Speaking exclusively to Tennis365, Marcos Baghdatis has revealed why Novak Djokovic was the toughest opponent he faced in his career as he recalled a match in which he had no answer to the tennis icon\u2019s level.<\/p>\n
Baghdatis amassed a 349-274 record on the ATP Tour during a distinguished professional career spanning from 2003 to 2019.<\/p>\n
During his time in the sport, Baghdatis competed with Djokovic<\/a>, Rafael Nadal and Roger Federer, who are widely considered to be the three greatest players in tennis history.<\/p>\n The Cypriot, who won four singles titles, peaked at No 8 in the rankings in August 2006 after reaching the Australian Open final and Wimbledon semi-finals that year.<\/p>\n Baghdatis fell in four sets to Federer in the Australian Open title match and lost to Nadal in straight sets in the last four at Wimbledon.<\/p>\n He holds a 1-7 record against Federer and a 1-9 record against Nadal, having beaten both of the legendary duo in 2010; Federer in Indian Wells and Nadal in Cincinnati.<\/p>\n Baghdatis lost all eight of the matches he played against Djokovic, which were spread between 2007 and 2015. He\u00a0won at least a set in five of the eight matches he played against Djokovic, including in all three of the pair\u2019s Grand Slam encounters.<\/p>\n The best match Baghdatis and Djokovic contested was a five-set quarter-final thriller at the 2007 Wimbledon Championships.<\/p>\n What Marcos Baghdatis said about his toughest opponent<\/p>\n In an interview with Tennis365, Baghdatis named Djokovic as his most difficult opponent and spoke about the strength of the era in which he played.<\/p>\n \u201cI would pick Novak Djokovic, just because of the reason that I never beat him. But it\u2019s very hard to pick,\u201d said the Cypriot.<\/p>\n \u201cAnd I\u2019m saying that, not that they (the Big Three), were the only toughest opponents, but there were so many others.<\/p>\n Tennis Features<\/p>\n The inside story on Marcos Baghdatis\u2019 tennis academy in Cyprus\u2019 stunning City of Dreams resort<\/a><\/p>\n