Stefanos Tsitsipas and Rafael Nadal have just ended playing an exciting final at the Mubadala World Tennis Championship that the Spaniard won after more than 3 hours.

Even if this match was, in theory, an exhibition, the players were in fantastic conditions, and they were both extremely keen on winning the encounter. Eventually, even if it was the King of Clay to conquer the match, there was not much difference between them besides a few details.

Tsitsipas’ ambitious targets and Nadal

As he did for 2019, Stefanos has publicly stated his ambitious goals for 2020. He wants to win a slam, a Master1000, break in the top3 and qualify again for the ATP Finals.

After beating the Greek, Nadal was asked to comment about Stefanos’ targets. Rafa replied:

“It’s good that he has a good ambition. It’s important to have clear goals, and then you have to do it, and it’s something difficult because being in the top three is not easy. There are a lot of players that will fight to be in the higher positions of the ranking, but of course he had a great season and he will fight for important things.”

Nadal and Tsitsipas chances to win the Australian Open

Both Nadal and Tsitsipas are among the top favorites to win the title in Melbourne. According to bet365, Novak Djokovic is still in pole position, with Nadal being the favorite no.2. Then Tsitsipas is considered having the same chances to win the Australian Open as Roger Federer and Daniil Medvedev. This is going to be an interesting one.

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Stefanos Tsitsipas’s ranking and performance in 2019

Currently the world no.6, the Greek played his last match on the 17th of November when he beat Dominic Thiem 6-76 6-2 7-64 in the final in London to win his 4th career title.

In this year Tsitsipas has a 53-25 win-loss record. Stefanos has won 3 titles in 2019 in Marseille, in Estoril and in London. The Greek was the finalist in Dubai, in Madrid and in Beijing.

Nadal in Davis Cup, ranking, and results in 2019

Now ranked no.1, the Spaniard has a 52-7 win-loss record in 2019. The Spaniard is currently playing in Davis Cup where he beat Denis Shapovalov 6-3 7-67.

Stefanos Tsitsipas and Rafael Nadal played each other 7 times. The head to head is 6-1 for Nadal.

The last time that they squared off, Rafael Nadal won 6-74 6-4 7-5 in the round robin in London (Nitto ATP Finals) on the 15th of November 2019.

Here the highlights.