Happy 36th Birthday Roger Federer!
Not that he needs reminding. The press and critics alike have been quick to remind Federer of his age for the last 6 years now. And he has proven in 2017 that age simply does not matter. He has won two slams, two masters 1000’s and is in a two way hunt with Nadal for the number 1 spot.
Here we wish him all the best as he contests his first appearance in the Montreal masters since 2011, and celebrate his birthday by taking a look at 36 amazing achievements by the great man.
- Spent a record 302 weeks as World Number 1
- Has an exhausting 2 sets of twins
- Won 3 Grand Slam titles in one year 3 times
- Ended 2005 with just 4 losses (to a staggering 81 wins)
- Ended 2006 with just 5 losses (to a mind-boggling 92 wins)
- Has won 6 Year-End Championships (now known as Nitto ATP Finals)
- Has won 7 Cincinnati Masters 1000 titles
- Stands alone at Wimbledon with 8 Men’s Singles titlesFederer's 8th Wimbledon
- Federer has won an amazing 9 titles in Halle
- He’s won 10 of his 11 Wimbledon Semi-final matches
- Finished 2004 and 2005 having won 11 singles titles
- Then trumps that by winning 12 titles in 2006 (tied with Thomas Muster)
- When playing for his country, Federer has only ever lost 13 matches (to 53 wins)
- It’s been 14 years since he won his first Grand Slam at Wimbledon (and he’s still at it)
- Federer won a tournament each year for 15 years, between 2001-2015
- The 2016 French Open was the first time Federer was forced to skip a Slam
- He has won 17 titles on Grass in his career
- Roger played his first ever Grand Slam the year he turned 18
- He now has a record 19 Grand Slams
- He once had a streak of 105 points without an unforced error (not number related I know but very interesting)
- Federer has never retired from a match
- The Swiss great has beaten rival Novak Djokovic 22 times
- He holds the record for reaching 23 consecutive Grand Slam Semi-finals
- From October 2003 through September 2005, he won 24 straight finalswinning australian open
- Federer has won 40 or more consecutive matches at a single Grand Slam tournament … twice
- He has appeared in all four Grand Slam finals in the same year … three times
- He has 93 singles titles, third only to Ivan Lendl on 94 and Jimmy Connors’ 109
- Has won 1111 singles matches, again, second only to Connors’ 1256
- Between 2003-2006, he achieved a 166-8 mark on hard courts
- Has won 3 Grand Slams since turning 30
- Has hit 10,066 Aces in his career, third only to Goran Ivanisevic with 10,131 and Ivo Karlovic with 12,120
- Tied with Fabrice Santoro for most Grand Slams played, 70
- Only player to not have his serve broken winning a Masters 1000
- Has qualified for the Year-End Championships for a record 15th year
- He has only been bagelled (losing a set 6-0) once this millennium, against Nadal at the 2008 French Open Final
- Has the record for most consecutive Quarter-Finals at a Grand Slam at 36
