federer's most terrible tournament ever

[mike danny]

my pick is miami 2009. he struggled ti beat roddick and of course he made a ton of unforced errors against djokovic resulting in his first raquet smash in a long time. which other tournamnets were terrible for federer?

 

[shaneno]

it was this year 2013 match against rafa when he had a back problem during the match ..... it was the worst i seen.

 

[pvaudio]

Miami 2009 easily as well.

 

[mariecon]

Miami 2009 was most definitely not his worst tournament ever! He made it to the SF! His worst tournament ever would be one where he lost early, like say Toronto 2008 where he lost his first match to Gilles Simon, ranked 22 or Cincy that year where he struggled against Ginepri in his first match then lost to Karlovic in 3rd rd. (also ranked 22 I might add). And in the Karlovic match I don't think he even got broken which just added insult to injury.

 

[Vamos Rafa]

In the slams, Wimby 2010 and RG 2012 spring to mind.

 

[RF20Lennon]

WTF 2008, his back was killing him.

 

[wy2sl0]

Worst tournament....yeah...he was pretty bad this past week guys. He got stomped by Rafa. Usually it is Fed doing the role reversal if he wins.

 

[Homeboy Hotel]

Wimbledon 2010

 

[Hood_Man]

Wimbledon 2010 is probably the worst I've seen. He really shouldn't have escaped the Falla match, that's one time I really can admit he was lucky.

 

[Fiji]

Wimbledon 2010 by far.

 

[mike danny]

oh and also toronto 2009. how cand you lose a match after leading 5-1 against somedy who is not nadal?

 

[Mainad]

How about 2003 French Open? He got straight-setted in the 1st round by someone called Luis Horna!

A few weeks later he went on to win Wimbledon (his first Slam title).

 

[DropShotArtist]

How about 2003 French Open? He got straight-setted in the 1st round by someone called Luis Horna!

A few weeks later he went on to win Wimbledon (his first Slam title).

Wow what a turnaround that was. Wonder what happened in the interim.

 

[The Meat]

How about 2003 French Open? He got straight-setted in the 1st round by someone called Luis Horna!

A few weeks later he went on to win Wimbledon (his first Slam title).

Does a first round loss count? A terrible tournament for me is going to the later rounds struggling with easy opponents and getting destroyed by top players.

 

[TCG]

French open 2012 and Wim 2010 in recent memory.

 

[Nadalgaenger]

Most of 2008!! That year was such a disaster for Fed...

 

[zagor]

2002 Dubai 2nd round against Schuettler, IIRC he was fined for the lack of effort.

 

[President]

Wrong Thread

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[IgnatusP]

Federer hasn't produced anything terrible in his life. He doesn't know how to. Even when he fails he manages to make it look efortless and brilliant.

 

[Murrayfan31]

Wimbledon 2008. He lost to Nadal on Grass! How could you lose to a moonballer on grass?

 

[IgnatusP]

Wimbledon 2008. He lost to Nadal on Grass! How could you lose to a moonballer on grass?

To be fair, Federer has lost to Nadal in all surfaces. Grass just happened to be the surface they were playing on that day.

 

[helloworld]

Worst tournament....yeah...he was pretty bad this past week guys. He got stomped by Rafa. Usually it is Fed doing the role reversal if he wins.

Uhh.. Fed got stomped by Rafa many many times before. It is not like something new here..

 

[NEW_BORN]

Interestingly every time Fed's beaten Nadal, he's gone on to win that tournament.

As for his "most terrible tournament", i would say either RG02 / RG03

 

[Tempyst]

Non-slam: I'd say '07 Indian Wells/Rome