Roger Federer - By The Numbers
As Roger Federer announces the end of his illustrious tennis career, we take a look at some of the statistics that highlight the successes of his on-court career…
1 – Federer guided Switzerland to their only Davis Cup victory to date in 2014, defeating France’s Richard Gasquet to clinch the decisive point in the Final in Lille.
5 - Federer was crowned ITF World Champion 5 times in the men's category. He was also named ITF Junior World Champion in 1998 after a year in which he won the boys' singles title at Wimbledon as a 16-year-old.
6 – Federer became the 6th man to achieve the ‘career Grand Slam’ by winning the title at 2009 Roland Garros. (Both Rafael Nadal and Novak Djokovic have also won the title at all four Grand Slam events since.)
8 – Federer has won 8 Tour-level doubles titles, including his gold medal in men’s doubles at the 2008 Beijing Olympics, where he partnered compatriot Stan Wawrinka to victory.
14 – Federer finished his career with a 14-11 career-record in his 25 meetings with Andy Murray. He won all three of their meetings in Grand Slam finals - at the 2008 US Open, 2010 Australian Open and 2012 Wimbledon.
20 – Federer won 20 Grand Slam singles titles, one of just 6 players to have recorded at least 20 major singles triumphs.
16 - Federer's head-to-head record with Rafael Nadal finished up at 16-24 in the Spaniard's favour. Federer won three of his nine meetings with Nadal in Grand Slam finals - at Wimbledon in 2006 and 2007, and at the 2017 Australian Open.
23 - Federer won 23 of his 50 career matches against Novak Djokovic. He ended his career with a 1-4 record against the Serb in Grand Slam finals, his lone Slam final triumph coming at the 2007 US Open.
36 – Federer became the oldest man to hold the No. 1 ranking when, aged 36 years 6 months, he returned to No. 1 in February 2018.
52 – Federer won 52 Davis Cup matches (compared to just 18 losses) and is Switzerland’s all-time record-holder for both most matches won (52) and singles matches won (40) in the competition.
55 – Federer contested 55 five-set matches and achieved a 32-23 win-loss record. He defeated both John Millman and Tennys Sandgren in five sets at the 2020 Australian Open, saving seven match points against Sandgren, which equalled the highest number of match points he has saved in a match that he has gone on to win.
81 – Federer has contested the men’s singles at 81 Grand Slam events, more than any other player. He appeared at a then-record 65 consecutive Grand Slam events (from the 2000 Australian Open until the 2016 Australian Open) before missing 2016 Roland Garros due to injury.
103 – Federer has won 103 Tour-level singles titles and is second only to Jimmy Connors (109 titles) on the all-time list for most Tour-level men’s singles titles won.
310 – Federer has spent a record 310 weeks as the world’s No. 1-ranked male player (including a record streak of 237 consecutive weeks at the top of the rankings between February 2004 and August 2008).
369 – Federer has won 369 singles matches at the Grand Slams, more than any other man in history. He is also the only player, man or woman, to record 100 singles match-wins at 2 different Grand Slam events, having won 102 matches at the Australian Open and 105 matches at Wimbledon.
1,251 – Federer has won a total of 1,251 Tour-level matches in his career, second only to Jimmy Connors (1,274).