A Fed fan who knows he is the greatest player of the modern-racquet era. Here to illustrate that using context, numbers, & video.
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๐ฅ๐ฒ๐๐ถ๐๐ถ๐๐ถ๐ป๐ด ๐๐ฒ๐ฑ๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐ฟ'๐ ๐ฝ๐ฒ๐ฎ๐ธ ๐ณ๐ฟ๐ผ๐บ ๐ช๐ง๐๐ฌ๐ฏ-๐ช๐ง๐๐ฌ๐ณ: Looking at it through his opponentsโs tennis.
Genius can elevate the ordinary. It can also make the best look ordinary. Federerโs play during his peak did the latter. A thread.
The importance of context in H2Hs.
At Wim
Fed-Djo: 1-3
Average age
Fed: 33.9 y.o
Djo: 28.2 y.o
At Wim vs (Pete+ARod+Rafa+Mur+Alca+Sin)
Fed: 10-1 (6-1 in finals)
Djo: 4-6 (1-3 in finals)
Proof that Fed singlehandedly CREATED the ILLUSION of a "weak era".
Fed vs TOP 5 Hewitt (2004-05)
W-L: 6-0
Sets: 16-1
Broken: 6 times (0.35 times/set)
Djo vs #181 & #158 Hewitt (2012)
W-L: 2-0
Sets: 5-2
Broken: 6 times (0.86 times/set)
youtu.be/VUImdzdgR5s?si=9Tbrโฆ
Did you know?
Federer is the ONLY player in history to win โฅ ๐ญ๐ฎ๐ฑ ๐บ๐ฎ๐๐ฐ๐ต๐ฒ๐ vs elite* players from his gen ๐ฎ๐ป๐ฑ the next gen.
Fed's W-L vs
his gen: 137-29 (42-5 in slams)
next gen: 157-90 (49-31 in slams)
*slam winners & finalists, WTF winners
Fed โ๏ธ GOAT. ๐
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Haha. A great anecdote.
Fed once said Mirka helped him sort out some (mental) stuff after 2011's close losses, which helped him in 2012 โ a season for the ages, that included his 7th Wimby.
A lovely husband-wife partnership. Long may it continue. โค๏ธ
The 'GOAT race' was a MYTH...& Fed knows it.
By YE 2011, Fed had played 993 matches. (Pete played 984 matches total.)
By the end of Cinci12, Fed had 17 slams, 6 WTFs, & 290 weeks at #1. ALL records.
He kept (2010s) tennis alive by playing on. ๐๐
These numbers are very telling.
They show just HOW MUCH better Fed was than Djo vs the very top players.
As Top 5 in SLAMS
vs ARod+Saf
Fed: 12-1
Djo: 1-2
vs Mur+Stan
Fed: 12-2
Djo: 13-6
Total
Fed: 24-3 (8-0 in finals)
Djo: 14-8 (5-4 in finals)
Wowow! ๐
Is it any wonder most people (still) call Fed the GOAT?
With the Maestro, there were no minor & major tournaments, only magic tournaments.
It's why Fed's is the ONLY player to win โฅ 20 tourneys at 250, 500, 1000, & slam level.
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Rafa in 2013: 4-0 vs Fed in a season where Fed reached 0/4 slam finals, lost in R2 at Wim, & ended as #6.
Fed in 2017: 4-0 vs Rafa in a season where Rafa reached 3/4 slam finals (incl. BOTH HC finals), won RG, & ended as #1.
LEVELS.
The Maestro is the ๐๐.
A table showing why Fed is the GOAT & why the 2000s was more competitive & interesting than the 2010s.
29-38 y.o Fed played more matches in the 2010s than everyone but Rafole. ๐
Is it any wonder Djo was able to vulture 7/10 slams from 33-36 y.o (before Sincaraz rose)? ๐
The year Fed turned 38 y.o, he beat
Stan at RG (1x champ, 2x finals); CLAY
Rafa at Wim (2x champ, 5x finals); GRASS
Djo at WTF (5x champ, 7x finals); HARD
in match #1474, #1486, #1506.
In ๐ฐ๐ผ๐ป๐๐ฒ๐
๐, Fed is the undisputed GOAT.
Happy birthday Maestro, @rogerfederer! ๐ฅณ๐
Did you know?
Federer won at least one BAGEL set vs Top 10
Kuerten (CC)
Nalbandian (HC)
Agassi (HC)
Hewitt (HC, GC)
Roddick (HC)
Coria (Carp)
Gaudio (Carp)
Gonzalez (HC)
Nadal (GC, CC, HC)
del Potro (HC, CC)
Soderling (HC)
Davydenko (HC)
Djokovic (HC)
Murray (HC)
Berdych (HC)
I could hype Fed's Cinci12 using stats, but sometimes (actually almost always), it's just enough to watch his play.
Tennis incarnate & the man "who launched a thousand YouTubers", including (I think) @RazOlsRF, from whose longer video I took these points.
Enjoy! ๐
Fedole @ RG11 & Wim19 โ a video diptych.
TB1 of Wim19 was fully on Fed's racquet & he lost it.
How might prime Fed have done? See for yourselves why Fed fans often say prime (let alone 2011-12 & peak) Fed would've SSed Djo on grass.
Because he was a tennis genius. ๐ช๐
Reason #89 Fed is the GOAT.
He beat the top 3 slam players of his gen in a SLAM FINAL: Safin, Hew, ARod.
He then beat the top 3 slam players of the next gen in a SLAM FINAL: Rafa, Mur, Djo.
No one else in tennis history even comes close to this achievement. ๐ฅ๐๐๐พ