Rafael Nadal, Roger Federer, Novak Djokovic: Who's the real tennis GOAT?

Who is the greatest tennis player of all time?

It’s a long conversation which never fails to divide opinion, but it’s clearly between Roger Federer, Novak Djokovic and Rafael Nadal.

On January 30, the final of the Australian Open saw Rafael Nadal defeat Russian star Daniil Medvedev and claim his 21st major, which has sparked the fire on the debate once again.

The answer to this question is flexible based on when it is asked. For example, Federer passed Pete Sampras’ record of 14 majors in 2009 which was seemingly enough for most fans to place him ahead of the rest in terms of star power. Then, in the 2010s, the Serbian Djokovic won an astonishing 15 majors and became the player of the decade.

This long-term battle has prompted The Telegraph, as per Stuff, to take a deep dive into the current stats and produce a scoring system to rank the athletes based on various categories.

They developed a system where points are distributed based on where they came in a category; one point for first, two for second and three for third. The man with lowest total of points wins.

1 point - Nadal (21 titles)2 points - Federer (20 titles)2 points - Djokovic (20 titles)

Perhaps the clearest indication of status on this list would be the amount of Grand Slams won. The player who finishes their career with the most from this list could easily rely on the stat in any debate about who the greatest might be. The race is on and as mentioned above, Nadal just creeped ahead of the rest with his recent win in Australia.

1 point - Djokovic (86 titles including 37 Masters)1 point - Federer (103 titles including 28 Masters)1 point - Nadal (90 titles including 36 Masters)

Though you may notice that the numbers vary, it feels impossible to split the