Who has won more Wimbledon titles Federer, Nadal or Djokovic?

Novak Djokovic has been crowned king of grass for the seventh time in his career after defeating Nick Kyrgios in the Mens Final at Wimbledon. It’s the third time that Djokovic has won back-to-back Wimbledon Titles.

Novak tops Kyrgios in four sets

The Australian took the first set after breaking Djokovic just once and holding serve with ace after ace, but the Serbian bounced back in the second set. Kyrgios, as he so often doesn’t, let emotions take control in the second set and Djokovic used that to shift momentum his way.

Djoker went into the fourth set up 2-1, and while Kyrgios took the Serbian all the way to a tie break, Djokovic showed his experience in Grand Slam Finals to take his seventh title at the All England Court.

It’s never happened and will never happen again

In many sports it’s up for debate as parents and children, grandparents and grandchildren tussle about is the greatest of all time. Most of the time this debate is not quantifiable because you’re comparing two athletes who never competed against each other.

Think of Messi and Maradona. Think of Jordan and James. Think of Brady and Montana. These generational talents that mark a before and after in their sports’ history enrapture the world for the length of their careers until they hang it up and make way for the next wave of talent to try to fill their shoes.

If we are lucky some of these greats overlap with one and other, but never does it happen that three of the best all-time are playing at their peak for over a decade.

Sixty-three grand slams between Rafa, Roger and Nole

You can say Ronaldo and Messi’s strangle hold on the soccer world is coming to and end after decades of dominance. Kobe Bryant and Michael Jordan played against each other albeit Jordan was a shadow of what he was by the time Kobe became Kobe. Kobe and LeBron overlapped as well, but by the time LeBron started winning championships, Kobe’s reign over the NBA was over.

Roger Federer, Rafa Nadal and Novak Djokovic have had a triumvirate on the tennis world since Novak, who is the youngest of the three, won his first Grand Slam in the 2008 Australian Open.

They are the greatest of all time. And they have shared the stage for the last decade and a half. Between them they have a total of 63 Grand Slams, with Rafa Nadal leading with a record 22. Djoker has 21 and Federer has 20, and while it seems like Roger’s days of winning Slams are over, Djokovic wasn’t just favorite to win this year’s Wimbledon but favorite to end his career with the most Grand Slams in the history of the sport.

Roger Federer was not around for this year’s Wimbledon, a Grand Slam tournament he has won more than any other in his career. Rafa Nadal had to pull out of the tournament due to injury after beating Taylor Fritz in the quarterfinals. Djokovic came in as the odds on favorite and didn’t disappoint, winning at Wimbledon yet again. Each of these greats knows what it is like to win titles on the famous grass courts, but who has the most Wimbledon titles?

Roger Federer: 8

Federer won his first Grand Slam ever at the All England Club in 2003 when he defeated Mark Phillippoussos, and that started a long love affair between he and the classy fans at Wimbledon. He would go on to win in seven more times including five in a row from 2003-2007 beating Rafa Nadal in two of those finals. His last title at Wimbledon came 2017 when he defeated Maric Čilic. With the win over Čilic Federer surpassed Pete Sampras and and Wiliam Reneshaw to become the king of Wimbledon. His record eight titles on grass is coming under threat as Djokovic inches closer as each year passes.

Novak Djokovic: 7

Nole’s first taste of victory at Wimbledon came in a fabulous season in which he announced there was a new powerhouse in Men’s tennis. In 2011, Djoker won his second Grand Slam title at the Aussie Open, and while his hard court presence was already noted around the tour, he would go on two win two of the next three Grand Slams that year. He missed out on the French, but won his first Wimbledon championship against Rafa Nadal and then US Open later that season. He has won six titles since then, including back-to-back bids in 2014 and 2015, beating Federer in both finals. He would do it again in 2018 and 2019 first defeating Kevin Anderson and then Federer. His third back-to-back run has just been completed, after defeating Matteo Berriettini last year and Nick Kyrgios on Sunday to bring him just just one Wimbledon title from Roger Federer’s record setting seven and one Grand Slam title from tying Rafa Nadal’s 22 Grand Slam titles.

Rafa Nadal: 2

We all know Rafa is the King of Clay. He has won 14 Grand Slams at Roland Garros which is better than any other tennis player on any other surface. While his dominance is unmatched and unquestioned on the red courts in Paris, the grass courts of Wimbledon have not treated him as kindly. He won his first title at the All England Club back in 2008 when he and Roger Federer went to a tie break in a five set thriller. Nadal would win his second and last Wimbledon two years later when he defeated Thomas Berdych in straight sets.