Interesting Grand Slam stats from 2011 for Federer and Nadal

Very close in many ways..

As Federer and Nadal go into battle for the 29th time, their past throws up some interesting stats. Nadal leads the head to head 17-9 with 9 Grand Slams matches, out of which Federer has only won 2. His last victory came in one the five setter epic Wimbledon finals back in 2007.

2011 was supposedly a year in which Federer went into decline, but when broken down into plain numbers it doesn't seem that way at all. It is actually quite close overall, but one thing that may gain attention is how Nadal seems to work harder for his points. As shown below, Nadal took an average of 20 minutes more to finish a match. The numbers would also suggest Nadal was much more aggressive on the opponents second serve. However, Federer's serving stats are more solid and he would appear to get easier points on both first and second serves.

The coolest stat is the fact that they won the exact same percentage of points played over the four slams at 56.2% (Djokovic finished with an average 57.38 and Murray with 54.39).

Numbers for Grand Slam events 2011:

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