Federer beats Sampras at 287 Weeks at No.1

[surfvland]

At this rate poor Pete will have no records left.

[tennis_pro]

Sampras has still 1 major record left - 6 years finished at no 1 but if Federer ends 2012 at the top of the rankings, Sampras won't have a single big record - all of them will be either topped by or shared with Federer.

[TMF]

Originally Posted by tennis_pro

Sampras has still 1 major record left - 6 years finished at no 1 but if Federer ends 2012 at the top of the rankings, Sampras won't have a single big record - all of them will be either topped by or shared with Federer.

Before Fed won his 7th Wimbledon, Sampras said he's use to hear Fed breaking his record. I guess it's not that painful anymore for him.

[RogerRacket111]

No one did an Air Sampras quite like him

[surfvland]

I thinks Fed will win at least 1 more Wemby.

[spiderman123]

Originally Posted by tennis_pro

Sampras has still 1 major record left - 6 years finished at no 1 but if Federer ends 2012 at the top of the rankings, Sampras won't have a single big record - all of them will be either topped by or shared with Federer.

6 *consecutive* years. Will take a while to be broken.

[surfvland]

Originally Posted by spiderman123

6 *consecutive* years. Will take a while to be broken.

Looks like Pete will be holding onto that one for a while.

[scineram]

Federer did finish number one for six consecutive years. The years ending with Wimbledon, 2004-2009.

[JeMar]

Originally Posted by tennis_pro

Sampras has still 1 major record left - 6 years finished at no 1 but if Federer ends 2012 at the top of the rankings, Sampras won't have a single big record - all of them will be either topped by or shared with Federer.

I wonder if Federer will put together a HUGE push to keep #1 at the end of the year like Sampras when he got his 6th year.

[ledwix]

Sampras is a very arrogant past champion. Compare to Borg, McEnroe, Laver, etc. and it's a joke how much bigger his head is than theirs. I used to like him more, but I hope his records are all broken now so that he becomes a grumpy old man who complains about how much easier it is to win these days and how much tougher he had it in the 90s.

[JeMar]

Originally Posted by scineram

Federer did finish number one for six consecutive years. The years ending with Wimbledon, 2004-2009.

Pretty sure Nadal took it in 2008.

[scineram]

ATP is pretty sure you're wrong.

[fed_rulz]

Originally Posted by JeMar

Pretty sure Nadal took it in 2008.

nadal took it in august 18 2008; wimbledon ends in the first week of july. Federer probably reclaimed it in july 2009.

[fed_rulz]

Originally Posted by scineram

Federer did finish number one for six consecutive years. The years ending with Wimbledon, 2004-2009.

now let's not use semantics to deny poor Pete the only record he'll eventually have over Federer

[Tony48]

Originally Posted by scineram

Federer did finish number one for six consecutive years. The years ending with Wimbledon, 2004-2009.

I thought the years end at the....year end championship tournament

[USOpenfan]

I grew up watching Sampras dominate the game so this is kind of sad to me. To me I enjoy the modern matches more so that the old S and V style, but there is a charm in the way Sampras played. I love fed and respect him as the GOAT up to this point in time but Sampras has a special spot in my heart. Congrats to Federer as he just keeps making an argument for any other GOAT harder and harder.

[Cup8489]

Originally Posted by Tony48

I thought the years end at the....year end championship tournament

If you were to use the week after wimbledon as the cutoff for one year to the next (IE the year starting the second week after wimbledon and ending the next year on the first week after wimbledon), Federer was ranked number one each time from 2004 to 2009.

[DeShaun]

Originally Posted by ledwix

Sampras is a very arrogant past champion. Compare to Borg, McEnroe, Laver, etc. and it's a joke how much bigger his head is than theirs. I used to like him more, but I hope his records are all broken now so that he becomes a grumpy old man who complains about how much easier it is to win these days and how much tougher he had it in the 90s.

I used to think the exact same thing. There was just something smug or arrogant about him as I saw him in the videos on the internet. But that all changed when I actually saw him playing live in the Champions League (or whatever it's called) last year, and he spoke to the crowd afterwards. Don't get me wrong--there was definitely an aloofness to his presence while he was playing and it was obvious to me that Pete is definitely socially awkward to a very high degree, but the man underneath was not so bad after all once I heard him and the--I would almost say--humility with which he addressed the crowd. It was sincerely touching, and I had previously disliked everything about his personality. . .but that changed. Pete's actually alright.

[Sentinel]

Originally Posted by TMF

Before Fed won his 7th Wimbledon, Sampras said he's use to hear Fed breaking his record. I guess it's not that painful anymore for him.

I think he (also) said that if anyone breaks his records he'd rather it be Fed.

[surfvland]

Originally Posted by ledwix

Sampras is a very arrogant past champion. Compare to Borg, McEnroe, Laver, etc. and it's a joke how much bigger his head is than theirs. I used to like him more, but I hope his records are all broken now so that he becomes a grumpy old man who complains about how much easier it is to win these days and how much tougher he had it in the 90s.

I agree to an extent. Sampras was my favorite player before Fed came into prominence.