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.
I think some people here have said in the past a theory that has Fed playing until Nadal retires. Nevertheless Djokovics fantastic results the last couple of years, Nadal is still closest to some of Federers records and stats. And i also believe this is also a possibility that he may not want to take a chance of retiring and Nadal beating his GS record (even though how unlikely that is at the moment), while he just watches helplessly. Of course if he starts playing awful and drops out of the top 10 he may call it quits, but for now, still in the top 2, still winning tournaments (even if they are minor) i don't see why he can not continue for another 2-3 years. If that is the case i can see 100 titles.
Mr. Federer, congratulations on your 86th tour title and a record 8th Halle title.
You are also making good on your goal for the year which was to win more finals.
4-2 this year so far, reversing last year's 2-3 record at the same point.
He has an interesting pattern as of late, narrowly escaping from defeat in early round matches to end up going all the way.
However, now the big W is coming up.
If they get that far, it would be interesting to see how a Federer - Murray match would play out at Wimbledon after Murray took his worst tour loss ever on the chin in their last match in the best of the best end of year tournament. Even though Andy has obviously improved this year relative to last year, he still has been falling to the #1 Djokovic dishing out bakery products at the end of their matches. He's overdue to be tested by #2 Federer and it would be nice to have a chance to see if a gulf still exists between them, or not.
Edberg has the current ATP record for "high retiring" at #14. That does not include Pat Rafter who was ranked higher when playing his last match, but only retired later.
If we convert to ranking points each title won (GS= 2000, WTF= 1500max, M1000s...), then Federer's count is probably above 75000
What about Connors and Lendl ? (and Nadal?)
Both Lendl and Connors also won two WCT finals, we don't have equivalents to that now but surely a prestigious tournament. Could add 3000 for both, perhaps.
If we convert to ranking points each title won (GS= 2000, WTF= 1500max, M1000s...), then Federer's count is probably above 75000
What about Connors and Lendl ? (and Nadal?)
Edberg has the current ATP record for "high retiring" at #14. That does not include Pat Rafter who was ranked higher when playing his last match, but only retired later.
Borg didn't retire in 1981, he just started playing a lot less. Was going to play RG 1982 but due to plummeting rankings they asked him to play qualies (!) which he refused to do.
So Borg is nowhere near the top of this particular list.
Borg didn't retire in 1981, he just started playing a lot less. Was going to play RG 1982 but due to plummeting rankings they asked him to play qualies (!) which he refused to do.
So Borg is nowhere near the top of this particular list.
What was his ranking after the last tournament he played before his first retirement? It's very interesting if Rafter has this record. Never would have suspected it would be him.
When exactly do you feel is "Before Borg's first retirement"? At the end of 1981? After he played Monte Carlo 1982? After he played Monte Carlo 1983? After he played Stuttgart 1984? I have no good answer myself, but as mentioned he didn't retire after 1981, just planned on playing less. I guess one tournament each year in 1982-84 qualifies as less....no idea what he'd have done afterwards if he'd got a WC to RG 1982.
It would be amazing if Federer wins the final on Sunday! Not only for all those amazing records that he can set, but to also shush the haters who claim weak era nonsense. He would have had to beat Murray and Djokovic back to back in his latest 2 slam titles.
But let's not get ahead of ourselves. He still has to play the match on Sunday. I hope he can keep up this amazing level.
It would be amazing if Federer wins the final on Sunday! Not only for all those amazing records that he can set, but to also shush the haters who claim weak era nonsense. He would have had to beat Murray and Djokovic back to back in his latest 2 slam titles.
But let's not get ahead of ourselves. He still has to play the match on Sunday. I hope he can keep up this amazing level.
20 grand slams abosolutely not, 100 titles, I can see it happening. He's at 86 and only needs 14 more. Should he play a bunch of 250s and 500s, he can do it for sure.
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