#2 Roger Federer
He might have lost a grand opportunity to get his 18th Slam title a few weeks ago, but Roger Federer remains the only player to have inflicted two defeats on Djokovic this year, and both those wins came on hard courts. The World No. 2, who is still a force to reckon with, has already picked up three hardcourt titles this season, taking his collection on this particular surface to 59.
Federer might be No. 2 on the career match winning percentage on hard courts with 83.25%, but all his numbers are bigger when spread over his 17 years of professional career. 646 victories against 130 defeats speak volumes of the man’s mastery. His 9 hardcourt Slams are distributed almost evenly – five at the US Open and four at the Australian Open.
Add to that his unprecedented six World Tour Finals titles, apart from 18 Masters 1000 wins on the concrete, and he looks like the complete package. What’s more striking is his 56-hardcourt match-winning streak beginning from Rotterdam in February 2005 and lasting until Dubai in February 2006; it is the longest hardcourt winning streak in the Open Era.
Federer's records give fans a peek into the kind of hegemony the Swiss maestro had in his peak years during 2004-2007. He might have slipped with age but is still good enough a challenger for anyone on the tour.
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