After 24 years on the
@ATPTour
,
@RogerFederer
announces that he will retire following
@LaverCup
.
He may retire from the tour next weekend, but Federer never retired from a match in his career.
1,251-275 in singles (1,526 matches)
131-92 in doubles (223 matches)
0 retirements
Due to unsportsmanlike conduct at the conclusion of his doubles match on Tuesday night, Alexander Zverev has been withdrawn from the tournament in Acapulco.
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@RogerFederer
...
103 titles - 2nd in Open Era to
@JimmyConnors
' 109
1,251 wins - 2nd in Open Era to Connors' 1,274
65 straight wins on grass (2003-08)
41 straight wins (2006-07)
24-final win streak (2003-05)
24 straight wins vs. Top 10 (2003-05)
17 straight finals (2005-06)
#RF100
@RogerFederer
Title Wins By the Numbers
1 as World No 7
5 vs World No 1
8
@DDFTennis
9 behind
@JimmyConnors
15 after losing 1st set
19 countries
20 Slams
25 opponents now retired
31 events
35 title defenses
50 opponents
57 vs Top 10
67 in straight sets
68 younger opponents
"How do you deal with popularity," an 18-year-old
@RogerFederer
was asked.
"I like being popular the way I am now," Federer answered. "But not too much please!"
From house music and
@WWE
to his cat Ginger, learn more about teen Roger with this
@ATPTour
Q&A from 2000.
#RForever
No. 8
@KarenKhachanov
Born in Moscow
23 years old
6-foot-6
Married
Right-Handed
Two-Handed Backhand
4
@ATP_Tour
Titles
No. 9
@DaniilMedwed
Born in Moscow
23 years old
6-foot-6
Married
Right-Handed
Two-Handed Backhand
4
#ATP
Titles
Khachanov vs Medvedev
@CoupeRogers
SF Saturday
From June 2004 through August 2006,
@RogerFederer
won at least 1 set in 194 straight matches.
Federer went 184-10 overall during that span with 25 titles in 35 events, including Grand Slam championships at the
@AustralianOpen
(2006),
@Wimbledon
(2004-06) and
@USOpen
(2004-05).
Sixteen years ago today,
@RogerFederer
debuted as World No. 1.
Only Federer,
@DjokerNole
,
@RafaelNadal
and
@Andy_Murray
have been No. 1 since 2 February 2004.
No other player has been No. 2 since 25 July 2005. Djokovic will be No. 1 and Nadal will be No. 2 in Monday's rankings.
#Nadal
is the 1st player to win
@AustralianOpen
title from a 2-sets deficit in the championship since 1965 when Roy Emerson defeated Fred Stolle 7-9 2-6 6-4 7-5 6-1.
19-year-old
@AlcarazCarlos03
follows wins over No. 4 Rafael Nadal and No. 1 Novak Djokovic with win over No. 3 Alexander Zverev to capture
@MutuaMadridOpen
title.
Alcaraz becomes youngest player since start of
@ATPTour
in 1990 to defeat 3 Top-5 players at the same event.
#MMOPEN
The ATP has announced today that four new players have been elected to the ATP Player Council: Felix Auger-Aliassime (1-25 Singles), Jeremy Chardy (51-100 singles), John Millman (1-50 singles) and Andy Murray (At Large).
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On Monday,
@AlcarazCarlos03
will become 20th teen to break into Top 10 overall and 1st since
@Andy_Murray
in 2007 (
#ATP
Rankings est. 1973). Twelve went on to become No. 1.
Alcaraz will be 9th-youngest player to break into Top 10 overall and youngest since
@RafaelNadal
in 2005.
More on 14-time
#RolandGarros
champion
@RafaelNadal
...
* Never lost 2 sets in
@RolandGarros
final, much less 3
* Wins 14th title on 5 June -- same date as 1st title in 2005
* As World No. 5, equals his lowest-ranking as champion (also 2005)
* Sweeps
#AusOpen
and RG for 1st time
Back at One!
@RogerFederer
wins
#ABNAMROWTT
QF to ensure return to World No. 1 in Monday's
@ATPWorldTour
Rankings. Federer will set or extend records for:
- Most Weeks at No. 1 (303)
- Oldest No. 1 (36)
- Years Since Debut at No. 1 (14)
- Years Between Stints at No. 1 (5)
[1]
@DjokerNole
vs [2]
@RafaelNadal
Stats
Djokovic 27-25 (Most H2Hs Open Era)
Djokovic 18-7 Hard Court (7-Match, 14-Set Win Streaks)
Djokovic 14-10 Finals
Djokovic 1-0
#AusOpen
(2012 Final)
Nadal 10-5 Best of 5
Nadal 9-5 Grand Slams
Nadal 4-3 Grand Slam Finals
Nadal 9-7 Tiebreaks
World No. 6
@StefTsitsipas
rallies from 2 sets down to defeat No. 2 Rafael Nadal and set
#AusOpen
SF vs.
@DaniilMedwed
on Friday.
With Nadal's loss,
@DjokerNole
will celebrate his 311th week as World No. 1 on 8 March, passing Roger Federer for the all-time record.
.
@rogerfederer
has won his last 6 five-set matches
@AustralianOpen
:
2020 QF - d. Sandgren
2020 3R - d. Millman
2018 Final - d. Cilic
2017 Final - d. Nadal
2017 SF - d. Wawrinka
2017 4R - d. Nishikori
At 3:02 mark of
#USOpen
final,
@CarlosAlcaraz
has been on court at this tournament for 23 hours and 21 minutes.
That passes
@KAndersonATP
at 2018
@Wimbledon
for most time played at a single Grand Slam tournament on record (since 1999).
With Rafael Nadal's withdrawal from
#RolexParisMasters
,
@DjokerNole
will be No. 1 in
#ATP
Rankings on Monday. Djokovic is 1st player to be ranked outside Top 20 then No. 1 in same season since Marat Safin in 2000. Djokovic was as low as No. 22 in 2018 (Safin was No. 38 in 2000).
#RG19
#SemiFedal
-
@RogerFederer
vs.
@RafaelNadal
XXXIX
By the Numbers 0-39:
Nadal 23-15 H2H (67-50 Sets)
Nadal 13-2 Clay
Nadal 11-10 TBs
Nadal 9-3 Grand Slams
Nadal 6-3 SFs
Nadal 5-0
@RolandGarros
RF 31 Straight Holds
RF 7 Straight Sets
RF 5 Straight Wins
39-year-old
@RogerFederer
and 20-year-old
@FelixTennis
, both born on August 8, will meet for 1st time on Wednesday in
@ATPHalle
2R.
Federer is playing an opponent born in 2000s for 1st time. The 19-year age difference is biggest in any of his 1,521 career matches.
#NoventiOpen
Updated
@RafaelNadal
v
@RogerFederer
Stats
Nadal 24-15 H2H (70-50 Sets)
Nadal 14-2 Clay (37-13 Sets)
Nadal 10-3 Grand Slams (35-18 Sets)
Nadal 7-3 SFs (17-9 Sets)
Nadal 6-0
@RolandGarros
(18-4 Sets)
Nadal 4-0 Grand Slam SFs (12-2 Sets)
Nadal 2-0 Roland Garros SFs (6-1 Sets)
#RG19
No. 1 seed
@RogerFederer
claims his 10th
@ATPHalle
title with a 76(2) 61 final victory over David Goffin. Federer becomes the oldest player to win a tour-level title since 43-year-old Ken Rosewall at 1977 Hong Kong.
Today,
@RafaelNadal
begins his 735th consecutive week in Top 10, passing
@RogerFederer
for 2nd-longest streak since
#ATP
Rankings began in 1973 (
@JimmyConnors
789).
Nadal has been ranked in Top 10 every week since 25 April 2005 -- 1 day after he won 1st of 11
@BcnOpenBS
titles.
18-year-old
@AlcarazCarlos03
defeats World No. 3 Stefanos Tsitsipas in 5th-set tiebreak to reach
@USOpen
4R.
Alcaraz becomes the...
* Youngest man in Grand Slam 4R since A. Medvedev, 17, at 1992
@RolandGarros
* Youngest man in
#USOpen
4R since Chang, 17, and Sampras, 18, in 1989
On Monday,
@DjokerNole
will begin his 374th week atop
@PepperstoneFX
ATP Rankings.
If he's still No. 1 on 20 February, Djokovic will tie Stefanie Graf for combined
@ATPTour
&
@WTA
record with 377 weeks at No. 1.
If he's still No. 1 on 27 February, Djokovic will set the record.
Eighty players have met
@DjokerNole
at least 4 times and only one has a winning record (
@AndyRoddick
5-4).
If Alexander Zverev defeats Djokovic in
#RG19
QFs on Wednesday, he will join that elite club with a 3-2 H2H record.
With
@BNPPARIBASOPEN
title,
@DelPotroJuan
becomes the first Argentine to win in Indian Wells in event history (since 1976). Del Potro also has now won 4 of the 6 ATP World Tour finals he has played against
#Federer
, although Federer still leads the overall head-to-head 18-7.
World No. 1
@RafaelNadal
beats Diego Schwartzman and has won 50 straight sets on clay, breaking John McEnroe's single-surface record of 49 straight sets on carpet. Nadal owns records for longest set & match streaks on any surface, winning 81 straight matches on clay from 2005-07.
19-year-old
@AlcarazCarlos03
defeats World No. 1
@DjokerNole
6-7(5) 7-5 7-6(5) to become youngest men's finalist in
#MMOPEN
history.
Alcaraz is 1st player to sweep Djokovic &
@RafaelNadal
at same clay-court event. He is youngest to beat Djokovic & Nadal -- regardless of setting.
35-year-old
@DjokerNole
becomes oldest champion in 53-year history of
#NittoATPFinals
, defeating Casper Ruud 7-5 6-3 for record-tying 6th year-end championship.
Djokovic wins 18 of 19 matches to end season, including 5-0 at Nitto ATP Finals to earn an all-time record $4,740,300.
18-year-old
@AlcarazCarlos03
breaks into Top 50 at career-high No. 38 in
@FedEx
ATP Rankings.
Alcaraz becomes highest-ranked player at his age since
@RafaelNadal
was No. 37 as 17-year-old during week of 26 April 2004.
37-year-old
@RogerFederer
faces 19-year-old
@Denis_Shapo
for 1st time in
#MiamiOpen
SFs -- Biggest age gap in an
#ATPMasters1000
QF, SF or F.
Shapovalov is 1st man born in 1999 or later to meet RF, who twice faced an opponent born in 1965 (1-1 vs Now 53-year-old Gianluca Pozzi).
Most Consecutive Weeks in Top 10 of FedEx ATP Rankings
1
@RafaelNadal
790 (2005-Present)
2
@JimmyConnors
789 (1973-88)
3
@RogerFederer
734 (2002-16)
4 Ivan Lendl 619 (1980-92)
5 Pete Sampras 565 (1990-2001)
World No. 2
@DaniilMedwed
denies No. 1 Novak Djokovic calendar Grand Slam and 21st major title by winning
#USOpen
final 6-4 6-4 6-4.
Medvedev becomes 1st man since
@RafaelNadal
in 2010 and 2nd since Ivan Lendl in 1987 to drop only 1 set en route to
@USOpen
men's singles title.
5th time
@RafaelNadal
has won multiple
#GrandSlam
titles in a season:
2019 - 2
@RolandGarros
,
@USOpen
2017 - 2 Roland Garros, US Open
2013 - 2 Roland Garros, US Open
2010 - 3 Roland Garros,
@Wimbledon
,US Open
2008 - 2 Roland Garros, Wimbledon
Note: Finished No. 1 previous 4 times
By the Numbers:
@RafaelNadal
at
#RolandGarros
1,938-969 Games (.667)
299-27 Sets (.917)
100-2 Matches (.980)
39-Match Win Streak (2010-15)
38-Set Win Streak (2016-18)
31-0 to Begin Career
27-1 vs Top 10
26-0 SF-F
20 Sets 6-0
7-1 vs No. 1
4 Titles with 0 Sets Lost
2-0 in 5th Sets