Roger Federer reached another milestone as he won the Dubai Duty-Free Tennis Championships – his 100th career title. Let’s have a look at how the Swiss reached the landmark as he surpasses men's all-time leader, Jimmy Connors by nine titles.
Roger Federer reached another milestone as he won the Dubai Duty-Free Tennis Championships – his 100th career title. Let’s have a look at how the Swiss reached the landmark as he surpasses men's all-time leader, Jimmy Connors by nine titles.
Few Facts of the Swiss Maestro’s journey :
- Connors and Federer are the only two men to reach 100 wins.
- The Swiss master won 100 titles across 32 unique tournaments and has lifted trophies in 19 countries on four different continents.
- He leads on the trophy list among all active players. Rafael Nadal has 80, and Novak Djokovic has 73 while the other 97 players in the Top 100 have 333 combined.
- He has also won at least one tournament in 18 of the past 19 years. He only did not lift the trophy in 2016.
- Federer’s twenty of 100 titles are from winning the Grand Slam, including five at the US Open.
- He has also won two events nine times each: Basel in Switzerland and Halle in Germany.
- Federer won an incredible 34 titles of 48 tournaments he entered between 2004 and 2006.
- When Federer won his first title in 2001 in Milan, he was the youngest player in the Top 100.
- Connors has played more matches than any other male player in the Open era with 1,535. Federer currently has played 1,449.
Roger Federer's Milestones:
1st title: 2001, Milan
10th title: 2003, Vienna
25th title: 2005, Dubai
50th title: 2007, Cincinnati
75th title: 2012, Wimbledon
100th: 2019, Dubai
His titles:
Grand Slam men's singles titles - 20
ATP Masters 1000 titles - 27
ATP International Series/ATP World Tour 250 series titles - 25
ATP International Series Gold/ATP World Tour 500 series titles - 22
ATP Tour Finals titles - 6
King of only grass court? No:
Titles on hard courts - 69
Titles on grass courts - 18
Titles on clay courts - 11
Titles on carpet - 2
Conqueror in all continent:
50 titles in Europe
24 in North America
18 titles in Asia
8 titles in Australia
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