The Fedal rivalry

Nadal holds a 6-2 record in the Grand Slam finals, in contrast to Federer’s record of 15-1 against every other opponent.

Nadal has stopped Federer twice from achieving a Career Grand Slam and also two calendar-year Grand Slams, whereas Federer has been an obstacle for Nadal when he was on the way to become the first man since Borg to win the “Channel Slam”( to win both Wimbledon and French Open in the same year).

Federer has also stopped Nadal from getting the title of year-end championships by defeating him in the 2010 finals, and has also invaded the Spaniard’s dream of being second to Agassi’s record of winning a Career Grand Slam, holding an Olympic gold medal, and the year-end championships, all at once, which is a distinction in tennis known as ‘Career Super Slam’.

Federer and Nadal hold astonishing individual records of successive victories on a single surface Federer has 65 on clay courts and 55 on hard courts whereas Nadal has 81 on clay courts.

Federer and Nadal have individually dominated the grass and the clay courts which led to the “Battle of the Surfaces” in 2007, an exhibition match where one side of the court was a grass court and the other side was a clay court; Federer played on the grass surface and Nadal played on the clay surface.