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Originally Posted by newguyhere
If that's all you want to look at, then sure.
What matters most in tennis is major titles, but there certainly are other stats that matter, and Vak is even farther ahead of his peers in those. Let's take a look at the other things that matter:
2nd tier titles (masters 1000, tour finals, olympics):
Vak: 39 masters+ 6 tour finals = 45
Rafa: 36 masters+ 1 olympic gold = 37
Fed: 28 masters+ 6 tour finals = 34
Interesting to note that Sir Andrew Murray is the only player to have won at least one major, masters, tour finals, and olympic gold in the 21st century.
Weeks at #1:
Vak: 390
Fed: 310
Rafa: 209
Year-end #1:
Vak: 7 (will be 8 soon)
Rafa: 5
Fed: 5
Career Prize Money:
Vak: $175m
Rafa: $134m
Fed: $130m
As you can see, Vak is crushing it in everything else that matters.
There is only one stat I can think of that matters that Vak isn't crushing, at least not yet.
Total professional Titles:
Fed: 105
Vak: 102
Rafa: 100
Cherry-picking head to head matchup+ tournament combinations is not something anyone who knows anything about tennis believes is anywhere near as important as any of the above stats.
However, just for fun, let's look at the H2H combos of the 3 GOATS:
Vak > Fed 27-23
Vak > Rafa 30-29
Rafa > Fed 24-16
So Vak still winning there anyway.
Case closed.
Last edited by krunic; 09-13-2023 at 11:42 PM.