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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...

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Roger Federer beat Carlos Moya 4-6, 6-4, 6-2 in the Hamburg semi-final, 2007 on clay Federer would go onto win the event, beating Rafael Nadal in the final. The unseeded Moya had beaten seeds Novak Djokovic, James Blake and Tomas Berdych in succession in reaching the semis Federer...

Roger Federer beat Gustavo Kuerten 6-0, 1-6, 6-2 in the Hamburg quarter-final, 2002 on clay Federer would go onto win the event, his first Masters title, beating Marat Safin in the final. Kuerten had previously won the event in 2000. This was the first meeting between the pair Federer...

Roger Federer beat Juan Carlos Ferrero 6-3, 6-4 in the Monte Carlo semi-final, 2007 on clay Federer would go onto lose the final to Rafael Nadal. Ferrero was seeded 16th and had previously won the title in 2002 and 2003 Federer won 63 points, Ferrero 51 Serve Stats Federer... - 1st...

Felix Mantilla beat Roger Federer 7-5, 6-2, 7-6(8) in the Rome final, 2003 on clay It would turn out to be Mantilla's sole Masters title and the last title he'd ever win. Federer was playing his first final in Rome. To date, He's played 4 without winning the title Mantilla won 125...

Stan Wawrinka beat Roger Federer 4-6, 7-6(5), 6-2 in the Monte Carlo final, 2014 on clay It was Wawrinka's first and to date, only Masters title and Federer's to date fourth runner-up finish at the event he has yet to win. Federer had won the pair's last 11 encounters Wawrinka won...

Roger Federer beat Nikolay Davydenko 6-3, 6-4 in the Hamburg semi-final, 2005 on clay Federer would go onto beat Richard Gasquet in the final to defend his title. Davydenko was seeded 15th Federer won 62 points, Davydenko 47 Serve Stats Federer... - 1st serve percentage (38/62)...

Roger Federer beat Stan Wawrinka 6-4, 6-2 in the Rome semi-final, 2015 on clay Federer would go onto lose the final to Novak Djokovic. The two would meet again shortly in the French Open quarter-final, with Wawrinka winning en route to the title Federer won 56 points, Wawrinka 37...

Roger Federer beat Juan Carlos Ferrero 6-2, 4-2 retired in the Rome semi-final, 2003 on clay Federer would go onto lose his first final at the event to Felix Mantilla. To date, he has been runner-up 4 times but never won. He would go onto win his first Slam later in the year at...

Alex Zverev beat Roger Federer 6-3, 6-4 in the Canadian Open final, 2017 on hard court in Montreal It was Zverev's second Masters title - the first having come in the previous tournament at Rom. Federer had won his previous 5 finals in the year, including a win over Zverev in...

Roger Federer beat John Isner 6-1, 6-4 in the Miami final, 2019 on hard court It was Federer's 4th title at the event. Isner was the defending champion Federer won 55 points, Isner 33 Serve Stats Federer... - 1st serve percentage (20/35) 57% - 1st serve points won (20/20)...

Roger Federer beat Lleyton Hewitt 6-2, 6-4, 6-4 in in the Indian Wells final, 2005 on hard court Federer was the defending champion and would go onto complete the 'Sunshine Double' by winning Miami shortly afterwards. Hewitt had recently been runner-up at the Australian Open and was...

Roger Federer beat Andy Roddick 7-5, 6-3 in the Canadian Open final, 2004 on hard court in Toronto Federer was ranked #1, Roddick #2. It was Federer's first title at the event while Roddick had been the defending champion. The two had recently played the Wimbledon final, with...

2008 Federer: Estoril W (Davydenko), MC F (Nadal), Rome QF (Stepanek), Hamburg F (Nadal), RG F (destroyed by Nadal) 2021 Nadal: Barcelona W (Tsitsipas), MC QF (Rublev), Madrid QF (Zverev), Rome W (Djokovic), RG SF (Djokovic)

David Nalbandian beat Rafael Nadal 6-4, 6-0 in the Paris final, 2007 on indoor hard court Nalbandian was unseeded and in addition to the top 2 seeds (Nadal 2, Roger Federer 1), beat seeds 14 Carlos Moya, 5 David Ferrer and 10 Richard Gasquet among others in the tournament The previous...

Both lost a heartbreaking 5 setter final and both should have won in 4 sets at max. In the previous comparison we saw 2015 Fed vs 2009 Roddick, but I think 2015 fed did not show the mental toughness or physicality to hang for 5 sets in the final whereas 2019 fed did show that. So, lovely...

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In my opinion this could have been an epic in the making, I think if Fed wins 3rd set of USO15 Final to go 2 sets to 1 up, Nole fights back to win in 5?

I hereby humbly express my respect towards the Swiss legend, Roger Federer. What he's been doing on court at this stage of his career is nothing short of remarkable and I wish him all the good luck. You just can't hate this guy, just stop doing it even if you do right now. Love and admire the...

Slowly but surely, in dribs and drabs we're witnessing Federer playing solid tennis and it's great to see. - No Spoilers. You have to understand since the Australian Open in 2020 Federer has barely played any tennis due to covid and knee issues, time is not on his side but the mere fact he's...

Roger Federer beat Andy Roddick 5-7, 7-6(6), 7-6(5), 3-6, 16-14 in the Wimbledon final, 2009 on grass The win gave Federer a record breaking 15 Slam title. He had recently won the French Open. Roddick was playing his third and as it would turn out, last Wimbledon final. The two had...

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Rafael Nadal beat Roger Federer 6-3, 6-4, 6-2 in the French Open semi-final, 2019 on clay Nadal, the double defending champion, would go onto beat Dominic Thiem in the final for his 12th title at the event. Federer was playing at the event for the first time since 2015. The two had...

The slam race is really between your two idols. Obviously the GOAT race is between the two of them as well. (I won't get into other subjective debates; to maintain consistency, slam record holder is GOAT imo + Roger most likely won't end up with it even if he wins another slam) My question is...

Robin Soderling beat Roger Federer 3-6, 6-3, 7-5, 6-4 the French Open quarter-final, 2010 on clay Soderling would go onto reach the final, where he'd lose to Rafael Nadal. The match was a repeat of the previous years final which Federer had won. The result ended Federer's run of...

Andre Agassi beat Roger Federer 6-3, 6-2 in the Basel first round/round of 32, 1998 on indoor hard court This was the first match between the pair. Agassi would go onto win the next 2, Federer the remaining 8 after that. Agassi would go onto lose in the final to Tim Henman. Federer was...