Rafael Nadal once said about Federer “ If someone thinks that i play better than Federer , he doesn’t know anything about tennis.”
Federer facts :
- At the beginning of his career, he played in but couldn’t go past quarter-finals in 16 grand slams.
- Federer has served a total of 9734 aces in his entire professional career. While his rivals are far behind with Djokovic having 4655 and Nadal with 2735 aces.
- Federer also holds the worst record among players active since 1990 in so-called “Simpson’s Paradox” matches–those where the loser of the match wins more points than the winner.
- Federer was gifted a cow by the organisers of the Swiss open, when he returned to play the tournament after winning his first Wimbledon title in 2003.
5. Federer and his wife Mirka competed together just once, playing in the Hopman Cup, held in Perth, Australia.
6. Roger Federer holds the record for the most consecutive points won on serve:
35 against Feliciano Lopez in the US Open 2007 4th round.
7. Roger Federer also hold 2 of 3 longest match record. Longest singles final match by time played. “in 2008, 4 hours and 48 minutes, vs Rafael Nadal.”
Longest singles final match by number of games. “in 2009, 77 games against Andy Roddick. This match also had the longest final set in a Grand Slam final by games.”