Overall, 19 players have accomplished this feat. With a record, Andy Murray has an impressive Murray's eight titles on grass are equaled or exceeded only by Roget Federer 19 , Pete Sampras 10 and Jimmy Connors 9.
Rafael Nadal has also lost a similar number of matches on grass - 20 to be exact. Nadal has also won just four titles on grass in his career, which is exactly half of what Murray has bagged.
This is one parameter where the two players are really close. Murray triumphed at SW19 in and while Nadal did so in and During his run, Murray did not meet a player comfortable on grass until the fourth round, where he locked horns with Mikhail Youzhny. In the quarters Murray recovered from a two-set deficit to down Fernando Verdasco, who is known more for his claycourt prowess. After dropping a set against first-time Slam semifinalist Jerzy Janowicz, Murray beat top seed Novak Djokovic in straight sets to become the first British player in over eight decades to win Wimbledon.
Three years later Murray had an even easier run to the title. He dropped his only sets of the tournament against Jo-Wilfried Tsonga in the quarterfinal, before beating Tomas Berdych and first-time Grand Slam finalist Milos Raonic in straight sets.
Rafael Nadal, on the other hand, had to work incredibly hard for his first Wimbledon title in The Spaniard lost just one set en route to his second consecutive final at the tournament, but that's where all the drama began.
Nadal looked to have taken a stranglehold of the final when he took a two-set lead against the five-time defending champion Roger Federer. But he eventually came within two points of defeat in the fifth set, before fighting back in fading light to become the first Spanish player in the Open Era to win Wimbledon. Two years later Nadal had a tougher run to the final - not in terms of the opponents he faced, but by the type of tussles he had in the early rounds.
He survived consecutive 2-sets-to-1 deficits in the second and third round against Robin Haase and Philipp Petzschner respectively. Nadal then saw off Roland Garros finalist Robin Soderling in the quarterfinals.
The Spaniard beat Andy Murray in a straight-sets semifinal and finally overwhelmed first-time Grand Slam finalist Tomas Berdych without dropping a set.
The Spaniard 5 has made more finals than Murray 3 at Wimbledon, but both players have made seven semifinals apiece. Murray 10 , however, has played more quarterfinals than Nadal at the grasscourt Major. At the same time, it must be noted that Nadal has beaten Murray on all three occasions the two have crossed swords at SW19 quarterfinals, semifinals. The reason this thought occured to me was when Novak Djokovic absolutely steamrollered through David Ferrer in his Australian Open semifinal.
Murray then played a day later and was taken to five sets following a courageous Roger Federer performance. In the final, Murray was far the better player in the first two sets against his great rival but ran out of steam after losing the second set on a tie break.
Murray is one of the fittest players on the tour and would be reluctant to ever use tiredness as an excuse for a loss, but it does make a massive difference. Had Nadal not been injured, it would likely have been him facing up to Djokovic in the other semifinal and not the limited Ferrer. It is highly unlikely that Djokovic would have beaten Nadal in straight sets.
Many of their matches have been exhausting five-set affairs. Let's imagine that it has been a long match, much like their final in Australia Would Djokovic have had the same levels of energy that he displayed against Murray in their final?
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