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#1 · (Edited)
Throughout his career Federer has attained numerous records – some of which are very well documented and publicised, others which perhaps are not. But often the question is asked: what more is there left to achieve? For sure there are many tennis records out there, a good number of them would be almost impossible for Federer to beat. But there are also numerous records that can still be equalled and/or broken.

So in this thread – which happens to be my first ;) – I have listed in no particular order, some of the records he has yet to achieve but may yet plausibly attain. They all refer to achievements in singles during the Open Era unless specified otherwise. Of course I have also included what he needs to do to achieve them and will try to update this on a regular basis (your help would be much appreciated with this too).

Note that there are numerous records which Federer has equalled but has not yet surpassed. Depending upon the response I get from this thread, I might include these in the post as well.

I’d just like to add that if Federer does not achieve many (or indeed any) of the records listed below, that does not in any way detract from his achievements thus far. For me at least, his place in tennis history is already sealed, although new chapters of this history are being added as time passes and that perhaps one day it is only reasonable to imagine that a number of Federer’s own records may be caught up to. But for now let us look forward to what there is still to aim for because as Roger states himself:



Update in progress... (stats to be correct correct to Monday 22nd June 2015, week prior to the start of Wimbledon)
Click for selected achievements since the previous update


PS: I am aware that there are more potential records which he can target, which I will add on in due course. In the meantime please let me know if there is anything I have missed out or if there are any important ones which you think should be included here.
Please also let be know if you spot any errors. Thanks :)
 
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#416 ·
Federer wins his 10th Basel title, his 103rd title overall. He's the only ATP player to have won 10 titles on two different surfaces (Basel/hard & Halle/grass). :bigclap:
 
#417 · (Edited)
Well, here's the list of records still to come.

1. Match wins. Federer needs 37 this year to surpass Connors. I rate it about 60/40 that he gets it. First time he's been more likely than not to smash the revised record in his entire career.

2. Matches played. Federer needs 50 this year. This will depend on his schedule. Less likely than the wins record, 37 at his win rate will give him 47 matches, so would need just another 3 matches. Put this at 60/40 also.

3. Finals. Seven short. Finals are 2x as likely as Titles. Possible he gets it this year if he's playing well. Put it at 20 percent odds that he reaches this record this year.

4. Grass slam wins. Six short. Would need a Wimbledon final to equal. Possible he gets this again. Put it at 25 percent.

5. Rosewall's oldest slam winner. Also could get this this year.

6. Slam finals at the USO. Surprisingly has never owned this record. Lendl still has it with 8.

Records still a ways from.

1. Connors match wins at the USO. Currently Federer is 9 short.

2. Titles. Six short. Federer has never been likely to get this record at any point in his career. Winning six more at his age has only been done by Rosewall. Still say it's only 5 percent likely that he ever gets it. Not this year.

3. Weeks in the top 100. Due to slasher's adjustments, Federer is 55 weeks behind Connors here. After he overtakes Connors, Federer would own all the records from 1 to 100 for career time at various positions.
 
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To me the ultimate record would be 400 slam match wins. He needs 38 so it'd take at least until 2022. Sampras had 203, so it would be quite shocking if he'd double that. He already has doubled Edberg's 178.

In terms of ranking, his most impressive record is weeks in top 3 (748 weeks as of 10 Feb), because he spent little time at #4, #5, etc. He's almost 3 years ahead of Nadal, so this record may survive for quite a long time, even though Federer seems likely to drop out of the top 3 soon.

There's some more obscure but very hard to beat records he could try to extend, like 18 consecutive years reaching a Grand Slam semifinal (2003-2020).
 
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