By Chris Oddo | @TheFanChild | Saturday January 11th, 2020

Ahead of Novak Djokovic and Rafael Nadal’s 55th meeting, we break down the numbers of this legendary rivalry as the pair prepares to battle at the ATP Cup.

28-26 No other pair have met more than the 54 times Nadal and Djokovic in the Open Era, with Djokovic holding the 28-26 edge over Nadal.

This is the 15th consecutive season in which Nadal and Djokovic will have met. Overall, Djokovic has won 12 of the last 15 meetings between the two.

19-7 Djokovic leads Nadal 19-7 on hard courts, and he has won 17 consecutive sets from Nadal on the surface since the 2013 U.S. Open final.



No.1 Nadal v No.2 Djokovic Today’s battle in Sydney will mark the ninth time that Djokovic has met No.1-ranked Nadal while he was No.2-ranked. The Serb has won seven of the eight previous meetings, with the last one coming in 2014 at Roland Garros (won by Nadal).

7 The longest streak in the rivalry held by one player over the other. Djokovic has twice managed seven-match winning streaks over Nadal. Nadal has never won more than five matches in succession against Djokovic.

4-22 Djokovic’s record against Nadal when he has lost the first set. Djokovic is 24-2 when he has won the first set against Nadal with the two losses coming in Madrid in 2009 and Roland Garros in 2014.

16-0 The Serb is 16-0 against Nadal when he wins the first set on a hard court.

2-0 Nadal is 2-0 against Djokovic in team competitions. He defeated Djokovic in the 2008 Beijing Olympic semifinals and at Davis Cup in 2009.

13-17 Djokovic owns a 13-17 lifetime record against reigning World No.1 players; Nadal is 261-41 as a reigning No.1.

481 Number of weeks that Djokovic (275) and Nadal (206 and counting) have held the ATP’s No.1 ranking. The pair have each finished a season as the ATP’s year-end No.1 five times.