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Djokovic has benefitted from an amazing set of circumstances coming together to allow him to win 7 Wimbledons: 1 (a) He had the weakest competition in his prime and postprime of the 00s ATGs. His prime was perfectly timed; it started when the 2 other ATGs’ grass primes were ending or already...

I was wondering how many Slams would Nadal and Federer have each won if Djokovic hadn't played Tennis? Would they have racked up close to 30 slams each? Who would be ahead in the slam race, if there was no Djokovic? Federer- Nadal- They have both lost several times to Djokovic in the...

This topic comes up a lot across GPPD so I’m dealing with it properly here. I’ll go age-by-age like this: 30 years old Federer: 2012 AO, 2012 FO, 2012 W, 2011 USO Nadal: 2017 AO, 2016 FO, 2016 W, 2016 USO Djokovic: 2018 AO, 2017 FO, 2017 W, 2017 USO Federer’s level is clearly highest in...

For me: Australian Open: 2012 over 2009 (because of the 5th set in 2009). A lot of great Aussie Open matches down the years weren’t finals French Open: this will invite debate, but 2014. Compared with 2006 and 2007 where Fed couldn’t cope in the final stages, and 2012 which had patchy periods...

In his last 3 matches on hard courts against Fedovic, in Nadal’s opening service games of the matches, he has made a total of 8 unforced errors (2 in the Shanghai 2017 F, 3 in the Aussie Open 2019 F, 3 in the ATP Cup 2020 F) and has been broken in every single one. He has then lost the opening...

Roger Federer beat Andy Roddick 6-2, 7-6(2), 6-4 in the Wimbledon final, 2005 on grass It was Federer's third title and third in a row at the event. He'd beaten Roddick the previous two years also, in the semi-final in '03 and in the final in '04. The two would go onto contest the...

Roger Federer beat Marin Cilic 6-3, 6-1, 6-4 in the Wimbledon final, 2017 on grass It was was Federer’s record breaking 8th Wimbledon title and then record extending 19 Slam title. Cilic was playing his second Slam final. The had met the previous year in the quarter-final, with...

Marat Safin beat Roger Federer 5-7, 6-4, 5-7, 7-6(6), 9-7 in the Australian Open semi-final, 2005 on hard court Safin would go onto win the title, beating Lleyton Hewitt in the final. Federer had been the defending champion (having beaten Safin in the final) and would go onto win the...

Primedal is generally agreed to have been from 2008-2014. In this time... On grass: He didn’t even play at Wimbledon ‘09 through injury, missing the opportunity to play a weaker Federer or Roddick/Murray. He won the 2 Wimbledons either side of this in 2008 and 2010. During his 2012 match...

Roger Federer beat Andy Roddick 7-6(6), 6-3, 6-3 in the Wimbledon semi-final, 2003 on grass Federer would go onto win the title by beating Mark Philippoussis in the final to clam his first Slam title. Roddick would win his first at the next event at US Open. Coming into Wimbledon...

We have witnessed multiple clashes of big3 over the course of last 1,5 decades. The reason behind it is that the court & conditions in Californian desert are unique and favour the game of all 3 of them. Let it be Federer 's ultra agressive game with finesse, touch, guile & serve+1 or Nadal's...

The way Rog's dropping points, it seems highly unlikely that he'll be inside top100 by Wimbledon to make it to main draw He'll need a wildcard to enter and organizers, knowing he's a ticking time bomb, may want to cash on the opportunity early and not take any risk. They may set up fedal #5 at...

All of us seem to have issues with crowds these days. Sometimes it because they're Aussie, or French or American. Other times it's because Federer is playing or Djokovic or Meddy. Or because it's RL arena, or AA or Susanne Lenglen It's because they're 'casual' tennis fans. Or too drunk. They...

Roger Federer beat Mardy Fish 6-7(5), 7-6(1), 6-4 in the Cincinnati final, 2010 on hard court Federer was the defending champion and this was his 4th title at the event. It was Fish's 3rd Masters final and he'd play his last the following year (all losses), including a runner-up...

Yep, you read it right. Which of the following was a match in which Roger Federer player almost perfectly, near the best of his powers, and yet found himself on the losing side?? 1) Vs. Nadal, Rome 2006 final, lost 7-6 6-7 4-6 6-2 7-6 (had 2 match points in set 5 on rafa serve) 2) Vs. Safin...

Roger Federer beat David Goffin 7-6(2), 6-1 in the Halle final, 2019 on grass It was Federer's 10th title at the event. He would go onto be runner-up at Wimbledon shortly after. Goffin was unseeded Federer won 73 points, Goffin 55 Serve Stats Federer... - 1st serve percentage...

Nice upload earlier today of a hidden gem.

Roger Federer beat Stefanos Tsitsipas 6-4, 6-4 in the Dubai final, 2019 on hard court The win gave Federer his 100th title. Tsitsipas had recently beaten Federer in the Australian Open 4th round, where Federer had been the defending champion Federer won 62 points, Tsitsipas 47 Serve...

Roger Federer beat David Ferrer 7-5, 3-6, 6-3 in the Madrid semi-final, 2010 on clay Federer, the defending champion, would go onto lose the final to Rafael Nadal. Ferrer was seeded 9th and had recently lost his first Masters final to Nadal in Rome Federer won 98 points, Ferrer...

Andy Murray beat Roger Federer 6-3, 4-6, 6-1 in the Indian Wells semi-final, 2009 on hard court Murray would go onto lose the final to Rafael Nadal. Federer had recently been runner-up at the Australian Open Murray won 86 points, Federer 70 Serve Stats Murray... - 1st serve...

Juan Martin del Potro beat Roger Federer 6-4, 6-7(8), 7-6(2) in the Indian Wells final, 2018 on hard court To date, it remains del Potro's only Masters title. Federer had recently won the Australian Open and was going for an event record setting 6th title del Potro won 122 points...

Dominic Thiem beat Roger Federer 3-6, 6-3, 7-5 in the Indian Wells final, 2019 on hard court It was Thiem's to date only Masters title and first final on hard court. Federer was playing in record extending 9th final at the event and remains the co-leader with 5 titles with Novak Djokovic...

Let's do a quick hypotethical ahead of this year's YEC. Also one that Nadal fans always wanted to hear :) Who wins YEC since Big 3 first participation (2002) till now if it's on clay. Listing the whole field and bolding the potential winner/winners...

Roger Federer beat Gilles Simon 7-6(6), 7-6(2) in the Shanghai final, 2014 on hard court It was Federer's first Mastes title at the venue. He'd previously won the then equivalent event in Madrid and won multiple Year End Championships at the particular venue. Simon was unseeded and...

Roger Federer beat David Nalbandian 6-3, 3-6, 7-6(5) in the Rome semi-final, 2006 on clay Federer would go onto lose in the final to Rafael Nadal. The two would meet again shortly in the French Open semi, with Federer again winning. The two had last met in the 2005 Year End Championship...

David Nalbandian beat Roger Federer 1-6, 6-3, 6-3 in the Madrid final, 2007 on indoor hard court It was the unseeded Nalbandian's first Masters title and he beat the top three ranked players (#2 Rafael Nadal in quarter-final, #3 Novak Djokovic in the semis and #1 Federer) in succesion...

Roger Federer beat John Isner 7-6(7), 6-3 in the Indian Wells final, 2012 on hard court It was Federer's than record setting 4th title at the event. To date, he's joint record holder with Novak Djokovic with 5 titles. It was Isner's first Masters final Federer won 72 points, Isner...

(from the hypothetical to the fantastic) If you could be any player in history for one match -- and experience his/her game and emotions firsthand, who would it be. Which specific match/venue? It could be current or past, a dominating performance or a very close match, your favorite player, or...

Jo-Wilfried Tsonga beat Roger Federer 7-5, 7-6(3) in the Canadian Open final, 2014 on hard court in Toronto It was Tsonga's only title at the event and he defeated 4 top 10 players (Novak Djokovic, Andy Murray, Grigor Dimitrov on top of Federer) in winning it. Federer would go onto win...

Interested to hear your hot takes ;)