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Grand slam titles, greatest of all time, rivalries, stats, Rafael Nadal, Roger Federer

This time 12 years ago, Novak Djokovic was a mere fly on the windscreen of Roger Federer and Rafael Nadal.

At that point, Federer and Nadal had combined to win 25 of the last 30 grand slam tournaments and theirs was widely hailed the best rivalry in tennis history, with the two in a race to become the greatest tennis player of all time.

Djokovic had beaten Federer en route to his maiden major at the 2008 Australian Open, but his win-loss record against the Swiss maestro stood at 6-13, while against Nadal it was 7-16.

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