Quiz: Can you name Roger Federer’s 13 Grand Slam final opponents?
Roger Federer’s career was more than extraordinary, with the Swiss star proving to be one of the most dominant and successful players in tennis history.
Federer has been away from the professional circuit for some time now, retiring aged 41 in September 2022, but his legacy still looms large over the sport – and he remains a hugely popular figure.
Across his career, the 43-year-old spent 310 weeks as the world No 1, including a record 237 consecutive weeks from February 2004 to August 2008, and is the second-oldest No 1 in ATP history.
He amassed a hugely impressive haul of 103 ATP Tour titles and dominated some tournaments for a number of years
The most successful tournaments of his career were the Halle Open and his home tournament, the Basel Open, which he won 10 times each.
However, he also had huge success at Masters 1000 level, winning seven Cincinnati Open titles and five Indian Wells titles – and 28 Masters events overall, the third most of any man since 1990.
But there is no denying that he is best remembered for his success at Grand Slam level, with his 20 major victories the third most of any male tennis player in history.
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Federer won his first major title at Wimbledon in 2003 and that would become the most successful Slam of his career, winning the men’s singles title a record eight times – including five years in a row from 2003 to 2008.
He was also a six-time Australian Open champion, with victories spanning from 2004 to 2018, while he won five straight US Open titles in New York from 2004 to 2008.
Federer also memorably completed the Career Grand Slam by winning the 2009 French Open and, alongside his 20 Grand Slam singles triumphs, he reached a further 11 finals across his career.
There are some very familiar faces among his Grand Slam final opponents but there are also one or two more obscure players who took him on across the biggest stages in tennis.
In total, Federer faced 13 different men in Grand Slam singles finals, many of them more than once – but how many of them are you able to name?
We’ve set up a quiz where you have five minutes to attempt to guess all 13 players – let’s see how you fare!
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