Italian Open: The story of Rafael Nadal and Novak Djokovic dominance in Rome since 2005

The holy trinity in tennis consists of three of the most legendary players in the world who have won a nuymber of titles during their career in the game. Roger Federer, Rafael Nadal and Novak djokovic have carried the game for a long time and have made sure they achieved a lot of success. They have given us some of the best tennis matches as well with the growing rivalry which they have had. 

The retirement of Roger Federer the trinity is now turned into a duo who are most likely in the final phase of their career. While Djokovic is still enjoying his game at the top, Nadal is currently in his last season and is playing as a unseeded player. However, this does not mean that we still can't get the best out of the two since they will featuring in Rome for the Italian Open. The Spaniard and the Serbian has had some of the best matches among them in the 59 matches where both these individuals are neck and neck in head to head games.

The dominance in Italian Open

Though these two have played some great matches the Italian Open is where these two have had some of the best rivalry games we have ever seen. Rafael Nadal and Djoko apart from having 46 Grand Slams between them have also got multiple ATP titles. In fact Rome has been a place where both these individulas have played some dominating games in the ATP clay season. since 2005 Nadal and Djokovic have been winning 16 titles out of the 19 editions. This has been the tournament where they had some iconic matches together as well.

This has been a tournament where they have also won the most titles where Novak Djokovic has won 6 titles and Nadal has won 10. It is safe to say that they are one of the most dominant players at Rome and have played six finals against each other as well. With both these players featuring in the tournament once again, We can be sure to expect anothe Nadal- Djokovic classic going into the Italian Open this season once again.