Journeyman said:
Have you ever seen him play?
More dominate than woods in alot of ways.
When he enters the Wimbledon tourney, he is a bigger fav than Tiger is in the Masters.
Grand Slam tournaments
- In 2001, Federer ended Pete Sampras's 31-match winning streak at Wimbledon in the fourth round.
- By winning Wimbledon in 2003, Federer joined Stefan Edberg, Pat Cash, and Björn Borg as the only players to win both the juniors' and men's Wimbledon championships.
- Federer's victory at the 2004 U.S. Open marked the first time in the open era that anyone had won his first four Grand Slam finals. He eventually won his first seven Grand Slam finals before losing to Rafael Nadal in the 2006 French Open final. Only Federer, American Richard Sears, and Briton William Renshaw won their first seven Grand Slam singles finals. As of February 2007, Federer had won ten of eleven Grand Slam singles finals, the highest percentage among the twelve players with at least eight career Grand Slam singles titles.
- Federer lost in a semifinal of both the 2005 Australian Open and 2005 French Open tournaments to the eventual winner: Marat Safin in Melbourne and Nadal in Paris. Both Safin and Nadal were celebrating their respective birthdays on the day they defeated Federer.
- With his victory over Marcos Baghdatis at the 2006 Australian Open, Federer became the first man to win three consecutive Grand Slam titles since Sampras in 1993-94.
- By winning the 2006 U.S. Open, Federer became the only male player (and the only player in the open era) to win both Wimbledon and the U.S. Open in the same year for three consecutive years.
- Federer has won four consecutive men's singles titles at Wimbledon (2003-2006), a feat accomplished only by Borg and Sampras in the open era. In the 28 matches Federer played at Wimbledon during those years, he dropped just five sets. In comparison, Borg and Sampras lost fifteen and fourteen sets respectively over a similar four-year period.
- Federer is the only male tennis player to have won eight Grand Slam singles titles in three years (2004-2006).
- By reaching the semifinals at the 2007 Australian Open, Federer broke Ivan Lendl's previous record of ten consecutive Grand Slam semifinal appearances with his eleventh semifinal appearance.
- By reaching the final of the 2007 Australian Open, Federer became the first man in the Open Era to reach seven consecutive Grand Slam finals (winning six of seven). Federer equals the all-time record held by Australian Jack Crawford, set 73 years ago at Wimbledon in 1934.
- For the first time in 27 years (since Bjorn Borg won 1980 Roland Garros), Federer won a Grand Slam (the 2007 Australian Open) without losing a single set. Federer is just the fourth different man in the Open Era to win a Grand Slam title without dropping a set.
- By winning the final of the 2007 Australian Open, Federer won his tenth career Grand Slam title and move up to joint-fifth with American Bill Tilden on the all-time Grand Slam leaderboard.
- By winning the 2007 Australian Open he becomes the first male tennis player in the Open Era to win 3 different Grand Slams at least 3 times each (Australian Open: 3 times, Wimbledon: 4 times, US Open: 3 times).
- By winning the 2007 Australian Open he became the first man in the Open Era to win three straight majors twice in his career (Wimbledon 05, US Open 05 and Australian Open 06; Wimbledon 06, US Open 06 and Australian Open 07).
its not fair to say Roger is a bigger favorite therefore he is better. tiger is playing againt a field where any of 75-80 could win. In tennis roger is playing agianst maybe 10-12 guys athat have any shot at winning at the most each week.
How many good athlets are on the PGA tour? It is pretty close to ZERO outside of Tiger woods.
How many golfers had parents with 6 figure incomes on the pga tour? pretty close to 100%. How many players in these fields are non americans? not too many. Tiger is basically only beating American players. He gets his ass handed to him every ryder cup. Roger takes on the whole world.
How many golfers had parents with 6 figure incomes on the pga tour? pretty close to 100%. How many players in these fields are non americans? not too many. Tiger is basically only beating American players. He gets his ass handed to him every ryder cup. Roger takes on the whole world.
This isn't even close in my opinion. Golf is played on courses and weather conditions that change every week while Tennis is played on a standard size court with hard courts nearly the same except for slight variances in speed and clay, namely the French Open. Federer is by far the best player but his adjustments from tournament to tournament don't nearly require the changes golf courses and weather present. Woods by a landslide.
The few who are saying Woods by a mile are flat out insane, and/or don't watch enough tennis to understand.
Its very difficult to compare sports so to say one is better than the other is very tricky. However its impossible to say Federer cannot be on the same level as Tiger though as he is dominating the tour like no other has. 255-15 since '04 is absolutely ridiculous. Most who follow the sport will say he will be remembered as the best ever.
Its very difficult to compare sports so to say one is better than the other is very tricky. However its impossible to say Federer cannot be on the same level as Tiger though as he is dominating the tour like no other has. 255-15 since '04 is absolutely ridiculous. Most who follow the sport will say he will be remembered as the best ever.
