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Roger Federer beat Andreas Seppi 7-6(1), 6-4 in the Halle final, 2015 on grass It was Federer’s 8th title at the event and third in a row. Seppi was unseeded and beat three seeds en route to the final. Federer would be runner-up at the upcoming Wimbledon. Earlier in the year, Seppi had won the...

Rafael Nadal beat Roger Federer 6-4, 6-2 in the Indian Wells quarter-final, 2013 on hard court Nadal would go onto win the title, beating Juan Martin del Potro in the final. Federer was the defending champion Nadal won 73 points, Federer 54 Serve Stats Nadal... - 1st serve percentage (35/52)...

I was shifting a bit through old data and was surprised by the big jump between 2002 and 2003. Does anybody have a clue how that happened? Note also the impact on his overall win percentage, from 72.6% to 82.8%. One year later he would be transform his overall in improvement into his >90 win...

A Quick Rant – Not My First, and Probably not My Last Especially with large portions of the world at war or in great turmoil, and personal challenges that we all face, there are a zillion things much more important than tennis, and GOAT races. And I admit that I enter a lot of these threads...

I made a (possibly useless) comparison between different string setups and their effects on drag. I did the calculations in Excel and I set it up so that it could be easily used by anyone to compare any setup, but this forum doesn't allow me to post an image of it, let alone the Excel file...

In a recent interview, Federer said he'd advise his 9yr old self to keep a 2 handed back-hand in hopes that he'd have an even grander career than he already did. Curious as to what the forum thinks about this. Did we lose out on a 30 Slam Champion lol

Assuming all three players were at pork form (magically transfigured into pigs) who could we see winning on each of the respective surfaces? I think pork Djoker could still be the best on grass. Please weigh in.

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First of all, forgive the super long post, but detail is needed for understanding. After Kralingen put up stats for Federer and Djokovic’s peak periods, 2004-2009 and 2011-2016, respectively, and Djokovic age 30s period, 2018-2023 in this thread, I decided to take a deep dive into the strength...

Roger Federer beat Juan Martin del Potro 3-6, 7-6(2), 2-6, 6-1, 6-4 in the French Open semi-final, 2009 on clay Federer would go onto win his sole title at the event, beating Robin Soderling in the final to complete a Career Grand Slam and take his Slam count to a record tying 14. He’d go onto...

Recently (Aug. 2023), at a Uniqlo event in New York, a kid asked Roger: “What is your relationship with Rafa? ” and here's Roger's answer ...

From 2003-2009 for Fed at Wimbledon: 34 tiebreaks played overall, won 30, lost 4 (win %: 89%) In Semi Finals and Finals, played 17, won 16 (win %: 94%) In Finals only, played 12, won 11 (win %: 91%) Only tiebreak lost in a semifinal or final was in 2006 to Nadal. After he lost that tiebreak...

Novak Djokovic beat Roger Federer 7-6(1), 6-4, 6-3 in the Australian Open semi-final, 2020 on hard court Djokovic would go onto win the title, beating Dominic Thiem in the final. This was the last meeting between the pair. Djokovic finished the head-to-head with 27-23 lead. This was the last...

Me over here knowing "now" means "now": Meanwhile Zverev trying to figure out how long "now" means:

Nole became a true contender after 2010 RG in slams. Since then he was never bothered by Federer at all. Let's take a look at all their slam matches. USOpen 2010 - didn't matter. Nadal was too strong AO 2011 - Not even a set lost RG 2011 - Biggest win of Roger's vs Novak and did dent a bit of...

I'm surprised no one has made a new one, (and if someone has please let me know). Anyway, some people's BOAT, some people's GOAT, share what this legend of tennis is up to!

Federer: SF: 7-1 Won: Roddick (W03), Kiefer* (AO06), Gasquet (W07), Monfils (RG08), Del Potro (RG09), Raonic (W14), Chung* (AO18) Lost: Nadal (RG05) F: 5-1 Won: Baghdatis* (AO06), Gonzalez* (AO06), Djokovic (USO07), Murray (USO08), Soderling (RG09) Lost: Del Potro (USO09) Nadal...

Now that the dust has settled and Novak Djokovic has cemented his place as the unquestionable, undisputed GOAT of tennis we must revisit history critically to understand how we got it all so wrong. You see, fellow fedal bros, I too was blind. I was blinded by Big Nike. Blinded by the paid media...

On 24 May, Federer launched a Q&A session on Twitter in which he mentioned Rafa Nadal at least five times. Here's the funny and touching responses from Federer: Q：Do you miss playing Rafa?? A：yes and no Q：Your favorite match against @RafaelNadal ? A：RG 2008. Those 4 games were awesome...

apart from Dimitrov with his custom 18x17? It's been around for long enough now that there could be some young players coming up with it. Every Wilson pro and his dog had a ps97 paint job for a while on their six.ones- forget about them: who *really* uses it? If, like the clash, none of the...

For a future safeguard against overhyping the latest mug, let's make a benchmark of what it is actually possible for 17 year olds, 25 year olds, 35 year olds to do in tennis. Think Alcaraz's level is the highest ever from a 19 year old on HC? Think Fed's peak on grass is the highest ever? Now...

Who have been the best coaches for the Big 3? Vote in the poll.

Grand Slam Titles: Djokovic: 22 (#1) Nadal: 22 (#1) Federer: 20 (#3) Weeks at #1: Djokovic: 373+ (#1) Federer: 310 (#2) Nadal: 209 (#6) YE#1: Djokovic: 7 (#1) Federer: 5 (#3) Nadal: 5 (#3) ATP Final Titles: Djokovic: 6 (#1) Federer: 6 (#1) Nadal: 0 (#26) Masters 1000 Titles...

EDIT: reminder here that Djoker REPLACES Fedal in their draws - he does not play them 3 ATGs, 3 wins at the Aussie Open aged 35 (sorry Stef). Obviously anyone who follows tennis and isn’t a Djokovic stan knows that his draw for this AO is one of the absolute weakest since the heady early...

All these guys did epic inspirational stuff aged 35 at the AO. So let’s rank the runs: 4. Djokovic 2023 (could change depending on later rounds) 3. Federer 2017 = Nadal 2022 1.

Djokovic fans: Vamos / thank you <whoever just defeated Nadal> Since [arbitrary time], Djokovic has a 1000% win record and Fedal have [something less] Nadal fans: [Random person] says Nadal is their favourite player! [Highlights of some match Nadal won in the past 10 years, probably on clay]...

Shout out to this interesting analysis from Reddit. Thought it would be worth getting The TTW Treatment. Notice the beautiful flatness of Frederick's line compared to Djokovic's humpy hill and Nadal's "things can only get better" slope. GOAT material? (am accepting submissions for what "The...

By accurate, I mean reflective of their top levels, longevity, whatever you decide, across schlems. The options are: Djokovic needs 1 more RG to do it (so he probably will anyway). He has lost 5 RG finals, all to Nadal except 1 to Stan where Djoker beat Nadal en route in 2015. He also lost 2...