The Monte-Carlo Masters is a rare omission from Roger Federer’s trophy cabinet following his retirement in 2022.
Federer played the clay court event 13 times, but Rafael Nadal’s dominance at the tournament meant he never won the title.
He reached the final four times in Monte Carlo, losing to Nadal three times in consecutive years between 2006 and 2008 and once to Stan Wawrinka in 2014.
The star’s last appearance at the event came in 2017 and it ensured he ended his career with an unfortunate record in Monte Carlo.
Roger Federer’s strange record in Monte-Carlo
As you might expect, the Swiss superstar was always competitive when he appeared at the Monte-Carlo Masters.
He only suffered three early exits in Monte-Carlo, which helped him rack up 30 victories at the Masters event.
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Federer holds the unfortunate record of winning the most matches at the tournament without lifting the trophy.
The Swiss star has won more matches than Ilie Nastase and Guillermo Vilas, both of whom managed to win multiple titles in Monte-Carlo.
Monte-Carlo and the Italian Open were the only two Masters tournaments that Federer failed to win in his career.
The last player to beat Roger Federer at the Monte-Carlo Masters
Federer made his last appearance at the Monte-Carlo Masters in 2017 when he was 36 years old and he still managed to get to the quarter-finals.
The Swiss star picked up wins against Guillermo García López and Roberto Bautista Agut on his least favourite surface before his tournament was ended.
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Federer was defeated in the last eight by Jo-Wilfried Tsonga, who knocked the multi-time Grand Slam champion out in three sets.
Tsonga would lose in the next round to Gael Monfils who, in turn, would suffer defeat in the final to Nadal.
