Roger Federer at Grand Slams - Swiss tennis maestro in numbers
With the Swiss legend hanging up his racket, here’s a look at Roger Federer’s biggest achievements at tennis Grand Slams.
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It was the end of an era after legend Roger Federer announced his retirement from tennis late in 2022.
Roger Federer was widely regarded as one of the greatest tennis players of all time and his 20-time Grand Slam titles vindicates that. Only Rafael Nadal and Novak Djokovic have won more Majors than the Swiss legend.
Roger Federer Grand Slam wins
Roger Federer at Grand Slams
Roger Federer won his first Grand Slam title at the 2003 Wimbledon Championships, after defeating Mark Philippoussis in an intense final.
Though he dominated on grass and hard courts, Roger Federer had to wait a while to win his first Major on clay. The win at the 2009 French Open helped the Swiss ace complete his Career Grand Slam six years after his maiden Major triumph.
Federer, the London 2012 Olympic men’s singles silver medallist and Beijing 2008 men’s doubles champion, won his final Grand Slam at the 2018 Australian Open.
Federer’s final appearance at the Grand Slam final came at the 2019 Wimbledon, where he was edged out by Djokovic in the tie-breaker after a marathon match.
Roger Federer’s Grand Slam records and numbers
20 - Roger Federer is the first-ever male tennis player to win 20 Grand Slam titles in the history of tennis. He reached the milestone after defeating Croatia’s Marin Cilic to clinch the 2018 Australian Open.
369 - No player in the history of tennis has won more matches than Roger Federer at tennis Grand Slams. His first Grand Slam main draw victory came at the 2000 Australian Open as Federer, then just 18, upset former French Open champion Michael Chang in the first round. His last win at a Grand Slam was against Italy’s Lorenzo Sonego in the Wimbledon 2021 pre quarter-finals.
81 - Since making his debut in the main draw of a Grand Slam at the 1999 French Open, Roger Federer has appeared in 81 Grand Slams - the joint-most by any men’s singles player in the Open Era alongside Spaniard Feliciano López.
100 - Roger Federer is the first men’s singles player in the Open Era to win 100 Grand Slam main draw matches.
58 - Roger Federer holds the record for playing the most Grand Slam quarter-finals (58) by a male player in the Open Era.
46 - The record for most semi-final appearances in Grand Slam men’s tennis in the Open era also belongs to Roger Federer, who has reached the top four at Majors on 46 occasions. The Swiss legend also made it to the finals on 31 occasions which was a record until Novak Djokovic broke it.
8 - Roger Federer has won eight Wimbledon Grand Slam titles, the most by any male player in the Open Era.
10 - Roger Federer is the only men’s singles tennis player to reach 10 consecutive Grand Slam finals - the longest streak by any player. His run stretched from the 2005 Wimbledon and ended at the Australian Open in 2008, after a semi-final loss to Novak Djokovic.
5 - Between 2004 and 2008, Roger Federer won five successive US Open singles titles, a feat unmatched by any player in the Open Era at the tournament. From 2003 to 2007, he also won the Wimbledon title five times on-the-trot - a record only matched by Bjorn Borg. No other tennis player has won two separate Grand Slams five times in-a-row.
3 - Thrice, in 2006, 2007 and 2009, Roger Federer reached the finals of all four Grand Slams in a single year. A feat no other male tennis player has managed to match till date.