What are the most lopsided head to head rivalries on a single surface by matches won?

In any sport, head-to-head rivalries are probably the most interesting things for fans, something that keeps their interest intact.

In tennis, there are a lot of rivalries that keep the fans on the edge of their seat for years. At the same time. there have been a lot of rivalries that were one-sided in nature as well.

Interestingly, the top seven of such rivalries featured the big three in all of them — Serbia’s Novak Djokovic, Switzerland’s Roger Federer and Spain’s Rafael Nadal.

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The most one-sided rivalry in the men’s singles tennis featured Djokovic and Czech Republic’s Tomas Berdych where the current world number one emerged victorious 21 times without losing a match on the hard court.

Second in the list features Nadal’s outstanding record against Federer. The Spaniard defeated the Swiss legendary tennis star 22 times in 24 meetings on the clay court.

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On the third spot was Federer himself who defeated fellow Swiss Stan Wawrinka 17 times on the hard court without losing a single time.

Djokovic also got the better of France’s Gael Monfils 16 times without losing a single time on the hard court.

On the fifth position was once again the 24th-time Grand Slam winner who defeated Croatia’s Marin Cilic 15 times in 16 meetings.

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