Novak Djokovic’s Complete Dominance on All Surfaces: Grass, Hard, and Clay

It is often considered Novak Djokovic as the most complete in the fight with Roger Federer y Rafael Nadal for being the best ever. And a data reflects it. The Serbian won this Friday in his presentation at the Rome Masters 1000 and reached 80% of career match wins when competing on clay. Nole has seen himself surpassed many times in this field by Nadal, but even so, he has won 18 titles, including two in Roland Garros. And he is considered one of the best in clay despite this. At the same time, he is also one of the best of all time on hard courts and on grass, something that makes him unique.

Novak is the only member of the Big 3 with more than 80% effectiveness on all three surfaces.. He has an 85.8% win rate on grass and 84.6% on hard courts. Roger Federer has similar stats on grass (86.9%) and hard courts (83.5%), but falls short of 80% on clay (76.1%). While Nadal has the highest record of the three on any surface with his dominance on clay (91.3%), but does not reach 80% on grass (79.2%) and hard courts (77.6%) .

DJOKOVIC W/L
Grass: 85,8%
Hard: 84,6%
Clay: 80%

FEDERER
Grass: 86,9%
Hard: 83,5%
Clay: 76,1%

NADAL
Grass: 79,2%
Hard: 77,6%
Clay: 91,3%

— Jose Morgado (@josemorgado) May 13, 2023