Rafael Nadal

The born in Manacor, Mallorca, a 3 of June of 1986 is considered by the Spanish sports newspaper, Marca, the best Spanish sportsman ever. The left-handed player won his first championship at the age of 8 back home in the Baleares islands. Rafa has won 29 titles ever since he turned pro in 2002, where it stands out the 4 time in arrow Roland Garros, Wimbledon and the ATP Master Series in Monte Carlo, Barcelona, Hamburg, Roma, Indian Wells, Montreal and Madrid. Sponsored by Nike and Babolat, Rafa has won more than 19 million dollars in prizes. Nadal has also beaten tons of records, for example, he is the youngest man ever to win the Davis Cup, first player to win Roland Garros and Wimbledon since Boris Becker, he is the second youngest player to win a Master Series, Rafa is the youngest player to win Monte Carlo since Mats Wilander in 1983 and he is the youngest Spanish player to get in the top ten of the ATP singles chart. Rafael is known for giving 110% on any match, no matter his opponent, and his game is based more in the strength of his shots rather than in the techniques of them.

Roger Federer

Born in Basel, Switzerland, an 8 of August of 1981, Roger Federer is considered by colleagues, journalists and former players the best tennis player ever. Federer has won more than 41 million dollars in prizes, ever since he turned pro in 1998. Sponsored by Nike and Wilson, Roger has achieved 7 doubles titles and 55 singles titles, which stands out winning 5 times in a row Wimbledon, the US Open, the Australian Open, the Tennis Masters Cup and the ATP Master Series in Canada, Indian Wells, Madrid, Hamburg, Miami and Cincinnati. Roger is the number 1 player in the ATP charts since the 2 of February of 2004, and since then, no one was able to move him from that position. Roger Federer is known for being a great player with great techniques on which he has the spectacular ability of making the transition from defence to attack in only one shot, so even when this player is cornered, he is able to make a remarkable winning shot.

Together they have played the many spectacular and weird matches ever seen in tennis. An example of this is the 2008 Wimbledon Final, which was the first time Nadal won Wimbledon, on a final that was so intense that tired everyone just by watching it. This final won by Nadal 6-4, 6-4, 6-7, 6-7. 9-7, was the longest final ever played in the lawn of the All England Club lasting a total time of 4 hs 48 min. They also played a unique match called the Battle of the Surfaces, on which half of the court was made out of clay, since it is Nadals strongest surface, and the other half of the court was made out of grass, since it is Federers strongest surface. This peculiar battle was won by Nadal, but the score was only anecdotic. They have played together 18 times, 12 won by Nadal and 6 by Federer, 14 of them were in the final of the championship, and from those 14 finals, Nadal won in 10 times, meanwhile the other 4, Federer won them. Another curious fact is that in 10 of the last 11 matches between them, the player that won the first set was the player that won the match.

Here we may be talking of the best players that ever played tennis. These two are feared by any other player of the tour and playing against them is like receiving a death sentence. Every time they play a great match is held, because they only want one thing, to be the best.