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By Chris Oddo | @TheFanChild | Thursday June 6, 2019


Roger and Rafa, Edition 39. Paris is over the moon about a Nadal v Federer semi-final at Roland Garros. Here’s some numbers to crunch ahead of Friday’s colossal matchup.

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39

Number of lifetime meetings between Federer and Nadal—Nadal holds the lifetime edge of 23-15.

38

Only two other duos have met more than Federer and Nadal in Open Era history. Nadal and Djokovic (54) and Federer and Djokovic (47).

37

Roger Federer’s current age. At 37 years and 305 days Federer is the second-oldest Roland Garros semi-finalist in Open Era history. Pancho Gonzalez achieved the feat at the age of 40 in 1968.

13-2

Nadal owns a lifetime record of 13-2 on clay against Federer.

5

Federer owns a 5-match winning streak against Nadal. Nadal has not defeated Federer since the 2014 Australian Open finals.

2013

The last year that Federer and Nadal actually contested a match on clay. Nadal won 6-1 6-3 in the Rome final.

85

The number of Grand Slam finals contested by the pair. Federer has 44 and Nadal has 31.

5-0

Nadal’s record against Federer at Roland Garros. He defeated the Swiss in the 2005 semi-finals and the 2006, 2007, 2008 and 2011 finals. Nadal has won 15 of the 19 sets that the pair has contested in Paris.

91-2

Nadal’s all-time record at Roland Garros. Only Robin Soderling (2009) and Novak Djokovic (2015) have defeated the Spaniard on the terre battue. Federer’s record at Roland Garros is 70-16. He is second on the all-time Roland Garros men’s singles win list.

17

Nadal has won 17 more sets than Federer over the course of their rivalry (67-50).

12

Nadal and Federer have met 12 times at the Grand Slams, with Nadal leading 9-3.

11-10

Nadal is 11-10 against Federer in tiebreakers, 2-0 at Roland Garros and 6-3 on clay.

9

Federer and Nadal have played nine semi-finals, with Nadal leading 6-3.

116-2

Nadal’s record in best-of-five matches on clay.

37

Number of Grand Slam titles won by Federer (20) and Nadal (17) combined.

12

Number of Roland Garros titles won by Nadal (11) and Federer (1) combined.

31

Federer has held in 31 consecutive service games against Nadal.

7

Number of Grand Slam titles won by Federer (4) and Nadal (3) since turning 30.

55-18

The combined record of Nadal (25-5) and Federer (30-13) in Grand Slam semi-finals.

10:59

Time spent on court through the quarter-finals by Rafael Nadal. Federer has spent 10:45 on court in his five matches in Paris.


 

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