By Chris Oddo | @TheFanChild | Saturday July 13, 2019
It’s Federer and Djokovic for all the marbles—and a sweet trophy known as the Challenge Cup—at Wimbledon on Sunday. Here’s a peek inside the numbers of this great rivalry, with a focus on what’s at stake historically.
8
Number of Wimbledon titles that Roger Federer owns. The Swiss will be bidding to tie Martina Navratilova for the all-time record for singles titles on Sunday. He is already the only male player to have won more than seven Wimbledon titles.
4
Number of Wimbledon titles that Novak Djokovic owns. The Serb is bidding to tie Bjorn Borg for fourth on the all-time list on Sunday.
4
The Open Era record for major titles won beyond the age of 30, which is held by four players—Roger Federer, Rafael Nadal, Rod Laver and Ken Rosewall. Either Federer will set a new record on Sunday, or Djokovic will earn his fourth and make it a five-way tie.
37
At 37 years 340 days, Federer is bidding to become the oldest player in the Open Era to win a Grand Slam men’s singles title. Ken Rosewall is the only 37-year-old to have won a Grand Slam men’s singles title in the Open Era – he won the title at the 1972 Australian Open aged 37 years 62 days.
100, and counting
Roger Federer became the first male player to earn 100 wins at a single Slam on Wednesday when he defeated Kei Nishikori in the quarter-finals. On Friday he recorded No.101 by taking out Rafael Nadal in four sets. Where it stops nobody knows. Federer is now 17 Wimbledon wins clear of the No.2 player on the Wimbledon win list (Jimmy Connors, 84).
25-22
Djokovic has the lifetime edge in the head-to-head with Federer at 25-22. He has won 8 of 11 matches against the Swiss since the beginning of 2015.
3-1
Djokovic’s record against Federer in major finals. After dropping the 2007 U.S. Open final to Federer the Serb has won the last three, including a five set victory over the Swiss in the 2014 Wimbledon final and a four-set victory over Federer in the 2015 Wimbledon final. Djokovic also defeated Federer in five sets in the 2015 U.S. Open final.
55
Percent of baseline points that Federer has won in his first six matches at Wimbledon. The Swiss is ranks slightly higher than Djokovic’s 53 percent in that category.
71
Number of Wimbledon wins that Novak Djokovic has earned in his career. He will bid to pass Boris Becker and take sole possession of third on the all-time Wimbledon win list on Sunday.
1
Number of players that have defeated Nadal and Djokovic at the same Grand Slam event. Roger Federer will attempt to be the second on Sunday at Wimbledon.
11
Number of Grand Slam titles that the Big 3 of Federer, Djokovic and Nadal have won in succession. The trio have combined to win 54 of the last 65 major titles dating back to Federer’s first Wimbledon title in 2003.
9-6
Djokovic’s record over Federer at the Grand Slams. The Serb has won their last four meetings at majors. Djokovic has taken six of seven and eight of ten from Federer on the Grand Slam stage.