Rafael Nadal The Best Clay Tennis Player

[saevel25]

Tennis is one of the few sports I will try to watch from time to time. It's interesting to look at how dominant a player is at any aspect of a sport. Nadal clearly qualifies as dominant when he is on clay.

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His overall record on clay is 401-35: Yes, that’s 92 percent. In the Open era, which began in 1968, no other star in tennis has come close to that on any surface. The next highest winning percentage on clay comes from Bjorn Borg, who won 86 percent of his clay court matches

https://fivethirtyeight.com/features/somehow-rafael-nadal-got-better-on-clay/

 

 

[HJJ003]

3 minutes ago, saevel25 said:

Tennis is one of the few sports I will try to watch from time to time. It's interesting to look at how dominant a player is at any aspect of a sport. Nadal clearly qualifies as dominant when he is on clay.

https://fivethirtyeight.com/features/somehow-rafael-nadal-got-better-on-clay/

 

 

Yup. 10 French open titles and the most consecutive French open titles alone could confirm this. But yeah 92 percent is just nuts. 

[jamo]

He'll probably be dominating on clay until they have to wheel him out onto the court.

[billchao]

I knew he played best on clay, but I didn't realize he's the best ever on clay. Those numbers are crazy.

[nevets88]

I wonder what the rate of rotation of his topspin is compared to a regular player. His game is just so custom made for clay, court coverage and groundstrokes. The number of his wins at the FO is insane.