When Federer Ended Nadal’s 81-Match Winning Streak on Clay!

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[@RonnieJamesOsbourne]

"If I have to lose against someone, he's the man, no?" Props to Rafa... Which became a legendary rivalry and an incredible friendship.

[@TheRealSuperwiesel]

Yeah, chilled answer

[@sagniksingha]

Federer stopped Nadal in his prime on clay, and also Djokovic during his legendary run in RG 2011. Shows how versatile and complete a player Federer was. Supreme talent, tough mind. Before anybody disses on this, his single handed backhand was his only kryptonite. Just watch 6:05. No other human player can consistently keep doing this. Sampras, Becker a few times but once you factor in how Federer grinded points with baseline rallies you realize how knowledgeable and talented he actually was.

[@mikemoggerson6651]

He was a supremely talented player, and one of the best of all time. His talent alone won him many, many slams. But the tough mind thing is questionable. He arguably could have 24-25 slams if he had a tougher mind. Novak and Nadal destroyed him mentally and for that he was known as a “choker.” For reference, let’s take a look at this shocking stat. Matches lost while being match point up: Djokovic-3 Nadal-8 Federer-24 This speaks for itself. Tremendous talent, but lacked the clutch factor compared to the other 2.

[@molybdaenmornell123hopp5]

What's less known is the difference in matches won from match point down. Federer: 24, Djokovic: about 14, Nadal: can't find the number but about 10 afaik.

[@Bobby.546]

@@mikemoggerson6651in my opinion his technique was very prone to error when under pressure, especially the forehand, you can see how his technique can make it difficult to hit the sweet spot. However, that same technique is one of the effective when it’s working. However,I still think Djokovic and nadal are better mentally but I don’t think Federer is terrible mentally either.

[@orchidpanda2253]

@@mikemoggerson6651 The term "choker" is only perpetuated by idiot haters. You don't win 20 slams and over 100 ATP titles by being a choker or mentally weak.

[@orchidpanda2253]

Roger is greatly underrated on clay due to the existence of Rafa -- but Roger made several RG finals and you don't get there by being bad on clay.

[@itaisharabi5145]

Federer is the only player to bagel Nadal on all surfaces. That's astonishing

[@pauldavey422]

Feds movement on clay is amazing, Nadal was jerking him from side to side, his slide, balance, hit it is perfect to every ball. He just couldn't do enough with the high b-hand on a slow surface or come in as effectively. Nadal is like something from a video game - doesn't stop running

[@orchidpanda2253]

Was thinking the same thing - how does he look so smooth even on clay?

[@amitchakraborty9346]

just look at the mutual respect they had for each other❤❤

[@amihai_bl]

And still have, to this very day

[@bandkiller5651]

Federer was one of the only people to stop anyone in there prime

[@dinkydoodle8325]

well no shit hes one of the 3 best

[@seankeegan8285]

@@dinkydoodle8325 xDDDDD HAAHAHHAHAHAHAHA you had me rollling

[@EricWeinberg-ph2bw]

As if that’s different then any other big three player

[@Ay02100]

You mean Djoko right ?

[@Johnmili4565]

@@Ay02100yeah 2011 semi at French, Hamburg with nadal

[@jenni431]

When you factor in things like the smallest racket head on tour and a single handed backhanded against two of the greatest baseliners in history, I think Federer's tennis is unmatched in terms of shot-making ability on any surface. More so on clay, Federer's footwork is just a joy.

[@docstranger9520]

Glad you mentioned the footwork. It’s a masterclass watching him move. Inspirational.

[@theaviator1152]

Federer’s shirt from this match was the first thing I ever bought online. I still wear it to this day, it feels amazing!

[@matiascostanzo9893]

What about French Open 2005?

[@snowycotton8889]

Rafa had to face peak Federer first half in his career and peak Djoko 2nd half and he has winning h2h against both of them in Slams so I think he did terribly well

[@trulaila8560]

But he has much less weeks at number 1 because of their prime

[@Laland_1196]

​@@trulaila8560rafa lose the no 1 spot many times because injury ruined his career ..2012 rafa played well but injury didn't made him to play more in second half ,same for 2014,18,21,23

[@booyoohouse]

i dont think rafa wouldve been as competitive over the other players if he was right handed. Also, rafa has a lot of controversies with steroid use so to me personally, he ranks behind djokovic and federer

[@masters.1000]

Federer had to beat his older generation (Sampras, Agassi, Kuerten), his own generation (Safin, Hewitt, Nalbandian, Davydenko) and the new generation (Nadal, Djokovic, Murray). Same with Nadal, except for the first, and he had to beat peak Federer. Djokovic never had any good competitor as the newer generations came on, and he took over once Federer declined and Nadal declined since 2014.

[@段侃廷]

@@masters.1000 yes, and Fed was a transition player between Serve Volley and Baseline, not like Nadal and Djoko are the pure baseline players. I don’t know why everyone would like to compare them without the same condition, btw, the nexgen sucks except for Alcaraz

[@ZACY1234]

Was looking since forever to find nadal’s post match interview of this match. Thanks for including this iconic phrase from Rafa “If I have to lose against someone, he is the man”

[@Bigobe244]

Ended novaks streak in 2011 too

[@Fallen_Jedi]

His shots end my streak too

[@isaacjcz4836]

@@Fallen_Jedithat’s crazy😭😭😭

[@BassByTheBay]

Ngl, I got a bit teary at the end when Rafa made his comment about losing to Roger. So glad to have been able to see these two legends and their respectful rivalry since the beginnings of their careers.

[@sputnik8543]

Prime Federer forehand arguably biggest shot game ever seen and far more variety than Alcaraz

[@kingston4313]

This version if nadal, 2007/2008 vs Alcaraz now would be amazing to see

[@tomk5238]

I actually think Alcaraz would have the edge. He is more diverse and most experienced with the top spin game. Nadal was one of the biggest drivers of big top spin and in this time people were not used to that yet.

[@unowen7591]

Fed ended some incredible streaks throughout his career Nadal's 81 match win streak on clay Novak's 43 (?) match win streak in 2011. All on his least-favorite surface. That's amazing.

[@stevenstone307]

I was alive throughout this whole rivalry, why why why wasn't I interested in tennis back then! :(

[@TimVanRijthovenFan]

What a moment it was for Fedfans !! And that score ! One of the best Fed win on clay with RG 11 semi against Nole

[@angelatanurdzic7508]

Two great legends ❤❤

[@pablotorres7534]

How I miss Federer's tennis! 😢

[@matebesisehume2623]

The actual gag is that NADAL HAD AN 81 MATCH WINNING STREAK we literally cannot say the same about anyone else in tennis history haha GOATEDDDDDD

[@pipeline732]

Nadal had an 81 winning streak on clay, not overall. That record, I believe, belongs to Björn Borg and is 53 matches long. Not that 81 matches in a row isn't impressive enough in its own right, of course.

[@theaviator1152]

Pretty cool for Tennis TV to upload a video about this match. I wonder if we can get one about Fedal’s *2008* Hamburg match too?

[@felixy23]

too bad Federer was failed in Rome (2006). It's best match on clay

[@ProfessorDrex]

Imagine being down 2-6, 1-1 15-40 against someone with a 81 match winning streak on clay. Now imagine you win turn it around to win 11 of the next 12 games and shock everyone.

[@edensseven3524]

Fedal forever

[@masters.1000]

Best rivalry ever in any sport.

[@eyezaggeh777]

The footwork @ 7:31 is just ridiculous

[@camctrail]

Kinda sucks that there are so few grass court tournaments, and only one big grass court tournament

[@olifedererrmurray]

Its so beautiful to see them so young (´:

[@pauljohnson6019]

Fed still the greatest- hoping for an epic comeback!

[@homotechnium7628]

Lol that would be insane. I bet Federer can still go deep in slams even at his age, minus the knee injury.

[@saksitraina545]

Legend ❤😊

[@orchidpanda2253]

Federer is my number 1 and he just looks like a ballet dancer on clay - love this win! But I just need a second to digest the 81 match win streak. It's a really crazy stat. So for 2+ years from 2005-2007, no one who faced Rafa won a match on clay, and essentially no one was winning titles on European clay tournaments except Rafa. He won Monte Carlo, Barcelona, Rome and French Open 3 years in a row, including one Madrid in 2005. WTF?!?!?!?! Now I realize I conveniently tuned out during clay season at that time b/c I was so team Federer, my brain wouldn't let me watch clay season. 🤣🤣🤣

[@henryshear5510]

I wonder how Federer only had 13 Masters 1000 trophies by 2007, truly astonishing what Rafa and Novak did by their mid-20s.

[@orchidpanda2253]

He was busy winning slams and consecutive weeks at no. 1

[@SibolSensei]

I think it's important to remember that Masters Finals were best of 5 sets up until 2007, which made the Tennis season much more of a grind for frequent finalists.

[@Gautam55558]

RAFA ♥️❤❤❤❤

[@rainon9215]

What is the score h2h Fedal on clay? Where can I see this info?

[@kennylolpro1868]

Nadal leads 14-2 on Clay and Federer leads 11-9 Hardcourt, 3-1 Grass. All in all the H2H is 24-16 for Nadal

[@rainon9215]

@@kennylolpro1868 wow. Tks man

[@jeanmarcgeffriaud3832]

Given the size of his biceps I think Nadal doped very early.

[@SJ-di5zu]

You’ve clearly never been to a gym in your life if you think Nadal’s physique isn’t attainable. Just because you’re 200 pounds overweight doesn’t mean the rest of us can’t get big arms

[@orchidpanda2253]

All professional athletes do steroids - biceps have nothing to do with it.

[@simpleguy7884]

Love you nadal❤❤

[@BrotherTree1]

Federer was always behind in their head to head matches. Except on clay (and not just Federer against Rafa on clay obviously), he never really quite solved Nadal until ironically towards the end of both their careers. Anyways, still had two victories on clay against Rafa on clay and he remains one of three to have bageled him on clay. And also is the only player to bagel Rafa at least once on all surfaces.

[@colethomas903]

Brother also because he played he him a lot on clay in beginning of career

[@masters.1000]

That's because they played disproportionately on clay at first, and then played much more when Federer was weaker (10 matches between 2008 and 2013) than when Nadal was weaker (only one match between 2014-16). There was nothing to be solved, his game was fine. The only thing Federer could have done was changing the racket earlier but that would have been convenient since 2008 or 2010, not here.

[@SJ-di5zu]

“Figured him out” is a strong phrase. 5 match win streak is nice, but he was down 23-10 before that.

[@masters.1000]

@@SJ-di5zu 10 matches were from 2008 and 2013 alone. If they played 10 matches between IW 2014 and Australia 2016, they would have been 20-13 for Federer.

[@miketw3068]

Federer leads on grass and indoor courts and hard courts is even, so hardly a one sided match up

[@nandishsharmaguitar1931]

Nadal had no breather period first Nadal had to face Roger’s prime then Djokovic’s prime. Nadal didnt have any free run unlike Roger and Novak and still Nadal prevailed and had most GS in 2022. You guys have to accept this😌

[@colethomas903]

N lol

[@_jiwi2674]

Nope

[@orchidpanda2253]

Nah. You weak era people are like flat earthers - delusional

[@jeanmarcgeffriaud3832]

This way of shaking his head after taking off his blindfold is just unbearable...

[@tennisfan599]

Federer proved once and for all he was better than Nadal on clay.

[@varunbhati2178]

Nadal was kind of a Claybender i feel😅😅

[@homotechnium7628]

All roads lead to Federer, the winning streak ender.

[@SOYCD99]

When both players had hair

[@jovan1399]

Second and third the best in history! True legends!❤

[@ramjeenakka586]

But top 2 greatest players of all time

[@orchidpanda2253]

Do you get paid overtime for trolling?

[@temiw0n]

Without Rafa, Roger would have completely dominated Tennis. All finals were against Roger

[@tennisfan599]

I think federer proved he was the better clay court player than nadal

[@maciejgudel2939]

Rafa 🇪🇦🙄💥💯

[@martytimmons4]

Rafa venia jugando demasiado, llego re cansado a esa final. Pero roger merecio ganar

[@josb2574]

Novak's sons

[@2P1CK]

Yes!

[@MrTonyMartino]

Alcaraz grandkids

[@ramjeenakka586]

Novak's dads

[@josb2574]

@@ramjeenakka586 haha in age only

[@ankbas-sh4xg]

Federer reaching all the finals on clay and then losing to Nadal 😔

[@Aman-nk5uq]

Yes 😅😝

[@homotechnium7628]

Wish there were masters on grass. Their h2h would have been drastically different

[@ankbas-sh4xg]

@@homotechnium7628 Also both playing 4 times I think in 2013 which was the worst season for Fed and Rafa won all those matches .. H2H got skewed to a large extent.

[@orchidpanda2253]

@@homotechnium7628 Or even just more grass tournaments. And you make a really great point!

[@DebraGriffiths]

Nadal was a clay counter that's where most of his slams came from one trick pony

[@SJ-di5zu]

“One trick pony” but he’s a top 5 hard court and grass player of all time. Just quit talking tennis please. Maybe go to golf or something.

[@Mythos189]

Can you please leave tennis and do us a favor please Kid?? You know nothing about Tennis Embarassing lol

[@orchidpanda2253]

You can't call someone who's won the career slam 2x a one trick pony, even though majority of his slams did come from RG.

[@jovan1399]

NOVAK DJOKOVIC > Dopal Claydal and mister 40-15

[@shubhjoshi6205]

LMAO that's not even remotely true, FEDAL>>>>djokovid

[@jayp123]

Still crying because of alcaraz?

[@josb2574]

@@shubhjoshi6205 haha LMAO 23>22>20

[@initialize21]

@@josb2574Federer >>>> your hero DjoKovid

[@josb2574]

@@initialize21 haha irrelevant opinion, numbers dont lie

[@cihangir8367]

DJOKO > FEDAL

[@Bigobe244]

🤯🤯 everyone knows this

[@anseinueseima408]

seein' nole's idiot fan in a regular day basis

[@lukadordevic1718]

No

[@Ay02100]

So true !!!

[@JanStront]

Nole fans will say this sort of things without any reason and then ask why nobody likes them.

[@HyperHorse]

Come on Hamburg, play some classy music before a huge match like this!!! This is not the time for Dj Scooter or some hardcore techno where the guy yells "BLAST THE SPEAKERS!!!!!"