The best win was 6-0 7-6 6-0 against Hewitt. To win two love sets in a Grand Slam final, against a former world number 1 and two-time Slam winner, is an incredible performance and unlikely to be repeated.

 

It's like saying that the most impressive win of Djokovic's career is 6-2 6-2 6-1 vs Ferrer or one of the beatdowns he gave to Medvedev. Or that the most impressive win of Nadal's career is beating Ruud
Pushwitt is a weak-era clown.

 

^^ yeah lol at troll OP not including the above.

Probably the most perfect level of tennis ever achieved. In fact a higher level may never be possible.

 

It's probably between the 2011 French Open SF match against Djokovic and the 2017 Australian Open final against Nadal.
Could've been the 2019 Wimbledon final had Federer converted one of his match points, but Djokovic had other plans.

 

17 AO Final for me

Then probably vs Sampras in 2001 Wimbledon and then 2011 RG SF over Djoker

 

Level wise 2011 FO SF, but otherwise AO2017 was "the greatest"

2009 Wimbledon should be on there too but we know the weak era brigade runs strong here.

 

It's like saying that the most impressive win of Djokovic's career is 6-2 6-2 6-1 vs Ferrer or one of the beatdowns he gave to Medvedev. Or that the most impressive win of Nadal's career is beating Ruud
Pushwitt is a weak-era clown.

Yesterday:

Amazing Ruud is unlucky to face GOATs in his Slam finals
Not everyone has the luxury to face Philipussyses and Puertos in their first Slams finals

Keep 'em coming, OP.

 

Yesterday:



Keep 'em coming, OP.

And? Ruud is indeed a very good and underrated player, but not a Big-3 level or even ATG

 

Falla Wimbledon 2010

 

Falla was a bad matchup for Fed

 

Probably RG 11 SF - post prime Federer outplaying and outclutching peak Djokovic, who was on a 40+ winning streak.

Also one match from that year is almost forgotten and it was a total destruction - Federer beating Nadal 6-3, 6-0 in ATP Finals. When Fed plays like that for the whole match, it´s unplayable.

 

@The Hero Cop Mark

"Wimbledon 2015 SF vs Mugray ", you have been blacklisted by Mooza..

 

Looking at these options, it really is shocking that Federer never had that one epic legendary victory like Nadal or Djokovic.
I'm gonna go with AO 2017, but it really wasn't that special with both him and Nadal being in their 30s.

 

Well what made it special is that he was break down on the fifth, for first time in his career he was in the winning end of the story (that is when things become complicated and the match can go to anyone )

 

pretty sure this OP will be banned sooner rather than later. An obvious hard-core troll.

 

AO 2017 F for me.

 

While it wasn't Fed's best win, his 2019 Wimbledon conquest of Nadal should have received a mention, it was a match of very high quality.

Edit: It is there: sorry I missed it.

For me, it's 2011 FO win over Djoker.

 

2003 Masters win over Agassi.

 

Quite forgotten but very very impressive. (I'm assuming u mean the round robin)

I think this is the match where Fed became prime Fed

Insanely clutch and all the pieces in his game started clicking

 

 

LOL 5 votes already for 2011 FO SF.

 

RG2011 from a level point of view. Djokovic was unbeatable at that time.

AO2017 from a mental point of view. To come back from a break down in the fifth, against his nemesis, in a slam final, having been out for so long.

 

If 2017 Shanghai final was included in the poll, 2017 Indian Wells match vs Nadal deserves a mention. Even though it's just a 4R match, level-wise it's one of Federer's craziest performances.

 

Indian Wells 2012 is also worth mentioning tbh. Against prime Nadal, in blustering conditions (you'd reckon that Nadal would fare better in general) on a slow hard court. Rain delay and Fed comes back to seal it with an ace

 

I think the most interesting thing about Federer is that most of his wins were one sided blowouts, so he didn’t easily get a chance to have “epic wins”. Where he is conquering a long climb up a mountain. I’d say AO2017 is the one that qualifies given his age/rival/time off.

But the most epic Fed matches during his peak most remember are the losses.

2006 Rome vs Nadal
2005 Masters vs Nalby
2005 AO vs Safin (IMO the greatest match of All time)

 

Indeed, when Federer was peaking in the mid-to-late 2000s, opponents were usually just hanging on or simply outplayed. The "go to" matches that are remembered as truly epic, like Wimbledon 2008 against Nadal, were often losses. One epic win that tends to get overlooked is the 2009 Wimbledon final against a peaking Roddick (also by OP in his poll), when Federer broke the Slam record in a 16–14 fifth set. Maybe that one feels less “epic” in memory because, even with the score line, there was always a sense of inevitability that Federer would find a way to win.

I also wouldn’t call Federer–Safin at the 2005 AO the greatest match of all time. Even at that tournament I think we’ve seen even higher-quality contests, like Djokovic–Nadal in 2012, the incredible Djokovic–Wawrinka battles (especially in 2013), or Federer’s own five-set final against Nadal in 2017. Still, watching Safin that night was jaw-dropping. His level was outrageous, and even then it was only just enough to edge Federer.

 

By the quality, one of the RG 2011 SF or AO 2017 F should win this discussion.

 

None remember guys whenever Federer won anything it was a weak era

 

US Open 2004 final

Bonus: Shanghai 2014 SF, Djokovic played the match of his life, yet got swept aside in two quick sets. What this rivalry would have looked like if courts elsewhere were fast...

 

Biased but I'll throw a vote for 2007 AO SF v Roddick.

4 all first set, and then Roger kicked into a gear very few have ever found for the next 11 games or so. Untouchable.

Yes he wasn't facing an all time great, but many pundits felt Roddick had been closing the gap, coming within a point of beating Roger at TMC end of 06, and beating him at Kooyong in the lead up. At least among the press there seemed to be this view that we were in for an epic tussle, and one where Roddick was a real chance. In reality the gap had never been wider.

 

as a big djokovic fan i will evelate him by making rogers greatest win against him

 

He had many but I am in a very small minority of voting for the 2019 Wimbledon semfinal. Before the match, I thought Nadal might do him, but Federer was on the front foot right from the off.

But probably the best one on the list might be the 2011 French Open semifinal.

 

He had many but I am in a very small minority of voting for the 2019 Wimbledon semfinal. Before the match, I thought Nadal might do him, but Federer was on the front foot right from the off.

Indeed, I also believe it was his first (and only) win against Nadal in a slam SF.