Federer–Nadal rivalry

The tennis rivalry between Roger Federer and Rafael Nadal is considered one of 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 hardcourts, 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 at the 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. They are tied in five-set encounters at 3–3. Nadal outplayed Federer for most of their rivalry, winning 23 of their first 33 matches from 2004–2014. However, Federer outplayed Nadal during the final stretch from 2015–2019, winning 6 of their last 7 matches. Nadal ranks second and Federer ranks third on the men's all-time list for the most major singles titles, with 22 and 20 titles respectively. Their rival Novak Djokovic ranks first with 24 titles. The pair hold numerous other records between them. During a stretch of 23 majors from the 2005 French Open to the 2010 US Open, the pair won all but two of these events, including eleven consecutively. They won a further six consecutive majors between 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 for a seventh time in 2017. This includes a record 211 consecutive weeks sharing the top two rankings from July 2005...