Fed has played in the most memorable Wimbledon finals ever.
According to...?
The 1980 men's final is and remains the greatest of all Wimbledon men's matches. Nothing Federer has participated in will ever match the magnitude of that in terms of players, their place in history, cultural importance for elevating tennis to global popularity, the drama of it all, etc.
Fed does not care to be an ambassador of the sport
Subjective nonsense having nothing to do with the OP question. But for anyone who desired to go there, as a player of historic significance in tennis, sports in general and beyond, Serena leaves Federer in the dust.
Once again, Federer has spent nearly two decades slapping away at the two-plus most incompetent generations I tennis history. Oh, let us' go back to the
original Can't Win A Major Legion, ultimately never being a true, consistent threat, such as
Nalbandian (one of the most overrated players of the past twenty years. The level of "greatness" attributed to him was utterly unjustified and largely based on two wins over Federer at majors),
Blake (whatever),
Davydenko (who lost to Federer 19 times), and
Tipsarević (whatever) among too many names to list here. Finally there's Hewitt , who defenders love to throw in the mix
as an era life preserver, but the truth of the matter was that he was
already finished winning his last of two career majors a year before Federer won his first , and had diminished as a contender, making his 2005 Australian Open finals appearance more of Cinderella swan song than his being some constant contender/threat, but it provided Safin with what would be his last major after a drought that began after his 2000 US Open win.
Now in this aging "next generation," the latest
Can't Win A Major Legion (Thiem, Nishikori, Kyrgios, Isner, Dimitrov, Simon, Pospisil, Tomic, Querry, et al), have wasted long years tripping their way into majors events, and doing their customary rollover, then collect their checks as they scoot out of the door. As of this date, this group of vastly overrated players continue the aforementioned weakest era in tennis history. Its shameful, and what is more disheartening is the fact there's no one on the horizon (so far) who seems to be of a different cut than the losers listed here, or see that it is their job to do more than that smile+rollover.
Remove Djokovic and Nadal, and what kind of
serious ATP competition landscape did Federer face (in comes the Murray defenders who will claim he
"could have" won 10 majors
"if not for...")? None. It was one long practice session where the outcome was determined before anyone ever stepped on court.
That, and Federer also failed to win Olympic Gold in singles---which Serena won, along with other records he lacked the ability to match (detailed in this thread).
