Nadal best player in history for 26% of French people, ahead of Federer (21%) and Djokovic (18%)

A popular figure: 85% of French men and women and 90% of Tennis fans have a good opinion of Rafael Nadal, who has just ended his career as a professional player at the age of 38, Tuesday 19 november. The image of the Spaniard with 22 Grand Shelm titles including 14 Roland-Garros is extremely positive: he is judged to be as combative (89%), spectacular (82%) and elegant (68%) in terms of the game as he is friendly. (80%) and close to the public (78%) on a human level.

And when we ask the French who is the best player of all time is the Majorcan who comes first with 26% of quotes ahead of his great Swiss rival Roger Federer (21%) and the Serbian Novak Djokovic (18%), yet the most successful Grand Slam (24 Majors – 20 for Federer); aged 37, the latter is the only one of the three “gloves” still active.

Furthermore, 65% of tennis fans think that his record at Roland-Garros will never be broken; 57% say that his departure saddens them and even 33% that it will reduce their interest in tennis. Finally, almost half of tennis fans (47%) and 69% of fans of the discipline would even be in favor of the Philippe-Chatrier court being renamed the Rafael Nadal court.

Here are the main lessons from the latest survey carried out by Odoxa for Winamax and RTL on Wednesday 20 Thursday 21 November 2024. The survey was carried out using the quota method on the internet with a sample of 1,005 people representative of the French population aged 18 and over including 370 tennis fans.

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