Big Four career statistics


This is a list of the combined career statistics of the Big Four, the four players who dominated men's tennis in singles for the majority of the first quarter of the 21st century. The Big Four consists of Roger Federer, Rafael Nadal, Novak Djokovic, and Andy Murray.

Overall dominance

Grand Slam tournaments

For two decades, from 2003 Australian Open to 2026 Australian Open, the Big Four have won a combined 69 Grand Slam titles of 92 majors. Djokovic with a record 24 titles including a triple Career Grand Slam, Nadal with 22 including a double Career Grand Slam, Federer with 20 including a Career Grand Slam and Murray with 3. Although, Murray's 3 titles is the same with Stan Wawrinka, Murray's 11 Grand Slam finals and consistent appearances in the semifinals of the other majors, as well as being [List of Association of Tennis Professionals|ATP number 1 ranked singles tennis players|world No. 1], placed him significantly ahead of any other player outside the Big Three during the period.
The dominance does not just consist of winning the events, with all four members regularly making it to the latter stages of tournaments. 92 majors between the 2003 Australian Open to 2026 Australian Open, the 15 finals not to include any member of the Big Four were those of 2003, 2005, 2024 2025 Australian Open and 2003, 2004, 2024, 2025 French Open, [2025 The Championships, Wimbledon|Wimbledon Championships – Men's singles|2025] Wimbledon, and [2003 US Open (tennis)|US Open – Men's singles|2003], 2014, 2020, 2022, 2024, 2025 US Open. They occupied 10 consecutive major finals from the 2010 US Open to the 2013 Australian Open. Since 2008, they have occupied all 4 semifinal spots on 4 occasions, at the 2008 US Open, 2011 French Open, 2011 US Open and 2012 Australian Open, as well as taking 3 of 4 spaces on 9 other separate occasions. In 2011, they occupied 14 of a possible 16 Grand Slam semifinal slots. In the same period, only twice did 2 or more, not in semifinal. In 2012, they took 13 of 16 Grand Slam semifinal slots.
The Big Four, along with Rod Laver, Tony Roche, Ivan Lendl and Jannik Sinner are the only men in Open Era to reach the semifinals at all 4 majors in a single year. Djokovic has achieved this a record 7 times in his career so far. Similarly, the Big Four make up 4 of the 7 players to have made the semifinal 3 or more times at each of the 4 majors. Additionally, the Big Four make up 4 of the 10 players to have reached the final at each of the four majors. Finally, prior to 2009, no player had made 20 Grand Slam final, with Ivan Lendl leading the way with 19. However, since Big Three ascent, Djokovic with a record 38, Federer with 31, and Nadal with 30 have each surpassed Lendl's mark.

Combined Grand Slam tournament performance timeline (best result)


Grand Slam200320042005200620072008200920102011201220132014201520162017201820192020202120222023202420252026SR
Australian Open4RFWFSFFWFWFWDWNWFWDWDWDFNWDWDWFWFWDWDWDWNWDSFDSFDFD18/24
French Open1RF3RFWNWNWNWNWFWNWNWNWNWNFDWDWNWNWNWNWDWNWDQFDSFD18/23
WimbledonWFWFWFWFWFWNWFWNWDWFWMWDWDWMWFWDWDNHWDWDFDFDSFD19/22
US Open4RFWFWFWFWFWFFFWNWDWMWNSFDFWDFDWNWDWN4RDFD4RNWD3RDSFD14/23


Big Four Head-to-Head Grand Slam finals: 33

The most common pairing in specific Big Four Grand Slam finals were Djokovic vs Murray at the Australian Open and Nadal vs Federer at the French Open, which both occurred on 4 occasions - in both cases, the same player triumphed four times - Djokovic in Melbourne and Nadal in Paris. Nadal and Djokovic have faced each other in 9 Grand Slam finals in total, as have Nadal and Federer, but Nadal and Murray never met in the final of a major. Djokovic, uniquely has met both Murray and Nadal at least once in the final of all 4 majors.
No.YearChampionshipSurfaceWinnerRunner-upScore
1.2006French OpenClay

ATP Masters 1000 tournaments

Similarly, ATP Masters 1000 events have been dominated by the Big Four. Djokovic with a record 40 titles including a double Career Golden Masters, Nadal with 36, Federer with 28 and Murray with 14. They have won a combined 118 titles. Between the 2005 Indian Wells and 2017 Madrid they collectively won 96 of 112, however, their most dominant period was from the 2011 Indian Wells to the 2017 Madrid where they won 54 of 58. This includes all 9 in 2011, 2013 and 2015. Moreover, from the 2014 Cincinnati to the 2016 Toronto, they won 18 consecutive ATP Masters 1000 events. From the beginning of 2013 through the first 6 events of 2017, they had a streak of 42 consecutive Masters 1000 events where at least one of the four reached the final, winning a combined 37 titles. Strangely, only two times did all four win at least one 1000 event during the same calendar year. Federer, Nadal, Djokovic and Murray won their first ATP Masters 1000 event in 2002, 2005, 2007 and 2008 respectively. Since then, the only ATP Masters 1000 events missed in their respective careers were: Federer: Monte Carlo and Rome ; Nadal: Miami, Shanghai and Paris ; Djokovic: Hamburg and Madrid ; Murray: Indian Wells and Monte Carlo.

Combined Masters 1000 performance timeline (best result)


Big Four ATP Masters 1000 finals: 48
The four have met one another at least twice in Masters 1000 finals. Their head-to-head records are: Federer 5–7 Nadal; Federer 3–5 Djokovic; Federer 0–2 Murray; Nadal 7–7 Djokovic; Nadal 1–1 Murray; Djokovic 5–5 Murray. Overall, in 48 'Big 4' Masters 1000 finals, Federer is 8–14; Nadal 15–13; Djokovic 17–15 and Murray 8–6.
No.YearSurfaceTournamentWinnerRunner-upScore
1.2005HardMiami

Combined ATP Finals performance timeline (best result)

  • Since the year of first ATP Finals qualification.
ATP Finals2002200320042005200620072008200920102011201220132014201520162017201820192020202120222023202420252026SR
ATP FinalsSFFWFWFFFWFWFWDSFFWFWFWDWDWDWDWMSFFFDSFFSFDNSFDWDWDAA14/22

Combined Olympic Games singles performance timeline (best result)

Big Four Olympic finals


Big Titles

The Grand Slam tournaments, the ATP Masters 1000 tournaments and the ATP Finals are considered the top tier events of the ATP Tour annual calendar, in addition to the quadrennial Olympics. They make up the most coveted titles in men's tennis and are collectively known as the 'Big Titles'. Djokovic, uniquely, won all titles of the annual calendar, Federer won all four majors and ATP Finals, Nadal won all four majors and the Olympics and Murray won at least a title in the Big Titles, Majors, Masters 1000, ATP Finals, and Olympics.
Each holds records in one of the major men's individual events; Djokovic's 10 Australian Open titles, Nadal's 14 titles at the French Open, Federer's 8 Wimbledon titles, and Murray's pair of Olympics golds represent the outright record in each of those events, while Federer shares the Open Era record of 5 US Open titles with Jimmy Connors and Pete Sampras, and behind the 7 won by William Larned, Richard Sears, Bill Tilden in the Pre-Open Era.


Other feats: Djokovic achieved a Non-calendar Grand Slam. Nadal and Djokovic both achieved a Surface Slam. Nadal, Djokovic and Federer achieved a Channel Slam and a Three-Quarter Slam.
''Outright active tournament record underlined in different tournament)''

Rivalries

The respective rivalries between the Big Four are considered to be some of the greatest of all time. Amongst the four of them they have played 235 matches against each other, 74 of which were at Grand Slam events. This includes 33 Grand Slam tournament finals, as well as 26 Grand Slam semifinal meetings, more than any other group of four players. Currently, Djokovic leads the head to head record against all members of the Big Four. Djokovic has also won 20+ matches against all three of his peers, while Nadal has won 20+ matches against two of his peers. The Djokovic–Nadal and Djokovic–Federer rivalries are the only two in the Open Era to reach 50 matches. With five, Federer has recorded most bagels against all three of his peers, while receiving only one.

Big Four vs. Other Players

The Big Four have collectively won 69 major titles since 2003 Australian Open. Since Big Four's dominance in 2004 Australian Open, the only other players who have a major title are Gastón Gaudio, Marat Safin, Juan Martín del Potro, Stan Wawrinka, Marin Čilić, Dominic Thiem, Daniil Medvedev, Carlos Alcaraz and Jannik Sinner. Their combined record at Grand Slam tournaments against everyone else is 1285–217 in career. Moreover, only 6 times has a player outside the group beaten two of them in the same Grand Slam. Stan Wawrinka, Jo-Wilfried Tsonga and Tomáš Berdych are the only players to have beaten each member of the Big Four at a Grand Slam event.
Wins over each member of the Big Four at a Grand Slam event
Wins over three members of the Big Four at a Grand Slam event
Wins over two members of the Big Four at a Grand Slam event
Only 4 players have defeated three of the Big Four at the same tournament. Two of these players are members of the Big Four: Nadal who defeated Murray in the round of 16, Djokovic in the semifinals, and Federer in the final to win the 2008 Hamburg; and Federer who defeated Murray in the round robin round, Djokovic in the semifinals, and Nadal in the finals to win the 2010 ATP Finals. Only two other players to have achieved this trifecta are:
Only 4 players have beaten a member of the Big Four in a major final. The first to do so was del Potro when he defeated Federer in the 2009 US Open final. Wawrinka defeated Nadal in the 2014 Australian Open final, and Djokovic in the 2015 Roland Garros and 2016 US Open final. Medvedev defeated Djokovic in the 2021 US Open final, and Alcaraz defeated Djokovic in the 2023, 2024 Wimbledon and 2026 Australian Open final. In all cases, except Alcaraz, they defeated the world No. 1 in the process.
The Big Four have played in 100 tournaments where all four have competed. Collectively, they have won 88 of these 100 tournaments. Of the 12 tournaments they failed to win, they were runner-up in 6 of them, and 5 of these 12 tournaments occurred prior to them first being seeded as the top four players. Since then, the Big Four have won 59 of 66 tournaments. And starting with the 2010 Rome Masters, they had won 31 consecutive tournaments where all four were present, until the 2014 Australian Open.
Only 7 players have managed to win a tournament where all four of the Big Four have competed:
The Big Four's dominance is also high when only three of the Big Four have competed in the same tournament. Of 49 events where this has occurred, they have won 43 of them. Since 2008, they have won 32 of 37 tournaments.
Only 14 players have recorded at least 1 victory over each member of the Big Four. These players who have won at least once against each of the Big Four. Of these players, 8 have recorded 10 or more victories, and none have a lead record against all four combined.
Between 2002 to 2026, other players won 27 Grand Slam titles of 96, 81 ATP Masters 1000 titles of 199, 10 ATP Finals Champions of 24, 2 Olympics Gold of 6.
Top-level tournament records
PlayerGrand SlamsATP Masters 1000ATP FinalsOlympicsTotal
Big Four69118144205
Other Players2781102120

Rankings

Between 8 September 2008 and 28 January 2013, the top four positions in the ATP rankings were occupied by all members of the Big Four for all but 16 weeks. Roger Federer, Rafael Nadal, and Novak Djokovic were consistently in the top four for this period, with Andy Murray dropping to No. 5 during all 16 of those weeks. The only two other players who entered the top four in this period were Juan Martín del Potro and Robin Söderling. This run was ended when David Ferrer replaced Nadal in the top four following a period of injury for Nadal, and retained his place in the top four for much of 2013 as Roger Federer dropped down the rankings due to his own back injury problems.
All four have been world number one. Federer first reached number one in 2004 after winning his first Australian Open, whereas Nadal did in 2008 following his Olympics victory after three straight years of ending the year ranked world No. 2, behind Federer. Similarly, Djokovic achieved world No. 1 status following his Wimbledon victory in 2011, after four consecutive years at No. 3, in a season which is regarded as one of the greatest in the history of the sport. Murray reached the number one position after the 2016 Paris on 7 November 2016, towards the end of a season in which he had made three Grand Slam tournament finals, as well as winning the Olympic Games and three Masters 1000 tournaments.

Combined ranking timeline (best result)

  • Since the first year-end No. 1 finish.


''Outright records indicated in bold.''

Year-end ranking timeline by year

Note: rank is at the end of the season or when the player is last ranked in the season.


On 23 September 2022, Federer retired from professional tennis at the 2022 Laver Cup. He played this last ATP event with protected ranking 9, however he was last ranked 97 at the starting week of 2022 Wimbledon in the ATP rankings.
On 27 July 2024, Murray retired from professional tennis at the 2024 Olympics. Last ranking recorded on 12 August 2024.
On 19 November 2024, Nadal retired from professional tennis at the 2024 Davis Cup. Last year-end ranking recorded on 2 December 2024.

Big Four ATP world No. 1 era

Represents ATP rankings record.

Top 4 time spans

Top 1

Time spans Big 4 held the Top 1 ATP ranking position.
After Federer became No. 1 on, the Big 4 member holding the No. 1 ranking changed 24 times.

Top 2

Time spans Big 4 held the Top 2 ATP ranking positions.
Spans per pair:
PairStart dateEnd dateWeeksTotal Weeks
Djokovic–Federer13 9 20107 3 201125293
Djokovic–Nadal21 3 201125 6 201266360
Djokovic–Federer9 7 201218 3 201336396
Murray13 5 201312 8 201313409
Nadal–Djokovic19 8 201323 6 201444444
Nadal–Federer7 7 20145 10 201565511
Murray–Federer12 10 20152 11 20153515
Murray–Djokovic9 11 201529 5 201781597
Nadal–Murray12 6 201728 8 201711610
Federer–Nadal11 9 201719 3 201827639
Federer–Nadal2 4 201818 6 201811652
Federer–Djokovic25 6 201829 10 201818671
Nadal–Djokovic5 11 201820 1 202063735
Nadal3 2 20208 3 202157793

Top 3

Time spans Big 4 held the Top 3 ATP ranking positions.
Spans per pair:
PairStart dateEnd dateWeeksTotal Weeks
Djokovic–Murray13 8 200710 8 2009104104
Nadal–Murray17 8 200912 10 20098113
Djokovic–Murray19 10 20098 2 201016130
Nadal–Murray15 2 201029 3 20106137
Nadal–Djokovic5 4 201028 6 201011149
Djokovic–Federer16 8 201011 10 20108157
Djokovic–Federer18 10 201010 10 201151208
Murray–Federer17 10 20117 5 201229238
Federer–Nadal21 5 201227 8 201214252
Murray–Federer10 9 201224 6 201341293
Nadal–Murray12 8 20137 10 20138301
Federer–Nadal7 7 201423 3 201537338
Murray–Federer24 8 201526 10 20159347
Federer–Murray9 11 20159 5 201626373
Federer16 5 201615 8 201613386
Federer–Murray17 7 201730 10 201715401
Djokovic–Federer10 9 201814 1 201918419

Top 4

Time spans Big 4 held the Top 4 ATP ranking positions.
Spans per pair:
PairStart dateEnd dateWeeksTotal Weeks
Djokovic–Murray8 9 20084 1 20106969
Murray–Nadal18 1 201012 4 20101281
Murray–Federer4 4 201121 11 201133114
Murray–Nadal28 11 201114 1 201359174
Federer–Murray2 2 201523 3 20157181
Federer–Nadal22 8 20163 10 20166187
Federer–Nadal3 4 201729 5 20178195
Djokovic12 6 201724 7 20176203

Weeks at Top 4

Current as of 2 February 2026
PlayerNo. 1No. 2No. 3No. 4Total
sup|3

Career Grand Slam tournament 1st seedings

Djokovic has been seeded 1st in 33 Grand Slam tournaments, Federer, Nadal and Murray.
Year

Grand Slam performances

Grand Slam tournament performance comparison

Before 2005, Murray and Djokovic had not competed in a Grand Slam tournament. Nadal had made four appearances during 2003 to 2004, reaching the third round at 2003 Wimbledon and 2004 Australian Open. Federer had been competing in Grand Slam tournaments since 1999, and had won Wimbledon in 2003 and 2004, as well as the 2004 Australian Open and 2004 US Open.

2021–2026

D indicates the player met Novak Djokovic at that tournament.

F indicates the player met Roger Federer at that tournament.

M indicates the player met Andy Murray at that tournament.

N indicates the player met Rafael Nadal at that tournament.

Grand Slam tournament performance comparison by age

Note: age is at the end of the season

35–41

D indicates the player met Novak Djokovic at that tournament.

F indicates the player met Roger Federer at that tournament.

M indicates the player met Andy Murray at that tournament.

N indicates the player met Rafael Nadal at that tournament.

Career finals performance comparison

''Outright record indicated in bold.''

National and international representation

ITF team competitions: Olympics, Davis Cup, Hopman Cup and
ATP team competitions: Laver Cup, ATP Cup, United Cup
*

Performance comparison by events representation



Combined achievements

All four

  1. Won 69 of the last 92 Grand Slam events, this is of the majors won since the Australian Open in 2003.
  2. Represented in the final of 76 of the last 92 Grand Slam events. This is of the majors won.
  3. Won every Wimbledon from 2003 to 2022 ; furthermore 9 of 16 Wimbledon finals from 2006 to 2022 have been contested by two of the Big Four.
  4. 8 of 9 Australian Open finals from 2009 to 2017 have been contested by two of the Big Four.
  5. 33 Grand Slam tournament finals featured two from the Big Four, the most of any four players.
  6. Occupied at least 7 of 8 Grand Slam finalist slots in 6 seasons, including all 20 from the 2010 US Open until the 2013 Australian Open.
  7. Occupied all four semifinal slots on 4 Grand Slam tournament occasions.
  8. Along with Stefan Edberg, they are the only players to reach 5 or more Australian Open finals in the Open Era.
  9. Consecutively have held the world No. 1 ranking since 2 February 2004 to 27 February 2022.
  10. Occupied the world No. 1 and 2 rankings between 25 July 2005 to 18 March 2013, 13 May 2013 to 8 March 2021.
  11. Won 96 of the 112 Masters 1000 tournaments from 2005 Indian Wells – 2017 Madrid.
  12. Won 18 consecutive Masters tournaments from the 2014 Cincinnati – 2016 Toronto.
  13. All 9 Masters 1000 tournaments won in 2011, 2013, and 2015.
  14. Won every Grand Slam and Masters 1000 tournament as well as the ATP World Tour Finals in 2011 and 2013.
  15. Won 6+ of the 9 Masters tournaments for 12 consecutive years.
  16. Occupied top four places in the rankings for 5 years, all consecutive.
  17. The only four players to have reached the semifinals or better at all nine ATP Masters 1000 events at least once.
  18. Were ranked in the year-end top 6 every year at age 21 through to 29.
  19. Top four prize money leaders of all time.
  20. Consecutively have held the year-end No. 1 ranking since 2004 to 2021.

Three of the four

Djokovic, Federer and Nadal

  1. The top three players of all time in terms of Grand Slam titles won.
  2. The only three players in history to win 8+ titles at a single Grand Slam event.
  3. Won 66 of the last 92 majors as of the 2026 Australian Open, which is of majors won since the Australian Open in 2003.
  4. Won 29 out of 32 Grand Slam events from the 2005 Australian Open up to and including 2012 US Open, which is of majors won.
  5. Represented in 75 of the last 91 major finals, which is of majors won from the 2003 Australian Open up to the 2025 US Open.
  6. Won 18 of the last 22 Australian Open titles, which is of majors won since 2003.
  7. Only three players in history to play 20 or more major finals. Djokovic has reached 37 finals, Federer 31 and Nadal 30.
  8. Only three players in history to play 38 or more major semifinals.
  9. Only three players in the Open Era to have reached the final of every Grand Slam tournament at least five times.
  10. Only three players in the Open Era to have played 5 or more consecutive Grand Slam tournament finals.
  11. Consecutively held the world No. 1 ranking from 2 February 2004 to 7 November 2016, and also from 20 August 2017 to the 27 February 2022.
  12. Occupied the top 3 places in the year end rankings for 8 seasons, 5 consecutively.
  13. The only era in men's tennis where three players have won double digit majors and the Career Grand Slam while playing in the same time period.
  14. Set or tied the Open Era record for most titles won in all four Grand Slam events – Djokovic with 10 Australian Open titles, Federer with 8 Wimbledon titles and 5 US Open titles, and Nadal with 14 French Open titles.
  15. Only three players in tennis history to simultaneously hold major titles on grass, hard court, and clay. Nadal achieved this feat from 2008 to 2009 and again in 2010, Federer in 2008–2009, and Djokovic from 2015 to 2016 and again from 2019 to 2021.
  16. All won ATP Awards, ITF World Champions, Laureus World Sports Award for Sportsman of the Year and ESPY Award for Best Male Tennis Player.
  17. Hold the all-time top 3 for match wins at the Australian Open and the French Open.
  18. Hold the Open Era top 3 for number of semifinals and quarterfinals reached at the French Open.
  19. Hold the top three for number of match wins against top 10 ranked opponents.
  20. Hold the top 11 spots for number of match wins against top 10 ranked opponents in a single season.
  21. Top three earliest to clinch year end No. 1 leaders since the ATP rankings started in 1973.
  22. Held the year end number 1 ranking for 12 consecutive years.
  23. All three have simultaneously appeared in 13 major semifinals.

Djokovic, Murray and Nadal

  1. Won every Grand Slam tournament, Masters 1000 tournament and the ATP World Tour Finals in 2013.
  2. Won a combined 12 consecutive Rome Masters titles from 2005 to 2016. During this period Nadal has won 7, Djokovic 4 and Murray 1.

Djokovic, Federer and Murray

  1. Won every Masters 1000 tournament and ATP World Tour Finals in 2015.
  2. Won the ATP World Tour Finals at least once from 2010 to 2016, a record 7 consecutive titles. During this period Djokovic won 4, Federer won 2 and Murray won 1.

Main tennis and sports awards

1Award shown in the year it honored, not the year it was presented.

Career evolution

This table lists end of season statistics for each member of the Big Four, allowing for comparison at the same age.
  • = active record.
Bold = age leader in completed years.
Current or former record of the Open Era



Titles by tournaments comparison

Another way to view their respective careers and evolution is to look at the progression of titles won by the number of tournaments played to win each of their titles at each level of competition including the four majors, the nine ATP Masters 1000, the ATP Finals, and the Olympic Games.