Former world No 1 Boris Becker has explained why he thinks Novak Djokovic, Rafael Nadal and Roger Federer are each the greatest in their own way.<\/p>\n
The \u2018Big Three\u2019 of Djokovic, Nadal and Federer are widely considered to be the three best players in the history of men\u2019s tennis.<\/p>\n
From Federer\u2019s first Grand Slam victory at the 2003 Wimbledon Championships to Djokovic\u2019s most recent at the 2023 US Open, the legendary trio won 66 of the 81 majors held during two unparalleled decades of combined dominance.<\/p>\n
Djokovic<\/a> has won a record 24 major singles titles, while Nadal and Federer occupy second and third place on the all-time men\u2019s Grand Slam list with 22 and 20 respectively.<\/p>\n Federer retired at the 2022 Laver Cup, while Nadal brought the curtain down on his career at the 2024 Davis Cup Finals.<\/p>\n Djokovic, meanwhile, is still competing at the top level and is currently ranked sixth in the world. The 37-year-old secured his 99th and most recent title at the Paris Olympics in August and was also a runner-up at Wimbledon last year.<\/p>\n Becker coached Djokovic between 2014 and 2016 \u2013 during which time he helped his fellow great win six majors and 14 ATP Masters 1000 tournaments.<\/p>\n In an interview with\u00a0El Mundo<\/a>, Becker addressed whether\u00a0it is possible to choose between the Big Three and give a definitive answer to the tennis GOAT (Greatest Of All Time) debate.<\/p>\n \u201cI call them the three GOATs for a reason; each has been the greatest in his own way,\u201d explained the German.<\/p>\n \u201cIf I had to explain their historical importance, I\u2019d say Djokovic is the most successful, Federer the most popular, and Nadal the most feared.<\/p>\n \u201cIf you faced Rafa at Roland Garros, you knew there was nothing you could do. Beating him there was the only impossible feat in a sport where anything is possible.\u201d<\/p>\n Novak Djokovic\u2019s schedule change questioned by Patrick Mouratoglou<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n The 9 men with the most Italian Open match wins: Nadal, Djokovic, Federer top 3<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n Becker was also asked if the era he played in was the golden age of tennis, given he competed against a host of legends, including John McEnroe, Ivan Lendl, Mats Wilander, Stefan Edberg, and later: Pete Sampras and Andre Agassi.<\/p>\n \u201cI wouldn\u2019t say that out of respect for others, but it was certainly one of the best,\u201d said the six-time Grand Slam champion.<\/p>\n \u201cI suppose the other era that comes to mind is that of Federer, Djokovic, and Nadal. That was the best generation in history because it had the three GOATs.<\/p>\n \u201cThe only thing is that the gap between those three and the next was very large; they only lost to each other. We were ten at the top level.<\/p>\n \u201cThere will also be those who say that what happened was that these three were so good that they made the rest look worse than they were [laughs]. In any case, winning a tennis match is always difficult. Extremely difficult.\u201d<\/p>\n READ NEXT:\u00a0Boris Becker issues warning about Carlos Alcaraz and reveals Rafael Nadal quality \u2018no other athlete\u2019 will match<\/a> The post Boris Becker asked to compare\u00a0Djokovic, Nadal, Federer era to his own golden generation<\/a> appeared first on Tennis365<\/a>.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Former world No 1 Boris Becker has explained why he thinks Novak Djokovic, Rafael Nadal and Roger Federer are each the greatest in their own way. The \u2018Big Three\u2019 of Djokovic, Nadal and Federer are widely considered to be the three best players in the history of men\u2019s tennis. From Federer\u2019s first Grand Slam victory […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-413","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-articles"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/tennisring.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/413","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/tennisring.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/tennisring.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tennisring.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tennisring.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=413"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/tennisring.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/413\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/tennisring.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=413"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tennisring.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=413"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tennisring.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=413"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}ATP Tour News<\/h2>\n
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