Federer, Nadal and Djokovic are ridiculously good, but are the Big 3 better than every other era in tennis history?

(From left to right): Novak Djokovic, Rafael Nadal and Roger Federer
(From left to right): Novak Djokovic, Rafael Nadal and Roger Federer

ATP Finals Dominance

The ATP Finals is the second highest tier of men's tennis tournament after the four Grand Slam tournaments.
The ATP Finals is the second highest tier of men's tennis tournament after the four Grand Slams

The year-end ATP Finals has been won by the Big 3 a total of 11 times in the last 15 years. Federer has won it a record 6 times while Djokovic has won it 5 times. Lendl and Sampras also have 5 victories.

Connors, Borg, and McEnroe had won the tournament 6 times in 8 years, while Lendl, Becker, and Edberg had won it 9 times in 15 years. Sampras and Agassi had won it 6 times in 10 years.

Nadal, Wilander and Courier have never won the ATP Finals.

There have been five Big 3 finals. But for Connors, Borg, and McEnroe, there was only a single Connors-Borg final. Wilander, Lendl, Becker and Edberg had five finals among them and Courier, Sampras and Agassi had two finals.

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Federer has won the ATP Finals a record 6 times from 10 finals

Federer has qualified for the tournament 15 times and played in the final on 10 occasions. Lendl qualified 12 times and played in the final 9 times.

The longest streak for the Big 3 is six titles - from 2010 to 2015. The next longest streak is five titles by Lendl, Becker and Edberg, from 1985 to 1989.

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