Tennis: Big three appreciation thread

[Maestro84]

In my entire life, I’ve never seen an era in any sport where fans got to witness not one, not two, but three of the greatest players to ever pick up a racket. Federer, Nadal and Djokovic are transparently the three greatest players in men’s tennis history right now and their domination doesn’t seem to be ending anytime soon. It’s more than likely that we’ll never see another era like this in any sport for decades to come.

Bottom line, us tennis fans have been more spoiled than Boston sports fans over the last 15 years or so

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[Kane One]

I think it’s like this in most sports now. Training and diets are now a science compared to the past when everything was an old wives tale.

 

[Hadoop]

Thanks OP for recognizing the GOAT generation!

 

[Maestro84]

I think it’s like this in most sports now. Training and diets are now a science compared to the past when everything was an old wives tale.

Yea I mean if you look around the sports world, older players are thriving a lot more than before.

Tennis: The big three and Serena are still viewed as the top dogs

Football: Messi and Ronaldo are still far and away the two best players on planet Earth. Don't let the whack Ballon D'Or rankings tell you otherwise

Basketball: LeBron is still the best player in the world despite being 34, and after LeBron, it's players like Curry, Durant, Harden and Westbrook who are all gonna be 30+ in 2019. Also, look at players like 42 yr old VC who can still do in game dunks, and the fact that players like Tim Duncan were still elite at age 40

American Football: Tom Brady just made another SB at 41 yrs of age and is showing no signs of slowing down. His contemporaries such as Brees, Rodgers, Big Ben and Rivers are all 35+ and still going strong. Peyton Manning also went out on top when he was 40 and was still dominant into his really late 30's.

Olympics: Phelps and Bolt were both already 30+ in the '16 Olympics and they were still dominating the gold medal podiums in their respective sport.

Hockey is the only sport where the "top dog" tag has actually been handed over to younger players

 

[Maestro84]

Thanks OP for recognizing the GOAT generation!

GOAT era indeed!

They pretty much rank among the top in every big category:

Majors:
Federer: 20 - 1st
Nadal: 17 - 2nd
Djokovic: 15 - 3rd

Majors Finals:
Federer: 30 - 1st
Nadal: 25 - 2nd
Djokovic: 24 - 3rd

Major Matches Won:
Federer: 342 - 1st
Nadal: 253 - 3rd
Djokovic: 265 - 2nd

Major Match Win %:
Federer: 86.1 - 4th
Nadal: 87.2 - 2nd
Djokovic: 86.6 - 3rd

Overall Titles:
Federer: 99 - 2nd
Nadal: 80 - 4th
Djokovic: 73 - 7th

Match Wins:
Federer: 1183 - 2nd
Nadal: 924 - 5th
Djokovic: 846 - 8th

Match Win %:
Federer: 81.9 - 4th
Nadal: 82.9 - 2nd
Djokovic: 82.8 - 3rd

Masters Titles:
Federer: 27 - 3rd
Nadal: 33 - 1st
Djokovic: 32 - 2nd

Olympics:
Federer: Silver in singles; gold in doubles
Nadal: Gold in both singles and doubles
Djokovic: Bronze in singles

Career Slam:
Federer: Yes - 2nd youngest to complete career slam
Nadal: Yes - youngest player to complete career slam
Djokovic: Yes - 3rd youngest player to complete career slam

"Big Titles":
Federer: 53 - 1st
Nadal: 51 - 3rd
Djokovic: 52 - 2nd

Weeks at number one:
Federer: 310 - 1st
Nadal: 196 - 6th
Djokovic: 236 - 5th

Year End Number One:
Federer: 5 - T2nd
Nadal: 4 - T5th
Djokovic: 5 - T2nd

Year End Number Two:
Federer: 11 - 1st
Nadal: 10 - 2nd
Djokovic: 7 - 4th

Wins vs top 10 players:
Federer: 216 (65%) - 1st
Nadal: 162 (65%) - 4th
Djokovic: 198 (66%) - 2nd

Wins vs players who have been ranked in the top 10:
Federer: 604 (75%)
Nadal: 470 (77%)
Djokovic: 443 (76%)

 

[alko]

Who end when will replace this Trio?