This achievement of Federer is insane - 2003 Wimbledon to 2019 Australian Open

[McEnroeisanartist]

With his 2018 Australian Open, Federer is assured of extended this streak of always reaching at least one Grand Slam semifinal in the last 4 Grand Slams from 2003 Wimbledon to 2019 Australian Open. This is a span of 63 Grand Slams.

This achievement is insane when you compare it to his rivals:

Djokovic - 2007 French Open to 2017 US Open - a span of 43 Grand Slams

Sampras - 1992 Wimbledon to 2002 US Open - a span of 42 Grand Slams.

Nadal - 2005 French Open to 2015 French Open - a span of 41 Grand Slams.

 

[BeatlesFan]

Here's what the insane achievement as Roddick pointed out after the AO final. 10% of all slam finals contested in the Open Era in men's tennis have been won by Roger Federer.

Let that sink in.

 

[JMR]

With his 2018 Australian Open, Federer is assured of extended this streak of always reaching at least one Grand Slam semifinal in the last 4 Grand Slams from 2003 Wimbledon to 2019 Australian Open. This is a span of 63 Grand Slams.

Didn't you write about this weird, homemade statistic once before? No one understood its alleged importance then either.

 

[smoledman]

With his 2018 Australian Open, Federer is assured of extended this streak of always reaching at least one Grand Slam semifinal in the last 4 Grand Slams from 2003 Wimbledon to 2019 Australian Open. This is a span of 63 Grand Slams.

This achievement is insane when you compare it to his rivals:

Djokovic - 2007 French Open to 2017 US Open - a span of 43 Grand Slams

Sampras - 1992 Wimbledon to 2002 US Open - a span of 42 Grand Slams.

Nadal - 2005 French Open to 2015 French Open - a span of 41 Grand Slams.

Djokovic last semi was 2016 US open...


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[Technology Ruined Tennis]

Didn't you write about this weird, homemade statistic once before? No one understood its alleged importance then either.

That was me. I was trying to say that Nadal's "10 straight years with a slam" was not as good as Sampras' streak of holding a slam trophy for x amount of time.

https://tt.tennis-warehouse.com/index.php?threads/a-sampras-record-survived-the-big-3.537568/

 

[Pheasant]

Here's what the insane achievement as Roddick pointed out after the AO final. 10% of all slam finals contested in the Open Era in men's tennis have been won by Roger Federer.

Let that sink in.

I heard that same stat. Federer's slam title count accounts for 10% of all slam titles won in the last 50 years. If a player's slam count accounted for 10% of all titles in the past 10 years(4 slam titles), then he'd be a slam dunk for the Hall of Fame.

 

[Pheasant]

Federer's slam count got me thinking. He's actually the combination of two great careers put together.

Let's look at Federer vs McEnroe and Borg's career put together.

Here's what we get:

Borg:
656-129 overall
106-37 vs top 10
11 slam titles, 5 Wimby, 6 French
109 weeks at #1

McEnroe:
876-201 overall
105-83 vs top 10
3 Wimby, 4 USO
170 weeks at #1

Federer
1179-268 overall
213-108 vs top 10
6 AO, 1 FO, 8 Wimby, 5 USO


------------------------------Borg+McEnroe-------------------------------Federer
AO titles------------------------ 0 ----------------------------------------------6
FO titles-------------------------6-----------------------------------------------1
Wimbledon titles---------------8-----------------------------------------------8
USO titles-----------------------4-----------------------------------------------5
Total slam titles--------------18----------------------------------------------20

W-L record---------------1532-330, .827----------------------------------1179-268, .815
Vs top 10------------------211-110, .657-----------------------------------213-108, .664
weeks at #1-------------------279-----------------------------------------------302

Borg and McEnroe have more total wins. But Federer is slightly ahead in win vs the top 10, weeks at #1, and slam titles.

 

[SinjinCooper]

Federer's slam count got me thinking. He's actually the combination of two great careers put together.

Let's look at Federer vs McEnroe and Borg's career put together.

Here's what we get:

Borg:
656-129 overall
106-37 vs top 10
11 slam titles, 5 Wimby, 6 French
109 weeks at #1

McEnroe:
876-201 overall
105-83 vs top 10
3 Wimby, 4 USO
170 weeks at #1

Federer
1179-268 overall
213-108 vs top 10
6 AO, 1 FO, 8 Wimby, 5 USO


------------------------------Borg+McEnroe-------------------------------Federer
AO titles------------------------ 0 ----------------------------------------------6
FO titles-------------------------6-----------------------------------------------1
Wimbledon titles---------------8-----------------------------------------------8
USO titles-----------------------4-----------------------------------------------5
Total slam titles--------------18----------------------------------------------20

W-L record---------------1532-330, .827----------------------------------1179-268, .815
Vs top 10------------------211-110, .657-----------------------------------213-108, .664
weeks at #1-------------------279-----------------------------------------------302

Borg and McEnroe have more total wins. But Federer is slightly ahead in win vs the top 10, weeks at #1, and slam titles.

Borg retired at 25 to have coke parties and bang Charlie's Angels.

 

[Steve0904]

He's going to win the 2019 AO too? I'll take that.