What will happen first: Rafa will pass Roger OR Novak will pass Rafa?

Question

The race seems to be the tighest in years. What do you think will happen?

Answer 1

djok will pass rafa, federer may be slumping but guaranteed he'll win wimbeldon, but djok will beat out rafa, moving him closer to toppling him at 2, djok will prolly make a good run at the french, prolly farther than federer

Answer 2

Rafa will pass Roger cuz the clay season is coming up and Rafa is ''the king of clay''. and plus wimbledon is coming up he was a 2 time runner up and the last was a 5 setter..so maybe this time he will win

Answer 3

I think Novak will pass up Rafa and take over the number 2 spot, Novak goes further in other grandslams than Rafa does. It'll really be a cold day in h**l before those two take Federer's crown, and besides Fed is getting stronger and stronger, and he's my pick to win the French this year. If Rafa wins good for him, but I think Fed will be back in form completely at the French and he'll win all the other slams too!

Answer 4

Novak will pass Rafa because Rafa only wins 1 major tournament a year and Novak will start beating him in smaller tournaments

Answer 5

Rafa will pass Roger.

Roger's losing it and Rafa's totally dominant on clay

Answer 6

Rafa will pass Roger and finish the year as Number 1 :) Woohoo lets face it the s**y spainard deserves it! He`s achieved sooo much more than Novak c`mon you have to agree with me?!!!!

Answer 7

rafa WILL pass fed because fed has been losing his touch just two tournaments ago he lost to fish in two straight sets. even though i am a rafa fan i do see novak as a good competitor, but fed is getting worst and worst. his time is up. nadal is next

Answer 8

h**l will freeze over first before either of them pass Fed.

Answer 9

Right now I would have to say Rafa will pass Roger first.  Roger seems to be struggling to find his game and that's good with the upcoming Clay Court Season.  Rafa is the one to be on clay.  No body else has the same skill level he does on clay.

Answer 10

rafa passing roger

Answer 11

Novak will most deff pass Rafa first. Rafa has been trying to pass Roger for many year and Novak is younger, newer, and fresher.  i think he has a much better chance.

Answer 12

i think rafa will pass roger... if nadal continues to rise this clay court season... and he wins the roland garros,barcelona,rome and hamburg... i think he'll win also the artois and wimbledon... that's what i sense this year.... hope it will come true... :)

Answer 13

At this point it seems they will all stay in the same order of ranking. BUT, Novak would pass Nadal before Nadal passes Roger.  

IT's an exciting and heart pounding year no matter who you're a fan of. Federer, Nadal, Novak... every single point is worth gold!

Answer 14

we need to wait for the end of the next couple of tournaments to see who will pass Federer, or Federer will continue his era of dominance.

i am being objective here even though am a huge federer fan but i think Novak will pass Rafa first.

i hope you know how the ATP Ranking works.  the ATP Race is totally different ranking. ATP based on defending your points from last year while ATP Race based on how many points you collect this year.

talking mathematically Rafa is in very harsher situation i fell sorry for the guy. he is only 720 point from Novak while he is 1120 point less than Federer and Novak  1840 point on the ATP ranking. Nadal has more than 2000 point to defend until the end of the clay season where Novak has like 1000 point to defend and Federer has 1075 point to defend.

you do the math i think this is a clear evidence that Novak passing Rafa is so much easier.

if you like to read more go to:

atptennis.com, and go to rankings.

Answer 15

Novak will pass Rafa then quickly pass federer... this kid is amazing!!

Answer 16

i think rafa will cross federer first cos federers form is sinking and this year i think nadal has a good chance of doing well at clay.

lets wait and watch the interesting battle.

Answer 17

well,you got to to look at the ranking points of each area and at the moment novak is closing in much,much closer to rafa than rafa to rog. but it remains to be seen since the next weeks will really set the pace for the rest of the year. the only thing that really sets any of them apart is that rafa only seems to be his most dynamic on clay and novak plays well on every surface and can win on every surface(winner in aus,finalist at RG,semi at Wimby,finalist at US Open)...if i did make a prediction,i would definitely say novak has a better chance of overtaking n°2 before anybody toppling federer. and i'm not saying that in part of bias,because i like all three players equally,just that it seems to be the current standings.

Answer 18

Nole will be #1, he is a good athlete, he already won the Australian Open, and Pacific Life Open, which Roger and Rafa only won 1 title this season. Either Nole or Rafa will deserve Roger's spot, new talent is waiting in line, and it's about time.

Answer 19

Novak will pass Rafa because if Nadal looses in the early rounds of the clay tournaments, he will loose alot of points and Novak will gain (if he goes deep in the tournament).

Answer 20

Rafa will pass Roger first. Rafa will win most of the clay court tournament (maybe all) and he will definetely defends his Roland Garross and he will put up a good fight on grass too ( he almost beat Roger at Wimbledon last year).