"In terms of just being a tennis player, he has the numbers": Eubanks picks Djokovic for GOAT debate based on statistics over Federer

America’s tennis star Christopher Eubanks believes that Serbia’s Novak Djokovic is ahead of the former world number one Switzerland’s Roger Federer in the GOAT debate.

The conversation has been underway for a very long time as to who is the greatest men’s singles tennis player out of Federer, Djokovic and Spain’s Rafael Nadal.

Eubanks was quoted in a report where he believes that Djokovic has the numbers to be ahead of the other two.

“Yeah, I think so. Personally. In just my opinion. The thing is GOAT conversations are so subjective,” he said. “It all depends on what you like. Federer changed the way tennis players were viewed globally. He was a global icon. In terms of just being a tennis player and titles, records, weeks at being number one. He has the numbers.

“Some might say Federer meant more to the sport and I'm not really going argue with you on that, if that's what your tennis GOAT means. Mine is just the best all around tennis player. You can take a tennis player, drop them on any surface against any opponent.”

In terms of pure numbers, Djokovic remains the most successful player in the history of men’s singles tennis after winning 23 Grand Slam titles. His most successful competition has been the Australian Open where he has won 10 times.

On the other hand, Nadal has won the second-most number of Grand Slams in the Open era — 22. His most successful tournament has been the French Open where he lifted the title 14 times which also earned him the title of the ‘King of Clay’.

Out of the three, Federer has the least number of Grand Slam titles to his name — 20 — but what made him so special was that he became the first ever to win more than 15 Grand Slams and was also the first to lift 20 or more major titles in his career.