2019 AUSTRALIAN OPEN
MEN’S SINGLES FINAL NOTES Sunday 27 January

NO. 1 NOVAK DJOKOVIC (SRB) v NO. 2 RAFAEL NADAL (ESP)

This is the 107th edition of the Australian Championships, which began in 1905, as well as being the 51st Australian Open and the 204th Grand Slam tournament of the Open Era. Melbourne Park is hosting the tournament for the 32nd year. It was first played here in 1988, when the venue was known as Flinders Park.

At stake for the finalists, in addition to the prestige of the Australian Open title, is the following:

AUD ATP Ranking Points
Champion
$4,100,000
2000
Finalist
$2,050,000
1200

ATP Rankings update
Djokovic and Nadal will remain at No. 1 and No. 2 in the rankings, respectively, when the new rankings are released on Monday – regardless of the result in tonight’s final.

Projected rankings Position Player ATP Ranking points
1.
Novak Djokovic
Win: 10955/Lose: 10155
2.
Rafael Nadal
Win: 9120/Lose: 8320
3.
Alexander Zverev
6475
4.
Juan Martin del Potro
5060
5.
Kevin Anderson
4845
6.
Roger Federer
4600
7.
Kei Nishikori
4110
8.
Dominic Thiem
3960
9.
John Isner
3155
10.
Marin Cilic
3140

Record-breakers Djokovic is looking to become the first man in history to win 7 Australian titles, and claim sole ownership of the record for most Australian titles, ahead of Roger Federer and Roy Emerson, who have each won 6 Australian titles.

Nadal is bidding to become the first man in the Open Era – and only the 3rd man in history – to win each of the 4 Grand Slam titles twice. Emerson and Rod Laver are the only players to have won each Grand Slam on 2 or more occasions. [NB while Laver completed the feat in 1969, some of the titles were won before the start of the Open Era]. (Seed) Player Country Age Ranking Best Australian Open performance Best Grand Slam performance
(1) Novak Djokovic
SRB
31
1
W 2008, 11-13, 15-16
14 Grand Slam titles
(2) Rafael Nadal
ESP
32
2
W 2009
17 Grand Slam titles

Grand Slam title leaders
Nadal is bidding for an 18th Grand Slam title, which would see him close the gap on Federer at the top of the all-time list for most Grand Slam men’s singles titles. Djokovic is bidding for a 15th major title, which would give him sole ownership of 3rd place on the list, ahead of Pete Sampras.

Most Grand Slam men’s singles titles (all-time) Rank Player No. of titles
1.
Roger Federer
20
2.
Rafael Nadal
17
3=
Novak Djokovic
Pete Sampras
14
14
5.
Roy Emerson
12

Grand Slam final appearances
By reaching their 24th and 25th Grand Slam finals respectively, Djokovic and Nadal have closed the gap on Federer at the top of the all-time list for most Grand Slam men’s singles final appearances.
Most Grand Slam men’s singles finals (all-time) Rank Player No. of appearances
1.
Roger Federer
30
2.
Rafael Nadal
25
3.
Novak Djokovic
24
4.
Ivan Lendl
19
5.
Pete Sampras
18

Australian Open final appearances
By reaching his 7th final here, Djokovic has equalled Federer’s Open Era record for most Australian Open men’s singles final appearances. By reaching his 5th final in Melbourne, Nadal has also climbed the list, equalling Stefan Edberg and Andy Murray in 3rd place.
Most Australian Open men’s singles finals (Open Era) Rank Player No. of appearances
1=
Novak Djokovic
Roger Federer
7
7
3=
Stefan Edberg
Andy Murray
Rafael Nadal
5
5
5
6=
Ivan Lendl
Mats Wilander
Andre Agassi
4
4
4

Who has the advantage?

Over the last 10 years, 5 of the men’s singles champions here have played the first semifinal and 5 played the 2nd semifinal – so recent history would suggest that which semifinal each player contested makes no difference to whether they go on to win the title.

No. 1 v No. 2
This is the 47th meeting between the No. 1 and No. 2 seeds in a Grand Slam men’s singles final in the Open Era – and the 11th at the Australian Open. Of the 46 previous Grand Slam finals between the Top 2 seeds in the Open Era, the No. 1 seed and the No. 2 seed have won 23 of those meetings each.

It is the first meeting between the Top 2 seeds in a Grand Slam men’s singles final since 2016 Roland Garros, when No. 1 Djokovic defeated No. 2 Murray – the same outcome as the last time that the Top 2 seeds reached the final at the Australian Open, also in 2016.
Nadal is the most-recent No. 1 seed to win a Grand Slam title at Roland Garros last year, while Federer is the most-recent No. 2 seed to win a Grand Slam title at the Australian Open last year.

The Old Boys’ Club
With 31-year-old Djokovic and 32-year-old Nadal contesting this year’s Australian Open final, tonight’s winner will extend the streak of Grand Slam titles won by players aged 30 or older. The last 10 Grand Slam titles will have been shared between players aged 30 or older – the last player aged younger than 30 to win a major title was Murray (aged 29 years 56 days) at 2016 Wimbledon.

The longest previous streak of Grand Slam titles won by players aged 30 or older was when Laver won all 4 Grand Slam titles in 1969.
The winner of today’s match will climb the list for most Grand Slam men’s singles titles won after turning 30 in the Open Era. Nadal is bidding to win his 4th major title since his 30th birthday, equalling Federer, Laver and Ken Rosewall at the top of the list. Djokovic is bidding to win his 3rd major title since turning 30 and become the 5th man in the Open Era – after Federer, Laver, Nadal and Rosewall – to win 3 or more Grand Slam titles after turning 30.

Players aged 30+ to win multiple Grand Slam men’s singles titles (Open Era) Player Grand Slam titles won aged 30+
Roger Federer
4 (2012 Wimbledon, 2017 Australian Open, 2017 Wimbledon, 2018 Australian Open)
Rod Laver
4 (1969 Australian Open, 1969 Roland Garros, 1969 Wimbledon, 1969 US Open)
Rafael Nadal
4?? (2017 Roland Garros, 2017 US Open, 2018 Roland Garros, 2019 Australian Open??)
Ken Rosewall
4 (1968 Roland Garros, 1970 US Open, 1971 Australian Open, 1972 Australian Open)
Novak Djokovic
3?? (2018 Wimbledon, 2018 US Open, 2019 Australian Open??)
Andre Agassi
2 (2001 Australian Open, 2003 Australian Open)
Jimmy Connors
2 (1982 US Open, 1983 US Open)
Stan Wawrinka
2 (2015 Roland Garros, 2016 US Open)

Big 3 domination
With 2 members of the ‘Big 3’ (consisting of Djokovic, Nadal and Federer) through to the final here, they have ensured that they will extend the streak of titles won exclusively by the trio to 9 straight Grand Slams – the 3rd-longest streak of majors won only by members of the Big 3. The last player outside the Big 3 to win a Grand Slam title was Stan Wawrinka, who defeated Djokovic to win the title at the 2016 US Open.
Since Federer won his first Grand Slam title at 2003 Wimbledon, just 5 Grand Slam men’s singles finals have been contested by a pair of players outside the Big 3 – most recently at 2016 Wimbledon, when Murray defeated Milos Raonic.

Since Federer won his first title here in 2004, Marat Safin (2005) and Wawrinka (2014) are the only players other than the Big 3 to win the title here.
Longest streaks of Grand Slam titles won by Federer, Nadal and Djokovic Length of streak Federer’s titles Nadal’s titles Djokovic’s titles
18 Grand Slams (2005 Roland Garros-2009 Wimbledon)
2005-07, 09 Wimbledon; 2005-08 US Open; 2006-07 Australian Open; 2009 Roland Garros
2005-08 Roland Garros; 2008 Wimbledon; 2009 Australian Open
2008 Australian Open
11 Grand Slams (2010 Australian Open-2012 Wimbledon)
2010 Australian Open; 2012 Wimbledon
2010-12 Roland Garros; 2010 Wimbledon, 2010 US Open
2011-12 Australian Open, 2012 Wimbledon, 2012 US Open
9 Grand Slams (2017 Australian Open-present)
2017-18 Australian Open, 2017 Wimbledon
2017-18 Roland Garros, 2017 US Open, 2019 Australian Open??
2018 Wimbledon, 2018 US Open, 2019 Australian Open??

2019 leaders
Djokovic is bidding to record his 10th Tour-level match-win of 2019 and move clear at the top of the list for most Tour-level match-wins in 2019. Nadal is bidding to record his 7th Tour-level match of the year and equal Tomas Berdych in 5th place on the list.

Most Tour-level match-wins in 2019 Rank Player 2019 win-loss
1=
Roberto Bautista Agut
Alex de Minaur
Novak Djokovic
9-1
9-2
9-1
4.
Kei Nishikori
8-1
5.
Tomas Berdych
7-2
6=
Daniil Medvedev
Rafael Nadal
Milos Raonic
Andreas Seppi
Stefanos Tsitsipas
6-2
6-0
6-2
6-3
6-2

Australian Open leaders
Djokovic and Nadal are in 2nd and 3rd place respectively on the list for most Australian Open match-wins in the Open Era. Nadal became the 3rd man in the Open Era – after Federer and Djokovic – to record 60 match-wins here by defeating Frances Tiafoe in the quarterfinals.
Most Australian Open match-wins (Open Era) Rank Player Australian Open win-loss
1.
Roger Federer
97-14
2.
Novak Djokovic
67-8
3.
Rafael Nadal
61-12
4.
Stefan Edberg
56-10

Emphatic semifinal victories
Djokovic and Nadal dropped just 10 games between them in the semifinals, with Nadal defeating Stefanos Tsitsipas 62 64 60 on Thursday and Djokovic defeating Lucas Pouille 60 62 62 on Friday.

The winners of Grand Slam semifinals have dropped fewer than 10 games between them on just one occasion in the Open Era when both semifinals were contested – at 1978 Roland Garros, when Bjorn Borg and Guillermo Vilas dropped just 9 games in the semifinals between them after Borg defeated Corrado Barazzutti 60 61 60 and Vilas defeated Dick Stockton 63 63 62. [NB at the 1992 Australian Open, Stefan Edberg dropped just 9 games in his semifinal against Wayne Ferreira and Jim Courier received a walkover in his semifinal against Richard Krajicek]

Djokovic’s victory against Pouille was just the 7th occasion in the Open Era that a player has dropped 4 games or fewer in a Grand Slam men’s singles semifinal.

Dropping 4 games or fewer in Grand Slam men’s singles semifinals (Open Era) Year & Grand Slam Player Opponent Result
1978 Roland Garros
Bjorn Borg
Corrado Barazzutti
60 61 60
1984 Australian Open
Mats Wilander
Johan Kriek
61 60 62
1990 Australian Open
Stefan Edberg
Mats Wilander
61 61 62
2001 US Open
Lleyton Hewitt
Yevgeny Kafelnikov
61 62 61
2015 US Open
Novak Djokovic
Marin Cilic
60 61 62
2018 Australian Open
Roger Federer
Hyeon Chung
61 5-2 ret.
2019 Australian Open
Novak Djokovic
Lucas Pouille
60 62 62

Head-to-head: Djokovic leads 27-25
2006 Roland Garros Clay (O) QF Nadal 64 64 ret. (lower back)
2007 AMS Indian Wells Hard (O) FR Nadal 62 75
2007 AMS Miami Hard (O) QF Djokovic 63 64
2007 AMS Rome Clay (O) QF Nadal 62 63
2007 Roland Garros Clay (O) SF Nadal 75 64 62
2007 Wimbledon Grass (O) SF Nadal 36 61 4-1 ret. (toe blister)
2007 AMS Montreal Hard (O) SF Djokovic 75 63
2007 TMC Shanghai Hard (I) RR Nadal 64 64
2008 AMS Indian Wells Hard (O) SF Djokovic 63 62
2008 AMS Hamburg Clay (O) SF Nadal 75 26 62
2008 Roland Garros Clay (O) SF Nadal 64 62 76(3)
2008 Queen’s Grass (O) FR Nadal 76(6) 75
2008 AMS Cincinnati Hard (O) SF Djokovic 61 75
2008 Beijing Olympics Hard (O) SF Nadal 64 16 64
2009 Davis Cup (WG-1R) Clay (O) R4 Nadal 64 64 61
2009 Monte Carlo-1000 Clay (O) FR Nadal 63 26 61
2009 Rome-1000 Clay (O) FR Nadal 76(2) 62
2009 Madrid-1000 Clay (O) SF Nadal 36 76(5) 76(9)
2009 Cincinnati-1000 Hard (O) SF Djokovic 61 64
2009 Paris-1000 Hard (I) SF Djokovic 62 63
2009 ATP World Tour Finals Hard (I) RR Djokovic 76(5) 63
2010 US Open Hard (O) FR Nadal 64 57 64 62
2010 ATP World Tour Finals Hard (I) RR Nadal 75 62
2011 Indian Wells-1000 Hard (O) FR Djokovic 46 63 62
2011 Miami-1000 Hard (O) FR Djokovic 46 63 76(4)
2011 Madrid-1000 Clay (O) FR Djokovic 75 64
2011 Rome-1000 Clay (O) FR Djokovic 64 64
2011 Wimbledon Grass (O) FR Djokovic 64 61 16 63
2011 US Open Hard (O) FR Djokovic 62 64 67(3) 61
2012 Australian Open Hard (O) FR Djokovic 57 64 62 67(5) 75
2012 Monte Carlo-1000 Clay (O) FR Nadal 63 61
2012 Rome-1000 Clay (O) FR Nadal 75 63
2012 Roland Garros Clay (O) FR Nadal 64 63 26 75
2013 Monte Carlo-1000 Clay (O) FR Djokovic 62 76(1)
2013 Roland Garros Clay (O) SF Nadal 64 36 61 67(3) 97
2013 Montreal-1000 Hard (O) SF Nadal 64 36 76(2)
2013 US Open Hard (O) FR Nadal 62 36 64 61
2013 Beijing Hard (O) FR Djokovic 63 64
2013 ATP World Tour Finals Hard (I) FR Djokovic 63 64
2014 Miami-1000 Hard (O) FR Djokovic 63 63
2014 Rome-1000 Clay (O) FR Djokovic 46 63 63
2014 Roland Garros Clay (O) FR Nadal 36 75 62 64
2015 Monte Carlo-1000 Clay (O) SF Djokovic 63 63
2015 Roland Garros Clay (O) QF Djokovic 75 63 61
2015 Beijing Hard (O) FR Djokovic 62 62
2015 ATP World Tour Finals Hard (I) SF Djokovic 63 63
2016 Doha Hard (O) FR Djokovic 61 62
2016 Indian Wells-1000 Hard (O) SF Djokovic 76(5) 62
2016 Rome-1000 Clay (O) QF Djokovic 75 76(4)
2017 Madrid-1000 Clay (O) SF Nadal 62 64
2018 Rome-1000 Clay (O) SF Nadal 76(4) 63
2018 Wimbledon Grass (O) SF Djokovic 64 36 76(9) 36 10-8

A 53rd Tour-level meeting for Djokovic and Nadal – the pair hold the record for most Tour-level match-ups in the Open Era.
Most Tour-level match-ups (Open Era) Players No. of Tour-level match-ups Head-to-head
Novak Djokovic v Rafael Nadal
53*
Djokovic leads 27-25
Novak Djokovic v Roger Federer
47
Djokovic leads 25-22
Roger Federer v Rafael Nadal
38
Nadal leads 23-15
Jimmy Connors v Ivan Lendl Novak Djokovic v Andy Murray
Ivan Lendl v John McEnroe
36
36
36
Connors leads 23-13
Djokovic leads 25-11
Lendl leads 21-15
*including today’s match
This is the pair’s 15th Grand Slam meeting – equalling Djokovic and Federer’s record for most Grand Slam match-ups in the Open Era.
Most Grand Slam match-ups (Open Era) Players No. of Grand Slam match-ups Head-to-head
Novak Djokovic v Roger Federer
Novak Djokovic v Rafael Nadal
15
15*
Djokovic leads 9-6
Nadal leads 9-5
Roger Federer v Rafael Nadal
12
Nadal leads 9-3
Tomas Berdych v Roger Federer Novak Djokovic v Andy Murray
Ivan Lendl v John McEnroe
10
10
10
Federer leads 8-2
Djokovic leads 8-2
Lendl leads 7-3
*including today’s match
This is the 25th Tour-level final that the pair have contested, giving them sole ownership of the Open Era record for most match-ups in Tour-level finals. This is the first Tour-level final the pair have contested since 2016 Doha, which Djokovic won in straight sets.
Most Tour-level finals contested (Open Era) Players No. of Tour-level finals contested Head-to-head
Novak Djokovic v Rafael Nadal
25*
Djokovic leads 14-10
Roger Federer v Rafael Nadal
24
Nadal leads 14-10
Novak Djokovic v Roger Federer
19
Djokovic leads 13-6
Novak Djokovic v Andy Murray
19
Djokovic leads 11-8
Ivan Lendl v John McEnroe
17
McEnroe leads 10-7
*including today’s match

This is the pair’s 8th meeting in a Grand Slam final which gives them sole ownership of 2nd place on the Open Era list for most match-ups in Grand Slam finals. This is their first meeting in a Grand Slam final since 2014 Roland Garros, which Nadal won in 4 sets. They have previously contested 3 finals at the US Open, 2 finals at Roland Garros, and one final both here and at Wimbledon.

Most Grand Slam finals contested (Open Era) Players No. of Grand Slam finals contested Head-to-head
Roger Federer v Rafael Nadal
9
Nadal leads 6-3
Novak Djokovic v Rafael Nadal
8*
Nadal leads 4-3
Novak Djokovic v Andy Murray
7
Djokovic leads 5-2
Andre Agassi v Pete Sampras
Ivan Lendl v Mats Wilander
5
5
Sampras leads 4-1
Wilander leads 3-2
*including today’s match

This is the pair’s 2nd meeting at the Australian Open. In their only previous meeting here, in the 2012 final, they contested the longest Australian Open final on record, with Djokovic winning 57 64 62 67(5) 75 in 5 hours 53 minutes.

Nadal is bidding to end a 7-match losing streak against Djokovic on hard courts. He has not defeated Djokovic on a hard court since the final at the 2013 US Open. This is their 26th meeting on a hard court. Djokovic leads the head-to-head on hard court 18-7 – by comparison, Nadal leads the clay court head-to-head 16-7 and they are tied 2-2 on grass.

Aside from their meetings in the round robin stage at the 2007 Tennis Masters Cup and the ATP World Tour Finals in 2009 and 2010, and their meeting in Spain’s 2009 Davis Cup World Group first round victory against Serbia, all of the pair’s meetings have been at the quarterfinal stage of a tournament or later.

With 9 Grand Slam victories against Djokovic, Nadal is the player who has defeated Djokovic most often at the Grand Slams. Similarly, with 5 Grand Slam victories against Nadal, Djokovic is the player who has defeated Nadal most often at the Grand Slams.
Most Grand Slam match-wins against Nadal Most Grand Slam match-wins against Djokovic Player No. of wins
Player No. of wins
Novak Djokovic
5
Rafael Nadal
9
Roger Federer
3
Roger Federer
6
Juan Martin del Potro
2
Stan Wawrinka
3
David Ferrer
Lleyton Hewitt
Gilles Muller
2
2
2
Tomas Berdych
Andy Murray
Marat Safin
2
2
2
Andy Murray
2
DJOKOVIC v NADAL
31 Age 32
6’2’’/1.88m Height 6’1’’/1.85m
1 ATP Ranking 2
$125,847,879 Career Prize Money (USD) $103,251,975
72 Titles 80
Won 14 titles Best Grand Slam Result Won 17 titles
264-41 Career Grand Slam Record 253-36
Won 6 titles Best Australian Open Result Won 2009
67-8 Australian Open Record 61-12
845-176 Career Record 924-189
548-102 Career Record – Hard 441-128
9-1 2019 Record 6-0
9-1 2019 Record – Hard 6-0
29-9 Career Five-Set Record 21-12
4 Comebacks from 0-2 Down 3
233-135 Career Tiebreak Record 227-145
0-2 2019 Tiebreak Record 1-0
Road to the final DJOKOVIC Time Time NADAL
d. (Q) Mitchell Krueger 63 62 62
2:03
1st round
2:15
d. (WC) James Duckworth 64 63 75
d. (WC) Jo-Wilfried Tsonga 63 75 64
2:04
2nd round
1:56
d. Matthew Ebden 63 62 62
d. No. 25 Denis Shapovalov 63 64 46 60
2:22
3rd round
2:22
d. No. 27 Alex de Minaur 61 62 64
d. No. 15 Daniil Medvedev 64 67(5) 62 63
3:15
Round of 16
2:05
d. Tomas Berdych 60 61 76(4)
d. No. 8 Kei Nishikori 61 4-1 ret.
0:52
Quarterfinals
1:47
d. Frances Tiafoe 63 64 62
d. No. 28 Lucas Pouille 60 62 62
1:23
Semifinals
1:46
d. No. 14 Stefanos Tsitsipas 62 64 60
total time on court
11:59
(Infosys time)
12:11
total time on court

• Six-time Australian Open champion DJOKOVIC is bidding to win his 7th Australian Open title and claim sole ownership of the all-time record for most Australian men’s singles titles.

Australian men’s singles title leaders (all-time) Player No. of titles
Novak Djokovic
7??
Roy Emerson
Roger Federer
6
6
Andre Agassi
Jack Crawford
Ken Rosewall
4
4
4

• Djokovic is also bidding to become the 8th man in history to win at least 7 titles at the same Grand Slam event. Nadal, who has won 11 titles at Roland Garros, holds the record for most titles at the same Grand Slam event.

Most men’s singles titles at the same Grand Slam tournament Player Grand Slam Titles Years
Rafael Nadal
Roland Garros
11
2005-08, 2010-2014, 2017-18
Roger Federer
Wimbledon
8
2003-07, 2009, 2012, 2017
Novak Djokovic??
Australian Open
7??
2008, 2011-13, 2015-16, 2019??
Bill Larned
US Championships
7
1901-02, 1907-11*
William Renshaw
Wimbledon
7
1881-86, 1889
Pete Sampras
Wimbledon
7
1993-95, 1997-2000
Richard Sears
US Championships
7
1881-87*
Bill Tilden
US Championships
7
1920-25, 1929
*Challenge round played through 1911 at US Championships

• Djokovic is bidding to win a 3rd consecutive Grand Slam title and become the first man in history to record 3 streaks of 3 or more consecutive Grand Slam titles. Djokovic won 3 straight Grand Slam titles in 2011-12 and became the first man to hold all 4 Grand Slam titles at once since Rod Laver in 1969 when he won 4 straight major titles in 2015-16.

Players winning 3 or more consecutive Grand Slam titles (all-time) Player Length of streak Years & Titles
Novak Djokovic
4
3
3??
2015-16 (2015 Wimbledon-2016 Roland Garros)
2011-12 (2011 Wimbledon-2012 Australian Open)
2018-19?? (2018 Wimbledon-2019 Australian Open??)
Roger Federer
3
3
2005-06 (2005 Wimbledon-2006 Australian Open)
2006-07 (2006 Wimbledon-2007 Australian Open)
Rod Laver
4
4
1962 (1962 Australian Champs-1962 US Champs)
1969 (1969 Australian Open-1969 US Open)
Don Budge
6
1937-38 (1937 Wimbledon-1938 US Champs)
Jack Crawford
3
1933 (1933 Australian Champs-1933 Wimbledon)
Roy Emerson
3
1964-65 (1964 Wimbledon-1965 Australian Champs)
Lew Hoad
3
1956 (1956 Australian Champs-1956 Wimbledon)
Rafael Nadal
3
2010 (2010 Roland Garros-2010 US Open)
Pete Sampras
3
1993-94 (1993 Wimbledon-1994 Australian Open)
Tony Trabert
3
1955 (1955 Roland Garros-1995 US Champs)

• Djokovic has won all 6 of the Australian Open finals he has previously contested. He has a 14-9 win-loss record Grand Slam finals overall.
Djokovic’s record in Grand Slam finals Grand Slam Final Result
2007 US Open
l. Roger Federer 76(4) 76(2) 64
2008 Australian Open
d. Jo-Wilfried Tsonga 46 64 63 76(2)
2010 US Open
l. Rafael Nadal 64 57 64 62
2011 Australian Open
d. Andy Murray 64 62 63
2011 Wimbledon
d. Rafael Nadal 64 61 16 63
2011 US Open
d. Rafael Nadal 62 64 67(3) 61
2012 Australian Open
d. Rafael Nadal 57 64 62 67(5) 75
2012 Roland Garros
l. Rafael Nadal 64 63 26 75
2012 US Open
l. Andy Murray 76(10) 75 26 36 62
2013 Australian Open
d. Andy Murray 67(2) 76(3) 63 62
2013 Wimbledon
l. Andy Murray 64 75 64
2013 US Open
l. Rafael Nadal 62 36 64 61
2014 Roland Garros
l. Rafael Nadal 36 75 62 64
2014 Wimbledon
d. Roger Federer 67(7) 64 76(4) 57 64
2015 Australian Open
d. Andy Murray 76(5) 67(4) 63 60
2015 Roland Garros
l. Stan Wawrinka 46 64 63 64
2015 Wimbledon
d. Roger Federer 76(1) 67(10) 64 63

2015 US Open
d. Roger Federer 64 57 64 64
2016 Australian Open
d. Andy Murray 61 75 76(3)
2016 Roland Garros
d. Andy Murray 36 61 62 64
2016 US Open
l. Stan Wawrinka 67(1) 64 75 63
2018 Wimbledon
d. Kevin Anderson 62 62 76(3)
2018 US Open
d. Juan Martin del Potro 63 76(4) 63
2019 Australian Open
v Rafael Nadal
• By defeating Lucas Pouille in the semifinals, Djokovic maintained his perfect record in Australian Open semifinals. He has won all 7 of the semifinals he has contested here.
• By defeating Pouille in the semifinals, Djokovic also extended his winning streak in Grand Slam semifinals to 10 straight victories. He has not lost a Grand Slam semifinal since falling to Kei Nishikori in the semifinals at the 2014 US Open. He has a 24-10 win-loss record in Grand Slam semifinals overall.
• By reaching the round of 16 here, Djokovic guaranteed that he will remain at No. 1 when the new rankings are released on Monday 28 January.
• Djokovic contested his 300th Grand Slam match against Mitchell Krueger in the 1st round. He is just the 2nd man after Federer to contest 300 matches at the Grand Slams. He contested his 650th Tour-level hard-court match in the semifinal against Pouille.
• The Australian Open is Djokovic’s most successful Grand Slam event in terms of titles won and his 2nd-most successful event in terms of matches won and finals reached.

Grand Slam Titles won Win-loss record Finals reached
Australian Open
7??
67-8
7
Roland Garros
1
63-13
4
Wimbledon
4
65-10
5
US Open
3
69-10
8
• In 2016 Djokovic equalled Emerson’s record of 6 Australian titles after defeating Andy Murray in the final. He also won the title here in 2008 (d. Jo-Wilfried Tsonga), 2011 (d. Murray), 2012 (d. Nadal), 2013 (d. Murray) and 2015 (d. Murray).
• Djokovic is a 14-time Grand Slam champion. In addition to his 6 titles here, he has won 4 titles at Wimbledon (2011, 2014-15 and 2018), 3 titles at the US Open (2011, 2015 and 2018) and one title at Roland Garros (2016).
• Last year here Djokovic reached the round of 16, falling to Hyeon Chung in straight sets.
• Elsewhere at Grand Slams in 2018, Djokovic won the titles at Wimbledon (d. Kevin Anderson) and the US Open (d. Juan Martin del Potro). At Roland Garros, he fell to Marco Cecchinato in the quarterfinals.
• Also in 2018, Djokovic won the titles at Cincinnati-1000 (d. Federer), becoming the first singles player to win the titles at all 9 Masters-1000 events, and Shanghai-1000 (d. Borna Coric). He also reached the final at Queen’s (l. Marin Cilic), Paris-1000 (l. Karen Khachanov) and the ATP Finals (l. Alexander Zverev). He has won a total of 72 Tour-level titles.
• Djokovic warmed up for the Australian Open by reaching the semifinals at Doha (l. Roberto Bautista Agut).
• This is the 19th Grand Slam at which Djokovic has been seeded No. 1 – but the first since 2016 US Open.
• Djokovic has won 9 of his last 10 five-set matches. His only defeat in a 5-set match in that time came against Denis Istomin in the 2nd round here in 2017. He has a 5-3 win-loss record in 5-set matches here and a 29-9 win-loss record in 5-set matches overall.
• Djokovic plays here ranked No. 1 after clinching the year-end No. 1 ranking for the 5th time in 2018. He returned to No. 1 in November 2018 for the first time since October 2016.
• Djokovic is coached by Marian Vajda.

• NADAL is bidding to become the first man in the Open Era – and only the 3rd man in history – to win each of the 4 Grand Slam titles twice. Roy Emerson and Rod Laver are the only players to have won each Grand Slam on 2 or more occasions. (NB While Laver completed the feat in 1969, some of the titles were won before the start of the Open Era.)
• Nadal is bidding to become just the 8th player – man or woman – to win 18 or more Grand Slam titles and equal Chris Evert and Martina Navratilova in 6th place on the list for most Grand Slam titles in history.

Most Grand Slam titles (all-time) Player No. of titles
Margaret Court
24
Serena Williams
23
Steffi Graf
22
Roger Federer
20
Helen Wills Moody
19
Chris Evert
Rafael Nadal
Martina Navratilova
18
18??
18
• If Nadal wins today’s final in straight sets, he will become the first man in the Open Era to win 4 Grand Slam titles without dropping a set. He would become just the 3rd man to achieve the feat at the Australian Open after Ken Rosewall in1971 and Roger Federer in 2007. By winning all 6 of his matches here in straight sets, he has reached the final here without dropping a set for the first time – and reached a Grand Slam final without dropping a set for the 7th time.
Grand Slam men’s singles titles won without dropping a set (Open Era) Player Titles Years
Rafael Nadal
4??
2008, 2010, 2017 Roland Garros; 2019 Australian Open??
Bjorn Borg
3
1976 Wimbledon; 1978, 1980 Roland Garros
Roger Federer
2
2007 Australian Open; 2017 Wimbledon
Ilie Nastase
1
1973 Roland Garros
Ken Rosewall
1
1971 Australian Open
• Nadal is bidding to avoid a 4th consecutive defeat in an Australian Open final. Of Nadal’s 7 Grand Slam final defeats 3 have come here. He has a 17-7 win-loss record in Grand Slam finals overall.
Nadal in Grand Slam finals Event Result
2005 Roland Garros
d. Mariano Puerta 67(6) 63 61 75
2006 Roland Garros
d. Roger Federer 16 61 64 76(4)
2006 Wimbledon
d. Roger Federer l. 60 76(5) 67(2) 63
2007 Roland Garros
d. Roger Federer 63 46 63 64
2007 Wimbledon
l. Roger Federer 76(7) 46 76(3) 26 62
2008 Roland Garros
d. Roger Federer 61 63 60
2008 Wimbledon
d. Roger Federer 64 64 67(5) 67(8) 9-7
2009 Australian Open
d. Roger Federer 75 36 76(3) 36 62
2010 Roland Garros
d. Robin Soderling 64 62 64
2010 Wimbledon
d. Tomas Berdych 63 75 64
2010 US Open
d. Novak Djokovic 64 57 64 62
2011 Roland Garros
d. Roger Federer 75 76(3) 57 61
2011 Wimbledon
l. Noval Djokovic 64 61 16 63
2011 US Open
l. Novak Djokovic 62 64 76(3) 61
2012 Australian Open
l. Novak Djokovic 57 64 62 67(5) 75
2012 Roland Garros
d. Novak Djokovic 64 63 26 75
2013 Roland Garros
d. David Ferrer 63 62 63
2013 US Open
d. Novak Djokovic 62 36 64 61
2014 Australian Open
l. Stan Wawrinka 63 62 36 63
2014 Roland Garros
d. Novak Djokovic 36 75 62 64
2017 Australian Open
l. Roger Federer 64 36 61 36 63
2017 Roland Garros
d. Stan Wawrinka 62 63 61
2019 Australian Open men’s singles final match notes
2017 US Open
d. Kevin Anderson 63 63 64
2018 Roland Garros
d. Dominic Thiem 64 63 62
2019 Australian Open
v Novak Djokovic
• By defeating Alex de Minaur in the 3rd round here this year, Nadal recorded his 250th Grand Slam match-win. He is the 3rd player in history to record 250 Grand Slams match-wins – after Federer (342 Grand Slam match-wins) and Djokovic, who recorded his 264th Grand Slam match-win against Lucas Pouille in the semifinals.
• Nadal will remain at No. 2 when the new rankings are released on Monday 28 January. Djokovic ensured that he will remain at No. 1 next week by reaching the round of 16 here.
• Nadal’s best Australian Open performance is winning the title in 2009 (d. Federer). He also reached the final in 2012, losing to Djokovic in the longest men’s Grand Slam final on record at 5 hours 53 minutes, 2014 (l. Stan Wawrinka) and 2017 (l. Federer).
• Nadal is a 17-time Grand Slam champion. In addition to his title here in 2009, he has 11 titles at Roland Garros, 3 US Open titles and 2 Wimbledon titles. This is his 14th appearance at the Australian Open and his 55th Grand Slam overall.
• The Australian Open is Nadal’s 2nd-most successful Grand Slam event in terms of matches won, his joint 2nd-most successful Grand Slam event in terms of finals reached, but his least successful event in terms of titles won. Roland Garros is his most successful major in terms of titles won, matches won and finals reached.

Grand Slam Titles won Win-loss record Finals reached
Australian Open
2??
61-12
5
Roland Garros
11
86-2
11
Wimbledon
2
48-11
5
US Open
3
58-11
4
• Last year here, Nadal reached the quarterfinals but retired due to a right leg injury during the 5th set against Marin Cilic.
• Nadal won his 17th major title at Roland Garros (d. Dominic Thiem), becoming the first man in history to win 11 titles at a major – and the 2nd player in history to achieve the feat after Margaret Court, who won 11 Australian women’s singles titles.
• Also in 2018, Nadal won the titles at Toronto-1000 (d. Stefanos Tsitsipas), Rome-1000 (d. Alexander Zverev), Barcelona (d. Stefanos Tsitsipas) and Monte Carlo-1000 (d. Kei Nishikori). He has won a total of 80 Tour-level titles.
• Prior to coming here Nadal withdrew from Brisbane with a thigh strain. He is contesting his first event since retiring in the semifinals at the US Open last year, having undergone right ankle surgery in November.
• Nadal has played Davis Cup for Spain since 2004. He has a 24-1 win-loss record in Davis Cup singles rubbers and a 29-5 win-loss record in the competition overall. By reaching the semifinals in 2018, Spain has secured a place in the 2019 Davis Cup finals in Madrid on 18-24 November.
• Nadal is coached by Carlos Moya and Francisco Roig. His fitness trainer is Rafael Maymo. He was previously coached by his uncle, Toni, from the age of 4 through to the end of the 2017 season

***All stats courtesy of the ITF and Grand Slam Media