Novak Djokovic is a better singles tennis player than Andy Murray

1a) "For instance. He is the only player to hold 2 grand slams and the Olympic medal". Although Murray has won these titles and awards, this does not make him a better nor more successful player; Djokovic has won 6 grand slam titles. Three of these were won within the duration of the same year: 2011. They included: Wimbledon, U. S Open and the Australian Open. He has also won the bronze medal for Olympic singles tennis in the 2008 Beijing Olympics. 2a) "Murray has a better arsenal of shots and employs his tactics better than Djokovic". This may be true but it doesn't mean that Murray is better than Djokovic. It means that he prefers to play using a wider range of shots. Whereas Djokovic may prefer to stick to the same kind of shot and use a different tactic. Murray doesn't necessarily employ his tactics better than Djokovic; they simply use a different style of play. Who says Djokovic cant use a wide range of shots also, maybe he just doesn't choose to? 3a) Even if Murray has got a better "touch" of the ball, this still doesn't mean that he is better than Djokovic. We must remember that on the head-to-head Djokovic is in the lead and however much touch or feel or how Murray employs his tactics doesn't really make much of a difference because he is not in the lead. In fact, on average, Djokovic hits 61 backhand winners compared to Murray who has an average of 40 backhand winners this suggests that his backhand is better and the difference is rather high (21). Even though Murray hits, on average, 83 forehand winners and Djokovic hits 77, this is a considerably smaller difference and proves that Djokovic has the better ground strokes. He also has a higher percentage of 1st and 2nd serve points won totaling to: 1st serve 82% and 2nd serve 60% compared to Murray: 1st serve 80% and 2nd serve 56%. I do understand, however, that this is a small difference. 4a) Just because Djokovics' wins in the grand slam tournaments against Murray have been in the Australian Open doesn't mean that he can't beat Murray on other surfaces. For example: Djokovic has beaten Murray on outdoor clay in Monte Carlo in 2008 and Rome 2011, on outdoor hard surface in the Indian Wells, Toronto, Miami and the Australian Open and on indoor hard surface in Madrid in 2006, ATP World Tour Finals 2012. He only hasn't beaten Murray on grass. This shows that Djokovic also has a good variety. 5a) Then again, Djokovic can also beat Murray in different weather conditions because he can beat him inside and out as well as when he broke Murray's serve 5 times in the heat of the Indian Wells game in the 2007 semi-final. Additional information: -From the 2010 Davis Cup finals to the 2011 French Open, Djokovic had a 43-match win streak which is outstanding and left him high up in the leader board for win streaks (in fact within the top 5). -He is one of two players, the other being Juan Martin Del Potro, to of beaten Nadal and Federer in a Grand Slam in consecutive matches. -He is the only player who can claim to have beaten both Federer and Nadal in the same tournament on 3 different occasions (Montreal 2007, Indian Wells 2011, US Open 2011). -He is also the youngest player in the Open Era to defeat the top three players in succession and he achieved this when he defeated world number three Andy Roddick, world number two Nadal, and World number one Federer in the 2007 Rogers Cup. -He is one of only two players to have defeated Federer at the semi final stage or later on more than one occasion in Grand Slam tournaments, and also at consecutive tournaments (the other being Nadal). -He is also the only player to beat Federer in straight sets in a Grand Slam on more than one occasion.