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Record 20-time Grand Slam champion, Roger Federer, is the first player in the history of the sport to play a staggering 400 Grand Slam matches (400th match: Beat Leonardo Mayer in 2019 French Open third Round) and the first to notch up 350 wins (350th win:Lucas Pouille in 2019 Wimbledon third Round).
Following the 2019 Wimbledon, the Swiss' Grand Slam tally reads 353-57.
He is the only player in the Open Era to contest six consecutive Wimbledon and US Open finals, losing the sixth one at both the Slams to Rafael Nadal (2008) and Juan Martin Del Potro (2009) respectively.
In the process, Federer won 40 consecutive matches at both Wimbledon (2003 first round to 2008 final) and the US Open (2004 first round to 2009 final) which are both unparalleled streaks in the history of the sport.
Federer is also the only player to contest five finals at each of the four Grand Slams (6-1 at the Australian Open, 1-4 at the French Open, 8-4 at Wimbledon and 5-2 at the US Open) and is the only player to notch 70 wins at each of the four majors (97 at the Australian Open, 70 at the French Open, 101 at Wimbledon and 85 at the US Open).
Federer's 57 Grand Slam defeats have been accounted for by 33 players. Nadal and Djokovic each have inflicted ten defeats on the Swiss, six players (Arnaud Clement, Alex Corretja, David Nalbandian, Tomas Berdych, Jo-Wilfried Tsonga and Juan Martin Del Potro) have beaten him twice and 25 other players have beaten Federer once.
10 of the Swiss' 11 defeats in Grand Slam finals have come against either Nadal (6) or Djokovic (4).
Despite a slew of records in his storied 21-year career spanning 410 Grand Slam matches (353-57) the Swiss has had a fair share of painful and sometimes debilitating defeats. Here is a list of Federer's ten most painful losses in a Grand Slam.
#10 2008 French Open final: Nadal beat Federer 6-1 6-3 6-0
Federer arrived at the 2008 French Open after his stunning streak of ten consecutive Grand Slam finals ended at the hands of the eventual winner, Novak Djokovic in the Australian Open semifinals.
Federer regrouped to reach his 15th Grand Slam final at Roland Garros where Nadal had twice denied the Swiss a calendar year Slam in each of the preceding two years. It marked the third straight year Federer faced Nadal in the summit clash in Paris.
But there was more heartbreak in store for the Swiss. In a brutally one sided final, Nadal conceded just four games in the match as Federer suffered his first bagel set (6-0) in a Slam final.
The defeat would have further ramifications for the Swiss who would be denied a sixth title at his beloved Wimbledon by Nadal later in the year.
#9 2018 Wimbledon quarter final: Anderson beat Federer 2-6 6-7(5) 7-5 6-4 13-11
Defending champion and top seed, Roger Federer, arrived at Wimbledon in imperious form. Continuing from his eight title run in 2017 when he didn't drop a set, Federer reeled off four consecutive straight set victories before facing South African, Kevin Anderson, in the quarters.
The Swiss eked out a two-set lead and another straight set win looked on the anvil. Federer though stood to massively rue an unconverted match point on the Anderson serve deep in the third set as he went on to lose 11-13 in the fifth, for only his third Grand Slam defeat from two sets up (2011 Wimbledon QF vs Tsonga, 2011, US Open semifinal against Djokovic).
#8 2014 Wimbledon final: Djokovic beat Federer 6–7(7–9), 6–4, 7–6(7–4), 5–7, 6–4
Playing his first Slam final in two years, since his 2012 Wimbledon victory, the then 32-year-old Federer faced Djokovic in 2014 final, with a first opportunity to steer clear of William Renshaw and Pete Sampras and win a record eighth Wimbledon title. After a tight opening set edged out by Federer in a tiebreak, Djokovic won the following two sets and led 5-2 in the fourth before the Swiss won five games in a row to force a fifth. Federer's momentum would be stalled though as Djokovic regrouped to win 6-4 in the deciding set, for a second Wimbledon triumph. In his 25th Slam final and ninth at Wimbledon, seven-time champion Federer suffered an eighth defeat, for a second runner-up finish at the grass-court major.
#7 2013 Wimbledon second round: Sergiy Stakhovsky beat Federer 6-7 (5), 7-6 (5), 7-5, 7-6 (5)
Unheralded 116th ranked Ukrainian Sergiy Stakhovsky served and volleyed his way to a stunning 6-7(5) 7-6(5) 7-5 7-6(5) victory as defending champion Federer suffered his first and till date only second round exit at a major. Following his earliest Wimbledon exit in eleven years since losing in straight sets to Mario Ancic in the first round in 2002, the Swiss tumbled out of the top four for the first time in ten years.
It was also the first time since the 2004 Roland Garros third round (lost to Gustavo Kuerten) that Federer failed to reach the second week at a major, ending an impressive streak of 36 consecutive quarterfinals. A difficult season would continue for the Swiss as he lost to Spaniard Tommy Robredo in the US Open fourth round, lost a second consecutive Basel final to Del Potro and lost to Nadal in the semifinal at the year ending ATP finals in London.
#6 2011 Wimbledon quarter finals: Jo-Wilfried Tsonga beat Federer 3-6 6-7(3) 6-4 6-4 6-4
After a fourth French Open final reverse against Nadal in 2011, Federer, in his ninth consecutive Wimbledon quarterfinal, was up against the big serving Jo-Wilfried Tsonga.
The Swiss rode a lone break en route to the first set and won a 7-3 tiebreak in the second to take a two-set lead. Thoughts of a defeat looked remote as Federer, after taking a two-set lead, was undefeated in his previous 178 Grand Slam matches.
Tsonga, on the day, had other ideas though. Federer saw no more break points in the remainder of the match as the Frenchman won three consecutive 6-4 sets to stun the Swiss, in the process becoming the first player to defeat Federer at a major after overhauling a two-set deficit.
#5 2010 US Open semi finals: Djokovic beat Federer 5-7 6-1 5-7 6-2 7-5
Then 16-time Grand Slam champion Federer faced familiar rival Djokovic at the 2010 US Open semis. The Swiss had beaten the young Serbian in each of their last three US Open meetings (2007 final, 2008 semifinal, 2009 semifinal).
Federer's win streak against his new rival at the last Slam of the year looked set to continue as the Swiss took a two sets to one lead. The match proceeded to a deciding set where Federer held two match points at 5-4 40-15 on the Djokovic serve.
Djokovic, though, hung tough to fend off the match points, held serve for 6-5 and broke the Swiss in the following game. Defeat ended Federer's streak of six consecutive US Open finals as the Swiss was denied the opportunity of a first US Open meeting with his arch rival Nadal.
#4 2011 US Open semi final: Djokovic beats Federer 6-7(7) 4-6 6-3 6-2 7-5
Facing the prospect of a first season in nine years without a Grand Slam title, Federer faced Djokovic in a fourth consecutive US Open semi final. Determined to avoid another semi final ouster against the same opponent at the last major of the year, Federer took a two-set lead only for Djokovic to storm back into contention by taking the following two sets to force a fifth.
The Swiss dialled in on serve, broke the Serbian in the ninth game, and served for the match. At 5-3 40-15 Federer failed to convert two match points on serve, as Djokovic won the final four games of the match to inflict a second consecutive US Open semifinal misery on the Swiss, and thwart the possibility of a first Federer-Nadal final at Flushing Meadows for a second straight year.
#3 2009 Australian Open final: Nadal beat Federer 7-5 3-6 7-6(3) 3-6 6-2
Following a difficult 2008 season, by Federer's standards, after two debilitating defeats against Nadal in the finals of the French Open and Wimbledon, Federer arrived at the 2009 Australian Open hoping to equal Pete Sampras' then record tally of 14 Grand Slams.
Heartbreak awaited the Swiss as Nadal reeled off consecutive five-set wins in as many days (beat Verdasco in the semis) to deny Federer a shot at history. After a fifth reverse in a Slam final against his Spanish nemesis, the defeat was so debilitating and deflating for the Swiss that he was reduced to tears at the trophy ceremony. In a magnanimous gesture, Nadal hugged his good friend Federer on court and assured him that a 14th wasn't far away. The words proved prophetic enough as the Swiss reached the magical figure, with his first French Open title, few months later.
#2 2008 Wimbledon final: Nadal beat Federer 6–4 6–4 6–7(5) 6–7(8) 9–7
Close on the heels of a crushing defeat in the French Open final, Federer and Nadal met in a third consecutive Wimbledon final in 2008.
In a pulsating final, considered one of the best of all time, defending champion Federer's record 40 match win streak and five year Wimbledon reign came to an end, as Nadal's Grand Slam domination over the Swiss spilled over to Wimbledon.
The Swiss recovered from two sets down and saved two match points in the fourth set tiebreak to force a fifth set, where the level of play from both players reached dizzying heights.
With darkness descending, Federer lost serve deep in the fifth set at 7-7 and Nadal served out his first Wimbledon victory, following another match point saved by the Swiss.
#1 2019 Wimbledon final: Djokovic beat Federer 7-6(5) 1-6 7-6(4) 4-6 13-12(3)
Federer won 14 more points, had a better serve percentage in the match, won more points at the net and broke his opponent 7 times (to being broken thrice), but it mattered not in the final scheme of things as three tiebreaks in the match, including a first ever deciding set tiebreak at 12-all in the fifth, went Djokovic's way.
When Federer broke Djokovic at 7-7 in the fifth and arrived at two championship points on serve at 40-15, the headlines screamed, "Federer prevails over Djokovic in battle royale to win ninth Wimbledon title."
A 21st Grand Slam title, however, agonisingly slipped out of Federer's grasp as the Serbian stunned Centre Court to break Federer back and prevailed 7-3 in the first ever Wimbledon deciding set tiebreak at 12-all, to deny the Swiss a historic ninth title in the longest ever Wimbledon final spanning 4 hrs 57 mins.
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