Does Federer have any record that you don't see being broken?

[JohanLiebert]

Nadal's slam record seems safe for a while. Djokovic's weeks at one will probably not be broken anytime soon.

Which important Fed record do you think will last for long?

 

[Eren]

5 consecutive titles at two different majors.
237 consecutive weeks at number one.

Most consecutive matches won on hard and grass.
Most consecutive finals won (I thought it was 24 finals).

 

[GhostOfNKDM]

$1000,000,000 club

 

[Deleted member 688153]

18/19 slam finals in a row is always the stand-out. The next best is very low

 

[D.Nalby12]

23 Slam semis in row (10 finals in row)
237 consecutive weeks
5 straight W and USO titles
Winning 6 straight Slam finals
Winning 24 finals in row

 

[ollinger]

just one --- most sets of twins

 

[Deleted member 688153]

$100,000,000 club

Fed is probably a billionaire counting his secret network of swiss back accounts and selling his stem cells to prince phillip to keep him alive

 

[Deleted member 688153]

And no that wasn't a typo. Chiropractors make bank.

 

[TheNachoMan]

Most Halle and Basel titles

 

[Azure]

His streak of semi finals is utterly impressive - 23 is more than 5 years of consistency at the highest level. That one will stand for a very long time I think.

 

[pj80]

Nadal's slam record seems safe for a while. Djokovic's weeks at one will probably not be broken anytime soon.

Which important Fed record do you think will last for long?

Last time I checked he was tied with Federer

 

[junior74]

* Blue clay titles

* Flashiest Wimbledon Costume

 

[JohanLiebert]

Last time I checked he was tied with Federer

The thread is about records likely to stand safe for a while.

 

[GhostOfNKDM]

Playing for so long with so much success without resorting to gamesmanship and never retiring.

Those are the most impressive things to me which won't be broken.

But then again I'm told Fed's popularity is a worldwide conspiracy by the media, so what do I know... back to the hurr durr 40-15, weak era posts

 

[Yugram]

The most Slam finals played against Baghdatis, Philippoussis and Gonzalez.

 

[merwy]

Grand slam record

Something longevity related

 

[Searah]

he is the highest grandslam for 1 handed player most likely.

 

[StrongRule]

Nadal doesn't even have the slam record. He has the same number of slams as Federer. How can a nonexistent record be safe?

 

[Azure]

Playing for so long with so much success without resorting to gamesmanship and never retiring

Omg this - amazing and highly underrated point.

 

[AnOctorokForDinner]

194 consecutive matches taking at least one set (no straight-set losses). Next best would be Borg with 162 if you disregard withdrawals during the streak. If withdrawals are not permitted then it's McEnroe with 109.

 

[ForehandRF]

7 Wimbledon Finals in a row.

 

[Im(moral) Winner]

194 consecutive matches taking at least one set (no straight-set losses). Next best would be Borg with 162 if you disregard withdrawals during the streak. If withdrawals are not permitted then it's McEnroe with 109.

What's Novak's record?

 

[JohanLiebert]

Nadal doesn't even have the slam record. He has the same number of slams as Federer. How can a nonexistent record be safe?

Point being it's not safe for Federer because of Nadal equalling him.

 

[E36BMWM3]

Two sets of twins back-to-back???

 

[AnOctorokForDinner]

What's Novak's record?

Not even close, 62. Courtesy of Oldr blitzing him in BO3 regularly back then ha.

 

[Shaolin]

Most enjoyable to watch play, 58 consecutive years.

 

[Third Serve]

194 consecutive matches taking at least one set (no straight-set losses). Next best would be Borg with 162 if you disregard withdrawals during the streak. If withdrawals are not permitted then it's McEnroe with 109.

This is absolutely crazy to me. It shows that even when he did lose (which was already quite rare during that time period), he still showed enough fight to take a set. When was this period, again? 2004-2006 (the Murray loss) would be my guess.

 

[Tennis_Freak99]

A lot of them to be honest. However most of them are good anecdotes rather than the GOAT metric records.

Consecutive SF/F is great but it won't stand to the one who crosses his GS title record

 

[Im(moral) Winner]

This is absolutely crazy to me. It shows that even when he did lose (which was already quite rare during that time period), he still showed enough fight to take a set. When was this period, again? 2004-2006 (the Murray loss) would be my guess.

It correlates with the stat of him being the toughest ATG to defeat.

 

[Standaa]

damn AO SF 08

could've been 19 consecutive slam finals

 

[AnOctorokForDinner]

This is absolutely crazy to me. It shows that even when he did lose (which was already quite rare during that time period), he still showed enough fight to take a set. When was this period, again? 2004-2006 (the Murray loss) would be my guess.

2004 RG (Kuerten) - 2006 Cincinnati (Murray)

Lost ten matches in that period, 4 BO3 (Hrbaty, Berdych, Gasquet, Nadal) and 6 BO5 (Safin, Nalbandian, Claydal x4). All of them bar the claydal one (sans Rome) from winning positions lol. Even two of the other three claydal matches ended in fourth set TB, 05 RG was the only one that wasn't particularly close (though Fred did squander BPs in the fourth, ayye).

 

[Third Serve]

2004 RG (Kuerten) - 2006 Cincinnati (Murray)

Lost ten matches in that period, 4 BO3 (Hrbaty, Berdych, Gasquet, Nadal) and 6 BO5 (Safin, Nalbandian, Claydal x4). All of them bar the claydal one (sans Rome) from winning positions lol. Even two of the other three claydal matches ended in fourth set TB, 05 RG was the only one that wasn't particularly close (though Fred did squander BPs in the fourth, ayye).

Wow. Just a bit more clutch and we could be looking at 5 or fewer losses for Fed during that entire stretch (obviously I'm not handing him every one of those wins; a bit of a leap). But happy enough with what we got from the most dominant period in men's tennis.

 

[BeatlesFan]

Some records no one has mentioned:

Fed's the only player in tennis history who has won 6+ titles in 7 different tournaments.

Fed is the only player to win at least ten titles on clay, grass and hard courts; he has 71 hard court titles, 19 grass court titles, and 11 clay court titles.

Has won the Edberg Sportsmanship trophy a ridiculous 13 times

Has won the ATPWorldTour.com Fans' Favorite Award for 16 straight years

Fed has won an all-time record of 71 hard court titles.

 

[USO]

Nobody mentioned the most important thing which is most Wimbledon titles. I don’t see it being broken anytime soon and no Djokovic has zero chance.

 

[mbm0912]

*prettiest backhand
*number of casual "tennis fans"

 

[Deleted member 744633]

Nadal's slam record seems safe for a while. Djokovic's weeks at one will probably not be broken anytime soon.

Which important Fed record do you think will last for long?

Many of the minor ones, that not many even care about, will remain unbroken. But the ones that do matter, they're in the process of surely getting broken as I write this

 

[Third Serve]

Many of the minor ones, that not many even care about, will remain unbroken. But the ones that do matter, they're in the process of surely getting broken as I write this

Looking forward to it?

 

[Deleted member 22147]

23 Slam semis in row (10 finals in row)
237 consecutive weeks
5 straight W and USO titles
Winning 6 straight Slam finals
Winning 24 finals in row

In my lifetime, maybe most of these.

But all records will be broken, barring structural changes which inhibit the breaking of certain records.

 

[RS]

23 SFs in a row and 36 QF in a row at slams is just crazy consistency.

 

[KingGrayskull]

The consecutive Slam QF and SF runs are bonkers

 

[daggerman]

How about this one: longest span between first and last week holding the #1 ranking. He's around 14.5 years.

I can't be bothered to do the exact calculation, but I think Rafa would need to be #1 in 2023 (or later) and Novak would need to be #1 around late 2025/early 2026 (or later) for them to break it. I don't think either will happen.

And going forward, although I expect the age curve for tennis pros to continue inching towards the right, it's pretty hard to see a player getting to number 1 in their early 20s and in their late 30s -- in part because I think top late 20s/early 30s players will continue to have an edge over top early 20s players. Not to mention that the age curve can shift to the right without producing another outlier like Fed (if he is, indeed, an outlier).

 

[Deleted member 744633]

Playing for so long with so much success without resorting to gamesmanship and never retiring.

Those are the most impressive things to me which won't be broken.

But then again I'm told Fed's popularity is a worldwide conspiracy by the media, so what do I know... back to the hurr durr 40-15, weak era posts

Well done Ghost! The first step is to acknowledge one's ignorance. You're on the mend now

 

[KingGrayskull]

23 SFs in a row and 36 QF in a row at slams is just crazy consistency.

GET OUT OF MY HEAD!

 

[Deleted member 744633]

Looking forward to it?

Absolutely ... 100% looking forward to it. In fact, I'd like to see Nadal break Federer's slam record and then I'd like to see Djokovic go after the new record. Can you imagine what that will do to tennis' popularity?! Can't wait

 

[BackhandDTL]

all the major records are going to be gone,

he will have the SF stuff but no one cares about that, esp. since he accomplished all of that against poorer Competition

 

[clayqueen]

Making QFs.

 

[clayqueen]

The consecutive Slam QF and SF runs are bonkers

But not the titles. I would be embarrassed to lis QFs and SFs as Rafa's achievements. It just proves that Fedr hasn't got better records.

 

[TheNachoMan]

But not the titles. I would be embarrassed to lis QFs and SFs as Rafa's achievements. It just proves that Fedr hasn't got better records.

It’s not a bad record. It shows his consistency for a long period of time

 

[clayqueen]

It’s not a bad record. It shows his consistency for a long period of time

But not enough to make him the GOAT?

 

[TheNachoMan]

But not enough to make him the GOAT?

It’s not all about being the “GOAT”. Not everything revolves around that (shocking, I know)