Comparison Of Roger Federer And Novak Djokovic

Dominancy

It is observed that with every battle, every sports game, every fight, every race and etc. That one shall stand, while the other may fall, no matter how small advantage and how close the completion between both sides. Legends are often compared with each other, in order to determine which side has the competitive advantage and strength. Roger Federer and Novak Djokovic are both similar to each other in terms of performance, level of income, media attention, fan base and philanthropic activities. They however differ from each other in terms their upbringing, play style and personal life

Roger Federer and Novak Djokovic lived starkly contrasting lives at one point. Roger Federer was born in 8 August 1981, at Basel, Switzerland to his Swiss father Robert Federer and South African mother Lynette Federer, who were both pharmaceutical executives. He has one sibling sister named Diana and took up the sport at the age of 14 and decided to become a full time tennis player at age 16 when he gained no.1 national summer tennis rankings at the expense of dropping out from school. In 1998 he won his first junior Wimbledon cup propelling him to become an international player. Novak Djokovic however was born on 22 May 1987 in Belgrade, former Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia, to his father Srdan and mother Dijana. His parents owned the company Family Sports, which had three restaurants and a tennis academy at Mount Kopaonik. Heis two younger brothers are Marko and Đorđe, who are also currently tennis players with professional aspirations. He took up the sport at the age of four. He actively started training when he was six years old, for he was noticed by Yugoslav ...

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... has earned $ 80,846,307 in prize money and Novak Djovak has earned $ 60,271,921 in prize money. In terms of performance both are at the top of their game for Roger Federer is currently no.1 in rankings and Novak Djovak is currently no.2 in rankings.

Jack welch has once quoted “If you don't have a competitive advantage, don't compete”, the statement holds true in relation to the rivalry between Novak Djovak and Roger Federer for if one player isn’t able to create or press his competitive advantage then, the player risks losing his grasp over his or her current position, for other players will overtake him or her. Roger Federer and Novak Djovak are contrastingly different from each other in terms of upbringing, personal life and playstyle. They however share similarities in terms of level of income, media attention, fan base, performance and philanthropic activities.