Roger Federer vs. Rafael Nadal – title, charisma, influence – who is the owner of the tennis crown?



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History will decide who will one day be the king of tennis. For 20 major titles each, we are already comparing Federer-Nadal.

In tennis history, like here in Cape Town in February, always side by side: after Roger Federer, Rafael Nadal became the second man to win 20 Grand Slam titles.

In tennis history, like here in Cape Town in February, always side by side: after Roger Federer, Rafael Nadal became the second man to win 20 Grand Slam titles.

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There were times when Roger Federer was seemingly impregnable ahead of Rafael Nadal on the list of Grand Slam titles. At the end of 2005 he was leading 6: 1, four years later 15: 6. Then the trend changed and by the end of 2014 Federer was only 17:14 ahead. In 2018, the Swiss won his 20th Grand Slam trophy in Melbourne, Nadal had 16 there. The two have shared the most important record since Sunday. 20:20 – but is the duel between the two most successful players in history really even?

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