Nadal’s level on clay is the highest level ever known in tennis history, not only on clay but also in any other surface. No one in history has ever comed close to reach such a high level.
His level on clay is objectivally the highest ever reached by any other tennis player on any other surface.
The W/L ratio is incredible.
1) Nadal 92%
2) Borg 86%
3) Lendl 81%
5) Djokovic 80%
14) Federer 76%
If you consider hard the W/L ratio is really tight:
Nadal’s level on clay is the highest level ever known in tennis history, not only on clay but also in any other surface. No one in history has ever comed close to reach such a high level.
His level on clay is objectivally the highest ever reached by any other tennis player on any other surface.
The W/L ratio is incredible.
1) Nadal 92%
2) Borg 86%
3) Lendl 81%
5) Djokovic 80%
14) Federer 76%
One may be able to say he has the highest sustained peak on a particular surface. However, he also has the advantage being that clay is always slow and high-bouncing. A hard-court can be slow, medium, fast, low-bouncing, high-bouncing, indoor, etcetera. Where is the variation in clay? And because there are more hard courts, it is probably safe to assume the competition is much more fierce on a hard court.
Nadal is the greatest clay court player I have ever seen, but let's not pretend there is a lot of variation on the clay he plays on. Would he be anywhere close to dominant had clay been fast and low-bouncing? I have my doubts.
It’s kind of a given Dull on clay is toughest to beat but it’s a given that it’s much harder to upset top players on clay than grass cause grass allows players to take the racquet out of their opponents hands whereas clay is just an endurance pushing battle which Dull always wins. Federer’s consistency on grass is pretty remarkable considering grass is way harder to be consistent on as attacking players on their game can blow you off the court.
Emperor of Clay, GOD OF CLAY, call him how you want. It is a joy watching him moving on the red dirt and producing incredible defensive and even more incredible offense, winners from every corner and painting all those lines with high spinning balls and mental cojones. 0-40 or break balls nearly every average service game from his opponents.
I was one of the lucky ones, got the ticket to watch him live on Chatrier last year, destroying Federer in the semifinal once again in straight sets.
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