Former tennis star Andy Roddick has named Novak Djokovic as the greatest male tennis player of all time.
Roddick, who spent his career playing against the iconic Big Three, has repeatedly pointed to the objective numbers to settle the debate.
While Roddick has immense respect and personal fondness for his former rival Roger Federer, he maintains that the historical data leaves no doubt about Djokovic’s place in the sport.
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“There are two GOAT arguments, right? There’s one based on stats and there’s one based on feelings,” he said.
“With Novak [Djokovic], if you just put his numbers side-by-side, Slam totals, head-to-head record against most people on earth. He has a positive head-to-head record against his two biggest rivals, has won the most Masters 1000s, and he’s adding weeks to the all-time number one list. It’s actually hard to make a statistical argument against Novak having the best resume ever at this point.
“Then the conversation, eventually, when someone’s countering that, comes into stylistically. I like this person, and this person carries themselves a certain way.”
Djokovic is widely regarded as one of the greatest tennis players of all time.
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He holds the all-time men’s record of 24 Grand Slam singles titles and has spent a historic 428 weeks at World No. 1, more than any other man or woman in tennis history.
He is the first and only player in tennis history to achieve a Career Golden Masters, having won all nine active ATP Masters tournaments.
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