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.
For two decades, from 2003 Australian Open to 2026 Australian Open, the Big Four have won a combined 69 Grand Slam titles of 92 Grand Slam. 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 Grand Slam, as well as being 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 Grand Slam, with all four members regularly making it to the latter stages of Grand Slam. 92 Grand Slam between 2003 Australian Open to 2026 Australian Open, 15 finals not include any member of the Big Four were those of 2003, 2005, 2024 2025 Australian Open and 2003, 2004, 2024, 2025 French Open, 2025 Wimbledon, and 2003, 2014, 2020, 2022, 2024, 2025 US Open. They occupied 10 consecutive Grand Slam finals (winner and runner-up) from 2010 US Open to 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 semifinals slots. In the same period, only twice did 2 or more, not in semifinal (2009 and 2010 French Open). In 2012, they took 13 of 16 Grand Slam semifinals slots.
The Big Four, along with Rod Laver, Roger Federer, Novak Djokovic and Jannik Sinner, in Open Era, the Big Four are the only to reach Grand Slam finals at all 4 Grand Slam in single year. Federer and Djokovic have achieved record 3 times, Federer in 2006, 2007 and 2009, Djokovic in 2015, 2021 and 2023. Laver and Sinner have achieved one time, Laver in 1969, Sinner in 2025.
Prior to 2009, no player had made 20 Grand Slam finals, 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.
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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 4 times, Djokovic in Australian Open 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 Grand Slam. Djokovic, uniquely has met both Murray and Nadal at least once in the final of all 4 Grand Slam.
Similarly, 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 2005 Indian Wells to 2017 Madrid, they collectively won 96 of 112 (85.7%), however, their most dominant period was from 2011 Indian Wells to 2017 Madrid where they won 54 of 58 (93.1%). This includes all 9 in 2011, 2013 and 2015. Moreover, from 2014 Cincinnati to 2016 Toronto, they won 18 consecutive 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 (88.1%). Strangely, only two times (2009 and 2011) did all four win at least one 1000 event during the same calendar year. Federer, Nadal, Djokovic and Murray won their first Masters 1000 event in 2002, 2005, 2007 and 2008 respectively. Since then, the only Masters 1000 events missed in their respective careers were: Federer: Monte Carlo (Clay) and Rome (Clay); Nadal: Miami (Hard Outdoor), Shanghai (Hard Outdoor) and Paris (Hard Indoor); Djokovic: Hamburg (Clay) and Madrid (Hard Indoor); Murray: Indian Wells (Hard Outdoor) and Monte Carlo (Clay).
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The four have met one another at least twice in Masters 1000 finals. Their head-to-head records are: Federer 5âÂÂ7 Nadal; Federer 3âÂÂ5 Djokovic; Federer 0âÂÂ2 Murray; Nadal 7âÂÂ7 Djokovic; Nadal 1âÂÂ1 Murray; Djokovic 5âÂÂ5 Murray. Overall, in 48 'Big 4' Masters 1000 finals, Federer is 8âÂÂ14; Nadal 15âÂÂ13; Djokovic 17âÂÂ15 and Murray 8âÂÂ6.
From 2004 to 2023, the Big Four have combined to win 117 of 172 Masters 1000 finals. Djokovic won 40 titles, Nadal won 36, Federer won 27, and Murray 14, with only Daniil Medvedev, Alexander Zverev, Carlos Alcaraz, Andy Roddick, Nikolay Davydenko, Marat Safin, David Nalbandian and Hubert Hurkacz winning two titles or more during the period, six, five, four, three, three, two, two and two titles respectively.
Only 30 players outside the Big Four have reached 2 or more Masters 1000 finals during 2004 to 2023. Andy Roddick made it to 6 finals and won three. (2004 Miami, 2006 Cincinnati, 2010 Miami) Guillermo Coria made it to 5 finals and won one. (2004 Monte Carlo) David Nalbandian made it to 5 finals and won two. (2007 Madrid, 2007 Paris) Jo-Wilfried Tsonga made 4 finals and won the 2008 Paris and 2014 Toronto title. Ivan LjubiÃÂiàmade it to 4 finals and won one. (2010 Indian Wells) TomÃ¡à ¡ Berdych made 3 finals from 2010 to 2015, and had also previously won the 2005 Paris title. David Ferrer made it to 7 finals between 2010 to 2015, winning a title at the 2012 Paris. Stan Wawrinka made it to 3 finals and won the 2014 Monte Carlo title. Alexander Zverev made it to 10 finals and won 5 titles. (2017 Rome, 2017 Montreal, 2018 Madrid, 2021 Madrid, 2021 Cincinnati) Juan MartÃÂn del Potro reached 4 finals between 2009 to 2018, and won the 2018 Indian Wells title. John Isner has made it to 5 finals between 2012 to 2019, and won the 2018 Miami title. Dominic Thiem has made it to 3 finals and won the 2019 Indian Wells title. Daniil Medvedev made it to 9 finals and won 6 titles. (2019 Cincinnati, 2019 Shanghai, 2020 Paris, 2021 Toronto, 2023 Miami, 2023 Rome) Hubert Hurkacz made it to 3 finals and won two. (2021 Miami, 2023 Shanghai) Stefanos Tsitsipas made it to 6 finals and won the 2021 Monte Carlo and 2022 Monte Carlo title. Carlos Alcaraz made it to 5 finals and won four. (2022 Miami, 2022 Madrid, 2023 Indian Wells, 2023 Madrid) Borna ÃÂoriàmade it to 2 finals and won one. (2022 Cincinnati) Holger Rune made it to 3 finals and won one. (2022 Paris) Andrey Rublev made it to 4 finals and won one. (2023 Monte Carlo) Jannik Sinner made it to 3 finals and won one. (2023 Toronto)
Only Marat Safin made it to 2 finals and won all two. (2004 Madrid, 2004 Paris) Nikolay Davydenko made it to 3 finals and won all three. (2006 Paris, 2008 Miami, 2009 Shanghai)
Lleyton Hewitt, Fernando González, James Blake and Gilles Simon made it to 2 finals but won none. Richard Gasquet, Mardy Fish and Gaël Monfils made it to 3 finals but won none. Milos Raonic and Kei Nishikori made it to 4 finals but won none.
Only 11 players during 2004 to 2023 outside of the Big Four won a title by beating a member of the Big Four in the Masters 1000 finals:
The Big Four had a streak of 42 consecutive Masters 1000 finals appearances (from 2013 Indian Wells to 2017 Montreal). They won 18 consecutive titles from the 2014 Cincinnati to 2016 Toronto. Nadal and Djokovic held all 9 Masters 1000 titles starting with 2013 Monte Carlo through to 2014 Miami.
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Grand Slam, ATP Masters 1000 events and ATP Finals are considered the top tier events of the ATP Tour annual calendar, in addition to the quadrennial Olympics Games. 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 4 Grand Slam and ATP Finals, Nadal won all 4 Grand Slam and the Olympics and Murray won at least a title in the Big Titles, Grand Slam, Masters 1000, ATP Finals and Olympics Games.
Each holds records in one of the Grand Slam 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 Pete Sampras and Jimmy Connors, and behind the 7 won by William Larned, Richard Sears and Bill Tilden in the Pre-Open Era.
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</div> 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.
<small>Outright active tournament record underlined (ç = title(s) in different tournament(s))</small>
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 events 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 DjokovicâÂÂNadal and DjokovicâÂÂFederer 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.
<small>Despite losing record in matches, Federer had a better head-to-head record against Djokovic in games (758âÂÂ749) and points (4729âÂÂ4695) played.</small>
The Big Four have collectively won 69 Grand Slam titles (Djokovic winning record 24, Nadal 22, Federer 20, and Murray 3) since 2003 Australian Open. Since Big Four's dominance in 2004 Australian Open, the only other players who have Grand Slam titles are Gastón Gaudio (2004 French Open), Marat Safin (2005 Australian Open), Juan MartÃÂn del Potro (2009 US Open), Stan Wawrinka (2014 Australian Open, 2015 French Open, 2016 US Open), Marin ÃÂilià(2014 US Open), Dominic Thiem (2020 US Open), Daniil Medvedev (2021 US Open), Carlos Alcaraz (2022 US Open, 2023 Wimbledon, 2024 French Open, 2024 Wimbledon, 2025 French Open, 2025 US Open, 2026 Australian Open) and Jannik Sinner (2024 Australian Open, 2024 US Open, 2025 Australian Open, 2025 Wimbledon). Their combined record at Grand Slam against everyone else is 1285âÂÂ217 (85.6%) in career. Moreover, only 6 times has a player outside the group beaten two of them in the same Grand Slam (Safin at the 2005 Australian Open, Tsonga at the 2008 Australian Open, del Potro at the 2009 US Open, Berdych at the 2010 Wimbledon, Wawrinka at the 2014 Australian Open and 2015 French Open). Stan Wawrinka, Jo-Wilfried Tsonga and TomÃ¡à ¡ Berdych are the only players to have beaten each member of the Big Four at Grand Slam.
Wins over each member of the Big Four at Grand Slam
Wins over three members of the Big Four at Grand Slam
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 events. Two of 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 Grand Slam finals. The first to do so was del Potro when he defeated Federer in the 2009 US Open finals. Wawrinka defeated Nadal in the 2014 Australian Open finals and Djokovic in the 2015 Roland Garros and 2016 US Open finals. Medvedev defeated Djokovic in the 2021 US Open finals, and Alcaraz defeated Djokovic in the 2023, 2024 Wimbledon and 2026 Australian Open finals. In all cases, except Alcaraz, they defeated the world No. 1 in the process.
The Big Four have played in 100 events where all four have competed. Collectively, they have won 88 of 100 events (88%). Of the 12 events, they failed to win, they were runner-up in 6 of 12 events and 5 of 12 events occurred prior to them first being seeded as the top 4 players (latter of 2008 US Open). Since then, the Big Four have won 59 of 66 events (89.4%). Starting with the 2010 Rome Masters, they had won 31 consecutive events where all four were present, until 2014 Australian Open.
Only 7 players have managed to win events 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 events. Of 49 events where this has occurred, they have won 43 of 49 events (87.8%). Since 2008, they have won 32 of 37 events (86.5%).
Only 23 players have recorded at least 4 or more victories over each member of the Big Four combined. Of these players, only Félix Auger-Aliassime holds the lead record against all four combined.
Between 2004 to 2023, other players won 11 Grand Slam titles of 79, 55 Masters 1000 titles of 172, 7 ATP Finals of 20, Olympics gold 3 of 5.
Top-level tournament records (2004 Australian Open â 2023 US Open)
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 world No. 5 during all 16 of those weeks. The only two other players who entered the top four in this period were Juan MartÃÂn del Potro (3 weeks) and Robin Söderling (13 weeks). 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 No. 1. Federer first reached world No. 1 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 world No. 1 after 2016 Paris on 7 November 2016, towards the end of a season in which he had made three Grand Slam finals (winning 2016 Wimbledon), as well as winning Olympic Games and three Masters 1000 events.
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</div> <small>Outright records indicated in bold.</small>
Note: rank is at the end of the season or when the player is last ranked in the season.
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</div> <small>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.</small>
<small>On 27 July 2024, Murray retired from professional tennis at the 2024 Olympics. Last ranking recorded on 12 August 2024.</small>
<small>On 19 November 2024, Nadal retired from professional tennis at the 2024 Davis Cup. Last year-end ranking recorded on 2 December 2024.</small>
<sup></sup>Represents ATP rankings record.
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.
Time spans Big 4 held the Top 2 ATP ranking positions.
Spans per pair:
Time spans Big 4 held the Top 3 ATP ranking positions.
Spans per pair:
Time spans Big 4 held the Top 4 ATP ranking positions.
Spans per pair:
Current as of 30 March 2026
Most weeks at No. 1 record <br/> Most weeks at No. 2 record <br/> Most weeks at No. 3 record <br/> Most weeks at No. 4 record <br/> Most weeks in Top 4 record
Djokovic has been seeded 1st in 33 Grand Slam events, Federer (24), Nadal (16) and Murray (3).
<small> Nadal was seeded #1 but withdrew from the events after the draw was released.</small>
<small> Seeded first ahead of Nadal despite their world rankings being reversed, this was due to Wimbledon's grass seedings formula.</small>
<small> Djokovic was seeded #1 but withdrew from the events after the draw was released. </small>
Before 2005, Murray and Djokovic had not competed in a Grand Slam events. 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 events since 1999, and had won Wimbledon in 2003 and 2004, as well as the 2004 Australian Open and 2004 US Open.
<sup>D</sup> indicates the player met Novak Djokovic at that tournament. <br /> <sup>F</sup> indicates the player met Roger Federer at that tournament. <br /> <sup>M</sup> indicates the player met Andy Murray at that tournament. <br /> <sup>N</sup> indicates the player met Rafael Nadal at that tournament.
Note: age is at the end of the season
<sup>D</sup> indicates the player met Novak Djokovic at that tournament. <br /> <sup>F</sup> indicates the player met Roger Federer at that tournament. <br /> <sup>M</sup> indicates the player met Andy Murray at that tournament. <br /> <sup>N</sup> indicates the player met Rafael Nadal at that tournament.
<small>Outright record indicated in bold.</small>
ITF team competitions: Olympics, Davis Cup, Hopman Cup and ATP team competitions: Laver Cup, ATP Cup, United Cup
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<sup>1</sup>Award shown in the year it honored, not the year it was presented.
This table lists end of season statistics for each member of the Big Four, allowing for comparison at the same age.
Bold = age leader in completed years.
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Another way to view their respective careers and evolution is to look at the progression of titles won by the number of events played to win each of their titles at each level of competition including 4 Grand Slam, 9 ATP Masters 1000, ATP Finals (formerly Tennis Masters Cup), and Olympics Games.
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