadal fell to world no. 3 (Andy Murray became the new no. 2). They are the only pair of men to have ever finished six consecutive calendar years at the top. Federer was ranked no. 1 for a record 237 consecutive weeks beginning in February Nadal, who is five years younger, ascended to no. 2 in July 2005 and held this spot for a record 160 consecutive weeks, before surpassing Federer in August 2008.
Nadal leads their head-to-head 23–10. Of their 33 matches, 15 have been on clay, which is by far Nadal's best surface.Federer has a winning record on grass (2–1) and indoor hard courts (4–1), while Nadal leads the outdoor hard courts (8–2) and clay (13–2). Because tournament seedings are based on rankings, 20 of their matches have been in tournament finals which have included an all-time record eight Grand Slam finals. From 2006 to 2008, they played in every French Open and Wimbledon final. They then met in the 2009 Australian Open final and the 2011 French Open final. Nadal won six of the eight, losing the first two Wimbledon finals. Three of these finals were five set-matches (2007 and 2008 Wimbledon, 2009 Australian Open), with the 2008 Wimbledon final being lauded as the greatest match ever by many long-time tennis analysts. Of their 33 meetings, 11 have reached a deciding set. They have also played in a record 10 Masters Series finals (tied with Nadal- Djokovic finals), including their lone five-hour match at the 2006 Rome Masters which Nadal won in a fifth-set tie-break, having saved two match points.

5. Comparing the results by the age
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Comparing the results by the age
Head-to-head
tallies

6. Comparing the results by the age
Age at end of season 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33
Federer's season
1999
2000
2001
2002
2003
2004
2005
2006
2007
2008
2009
2010
2011
2012
2013
2014
Nadal's season
2015
2016
2017
2018
2019
Grand Slam titles
Federer 1 4 6 9 12 13 15 16 17
Nadal 2 3 5 10 11
Grand Slam match wins 7 39 61 85
112
138
162
188
208
228
247
260
265 36 56 80 95
120
143
157
171
177
Total titles 45 53 57 66 70 76 77 78 43 46 50 60 62
Total match wins 51
100
158
236
310
391
483
551
617
678
743
807
878
923
945
124
183
253
335
401
472
541
583
658
Ranking 64
Weeks at number 1 48
152
204
237
262
285
302
102
115
127

7. Grand Slam titles GRAPH
It is noticeable that Nadal started his career more efficiently by wining Grand Slam Titles. Comparing to Federe he started wining them when he was 19 years old. It was his first title. However, Federer was more efficient after – when he was 26 and 27 his results are better than Nadal’s. Analyzing those results I can say that Nadal is really close to Federer and there is a big probability that he will do better in the future, because Federer is getting older and it’s harder for him to achieve best results.

8. Grand Slam match wins
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9. Total titles
GRAPH

10. Total match wins at the age
GRAPH

11. Weeks being number 1
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12. Head-to-head tallies More Information Last Match Nadal Federer
Hard Court
Clay
Grass
Total
Nadal
Federer
Australian Open 3
Roland Garros 5
Wimbledon 1 2
Indian Wells
Miami
Monte Carlo
Rome
Hamburg / Madrid
Cincinnati
Dubai
Tennis Masters Cup 4
ATP World Tour Finals 8 13 23 10
Last Match

13. References: Photocredit: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roger_Federer
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