[[Image:Wimbledon Men's final 2008, Federer serves for 3rd set.jpg|thumb|300px|Federer serves to Nadal during the [[2008 Wimbledon]] final]]
The '''Federer–Nadal rivalry''' is between two professional [[tennis]] players, [[Roger Federer]] of Switzerland and [[Rafael Nadal]] of Spain. They are currently engaged in a storied rivalry, which many consider to be the [[List of tennis rivalries|greatest]] in tennis history. They have played 28 times, and Nadal leads their overall head-to-head series 18–10. <ref name="asgoodasitgets">{{cite news | publisher = ''International Herald Tribune'' ([[Associated Press]]) | title=Federer-Nadal rivalry as good as it gets | url= http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2008/07/07/sports/TEN-On-Tennis-Rafa---Roger.php | date = 7 July 2008| accessdate = 2009-02-14}}</ref><ref name="moveoverborgmac">{{cite news | first=Paul | last=Weaver | title = Move over McEnroe and Borg, this one will run and run in the memory | url = http://www.guardian.co.uk/sport/2008/jul/07/wimbledon.tennis4 | publisher= The Guardian | date = 7 July 2008 | accessdate = 2009-02-14 | location=London}}</ref><ref name="asgoodassportgets">{{cite news | first = Martin | last = Flanagan | title = Federer v Nadal as good as sport gets | publisher=The Age | url = http://www.theage.com.au/news/tennis/federer-v-nadal-as-good-as-sport-gets/2008/07/11/1215658132528.html | date = 12 July 2008 | accessdate = 2009-02-14 | language = | location=Melbourne}}</ref><ref name="bodo-rivalry!">{{cite web|url=http://tennisworld.typepad.com/tennisworld/2009/01/tj.html|title=Rivalry!|last=Bodo|first=Peter|date=30 January 2009|work=Peter Bodo's Tennisworld|publisher=Tennis.com |accessdate=2009-02-14}}</ref><ref name="macgregor">{{cite web|url=http://sports.espn.go.com/espn/page2/story?page=macgregor/090203&sportCat=tennis|title=Greatest rivalry of the 21st century? |last=MacGregor|first=Jeff|date=3 February 2009|publisher=ESPN.com|accessdate=2009-02-14}}</ref> They have played 28 times, and Nadal leads their overall head-to-head series 18–10. Their rivalry dates back to 2004.<ref>{{cite news |author= |coauthors= |title=Ten great tennis rivalries |url=http://www.independent.ie/sport/other-sports/ten-great-tennis-rivalries-1429447.html |quote=Roger Federer v Rafael Nadal. Time span: '04-present (18 matches). Head to head: Nadal 12, Federer 6. Grand Slam finals: Six; Nadal leads 4–2. Wimbledon: Three finals, 2006, 2007; 2008; Federer won first two, Nadal won Sunday's epic. After Sunday there can be no doubt these two now rank alongside the great tennis rivalries. |newspaper=[[The Independent]] |date=July 8, 2008 |accessdate=2010-12-08 }}</ref>
Federer and Nadal are the only pair of men to have finished six consecutive calendar years as the top two [[ATP Entry Ranking|ranked]] players on the [[ATP Tour]], from 2005–2010. They also hold the record of longest consecutive reign at world No. 1 and 2. They held the top two rankings for 211 consecutive weeks between July 2005 to August 2009, when Nadal fell to No. 3 behind [[Andy Murray]].<ref>http://www.atpworldtour.com/Tennis/Players/Top-Players/Rafael-Nadal.aspx?t=rh</ref><ref>http://www.atpworldtour.com/Tennis/Players/Top-Players/Roger-Federer.aspx?t=rh</ref>
