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65 amazing facts about Roger Federer's 65 consecutive Grand Slam streak
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65 amazing facts about Roger Federer's 65 consecutive Grand Slam streak

Published May. 23, 2016 3:10 p.m. ET

Roger Federer's record streak of 65-straight Grand Slams was officially snapped when the first ball was played this weekend at the 2016 French Open. Here are some amazing statistics from that run, which started in the first major of this century and went exactly 16 years from there. All information via the invaluable tennisabstract.com, which is the best tennis analytics website on the internet and a must-bookmark for tennis nerds:

Overall

1. 65 tournaments

2. 360 matches

3. Win/loss: 302-48 (17 titles)

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By tournament

4. Australian Open: 80-13 (4 wins)

5. French Open: 65-15 (1 win)

6. Wimbledon: 79-9 (7 wins)

7. U.S. Open: 78-11 (5 wins)

By round

8. 1st round: 61-4 (51 straight)

9. 2nd round: 59-1 (2013 Wimbledon to Sergiy Stakhovsky)

10. 3rd round: 55-5 (2015 Australian Open loss to Andreas Seppi was his only since 2004)

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11. 4th round: 44-8 (.846)

12. Quarterfinals: 39-8 (.830)

13. Semifinals: 27-12 (.690)

14. Finals: 17-10 (.630)

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15. Undefeated rounds at majors: There are 28 rounds at the four majors. Federer is undefeated in nine of them: Australian/1R (17-0); Australian/2R (16-0); Australian/QF (12-0), French Open/2R (14-0); Wimbledon/3R (13-0); Wimbledon/4R; (12-0); Wimbledon/SF (10-0); U.S. Open/1R (16-0); U.S. Open/2R (16-0). Obviously, the Wimbledon semifinal mark is the highlight.

By rank

16. as No. 1: 129-11

17. as top 10: 276-38

18. vs. No. 1: 1-8

19. vs. Top 10: 55-29

20. vs. Top 20: 88-39

21. vs. outside top 10: 247-19

22. vs. No. 100+: 51-2

23. vs. seeded players: 129-42

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24. vs. unseeded players: 173-6 (lost only two after his first major win in 2003)

25. vs. qualifiers: 27-1 (that loss was to a player who would eventually make top 10)

26. vs. wild cards: 9-0

27. vs. players ranked higher: 6-19

28. vs. players ranked lower: 296-29

29. Lowest ranked: d. No. 1,370 Devin Britton, 2009 U.S. Open

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By set

30. Win 1st set: 268-12

31. Lost 1st set: 30-36

32. Win 1st and 2nd sets: 241-2

33. Lose 1st and 2nd sets: 7-27

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34. Split 1st and 2nd sets: 50-19

35. Up 2-1 in sets: 67-6

36. Down 2-1 in sets: 10-22

37. Straight-set matches: 223-20

38. 4-set matches: 58-16

39. 5-set matches: 21-12

40. Win by retirement: 4-0

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By length

41. 4-hour matches: 4-5

42. 3-hour-30-minute matches: 10-12

43. Longest match: Four hours, 48 minutes, vs. Rafael Nadal, 2008 Wimbledon final: 4-6, 4-6, 7-6 (5), 7-6 (8), 7-9

44. Shortest match: 54 minutes, vs. Alejandro Falla, 54 minutes: 6-1, 6-2, 6-0 

By situation

45. Tiebreaks: 111-31

46. Matches with a bagel: 40-1

47. Matches with 6-1 sets: 84-10

By age

48. vs. younger players: 184-34

49. vs. older players: 118-14 (hasn't lost to an older player since the 2005 Australian Open; hasn't played an older player in three years)

50. vs. players 21 and younger: 29-7

51. vs. players 30 and older: 44-4

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By opponent

52. vs. players with one-handed backhand (like Federer himself): 74-10 (71-4 since winning his first major)

53. vs. right-handed players: 274-28

54. vs. left-handed players: 28-10

55. vs. left-handed players not named Rafa: 26-1

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By games

56. Most games: 67, vs. Andy Roddick, 2009 Wimbledon final: 5-7, 7-6 (6), 7-6 (5), 3-6, 16-14

57. Fewest games: 21, multiple times (6, last time: 2011 U.S. Open, vs. Juan Monaco: 6-1, 6-2, 6-0)

58. Distance matches: (going 8-6 or longer in the fifth set): 4-3

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By country

59. Total countries played: 42

60. Countries Federer has an undefeated record against (24): Armenia, Austria, Australia, Belgium, Bosnia, Bulgaria, Canada, Chile, Colombia, Cypress, Hungary, India, Israel, Japan, Kazakhstan, Korea, Luxembourg, Monaco, The Netherlands, Romania, Slovenia, Slovakia, Chinese Taipei, Uzbekistan

61. Countries Federer has played multiple times and has a losing record: N/A

62. Countries Federer has played once and has a losing record*: Latvia, Peru and Morocco

63. vs. USA (3rd-most matches): 31-1 (Agassi, 2001 U.S. Open)

64. vs. France (most matches): 38-4

65. vs. Serbia (worst record against*): 9-9

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