It feels like we have gone back in time, Serena defeats Venus and now we wait for Federer and Nadal to battle it out in the Australian open final! These 2 haven't played in a Grand slam final since 2012, which was again at the Australian Open. Here is the great rivalry in numbers!
34 - The number of times these two have battled on the Tennis court. The games include Wimbledon finals, Australian Open finals, ATP World Masters finals and the Roland Garros final. Nadal has won 23 and Federer has won 11.
176,000,000 - The amount in dollars of combined career prize money
157 - The number of career titles between the players, 88 for Federer and 69 for Nadal
12 - the amount the years ago when they first played each other in the Swiss indoor finals
9 - Nadal's current world rank
17 - Federer's current world rank
211- the amount of weeks they shared the top 2 world rankings between 2005 and 2010.
2008 - The 2 met at the Wimbledon final in 2008 and has been lauded as the greatest ever final. Nadal took the game in 5 sets.
It is set to be another classic. so be sure to tune in at 8am on Eurosport for this exciting final!
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