Federer - ANOTHER RECORD - Only player to win a tournament 10 times on two different surfaces

clayqueen said:
Of course Fed won't be setting any records tomorrow even if he lifts the trophy. Rafa has been there, done that and got the T-shirt.
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JacksonColt said:
He did it in two Mickey Mouse events. He's only played a top 10 player twice at Halle after 17 years of playing it with only one top 10 win. That shows just how irrelevant that event is. 5 Canadian Opens >>>> 10 Halles.
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Fed's worst Halle draw is an impossible draw for Nadal on grass tho so I don't know. I think there are too many top 300 players there and Nadal can't avoid them all.
 
JacksonColt said:
He did it in two Mickey Mouse events.
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He's 38 years old, there are no "Mickey Mouse" tournaments at such an advanced age. A 38 year old winning a challenger in Kansas would be headline news in tennis.

It's hilarious that fan biases/hate is so mindless instead of appreciating what Fed just did today. Whoever your favorite player is will not be winning any tournaments when they're a comparable age.
 
BeatlesFan said:
He's 38 years old, there are no "Mickey Mouse" tournaments at such an advanced age. A 38 year old winning a challenger in Kansas would be headline news in tennis.

It's hilarious that fan biases/hate is so mindless instead of appreciating what Fed just did today. Whoever your favorite player is will not be winning any tournaments when they're a comparable age.
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I agree with the first part. Not the second.
You wouldn't think nadal would be winning GSs at 33. Yet here he is. For all we know, rafa and Novak might be better than Federer at 38
 
BeatlesFan said:
He's 38 years old, there are no "Mickey Mouse" tournaments at such an advanced age. A 38 year old winning a challenger in Kansas would be headline news in tennis.

It's hilarious that fan biases/hate is so mindless instead of appreciating what Fed just did today. Whoever your favorite player is will not be winning any tournaments when they're a comparable age.
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Red Rick's law strikes again.
 
McEnroeisanartist said:
Of course, with his win today, Federer became the first man to win two tournaments 10 times on two different surfaces

For Nadal to achieve this, he would need to win the Canadian Open 5 more times.

For Djokovic to achieve this, he would need to win 3 more Australian Opens and 5 more Wimbledons.
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Don't worry about Nadal... All he needs to do is win no 13.

Which equates to 20.

13 = 20.
 
JacksonColt said:
He did it in two Mickey Mouse events. He's only played a top 10 player twice at Halle after 17 years of playing it with only one top 10 win. That shows just how irrelevant that event is. 5 Canadian Opens >>>> 10 Halles.
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Yeah, OP should let us know when RF does 10 at a slam, or at least a M1000...
 
BeatlesFan said:
He's 38 years old, there are no "Mickey Mouse" tournaments at such an advanced age. A 38 year old winning a challenger in Kansas would be headline news in tennis.

It's hilarious that fan biases/hate is so mindless instead of appreciating what Fed just did today. Whoever your favorite player is will not be winning any tournaments when they're a comparable age.
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Lmao how do you know? Didn't your fanbase think Nadal would be done years ago even before his resurgence in 2017? I bet you thought Fed at 33 was advanced age and yet Nadal is 33 and still winning slams but keep harping on about Fed's age you're lucky he's got a 5 year head start so you get to boast about his age all day long.

And if Nadal or Djokovic smash Fed's records before 38 they ain't got anything to prove lol
 
Red Rick said:
Red Rick's law strikes again.
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Maybe you'll get it when your guy is 38 and long since retired. If you don't think age is a relevant issue for tennis players at 38, there's something amiss here. Age was a factor when Becker, Wilander and Chang won slams all at age 17. Why isn't age then even more relevant in the twilight of a player's career?
 
Right now, there are currently 6 players that are 35+ years old that are ranked in the top 100.

Here they are, sorted in descending order by age:

Karlovic, age 40, ranked 87th
Federer, age 38, ranked 3rd
López, age 38, ranked 62nd
Kohlschreiber, age 36, ranked 76th
Verdasco, age 35, ranked 40th
Seppi, age 35, ranked 72nd

Congrats to Verdasco for being ranked 62nd at age 38. Only 1 other 38+ year old in the world is ranked higher than Verdasco. As a matter of fact, only one other 36+ year old in the world is ranked higher than Verdasco.

Verdasco is incredible for his age. He is crushing the odds. This dude named Federer is kind of decent.
 
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McEnroeisanartist said:
Of course, with his win today, Federer became the first man to win two tournaments 10 times on two different surfaces

For Nadal to achieve this, he would need to win the Canadian Open 5 more times.

For Djokovic to achieve this, he would need to win 3 more Australian Opens and 5 more Wimbledons.
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. .Wimbledon, 2019:

. .For Gagerer to win this he would need to win just one more match point.
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Pheasant said:
Right now, there are currently 6 players that are 35+ years old that are ranked in the top 100.

Here they are, sorted in descending order by age:

Karlovic, age 40, ranked 87th
Federer, age 38, ranked 3rd
López, age 38, ranked 62nd
Kohlschreiber, age 36, ranked 76th
Verdasco, age 35, ranked 40th
Seppi, age 35, ranked 72nd

Congrats to Verdasco for being ranked 62nd at age 38. Only 1 other 38+ year old in the world is ranked higher than Verdasco. As a matter of fact, only one other 36+ year old in the world is ranked higher than Verdasco.

Verdasco is incredible for his age. He is crushing the odds. This dude named Federer is kind of decent.
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It happens to the best of us :-D

Check your Verdasco and Lopez again.
 
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It's funny, when you bring up what Nadal and Djokovic would need to win to match this record you mention slams and 1000's, when Federer has achieved the feat at a pair of 500's, one of which was a 250 for half the time he was winning it. Kind of exposes the incredible nature of the record, doesn't it?
 
ibbi said:
It's funny, when you bring up what Nadal and Djokovic would need to win to match this record you mention slams and 1000's, when Federer has achieved the feat at a pair of 500's, one of which was a 250 for half the time he was winning it. Kind of exposes the incredible nature of the record, doesn't it?
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It doesn't matter to them, because Federer did it.
 
Tenacity said:
It doesn't matter to them, because Federer did it.
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And, to be fair, it is a great accomplishment, and it should be appreciated, but there's no reasonable reason to bring these other guys into the equation.

I don't think (other than Rafa in Barcelona) either Nadal or Djokovic even play any 250/500 regularly enough to come close to matching this feat, do they?

If people are so desperate to make a big 3 comparison go with Roger's Wimbledon/Cincinnati record, that's a two surface accomplishment that seems more apt to bring into the argument.
 
Federer could become the first person to appreciate the fact that
Sephiroth said:
Lmao how do you know? Didn't your fanbase think Nadal would be done years ago even before his resurgence in 2017? I bet you thought Fed at 33 was advanced age and yet Nadal is 33 and still winning slams but keep harping on about Fed's age you're lucky he's got a 5 year head start so you get to boast about his age all day long.

And if Nadal or Djokovic smash Fed's records before 38 they ain't got anything to prove lol
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Yes. There is no doubt Nadal will win titles aged 38, even if they are minor titles on clay. Maybe even the Olympic Gold in singles 2024, as it is played in Paris on clay.
 
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ibbi said:
And, to be fair, it is a great accomplishment, and it should be appreciated, but there's no reasonable reason to bring these other guys into the equation.

I don't think (other than Rafa in Barcelona) either Nadal or Djokovic even play any 250/500 regularly enough to come close to matching this feat, do they?

If people are so desperate to make a big 3 comparison go with Roger's Wimbledon/Cincinnati record, that's a two surface accomplishment that seems more apt to bring into the argument.
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I get what you're saying, but the OP mentioning slams/masters for Djokodal is not to be unfair. Those are in fact the tourneys they have won the most of, thus having the highest chances to get them to 10. Nadl already has 10 (multiples) on clay, and only need one other surface, while Djokr would need 10 on two surfaces. What Djokodal plays is up to them, and they're certainly not restricted to slams/masters, but the record as the first man to reach 10 titles on two surfaces is a great achievement bc it hightlights surface versatility.
 
No need to bring Rafa & Novak into this really. It's a nice record, not his greatest, but still a nice one.

Halle and Basel are ATP500, hardly "Mickey Mouse" tournaments. Fed plays Basel for the same reason Nadal plays Barcelona. We all know that there is no MS on grass, so Queens/Halle are as big as they come at non-GS level.

It's a nice record that Fed holds now, nothing more, nothing less. Just reinforces that all the big 3 have their own records to their names.

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BeatlesFan said:
He's 38 years old, there are no "Mickey Mouse" tournaments at such an advanced age. A 38 year old winning a challenger in Kansas would be headline news in tennis.

It's hilarious that fan biases/hate is so mindless instead of appreciating what Fed just did today. Whoever your favorite player is will not be winning any tournaments when they're a comparable age.
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How would you have any idea if that's the case? Nadal and Djokovic have already significantly outperformed Federer from age 30-32/33.
 
Tennis_Hands said:
Because the current unprecedented weak era won't continue till eternity, even if it looked like that all this time.

8-B
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We have no idea what the future holds. Federer fans keep hoping younger players will step up and save his records but Djokovic and Nadal are exceptional athletes who won't go quietly no matter the competition.
 
Tennis_Hands said:
For now Federer is saving his records himself, so the hope is more for tennis to not go into deeper crisis than now, than anything else.

8-B
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He hasn't helped to save his slam record or weeks at #1 record in a long time. He has been a non-moving target for 1-2 years in regards to each.
 
K-H said:
I agree with the first part. Not the second.
You wouldn't think nadal would be winning GSs at 33. Yet here he is. For all we know, rafa and Novak might be better than Federer at 38
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The only way they will achieve more is if somehow the tour becomes even worse. Won't necessarily mean they are better. I mean Fed was pretty slick in 2014/2015. The main difference is that Djokovic/Nadal won't have an obstacle of a super consistent ATG being at his peak.
 
Nice record. Doesn’t mean much in the grand scheme of things.

Besides, Nadal won RG at the age of 32 / 33 and since clay is the most brutal surface, he’s extra old by clay years, meaning that he won a slam on clay at 43 HC in HC years and 53 in grass years.

He hasn’t won the WTF because he isn’t 63 in indoor court years yet. As we all know tennis players get better and better with age until they one day drop dead of too much peaking / old age peaking (ie heart rate / pressure peaking).
 
I can bet you 99.99% of the world will never know that record.
Heck, 99% of tennis fans won't ever know it either....
Federer is master of the trivial records.
He's been around for so long, and had so few injuries.....he should have every record.
Amazingly he never caught Sampras' year-end-#1 record, hasn't been able to get sole possession of the US Open record, has won less slams than Rafa after age 30, and appears set to lose the slam record :)
 
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Soon he will have the record for dropping out of tournaments. Pathetic to see him abusing the old man card. Waited for people to buy tickets then bailed.

He should paint his racket and resell it to suckers for the 3rd time this year. Fakerer
 
Sport said:
Federer could become the first person to appreciate the fact that
Yes. There is no doubt Nadal will win titles aged 38, even if they are minor titles on clay. Maybe even the Olympic Gold in singles 2024, as it is played in Paris on clay.
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Do we know if that has been decided yet?
 
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