Which Federer records are hard to beat

Roger Federer has seen Rafael Nadal and Novak Djokovic break some of his biggest records, but there are some Swiss records that will be very difficult to beat.

At the age of 41, the Swiss decided to give up his racquet, completing one of the greatest careers ever recorded in the sport’s history.

Federer won 103 titles, which is the second-best record in the Open Era behind Jimmy Connor’s 109, amassed 1,251 wins, second-best behind Connor’s 1,274, while spending 310 weeks at world No. 1 and watching Djokovic overtake him with a total of 373 .

Meanwhile, Federer ended his career with 20 Grand Slam titles, the third best tally in history after Nadal (22) and Djokovic (21).

However, Federer holds some records that don’t get broken. What is that;

Record for consecutive weeks at #1

From 2004 to 2008 Roger Federer was unbeaten on tour. It’s not that there weren’t any great tennis players, but the Swiss didn’t see them… The dominance of the maestro was proverbial back then. He replaced Andy Roddick at the top of the world rankings after winning the first Australian Open of his career in 2004 and was only abdicated in August 2008 when he was succeeded by the only tennis player to challenge him, Rafael Nadal.

During that time Federer won 10 Grand Slam titles while 2006 was perhaps the best year of his career with 12 titles including the Australian Open, Wimbledon, US Open and ATP Finals.

287, those consecutive weeks at No. 1 in the ATP rankings, has never been done before and will likely never be done again… Nobody’s even come close. Jimmy Connors has the second-best tally at 160 weeks, 77 fewer than Federer, while Novak Djokovic has 122.

Five consecutive US Open titles

Roger Federer is the only Open Era tennis player to have won the last Grand Slam of the season five times in a row. The US Open is probably the toughest major of the year as it is played on a surface suitable for most tennis players and is played late in the year leading to fatigue and possible injury.

The Swiss won his first title in New York in 2004 when he was 23, beating Andre Agassi in five sets in the quarterfinals, then Tim Henman and Lleyton Hewitt. Agassi, Roddick and Djokovic were the three opponents he defeated in subsequent New York finals, while in 2008 he won his fifth and final US Open title by beating Murray.

In 2009, Federer led 2-1 sets against Juan Martin Del Potro but was eventually defeated by the 20-year-old Argentine.

The streak in Grand Slam finals and semifinals

Between Wimbledon 2005 and the US Open 2007, Roger Federer competed in 10 consecutive Grand Slam finals and won eight of them. A year earlier, from Wimbledon 2004 to the Australian Open 2010, he had reached 23 consecutive semifinals at major tournaments.

Federer also reached 36 consecutive quarter-finals, a streak that ended in a shock defeat to Sergiy Stakovsky in the 2nd round of Wimbledon 2013.

Won 24 finals in a row

From Vienna in 2003 to the Masters Cup in 2005, where he was defeated by David Nalbadian, Federer held an incredible record of 24 consecutive ATP Tour finals wins. In that run he scored final victories over Agassi, Hewitt, Roddick, Safin and Nadal.

No loss of straight sets in 194 games

From 2004 to 2006, Federer played in almost 200 games in which he won at least one set. He suffered only 10 defeats during that period, including five against Nadal. He had 194 games without losing in straight sets. That run ended in Cincinnati in 2006 when he was defeated by Andy Murray in the 2nd round.

Source: tennis24