Meet the trio with a winning head-to-head record against both Federer and Nadal

#1 Novak Djokovic (Serbia)

Novak Djokovic

No player apart from Novak Djokovic has played more matches (103), had more wins (54) or suffered more losses (49) against Federer and Nadal.

One of only four players to have a combined winning head-to-head against Federer and Nadal, Djokovic is the only player after Dominic Hrbaty and Alex Corretja to have a winning head-to-head record against both the stalwarts. Franco Squillari has a 2-1 combined head-to-head against Federer and Nadal, but the Argentine lost his lone meeting with Nadal.

After winning only once in his first six matches against Federer and Nadal each, Djokovic eventually took the head-to-head lead against both the legends. Some of Djokovic's most famous wins and titles have come at the expense of either Federer or Nadal.

Djokovic has won 30 (of his 77) career singles titles after beating either Federer or Nadal in a tournament final.

No player has beaten Federer (14) and Nadal (15) in tournament finals as many times as Djokovic has. After winning three of his first five finals against Djokovic, the Swiss has gone 3/14 in his subsequent tournament finals against the Serb - which includes the 2019 Wimbledon final where Federer squandered multiple championship points on serve.

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Nadal lost seven consecutive tournament finals against Djokovic between 2011-12 (Indian Wells, Miami, Madrid, Rome, Wimbledon, US Open and 2012 Australian Open) and the Spaniard has also lost seven of his last nine tournament finals against the Serb.

Djokovic bided his time behind the dominant duo, spending a record 91 consecutive weeks at no. 3 between 2007 and 2009. He broke Federer and Nadal's duopoly atop the summit of the ATP rankings in 2011 when he became the 25th different player to occupy the numero uno spot.

Incidentally, Djokovic forms the third part of men's tennis' Big 3 trifecta.