The most versatile tennis player in history announced on Thursday his imminent retirement from professional tennis thus ending his participation in the next Laver Cup in London from September 23 to 25. Roger Federer He hung up his racket at the age of 41, although since his loss in the Wimbledon’21 quarterfinals against the Polish Hurkascz he has not competed due to his knee problems.
it will be the only tennis player in history to own five or more titles at three of the four Grand Slams: at the Australian Open (6), Wimbledon (8) and the US Open (5) and still holds the record for most Wimbledon titles.
He is the tennis player with the most Grand Slam finals (with Serbian Novak Djokovic), the semifinals and quarterfinals have been played, In addition to being the player who participated the most times in these tournaments (81), the one who played the most games (429) and the one who achieved the most victories (369).
He is, along with Novak Djokovic, one of the two players who managed to win three Grand Slams in the same year in three different years: 2004, 2006 and 2007.
Federer has been world number 1 for 310 weeks, a figure surpassed only by Novak Djokovic, who has 373. He holds the record for the most consecutive weeks as world number 1, with 237. In addition, he finished the year as number 1 on five occasions, equal with Rafa Nadal and Jimmy Connors, and behind only Pete Sampras’ six and Novak Djokovic’s seven. He became the longest serving number 1 in the Open Era.
He left a record that makes him one of the great legends in history:
103 tournament wins (2nd behind Jimmy Connors, 109).
20 Grand Slam wins: (two less than Rafael Nadal and one less than Novak Djokovic)
6 Australian Open titles: 2004, 2006, 2007, 2010, 2017, 2018 and 1 final (2009).
1 Roland Garros title: 2009 and 4 finals (2006, 2007, 2008, 2011)
8 Wimbledon titles: 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012, 2017 and 4 finals (2008, 2014, 2015, 2019)
5 US Open titles: 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008 and 2 finals (2009, 2015)
1 Davis Cup title: 2014
Olympic Games: 1 gold in doubles (2008, with Stan Wawrinka), 1 silver in singles (2012)
6 Masters Tournaments: 2003, 2004, 2006, 2007, 2010, 2011 and 4 finals (2005, 2012, 2014, 2015)
28 Masters 1000 titles: (7 Cincinnati, 5 Indian Wells, 4 Miami, 4 Hamburg, 3 Madrid, 2 Canada, 2 Shanghai, 1 Paris) Only Monte Carlo and Rome escaped him, both on earth.
24 ATP Tour 500 titles:
Source: La Verdad
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