If Federer won the US Open, would he consider retirement or go for the year-end-no-1?

If Federer wins the US Open he should...

  • Retire.

    Votes: 3 5.5%

  • Work harder, go for an epic year-end-no-1 at 33 and see what 2015 brings.

    Votes: 52 94.5%
  • Total voters
    55
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Looking how the tour is a complete mess and Fed being the only in-form top 10 player at the moment (Raonic hasn't done anything worth mentioning, he's just getting favorable draws all the time) might just sneak out the US Open title in 2,5 weeks.

Knowning that this good fortune won't last forever and that at some point Nadal will return, Murray will get his thing together, Djokovic will realise that putting his family at no 1 basically means that he's done as a top player, Berdych will stop sucking, the young generation will FINALLY break through and Fed's form is going to drop, would he consider retirement after winning the US? Or rather go for the kill and try finishing the year at no 1 when the wound is still fresh, possibly get it and see what 2015 brings before making an announcement whether to keep playing for a while or hang up his racquet?

I know that Fed will keep playing for as long as possible even if he wins the US Open but I'm asking what would be better for him from your perspective.
 
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He seems to love playing, he travels the world in unmatched style with his wife, kids, and family, is always a fan favorite anywhere he goes, and makes millions doing it.

I don't see him stopping for a while, but I could be wrong.
 
I definitely say play as long as possible:) (including trying to go for YE No.1 if he cares about it enough)
He enjoys the tour and playing tennis, and is a joy to watch from a fan point of view. He has a few annoying loses from time to time, but that's the case with all the players :razz:
 
Would quitting playing and "going out on a high" be more valuable to him than the revenue he could generate by just showing up another season or two and enjoying the tour?

I understand people for whatever reason really admire that Pete went out with a Grand slam victory... but in retrospect I can only wonder if he himself would have preferred a victory lap the next season and whatever revenue he could have generated just by showing up.
 
zam88 said:
Would quitting playing and "going out on a high" be more valuable to him than the revenue he could generate by just showing up another season or two and enjoying the tour?

I understand people for whatever reason really admire that Pete went out with a Grand slam victory... but in retrospect I can only wonder if he himself would have preferred a victory lap the next season and whatever revenue he could have generated just by showing up.
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Pete was unmotivated by the time he won the 14th slam. Federer is still as fresh as a daisy. He still wants to win more, many more.
 
helloworld said:
Pete was unmotivated by the time he won the 14th slam. Federer is still as fresh as a daisy. He still wants to win more, many more.
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I also got the feeling he's still hungry for succes. As long as he's motivated he should keep playing. If he wins the US Open I give him a very good chance to end as #1. I would love to see him equal Sampras 6 year end #1's.
 
Regarding retirement. He has said that he just picks a date far away so people don't ask him.

Rio 16 may just be nonsense.
 
The_Flying_Vulture said:
I also got the feeling he's still hungry for succes. As long as he's motivated he should keep playing. If he wins the US Open I give him a very good chance to end as #1. I would love to see him equal Sampras 6 year end #1's.
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That would be something, stripping Sampras off of his last significant record.:twisted:
 
tennis_pro said:
That would be something, stripping Sampras off of his last significant record.:twisted:
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To be fair to Sampras, a critical element was that it was 6 consecutive YE #1s, which Federer obviously won't be matching. Although one could argue that YE #1 is just an arbitrary point in the calendar year and not actually as meaningful as total weeks at #1, it's still an impressive record from Sampras.
 
Gut Check said:
To be fair to Sampras, a critical element was that it was 6 consecutive YE #1s, which Federer obviously won't be matching. Although one could argue that YE #1 is just an arbitrary point in the calendar year and not actually as meaningful as total weeks at #1, it's still an impressive record from Sampras.
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Still, Sampras was incredibly lucky to finish 1995 and 1998 as the world no 1. Agassi had him beat in the ranking in 1995 but because of injury had to take the last 2-3 months off, Sampras just BARELY ended the year at no 1 with like a 200 point difference or something. 1998 - he did absolutely nothing that year other than winning Wimbledon. He had almost identical results in 1998 as Del Potro in 2009 who finished the year at no 5.

When Fed was the year-end-no-1 in 2004-2007 he really was the best player in the world with several thousand ranking points ahead of everyone else, including Nadal. In 2009 some might say that Nadal got injured that's why Fed could get back to no 1 but it was only Nadal's problem that he overplayed to keep his top ranking. Federer was 2 sets away from the CYGS in 2009.
 
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Can people just SHUT THE FK UP ABOUT HIS RETIREMENT? He already mentioned he's gonna play in the Olympics so until then shut up.
 
underground said:
Can people just SHUT THE FK UP ABOUT HIS RETIREMENT? He already mentioned he's gonna play in the Olympics so until then shut up.
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Nobody is forcing him into retirement but I bet everyone including Fed himself would want him to go out with a huge win instead of just slowly fade away. If he wins the US Open and thinks he's got another Slam in him, play for another 10 years if you like. I wouldn't be happier.
 
He has no plans to retire at the end of this year. He mentioned in Toronto that he's going to be playing on HC until Indian Wells next year, indicating he's already thought about next year.
 
tennis_pro said:
Still, Sampras was incredibly lucky to finish 1995 and 1998 as the world no 1. Agassi had him beat in the ranking in 1995 but because of injury had to take the last 2-3 months off, Sampras just BARELY ended the year at no 1 with like a 200 point difference or something. 1998 - he did absolutely nothing that year other than winning Wimbledon. He had almost identical results in 1998 as Del Potro in 2009 who finished the year at no 5.
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I don't buy into the coulda-shoulda-woulda any more than I do with talk of weak eras or weak draws. Either a player has the result on the books or they don't. Everything else is cheap talk.
 
Even if he suddenly wanted to stop, he probably couldn't. Do you really think Nike and other big companies throw millions at Federer without making sure that he plays for another couple years?
 
Djokovic2011 said:
How can you be sooooooo confident all the time Chico? :shock: You'll have to send me your crystal ball as soon as you've finished with it.
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It is easy actually. Simple deduction. Fed is not winning any more slams. Especially not USO. Too old. Too many factors, history numbers and indication point to this.

Just look at his last two USOs for example. It is similar with Nadal and W. Too easy to draw conclusions actually.
 
Chico said:
It is easy actually. Simple deduction. Fed is not winning any more slams. Especially not USO. Too old. Too many factors, history numbers and indication point to this.

Just look at his last two USOs for example. It is similar with Nadal and W. Too easy to draw conclusions actually.
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He almost turned it around at Wimby so I wouldn't count him out. I actually think he could take it.
 
Chico is right! ******* is not winning the USO. Djokovic is the clear favourite. If fed couldn't beat Novak at Wimbledon what chance does he have on nole's favourite surface? :mrgreen:
 
Chico said:
It is easy actually. Simple deduction. Fed is not winning any more slams. Especially not USO. Too old. Too many factors, history numbers and indication point to this.

Just look at his last two USOs for example. It is similar with Nadal and W. Too easy to draw conclusions actually.
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You better pray that Nole will not be overwhelmed by the tough times in married life and kid.
 
TMF said:
You better pray that Nole will not be overwhelmed by the tough times in married life and kid.
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I think it will inspire Novak even more. Will act as a positive on the court. As nole is a proud Serb who wants to do his country, his family and friends and most definitely his new family proud. He will have a couple months before AO to get used to family life and learn best to balance that with his tennis career. He will be fine and will thrive from it. It just my opinion, I could be wrong. We will see.
 
Crionics said:
Even if he suddenly wanted to stop, he probably couldn't. Do you really think Nike and other big companies throw millions at Federer without making sure that he plays for another couple years?
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Haven't many of Michael Jordan's endorsement deals continued long after he's retired? I doubt Fed's situation is going to be any different
 
Fed would keep playing whether he wins or not.

He may end up as year #1 but I think his goal is just to take the tournaments one at a time.
 
Djokovic2011 said:
How can you be sooooooo confident all the time Chico? :shock: You'll have to send me your crystal ball as soon as you've finished with it.
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His crystal ball is smashed. Have never seen someone with so many wrong predictions. That is why it is funny he even tries to project things of the past that never happened (eg- the exact # of slam wins of Seles and Graf without the stabbing) and expect people to go along with him, when he cant even predict something into the near future to save his life ever.
 
I find Fed like Brett Favre in a sense of really love and enjoy the game as long as his body can hold. Regardless towards the end of the career. Because both of them records speak for itself.
To me doesn't matter what he wants.
 
timnz said:
He nearly won Wimbledon - do you think the USO is going to be trickier for him? If so, why?
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Slower court, higher bounces. This makes his reliance on volleys and serving less effective with his diminished ground strokes on fast hards than grass.

Steffi-forever said:
Djokovic has won 1 out of 5 finals at Flushing.
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True but how about we give Djokovic 35 year old Agassi and Hewitt in 2010/2013 and then give Federer, Nadal's two best USO forms in 2004/2005?

There is a very good chance the totals go 3-3 in that scenario instead of 5-1, so we are dealing with very small margins, its not some glaring difference in playing levels. Only a glaring difference in achievements. Fed is much greater at USO, but he isn't worlds higher in playing level.
 
I'm a selfish guy...even '13Fed is betterer than no Fed at all!

I wasn't a huge Agassi fan but his loss to Becker @USO and post-match speech left me saddened for days. I can't imagine my emotions when Rogi does decide to hang the Vapors up for good.

I hope the girls get good real fast and he comes out of retirement to play mixed with them when they're ready.
 
Thread fail. Fed said he's playing at least through the 2016 Olympics. While walking out on top sounds heroic, why would he? He still enjoys it; banking huge cash; and still winning.
 
pame said:
Haven't many of Michael Jordan's endorsement deals continued long after he's retired? I doubt Fed's situation is going to be any different
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Probably, but I assume the post-retirement deals were probably different. Anyway, I doubt big companies offer big juicy deals to Fed now without some guarantees that he keeps showing up for a certain numbre of events. They probably renegotiate new deals with him once he's retired or about to retire.
In other words, I don't think Fed is able to suddenly hang it up tomorrow if he feels like it.
 
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