How many slams played?
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Doctor/Lawyer Red Devil
G.O.A.T.
Fed 78, Rafa 58, Novak 59.
TripleATeam
Legend
If you look at their career statistics page on Wikipedia, the numbers are all there. Federer played 78, Nadal played 58, and Djokovic played 59.
Markus Kaila
Rookie
There had been 207 slams in the open era since 1968. Federer's 78 means that he has participated in 38% of them. Unbelievable!
RaulRamirez
Hall of Fame
It's a huge number, no doubt - remarkable longevity and self-belief to go with great talent. It's roughly 20 years' worth (just under) out of 50 years' worth (just over) of OE majors. If Fed plays in the next 8, he'll be at 40%.
I just quickly looked at Jimmy Connors' stats: 22 US Opens and 20 Wimbledons, but he usually did not play AO or RG.
Fiero425
Hall of Fame
Back then it was rare to play all 4 majors! It didn't become "the thing to do" until Edberg, Wilander, & Lendl (Navratilova & Evert for the ladies) started going "down under" on a regular basis! It became a premiere event finally, moved from grass to HC in '88, and I feel Nole's fave; & not just because he's won it 7 times! The fact they've started playing all 4 events begot more H2H match-ups of these top players these last 25+ years!
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RaulRamirez
Hall of Fame
True.Back then it was rare to play all 4 majors! It didn't become "the thing to do" until Edberg, Wilander, & Lendl (Navratilova & Evert for the ladies) started going "down under" on a regular basis! It became a premiere event finally, moved from grass to HC in '88, and I feel Nole's fave; & not just because he's won it 7 times! The fact they've started playing all 4 events begot more H2H match-ups of these top players these last 25+ years!
The main reason I mentioned Connors was to try to compare Fed with another ATG who had similar - and possibly more, to this point - longevity. While only part of their careers were in the OE, other legends who played "forever" included Pancho Gonzales and Ken Rosewall.
SaintPetros
Hall of Fame
Nadal played 20 fewer slams yet is about to break Fed's record
Sport
Legend
Nadal has the best winning ratio in Slams for players who retired in their 30s.
Nadal has won 32% of the Slams he has participated in.
Peter Sampras has won 28% of the Slams he has participated in.
Djokovic has won 27% of the Slams he has participated in.
Federer has won 25% of the Slams he has participated in.
@Lew II
Nadal has won 32% of the Slams he has participated in.
Peter Sampras has won 28% of the Slams he has participated in.
Djokovic has won 27% of the Slams he has participated in.
Federer has won 25% of the Slams he has participated in.
@Lew II
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SaintPetros
Hall of Fame
Preferably Petros or PETE if you're one for brevity
tudwell
Legend
Borg won 41% of the slams he played.
Sport
Legend
He played his last Slam aged 25, not comparable to players who performed a normal career and competed till their 30s.
Backspin1183
G.O.A.T.
He was a beast. Will always remain one of the greatest ever regardless of how many Slams Federer or Nadal end their careers with.
UnderratedSlam
Hall of Fame
Yeah, seems we'll never get rid of him...
Just kidding, Fedfans. We'll never get rid of the Big 3, we're stuck with them at least another 5 years...
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UnderratedSlam
Hall of Fame
The better question is will he play 190.
BeatlesFan
Talk Tennis Guru
Consider that when Fed won AO 2018 and reached 20 slams, he'd won 20% of all slam finals played in the Open era, despite not being born until 1981, 12 years after the Open era began!
Markus Kaila
Rookie
No, only 10%.
Markus Kaila
Rookie
A little bit something else:
There have been 207 GS-finals (O Era). Federer has won 20 of them. 53 other winners (probably!). In one relation he is nothing but a very ordinary winner. What is it?
There have been 207 GS-finals (O Era). Federer has won 20 of them. 53 other winners (probably!). In one relation he is nothing but a very ordinary winner. What is it?