Roger Federer and Rafael Nadal 11 X 14 Photo

Signed by Roger Federer and Rafael Nadal

The tennis rivalry between Roger Federer and Rafael Nadal is considered the greatest in the history of the sport. Federer and Nadal played each other 40 times, with Nadal leading 24-16 overall, including 14-10 in finals.

Of their 40 matches, 20 were on hard court, 16 on clay, and 4 on grass. Nadal leads on clay (14-2), while Federer leads on grass (3-1) and hard court (11-9). A total of 14 matches were in majors with Nadal leading 10-4. Nadal leads 6-0 at the French Open and 3-1 at the Australian Open, while Federer leads 3-1 at Wimbledon. On several occasions, they were a match away from meeting at the US Open, but were denied each time (Nadal lost to Andy Murray in the 2008 semifinals and Juan Martín del Potro in the 2009 semifinals; Federer lost to Novak Djokovic in the 2010 and 2011 semifinals, to Tommy Robredo in the 2013 fourth round and to del Potro in the 2017 quarterfinals).

Nadal ranks joint-first and Federer ranks third on the men's all-time list for the most major singles titles, with 22 and 20 titles respectively, and the pair hold numerous other records between them. Together, they won 11 consecutive majors, from the 2005 French Open to the 2007 US Open, as well as six consecutive majors on two other occasions; from the 2008 French Open to the 2009 Wimbledon Championships and from the 2017 Australian Open to the 2018 French Open. They are the only pair of men to have finished six consecutive calendar years as the top two ranked players on the ATP Tour, which they did from 2005 to 2010 and seven times overall, including 2017. This includes a record 211 consecutive weeks sharing the top two rankings from July 2005 to August 2009.

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