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Nadal to break 1 record held by Federer in the rankings after Paris

Rafa will be better than Roger in a specific department

29 October 2019

Rafael Nadal, Roger Federer, and Novak Djokovic have been breaking all sorts of records during their careers, often outpacing each other.

There are probably 3 records that are now the most discussed by the tennis community. The first one is obviously the total number of slams won. Federer is leading with 20, with Nadal at 19 and Djokovic and 16.

Then there is the famous record of Jimmy Connors of 109 titles. Federer is currently at 103, and if he has a couple of good seasons, he can break also that record.

Finally, there is the record as the most weeks at world no.1. In this case, the leader is Roger Federer as he was for 310 weeks at the top of the rankings. Novak Djokovic had the aim of breaking this record. The Serbian sensation has been leading the top of the rankings for 275 weeks, but his dominance will be halted by the end of this week by Rafael Nadal.

Most weeks in the top 2 places

Yet, another interesting stat (or record) emerged on Twitter as Nadal has just tied Roger Federer as the most weeks spent in the top2 places of the rankings. Both Roger and Rafa stayed for 528 weeks as either the world no.1 or no.2. Obviously, the King of Clay will overtake Roger next week.

rafael #nadal and roger #federer have now the same number of weeks in the atp top-2 pic.twitter.com/SqfXv24yw6

— Luca Brancher (@LucaBeck) October 28, 2019

Rafael Nadal’s ranking and performance in 2019

Ranked no.2, Rafael played his last match on the 8^th of September when he defeated Daniil Medvedev 7-5 6-3 5-7 4-6 6-4 in the final in U.S. Open to win his 84^th career title.

This year Nadal has a 47-6 win-loss record. Rafael has won 4 titles in 2019 in Rome, at the French Open, in Montreal and at the U.S. Open. The Spaniard was the finalist at the Australian Open.

Roger Federer’s ranking and performance in 2019

Ranked no.3, Roger played his last match on the 27^th of October when he beat Alex De Minaur 6-2 6-2 in the final in Basel to win his 103^rd career title.

This year the Swiss has a 49-8 win-loss record. Federer conquered 4 titles in 2019 in Dubai, in Miami, in Halle and in Basel. The Swiss was the finalist in Indian Wells and in Wimbledon.

Rafael Nadal and Roger Federer played each other 42 times. The head to head is 26-16 for Nadal.

The last time that they fought against each other, Roger Federer won 7-6³ 1-6 6-3 6-4 in the semifinal in London on the 12^th July 2019.