Incredible Federer achievements!
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Krish872007
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I would highlight the following achievements in particular:
- 237 consecutive weeks as World #1
- 24 consecutive Finals wins
- 5 consecutive US Open titles
- 237 consecutive weeks as World #1
- 24 consecutive Finals wins
- 5 consecutive US Open titles
dr325i
G.O.A.T.
Where do his top challengers sit in this statistics?
jokes aside, amazing career and amazing influence on all of us.
I never really liked and fully appreciated RF, I totally ignored the peak years of his career (took a sabbatical from tennis between 1991 and 2007), however, cannot ever ignore his greatness.
jm1980
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If you include players he's played only once or twice, the list gets much, much longer. 308-14-29 is the complete count
- Different Players: 351
- Winning: 308 (87.7%)
- Tied: 14 (4.0%)
- Losing: 29 (8.3%)
- Novak Djokovic: 23-27
- Rafael Nadal: 16-24
- Dominic Thiem: 2-5
- Yevgeny Kafelnikov: 2-4
- Alexander Zverev: 3-4
- Patrick Rafter: 0-3
- Thomas Enqvist: 1-3
- Alex Corretja: 2-3
- Franco Squillari: 0-2
- Wayne Ferreira: 1-2
- Dominik Hrbaty: 1-2
- Gustavo Kuerten: 1-2
- Felix Auger Aliassime: 0-1
- Pablo Andujar: 0-1
- Lucas Arnold Ker: 0-1
- Nikoloz Basilashvili: 0-1
- Byron Black: 0-1
- Sergi Bruguera: 0-1
- Kenneth Carlsen: 0-1
- Francisco Clavet: 0-1
- Evgeny Donskoy: 0-1
- Andrea Gaudenzi: 0-1
- Markus Hantschk: 0-1
- Thanasi Kokkinakis: 0-1
- Andrei Medvedev: 0-1
- Andrey Rublev: 0-1
- James Sekulov: 0-1
- Jan Siemerink: 0-1
- Christophe van Garsse: 0-1
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Great stats. This one is very indicative as well:
Federer's H2H in the GS finals
Del Potro 0-1 0%
Djokovic 1-4 20%
Nadal 3-6 33%
The Rest 16-0 100%
Wimbledon 2019 pain strikes again. Should be now H2H 2-3 against Djokovic instead of 1-4.
Why not 5 consecutive Wimbledon? He also made 7 straight finals there
Krish872007
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mike danny
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We've yet to see anyone win back to back USO titles since LOL.
My absolute favourite (even slightly above the 18/19 Slam finals):
Federer always won at least one set in 194 consecutive matches from May 2004 (loss to Kuerten at RG 4-6 4-6 4-6) to August 2006 (loss to Murray in Cincinnati 5-7 4-6). Of course most matches are Best of 3, and we all know how fast you may lose a close first set, get broken to start the 2nd, and then the opponent runs away with the match. Never happened to Federer in 27 months, day-in-day-out in any tournament he played. Actually his streak was not even interrupted in exhibition matches or tournaments like Kooyong and would have exceeded 200 if counted.
I don't think anyone else in men's tennis history even has a streak half as long. (I know Lenglen and Wills had absurd statistics in the early women's game).
Federer always won at least one set in 194 consecutive matches from May 2004 (loss to Kuerten at RG 4-6 4-6 4-6) to August 2006 (loss to Murray in Cincinnati 5-7 4-6). Of course most matches are Best of 3, and we all know how fast you may lose a close first set, get broken to start the 2nd, and then the opponent runs away with the match. Never happened to Federer in 27 months, day-in-day-out in any tournament he played. Actually his streak was not even interrupted in exhibition matches or tournaments like Kooyong and would have exceeded 200 if counted.
I don't think anyone else in men's tennis history even has a streak half as long. (I know Lenglen and Wills had absurd statistics in the early women's game).
TearTheRoofOff
G.O.A.T.
It's a shame there are no widely accepted bonus points for things like this, as they are genuinely indicative of excellence.
ForehandDTL
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14 RG should am receive infinity bonus no?
There's so many impressive records/streaks to list. It's hard to pick which one stands out the most eye-popping.
If I had to pick, I would say the 18/19 slam finals. It's worth nothing that his 10 straight slam finals was snapped in 2008 AO because he was severely suffering from mono, otherwise a healthy Federer could kept steak going and end with a 20/20 straight finals !
He's without the doubt the greatest tennis player of all time
If I had to pick, I would say the 18/19 slam finals. It's worth nothing that his 10 straight slam finals was snapped in 2008 AO because he was severely suffering from mono, otherwise a healthy Federer could kept steak going and end with a 20/20 straight finals !
He's without the doubt the greatest tennis player of all time
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