Novak Djokovic [1 SRB] - Rafael Nadal [5 ESP]

Roland-Garros 2022 - Men’s Singles Quarter-finals

 

• Novak Djokovic and Rafael Nadal will face each other for the 59^th time (currently 30 wins for the Seíbian and 28 for the Spaniard): this is the most played match between two male players in the Open
• Novak Djokovic is the player with the most wins against a single opponent in the Open Era (30 against Rafael Nadal).
• Novak Djokovic (W8) and Rafael Nadal (W19) have faced each other 27 times on clay courts: at least five more matches than any other male clash on clay courts in the Open Era (Nadal-Ferrer is the second with 22).
• Novak Djokovic (W7) and Rafael Nadal (W10) will face each other for the 18^th time in a Grand Slam tournament: becoming the most played male match in the Open Era in a Major (surpassing Djokovic- Fedeíeí, 17).
• Novak Djokovic (W2) and Rafael Nadal (W7) will face each other for the 10^th time at the Roland Gaííos: this will be the firt male encounter played 10+ times in a single Grand Slam tournament in the Open Eía.
• Novak Djokovic is one of the two players to have won a match at the Roland Garros against Rafael Nadal (in 2015 quaíteí-final and 2021 semi-final), alongside Robin Sodeíling in the Fouíth Round in
• Rafael Nadal (21) and Novak Djokovic (20, level with Rogeí Fedeíeí) are the two players with the most Grand Slam titles in the Open Eía.
• Rafael Nadal (13, all wins) and Novak Djokovic (six, level with Bjöín Boíg) aíe the two playeís with the most finals at the Roland Gaííos in the Open Eía - however, Novak Djokovic has last four of these (2012, 2014 and 2020 v Rafael Nadal and 2015 v Stan Wawíinka).
• Only Bjöín Boíg (89.2%) has a highest winning íatio than Rafael Nadal (88%) and Novak Djokovic (87.7%) in Grand Slam tournaments in the Open Era - 100 wins.
• Rafael Nadal at the Roland Garros is the player with highest winning ratio in a single Grand Slam tournament in the Open Era (97.3%) - 20 wins.
• The Roland Garros is the Grand Slam tournament in which Novak Djokovic has his lowest winning ratio (85%): however, only Rafael Nadal (97.3%) and Bjöín Boíg (96.1%) have a highest winning percentage in the t ournament in the Open Era - 20 wins.
• Rafael Nadal (109) and Novak Djokovic (85) are the two players with the most wins at the Roland Garros in the Open
• Rafael Nadal has won 62 titles on clay courts, at least 13 more than any other player in the Open Eía (Guilleímo Vilas, 49).