Djokovic–Federer rivalry

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Federer and Djokovic at 2010 Rogers Cup.

The Federer–Djokovic rivalry is between two professional tennis players, Roger Federer and Novak Djokovic. They have played each other 31 times, with Federer leading 16–15. The Federer–Djokovic rivalry is the largest rivalry in Grand Slam history with 11 matches played against each other (tied with Djokovic-Nadal and Federer-Nadal). Federer leads on grass courts, and they are tied on clay and hard courts. In terms of number of matches played, it ranks as the eighth largest rivalry in the Open Era. They have played a record of nine semifinals in Grand Slam and met at all four Slams.

Their 2010 and 2011 US Open and 2011 French Open semifinals are classified among the greatest matches in tennis history by the ATP.^[1]^[2]^[3]

History

Australian Open

Djokovic won the 2010 and 2011 semifinal of the US Open over Federer

Djokovic and Federer have played three times at the Australian Open, with Djokovic winning twice and Federer winning once. The first time they met was at the 2007 Australian Open, where Federer won in straight sets. The next time they met was in the 2008 Australian Open semifinals, when Djokovic won in straight sets to reach his second Grand Slam final, and eventually winning his first title over Jo-Wilfried Tsonga. It was the first time that Federer was beaten in straight sets since he became world number 1. Three years later, in the 2011 Australian Open semifinals, Djokovic won once again in straight sets, and, alike in 2008, won the title, this time over Andy Murray. Djokovic took the first set in a tight tiebreaker. Federer held a substantial lead in the second set before surrendering the set and ultimately the match.

French Open

Federer broke Djokovic's 43 match winning streak in the semifinals of the 2011 French Open.

They have two meetings at Roland Garros thus far both at semi-final. The first occurred at the 2011 French Open. Djokovic entered the tournament with a 43-match winning streak and was the sensation of the 2011 season. Federer won in four close sets. Federer's win ended Djokovic's 43 match winning streak as well as his 41-0 start to the 2011 season.^[4] This victory elevated Federer's head-to-head record against Djokovic to 14-9 and 3-1 on clay. The second was again at semi-final the next year but this time Djokovic won in straights sets 6–4, 7–5, 6–3.

Wimbledon

Federer and Djokovic met in the semifinals of the 2012 Wimbledon Championships, with Federer winning 6–3, 3–6, 6–4, 6–3. With this win, Federer became the first player to defeat Djokovic at all four Grand Slams. Federer went on to beat Andy Murray in the final and, as a result, deposed Djokovic in the ATP world rankings.

US Open

Federer during the 2007 US Open final against Djokovic (their only Grand Slam final meeting thus far). The victory would mark Federer's 12th Grand Slam championship.

The two players have played five times at the US Open with Federer leading 3–2. Djokovic played Federer in his first Major final at the 2007 US Open and lost in three straight sets.^[5] Djokovic was serving for the first set before ultimately getting broken and succumbing to Federer in the first set tiebreaker and the clutch moments of the second and third sets. This is still the only time they have played in a Grand Slam final. The two have met five consecutive years at the US Open. Federer won the 2007 US Open final and the semifinals in 2008 and 2009. The 2009 semifinal was of particular consequence, as Federer won the match, hitting his famous between-the-legs shot to set up match point. Their last two meetings at the tournament in 2010 and 2011 were five-set matches and both were won by Djokovic, on both occasions saving two match points - in 2011, Djokovic was two sets down and Federer's match points were on his own serve. Both times, Djokovic went on to play Nadal in the final, losing to him in 2010 before defeating him in 2011.^[2]

Analysis

Djokovic and Federer have played 31 times to date; Federer leads the total head count 16–15.

Head-to-head tallies

All matches: Federer, 16–15
- Grand Slam matches: Federer, 6–5
- Best of three set matches: Djokovic, 10–9
- Best of five set matches: Federer, 7–5
- Matches lasting five sets: Djokovic, 2–0
All finals: 4–4
- Grand Slam finals: Federer, 1–0
- ATP World Tour Finals finals: Djokovic, 1–0
- ATP World Tour Masters 1000 finals: Federer, 2–1
- ATP World Tour 500 series finals: Djokovic, 2–1

Results on each court surface

Clay courts: Tied, 3–3
Hard courts: Tied, 12–12
- Outdoor: Federer, 9–8
- Indoor: Djokovic, 4–3
Grass courts: Federer, 1–0

List of all matches

ATP, Davis Cup, and Grand Slam tournament main draw results included.^[6]

Legend (2004–2008)	Legend (2009–present)	Djokovic	Federer
Grand Slam	Grand Slam	5	6
Tennis Masters Cup	ATP World Tour Finals	2	1
ATP Masters Series	ATP World Tour Masters 1000	6	6
ATP International Series Gold	ATP World Tour 500 Series	2	2
ATP International Series	ATP World Tour 250Series	0	0
Davis Cup	Davis Cup	0	1

Singles

Djokovic-Federer (15-16)

No.	Year	Tournament	Surface	Round	Winner	Score	Length (H:MM)	Djokovic	Federer
1.	2006	Monte Carlo	Clay	R64	Federer	6–3, 2–6, 6–3	1:49	0	1
2.	2006	Davis Cup	Hard (i)	WG Play-offs	Federer	6–3, 6–2, 6–3	1:58	0	2
3.	2007	Australian Open	Hard	R16	Federer	6–2, 7–5, 6–3	1:50	0	3
4.	2007	Dubai	Hard	Quarter-final	Federer	6–3, 6–7^(6–8), 6–3	2:03	0	4
5.	2007	Canada	Hard	Final	Djokovic	7–6^(7–2), 2–6, 7–6^(7–2)	2:13	1	4
6.	2007	US Open	Hard	Final	Federer	7–6^(7–4), 7–6^(7–2), 6–4	2:24	1	5
7.	2008	Australian Open	Hard	Semi-final	Djokovic	7–5, 6–3, 7–6^(7–5)	2:26	2	5
8.	2008	Monte Carlo	Clay	Semi-final	Federer	6–3, 3–2 RET	1:12	2	6
9.	2008	US Open	Hard	Semi-final	Federer	6–3, 5–7, 7–5, 6–2	2:44	2	7
10.	2009	Miami	Hard	Semi-final	Djokovic	3–6, 6–2, 6–3	1:46	3	7
11.	2009	Rome	Clay	Semi-final	Djokovic	4–6, 6–3, 6–3	2:11	4	7
12.	2009	Cincinnati	Hard	Final	Federer	6–1, 7–5	2:07	4	8
13.	2009	US Open	Hard	Semi-final	Federer	7–6^(7–3), 7–5, 7–5	2:34	4	9
14.	2009	Basel	Hard (i)	Final	Djokovic	6–4, 4–6, 6–2	2:11	5	9
15.	2010	Canada	Hard	Semi-final	Federer	6–1, 3–6, 7–5	2:22	5	10
16.	2010	US Open	Hard	Semi-final	Djokovic	5–7, 6–1, 5–7, 6–2, 7–5	3:44	6	10
17.	2010	Shanghai	Hard	Semi-final	Federer	7–5, 6–4	1:42	6	11
18.	2010	Basel	Hard (i)	Final	Federer	6–4, 3–6, 6–1	1:55	6	12
19.	2010	ATP World Tour Finals	Hard (i)	Semi-final	Federer	6–1, 6–4	1:21	6	13
20.	2011	Australian Open	Hard	Semifinal	Djokovic	7–6^(7–3), 7–5, 6–4	3:00	7	13
21.	2011	Dubai	Hard	Final	Djokovic	6–3, 6–3	1:12	8	13
22.	2011	Indian Wells	Hard	Semi-final	Djokovic	6–3, 3–6, 6–2	2:07	9	13
23.	2011	French Open	Clay	Semi-final	Federer	7–6^(7–5), 6–3, 3–6, 7–6^(7–5)	3:39	9	14
24.	2011	US Open	Hard	Semi-final	Djokovic	6–7^(7–9), 4–6, 6–3, 6–2, 7–5	3:51	10	14
25.	2012	Rome	Clay	Semi-final	Djokovic	6–2, 7–6^(7–4)	1:39	11	14
26.	2012	French Open	Clay	Semi-final	Djokovic	6–4, 7–5, 6–3	2:05	12	14
27.	2012	Wimbledon	Grass	Semi-final	Federer	6–3, 3–6, 6–4, 6–3	2:19	12	15
28.	2012	Cincinnati	Hard	Final	Federer	6–0, 7–6^(9–7)	1:20	12	16
29.	2012	ATP World Tour Finals	Hard (i)	Final	Djokovic	7–6^(8–6), 7–5	2:14	13	16
30.	2013	Paris	Hard (i)	Semi-final	Djokovic	4–6, 6–3, 6–2	2:00	14	16
31.	2013	ATP World Tour Finals	Hard (i)	RR	Djokovic	6–4, 6–7^(2–7), 6–2	2:22	15	16

Records

Tied with Djokovic-Nadal, and Federer-Nadal only pairs in Open Era history to have played against each other 11 times in Grand Slam
Only pair in Open Era history to have met 9 times in Grand Slam semi finals
Record of 5 matches played against each other at the US Open ( tied with the Lendl–McEnroe and the Connors–Lendl rivalries )
Record of 5 consecutive matches played against each other at one Slam ( At the US Open )
This rivalry is ranked eighth in terms of matches played

Exhibitions

Djokovic—Federer (1–0)^[7]

No.	Year	Tournament	Surface	Round	Winner	Score	Djokovic	Federer
1.	2011	Abu Dhabi	Hard	Semi-final	Djokovic	6–2, 6–1	1	0

Performance timeline comparison (Grand Slam tournaments)

Main article: Tennis performance timeline comparison (men)

Key

LQ (Q#)

SF-B

NMS

Won tournament; or reached Final; Semifinal; Quarter-final; Round 4, 3, 2, 1; competed at a Round Robin stage; lost in Qualification Round; absent from tournament event; played in a Davis Cup Zonal Group (with its number indication) or Play-off; won a bronze, silver (F or S) or gold medal at the Olympics; a downgraded Masters Series/1000 tournament (Not a Masters Series); or a tournament that was Not Held in a given year.

To avoid confusion and double counting, these charts are updated either at the conclusion of a tournament, or when the player's participation in the tournament has ended.

Bold = players met during this tournament

By Year

2005–2010

Player	2005				2006				2007				2008				2009				2010
Player	AUS	FRA	WIM	USA	AUS	FRA	WIM	USA	AUS	FRA	WIM	USA	AUS	FRA	WIM	USA	AUS	FRA	WIM	USA	AUS	FRA	WIM	USA
Novak Djokovic	1R	2R	3R	3R	1R	QF	4R	3R	4R	SF	SF	F	W	SF	2R	SF	QF	3R	QF	SF	QF	QF	SF	F
Roger Federer	SF	SF	W	W	W	F	W	W	W	F	W	W	SF	F	F	W	F	W	W	F	W	QF	QF	SF

2011–2013

Player	2011				2012				2013				2014
Player	AUS	FRA	WIM	USA	AUS	FRA	WIM	USA	AUS	FRA	WIM	USA	AUS	FRA	WIM	USA
Novak Djokovic	W	SF	W	W	W	F	SF	F	W	SF	F	F	QF
Roger Federer	SF	F	QF	SF	SF	SF	W	QF	SF	QF	2R	4R	SF

By Age

18–22

Player	18				19				20				21				22
Player	AUS	FRA	WIM	USA	AUS	FRA	WIM	USA	AUS	FRA	WIM	USA	AUS	FRA	WIM	USA	AUS	FRA	WIM	USA
Novak Djokovic	1R	2R	3R	3R	1R	QF	4R	3R	4R	SF	SF	F	W	SF	2R	SF	QF	3R	QF	SF
Roger Federer	Q1	1R	1R	Q2	3R	4R	1R	3R	3R	QF	QF	4R	4R	1R	1R	4R	4R	1R	W	4R

23–27

Player	23				24				25				26				27
Player	AUS	FRA	WIM	USA	AUS	FRA	WIM	USA	AUS	FRA	WIM	USA	AUS	FRA	WIM	USA	AUS	FRA	WIM	USA
Novak Djokovic	QF	QF	SF	F	W	SF	W	W	W	F	SF	F	W	SF	F	F	QF
Roger Federer	W	3R	W	W	SF	SF	W	W	W	F	W	W	W	F	W	W	SF	F	F	W

28–32

Player	28				29				30				31				32
Player	AUS	FRA	WIM	USA	AUS	FRA	WIM	USA	AUS	FRA	WIM	USA	AUS	FRA	WIM	USA	AUS	FRA	WIM	USA
Novak Djokovic
Roger Federer	F	W	W	F	W	QF	QF	SF	SF	F	QF	SF	SF	SF	W	QF	SF	QF	2R	4R

33–37

Player	33				34				35				36				37
Player	AUS	FRA	WIM	USA	AUS	FRA	WIM	USA	AUS	FRA	WIM	USA	AUS	FRA	WIM	USA	AUS	FRA	WIM	USA
Novak Djokovic
Roger Federer	SF

Career evolution

Federer and Djokovic were born about six years apart. Federer's birthday is August 8, 1981, while Djokovic's is May 22, 1987. A different viewpoint of their career evolution is offered by taking the season they entered with an age of 17 as starting point. For instance in 2004, Federer started the season being 22 years old; at the end of that season, he accumulated a career record of four Grand Slam titles, a total of 22 singles titles and his final ranking was No. 1 at 23 years old.

() = active record (updated Monday November 25, 2013)

Age (end of season)		18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31	32
Federer's season		1999	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007	2008	2009	2010	2011	2012	2013
Djokovic's season		2005	2006	2007	2008	2009	2010	2011	2012	2013	2014	2015	2016	2017	2018	2019
Grand Slam titles	Federer	0	0	0	0	1	4	6	9	12	13	15	16	16	17	(17)
Grand Slam titles	Djokovic	0	0	0	1	1	1	4	5	(6)
Grand Slam match wins	Federer	0	7	20	26	39	61	85	112	138	162	188	208	228	247	(260)
Grand Slam match wins	Djokovic	5	14	33	51	66	85	110	134	(158)
Total titles	Federer	0	0	1	4	11	22	33	45	53	57	61	66	70	76	77
Total titles	Djokovic	0	2	7	11	16	18	28	34	41
Total match wins	Federer	15	51	100	158	236	310	391	483	551	617	678	743	807	878	923
Total match wins	Djokovic	13	53	121	185	263	324	394	469	(543)
Ranking	Federer	64	29	13	6	2	1	1	1	1	2	1	2	3	2	(6)
Ranking	Djokovic	78	16	3	3	3	3	1	1	(2)
Weeks at number 1	Federer	0	0	0	0	0	48	100	152	204	237	262	285	285	302	(302)
Weeks at number 1	Djokovic	0	0	0	0	0	0	26	62	(101)

Combined singles performance timeline (best result)

Tournament	1999	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007	2008	2009	2010	2011	2012	2013	SR
Grand Slam tournaments
Australian Open	Q1	3R	3R	4R	4R	W	SF	W	W	W	F	W	W	W	W	8 / 14
French Open	1R	4R	QF	1R	1R	3R	SF	F	F	F	W	QF	F	F	SF	1 / 15
Wimbledon	1R	1R	QF	1R	W	W	W	W	W	F	W	SF	W	W	F	8 / 15
US Open	Q2	3R	4R	4R	4R	W	W	W	W	W	F	F	W	F	F	6 / 14

References

↑ "Djokovic Snatches Monumental Victory from Federer". Tennis Now. Retrieved 14 September 2011.
↑ 2.0 2.1 Mitchell, Kevin (2011-09-10). "Novak Djokovic reaches US Open final after stunning Roger Federer". The Guardian. Retrieved 2011-09-30.
↑ "French Open 2011: Roger Federer destroys Novak Djokovic's run of victories to surge into final". Telegraph. Retrieved 2011-10-29.
↑ http://www.tennisnow.com/News/Federer-Breaks-Djokovic-s-Streak,-Will-Face-Nadal-.aspx
↑ "Federer grabs fourth straight U.S. Open win, 12th career Grand Slam title". Sports.espn.go.com. 2007-09-10. Retrieved 2011-10-29.
↑ Head to Head player details
↑ "Djokovic dominates to secure place in final against impressive Ferrer". 30 December 2011.

External links

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Novak Đoković.

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Roger Federer.

Big Four

Roger Federer, Rafael Nadal, Novak Djokovic and Andy Murray

Rivalries

Seasons

Roger Federer	2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014

Rafael Nadal	2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014

Novak Djokovic	2010 2011 2012 2013 2014

Andy Murray	2012 2013 2014

Roger Federer
(Statistics and Achievements)

Australian Open	2004^N 2006^N 2007^N 2009 2010

French Open	2006 2007 2008 2009^N 2011

Wimbledon	2003^N 2004^N 2005^N 2006 2007 2008 2009^N 2012

US Open	2004^N 2005^N 2006^N 2007 2008 2009^R

Olympics	2008 doubles Gold Medal^N 2012 singles Silver Medal

Rafael Nadal
(Statistics and Achievements)

Australian Open	2009 2012

French Open	2005^N 2006 2007 2008 2010^N 2011 2012 2013^N

Wimbledon	2006 2007 2008 2010^N 2011

US Open	2010 2011 2013

Olympics	2008 singles Gold Medal*

Novak Djokovic
(Statistics)

Australian Open	2008^N 2011 2012 2013

French Open	2012

Wimbledon	2011 2013

US Open	2007 2010 2011 2012 2013

Olympics	2008 singles Bronze Medal*

Andy Murray
(Statistics)

Australian Open	2010 2011 2013

French Open	Nil

Wimbledon	2012 2013

US Open	2008 2012

Olympics	2012 singles Gold Medal** 2012 mixed doubles Silver Medal

Notable matches

Bold denotes that a player won a Grand Slam tournament by defeating a fellow Big Four member, ^N denotes that a player won a Grand Slam tournament by defeating a player outside the Big Four, ^R denotes that a player was runner-up to a non-Top Four member at a Grand Slam tournament, Italics denotes that a player was runner-up to a fellow Big Four member at a Grand Slam tournament. * Nadal defeated Djokovic in the semi-finals. ** Murray defeated Djokovic in the semi-finals.

v t e Novak Djokovic

Entourage	Marko Djokovic (brother) Marián Vajda (coach) Boris Becker (coach)

Career	Statistics Rivalry with Roger Federer Rivalry with Rafael Nadal Rivalry with Andy Murray Big Four

Notable matches	2012 Australian Open final 2012 French Open final 2012 US Open final 2013 Wimbledon final

Timelines	2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013

Seasons	2010 2011 2012 2013 2014

Australian Open titles	2008 2011 2012 2013

French Open titles	Nil

Wimbledon titles	2011

US Open titles	2011

Novak Djokovic Official Website

v t e Roger Federer

Entourage	Mirka Federer (wife) Severin Lüthi (coach) Stefan Edberg (coach) Paul Annacone (coach, 2010–2013) Jose Higueras (coach, 2008) Tony Roche (coach, 2005–2007) Peter Lundgren (coach, 2000–2003) Peter Carter (coach, 1991–2000)

Career	Achievements Statistics Rivalry with Rafael Nadal Rivalry with Novak Djokovic Rivalry with Andy Roddick Big Four

Notable matches	2008 Wimbledon Championships final 2009 Wimbledon Championships final 2012 Wimbledon Championships final

Seasons	Juniors Early career 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014

Australian Open titles	2004 2006 2007 2010

French Open titles	2009

Wimbledon titles	2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2009 2012

US Open titles	2004 2005 2006 2007 2008

Roger Federer Website

This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution/Share Alike; additional terms may apply for the media files.