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Laver also won eight pro slams and a pro grand slam in 1967. From 1965-67, he won nine of eleven pro slams and totally dominated the tour.
To determine the GOAT you have to look at how the player dominated his era because racket and string technology make players of the last fifteen years appear to be better than anyone that ever played tennis. Nadal plays with string technology that was outlawed thirty-five years ago because tennis officials deemed the odd spin was unfair.
Until a player can win two-three calendar slams coupled with total domination of an era that spans longer than four years, Laver has to be the choice as GOAT
Rod Laver: Still the greatest amid all the racket
if Djokovic plays for 5-6 more years, he will cross the 1000 win mark. The question is whether he will continue to play once he hits the wall all players reach around age 30. At the moment, Federer is the poster child for continuing to play once you are not the number 1 player in the world.
History indicates that most players give it a couple of years to re-gain the top spot but finally realize it is not going to happen because a younger player is beating them badly on a regular basis. It that happens to Djokovic, at age 31-32, he may decide to retire just short of 1000 because fewer wins have pushed the date for reaching 1000 wins further into his future.
If he gets to 1000, he will probably have to dominate the tour past his 3st birthday to make it easier and quicker to winning match number 1000.
Will Djokovic cross 1000 wins?