Retirement Roger Federer Marks The End Of An Era, This Is The Great Career Of The Tennis Legend In Figures
JAKARTA Pension of great tennis player Roger Federer automatically marks the end of an era. The tennis world lost one of its best legends after two decades longer to compete with other top players.
Federer announced he would retire from high-level tennis after the Laver Cup in London this month. The owner of 20 grand slam titles will no longer compete at the elite level after his final appearance at Wimbledon 2021.
After the grand slam on the lawn, Federer underwent knee surgery for the third time. Since then the 41-year-old athlete has never been in a major tournament before the Laver Cup next month which witnessed the end of his career.
Unbeknownst to him, Federer is one of the greatest players in history in two different eras. After ending the Pete Sampars era, he engaged in fierce competition with names like Rafael Nadal, Novak Djokovic, and Andy Murray.
Here's Federer's Career in Figures:
750 Federer has spent 750 weeks in the top 10 men's singles rankings. This number has not been compared to other men's players since their first ATP ranking was introduced in 1973.
369 In the grand slam event, Federer is listed as the player who won the most matches than other players since the Open Era (1968). In total he recorded 369 wins.
237 Federer also holds the longest record as world number one in the men's singles. He held that position for 237 consecutive weeks or in the range of four and a half years.
105 Total Federer played 105 games at Wimbledon in the Open Era. A clear budget for more men's singles players.
103 The number of ATP-level titles that Federer won in the Open Era was 103. The number of titles only lost to Jimmy targetmen's collection (109).
36 At the age of 36, five months and seven days, Federer won his last grand slam at the 2018 Australian Open. He also became the oldest player to do so in the Open Era, except for Ken Rosewall in 1972 (at the age of 37, one month and 24 days) also in Melbourne.
224 Federer has recorded 224 wins against tennis players from top 10 places. Only Novak Djokovic (232) had more wins like that in the Open Era.
15 In his home tournament in Basel, Federer reached 15 finals, the highest number for a player in a ATP level tournament since the main tournament turned into a professional in 1968.
1 During his career, Federer played a total of 429 grand slam games in the Open Era. He is the only men's singles who have surpassed more than 400.
10- Federer is the only male player to be able to reach the 10 Grand Slam finals in a row in the Open Era (antara Wimbledon 2005 and the 2007 US Open).
0 According to ATP Media info, Federer has never stepped down from a match in his career (1,526 matches in singles, 223 matches in doubles).