Everybody knows that Fed was at his peak in 2008. But unfortunately for him, his talent level was exposed by other players peaking.
For example:
Peak Fed was 0-2 vs Simon in 2008. Unfortunately for Fed, that was Simon’s peak too. And look at what happened to Fed. The fact that Fed was 7-0 vs Simon outside of 2008 is meaningless. Bottom line: peak Simon destroys Peak Fed
Peak Fed was 1-1 vs Blake in 2008. Outside of that year, Fed was 9-0 vs Blake. Bottom line: Peak Fed=James Blake
Roddick was 1-0 vs Peak Fed. No great players ever lost a single match to Roddick because Roddick was a terrible player. And yet, Peak Fed did. This means that Peak Fed was decent at best.
World #98 Mardy Fish steamrolled Peak Federer 6-3, 6-2 in 2008 at their only meeting that year. Outside of 2008, Fed was 8-0 vs Fish. However, Despite it not being obvious, Fish was favored heading into that 2008 IW match. The experts knew that an in-form 98th ranked Fish would take out Peak Fed, despite the fact that Fed was the 3-time defending champion at IW and despite the fact that he had a career record of 5-0 against Fish( most huge blowouts at that). The experts figured out in 2008 that Fed was a “weak era mug”. So Fish was actually the favorite going into that match. Vegas made a killing!
Baby Murray was 3-1 vs Peak Fed. The only reason Murray lost that one match at the USO final is that he was overconfident going into that match. Murray was wise beyond his years. He figured out that Fed was a weak era mug. And he proved that by going 3-1 vs Peak Fed in 2008. But Murray actually ate 30 large pancakes right before that USO match to try and give the pansy a chance at winning a set.
Stepanek beat Peak Fed in 2008. Stepanek was 2-14 vs Fed. That means Stepanek beat Fed one other time. This is good. Wait for it... Stepanek’s only other win over Fed was in 2002, yet another one of Fed’s peak years. Stepanek actually beat Fed during 2 of his very best seasons ever. This Shows that Stepanek was every bit as good as Fed ever was.
The only reason that Fed lost as many matches in 2008 as he did in 2004, 2005, and 2006 combined is that 2008 was the year that professional tennis started. I believe that 2008 was the beginning of the 2nd Open Era. This exposed Peak Fed.
So there you have it. 1998-2002, 2008, 2013, and 2016 were clearly Fed’s peak years. And yet, Fed was badly exposed those years. I predict that Federer won’t make the Hall of Fame.
