Big Four career statistics

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This is a list of the combined career statistics of the Big Four, the four players who have dominated men's tennis in singles for the majority of the 21st century. The Big Four consist of Roger Federer,[1] Rafael Nadal,[2] Novak Djokovic,[3] and Andy Murray.[4]

Overall dominance[]

Andy Murray won the Olympic gold medal in 2012, defeating Roger Federer in the final.

Since the 2005 Australian Open the Big Four have won three of four Olympic Games singles tournaments, all but eight majors[5] and all but seven ATP Finals championships.

The dominance does not just consist of winning the events, with all four members regularly making it to the latter stages of tournaments. Out of 67 majors between the 2005 French Open and 2022 Australian Open, the only two finals not to include any member of the Big Four were those of 2014 and 2020 US Opens. They occupied ten consecutive major finals (winner and runner-up) from the 2010 US Open to the 2013 Australian Open. Since 2008, they have occupied all four semi-final spots on four occasions, at the 2008 US Open, 2011 French Open, 2011 US Open and 2012 Australian Open, as well as taking three of the four spaces on nine other separate occasions. In 2011, they occupied 14 out of a possible 16 Grand Slam semi-final slots. In the same period, only twice did two or more not made the semi-final stage (2009 and 2010 French Open), while in 2012 they took 13 out 16 Grand Slam semi-final slots. At the Olympics, members of the Big Four took five of the nine available singles medals in 2008, 2012 and 2016, and also including doubles have a total of five golds, two silvers and a bronze from these Games.[6][7][8] Murray has three Olympic medals, whilst Nadal and Federer have won two Olympic medals each. Murray is the only of them to have won two medals at the same tournament, taking both the singles gold and mixed doubles silver medals at the 2012 Summer Olympics. He is also the only player of either gender to have won two gold medals in the singles event. Djokovic is the only member not to have won a gold medal in any event so far, although he did win the singles bronze medal in 2008.

The Big Four, along with Rod Laver, Tony Roche and Ivan Lendl, are the only men in Open Era history to reach the semi-finals at all four Majors in a single calendar year.[9][10] Federer and Djokovic have achieved this a record five times in their career so far. Similarly, the Big Four make up four of the seven players (along with Andre Agassi, Ken Rosewall and Ivan Lendl) to have made the semi-finals three or more times at each of the four Majors.[11] Additionally, the Big Four make up four of the ten players to have reached the final at each of the four Majors. Finally, prior to 2009, no man had made 20 Grand Slam singles finals, with Ivan Lendl leading the way with 19. However, since then, Federer, Djokovic (31) and Nadal (29) have each surpassed this mark.

Key
W  F  SF QF #R RR Q# DNQ A NH
(W) Won; (F) finalist; (SF) semifinalist; (QF) quarterfinalist; (#R) rounds 4, 3, 2, 1; (RR) round-robin stage; (Q#) qualification round; (DNQ) did not qualify; (A) absent; (NH) not held. SR=strike rate (events won/competed)
To avoid confusion and double counting, these charts are updated at the conclusion of a tournament or when the player's participation has ended.

Combined Grand Slam tournament performance timeline (best result)[]

Grand Slam 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 SR
Australian Open Q1F 3RF 3RF 4RF 4RF WF SFF WF WF WD WN WF WD WD WD FN WD WD WF WF WD WD WD WN 17 / 23
French Open 1RF 4RF QFF 1RF 1RF 3RF WN WN WN WN WF WN WN WN WN WN FD WD WN WN WN WN WD 16 / 23
Wimbledon 1RF 1RF QFF 1RF WF WF WF WF WF WN WF WN WD WF WM WD WD WM WF WD WD NH[a] WD 18 / 22
US Open Q2F 3RF 4RF 4RF 4RF WF WF WF WF WF FF WN WD WM WN SFDF WD FD WN WD WN 4RD FD 13 / 22

Big Four Head-to-Head Grand Slam finals: 33[]

No. Year Championship Surface Winner Runner-up Score
1. 2006 French Open Clay Spain Rafael Nadal Switzerland Roger Federer 1–6, 6–1, 6–4, 7–6(7–4)
2. 2006 Wimbledon Grass Switzerland Roger Federer Spain Rafael Nadal 6–0, 7–6(7–5), 6–7(2–7), 6–3
3. 2007 French Open Clay Spain Rafael Nadal Switzerland Roger Federer 6–3, 4–6, 6–3, 6–4
4. 2007 Wimbledon Grass Switzerland Roger Federer Spain Rafael Nadal 7–6(9–7), 4–6, 7–6(7–3), 2–6, 6–2
5. 2007 US Open Hard Switzerland Roger Federer Serbia Novak Djokovic 7–6(7–4), 7–6(7–2), 6–4
6. 2008 French Open Clay Spain Rafael Nadal Switzerland Roger Federer 6–1, 6–3, 6–0
7. 2008 Wimbledon Grass Spain Rafael Nadal Switzerland Roger Federer 6–4, 6–4, 6–7(5–7), 6–7(8–10), 9–7
8. 2008 US Open Hard Switzerland Roger Federer United Kingdom Andy Murray 6–2, 7–5, 6–2
9. 2009 Australian Open Hard Spain Rafael Nadal Switzerland Roger Federer 7–5, 3–6, 7–6(7–3), 3–6, 6–2
10. 2010 Australian Open Hard Switzerland Roger Federer United Kingdom Andy Murray 6–3, 6–4, 7–6(13–11)
11. 2010 US Open Hard Spain Rafael Nadal Serbia Novak Djokovic 6–4, 5–7, 6–4, 6–2
12. 2011 Australian Open Hard Serbia Novak Djokovic United Kingdom Andy Murray 6–4, 6–2, 6–3
13. 2011 French Open Clay Spain Rafael Nadal Switzerland Roger Federer 7–5, 7–6(7–3), 5–7, 6–1
14. 2011 Wimbledon Grass Serbia Novak Djokovic Spain Rafael Nadal 6–4, 6–1, 1–6, 6–3
15. 2011 US Open Hard Serbia Novak Djokovic Spain Rafael Nadal 6–2, 6–4, 6–7(3–7), 6–1
16. 2012 Australian Open Hard Serbia Novak Djokovic Spain Rafael Nadal 5–7, 6–4, 6–2, 6–7(5–7), 7–5
17. 2012 French Open Clay Spain Rafael Nadal Serbia Novak Djokovic 6–4, 6–3, 2–6, 7–5
18. 2012 Wimbledon Grass Switzerland Roger Federer United Kingdom Andy Murray 4–6, 7–5, 6–3, 6–4
19. 2012 US Open Hard United Kingdom Andy Murray Serbia Novak Djokovic 7–6(12–10), 7–5, 2–6, 3–6, 6–2
20. 2013 Australian Open Hard Serbia Novak Djokovic United Kingdom Andy Murray 6–7(2–7), 7–6(7–3), 6–3, 6–2
21. 2013 Wimbledon Grass United Kingdom Andy Murray Serbia Novak Djokovic 6–4, 7–5, 6–4
22. 2013 US Open Hard Spain Rafael Nadal Serbia Novak Djokovic 6–2, 3–6, 6–4, 6–1
23. 2014 French Open Clay Spain Rafael Nadal Serbia Novak Djokovic 3–6, 7–5, 6–2, 6–4
24. 2014 Wimbledon Grass Serbia Novak Djokovic Switzerland Roger Federer 6–7(7–9), 6–4, 7–6(7–4), 5–7, 6–4
25. 2015 Australian Open Hard Serbia Novak Djokovic United Kingdom Andy Murray 7–6(7–5), 6–7(4–7), 6–3, 6–0
26. 2015 Wimbledon Grass Serbia Novak Djokovic Switzerland Roger Federer 7–6(7–1), 6–7(10–12), 6–4, 6–3
27. 2015 US Open Hard Serbia Novak Djokovic Switzerland Roger Federer 6–4, 5–7, 6–4, 6–4
28. 2016 Australian Open Hard Serbia Novak Djokovic United Kingdom Andy Murray 6–1, 7–5, 7–6(7–3)
29. 2016 French Open Clay Serbia Novak Djokovic United Kingdom Andy Murray 3–6, 6–1, 6–2, 6–4
30. 2017 Australian Open Hard Switzerland Roger Federer Spain Rafael Nadal 6–4, 3–6, 6–1, 3–6, 6–3
31. 2019 Australian Open Hard Serbia Novak Djokovic Spain Rafael Nadal 6–3, 6–2, 6–3
32. 2019 Wimbledon Grass Serbia Novak Djokovic Switzerland Roger Federer 7–6(7–5), 1–6, 7–6(7–4), 4–6, 13–12(7–3)
33. 2020 French Open Clay Spain Rafael Nadal Serbia Novak Djokovic 6–0, 6–2, 7–5

Combined ATP Finals performance timeline (best result)[]

ATP Finals 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 SR
Did Not Qualify SFF WF WF FF WF WF WD SFF WF WF WD WD WD WD WM SFF FD SFF SFDN SFD 12 / 20

Big Four ATP Finals finals: 6[]

Year Location Surface Winner Runner-up Score
2010 London Hard (i) Switzerland Roger Federer Spain Rafael Nadal 6–3, 3–6, 6–1
2012 London Hard (i) Serbia Novak Djokovic Switzerland Roger Federer 7–6(8–6), 7–5
2013 London Hard (i) Serbia Novak Djokovic Spain Rafael Nadal 6–3, 6–4
2014 London Hard (i) Serbia Novak Djokovic Switzerland Roger Federer Walkover
2015 London Hard (i) Serbia Novak Djokovic Switzerland Roger Federer 6–3, 6–4
2016 London Hard (i) United Kingdom Andy Murray Serbia Novak Djokovic 6–3, 6–4

Combined Olympic Games singles performance timeline (best result)[]

Olympic Games 2000 2004 2008 2012 2016 2021 SR
4thF 2RF GN GM GM 4thD 3 / 6

Big Four Olympic finals[]

Year Games Surface Winner Runner-up Score
2012 London Grass United Kingdom Andy Murray Switzerland Roger Federer 6–2, 6–1, 6–4

ATP Masters tournaments[]

Similarly, ATP Masters events have been dominated by the Big Four. Djokovic leads with 37 titles, ahead of Nadal (36), Federer (28) and Murray (14). They have won a combined 115 titles (being represented in 129 finals). Between the 2005 Indian Wells Masters and 2017 Madrid Masters they collectively won 96 out of 112 events (85%), however their most dominant period was from the 2011 Indian Wells Masters to the 2017 Madrid Masters where they won 54 out of 58 (93%). This includes all 9 in 2011, 2013 and 2015. Moreover, from the 2014 Cincinnati Masters to the 2016 Canada Masters, they won 18 consecutive ATP Masters events. From the beginning of 2013 through the first six events of 2017, they had a streak of 42 consecutive Masters events where at least one of the four reached the final, winning a combined 37 titles. Strangely, only three times (2009, 2011 & 2012) did all four win at least one event during the same calendar year. Since 2003 no other player has won more than 3 titles. Nadal (398), Federer (381) and Djokovic (374) have won more matches than any other player (Jimmy Connors is a distant fourth with 261). Murray (218) stands seventh.

Combined Masters performance timeline (best result)[]

ATP Tour Masters 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 SR
Indian Wells Masters A Q1 1RF 3RF 2RF WF WF WF WN WD WN SFN WD WF WN WD WD WD WF FF FF NH[a] 3RM 13 / 20
Miami Open 1RF 2RF QFF FF QFF 4RN WF WF WD FN WM SFN WD WD WM WD WD WD WF 2RDF WF A 12 / 21
Monte-Carlo Masters 1RF 1RF QFF 2RF 3RN A WN WN WN WN WN WN WN WN WD FF WD WN WN WN SFN QFN 13 / 21
Madrid Open[b] A 1RF 1RF WF 3RNF WF WF 2RMD WF WN WF WN WD WF WN WN WM WD WN QFN WD QFN 15 / 21
Italian Open A 1RF 3RF 1RF FF 2RF WN WN WN WD WN WN WD WN WN WD WD WM FD WN WN WD WN 16 / 22
Canadian Open A 1RF A 1RF SFF WF WN WF WD WN WM WM WD WD WN FF WM WD FF WN WN NH[a] A 14 / 19
Cincinnati Masters A 1RF A 1RF 2RF 1RFN WF QFNM WF WM WF WF WM WF WN WF WF FM QFN WD SFD WD 2RM 12 / 21
Shanghai Masters[c] A 2RF 2RF QFF SFF 2RN WN WF FF WM FN WM WM WD WD WF WD WM WF WD QFDF NH[a] 12 / 20
Paris Masters A 1RF 2RF QFF QFF A 3RD 3RM FN QFNFM WD SFF WF 3RM WD WD WD WM QFN FD WD SFN WD 8 / 21
Big Four ATP Masters finals: 48[]

The four have met one another at least twice in Masters finals. Their head to head records are: Federer 5–7 Nadal; Federer 3–5 Djokovic; Federer 0–2 Murray; Nadal 7–7 Djokovic; Nadal 1–1 Murray; Djokovic 5–5 Murray.

No. Year Surface Tournament Winner Runner-up Score
1. 2005 Hard Miami Switzerland Roger Federer Spain Rafael Nadal 2–6, 6–7(4–7), 7–6(7–5), 6–3, 6–1
2. 2006 Clay Monte Carlo Spain Rafael Nadal Switzerland Roger Federer 6–2, 6–7(2–7), 6–3, 7–6(7–5)
3. 2006 Clay Rome Spain Rafael Nadal Switzerland Roger Federer 6–7(0–7), 7–6(7–5), 6–4, 2–6, 7–6(7–5)
4. 2007 Hard Indian Wells Spain Rafael Nadal Serbia Novak Djokovic 6–2, 7–5
5. 2007 Clay Monte Carlo Spain Rafael Nadal Switzerland Roger Federer 6–4, 6–4
6. 2007 Clay Hamburg Switzerland Roger Federer Spain Rafael Nadal 2–6, 6–2, 6–0
7. 2007 Hard Canada Serbia Novak Djokovic Switzerland Roger Federer 7–6(7–2), 2–6, 7–6(7–2)
8. 2008 Clay Monte Carlo Spain Rafael Nadal Switzerland Roger Federer 7–5, 7–5
9. 2008 Clay Hamburg Spain Rafael Nadal Switzerland Roger Federer 7–5, 6–7(3–7), 6–3
10. 2008 Hard Cincinnati United Kingdom Andy Murray Serbia Novak Djokovic 7–6(7–4), 7–6(7–5)
11. 2009 Hard Indian Wells Spain Rafael Nadal United Kingdom Andy Murray 6–1, 6–2
12. 2009 Hard Miami United Kingdom Andy Murray Serbia Novak Djokovic 6–2, 7–5
13. 2009 Clay Monte Carlo Spain Rafael Nadal Serbia Novak Djokovic 6–3, 2–6, 6–1
14. 2009 Clay Rome Spain Rafael Nadal Serbia Novak Djokovic 7–6(7–2), 6–2
15. 2009 Clay Madrid Switzerland Roger Federer Spain Rafael Nadal 6–4, 6–4
16. 2009 Hard Cincinnati Switzerland Roger Federer Serbia Novak Djokovic 6–1, 7–5
17. 2010 Clay Madrid Spain Rafael Nadal Switzerland Roger Federer 6–4, 7–6(7–5)
18. 2010 Hard Canada United Kingdom Andy Murray Switzerland Roger Federer 7–5, 7–5
19. 2010 Hard Shanghai United Kingdom Andy Murray Switzerland Roger Federer 6–3, 6–2
20. 2011 Hard Indian Wells Serbia Novak Djokovic Spain Rafael Nadal 4–6, 6–3, 6–2
21. 2011 Hard Miami Serbia Novak Djokovic Spain Rafael Nadal 4–6, 6–3, 7–6(7–4)
22. 2011 Clay Madrid Serbia Novak Djokovic Spain Rafael Nadal 7–5, 6–4
23. 2011 Clay Rome Serbia Novak Djokovic Spain Rafael Nadal 6–4, 6–4
24. 2011 Hard Cincinnati United Kingdom Andy Murray Serbia Novak Djokovic 6–4, 3–0 ret.
25. 2012 Hard Miami Serbia Novak Djokovic United Kingdom Andy Murray 6–1, 7–6(7–4)
26. 2012 Clay Monte Carlo Spain Rafael Nadal Serbia Novak Djokovic 6–3, 6–1
27. 2012 Clay Rome Spain Rafael Nadal Serbia Novak Djokovic 7–5, 6–3
28. 2012 Hard Cincinnati Switzerland Roger Federer Serbia Novak Djokovic 6–0, 7–6(9–7)
29. 2012 Hard Shanghai Serbia Novak Djokovic United Kingdom Andy Murray 5–7, 7–6(13–11), 6–3
30. 2013 Clay Monte Carlo Serbia Novak Djokovic Spain Rafael Nadal 6–2, 7–6(7–1)
31. 2013 Clay Rome Spain Rafael Nadal Switzerland Roger Federer 6–1, 6–3
32. 2014 Hard Indian Wells Serbia Novak Djokovic Switzerland Roger Federer 3–6, 6–3, 7–6(7–3)
33. 2014 Hard Miami Serbia Novak Djokovic Spain Rafael Nadal 6–3, 6–3
34. 2014 Clay Rome Serbia Novak Djokovic Spain Rafael Nadal 4–6, 6–3, 6–3
35. 2015 Hard Indian Wells Serbia Novak Djokovic Switzerland Roger Federer 6–3, 6–7(5–7), 6–2
36. 2015 Hard Miami Serbia Novak Djokovic United Kingdom Andy Murray 7–6(7–3), 4–6, 6–0
37. 2015 Clay Madrid United Kingdom Andy Murray Spain Rafael Nadal 6–3, 6–2
38. 2015 Clay Rome Serbia Novak Djokovic Switzerland Roger Federer 6–4, 6–3
39. 2015 Hard Canada United Kingdom Andy Murray Serbia Novak Djokovic 6–4, 4–6, 6–3
40. 2015 Hard Cincinnati Switzerland Roger Federer Serbia Novak Djokovic 7–6(7–1), 6–3
41. 2015 Hard (i) Paris Serbia Novak Djokovic United Kingdom Andy Murray 6–2, 6–4
42. 2016 Clay Madrid Serbia Novak Djokovic United Kingdom Andy Murray 6–2, 3–6, 6–3
43. 2016 Clay Rome United Kingdom Andy Murray Serbia Novak Djokovic 6–3, 6–3
44. 2017 Hard Miami Switzerland Roger Federer Spain Rafael Nadal 6–3, 6–4
45. 2017 Hard Shanghai Switzerland Roger Federer Spain Rafael Nadal 6–4, 6–3
46. 2018 Hard Cincinnati Serbia Novak Djokovic Switzerland Roger Federer 6–4, 6–4
47. 2019 Clay Rome Spain Rafael Nadal Serbia Novak Djokovic 6–0, 4–6, 6–1
48. 2021 Clay Rome Spain Rafael Nadal Serbia Novak Djokovic 7–5, 1–6, 6–3

Big Four finals in ATP 500 & ATP 250: 15[]

No. Year Surface Tournament Winner Runner-up Score
1. 2005 Hard (i) Bangkok Switzerland Roger Federer United Kingdom Andy Murray 6–3, 7–5
2. 2006 Hard Dubai Spain Rafael Nadal Switzerland Roger Federer 2–6, 6–4, 6–4
3. 2008 Grass Queen's Club Spain Rafael Nadal Serbia Novak Djokovic 7–6(8–6), 7–5
4. 2009 Hard (i) Rotterdam United Kingdom Andy Murray Spain Rafael Nadal 6–3, 4–6, 6–0
5. 2009 Hard (i) Basel Serbia Novak Djokovic Switzerland Roger Federer 6–4, 4–6, 6–2
6. 2010 Hard (i) Basel Switzerland Roger Federer Serbia Novak Djokovic 6–4, 3–6, 6–1
7. 2011 Hard Dubai Serbia Novak Djokovic Switzerland Roger Federer 6–3, 6–3
8. 2011 Hard Tokyo United Kingdom Andy Murray Spain Rafael Nadal 3–6, 6–2, 6–0
9. 2012 Hard Dubai Switzerland Roger Federer United Kingdom Andy Murray 7–5, 6–4
10. 2013 Hard Beijing Serbia Novak Djokovic Spain Rafael Nadal 6–3, 6–4
11. 2015 Hard Dubai Switzerland Roger Federer Serbia Novak Djokovic 6–3, 7–5
12. 2015 Hard Beijing Serbia Novak Djokovic Spain Rafael Nadal 6–2, 6–2
13. 2015 Hard (i) Basel Switzerland Roger Federer Spain Rafael Nadal 6–3, 5–7, 6–3
14. 2016 Hard Doha Serbia Novak Djokovic Spain Rafael Nadal 6–1, 6–2
15. 2017 Hard Doha Serbia Novak Djokovic United Kingdom Andy Murray 6–3, 5–7, 6–4

Top-level tournament records[]

See also: List of ATP Tour Top-level tournament singles champions

The four Grand Slams, the ATP Finals, the ATP Masters and the Summer Olympics, make up the 15 most coveted tournaments in men's tennis. Although no player has won each of these 15 events in men's singles, Djokovic is the closest to achieve all 15 tournaments, missing only the Olympic title. Murray is only the second player in the Open Era after Agassi to have won a Major, Masters title, Tour Finals, Davis Cup and Olympic Gold.

Federer and Nadal are two behind Djokovic. Nadal has also achieved a Career Grand Slam and a Career Golden Slam, but has thus far fallen short of winning the Tour Finals, the Miami Open and Paris Masters. Federer has also achieved a Career Grand Slam, but is missing the Olympic Gold in singles, the Monte-Carlo Masters and Italian Open. Murray has won 11 of the 15 events.

Federer and Nadal have reached the final of each of the 15 elite tournaments. Djokovic has reached the final of all of them except the Olympics. Murray has yet to play in the final at Monte Carlo.

Current as of 2022 Australian Open

Titles Grand Slams ATP Finals ATP Masters Olympics Career
Slam 		Golden
Masters 		W–L (%)
AO RG WIM USO IW MIA MON MAD[b] ROM CAN CIN SHA[c] PAR
62 Serbia Novak Djokovic W (9) W (2) W (6) W (3) W (5) W (5) W (6) W (2) W (3) W (5) W (4) W (2) W (4) W (6) Bronze medal.svg 2016, 2021 2018, 2020 751–150 (83.4%)
58 Spain Rafael Nadal W (2) W (13) W (2) W (4) F (2) W (3) F (5) W (11) W (5) W (10) W (5) W (1) W (1) F (1) Gold medal.svg 2010, 2022 × 726–142 (83.6%)
54 Switzerland Roger Federer W (6) W (1) W (8) W (5) W (6) W (5) W (4) F (4) W (6)¤ F (4) W (2) W (7) W (3)¤ W (1) Silver medal.svg 2009 × 822–190 (81.2%)
20 United Kingdom Andy Murray F (5) F (1) W (2) W (1) W (1) F (1) W (2) SF (3) W (1) W (1) W (3) W (2) W (4)¤ W (1) Gold medal.svg Gold medal.svg × × 439–149 (74.7%)
194 Total 64 12 115 3 5 2 2738–631 (81.3%)

Open-era record underlined.
¤ Denotes titles were won in different tournaments.

Rivalries[]

See also: List of tennis rivalries

The respective rivalries between the Big Four are considered to be some of the greatest of all time.[12][13][14][15][16] Amongst the four of them they have played 232 matches against each other, 65 of which were at Grand Slam events. This includes 33 Grand Slam tournament finals, as well as 26 Grand Slam semi-final meetings, more than any other group of four players. Currently, Djokovic leads the head-to-head record against all members of the Big Four.[17] Djokovic has also won 20+ matches against all three of his peers, while Nadal has won 20+ matches against two of his peers. The Djokovic-Nadal and Djokovic-Federer rivalries are the only two in the Open Era to reach 50 matches. With five, Federer has recorded most bagels against all three of his peers, while receiving only one.

Head-to-head records[]

Player Serbia Djokovic Spain Nadal Switzerland Federer United Kingdom Murray Overall Win %
Serbia Novak Djokovic 30–28 27–23 25–11 82–62 56.9%
Spain Rafael Nadal 28–30 24–16 17–7 69–53 56.6%
Switzerland Roger Federer 23–27 16–24 14–11 53–62 46.1%
United Kingdom Andy Murray 11–25 7–17 11–14 29–56 34.1%

Big Four vs the rest of the field[]

The Big Four have collectively won 63 Major titles (with Federer, Nadal and Djokovic at a record 20, and Murray 3). The only other active players who have a Major title to their name are Juan Martín del Potro (2009 US Open), Stan Wawrinka (2014 Australian Open, 2015 French Open, 2016 US Open), Marin Čilić (2014 US Open), and Dominic Thiem (2020 US Open). Starting with the 2005 Wimbledon Championships, their combined record at Grand Slam tournaments against everyone else is 707–62.[18] Moreover, only six times has a player outside the group beaten two of them in the same Grand Slam (Safin at the 2005 Australian Open, Tsonga at the 2008 Australian Open, del Potro at the 2009 US Open, Berdych at the 2010 Wimbledon Championships and Wawrinka at the 2014 Australian Open and the 2015 French Open). Stan Wawrinka, Jo-Wilfried Tsonga and Tomáš Berdych are the only players to have beaten each member of the Big Four at a Grand Slam event.

Wins over each member of the Big Four at a Grand Slam event

  • Stan Wawrinka, 10 wins (defeated Murray at the 2010 and 2013 US Open and 2017 and 2020 French Open; Nadal at the 2014 Australian Open; Federer at the 2015 French Open; and Djokovic at the 2014 Australian Open, 2015 French Open and 2016 and 2019 US Open).
  • Tomáš Berdych, 6 wins (def. Murray at the 2010 French Open; Federer at the 2010 Wimbledon Championships and 2012 US Open; Djokovic at the 2010 and 2017 Wimbledon Championships; and Nadal at the 2015 Australian Open)
  • Jo-Wilfried Tsonga, 5 wins (defeated Murray and Nadal at the 2008 Australian Open; Djokovic at the 2010 Australian Open; and Federer at the 2011 Wimbledon Championships and at the 2013 French Open)

Wins over three members of the Big Four at a Grand Slam event

  • Fernando Verdasco, 4 wins (def. Djokovic at the 2005 US Open; Murray at the 2009 Australian Open and 2018 US Open; and Nadal at the 2016 Australian Open)
  • Andy Roddick, 3 wins (defeated Nadal at the 2004 US Open; Djokovic at the 2009 Australian Open; and Murray at the 2009 Wimbledon Championships)
  • Marin Čilić, 3 wins (defeated Murray at the 2009 US Open; Federer at the 2014 US Open; and Nadal at the 2018 Australian Open)

Only four players have defeated 3 of the Big Four at the same tournament. Two of these players are members of the Big Four: Nadal who defeated Murray in the round of 16, Djokovic in the semi-finals, and Federer in the final to win the 2008 Hamburg Masters; and Federer who defeated Murray in the round robin round, Djokovic in the semi-finals, and Nadal in the finals to win the 2010 ATP World Tour Finals. The only two other players to have achieved this trifecta are:

  • David Nalbandian (defeated Nadal in the quarter-finals, Djokovic in the semi-finals, and Federer in the finals to win the 2007 Madrid Masters)
  • Jo-Wilfried Tsonga (defeated Djokovic in the round of 16, Murray in the quarter-finals, and Federer in the finals to win the 2014 Canada Masters)

Only three players have beaten a member of the Big Four in a major final. The first to do so was Juan Martin del Potro when he defeated Federer in the 2009 US Open final. Wawrinka defeated Nadal in the 2014 Australian Open final, and Djokovic in the 2015 Roland Garros final and the 2016 US Open final. Medvedev defeated Djokovic in the 2021 US Open final. In all five cases, they defeated the world No. 1 in the process.

The Big Four have played in 100 tournaments where all four have competed. Collectively they have won 88 of these 100 tournaments (88%). Of the 12 tournaments they failed to win, they were runner-up in six of them, and five of these 12 tournaments occurred prior to them first being seeded as the top four players (post-US Open 2008). Since this time in 2008, the Big Four have won 59 of 66 tournaments (89%). And starting with the 2010 Rome Masters, they had won 31 consecutive tournaments where all four were present, until the 2014 Australian Open.[19]

Only seven players have managed to win a tournament where all four of the Big Four have competed:

The Big Four's dominance ratio is also high when only three of the Big Four have competed in the same tournament. Of the 49 events where this has occurred, they have won 43 of them (88%). Since 2008, they have won 32 of 37 tournaments (86%).

Only 14 players have recorded at least one victory over each member of the Big Four.[hth] Of these players, eight have recorded ten or more victories in total, one has a positive record against two members (both are 2–1 win-loss records), and none have a positive record against all four combined.

Top-Level tournament records from 2005 Australian Open–present

Player Grand Slams ATP Masters ATP Finals Olympics Total
Big Four 60 / 68 111 / 146 10 / 17 3 / 4 184 / 235 = 78.3%
Rest of the field 8 / 68 35 / 146 7 / 17 1 / 4 51 / 235 = 21.7%

^ As of 2022 Australian Open.

Grand Slam performances[]

See also: Grand Slam (tennis) and List of Grand Slam men's singles champions

Current as of 2022 Australian Open

Player AO RG WIM USO
Titles Finals Match
wins 		Win % Titles Finals Match
wins 		Win % Titles Finals Match
wins 		Win % Titles Finals Match
wins 		Win %
Switzerland Roger Federer 6 7 102 87% 1 5 73 81% 8 12 105 88% 5 7 89 86%
Spain Rafael Nadal 2 6 76 84% 13 13 105 97% 2 5 53 82% 4 5 64 85%
Serbia Novak Djokovic 9 9 82 91% 2 6 81 84% 6 7 79 89% 3 9 81 86%
United Kingdom Andy Murray 0 5 49 78% 0 1 39 78% 2 3 59 84% 1 2 46 77%
Total 17 27 309 86% 16 25 298 87% 18 27 296 86% 13 23 280 84%

Grand Slam tournament performance comparison[]

See also: Tennis performance timeline comparison (men)

Before 2005, Murray and Djokovic had not competed in a Grand Slam tournament. Nadal had made four appearances during 2003 and 2004, reaching the third round at 2003 Wimbledon and 2004 Australian Open. Federer had been competing in Grand Slam tournaments since 1999, and had won Wimbledon in 2003 and 2004, as well as the 2004 Australian Open and 2004 US Open.

2003–2008[]

Player
2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008
AUS FRE WIM US AUS FRE WIM US AUS FRE WIM US AUS FRE WIM US AUS FRE WIM US AUS FRE WIM US
Switzerland Roger Federer 4R 1R W 4R W 3R W W SF SFN W W W FN WN W WD FN WN WD SFD FN FN WDM
Spain Rafael Nadal A A 3R 2R 3R A A 2R 4R WF 2R 3R A WDF FF QF QFM WDF FDF 4R SF WDF WF SFM
Serbia Novak Djokovic A A A A A A A A 1R 2R 3R 3R 1R QFN 4R 3R 4RF SFN SFN FF WF SFN 2R SFF
United Kingdom Andy Murray A A A A A A A A A A 3R 2R 1R 1R 4R 4R 4RN A A 3R 1R 3R QFN FNF

2009–2014[]

Player
2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014
AUS FRE WIM US AUS FRE WIM US AUS FRE WIM US AUS FRE WIM US AUS FRE WIM US AUS FRE WIM US
Switzerland Roger Federer FN W W FD WM QF QF SFD SFD FDN QF SFD SFN SFD WDM QF SFM QF 2R 4R SFMN 4R FD SF
Spain Rafael Nadal WF 4R A SF QFM W WM WD QF WMF FMD FMD FFD WD 2R A A WD 1R WD FF WMD 4R A
Serbia Novak Djokovic QF 3R QF SFF QF QF SF FFN WFM SFF WN WFN WMN FFN SFF FM WM SFN FM FN QF FN WF SFM
United Kingdom Andy Murray 4R QF SF 4R FNF 4R SFN 3R FD SFN SFN SFN SFD QF FF WD FFD A WD QF QFF SFN QF QFD

2015–2020[]

Player
2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020
AUS FRE WIM US AUS FRE WIM US AUS FRE WIM US AUS FRE WIM US AUS FRE WIM US AUS WIM US FRE
Switzerland Roger Federer 3R QF FMD FD SFD A SF A WN A W QF W A QF 4R 4R SFN FND QF SFD NH[a] A A
Spain Rafael Nadal QF QFD 2R 3R 1R 3R A 4R FF W 4R W QF W SFD SF FD WF SFF W QF A WD
Serbia Novak Djokovic WM FNM WF WF WFM WM 3R F 2R QF QF A 4R QF WN W WN SF WF 4R WF 4R FN
United Kingdom Andy Murray FD SFD SFF 4R FD FD W QF 4R SF QF A A A A 2R 1R A A A A 2R 1R

2021–2025[]

Player
2021 2022
AUS FRE WIM US AUS FRE WIM US
Switzerland Roger Federer A 4R QF A A
Spain Rafael Nadal QF SFD A A W
Serbia Novak Djokovic W WN W F
United Kingdom Andy Murray A A 3R 1R 2R

D indicates the player met Novak Djokovic at that tournament.
F indicates the player met Roger Federer at that tournament.
M indicates the player met Andy Murray at that tournament.
N indicates the player met Rafael Nadal at that tournament.

Grand Slam tournament performance comparison by age[]

Note: age is at the end of the season

See also: Tennis performance timeline comparison (men)

17–22[]

Player 17 18 19 20 21 22
AUS RG WIM US AUS RG WIM US AUS RG WIM US AUS RG WIM US AUS RG WIM US AUS RG WIM US
Switzerland Roger Federer A A A A A 1R 1R A 3R 4R 1R 4R 3R QF QF 4R 4R 1R 1R 4R 4R 1R W 4R
Spain Rafael Nadal A A 3R 2R 3R A A 2R 4R WF 2R 3R A WDF FF QF QFM WDF FDF 4R SF WDF WF SFM
Serbia Novak Djokovic A A A A 1R 2R 3R 3R 1R QFN 4R 3R 4RF SFN SFN FF WF SFN 2R SFF QF 3R QF SFF
United Kingdom Andy Murray A A A A A A 3R 2R 1R 1R 4R 4R 4RN A A 3R 1R 3R QFN FNF 4R QF SF 4R

23–28[]

Player 23 24 25 26 27 28
AUS RG WIM US AUS RG WIM US AUS RG WIM US AUS RG WIM US AUS RG WIM US AUS RG WIM US
Switzerland Roger Federer W 3R W W SF SFN W W W FN WN W WD FN WN WD SFD FN FN WDM FN W W FD
Spain Rafael Nadal WF 4R A SF QFM W WM WD QF WMF FMD FMD FFD WD 2R A A WD 1R WD FF WMD 4R A
Serbia Novak Djokovic QF QF SF FFN WFM SFF WN WFN WMN FFN SFF FM WM SFN FM FN QF FN WF SFM WM FNM WF WF
United Kingdom Andy Murray FNF 4R SFN 3R FD SFN SFN SFN SFD QF FF WD FFD A WD QF QFF SFN QF QFD FD SFD SFF 4R

29–34[]

Player 29 30 31 32 33 34
AUS RG WIM US AUS RG WIM US AUS RG WIM US AUS RG WIM US AUS RG WIM US AUS RG WIM US
Switzerland Roger Federer WM QF QF SFD SFD FDN QF SFD SFN SFD WDM QF SFM QF 2R 4R SFMN 4R FD SF 3R QF FMD FD
Spain Rafael Nadal QF QFD 2R 3R 1R 3R A 4R FF W 4R W QF W SFD SF FD WF SFF W QF WD NH[a] A
Serbia Novak Djokovic WFM WM 3R F 2R QF QF A 4R QF WN W WN SF WF 4R WF FN NH[a] 4R W WN W F
United Kingdom Andy Murray FD FD W QF 4R SF QF A A A A 2R 1R A A A A 1R 2R A A 3R 1R

35–40[]

Player 35 36 37 38 39 40
AUS RG WIM US AUS RG WIM US AUS RG WIM US AUS RG WIM US AUS RG WIM US AUS RG WIM US
Switzerland Roger Federer SFD A SF A WN A W QF W A QF 4R 4R SFN FND QF SFD A NH[a] A A 4R QF A
Spain Rafael Nadal QF SFD A A W
Serbia Novak Djokovic A
United Kingdom Andy Murray 2R

D indicates the player met Novak Djokovic at that tournament.
F indicates the player met Roger Federer at that tournament.
M indicates the player met Andy Murray at that tournament.
N indicates the player met Rafael Nadal at that tournament.

Career finals performance comparison[]

Current as of 2022 Australian Open.

Player Grand Slams ATP Finals ATP Masters ATP Tour 500 ATP Tour 250 Olympics Total
Titles Finals Titles Finals Titles Finals Titles Finals Titles Finals Titles Finals Titles Finals
Switzerland Roger Federer 20 31 6 10 28 50 24 31 25 34 0 1 103 157
Spain Rafael Nadal 21 29 0 2 36 52 22 27 10 15 1 1 90 127
Serbia Novak Djokovic 20 31 5 7 37 54 14 17 10 14 0 0 86 123
United Kingdom Andy Murray 3 11 1 1 14 21 9 10 17 23 2 2 46 68

Boldface indicates an Open era record. Italics indicate a record since the reorganization of the ATP Tour in 1990.

Rankings[]

Main article: ATP Rankings

Between 8 September 2008 and 28 January 2013, the top four positions in the ATP Rankings were occupied by all members of the Big Four for all but 16 weeks. Roger Federer, Rafael Nadal, and Novak Djokovic were consistently in the top four for this period, with Andy Murray dropping to no. 5 during all 16 of those weeks. The only two other players who entered the top four in this period were Juan Martín del Potro (3 weeks) and Robin Söderling (13 weeks). This run was ended when David Ferrer replaced Nadal in the top four following a period of injury for Nadal, and retained his place in the top four for much of 2013 as Roger Federer dropped down the rankings due to his own back injury problems.[d]

All four have been world number one. Federer first reached number one in 2004 after winning his first Australian Open, whereas Nadal did in 2008 following his Olympics victory after three straight years of ending the year ranked world No. 2, behind Federer.[28] Similarly, Djokovic achieved world No. 1 status following his Wimbledon victory in 2011, after four consecutive years at No. 3, in a season which is regarded as one of the greatest in the history of the sport.[29][30][31] Murray reached the number one position after the Paris Masters on 7 November 2016, towards the end of a season in which he had made three Grand Slam tournament finals (winning one, Wimbledon), as well as winning the Olympic Games and three Masters tournaments.[32]

They have held:

  • The first two places in the ATP Rankings continuously since 25 July 2005 (exclusively by Federer and Nadal from July 2005 to August 2009), and end on 14 March 2021 (total of 794 weeks) when Nadal moved from world number 2 to number 3.
  • The first three places in the ATP Rankings continuously from 13 August 2007 to 7 July 2013.
  • The top four places in the ATP Rankings for all but 16 weeks from 8 September 2008 to 28 January 2013.

Combined ATP Year-end ranking timeline (best result)[]

Year-end ranking 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 Total
Years		 Total
Weeks
301F 64F 29F 13F 6F 2F 1F 1F 1F 1F 1N 1F 1N 1D 1D 1N 1D 1D 1M 1N 1D 1N 1D 1D 18 918
Years at No. 1 5F 1M 5N 7D
Weeks at No. 1 41M 310F 209N 358D

^ Open-era record underlined.

ATP Year-end ranking timeline by year[]

Year-end ranking 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022
Switzerland Roger Federer 301 64 29 13 6 2 1 1 1 1 2 1 2 3 2 6 2 3 16 2 3 3 5 16
Spain Rafael Nadal 811 200 49 51 2 2 2 1 2 1 2 4 1 3 5 9 1 2 1 2 6
Serbia Novak Djokovic 679 186 78 16 3 3 3 3 1 1 2 1 1 2 12 1 2 1 1
United Kingdom Andy Murray 540 411 63 17 11 4 4 4 4 3 4 6 2 1 16 240 125 122 134

ATP Year-end ranking timeline by age at end of season[]

Year-end ranking 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41
Switzerland Roger Federer 301 64 29 13 6 2 1 1 1 1 2 1 2 3 2 6 2 3 16 2 3 3 5 16
Spain Rafael Nadal 49 51 2 2 2 1 2 1 2 4 1 3 5 9 1 2 1 2 6
Serbia Novak Djokovic 186 78 16 3 3 3 3 1 1 2 1 1 2 12 1 2 1 1
United Kingdom Andy Murray 411 63 17 11 4 4 4 4 3 4 6 2 1 16 240 125 122 134

Big Four ATP world No. 1 era[]

Correct as of 31 January 2022.
Player Start date End date Weeks Total
Switzerland Roger Federer 2 February 2004 17 August 2008 237double-dagger 237
Spain Rafael Nadal 18 August 2008 5 July 2009 46 46
Switzerland Roger Federer (2) 6 July 2009 6 June 2010 48 285
Spain Rafael Nadal (2) 7 June 2010 3 July 2011 56 102
Serbia Novak Djokovic 4 July 2011 8 July 2012 53 53
Switzerland Roger Federer (3) 9 July 2012 4 November 2012 17 302
Serbia Novak Djokovic (2) 5 November 2012 6 October 2013 48 101
Spain Rafael Nadal (3) 7 October 2013 6 July 2014 39 141
Serbia Novak Djokovic (3) 7 July 2014 6 November 2016 122 223
United Kingdom Andy Murray 7 November 2016 20 August 2017 41 41
Spain Rafael Nadal (4) 21 August 2017 18 February 2018 26 167
Switzerland Roger Federer (4) 19 February 2018 1 April 2018 6 308
Spain Rafael Nadal (5) 2 April 2018 13 May 2018 6 173
Switzerland Roger Federer (5) 14 May 2018 20 May 2018 1 309
Spain Rafael Nadal (6) 21 May 2018 17 June 2018 4 177
Switzerland Roger Federer (6) 18 June 2018 24 June 2018 1 310
Spain Rafael Nadal (7) 25 June 2018 4 November 2018 19 196
Serbia Novak Djokovic (4) 5 November 2018 3 November 2019 52 275
Spain Rafael Nadal (8) 4 November 2019 2 February 2020 13 209
Serbia Novak Djokovic (5) 3 February 2020 23 March 2020 7 282
Rankings frozen
 23 March 2020 23 August 2020 22 22
Serbia Novak Djokovic (5) 24 August 2020 Present 76 358double-dagger
Total Weeks 2 February 2004 Present 918

double-daggerRepresents ATP rankings record.

Top 4 time spans[]

Correct as of 31 January 2022.

Top 1[]

Time span Big 4 held the top 1 ATP Ranking position.

Start date End date Weeks
2 February 2004 Present 918

After Federer became number 1 on 2 February 2004, the Big 4 member holding the no. 1 ranking changed 19 times.

Top 2[]

Time spans Big 4 held the top 2 ATP Ranking positions.

Start date End date Weeks Total Weeks
25 July 2005 14 March 2021 794 794
26 April 2021 9 May 2021 2 796

Spans per pair:

Pair Start date End date Weeks Total Weeks
Federer–Nadal 25 July 2005 16 August 2009 212 212
Federer–Murray 17 August 2009 13 September 2009 4 4
Federer–Nadal 14 September 2009 31 January 2010 20 232
Djokovic–Federer 1 February 2010 16 May 2010 15 15
Federer–Nadal 17 May 2010 4 July 2010 7 239
Djokovic–Nadal 5 July 2010 15 August 2010 6 6
Federer–Nadal 16 August 2010 12 September 2010 4 243
Djokovic–Nadal 13 September 2010 17 October 2010 5 11
Federer–Nadal 18 October 2010 20 March 2011 22 265
Djokovic–Nadal 21 March 2011 13 May 2012 60 71
Djokovic–Federer 14 May 2012 20 May 2012 1 16
Djokovic–Nadal 21 May 2012 8 July 2012 7 78
Djokovic–Federer 9 July 2012 31 March 2013 38 54
Djokovic–Murray 1 April 2013 21 April 2013 3 3
Djokovic–Federer 22 April 2013 12 May 2013 3 57
Djokovic–Murray 13 May 2013 18 August 2013 14 17
Djokovic–Nadal 19 August 2013 12 October 2014 60 138
Djokovic–Federer 13 October 2014 16 August 2015 44 101
Djokovic–Murray 17 August 2015 23 August 2015 1 18
Djokovic–Federer 24 August 2015 11 October 2015 7 108
Djokovic–Murray 12 October 2015 1 November 2015 3 21
Djokovic–Federer 2 November 2015 8 November 2015 1 109
Djokovic–Murray 9 November 2015 8 May 2016 26 47
Djokovic–Federer 9 May 2016 15 May 2016 1 110
Djokovic–Murray 16 May 2016 11 June 2017 56 103
Murray–Nadal 12 June 2017 10 September 2017 13 13
Federer–Nadal 11 September 2017 14 October 2018 57 322
Djokovic–Nadal 15 October 2018 14 March 2021 104 242
Djokovic–Nadal 26 April 2021 9 May 2021 2 244

Top 3[]

Time spans Big 4 held the top 3 ATP Ranking positions.

Start date End date Weeks
9 July 2007 30 July 2007 4
13 August 2007 24 June 2013 308
12 August 2013 7 October 2013 9
7 July 2014 15 August 2016 111
17 July 2017 30 October 2017 16
10 September 2018 14 January 2019 19
6 May 2019 2 March 2020 44
Total 511

Top 4[]

Time spans Big 4 held the top 4 ATP Ranking positions.

Start date End date Weeks
8 September 2008 4 January 2010 70
18 January 2010 12 April 2010 13
3 May 2010 8 November 2010 28
29 November 2010 3 January 2011 6
4 April 2011 14 January 2013 95
18 March 2013 18 March 2013 2
20 May 2013 27 May 2013 3
2 February 2015 23 February 2015 4
9 March 2015 23 March 2015 4
20 April 2015 4 May 2015 3
6 June 2016 25 July 2016 8
17 July 2017 24 July 2017 2
Total 238

Weeks in Top 4[]

Player No. 1 No. 2 No. 3 No. 4 Total
Switzerland Roger Federer 310 218 2223 54 8045
Spain Rafael Nadal 209 3702 76 56 711
Serbia Novak Djokovic 3581 144 148 32 682
United Kingdom Andy Murray 41 79 106 1814 407

1 Most weeks at No. 1 record
2 Most weeks at No. 2 record
3 Most weeks at No. 3 record
4 Most weeks at No. 4 record
5 Most weeks in top 4 record

Career Grand Slam tournament 1st seedings[]

Djokovic has been seeded 1st in 29 Grand Slam tournaments, followed by Federer (24), Nadal (15) and Murray (3).

Year Australia Australian Open France French Open United Kingdom Wimbledon United States US Open
2004 United States Andy Roddick Switzerland Federer (1) Switzerland Federer (2) Switzerland Federer (3)
2005 Switzerland Federer (4) Switzerland Federer (5) Switzerland Federer (6) Switzerland Federer (7)
2006 Switzerland Federer (8) Switzerland Federer (9) Switzerland Federer (10) Switzerland Federer (11)
2007 Switzerland Federer (12) Switzerland Federer (13) Switzerland Federer (14) Switzerland Federer (15)
2008 Switzerland Federer (16) Switzerland Federer (17) Switzerland Federer (18) Spain Nadal (1)
2009 Spain Nadal (2) Spain Nadal (3) Spain Nadal1 (4) Switzerland Federer (19)
2010 Switzerland Federer (20) Switzerland Federer (21) Switzerland Federer2 (22) Spain Nadal (5)
2011 Spain Nadal (6) Spain Nadal (7) Spain Nadal (8) Serbia Djokovic (1)
2012 Serbia Djokovic (2) Serbia Djokovic (3) Serbia Djokovic (4) Switzerland Federer (23)
2013 Serbia Djokovic (5) Serbia Djokovic (6) Serbia Djokovic (7) Serbia Djokovic (8)
2014 Spain Nadal (9) Spain Nadal (10) Serbia Djokovic2 (9) Serbia Djokovic (10)
2015 Serbia Djokovic (11) Serbia Djokovic (12) Serbia Djokovic (13) Serbia Djokovic (14)
2016 Serbia Djokovic (15) Serbia Djokovic (16) Serbia Djokovic (17) Serbia Djokovic (18)
2017 United Kingdom Murray (1) United Kingdom Murray (2) United Kingdom Murray (3) Spain Nadal (11)
2018 Spain Nadal (12) Spain Nadal (13) Switzerland Federer2 (24) Spain Nadal (14)
2019 Serbia Djokovic (19) Serbia Djokovic (20) Serbia Djokovic (21) Serbia Djokovic (22)
2020 Spain Nadal (15) Serbia Djokovic (24) Tournament cancelled [a] Serbia Djokovic (23)
2021 Serbia Djokovic (25) Serbia Djokovic (26) Serbia Djokovic (27) Serbia Djokovic (28)
2022 Serbia Djokovic (29)

[1] Nadal was seeded #1 but withdrew from the tournament after the draw was released.
[2] Seeded first ahead of Nadal despite their world rankings being reversed, this was due to Wimbledon's grass seedings formula.
Bolded name indicates that the tournament was won by the top seed.

Combined achievements[]

All four[]

  1. Won 59 of the last 67 Grand Slam events (as of the 2021 US Open), this is 88% of the majors won since the Australian Open in 2005.
  2. Represented in the final of 64 of the last 67 Grand Slam events (2005 Australian Open–2021 US Open).
  3. Won every Wimbledon from 2003 – 2021 (18 consecutive titles); furthermore 9 out of the 15 Wimbledon finals from 2006 to 2021 have been contested by two of the Big Four.
  4. 8 of the 9 Australian Open finals from 2009 to 2017 (all except 2014) have been contested by two of the Big Four.
  5. 33 Grand Slam tournament finals featured two from the Big Four, the most of any four players.
  6. Occupied at least 7 out of 8 Grand Slam finalist slots in 6 seasons (2007, 2008, 2011, 2012, 2013 and 2015), including all 20 from the 2010 US Open until the 2013 Australian Open.
  7. Occupied all four semi-final slots on 4 Grand Slam tournament occasions (2008 US Open, 2011 French Open, 2011 US Open and 2012 Australian Open).
  8. Along with Stefan Edberg, they are the only players to reach 5 or more Australian Open finals in the Open Era.
  9. Consecutively have held the world No. 1 ranking since February 2004.
  10. Occupied the world No. 1 and 2 rankings between 25 July 2005 and 14 March 2021.
  11. Won 96 of the 112 Masters tournaments (86%) from 2005 Indian Wells – 2017 Madrid.
  12. Won 18 consecutive Masters tournaments from the 2014 Cincinnati Open – 2016 Canadian Open.
  13. All 9 Masters tournaments won in 2011, 2013, and 2015.
  14. Won every Grand Slam and Masters tournament as well as the ATP World Tour Finals in 2011 and 2013.
  15. Won 6+ of the 9 Masters tournaments for 12 consecutive years. (2005–2016)
  16. Occupied top four places in the rankings for 5 years, all consecutive. (2008–2012)
  17. The only four players to have reached the semi-finals or better at all nine ATP Masters series events at least once.[33]
  18. Were ranked in the year-end top 6 every year at age 21 through 29.
  19. Top four prize money leaders of all time.

Three of the four[]

Djokovic, Federer and Nadal[]

  1. The top three players of all time in terms of Grand Slam titles won.
  2. The only three players in history to win 8+ titles at a single Grand Slam event.
  3. Won 60 of the last 75 Majors as of the 2021 US Open, which is 80% of majors won since the Australian Open in 2003.
  4. Won 29 out of 30 Grand Slam events from the 2005 French Open up to and including Wimbledon 2012 which is 97% of majors won.
  5. Represented in 63 of 66 Major finals from the 2005 French Open up to and including the 2021 US Open.
  6. Won 15 of the last 16 Australian Open titles since 2006 (represented in all 16 finals), as of 2021.
  7. Only three players in history to play 20 or more Major finals. Federer and Djokovic have reached 31 finals and Nadal 28.
  8. Only three players in history to play 35 or more Major semi-finals.
  9. Only three players in the Open Era to have reached the final of every Grand Slam tournament at least five times.
  10. Only three players in the Open Era to have played 5 or more consecutive Grand Slam tournament finals.
  11. Consecutively held the world No. 1 ranking from February 2004 to November 2016 (almost 13 years), and also from August 2017 to the present (4 years).
  12. Occupied the top 3 places in the year-end rankings for 8 seasons, 5 consecutively (2007–2011, 2014, 2018–2019).
  13. The only era in men's tennis where three players have won double digit majors and the Career Grand Slam while playing in the same time period.
  14. Set or tied the Open Era record for most titles won in all four Grand Slam events – Djokovic with 9 Australian Open titles, Federer with 8 Wimbledon titles and 5 US Open titles (tied), and Nadal with 13 French Open titles.
  15. Only three players in tennis history to simultaneously hold Major titles on grass, hard court, and clay. Nadal achieved this feat from 2008–2009 and again in 2010, Federer in 2008–2009, and Djokovic from 2015–2016 and again from 2019–2021 (with no Wimbledon held in 2020).
  16. All won ATP Player of the Year, ITF Men's Singles Champion, Laureus World Sports Award for Sportsman of the Year and ESPY Award for Best Male Tennis player.
  17. Hold the all-time top 3 for match wins at the Australian Open and the French Open.
  18. Hold the Open Era top 3 for number of semifinals and quarterfinals reached at the French Open.
  19. Hold the top three for number of match wins against top 10 ranked opponents.
  20. Hold the top 11 spots for number of match wins against top 10 ranked opponents in a single season.
  21. Top three earliest to clinch year-end No. 1 leaders since the ATP Rankings started in 1973.
  22. Held the Year-End Number 1 ranking for 12 consecutive years (2004–2015).
  23. All three have simultaneously appeared in 13 Major semifinals (Australian Open 2008, 2012; Roland Garros 2007, 2008, 2011, 2012, 2019; Wimbledon 2007, 2019; US Open 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011).

Djokovic, Murray and Nadal[]

  1. Won every Grand Slam tournament, Masters tournament and the ATP World Tour Finals in 2013.
  2. Won a combined 12 consecutive Rome Masters titles from 2005 to 2016. During this period Nadal has won 7, Djokovic 4 and Murray 1.

Djokovic, Federer and Murray[]

  1. Won every Masters tournament and ATP World Tour Finals in 2015.
  2. Won the ATP World Tour Finals at least once from 2010 – 2016, a record 7 consecutive titles. During this period Djokovic won 4, Federer won 2 and Murray won 1.

Main international tennis and sports awards[]

See also: ATP Awards
Award 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021
ATP Awards
Player of the Year F F F F N F N D D N D D M N D N D D
Sportsmanship Award F F F F F F N F F F F F F F N N N N
Fan Favorite F F F F F F F F F F F F F F F F F F
Arthur Ashe Humanitarian of the Year F N D F M
ITF World Champions
Men's Singles F F F F N F N D D D D D M N D N Not held D
Laureus World Sports Awards1
Sportsman of the Year F F F F N D D D F D N
Breakthrough of the Year N M
Comeback of the Year N F
ESPY Award 1
Best International Athlete F
Best Male Tennis Player F F F F F F N D D N D D D F F F Not held D
BBC Sports Personality of the Year
Sports Personality of the Year M M M
Overseas Sports Personality of the Year F F F N D F
L'Équipe Champion of Champions
International F F F N N F / N N D
La Gazzetta dello Sport
World Sportsman of the Year F F F F
Marca
Marca Leyenda F N D
Flag bearer at the Summer Olympics
Opening ceremony F Not held F Not held D Not held M, N Not held

1Award shown in the year it honored, not the year it was presented.

Career evolution[]

This table lists end-of-season statistics for each member of the Big Four, allowing for comparison at the same age.

  • () = active record (updated Monday 3 January 2022).

Bold = age leader in completed years.

Current or former record of the Open Era
Age (end of season) 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40
Switzerland Federer's season 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021
Spain Nadal's season 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025 2026
Serbia Djokovic/United Kingdom Murray's season 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025 2026 2027
Grand Slam titles Federer 0 0 0 0 1 4 6 9 12 13 15 16 16 17 17 17 17 17 19 20 20 20 20
Nadal 0 1 2 3 5 6 9 10 11 13 14 14 14 16 17 19 20 20 21
Djokovic 0 0 0 1 1 1 4 5 6 7 10 12 12 14 16 17 20
Murray 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 2 2 3 3 3 3 3 3
Grand Slam match wins Federer 0 7 20 26 39 61 85 112 138 162 188 208 228 247 260 279 297 307 325 339 357 362 369
Nadal 6 19 36 56 80 95 120 143 157 171 187 198 203 226 247 271 282 291 298
Djokovic 5 14 33 51 66 85 110 134 158 180 207 228 237 258 280 296 323
Murray 3 9 14 26 41 57 78 100 117 134 153 176 188 189 189 190 192
Masters titles Federer 0 0 0 1 1 4 8 12 14 14 16 17 18 21 21 23 24 24 27 27 28 28 (28)
Nadal 0 4 6 9 12 15 18 19 21 26 27 27 28 30 33 35 35 36
Djokovic 0 0 2 4 5 5 10 13 16 20 26 30 30 32 34 36 37
Murray 0 0 0 2 4 6 8 8 9 9 11 14 14 14 14 14 14
All titles Federer 0 0 1 4 11 22 33 45 53 57 61 66 70 76 77 82 88 88 95 99 103 103 103
Nadal 1 12 17 23 31 36 43 46 50 60 64 67 69 75 80 84 86 88 90
Djokovic 0 2 7 11 16 18 28 34 41 48 59 66 68 72 77 81 86
Murray 0 1 3 8 14 16 21 24 28 31 35 44 45 45 46 46 46
Matches played Federer 35 101 171 251 346 426 511 608 685 766 839 917 993 1076 1138 1223 1297 1325 1384 1444 1507 1513 1526
Nadal 74 163 234 319 412 492 573 657 705 787 846 927 980 1060 1109 1174 1208 1237 1247
Djokovic 27 85 172 253 350 429 505 592 675 744 832 906 946 1012 1080 1126 1188
Murray 24 89 146 220 297 361 430 502 553 632 717 804 839 851 869 876 905
Match wins Federer 15 51 100 158 236 310 391 483 551 617 678 743 807 878 923 996 1059 1080 1134 1184 1237 1242 1251
Nadal 45 124 183 253 335 401 472 541 583 658 706 767 806 874 919 977 1004 1028 1038
Djokovic 13 53 121 185 263 324 394 469 543 604 686 751 783 836 893 934 989
Murray 14 54 97 155 221 267 323 379 422 481 552 630 655 662 672 676 691
Win percentage Federer 42.86 50.50 58.48 62.95 68.21 72.77 76.52 79.44 80.44 80.55 80.81 81.03 81.27 81.60 81.11 81.44 81.65 81.51 81.94 81.99 82.08 82.09 81.98
Nadal 60.81 76.07 78.21 79.31 81.31 81.50 82.37 82.34 82.70 83.61 83.45 82.74 82.24 82.45 82.87 83.22 83.11 83.10 83.24
Djokovic 48.15 62.35 70.35 73.12 75.14 75.52 78.02 79.22 80.44 81.18 82.45 82.89 82.77 82.61 82.68 82.95 83.25
Murray 58.33 60.67 66.44 70.45 74.41 73.96 75.12 75.50 76.31 76.11 76.99 78.36 78.07 77.79 77.44 77.26 76.35
Top 10 wins Federer 1 4 9 19 28 46 61 80 97 104 119 135 145 161 165 182 197 198 212 216 224 224 224
Nadal 4 9 19 30 47 61 72 88 99 123 129 136 140 152 162 171 174 178 180
Djokovic 1 3 9 20 35 39 60 84 108 127 158 179 181 196 205 215 229
Murray 0 4 9 21 35 42 49 61 66 71 83 99 101 101 101 102 104
Ranking Federer 64 29 13 6 2 1 1 1 1 2 1 2 3 2 6 2 3 16 2 3 3 5 16
Nadal 51 2 2 2 1 2 1 2 4 1 3 5 9 1 2 1 2 6
Djokovic 78 16 3 3 3 3 1 1 2 1 1 2 12 1 2 1 1
Murray 63 17 11 4 4 4 4 3 4 6 2 1 16 240 125 122 134
Weeks at number 1 Federer 0 0 0 0 0 48 100 152 204 237 262 285 285 302 302 302 302 302 302 310 310 310 310
Nadal 0 0 0 0 19 46 76 102 102 115 141 141 141 160 196 205 209 209
Djokovic 0 0 0 0 0 0 26 62 101 127 179 223 223 232 275 301 353 354
Murray 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 8 41 41 41 41 41
Prize money ($M) Federer 0.3 0.9 1.7 3.7 7.7 14.1 20.2 28.6 38.7 44.6 53.4 61.0 67.4 76.0 79.2 88.6 97.3 98.8 111.9 120.5 129.2 129.9 130.6
Nadal 0.7 4.6 8.3 14.0 20.8 27.2 37.4 45.1 50.1 64.6 71.4 75.9 78.7 91.4 103.3 119.6 123.5 125.0
Djokovic 0.2 0.9 4.8 10.5 16.0 20.3 32.9 45.7 58.1 72.4 94.1 107.7 109.8 125.8 139.2 145.6 154.7
Murray 0.2 0.9 1.8 5.5 9.9 14.0 19.1 24.9 30.3 34.2 42.4 58.7 60.8 61.0 61.5 61.8 62.3
Age (end of season) 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40
Switzerland Federer's season 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021
Spain Nadal's season 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025 2026
Serbia Djokovic/United Kingdom Murray's season 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025 2026 2027

Titles by tournaments played comparison[]

Another way to view their respective careers and evolution is to look at the progression of titles won by the number of tournaments played to win each of their titles at each level of competition including the four Majors, the nine ATP Masters, the ATP Finals (formerly Tennis Masters Cup), and the Olympic Games.

Singles title # 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 SR
Federer won at Grand Slam # 17 19 21 22 25 26 27 29 30 31 33 34 38 40 41 43 53 69 70 72 20 / 81
Nadal 6 9 13 17 18 20 24 25 26 28 32 34 36 38 48 50 52 56 58 60 63 21 / 63
Djokovic 13 25 27 28 29 33 39 41 43 44 45 46 54 55 56 58 60 63 64 65 20 / 66
Murray 28 30 42 3 / 52
Federer won at ATP Masters# 22 35 38 39 41 42 44 45 46 47 50 52 57 59 75 77 84 94 95 97 99 112 113 119 124 125 127 133 28 / 138
Nadal 10 11 12 14 17 18 22 24 25 33 35 36 40 42 43 51 52 53 59 67 69 70 72 73 74 75 81 95 102 103 109 111 112 116 117 123 36 / 123
Djokovic 11 15 19 23 36 45 46 47 48 49 53 57 59 63 68 69 70 71 73 77 78 79 80 81 84 85 86 87 89 91 104 105 110 114 115 116 119 37 / 119
Murray 25 26 29 33 39 41 51 52 63 79 81 89 91 92 14 / 103
Federer won at ATP Tour Finals # 2 3 5 6 9 10 6 / 17
Nadal 0 / 10
Djokovic 2 6 7 8 9 5 / 14
Murray 8 1 / 8
Federer won at Olympic Games # 0 / 4
Nadal 1 1 / 2
Djokovic 0 / 4
Murray 2 3 2 / 3
^ Correct as of 2021 ATP Finals.

Notes[]

  1. ^ a b c d e f g h i Not held due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
  2. ^ a b Held as Hamburg Masters until 2008, and Madrid Masters 2009–present.
  3. ^ a b Held as Madrid Masters from 2002 to 2008, and Shanghai Masters 2009–present.
  4. ^ See[20][21][22][23][24][25][26][27]

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