BY THE NUMBERS: FEDERER’S 1000 MATCH WINS

Written by: Staff on 13th January 2015

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BY THE NUMBERS: FEDERER'S 1000 MATCH WINS

epa04554754 Roger Federer of Switzerland celebrates after winning the Mens final against Milos Raonic of Canada at the Brisbane International Tennis Tournament in Brisbane, Australia, Sunday, January 11, 2015. It was Federer's 1000th win in his career and his 83rd ATP-title in the 125th final. EPA/DAVE HUNT AUSTRALIA AND NEW ZEALAND OUT |

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By: Greg Sharko

ATP statistics and information guru Greg Sharko looks at the numbers behind Roger Federer’s historic achievement.

1000 MATCH WINS CLUB (Open Era) – Roger Federer is one of only three players in the Open Era (since 1968) to win at least 1,000 singles matches on the ATP World Tour, the first since Ivan Lendl in 1992. He joins Jimmy Connors as the only players to accomplish the feat.

Here is a breakdown of his Hall of Fame career:

Player	W-L Record	Winning %
Jimmy Connors (USA)	1253-278	.818
Ivan Lendl (CZE/USA)	1071-239	.818
Roger Federer (SUI)	1000-227	.815

MATCH WINS MILESTONES

No.	Player	Tournament	Score
1	Guillaume Raoux	1998 Toulouse 1R	62 62
100	Julien Boutter	2001 Basel SF	76 64
200	Mikhail Youzhny	2003 Halle SF	46 76 62
300	Lleyton Hewitt	2004 US Open F	60 76 60
400	Tommy Haas	2006 Australian Open 4R	64 60 36 46 62
500	David Ferrer	2007 Monte-Carlo QF	64 60
600	Thiago Alves	2008 US Open 2R	63 75 64
700	Julian Reister	2010 Roland Garros 3R	64 60 64
800	Juan Monaco	2011 Paris QF	63 75
900	Gilles Simon	2013 Roland Garros 4R	61 46 26 62 63
1000	Milos Raonic	2015 Brisbane F	64 67(2) 64

MOST WINS (10 or more) VS. OPPONENTS (275 TOTAL)

The players that Federer has recorded his most match wins over.

Player	No.
Andy Roddick	21
Nikolay Davydenko, Novak Djokovic	19
Lleyton Hewitt	18
David Ferrer, Robin Soderling	16
Juan Martin del Potro, Mikhail Youzhny, Stan Wawrinka	15
Jarkko Nieminen, Radek Stepanek	14
Richard Gasquet, Tommy Haas, Ivan Ljubicic	13
Tomas Berdych, Fernando Gonzalez, Ivo Karlovic, Nicolas Kiefer, Andy Murray	12
Feliciano Lopez, David Nalbandian, Tommy Robredo, Jo-Wilfried Tsonga	11
James Blake, Juan Carlos Ferrero, Xavier Malisse, Rafael Nadal, Marat Safin, Andreas Seppi	10

MOST WINS (10 or more) VS. COUNTRY OPPONENTS (53 TOTAL)

A breakdown of Federer’s match wins by player nationality.

Country	No.
France	111
Spain	102
United States	84
Germany	72
Argentina	63
Russia	62
Czech Republic	48
Croatia	41
Australia	39
Sweden	34
Italy	30
Serbia	29
Belgium, Great Britain	25
Switzerland	24
Netherlands	21
Chile	19
Romania	16
Finland	14
Canada	14

MOST WINS (10 or more) BY COUNTRY (28 TOTAL)

A look at the match wins Federer has recorded in each country.

Country	No.
United States	210
France	102
Great Britain	101
Australia	95
Germany	84
Switzerland	81
United Arab Emirates	42
Italy	38
Spain	35
China	33
Netherlands	32
Canada	31
Monaco	27
Qatar	26
Austria	18
Thailand	10

MATCH WINS BY SURFACE

Surface	No.
Hard	621
Clay	198
Grass	131
Carpet	50

MATCH WINS BY SETS

Here’s a closer look at how Federer went about getting to 1,000 match wins.

Category	No.
In straight sets (best of 3)	496
In straight sets (best of 5)	241
In decisive sets (best of 3)	168
In decisive sets (best of 5)	22
Retirements (one set)	7
After winning first set	885
Two sets	496
Three sets (inc. best of 3, best of 5)	409
Four sets	66
Five sets	22
Wins after winning first set via retirement	7

MATCH WINS BY ENVIRONMENT

Category	No.
Outdoor	748
Indoor	252
vs. Right-handers	898
vs. Left-handers	102

MATCH WINS BY OPPONENT RANKING

Federer has only beaten six players when they have been No. 1 in the Emirates ATP Rankings. He has a total of 182 Top 10 wins in his career.

Ranking	Wins
No. 1	6
No. 2-5	81
No. 6-10	96
No. 11-20	120
No. 21-30	121
No. 31-50	203
No. 51-75	163
No. 76-100	75
No. 101-150	75
No. 151-200	30
No. 201-300	15
No. 301-400	5
No. 401-500	4
No. 501-1000	1
No. 1001+	2
Unranked	3

MATCH WINS BY OPPONENT AGE

Age Category	No.
Teenagers	35
20-24	367
25-29	460
30+	138

MATCH WINS BY TOURNAMENT LEVEL

Tournament Category	No.
ATP World Tour Masters 1000	311
ATP World Tour 250s, 500s	299
Grand Slam Championships	279
Davis Cup, Olympics	63
Barclays ATP World Tour Finals	48

MISCELLANEOUS

– Federer has victories over 12 players to rank No. 1 in their careers (12 of 25)

– Federer has match wins over 19 players to have won a Grand Slam title in their careers

Roger Federer of Switzerland celebrates as he defeats David Ferrer of Spain in the final match of the Western & Southern Open tennis tournament at the Linder Tennis Center in Mason, Ohio, USA, 17 August 2014. EPA/TANNEN MAURY

Roger Federer of Switzerland celebrates after winning the Mens final against Milos Raonic of Canada at the Brisbane International Tennis Tournament in Brisbane, Australia, Sunday, January 11, 2015. It was Federer’s 1000th win in his career and his 83rd ATP-title in the 125th final. EPA/DAVE HUNT AUSTRALIA AND NEW ZEALAND OUT

Topics: 1000th win, Atp World Tour, Ivan Lendl, Jimmy Connors, Roger Federer, Tennis

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