Federer/Nadal vs Querrey/Sock - Laver Cup 2017 (Highlights)

Highlights of the first time Roger Federer and Rafael Nadal united on a doubles court. In the words of Tomas Berdych, one of the lesser lights on the European Laver Cup team: “Everyone was waiting for this moment since they announced this event is going to happen. This is the time. So I think it's almost like a celebration of tennis.” Federer and Nadal from Team Europe played against Jack Sock and Sam Querrey from Team World. After the match, Nadal said: "It was an unforgettable day, after the history behind us to be on the same part of the court fighting for the team is something we enjoyed a lot." Federer added: "For me, personally, it is a great moment too. We only ever practiced once together, back at the World Tour Finals, so we don’t show each other a lot. We will always be rivals. But this was something very special, it was an absolute pleasure being on the court with Rafa and seeing his decision-making process. I understand that people only expect a win from us, but it’s very complicated, we’re playing indoors against the big servers, and I hadn’t played doubles for so long, I was trying to remember what to do. The two of us getting together, our two fan groups having to get together, that was interesting too. It was a success, but this isn’t just about us. The celebration of Rod Laver and having John and Bjorn there over-rides the doubles, but this was still an important moment for us." Truly a classic moment in sports history!
Jack Sock is the most accomplished doubles player of the four. In the following 2018 season he won 6 doubles titles including Wimbledon, the US Open and the Tennis Masters Cup. He's won 4 Grand Slam titles in total and an Olympic Gold Medal in mixed doubles in the 2016 Rio Olympics with Bethanie Mattek. Rafael Nadal is also a top doubles player with 11 titles, 3 of which from the ATP Masters 1000 series. He won the olympic gold in doubles in Rio 2016, while Federer won a gold medal in doubles at the Beijing Olympics in 2008, his partner was Stan Wawrinka.
Some standalone records of Rafael Nadal as of July 2024:
- 50 straight sets won on a single surface (clay)
- 81 straight matches won on a single surface (clay)
- Winning 10+ titles in a single tournament (Roland Garros 14, Barcelona 12, Monte Carlo 11, Rome 10)
- Winning at least one Grand Slam title in 10 consecutive years (2005-2014)
- Being in the Top 10 of the ATP rankings for 19 consecutive years (April 2005 to March 2023)
- Winning olympic gold medals in singles (2008) and doubles (2016)
- Winning at least one ATP singles title for 19 consecutive years (2004-2022)
Some standalone records of Roger Federer:
- Reaching 10 consecutive Grand Slam finals (2005-2007), as well as 23 consecutive Grand Slam semifinals and 36 consecutive Grand Slam quarter-finals (winning 25 of them in a row)
- Winning an Open Era record 19 grass court titles
- Longest grass court winning streak in the Open Era - 65 consecutive matches on grass (2003-2008)
- Holds the world's second highest number of performance-based Guinness World Records ever achieved within a single athletic discipline (37 total / 26 performance based)
- A record of 237 consecutive weeks as the No. 1 ranked player in the world
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