ROGERS RECORD RUN AT THE SLAMS Roger Federer will begin his record 57th consecutive Grand Slam tournament appearance Tuesday at the 2014 Australian Open. Federer previously shared the record for most consecutive appearances in the majors with South African Wayne Ferreira, who appeared in 56 straight Grand Slam tournaments from the 1992 Australian Open through the 2003 Australian Open. During Federers incredible career, he has set records for the most Grand Slam titles (17) and most consecutive semi-finals (23) and quarter-finals (36) reached. He advanced to 10 straight Grand Slam finals from 2005 Wimbledon to the 2007 US Open and 18 of 19 Slam finals through the 2010 Australian Open. Here is a look by the numbers at Federer’s accomplishments during this incredible streak, which began at the Australian Open 14 years ago: BY THE NUMBERS (DURING THE STREAK) 1 - Roland Garros title; Second round loss 2 - Times played maximum of 28 Slam matches in a season (received a walkover in another year that he made all four finals) 3 - Times won three Grand Slam titles in a season (2004, ’06-07); Reached all four finals in the same year 4 - Australian Open titles; First-round losses; Third-round losses 5 - US Open titles; Grand Slam tournaments played since last title (’12 Wimbledon) 6 - Ranking of Pete Sampras at ’01 Wimbledon when Federer beat him (first Top 10 Grand Slam win) 7 - Wimbledon titles, Overall major runner-up finishes; Fourth-round losses 8 - Straight years of winning at least one major (2003-10); Losses to Nadal (most vs. any opponent in Slams) 9 - Semi-final losses 10 - Consecutive Grand Slam finals appearances (’05 Wimbledon –’07 US Open); Consecutive Australian Open semi-finals (2004-13) 14 - Consecutive years without missing a major (2000-2013); Most Grand Slam tournaments played without a title 17 - Grand Slam titles 18 - Grand Slam finals reached (of possible 19 tourn. from ’05 Wimbledon-’10 Roland Garros) 20 - Five-set wins in majors 23 - Record consecutive semi-finals (’05 Wimbledon –’10 Roland Garros); Losses to different opponents 24 - Overall Grand Slam finals reached 36 - Record consecutive quarter-finals (’04 Wimbledon-’13 Wimbledon) 38 - Ranking of Michael Chang at ’00 Australian Open (first Grand Slam match win) 49 - Top 10 wins in all four Grand Slam tournaments 50 - Career-high aces in his ‘09 Wimbledon final win over Andy Roddick 58-14 record at Roland Garros 67-8 record at Wimbledon 67-9 record at US Open 68-10 record at Australian Open 260 - Record Grand Slam match wins 299 - Grand Slam matches played MOST CONSECUTIVE GRAND SLAM TOURNAMENTS PLAYED Federer will surpass Wayne Ferreira for the most Grand Slam singles tournaments played by appearing in his 57th straight Slam main draw. Four other players have active streaks with at least 42 consecutive Grand Slam tournaments played: Player No. of Slams 1 Roger Federer 57* 2 Wayne Ferreira 56 3 Stefan Edberg 54 4 Feliciano Lopez 48* 5 Fabrice Santoro 46 6 David Ferrer 45* 7 Dominik Hrbaty 44 8 Fernando Verdasco 43* 9 Tomas Berdych 42* 10 Tommy Robredo 41 *active players; includes 2014 Australian Open ALL-TIME GRAND SLAM MATCH WINS LEADERS Federer is the all-time leader with 17 Grand Slam titles and 260 match wins. Here is a look at the Top 10 match wins leaders: Player W-L Titles 1 Roger Federer* 260-41 17 2 Jimmy Connors 233-49 8 3 Andre Agassi 224-53 8 4 Ivan Lendl 222-49 8 5 Roy Emerson 217-48 12 6 Pete Sampras 203-38 14 7 Stefan Edberg 178-47 6 8 Rafael Nadal* 171-23 13 Ken Rosewall 171-34 8 10 John McEnroe 167-38 7 *active players
Posted on: Mon, 13 Jan 2014 22:22:42 +0000
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