Roger Federer’s numbers leave no room for doubt and a good example of this is the following numbers that the Swiss cherishes and that make his career an unparalleled trajectory since his professional debut in July 1998 in Gstaad. Roger Federer has amassed an impressive track record and continues to hold several records on the day of his retirement:
-8 and -4: his record against Nadal (16 wins for 24 losses) and Djokovic (23 for 27).
1: Well supported by Stan Wawrinka, he gave Switzerland its only Davis Cup to date, in 2014. In the Lille final against France, Federer lost his first singles against Gaël Monfils, but then won the doubles with Wawrinka and his singles against Richard Gasket . Wawrinka won his first singles match against Gasquet.
5: Federer finishes the season as world No. 1 five times (2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009). In 2021, the record is held by Novak Djokovic, who has finished the season as World No. seven times. 1.
6: Federer has won the season-ending Masters 6 times (2003, 2004, 2006, 2007, 2010, 2011), tying the 8 best players of the season. A record.
6a: Federer becomes the sixth player in history to win all four Grand Slam tournaments. The strongest against him is Roland Garros, where he won only in 2009, despite the fact that he has already won five of his eight Wimbledon (2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007), five US Open ( 2004, 2005, 2006 , 2007, 2008) and three of his six Australian Opens (2004, 2006, 2007). Since then, Nadal and Djokovic have also won the ‘big four’.
7: Federer saves 7 match points twice before winning the match. The last time was in the quarterfinals of the Australian Open 2020 against American Tennys Sandgren.
8: Federer has won 8 times at Wimbledon, a record at the London major. Djokovic has won the Australian Open nine times, and Nadal holds the record for most wins in one tournament, with 14 titles at Roland Garros.
8a: Federer won 8 doubles titles, including the 2008 Olympic gold medal in Beijing with Stan Wawrinka.
9: The number of Grand Slam tournaments he missed in 23 seasons from 1999 to Wimbledon 2021: Australian Open-1999, 2021, Roland Garros-2016, 2017, 2018, 2020, US Open-1999, 2016 He, injured his right knee and would have missed Wimbledon-2020, but the tournament was canceled due to the coronavirus pandemic.
20: Federer has won 20 Grand Slam singles tournaments: 8 Wimbledon (2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012, 2017), 6 Australian Open (2004, 2006, 2010, 208), US Open (2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008) and 1 French Open (2009). He has two less than Nadal (22) and one less than Djokovic (21). The all-time record of 24 major titles is held by Australia’s Margaret Court. American Serena Williams is 23 years old.
24: His best double ranking (June 9, 2003).
28: The number of Masters 1000 titles won between Indian Wells-2004 and Miami-2019. The only two tournaments in this category (just below the Grand Slams) that he has not won are Monte Carlo and Rome.
36: Federer becomes the oldest No. 1 in the world when he returned to the throne in February 2018, at the age of 36 years and 6 months. He reached the top of the world rankings on February 2, 2004, at the age of 22 years and 5 months.
71: Number of tournament wins on hard courts, tops on grass (19), clay (11) and carpet (2).
81: Federer has played in 81 Grand Slam singles tournaments, a men’s record he shares with Spaniard Feliciano López. From Australia-2000 to Australia-2016, Federer played in 65 consecutive ‘majors’. The record is held by Feliciano López (79). The Swiss missed Roland Garros in 2016 due to injury.
103: the number of your individual titles. The first in Milan in 2001 and the last in Basel in 2019. Only American Jimmy Connors has done better (109).
310: Federer spent 310 weeks at the top of the world rankings, including 237 consecutive weeks between February 2004 and August 2008. Djokovic broke Federer’s record of 373 consecutive weeks at the top of the rankings in world.
369: Federer has won a record 369 Grand Slam singles matches. He is also the only player to date to win at least 100 matches in two majors: 102 in Australia and 105 at Wimbledon.
1,251: The total number of fights won in his professional career. The male record is held by Connors (1,274) and the all-time record, 1,442 wins, is held by Martina Navratilova.
51,954: Federer attracted the largest crowd in history for a tennis match: 51,954 fans attended his exhibition against Rafa Nadal on February 7, 2020 in Cape Town, South Africa.
106,300,000: Federer was the highest paid athlete in the world in the year between June 1, 2019 and June 1, 2020, with a total of 106.3 million dollars (95.5 million euros), according to Forbes magazine. Advertising deals and private partnerships netted him $100 million in total.
130,594,339: Federer’s tournament earnings (in dollars), according to the ATP website.
41: Retirement age (made his ATP debut in July 1998, a month before his 17th birthday).
Source: La Verdad
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