Roger Federer is one of the greatest tennis players of all time, and he has plenty of records to prove it.
Federer holds an untouchable Grand Slam record, as well as winning more Wimbledon titles than anyone else and five consecutive US Open crowns.
The Swiss superstar still holds the record for most ATP singles titles, with 103 tournament victories in his career.
Federer also made a habit of ending dominant streaks from other top players, from players such as Pete Sampras, Novak Djokovic, and Rafael Nadal.
Roger Federer’s incredible ability to end streaks
Federer’s dominance on a tennis court straddled multiple eras and the first streak he ended was Sampras’ unbeaten record at Wimbledon.
The American dominated the grass court Grand Slam, winning the tournament in four consecutive years between 1997 and 2000.
That unbeaten record was ended at the hands of a 20-year-old Federer, who knocked the American out of the Wimbledon fourth round in five sets.
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Federer also put an end to Nadal’s incredible 81-match winning streak on clay between 2005 and 2007.
The pair’s meeting at the 2007 Hamburg Masters final, saw Federer inflict a rare clay court defeat on Nadal as he lifted the title after three sets.
Another of Federer’s rivals, Novak Djokovic, was on the receiving end of the Swiss star’s exceptional knack for ruining streaks.
- Ended Sampras’ 5 year unbeaten streak at Wimbledon
- Ended Nadal’s 81 match winning streak on clay
- Ended Djokovic’s 41 match winning streak in 2011
- Ended Djokovic’s 4 year unbeaten run in China in 2014
In 2011, Djokovic started the season with a remarkable 41-match winning streak, which saw him win seven tournaments up until Roland Garros.
It was Federer who inflicted his first defeat of the season to knock Djokovic out of the Grand Slam semi-final.
Djokovic was on the receiving end of another beaten streak as Federer also managed to beat the Serbian in China for the first time in four years.
The star had not lost in China for four years until Federer knocked him out of the Shanghai Masters semi-final.
Who Roger Federer’s incredible grass court streak?
As one of the best players in the world, Federer also notched up plenty of impressive tennis streaks of his own.
The star’s longest, and arguably most impressive, was his 65-match winning streak on grass between 2003 and 2008.
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Federer’s record took him from the 2003 Halle Open, in a run which brought him ten titles, including five Wimbledon crowns.
The record was ended by Nadal in the 2008 Wimbledon final, which is often considered one of the greatest tennis matches of all time.
Nadal might have had his clay court winning streak ended by Federer, but he was able to get his own back on his great rival.
