{"id":219907,"date":"2025-10-23T09:00:09","date_gmt":"2025-10-23T09:00:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/219907\/"},"modified":"2025-10-23T09:00:09","modified_gmt":"2025-10-23T09:00:09","slug":"novak-djokovic-rafael-nadal-or-roger-federer-jannik-sinner-ranks-the-legendary-trio","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/219907\/","title":{"rendered":"Novak Djokovic, Rafael Nadal or Roger Federer? Jannik Sinner ranks the legendary trio"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Jannik Sinner has ranked 10 of the greatest players of all time, but in what positions did the Italian star place the Big Three of Novak Djokovic, Rafael Nadal and Roger Federer?<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tennis365.com\/tag\/novak-djokovic\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Djokovic<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tennis365.com\/tag\/rafael-nadal\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Nadal<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tennis365.com\/tag\/roger-federer\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Federer<\/a> are considered by many to be the three best players in the history of men\u2019s tennis. The rivalries between the legendary trio are the three most prolific matches in the men\u2019s game in the Open Era.<\/p>\n<p>From Federer\u2019s first Grand Slam victory at the 2003 Wimbledon Championships to Djokovic\u2019s most recent at the 2023 US Open, the Big Three won 66 of the 81 majors held during two unparalleled decades of combined dominance.<\/p>\n<p>Djokovic has won a record 24 Slams, while Nadal and Federer are second and third on the all-time men\u2019s list with 22 and 20. Pete Sampras (14) and Bjorn Borg (11) are the only other male players to win 10 or more majors in the Open Era.<\/p>\n<p>In a video posted on the Netflix Italia TikTok account, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tennis365.com\/tag\/jannik-sinner\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Sinner<\/a> was asked to blind rank 10 tennis icons (choosing a position between one and 10 after each player is named).<\/p>\n<p><a title=\"@netflixit\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/@netflixit?refer=embed\" target=\"_blank\">@netflixit<\/a> Chi \u00e8 il miglior tennista di sempre per Jannik Sinner? Non perdetevi la finale contro Carlos Alcaraz, domani dalle 20, live solo su Netflix. <a title=\"sixkingsslam\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/tag\/sixkingsslam?refer=embed\" target=\"_blank\">#SixKingsSlam<\/a> <a title=\"davedere\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/tag\/davedere?refer=embed\" target=\"_blank\">#davedere<\/a> <a title=\"sinner\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/tag\/sinner?refer=embed\" target=\"_blank\">#Sinner<\/a> <a title=\"netflixitalia\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/tag\/netflixitalia?refer=embed\" target=\"_blank\">#netflixitalia<\/a> <a title=\"\u266c original sound - Netflix Italia\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/music\/original-sound-Netflix-Italia-7562172905892236054?refer=embed\" target=\"_blank\">\u266c original sound \u2013 Netflix Italia<\/a><\/p>\n<p>The first two players put to Sinner were Borg and Sampras, and he placed the duo in fifth and fourth place respectively.<\/p>\n<p>Next up was Nadal, who Sinner put in the No 2 spot after some thought.<\/p>\n<p>Tennis Features<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tennis365.com\/tennis-features\/why-jannik-sinner-needs-vienna-open-title-boost-slim-year-end-world-no-1-hopes\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Why Jannik Sinner needs Vienna Open title to boost slim year-end world No 1 hopes<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tennis365.com\/tennis-features\/novak-djokovic-winning-percentage-tournaments-played-2025-worst-campaign-breakthrough-season\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Novak Djokovic winning percentage, events played: Is 2025 his worst campaign since his breakthrough season?<\/a><\/p>\n<p>The 24-year-old then put Australian icon Rod Laver in sixth place, before Federer\u2019s name came up.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cFor me, one,\u201d Sinner said of Federer.<\/p>\n<p>The Italian was next asked about Djokovic, and he put the Serbian in third to complete his top five.<\/p>\n<p>Sinner followed this by placing Andre Agassi in seventh, Ivan Lendl in ninth and Jimmy Connors in 10th, which left eighth for John McEnroe.<\/p>\n<p>Jannik Sinner\u2019s ranking of 10 tennis legends<\/p>\n<p>1. Roger Federer<\/p>\n<p>2. Rafael Nadal<\/p>\n<p>3. Novak Djokovic<\/p>\n<p>4. Pete Sampras<\/p>\n<p>5. Bjorn Borg<\/p>\n<p>6. Rod Laver<\/p>\n<p>7. Andre Agassi<\/p>\n<p>8. John McEnroe<\/p>\n<p>9. Ivan Lendl<\/p>\n<p>10. Jimmy Connors<\/p>\n<p>At a photoshoot after winning his maiden Grand Slam title at the 2024 Australian Open, Sinner described Federer as his \u201cbiggest inspiration.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhen I was younger, I think the biggest inspiration was always Roger Federer because of the way he behaves on the courts, the way he treats people off the court,\u201d he explained.<\/p>\n<p>Sinner, the world No 2, is in action at the ATP 500 in Vienna this week, having won the Six Kings Slam exhibition in Saudi Arabia last week.<\/p>\n<p>READ NEXT: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tennis365.com\/tennis-news\/carlos-alcaraz-comments-novak-djokovic-rafael-nadal-roger-federer-grand-slam-totals\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">What Carlos Alcaraz said about matching Djokovic, Nadal &amp; Federer\u2019s Grand Slam totals<\/a><\/p>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/www.tiktok.com\/embed.js\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Jannik Sinner has ranked 10 of the greatest players of all time, but in what positions did the&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":219908,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[38],"tags":[101,118,56,54,55],"class_list":["post-219907","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-tennis","tag-sports","tag-tennis","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom","tag-unitedkingdom"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/219907","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=219907"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/219907\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/219908"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=219907"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=219907"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=219907"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}