Men's Tennis In 2010s Was Headlined By Sheer Hegemony Of 'Djoko', 'Rafa' And 'Fedex' At The Very Top

The decade was headlined with the rivarly between the two baseline counterpunching giants - Novak Djokovic and Rafael Nadal - who were engaged in a constant slugfest for Grand Slam glory and locked horns in some of the most pulsating, enduring and nerve wrecking grand slam finals.

The decade gone by (2010-2019) had the much famed and all conquering 'Big 3' trio of Rafael Nadal, Roger Federer and Novak Djokovic battling it out for supremacy at the very top in the men's tennis. After Federer's staggering dominance at the pinnacle of the sport in the previous decade, the 'Swiss Maestro' continued to be a force to reckon with in his 30s, adding 5 more titles to his record grand slam kitty besides winning 12 Master Series titles. The decade was headlined with the rivarly between the two baseline counterpunching giants - Novak Djokovic and Rafael Nadal - who were engaged in a constant slugfest for Grand Slam glory and locked horns in some of the most pulsating, enduring and nerve wrecking grand slam finals. While the gritty and tenacious Nadal was all conquering on clay, extending his hegemony at Roland Garros by accomplishing the 'La Decima' , the Serbian tennis ace Djokovic was the dominant force on hard courts adding a record extending 6th title at his favourite Australian Open. Between the two modern day greats, they racked up an astounding 28 Grand Slam and 49 Masters Series Titles. Andy Murray extended the much famed 'Big 3' to the formidable 'Big 4' courtesy his consistency at winning titles in the first half of the decade. The Scotsman had his moments under the sun with his historic and path breaking win at Wimbledon in 2013 and clinching consecutive Olympic Golds for Great Britain at Rio and London Olympics. Stanislas Wawrinka who came out of the shadows of his more illusturous Swiss counterpart Roger Federer, was the argubly best player outside the 'Big 4' as managed to outgun the formidable four and pull off 3 Grand Slam title wins besides a few Master Series titles. Spain's clay court specialist David Ferrer was by far the most consistent player to have not won a Grand Slam as the fleet footed and extremely competitive baseliner notched up many top level tour titles on clay, besides coming out second best to his more accomplished countryman Nadal at the French Open knockouts many a times. The big serving Argentine Juan Martin Del Potro was a giant killer with his thunderous groundstrokes and consistently made it to the latter rounds of the Grand Slams all through the decade. Meanwhile, another offensive baseliner and potent server Marin Cilic had the honour of having his name on the grand slam board with an elusive US Open title in 2014. The likes of Tomas Berdych, Kei Nishikori, Milos Raonic and Jo Wilfred Tsonga won a spree of titles and consistently finished in the top 10 all through the decade but fell short of grand slam glory. Meanwhile, Grigor Dimitrov, David Goffin and Ernest Gulbis promised a lot but did not quite deliver the goods at the big stage. Towards the end of the decade, a new crop of extremely talented players emerged on the tour who challenged the all dominant old guard to the hilt. They were succesful in racking up titles at premier tournaments and somewhat breaking the dominance of the ' Big 3' but Grand Slam glory still evaded them. Notable among them was Austrian Dominic Theim who made it to a couple of French Open finals, the highly consistent Russian Danil Medvedev and the fiery and flashy big serving German Alexander Zverev. Top 10 Men's Singles Players (2010-2019) - Novak Djokovic, Rafael Nadal, Roger Federer, Andy Murray, Stanislas Wawrinka, Juan Martin Del Potro, David Ferrer, Marin Cilic, Kei Nishikori and Tomas Berdych Notable Mentions - Dominic Theim, Milos Raonic, Jo Wilfred Tsonga, Richard Gasquet, Nicolas Almagro, Nick Kyrgios, Kevin Anderson, Giles Simon, Fabio Fognini Grand Slam Singles Titles Won (2010-2019) Novak Djokovic - 15, Rafael Nadal - 13, Roger Federer - 5 ; Murray, Wawrinka - 3, Cilic - 1 ATP Tour Titles Won (2010-2019) Novak Djokovic (61), Rafael Nadal (48), Roger Federer (42), Andy Murray (32), David Ferrer (20), Dominic Theim (16), Stanislas Wawrinka (15), Juan Martin Del Potro (15), Marin Cilic (15) John Isner (15), Jo Wilfred Tsonga (13), Kei Nishikori (11) *10 or More Most Weeks Spent At No.1 Singles Player (2000-2009) Novak Djokovic - 275 , Rafael Nadal - 159, Roger Federer - 48, Andy Murray - 41