Roger is going to take his leave. While we never saw him again on a court Since his elimination in the quarter-finals of Wimbledon 2021, Federer is preparing to play his last ATP tournament at the Laver Cup, from September 23 to 25. The native of Basel announced on his social networks, Thursday, September 15, that he would then end his long career. The opportunity to look back on his many exploits in figures.
Thank you @Roger Federer …
… for everything you have done for Swiss and international tennis,
… for all the countless emotions we were able to share with you,
… for every child you inspired to play tennis!All the best!#Roger Federer #goat #thankyou #legend #inspiration pic.twitter.com/WbAlibNisJ
— Swiss Tennis (@swiss_tennis) September 15, 2022
20
This is the number of Grand Slam tournaments won by Roger Federer. If he has since been overtaken by Rafael Nadal (22 titles) and Novak Djokovic (21), the Swiss was the first in history to reach such a total. In detail, this gives eight final victories at Wimbledon, six at the Australian Open, five at the US Open and one at Roland-Garros. However, he lost no less than 11 times in the final of these tournaments.
310
310 weeks, almost six full years, is the time spent by Federer in first place in the ATP rankings. He stayed there for 237 consecutive weeks between February 2, 2004 and August 11, 2008.hen he returned to the throne in February 2018, the Swiss had become the phe oldest world number 1 in history and had pushed the record up to 36 years and 320 days.
1251
The number of matches Roger Federer has won in his 1,526 outings since his professional debut in 1998. In the Open era, the men’s record is held by American Jimmy Connors (1,274), while the all-time record is owned by Martina Navratilova with 1442 wins.
103
His number of singles titles. Between the first in Milan in 2001 and the last, at home in Basel in 2019, Roger Federer notably won six ATP Finals Masters, which bring together the eight best tennis players over a year, and 28 Masters 1000. Of his 103 successes , the Basel gleaned 71 on hard (against 19 on grass, 11 on clay and 2 on carpet). In total, only the American Jimmy Connors did better with 109 trophies.
81
Federer has played 81 Grand Slam singles tournaments, a men’s record shared with Spaniard Feliciano Lopez. Between 2000 and 2016, the most successful man in history on the London turf even participated in 65 consecutive major tournaments before missing Roland-Garros through injury. During his 23 seasons on the circuit, he only missed nine Grand Slams. Classy regularity.
11478
Roger Federer is a service ace as evidenced by the number of aces he has drawn against his opponents during his career. From the height of his 85 meter, he is the third to have scored the most points of this kind, since the ATP has recorded this data, behind two giants: John Isner and Ivo Karlovic, respectively 208 and 211 centimeters.
.@JohnIsner is the new aces king on the #ATPTour +#isner 13,731 (after 2nd service game vs. Sinner)@ivokarlovic 13,728@Roger Federer 11,478
Goran Ivanisevic 10,237@feliciano_lopez 10.155
+ Since 1991 when @ATPTour began tracking aces— ATP Media Info (@ATPMediaInfo) July 1, 2022
130
These are, in millions of dollars, Federer’s estimated earnings in tournaments, doubles included, according to the ATP.
2
Among the many qualifiers that Roger Federer can boast of, there is that of Olympic champion. In 2008, the Swiss won gold in doubles with his compatriot Stan Wawrinka. In singles, in London in 2012 he won a second medal, silver this time, after his defeat in the final against Andy Murray.