Nadal has 241 weeks as #2
Becker 136 weeks
McEnroe 130-150 (rankings at the time were uncertain)
Lendl 110-125
Federer 116
Edberg 104
Sampras 90
Agassi 88
Connors...difficult to say, but probably just above 100. Same with Borg.
nadal will always be remembered as the second fiddle, the only reason he was able to reach number 1 was because roger got mono in 2008 and the twins were borned the year after so roger cdnt focus and didnt have time to train properly. nadal really need to thank the twins and buy them huge birthday presents every year, because without them he wd never have won the us open and complete the career slam
How is it possible to have a No 2 where he has winning record over the Current No 1 (Djokovic) and the previous No 1 (Federer) and still spend the most time behind them ???
Well, part of the reason is that Nadal is often injured and/or exhausted at the end of the season.
If you cnnot play that often and miss some big tournaments, it shows in your ranking point breakdown.
Well, it wasn't even "match-up" wise, but you couldn't say that Rafa was a clear favourite in every one of their matches like you've been able to for the most part after 09. Both guys for the most part took care of their best surfaces and then in 08 Roger's confidence vs Rafa took a freefall, perhaps starting with that Hamburg defeat.
At the end of the day, history will remember Nadal whooping Federer..6 - 2 in grand slam finals...Fed had his chance to make it a rivalry but that competitive nature was just not there...now it is up to Djokovic to halt Nadal's slam count!
Now I've heard everything - a "non-competitive" nature lets you win 17 Grand Slams, and record 302 weeks in the No. 1 spot. Oh and a number of people besides Djokovic were already crimping Nadal's slam count after he recorded his first GS -- people like Ferrer, Blake, Youzhny, Hewitt, Gonzalez, Tsonga, Rosol and Darcis
Many many times most of them say they are injured etc... but that's really nothing special and not surprising. Most tennis players are quite feminine and pussies Look at those clothes they use outside the court in civil life. Most of them look like metrosexuals. I wouldn't use those clothes even if i got paid
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