While Andy Murray was competitive with the ‘big three’ during his career, he ultimately had a losing record against each of them.
Murray‘s worst record of the trio was against Rafael Nadal, against whom he clinched seven wins and suffered 17 losses.
Versus Novak Djokovic, the Scot tallied 11 wins and 25 defeats, having played the Serb the most out of anyone in his playing days.
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With Roger Federer, however, Murray had much more joy, with a win-loss record of 11-14 against the Swiss.
Murray actually had a winning record over Federer in the early stages of his career, which the latter addressed after losing to him in the 2010 Canadian Open final.
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Murray beat both Nadal and Federer en route to the title in Canada that year, overcoming both in straight sets.
With the win over Federer, he improved his winning head-to-head record at the time to 7-5.
None of Murray’s wins had come at Grand Slams though, which Federer was asked about after falling to him in the final.
“Well, we only played twice in Grand Slam play, so it’s not a whole lot of chances for him, really, to get me,” said Federer in his post-match press conference.
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Up until then, their only Grand Slam meetings were the 2008 US Open final and the 2010 Australian Open final, both of which Federer won in straight sets.
Federer continued: “The first time around, I mean, I was the big favourite going into the match, so you can’t expect him maybe to win the first time we played maybe at the US Open there.
“But a best-of-three match like here at the Masters 1000 levels, there’s not much in it. As we saw today, it could have gone either way.
“A guy’s gotta win. If you have a bad start like I did today or if he starts off well, you’re always running behind the score; whereas in a best-of-five-set match, that’s not quite the case.”
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Asked what he thought the win would do for Murray’s career, Federer replied: “Well, it’s obviously nice. It still doesn’t give you a Grand Slam title, you know, what you guys are expecting him to do so badly, but it’s definitely right direction.
“I think most important actually for both of us is that since Australia, you know, maybe we’ve had not the results we were hoping for after playing so well right off the bat at the beginning of the year.
“I think, for us, it’s really important knowing we’re back on hardcourt, that our game’s back on, and now we can look ahead of what’s to come because we are staying on this surface for the next seven months.
“I think that’s a big positive for both of us. For him, obviously it’s even better. He won the tournament. He didn’t just make the finals like I did.
“To me, he doesn’t need to prove his point anymore. He’s beaten me six or seven times now. He’s beaten Rafa in the past on hardcourts. It was just another great showing from him on a big stage.”
Just over two years later, Murray won his first of three Grand Slam titles at the US Open.
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