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Federer : The Mother Of All Quests : 20 Slams And 100 Titles.

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this will become the mother of all sports quests in modern sports. it will be known going forward simply as "The Quest".

can he snatch a total of 100 titles before he hangs up his racquets? is that a viable goal for him to have?

and also what about 20 slams now that 17 are in the bag?


i know he wants slams but slams dont come easy after 30. he will be one of the exceptions obviously if it happens. where do you see his best chance at another slam? could it be on the u.s. open surface?

somebody won a french open at 31 for instance? what was his name? that is your question of the day. here is a hint: he was 6 foot 5 and he was a left hander.

muscles (rosewall) was making the finals of slams at some ridiculous old age. so if you have the talent and you can keep up on the fitness front you can certainly show up in the finals of slams.
 
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#130 ·
Re: The King of 100 Titles : The Great Swiss Assasin

Only if they put all tournaments indoors.
:haha:.....and at the end of the year.
 
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Re: The King of 100 Titles : The Great Swiss Assasin

i say over 100. i can see it happening.

he is constantly upgrading his fitness and he still has major game.
Question: You know how many titles he won last year right? You know he needs 29 more to hit 100? Winning that many over a full career is a very hard task. Winning 30 after 30? Just retarded

Some mod should probably drag this thread outside. I saw an Elephant with stomach problems
 
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Re: The King of 100 Titles : The Great Swiss Assasin

so 30 years old tennis player needs to win almost a half of titles more that he won in last 12 years of carrier in time when surface becoming slower and slower and tennis more and more physically harder . pretty obvious this will happen
 
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so 30 years old tennis player needs to win almost a half of titles more that he won in last 12 years of carrier in time when surface becoming slower and slower and tennis more and more physically harder . pretty obvious this will happen
Of course. Since this is not a reachable goal this Nadal stan thinks he is having fun. :rolleyes:
 
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Re: The King of 100 Titles : The Great Swiss Assasin

I don't think so. He wins mostly indoors nowadays. 29 more titles seems a lot to me...
 
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If he does I will change my user name to Clay Death Rules :dance:
 
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he has to specialize. it is simple. he will rack them up on indoor hard courts and other hard courts. some grass titles are also in the mix.

he is not the average hapless ejaculite we usually see at the asylum.

he is more focused and more driven now that the time is of the essence. i think we are seeing the results.
 
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Re: The King of 100 Titles : The Great Swiss Assasin

he has to specialize. it is simple. he will rack them up on indoor hard courts and other hard courts. some grass titles are also in the mix.

he is not the average hapless ejaculite we usually see at the asylum.

he is more focused and more driven now that the time is of the essence. i think we are seeing the results.
This is one of the best uses of the English language I have ever seen. :lol:
 
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Re: The King of 100 Titles : The Great Swiss Assasin

come off it folks. the big idea of this thread is to exlpore that very possibility.

its ok if you dont think he will hit 100 titles. your input is still important. that is what makes and also advances this discussion.


also where did i say they all have to be singles titles?
 
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Re: The King of 100 Titles : The Great Swiss Assasin

also where did i say they all have to be singles titles?
Then you are onto something. A player with Feds serve and volley skills could easily be competitive in doubles up to 40 and with his reputation he could basically pick partner.

But personally don't think Federer will go for doubles. Probably will retire, settle down with the family. All the travel won't work when the twins start school and he probably don't want to sacrifice family just to grind doubles titles. Money is not a factor for him.
 
#15 ·
Re: The King of 100 Titles : The Great Swiss Assasin

Nah. If it was like the 60s/70s with alot of fast indoor surfaces even PRO SLAMS then maybe.
Today highly unlikely, 80 something likely though.
 
#1,873 ·
Re: The Century King : 100 Titles For The Great Swiss Assassin

He'll finish at 80 in my opinion. That's still 9 more which is a lot, requires him to do as well as last year for two and a half more years.
Oh c'mon, 80 titles would be a massive accomplishment.
80-85. At best. Even that is a stretch.
I say 80 .85 will be a stretch really .The sport is becoming more and more tougher with the slow surfaces
no

80-82 is more likely
Fed is turning 31 this August...in other words he will now NOT be bound by any ATP rules regulation regarding Compulsory Tournaments to be played

So i think he will use that to his advantage to skip MS and smaller tourny for GS's

so realistically speaking 80-82
No way. He'll be somewhere around 82-85 (which it would be pretty impressive tbh)
I don't think Federer is the type to enter mickey mouse tournaments just to pad his numbers. I'm thinking in the 80-85 range.
I think 80 would be a huge accomplishment. My best guess would put his final figure at about 78.
I hope this thread was meant as joke, because there is no way Roger will make it to 100. The way things are in tennis world right now he will be lucky to get to 80. He is not kind of player that will suddenly play 250 events like Almagro just to get title, his chances are pretty limited to indoors or medium big events- 500, he most likely won´t win more than 1 slam more and also on Masters it is pretty difficult, he isn´t going to win any clay Masters for sure and on outdoor HC best of 3 anyone on good day can beat him, simply best of 3 is better for upsets. I can´t see him winning more than 2 Masters 1000 per year- even that is maybe too much, also who knows how long he will be top 10 i think 2 years, than age must get to him. His biggest chances in future will be indoors and grass, while Wimbledon is best of 5 and everyone will play their maximum there, it won´t be easy, so he should win at least 2 Halle´s if he will take it seriously. He can win some indoors like BAsel 2x, maybe Paris- WTF if is in good form and that´s it i can´t see him getting above 80...
sam is right, 100 titles is extremely unrealistic. maybe he will end up with a few over 80, maybe 85 I would say tops... the only way he could get close to 100 would be if he played WAY WAY past his prime, but greats don't do that, and he shouldn't and probably won't do that because anyone recognizes that sort of thing tarnishes a career a bit
100 is asking alot but he would have to have a couple of real good seasons for it to be realistic. I reckon he will end on about 85
A lot of gems here ;) And this is only from the first few pages...

And please, I put so many quotes here because I didn't want to pick on any one person. The point is that predictions are difficult. If we knew what was going to happen we'd be rich.

But the other point is that we should never underestimate great players, especially one of the greatest.

I bet many of you who wrote those posts and also some that said he wouldn't be #1 again (back in early 2012), have rethought your estimates... feel free to give another guess :)

Respectfully,
masterclass
 
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Fed can coast to 80 titles If he keeps it up indoors and grabs some outdoor titles when Djokovic/Nadal fail to reach late stages of the tournaments.
I definitely can't see him breaking 90 titles.
 
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80-85. At best. Even that is a stretch.
 
#25 ·
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Reading this thread Fed will change the schedule for next year .

He'll skip this year's WTF to carry momentum in 2013 . 2013 he'll start in Chennai, then he'll play Sydney, then he'll take two weeks off for peaking for Zagreb , after Zagreb he'll make short trip to San Jose, then he'll try his luck in Memphis and peak for Delray Beach, then he'll take 3 weeks off to make some changes in game for clay courts of Houston, next is Bucharest, if Nole doesn't play he'll try to become a king of Belgrade to outmentals Nole, after two weeks of peaking the biggest goal of his clay court season will arrive in Nice, again two weeks off and one silly attempt of winning the Halle, then again after short recovery peak of his grass court season in Newport and then when he is already in US he'll try himself in Atlanta, Los Angeles and Winston Salem, again some rest for peaking for the biggest goal of season trying to take Bangkok from Garcia Lopez and for the end of season to satisfy his eastern european fans he'll give all to win Moscow . And final reward will be closing the gap to 100 titles
 
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Re: The King of 100 Titles : The Great Swiss Assasin

If he ends up at 80, it could be something like this:

72nd at a slam
73rd, 74th, 75th at Masters - maybe Cincy, one of IW/Miami some time in the next two years, an indoors one like Paris or Shanghai
76th, 77th at Basel, and Basel or another random 500
78th, 79th, 80th at Halle, Doha and some other 250
 
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Re: The King of 100 Titles : The Great Swiss Assasin

If he ends up at 80, it could be something like this:

72nd at a slam
73rd, 74th, 75th at Masters - maybe Cincy, one of IW/Miami some time in the next two years, an indoors one like Paris or Shanghai
76th, 77th at Basel, and Basel or another random 500
78th, 79th, 80th at Halle, Doha and some other 250
Not a bad prediction. IW or Miami would be tough unless they speed up playing conditions there or something happens to Djokovic/Nadal.

In fact, that may be Mr. Federer's one chance to reach 100 single's titles and a few more slams. He would have to hope that he plays on without too much further decline, and that Nadal, Djokovic and possibly Murray don't make it for one reason or another. Their style of play is aging (in terms of mileage/injury) them faster than Mr. Federer. IF those guys are out of the way I could see him winning majors and more titles, even #1 when he is 34, 35, given the current crop of younger men. Of course, if one or two of the younger men steps it up, then it would be extremely difficult.

Respectfully,
masterclass
 
#56 ·
Re: The King of 100 Titles : The Great Swiss Assasin

Depends how long he'll play for and whether Nadull and Djokovic can sustain their level at all the major tournaments (GS + 1000s).
That is one important point, imagine Federer att 33 playing without Djokovic and Nadal beeing around and Tomic as nr1, going to Indian Wells and play some journeyman in the SF/final, that was very often the case in the "normal eras", going to Australia and maybe have someone like Berdych in the final and in Wimbledon Tomic and so on.

Last year he lost to Djokovic or Nadal in SF/F 7 times, he won 4 titles. Without Nadal and Djokovic he could probably go back to win 7-8 titles every year if he stays at the same fitness level as now.
 
#2,691 ·
Re: The King of 100 Titles : The Great Swiss Assasin

no

80-82 is more likely

... And he's already added '11 to 13' 'more likely' titles to your prediction 5 years ago :lol::lol:


Sorry Abraxas but I was just having fun and ONCE AGAIN going through this enthralling thread from the beginning and chuckling at all the wrong predictions disagreeing with Claydeath.My guess is between 95-98% of the posters disagreed with him back then and it's wonderful taking a stroll down 'Amnesia Lane' again ;)

Astounding! ;)
 
#30 ·
Re: The King of 100 Titles : The Great Swiss Assasin

lol blind fans claim he declined at age 27.
 
#1,717 ·
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lol blind fans claim he declined at age 27.
he did.... if you didn't notice a different Federer afterwards you are blind. he's still good but he used to great, able to hit every sick shot in the book without a problem and when you least expected it

his consistency disappeared and that's due to age
 
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