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Novak Djokovic vs Roger Federer vs Rafael Nadal: Check Number of Grand Slam Titles Won by Tennis’ 'Big Three’

Novak Djokovic won his 19th Grand Slam title by beating Stefanos Tsitsipas in the French Open 2021 finals in a five-set thriller which ended up with the Serbian ace having the last laugh. He won the match 6-7, 2-6, 6-3, 6-2, 6-4. The Serbian Tennis ace made a stunning comeback after being two sets down in the match.

By Dhairya Ingle | Published: Jun 14, 2021 11:27 AM IST

Novak Djokovic, Rafael Nadal and Roger Federer. (Photo Credits: Getty Images)

Novak Djokovic won his 19th Grand Slam title by beating Stefanos Tsitsipas in the French Open 2021 finals in a five-set thriller which ended up with the Serbian ace having the last laugh. He won the match 6-7, 2-6, 6-3, 6-2, 6-4. The Serbian Tennis ace made a stunning comeback after being two sets down in the match. With this, he became the first man to win these Grand slams at least twice in his career. This article shall look at the number of Grand Slams won by the 'Big Three' - Rafael Nadal, Djokovic & Roger Federer. We shall also get into details of their appearances in the finals of the Grand Slams. So let's begin. Novak Djokovic Defeats Stefanos Tsitsipas in Finals of French Open 2021, Serbian Ace Clinches 19th Major Title.

Novak Djokovic:

Novak's win came in from his latest win at the French Open 2021 as he went on to beat Stefanos Tsitsipas. This was his second title at the Roland Garros. Having won nine Australian Open titles. The Serb has five Wimbledon and three US Open titles in his kitty.

Novak Djokovic Grand Slam Final Appearances

Result	Year	Tournament	Opponent	Score
Loss	2007	US Open	Roger Federer	^6–7^(4–7)^{, 6–7}^(2–7)^{, 4–6}
Win	2008	Australian Open	Jo-Wilfried Tsonga	4–6, 6–4, 6–3, 7–6^(7–2)
Loss	2010	US Open	Rafael Nadal	4–6, 7–5, 4–6, 2–6
Win	2011	Australian Open (2)	Andy Murray	6–4, 6–2, 6–3
Win	2011	Wimbledon	Rafael Nadal	6–4, 6–1, 1–6, 6–3
Win	2011	US Open	Rafael Nadal	6–2, 6–4, 6–7^(3–7), 6–1
Win	2012	Australian Open (3)	Rafael Nadal	5–7, 6–4, 6–2, 6–7^(5–7), 7–5
Loss	2012	French Open	Rafael Nadal	4–6, 3–6, 6–2, 5–7
Loss	2012	US Open	Andy Murray	6–7^(10–12), 5–7, 6–2, 6–3, 2–6
Win	2013	Australian Open (4)	Andy Murray	6–7^(2–7), 7–6^(7–3), 6–3, 6–2
Loss	2013	Wimbledon	Andy Murray	4–6, 5–7, 4–6
Loss	2013	US Open	Rafael Nadal	2–6, 6–3, 4–6, 1–6
Loss	2014	French Open	Rafael Nadal	6–3, 5–7, 2–6, 4–6
Win	2014	Wimbledon (2)	Roger Federer	6–7^(7–9), 6–4, 7–6^(7–4), 5–7, 6–4
Win	2015	Australian Open (5)	Andy Murray	7–6^(7–5), 6–7^(4–7), 6–3, 6–0
Loss	2015	French Open	Stan Wawrinka	6–4, 4–6, 3–6, 4–6
Win	2015	Wimbledon (3)	Roger Federer	7–6^(7–1), 6–7^(10–12), 6–4, 6–3
Win	2015	US Open (2)	Roger Federer	6–4, 5–7, 6–4, 6–4
Win	2016	Australian Open (6)	Andy Murray	6–1, 7–5, 7–6^(7–3)
Win	2016	French Open	Andy Murray	3–6, 6–1, 6–2, 6–4
Loss	2016	US Open	Stan Wawrinka	7–6^(7–1), 4–6, 5–7, 3–6
Win	2018	Wimbledon (4)	Kevin Anderson	6–2, 6–2, 7–6^(7–3)
Win	2018	US Open (3)	Juan Martín del Potro	6–3, 7–6^(7–4), 6–3
Win	2019	Australian Open (7)	Rafael Nadal	6–3, 6–2, 6–3
Win	2019	Wimbledon (5)	Roger Federer	7–6^(7–5), 1–6, 7–6^(7–4), 4–6, 13–12^(7–3)
Win	2020	Australian Open (8)	Dominic Thiem	6–4, 4–6, 2–6, 6–3, 6–4
Loss	2020	French Open	Rafael Nadal	0–6, 2–6, 5–7
Win	2021	Australian Open (9)	Daniil Medvedev	7–5, 6–2, 6–2
Win	2021	French Open (2)	Stefanos Tsitsipas	6–7^(6–8), 2–6, 6–3, 6–2, 6–4

Roger Federer:

The Swiss tennis Roger Federer might have pulled out from the tournament due to his knee issues but has so far won 20 Grandslam titles in his career. The King of Grass has won eight Wimbledon titles so far in his career one French Open title. So far in his career, the Swiss ace has won five US Open titles and six Australian Open.

Roger Federer Grand Slam Final Appearances

Result	Year	Tournament	Opponent	Score
Win	2003	Wimbledon	Mark Philippoussis	7–6^(7–5), 6–2, 7–6^(7–3)
Win	2004	Australian Open	Marat Safin	7–6^(7–3), 6–4, 6–2
Win	2004	Wimbledon (2)	Andy Roddick	4–6, 7–5, 7–6^(7–3), 6–4
Win	2004	US Open	Lleyton Hewitt	6–0, 7–6^(7–3), 6–0
Win	2005	Wimbledon (3)	Andy Roddick	6–2, 7–6^(7–2), 6–4
Win	2005	US Open (2)	Andre Agassi	6–3, 2–6, 7–6^(7–1), 6–1
Win	2006	Australian Open (2)	Marcos Baghdatis	5–7, 7–5, 6–0, 6–2
Loss	2006	French Open	Rafael Nadal	6–1, 1–6, 4–6, 6–7^(4–7)
Win	2006	Wimbledon (4)	Rafael Nadal	6–0, 7–6^(7–5), 6–7^(2–7), 6–3
Win	2006	US Open (3)	Andy Roddick	6–2, 4–6, 7–5, 6–1
Win	2007	Australian Open (3)	Fernando González	7–6^(7–2), 6–4, 6–4
Loss	2007	French Open	Rafael Nadal	3–6, 6–4, 3–6, 4–6
Win	2007	Wimbledon (5)	Rafael Nadal	7–6^(9–7), 4–6, 7–6^(7–3), 2–6, 6–2
Win	2007	US Open (4)	Novak Djokovic	^{7–6(7–4), 7–6(7–2), 6–4}
Loss	2008	French Open	Rafael Nadal	1–6, 3–6, 0–6
Loss	2008	Wimbledon	Rafael Nadal	4–6, 4–6, 7–6^(7–5), 7–6^(10–8), 7–9
Win	2008	US Open (5)	Andy Murray	6–2, 7–5, 6–2
Loss	2009	Australian Open	Rafael Nadal	5–7, 6–3, 6–7^(3–7), 6–3, 2–6
Win	2009	French Open	Robin Söderling	6–1, 7–6^(7–1), 6–4
Win	2009	Wimbledon (6)	Andy Roddick	5–7, 7–6^(8–6), 7–6^(7–5), 3–6, 16–14
Loss	2009	US Open	Juan Martín del Potro	6–3, 6–7^(5–7), 6–4, 6–7^(4–7), 2–6
Win	2010	Australian Open (4)	Andy Murray	6–3, 6–4, 7–6^(13–11)
Loss	2011	French Open	Rafael Nadal	5–7, 6–7^(3–7), 7–5, 1–6
Win	2012	Wimbledon (7)	Andy Murray	4–6, 7–5, 6–3, 6–4
Loss	2014	Wimbledon	Novak Djokovic	7–6^(9–7), 4–6, 6–7^(4–7), 7–5, 4–6
Loss	2015	Wimbledon	Novak Djokovic	6–7^(1–7), 7–6^(12–10), 4–6, 3–6
Loss	2015	US Open	Novak Djokovic	4–6, 7–5, 4–6, 4–6
Win	2017	Australian Open (5)	Rafael Nadal	6–4, 3–6, 6–1, 3–6, 6–3
Win	2017	Wimbledon (8)	Marin Čilić	6–3, 6–1, 6–4
Win	2018	Australian Open (6)	Marin Čilić	6–2, 6–7^(5–7), 6–3, 3–6, 6–1
Loss	2019	Wimbledon	Novak Djokovic	6–7^(5–7), 6–1, 6–7^(4–7), 6–4, 12–13^(3–7)

Rafael Nadal:

Nadal has clinched 20 Grand Slam men's singles titles, a record shared with Roger Federer and 36 Masters 1000 men's singles titles. Out of those 20, 13 had come from clay-court i.e. French Open. He has won a couple of Wimbledon titles and four US Open titles. So far Rafa has only won an Australian Open title.

Rafael Nadal Grand Slam Final Appearances

Result	Year	Tournament	Opponent	Score
Win	2005	French Open	Mariano Puerta	6–7^(6–8), 6–3, 6–1, 7–5
Win	2006	French Open (2)	Roger Federer	1–6, 6–1, 6–4, 7–6^(7–4)
Loss	2006	Wimbledon	Roger Federer	0–6, 6–7^(5–7), 7–6^(7–2), 3–6
Win	2007	French Open (3)	Roger Federer	6–3, 4–6, 6–3, 6–4
Loss	2007	Wimbledon	Roger Federer	6–7^(7–9), 6–4, 6–7^(3–7), 6–2, 2–6
Win	2008	French Open (4)	Roger Federer	6–1, 6–3, 6–0
Win	2008	Wimbledon	Roger Federer	6–4, 6–4, 6–7^(5–7), 6–7^(8–10), 9–7
Win	2009	Australian Open	Roger Federer	7–5, 3–6, 7–6^(7–3), 3–6, 6–2
Win	2010	French Open (5)	Robin Söderling	6–4, 6–2, 6–4
Win	2010	Wimbledon (2)	Tomáš Berdych	6–3, 7–5, 6–4
Win	2010	US Open	Novak Djokovic	6–4, 5–7, 6–4, 6–2
Win	2011	French Open (6)	Roger Federer	7–5, 7–6^(7–3), 5–7, 6–1
Loss	2011	Wimbledon	Novak Djokovic	4–6, 1–6, 6–1, 3–6
Loss	2011	US Open	Novak Djokovic	2–6, 4–6, 7–6^(7–3), 1–6
Loss	2012	Australian Open	Novak Djokovic	7–5, 4–6, 2–6, 7–6^(7–5), 5–7
Win	2012	French Open (7)	Novak Djokovic	6–4, 6–3, 2–6, 7–5
Win	2013	French Open (8)	David Ferrer	6–3, 6–2, 6–3
Win	2013	US Open (2)	Novak Djokovic	6–2, 3–6, 6–4, 6–1
Loss	2014	Australian Open	Stan Wawrinka	3–6, 2–6, 6–3, 3–6
Win	2014	French Open (9)	Novak Djokovic	3–6, 7–5, 6–2, 6–4
Loss	2017	Australian Open	Roger Federer	4–6, 6–3, 1–6, 6–3, 3–6
Win	2017	French Open (10)	Stan Wawrinka	6–2, 6–3, 6–1
Win	2017	US Open (3)	Kevin Anderson	6–3, 6–3, 6–4
Win	2018	French Open (11)	Dominic Thiem	6–4, 6–3, 6–2
Loss	2019	Australian Open	Novak Djokovic	3–6, 2–6, 3–6
Win	2019	French Open (12)	Dominic Thiem	6–3, 5–7, 6–1, 6–1
Win	2019	US Open (4)	Daniil Medvedev	7–5, 6–3, 5–7, 4–6, 6–4
Win	2020	French Open (13)	Novak Djokovic	6–0, 6–2, 7–5

With this, the 'Big Three' is expected to clash against each other in Wimbledon 2021 which begins on June 28, 2021. It would be interesting to see who ends up being the real GOAT!

(The above story first appeared on LatestLY on Jun 14, 2021 11:23 AM IST. For more news and updates on politics, world, sports, entertainment and lifestyle, log on to our website latestly.com).

Novak Djokovic vs Roger Federer vs Rafael Nadal: Check Number of Grand Slam Titles Won by Tennis’ 'Big Three’

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