A Cool Stat About 2006 Federer

[Nadalgaenger]

He handed out 19 bagels total (most in Open era).

Many of these bagels were given out in GS matches.

Rafa was the lucky recipient of one in the first set of Wimbledon.

 

[UnforcedTerror]

 

[MichaelNadal]

My favorite thing about 2006 is that Fed only lost 5 matches and 4 were to the King

 

[Standaa]

peak aesthetic season for him too

 

[PilotPete]

This is why 2006 > 2015.

 

[The Fedfather]

Federer was feeding his opponents. Peak sportsmanship right there.

 

[pj80]

My favorite thing about 2006 is that Fed only lost 5 matches and 4 were to the King

And the other was Murry...both players who peaked later in Djoker/Nadal era. But somehow Srichaphan was stronger era

 

[tennis_pro]

And the other was Murry...both players who peaked later in Djoker/Nadal era. But somehow Srichaphan was stronger era

yeah Murray against a dead tired Federer and Nadal with 3 of his 4 wins on clay and one against an injured Fed on HC

amazing

 

[Gazelle]

My favorite thing about 2006 is that Fed only lost 5 matches and 4 were to the King

And I can't call him Fat Rafa?

Look at that ass!

 

[Deleted member 771911]

2nd Goat in command

 

[MichaelNadal]

And I can't call him Fat Rafa?

Look at that ass!

He can move though lol

 

[Moose Malloy]

He handed out 19 bagels total (most in Open era).

Many of these bagels were given out in GS matches.

Rafa was the lucky recipient of one in the first set of Wimbledon.

Borg handed out 30 bagels in 1978.

 

[Nadalgaenger]

Borg handed out 30 bagels in 1978.

Dang. What a monster!

 

[Nadalgaenger]

peak aesthetic season for him too

 

[Sudacafan]

He handed out 19 bagels total (most in Open era).

Many of these bagels were given out in GS matches.

Rafa was the lucky recipient of one in the first set of Wimbledon.

If he had only not squandered those 2 championship points in the 2006 Rome final…
For me, that was the most relevant match of the 21st century, regarding GOATs rivalries.

 

[BauerAlmeida]

He lost only two matches outside Nadal on clay. That's crazy. From USO 2004 to Dubai 2007 he was almost unstoppable, he hardly lost, and when he lost they were close matches mostly (MP vs Gasquet, Safin and Nadal, two points away against Nalbandian).

 

[Sudacafan]

He lost only two matches outside Nadal on clay. That's crazy. From USO 2004 to Dubai 2007 he was almost unstoppable, he hardly lost, and when he lost they were close matches mostly (MP vs Gasquet, Safin and Nadal, two points away against Nalbandian).

If he had been clutch, he would have never lost in those years.

 

[T007]

If he had only not squandered those 2 championship points in the 2006 Rome final…
For me, that was the most relevant match of the 21st century, regarding GOATs rivalries.

He always had a problem in closing matches. It started against Safin where he missed match points.

Had he coverted Match points in SFs and Fs and could have been clutch like Djoker....the slam count should have touched 25 and the masters count too could have been more high.

 

[bnjkn]

peak aesthetic season for him too

That was 2005.

 

[Standaa]

That was 2005.

I meant his game, you may stil disagree though

 

[Mainad]

My favorite thing about 2006 is that Fed only lost 5 matches and 4 were to the King

For the life of me I can't recall who he lost the 5th one to.

 

[MichaelNadal]

For the life of me I can't recall who he lost the 5th one to.

Slaynad

 

[Third Serve]

I meant his game, you may stil disagree though

If it’s game, you really can’t beat 2004-2005 Fed. He wasn’t as refined as 2006 Fed, but he just oozed raw shotmaking ability.

 

[Nadalgaenger]

If it’s game, you really can’t beat 2004-2005 Fed. He wasn’t as refined as 2006 Fed, but he just oozed raw shotmaking ability.

So basically Dimitrov

 

[Sunny014]

Federer at his peak was literally Godlike, he leads in almost every stat at his peak except the clay stat which obviously Nadal owns.

 

[King No1e]

He handed out 19 bagels total (most in Open era).

Many of these bagels were given out in GS matches.

Rafa was the lucky recipient of one in the first set of Wimbledon.

Handed one out in the AO final too, after getting himself out of a pretty bad deficit.

 

[King No1e]

So basically Dimitrov

Except with the whole winning part

 

[Sunny014]

Federer is so powerful that the age at which Federer last lost to someone older than him in a grand slam was 23 and among the ATGs it is an open era record he shares with Bjorn Borg (well borg was some some months younger though) and considering the fact that Borg ran away at 25, this is a very great feat that Fed played till 40 and still limited it to 23.

 

[Standaa]

If it’s game, you really can’t beat 2004-2005 Fed. He wasn’t as refined as 2006 Fed, but he just oozed raw shotmaking ability.

fair, I just think his 06-07 game looks smoother, 04 Fed was too stiff in comparison

 

[Madinolf]

Federer is so powerful that the age at which Federer last lost to someone older than him in a grand slam was 23 and among the ATGs it is an open era record he shares with Bjorn Borg (well borg was some some months younger though) and considering the fact that Borg ran away at 25, this is a very great feat that Fed played till 40 and still limited it to 23.

Djokodal aged 31-34 won 11 of the last 12 Slams.

Federer is a real hero for not retiring at 25