Roger Federer's greatness goes beyond his record, you see something magical every time that man steps on a Tennis court. He is without a doubt the great of all time
Andy makes a great point there, its not about h2h but the ability to stay victorious throughout the whole career and tournament. Nadal have been beating Federer even when in his teens but was stuck at no.2 for the longest time simply because he couldn't effectively reach the finals to face Federer. Nadal had a naturally stronger game than Federer but is not consistently able to beat players of all styles and games. Federer had a more effective game to defeat many different types of players thus consistently reaching the finals. Even when he is weaker in h2h against Nadal he still have a some wins over him, goes to show how Federer is able to modify and change his games according to his opponent. Nadal quickly became no.1 and win slams on different surface when he was able to do the same.
and don't forget his dealings with dodgy Dr Fuentes, for his sudden surge on grass- note that he's been poor on grass again, as in his early career, since 2011, didn't win a grass match for 2 prime years from 2012-2014.
mizofan where's your proof of steroid dealings. No proof. Nadal wasn't linked with the Spanish drug scandal. You need a life. Nadal Is a all time great and many see him as the best ever. Maybe u need to stop obsessing over him
There were no links between Fuentes and Nadal except that they were both Spanish. Hey, mizo, you ol' fogey, if you're Russian, I bet you're a Fancy Bears hacker.
Some people tend to think Novak and Rafa are better players than Roger due to the h2h’s but they are wrong. Realistically the odds are stacked against Roger the most in the big 3 because he is the oldest and his favourite surface (grass) only lasts for a month. Rafa has the advantage of his favourite surface lasting 3 and a half months. That is the only reason he leads the h2h with Roger. Roger doesn’t have a specific factor which helps him yet he’s still beaten Rafa 6/7 times they last played. Novak has by far the biggest advantage though because he is the youngest and only had to face injured Rafa on clay instead of prime Rafa (unlike Roger). So he really was expected to get ahead in the h2h’s, especially as he’s played them way more than they used to play him when they were in their prime
mizofan lol.. how would doping make u better on grass when its clay thats more taxing on the body? I’ve never Seen someone cramp on grass but ive Seen it plenty on clay. U make no sense
Roger Federer didn't freaking ruin Andy Roddick's career. What an absolute stupid thing to say. Roddick had a great career, a grand slam winner and Wimbledon finalist on three occasions. He came up against a great player, who many players couldn't compete against, not just Roddick
***** I think it would be more. Federer also took him out in several other Grand Slams semi-finals. On the AO, i think it was 4 or 5 times. Aside from Rafael Nadal, no one could compete with Federer from 2004 to 2008-2009. I am also a huge Roddick's fan. The dude to me is a wimbledon champion, at least in my book he is.
I am aware of that. My point is that it's not about how good you are against one person, but, how solid and great are your results overall. If you look in numbers, semis, finals, ranking history, Roddick is way better than both of them. Also, Roddick also defeated Federer 3 times. He just played Federer way more because he reached way more finals and semi-finals and kept a better ranking for longer.
About that i kinda disagree. You are the best of the time you are playing. The courts became slower, not only in the past 10 years, in the past 20 years they had been changing. The technology of the raquets improved as well. The returners got more and more advantages against the servers, the baseliners against the volley playing types,the long rallys against the amazing one-two-tree shots. Roddick was a great example of the old tennis school that today doesn't win big tournements anymore. It's not his fault, it's just how it is. If he had born in the 90s he would had been one of the greatest of all times, and, well, djokovic and murray probally wouldn't had won even one slam, the same for Nadal because with a 90s raquet he couldn't produce that much Top Spin and the courts were way faster. It's all about timing.
He would had won at least 3 or 4 more if Federer wasn't there. I don't think he would had lost in Wimbledom 2003 (semi), 2004 and 2005 (final) if it wasn't for federer. He lost to him in 4 or 5 semi-finals in the Australian Open and the 2006 US open Final. His confidence would had been very different. I don't know, i think that Federer broke his path more than any other.
James Dunn Djokovic has 16 grand slams, the highest Elo rating and a winning record against Federer and nadal the two other best guys the sport has ever seen. Aside from injury stoping Djokovic he will soar past Federer’s 20 and nadal’s 18 in the next few years.
I'd rather be a blind moth Djokovic has only won 4 of the last 5 grand slams if it wasn’t for his injury he would Already be passing roger by now there is work to be done but he has many years to do it and he’s clearly peaking currently
Nadal is better at the net than Federer! Federer is the guy who is most dependent on his serve! so djokovic & Nadal are better! Talent? Federer hits more winners but also his a lot of unforced errors compared to the other 2! Djokovic was only playing maximum at 70% days ago at WIM, still won in the end!
Roger Federer has 11 Hard court Slams 8 Grass court slams And 1 Clay court Slam. Nadal has 3 hard court slams 2 Grass and 10 Clay court Slams. It doesn't take much to work out who is the superior player here ? Roger Federer hands down. Am very inspired by his attitude and watching him play the way he does at 35-6 is truly incredible. I see nothing stopping him take another Slam ( make it 20 ) and finish the year world No. 1
Roger,it has always been a privilege and pleasure to watch you play.You are an amazing champion and a gentleman on and off the court.In my book,you are the greatest ever and i greatly admire you.
@@sin8901 Nadal is better than Federer only on clay, and nowhere else! Nowhere! Federer is undoubtedly better than Nadal on hard courts and grass, and we can clearly see the proof of that in their careers and h2h on each of these surfaces. Nadal better than Federer?! Never! This is not not my opinion, it's an objective fact that anyone who knows tennis will clearly see. Nadal might have more Slams, but that doesn't mean he's above Federer.
@@ha-qg2ug How that? truth be told, Nadal beat Federer at Wimbledon on grass and beat him at the Australian Open on Hard but Roger could never beat Nadal at Roland Garros
@@ahmedisa3723 True Federer never won more than a single set off Nadal at RG. Getting hammered 14- to 2 on clay he was never a real competitor to Nadal on that surface. But Djokovic has eclipsed both of them. He's only deciding how much to win by now. And the only one to beat both of the other 2 at all four of the slams.
still not the best numbers means nothing and sports well its means but not everthing ask every human with a healthy brain he gonna rank them roger rafa then joko and that fact
Considering Roger now has 19 and still going, Roger is definitely the GOAT; even greats like Sampras, Borg, Becker, Lendl, McEnroe... They have called it, Roger is GOAT.
GOd bless you roger,the times and success already proved how good you are.we 're very happy and enjoy to watching you play tennis and we don't really care you win or not, you are
Nice to hear that Roddick appreciated Federer's reserved demeanor in the locker room after their 2009 Wimbledon epic. Obviously we as fans didn't get to see that. I remember, having watched that match, feeling uncomfortable seeing Federer stride out to receive the trophy in that silly looking cream suit with "15" embroidered in gold, in front of Roddick. That didn't seem classy to me. Ah well, nobody's perfect.
Obviously his sponsor (Nike?) at the time thought it was a good idea to design this and have him wear it. So then he was obligated. Looking back I bet he'd probably decide that may be wasn't such a good idea. I don't care what anyone says in the grand scheme of things, and as you say no one's perfect, but overall Roger's always, been or tried to be a class act. He's the best I've ever seen and there will never be another.
The suit was before the match and didn't have 15 embroidered on it. He put on a fairly normal looking tracksuit jacket with 15 on it when he won, I doubt Roddick even noticed.
Fed and Nadal have played 15 times on clay (13-2, Rafas best surface) but only 3 (2-1) times on grass which is is Feds best surface... What if that was reversed? Their H2H would be drastically different. Fed coming close and maybe even tying it (btw I'm a Nadal fan and fed fan as well) they are both so legendary
I most certainly agree with you...however in my view rogers best surface is indoor hard and then grass...on grass nadal has beaten him before but he has never beaten roger on indoor hard...not to mention rogers amazing record at basel and the world tour finals
Casual fans have a very skewed view of the Nadal Federer rivalry. Many of them fail to realize the stylistically terrible match up for Federer, as well as the fact that they've met so few times on grass and indoor hard (where Federer dominates) and so many times on clay and outdoor hard (where Nadal dominates). To top it all off, Nadal is 5 years younger than Federer, and most of their matches had the age in Nadal's favor. If not for the ridiculous amount of times they met on clay and the few meetings they've had on grass, Nadal would still be ahead of him in head to head, but it wouldn't be nearly this lopsided. If they were the same age, it would be almost even- and that's taking into account Nadal's stylistic advantage over Federer. All in all, it's pretty clear that prime Roger Federer was a generally superior player to prime Nadal. The same goes for Djokovic. I'm a huge Nadal fan, but I have to admit, Nadal is one of the most overrated players there is. His positive H2H record against Djokovic meant nothing in the early days, when Djokovic wasn't a top level player and Nadal was, so Nadal kept getting wins off of him. Since 2011, Djokovic has been destroying Nadal, but people still flaunt Nadal's positive record against Djokovic, which was built on beating an incomplete Djokovic who wasn't even close to the level of Fed and Nadal at the time.
+Gerop i absolutely agree with you... on clay and outdoor hard... the court helps nadal get much more bounce then on grass and indoor hard and he has used that effectively on those surfaces against federer particularly to federers backhand... nadal doesnt have anywhere near the amount of natural talent as the likes of roger... but he is one of the more gritty fighters and that is the main reason for his success... but if the 2 had played more on grass or indoor hard the balance of power would have been shifted considerably in federers favor..
Roger always seemed to respect and like Arod and vice versa..Roger has called Andy a good friend. It's so interesting how people can separate things and be rivals+ friends at the same time.
Andy and Roger are my two favorite players of all time. However, I wish people would respect Andy more. Staying in the top ten for over ten years, a grand slam, 30+ atp titles and a Davis Cup trophy is nothing to scoff at.
Everybody talks about Roger/Rafa head to head but the perspective they don't bring, is that if Roger where NOT such a competitive player on clay, Nadal would not lead their head to head! When it comes to the head to head with Nadal, Roger is a victim of his own success!
#1 and #2, Federer and Nadal, for years. During that time that Nadal didn't make it to the finals, when he got beaten earlier, then Federer of course had no chance to defeat him. But that is important if you look at H2H! Roger is ALWAYS there: Nadal is frequently away for a month, two, or more! Besides, there is the double record, with the #1 for Federer. longest weeks at #1 than any player, and within that, longets, week-by-week #1! amazing! then, The Masters Cup titles,playing against top players! He was at his best, too. So, Nadal is great on clay, but all around, he is not close to Federer, can't be said that they are abreast at all.
My argument is that having the most athleticism =/= being the best athlete. Being the best at your sport is all about results (being dominant), so being the best athlete you is about results. We can compare the greateset athletes by their athleticism, but then you get the argument that you're having with everyone else here ("He has more endurance!" "Yea, but he's more explosive!"). Every sport requires different kinds of athleticism. If you consider golf a sport, then Woods is one of the best.
There is a quote from Roger which goes:"People say I have a problem with clay. I don't have a problem with clay I have a problem with Rafa. The guy is unbelievable.." if it was not for Rafa Roger would have 5 or 6 French Opens. The same can be said for Andy at Wimbledon. He would have 3 or if it was not for Roger.
The same can be said for Federer on Wimbledon. He would have 11 if it was not for Novak. Not to mention that the same can be said for Federer on Australian Open as well. He might've won 10 if it was not for Novak.
There's just a man. PETE SAMPRAS. the BEST player of Ever. Never cried when he Lost matches nor even laughed in Víctories. A gentleman,a great tennis player,the BEST.
ROGER is the best ever.every part of his life it quality so good,no one like him.He's the greatest tennis of all time,he will stay in people heart forever.
Roger Federers definately the greatest... clas act, all the time you watch him... on and off the court... greatest sportman of all time... any sport...
H2H is not even the main factor. If you want to talk about how H2H is the most important element in tennis, than it means Dominik Hrbaty is the greatest of all time.
Davydenko 6 Nadal 5, Davydenko 2 Federer 19. Nadal's h2h success v Federer is largely due to Federer being a better, more consistent all round player and Nadal not turning up when form and surface don't suit him; not good enough to play Federer a lot of the time, never mind beat him.
Ferdous Alam You can't use Dustin' s H2H to undermine Rafas H2H dominance over Federer because it's only two matches .Everyone knows if Dustin played Nadal 20 times Nadal would win most of them.Federer lost against a guy ranked 145 this year.That 0-1 H2H against Federer means nothing.But if Federer lost to that guy 11/17 matches then that is significant.So Rafas H2H dominance over Federer is significant because it involved 35 matches.If you were able to defeat your friend 60% of the time that you played would you think that you weren't as good as him because he could beat a lot of guys that you've lost to? Of course not.Every time you would face your friend you'd be confident that you could beat him cause you were the better player.Its the same with Nadal.When Nadal had to face Federer did he see Federer as the better player because Federer had more success against the rest of the field? No.Because of his H2H dominance he always saw himself as the better player.
Some former players are NOT good pundits (most british commentators :P bar henman, goodall and petchey is ok) but ARod looks like he could be a good one. He has always been very eloquent and articulate. His interview with Feds was great, worth a watch!
Interesting take on Rafa Fed here. About the time this was made, Fed finally got Rafas number. The last time Rafa beat Fed off the clay was … *2014*. Fed is unbeaten grass-hard since then in a dozen matches with Rafa. A couple of them were beat downs.
Not at this time he didn't, not until 2017 and that was for one year only. After that it was 1-1. About the time this video was made in 2013 Rafa beat Fed 5 times in a row, until 2014 AO. Fed had Rafa's number late on with 5 wins in a row but Rafa had Fed's number long before that when he beat Fed 5 times in a row on 3 different occasions much earlier in their careers.
@@ashleythomas4112 Sure Nadal beat Fed a lot earlier in their careers, and overall record is 24-16 Nadal. Record starting 2015 is 7-0 Fed on hard-grass, 1-0 Nadal on clay. That kind of turn around in rivalries is rare.
Back in 2013 Andy might have been right...but it's hard to see Nadal catching RF now that he's on the wane as well. I could see a scenario where they both end on 17...
Will LC1996 Nah, Rafa will be lucky to win one more. Fed's best chance to win another has him going through Murray tomorrow and Novak (most likely) on Sunday. Tough.
Yes he is the greatest of now he will always be rated as one of the greatest but who knows who’s to come after him but in my eyes yes he is the greatest
the classiest thing about Roger, he doesnt think he is the GOAT because he thanks the previous legends and generations for building tennis and inspiring him to play it. making the sport through them gave him the platform to compete and take up this sport. humble RF.
+Duc Luc Three years later after wins in monte-carlo and barcelona i wouldn't bet against him being able to catch roger just by winning yet more french open's
There is something about Rogers style that I feel he is the GOAT. It's not about 20 GS he won but it's the number of runner up's, semi's and quaters he have will never be match ever by anyone!! That show how consistent and tough he is for all players!!! Period
Federer is just built different guys 39 years old ffs and still dealing man nadal and Djokovic are both unreal but for me federer is just different the guys unreal
Nah still not better than Roger. Some people tend to think Novak and Rafa are better players than Roger due to the h2h’s but they are wrong. Realistically the odds are stacked against Roger the most in the big 3 because he is the oldest and his favourite surface (grass) only lasts for a month. Rafa has the advantage of his favourite surface lasting 3 and a half months. That is the only reason he leads the h2h with Roger. 12 times they played on clay from 2005-2010 when Rafa was unbeatable. Roger leads the h2h on all other surfaces. Roger doesn’t have a specific factor which helps him yet he’s still beaten Rafa 6/7 times they last played. Novak has by far the biggest advantage though because he is the youngest and only had to face injured Rafa on clay instead of prime Rafa (unlike Roger). So he really was expected to get ahead in the h2h’s, especially as he’s played them way more than they used to play him when they were in their prime. He played prime Roger 19 times but played Roger in his 30’s 27 times. And Roger had the higher win percentage in his prime years
Jimnosnow 4 Roger v Rafa isn’t even a consideration. Roger hands down a better player than Rafa. Don’t care about their h2h for the points you’ve given. I think the true goat comp is between Nole and Roger. Nole has had to play his entire career against the other members of the big 4. I looked it up, he’s played only a couple finals against people not named Fed/Nadal/Murray. He only has one major victory against someone outside the big 4. Fed I think won 13 of his against other than the big 4 (of course he basically created the current era). Point is, Djokovic didn’t have the luxury of playing “lesser” opponents in major finals and yet he is only 4 behind Fed. His game translates well to all surfaces unlike Nadal, but like Fed. I think it’s between Fed and Djok and only time will tell. Roger is definitely it for now, but barring injury Djokovic has a chance to rewrite the story.
Pilotgolfer 84, Fair enough but it mostly evens out because the competition Novak faced in Roger and Rafa was not as impressive as it sounds. They weren’t the players they had been in their prime when Novak peaked in their prime. So Novak’s 3-0 in Wimbledon finals against Roger sounds impressive but it wasn’t like he was facing Roger from 2003-2009
The H2H with Rafa: We all know Rafa is the GOAT of clay, no question, Rafa can play an entire clay season and not lose a single match, it's insane. But we also know that Roger is the GOAT of grass no doubt; and people have pointed out that most of Roger's losses to Rafa were on clay and if that were instead on grass it would be different. *But now consider this. Roger has played Rafa on clay 10 times or more I believe. HOW DO YOU REACH THE POINT THAT YOU GET TO PLAY RAFA ON CLAY if you are at Fed's ranking??? YOU HAVE TO REACH THE FINAL ON CLAY!!! So why is it that Roger has reached so many clay finals??? Has Rafa reached as many finals on grass? So it is arguable to say that Roger has done better against the field on clay than Rafa has done on grass against the field. This adds to Roger's legacy IMO.* I am still so sad that Roger couldn't take one of those many Roland Garros finals against Rafa, the era was epic, and to reach so many RG finals is amazing, and to not earn one against Rafa is a shame. I think Rafa hurt Roger's confidence. Without Rafa there, I think Roger has maybe 25 or more GS.
i remember Rafa said that Roger is one of the best Clay court player of all time because its not easy to reach so many RG final just like you said bro. Im totally agree with you great analysis 👏👏👏
Roger Federer is a great player people old and young wants to see him on Tennis courts more and more he is very Humble down to earth so far no other Tennis player like him
However, ESPN did decide that the toughest sport was boxing, so Mayweather would therefore be the most dominant at the toughest sport according to them.
"best human being" would not believe that he is that even just among the top 50 tennis players "greatest of all time" so far yes (though we need to wait for nadal/djok/fed careers to end to see for sure )
He was talking about back that time only. Few years later, he said Djokovic is up there and who's the greatest can only be stated after all 3 of their career is over.
Very classy from Roger to be reserved in the locker room because Andy was very disappointed. Roger is a gentleman.
But when he looses, he is not such a gentleman anymore. We saw that especially when he lost to Djokovic.
@@ha-qg2ug That one time in 2011, but when else?
Roger Federer's greatness goes beyond his record, you see something magical every time that man steps on a Tennis court. He is without a doubt the great of all time
@Greased Lightning fax
FP Djokovic is coming for your mans throat
Greased Lightning he has a winning record against Federer and nadal and is closing the grand slam gap very quickly Djokovic the real goat 🐐
@Forever Purple N Gold
Oh well said, sometimes it seems he's having an aura around himself which shines brighter than the others!!
Doubt
So honest, so humble and just a nice guy. My favorite American tennis player
american?
Swiss you mean
This guy, Pete and Michael Chang for me are the big 3 of American Tennis.
Andy makes a great point there, its not about h2h but the ability to stay victorious throughout the whole career and tournament. Nadal have been beating Federer even when in his teens but was stuck at no.2 for the longest time simply because he couldn't effectively reach the finals to face Federer. Nadal had a naturally stronger game than Federer but is not consistently able to beat players of all styles and games.
Federer had a more effective game to defeat many different types of players thus consistently reaching the finals. Even when he is weaker in h2h against Nadal he still have a some wins over him, goes to show how Federer is able to modify and change his games according to his opponent. Nadal quickly became no.1 and win slams on different surface when he was able to do the same.
and don't forget his dealings with dodgy Dr Fuentes, for his sudden surge on grass- note that he's been poor on grass again, as in his early career, since 2011, didn't win a grass match for 2 prime years from 2012-2014.
mizofan where's your proof of steroid dealings. No proof. Nadal wasn't linked with the Spanish drug scandal. You need a life. Nadal Is a all time great and many see him as the best ever. Maybe u need to stop obsessing over him
There were no links between Fuentes and Nadal except that they were both Spanish.
Hey, mizo, you ol' fogey, if you're Russian, I bet you're a Fancy Bears hacker.
Some people tend to think Novak and Rafa are better players than Roger due to the h2h’s but they are wrong. Realistically the odds are stacked against Roger the most in the big 3 because he is the oldest and his favourite surface (grass) only lasts for a month. Rafa has the advantage of his favourite surface lasting 3 and a half months. That is the only reason he leads the h2h with Roger. Roger doesn’t have a specific factor which helps him yet he’s still beaten Rafa 6/7 times they last played. Novak has by far the biggest advantage though because he is the youngest and only had to face injured Rafa on clay instead of prime Rafa (unlike Roger). So he really was expected to get ahead in the h2h’s, especially as he’s played them way more than they used to play him when they were in their prime
mizofan lol.. how would doping make u better on grass when its clay thats more taxing on the body? I’ve never Seen someone cramp on grass but ive Seen it plenty on clay. U make no sense
JAN 30 2018
The Most Humble Tennis Great of All Time!
No one will ever play tennis as graceful,
as powerful and as passionate as RF!
Roger Federer didn't freaking ruin Andy Roddick's career. What an absolute stupid thing to say. Roddick had a great career, a grand slam winner and Wimbledon finalist on three occasions. He came up against a great player, who many players couldn't compete against, not just Roddick
***** I think it would be more. Federer also took him out in several other Grand Slams semi-finals. On the AO, i think it was 4 or 5 times. Aside from Rafael Nadal, no one could compete with Federer from 2004 to 2008-2009. I am also a huge Roddick's fan. The dude to me is a wimbledon champion, at least in my book he is.
I am aware of that. My point is that it's not about how good you are against one person, but, how solid and great are your results overall. If you look in numbers, semis, finals, ranking history, Roddick is way better than both of them. Also, Roddick also defeated Federer 3 times. He just played Federer way more because he reached way more finals and semi-finals and kept a better ranking for longer.
About that i kinda disagree. You are the best of the time you are playing. The courts became slower, not only in the past 10 years, in the past 20 years they had been changing. The technology of the raquets improved as well. The returners got more and more advantages against the servers, the baseliners against the volley playing types,the long rallys against the amazing one-two-tree shots. Roddick was a great example of the old tennis school that today doesn't win big tournements anymore. It's not his fault, it's just how it is. If he had born in the 90s he would had been one of the greatest of all times, and, well, djokovic and murray probally wouldn't had won even one slam, the same for Nadal because with a 90s raquet he couldn't produce that much Top Spin and the courts were way faster. It's all about timing.
He would had won at least 3 or 4 more if Federer wasn't there. I don't think he would had lost in Wimbledom 2003 (semi), 2004 and 2005 (final) if it wasn't for federer. He lost to him in 4 or 5 semi-finals in the Australian Open and the 2006 US open Final. His confidence would had been very different. I don't know, i think that Federer broke his path more than any other.
I agree, but results don't lie. He was number 2 throw 2004 and until nadal appeared. He was number 3 for a long time. It's all about timing i guess.
I 100% Agree.
Roger Federer is the Best Player Ever.
Federico Mejia The stats speak for themselves. He is an absolute legend.
20 Grand Slams now !
not so fast
Nadal est le meilleur des 2 . Djokovic sera le GOAT . In Shāa Allah.
Yes
As far as talent goes yes, but I fear Djokovic will go on to win more Grand Slams than him or Nadal
Djokivic has about 220 total wins, Roger has around 340. That's a big gap. Grand Slams? I do not think so.
James Dunn Djokovic has 16 grand slams, the highest Elo rating and a winning record against Federer and nadal the two other best guys the sport has ever seen. Aside from injury stoping Djokovic he will soar past Federer’s 20 and nadal’s 18 in the next few years.
I'd rather be a blind moth Djokovic has only won 4 of the last 5 grand slams if it wasn’t for his injury he would Already be passing roger by now there is work to be done but he has many years to do it and he’s clearly peaking currently
Nadal is better at the net than Federer! Federer is the guy who is most dependent on his serve! so djokovic & Nadal are better! Talent? Federer hits more winners but also his a lot of unforced errors compared to the other 2! Djokovic was only playing maximum at 70% days ago at WIM, still won in the end!
Be afraid bro
That really shows the class of roger... he waited to express his Joy after he comforted Andy who was heartbroken....
why's she interviewing Stifler? 😅😂 andy roddick looks like sean william scott
Yes, the ugly version of Stifler!
I would so much rather have 1on1 interview with Stifler's mother =)) cheers!
Stifler 😂😂🤣
Yup, he sure looks like him now.
Iv always thought that haha
As a tennis fan. I'm happy to have been able to watch Roddick play. He was awesome for the sport. Great guy too. Much respect.
Roger Federer has 11 Hard court Slams 8 Grass court slams And 1 Clay court Slam. Nadal has 3 hard court slams 2 Grass and 10 Clay court Slams. It doesn't take much to work out who is the superior player here ? Roger Federer hands down. Am very inspired by his attitude and watching him play the way he does at 35-6 is truly incredible. I see nothing stopping him take another Slam ( make it 20 ) and finish the year world No. 1
Dude you ok now in 2022?
@@adityagouravdas929 Yeah and in another couple of years Novak Djokovic will most prob have 23. Or more who knows what happened as time passes…?
@@adityagouravdas929 He's 50% right. Won another slam, but didn't finish no 1. And now Djoko is 1 short of his 23 prediction.
@@drstew1 Welcome to 2023
Roger,it has always been a privilege and pleasure to watch you play.You are an amazing champion and a gentleman on and off the court.In my book,you are the greatest ever and i greatly admire you.
Yes. Federer is the greatest of al the time. His legacy is beyond tennis.
Lol now he's third
@@sin8901 Nadal is better than Federer only on clay, and nowhere else! Nowhere! Federer is undoubtedly better than Nadal on hard courts and grass, and we can clearly see the proof of that in their careers and h2h on each of these surfaces. Nadal better than Federer?! Never! This is not not my opinion, it's an objective fact that anyone who knows tennis will clearly see. Nadal might have more Slams, but that doesn't mean he's above Federer.
@@ha-qg2ug How that? truth be told, Nadal beat Federer at Wimbledon on grass and beat him at the Australian Open on Hard but Roger could never beat Nadal at Roland Garros
@@ahmedisa3723 True Federer never won more than a single set off Nadal at RG. Getting hammered 14- to 2 on clay he was never a real competitor to Nadal on that surface. But Djokovic has eclipsed both of them. He's only deciding how much to win by now. And the only one to beat both of the other 2 at all four of the slams.
@@sin8901second. Djokovic > Federer > Nadal
Best ever and a gentleman as well. Very rare on the courts these days. Not surprised that he chose Stefan Edberg for a coach. Another gentleman.
Well said by Andy.
To see Djokovic pass them all is crazy, truly a dark horse
still not the best numbers means nothing and sports well its means but not everthing ask every human with a healthy brain he gonna rank them roger rafa then joko and that fact
@@ouazizireda8809Nadal is just a clay merchant he doesn’t belong here. Djokovic > Federer > Nadal
they're all great!
novak, rafael, roger.
Thanks, Andy. I love the mutual respect we have for each other, and good luck with your future in broadcasting.
Hi
20 Grand Slams now as at Feb 19th, 2018 and today back at Number 1 on the ATP Ranking list after winning in Amsterdam.
Didn't Roddick say the outcome of the 2017 Australian Open final would determine this GOAT debate? And yeah, it confirmed his and our opinion
Bla bla bla now Federer is third
I love watching these old interviews. Andy was right then...and is right now.
Considering Roger now has 19 and still going, Roger is definitely the GOAT; even greats like Sampras, Borg, Becker, Lendl, McEnroe... They have called it, Roger is GOAT.
Djokovic is going to catch him over 20 slams
@@sincm9124 as of today
5 years later, the debate is laid to rest!
no;NOT TRUE
GOd bless you roger,the times and success already proved how good you are.we 're very happy and enjoy to watching you play tennis and we don't really care you win or not, you are
Nice to hear that Roddick appreciated Federer's reserved demeanor in the locker room after their 2009 Wimbledon epic. Obviously we as fans didn't get to see that.
I remember, having watched that match, feeling uncomfortable seeing Federer stride out to receive the trophy in that silly looking cream suit with "15" embroidered in gold, in front of Roddick. That didn't seem classy to me. Ah well, nobody's perfect.
Obviously his sponsor (Nike?) at the time thought it was a good idea to design this and have him wear it. So then he was obligated. Looking back I bet he'd probably decide that may be wasn't such a good idea. I don't care what anyone says in the grand scheme of things, and as you say no one's perfect, but overall Roger's always, been or tried to be a class act. He's the best I've ever seen and there will never be another.
The suit was before the match and didn't have 15 embroidered on it. He put on a fairly normal looking tracksuit jacket with 15 on it when he won, I doubt Roddick even noticed.
Well, this is the reason why I respect Roddick!!! Love Roger
Fed and Nadal have played 15 times on clay (13-2, Rafas best surface) but only 3 (2-1) times on grass which is is Feds best surface... What if that was reversed?
Their H2H would be drastically different. Fed coming close and maybe even tying it (btw I'm a Nadal fan and fed fan as well) they are both so legendary
I most certainly agree with you...however in my view rogers best surface is indoor hard and then grass...on grass nadal has beaten him before but he has never beaten roger on indoor hard...not to mention rogers amazing record at basel and the world tour finals
Vinay Easwaran
Interesting I've never thought of that but you have a point. How many WTFs has Roger won?
Hes got 6 WTF titles
Casual fans have a very skewed view of the Nadal Federer rivalry. Many of them fail to realize the stylistically terrible match up for Federer, as well as the fact that they've met so few times on grass and indoor hard (where Federer dominates) and so many times on clay and outdoor hard (where Nadal dominates). To top it all off, Nadal is 5 years younger than Federer, and most of their matches had the age in Nadal's favor. If not for the ridiculous amount of times they met on clay and the few meetings they've had on grass, Nadal would still be ahead of him in head to head, but it wouldn't be nearly this lopsided. If they were the same age, it would be almost even- and that's taking into account Nadal's stylistic advantage over Federer. All in all, it's pretty clear that prime Roger Federer was a generally superior player to prime Nadal. The same goes for Djokovic. I'm a huge Nadal fan, but I have to admit, Nadal is one of the most overrated players there is. His positive H2H record against Djokovic meant nothing in the early days, when Djokovic wasn't a top level player and Nadal was, so Nadal kept getting wins off of him. Since 2011, Djokovic has been destroying Nadal, but people still flaunt Nadal's positive record against Djokovic, which was built on beating an incomplete Djokovic who wasn't even close to the level of Fed and Nadal at the time.
+Gerop i absolutely agree with you... on clay and outdoor hard... the court helps nadal get much more bounce then on grass and indoor hard and he has used that effectively on those surfaces against federer particularly to federers backhand... nadal doesnt have anywhere near the amount of natural talent as the likes of roger... but he is one of the more gritty fighters and that is the main reason for his success... but if the 2 had played more on grass or indoor hard the balance of power would have been shifted considerably in federers favor..
its no question, and tonight winning his record 18th grand slam say's it all
hmm
He's on 20 Grand Slams now !
that reporter is fucking hot.
unowen7591 my god
TLC I mean, come on. Look at those legs.
unowen7591 Yeah, mean, I agree with you
She's a grandma.
no u are
Is that even a question? BTW i miss Andy Roddick :(
listening to roddick talk about federer in the locker room after wimbledon 09...wow fed is the man.
Roger always seemed to respect and like Arod and vice versa..Roger has called Andy a good friend. It's so interesting how people can separate things and be rivals+ friends at the same time.
He didn't see Novak coming
To be fair, no one at that time thought so either.
Why is this even a discussion?
best comment.
in 2013 a decent case could still have been made for Laver but now it's over
In 2011...those in the know placed the crown on Fed...including Rod Laver(who said it multiple times) we were and are right.
Who's watching this in 2017? 😁
What a nice guy Roddick is.
What a man to console his opponent after winning
THe Legend.
Andy and Roger are my two favorite players of all time. However, I wish people would respect Andy more. Staying in the top ten for over ten years, a grand slam, 30+ atp titles and a Davis Cup trophy is nothing to scoff at.
Everybody talks about Roger/Rafa head to head but the perspective they don't bring, is that if Roger where NOT such a competitive player on clay, Nadal would not lead their head to head! When it comes to the head to head with Nadal, Roger is a victim of his own success!
I think Roger is as good in clay as any other surface, but Nadal is just ridiculous in clay
@@jdslfc It is also the left handed thing that Andy noted
#1 and #2, Federer and Nadal, for years. During that time that Nadal didn't make it to the finals, when he got beaten earlier, then Federer of course had no chance to defeat him. But that is important if you look at H2H! Roger is ALWAYS there: Nadal is frequently away for a month, two, or more! Besides, there is the double record, with the #1 for Federer. longest weeks at #1 than any player, and within that, longets, week-by-week #1! amazing! then, The Masters Cup titles,playing against top players! He was at his best, too. So, Nadal is great on clay, but all around, he is not close to Federer, can't be said that they are abreast at all.
2018 and Roger trashed Nadal 5 times in a row. Won 19 slams and continues to write history.
My argument is that having the most athleticism =/= being the best athlete. Being the best at your sport is all about results (being dominant), so being the best athlete you is about results. We can compare the greateset athletes by their athleticism, but then you get the argument that you're having with everyone else here ("He has more endurance!" "Yea, but he's more explosive!"). Every sport requires different kinds of athleticism. If you consider golf a sport, then Woods is one of the best.
i think so too andy
There is a quote from Roger which goes:"People say I have a problem with clay. I don't have a problem with clay I have a problem with Rafa. The guy is unbelievable.." if it was not for Rafa Roger would have 5 or 6 French Opens. The same can be said for Andy at Wimbledon. He would have 3 or if it was not for Roger.
The same can be said for Federer on Wimbledon. He would have 11 if it was not for Novak. Not to mention that the same can be said for Federer on Australian Open as well. He might've won 10 if it was not for Novak.
off court Andy Roddick...is one the smartest / funniest guys you will meet...
Andy roddick is my favorite player of all time
There's just a man.
PETE SAMPRAS.
the BEST player of Ever.
Never cried when he Lost matches nor even laughed in Víctories.
A gentleman,a great tennis player,the BEST.
ROGER is the best ever.every part of his life it quality so good,no one like him.He's the greatest tennis of all time,he will stay in people heart forever.
8 years ago, he was.
Man Fox just loves to horde the blonde bombshells interviewers huh? They basically took all the best looking blonde from ESPN and paid them more LOL.
Roger Federers definately the greatest... clas act, all the time you watch him... on and off the court... greatest sportman of all time... any sport...
the Fed/Nadal debate... Nadal beats Federer all the time but Fed has all the records in tennis that matter. Truth is they are both great.
H2H is not even the main factor.
If you want to talk about how H2H is the most important element in tennis, than it means Dominik Hrbaty is the greatest of all time.
Davydenko 6 Nadal 5, Davydenko 2 Federer 19. Nadal's h2h success v Federer is largely due to Federer being a better, more consistent all round player and Nadal not turning up when form and surface don't suit him; not good enough to play Federer a lot of the time, never mind beat him.
A few years later, Federer won 5 in a row against Nadal, 1523 now.
And it looks like it will be even better for Federer in the future !
Brown h2h Nadal is 2-0
Ferdous Alam You can't use Dustin' s H2H to undermine Rafas H2H dominance over Federer because it's only two matches .Everyone knows if Dustin played Nadal 20 times Nadal would win most of them.Federer lost against a guy ranked 145 this year.That 0-1 H2H against Federer means nothing.But if Federer lost to that guy 11/17 matches then that is significant.So Rafas H2H dominance over Federer is significant because it involved 35 matches.If you were able to defeat your friend 60% of the time that you played would you think that you weren't as good as him because he could beat a lot of guys that you've lost to? Of course not.Every time you would face your friend you'd be confident that you could beat him cause you were the better player.Its the same with Nadal.When Nadal had to face Federer did he see Federer as the better player because Federer had more success against the rest of the field? No.Because of his H2H dominance he always saw himself as the better player.
Some former players are NOT good pundits (most british commentators :P bar henman, goodall and petchey is ok) but ARod looks like he could be a good one. He has always been very eloquent and articulate. His interview with Feds was great, worth a watch!
Yes
This man predicted the future !!
Interesting take on Rafa Fed here. About the time this was made, Fed finally got Rafas number. The last time Rafa beat Fed off the clay was … *2014*. Fed is unbeaten grass-hard since then in a dozen matches with Rafa. A couple of them were beat downs.
Not at this time he didn't, not until 2017 and that was for one year only. After that it was 1-1. About the time this video was made in 2013 Rafa beat Fed 5 times in a row, until 2014 AO. Fed had Rafa's number late on with 5 wins in a row but Rafa had Fed's number long before that when he beat Fed 5 times in a row on 3 different occasions much earlier in their careers.
@@ashleythomas4112 Sure Nadal beat Fed a lot earlier in their careers, and overall record is 24-16 Nadal. Record starting 2015 is 7-0 Fed on hard-grass, 1-0 Nadal on clay. That kind of turn around in rivalries is rare.
When you look at fed,s record from the start he is the greatest tennis player ever ,that we will see in our life time period!
Back in 2013 Andy might have been right...but it's hard to see Nadal catching RF now that he's on the wane as well. I could see a scenario where they both end on 17...
Will LC1996 Nah, Rafa will be lucky to win one more. Fed's best chance to win another has him going through Murray tomorrow and Novak (most likely) on Sunday. Tough.
Lucky to win one more?? Not correct. He has already won two more in 2017. Australian open and Wimbledon!!!!
Kevin N Federer just won Wimbledon!
Yo this was 5 years ago!!!!!
Yes he is the greatest of now he will always be rated as one of the greatest but who knows who’s to come after him but in my eyes yes he is the greatest
the classiest thing about Roger, he doesnt think he is the GOAT because he thanks the previous legends and generations for building tennis and inspiring him to play it. making the sport through them gave him the platform to compete and take up this sport. humble RF.
Roger Federer is not just the greatest tennis player, he is the greatest athlete in planet earth
Two years late Nadal has no chance of catching Roger.
+Duc Luc Three years later after wins in monte-carlo and barcelona i wouldn't bet against him being able to catch roger just by winning yet more french open's
+qubitz He wins a couple of tournaments and that guarantees him several more slams? Haha, you're both silly
Duc Luc Years later he does again. He has 2 this year currently same as Federer and is playing very well.
1-Djokovic
2-federer
3-nadal....
I am a Serbian and I think Roger Federer is the best player ever.
Por qué discutirlo? Más claro, imposible. El Sr. Federer es The Goat. Habrá quienes lo rebatan y están en su derecho, cada quien su gusto
0:45 “it was Federer’s 5th win...uh 6th win at WimbleTIN” 🗣😐
She is soooo fit. Sweet god
Yessssss
When is this from?
This has become a weird question to ask. He is not only the greatest tennis player of all time but the best athlete of all time.
Melissa Stark is the name of the legs.
you are the savior this world needs.
Tnx
Martin Kirkov I'm pretty sure that's Charissa Thompson not Melissa Starke although they look very similar.
Roddick is actually really astute - he'd make a great commentator.
If the world were to end tomorrow, I would say it is the best of "all time". Until now it is the best, but in the future someone better can be born.
Yes, I would like to say that. But only count finals in the four slam tournaments. Not warm up matches in journeymen tournaments.
ok then of course stan ist a better tennis player than rafa. haha
@@dz8bm85 How? Nadal has so much more Grand Slam finals than Stan. Like what?
Yes he is the best media created Tennis player. On the Tennis court there is this Serb, I forgot but he has a nice name.....
Watch out for Novak Djokovic, hazardous player, slowly approaching the top.
0:47 lol wimbleTON
SkyreeXScalabar ditto lol..wimbolTON..but she is hotTON as hellTON!..go girl
Haha the Americans always say Wimbleton
There is something about Rogers style that I feel he is the GOAT. It's not about 20 GS he won but it's the number of runner up's, semi's and quaters he have will never be match ever by anyone!! That show how consistent and tough he is for all players!!! Period
Those legs stole all the thunder.
Federer is just built different guys 39 years old ffs and still dealing man nadal and Djokovic are both unreal but for me federer is just different the guys unreal
40-15 lol
Well Djokovic might now have something to say about the goat convo
Nah still not better than Roger. Some people tend to think Novak and Rafa are better players than Roger due to the h2h’s but they are wrong. Realistically the odds are stacked against Roger the most in the big 3 because he is the oldest and his favourite surface (grass) only lasts for a month. Rafa has the advantage of his favourite surface lasting 3 and a half months. That is the only reason he leads the h2h with Roger. 12 times they played on clay from 2005-2010 when Rafa was unbeatable. Roger leads the h2h on all other surfaces. Roger doesn’t have a specific factor which helps him yet he’s still beaten Rafa 6/7 times they last played. Novak has by far the biggest advantage though because he is the youngest and only had to face injured Rafa on clay instead of prime Rafa (unlike Roger). So he really was expected to get ahead in the h2h’s, especially as he’s played them way more than they used to play him when they were in their prime. He played prime Roger 19 times but played Roger in his 30’s 27 times. And Roger had the higher win percentage in his prime years
Jimnosnow 4 Roger v Rafa isn’t even a consideration. Roger hands down a better player than Rafa. Don’t care about their h2h for the points you’ve given. I think the true goat comp is between Nole and Roger. Nole has had to play his entire career against the other members of the big 4. I looked it up, he’s played only a couple finals against people not named Fed/Nadal/Murray. He only has one major victory against someone outside the big 4. Fed I think won 13 of his against other than the big 4 (of course he basically created the current era). Point is, Djokovic didn’t have the luxury of playing “lesser” opponents in major finals and yet he is only 4 behind Fed. His game translates well to all surfaces unlike Nadal, but like Fed. I think it’s between Fed and Djok and only time will tell. Roger is definitely it for now, but barring injury Djokovic has a chance to rewrite the story.
Pilotgolfer 84, Fair enough but it mostly evens out because the competition Novak faced in Roger and Rafa was not as impressive as it sounds. They weren’t the players they had been in their prime when Novak peaked in their prime. So Novak’s 3-0 in Wimbledon finals against Roger sounds impressive but it wasn’t like he was facing Roger from 2003-2009
Jimnosnow 4 prime isn’t what it used to be though
No he doesn't. Roger is the best and it's not even close.
Yes. And u might be the hottest news anchor of all time.
hahahah lol
Answer : YES.
The H2H with Rafa: We all know Rafa is the GOAT of clay, no question, Rafa can play an entire clay season and not lose a single match, it's insane. But we also know that Roger is the GOAT of grass no doubt; and people have pointed out that most of Roger's losses to Rafa were on clay and if that were instead on grass it would be different. *But now consider this. Roger has played Rafa on clay 10 times or more I believe. HOW DO YOU REACH THE POINT THAT YOU GET TO PLAY RAFA ON CLAY if you are at Fed's ranking??? YOU HAVE TO REACH THE FINAL ON CLAY!!! So why is it that Roger has reached so many clay finals??? Has Rafa reached as many finals on grass? So it is arguable to say that Roger has done better against the field on clay than Rafa has done on grass against the field. This adds to Roger's legacy IMO.* I am still so sad that Roger couldn't take one of those many Roland Garros finals against Rafa, the era was epic, and to reach so many RG finals is amazing, and to not earn one against Rafa is a shame. I think Rafa hurt Roger's confidence. Without Rafa there, I think Roger has maybe 25 or more GS.
Now that is a logical explanation. Nice one dude....and I am not saying it just because I am a huge Fed fan.
i remember Rafa said that Roger is one of the best Clay court player of all time because its not easy to reach so many RG final just like you said bro. Im totally agree with you great analysis 👏👏👏
Of course
Big 3 in the Wimbeldon semifinals. Whoever wins I think will eventually be considered the best all time.
That's a bit disrespectful to Bautista Agut. Time to take a leaf out of Roger Federer's book there bro.
Roger Federer is a great player people old and young wants to see him on Tennis courts more and more he is very Humble down to earth so far no other Tennis player like him
I like Andy thounght: he is not the best tennis player but the more honest.
who's better?
Andy is the guy that you wanna go to a bar, though he'll probably start a fight there.
However, ESPN did decide that the toughest sport was boxing, so Mayweather would therefore be the most dominant at the toughest sport according to them.
Roger best ever and best human being too
"best human being" would not believe that he is that even just among the top 50 tennis players
"greatest of all time" so far yes (though we need to wait for nadal/djok/fed careers to end to see for sure )
if Ali kayos frazier 10 times and frazier kayos ali 3 times, who is the better player?
This hasn’t aged too well has it?
He was talking about back that time only. Few years later, he said Djokovic is up there and who's the greatest can only be stated after all 3 of their career is over.
It aged fine. At the time of recording he is saying Fed is the GOAT.
Djokovic, like a true ninja, slipped by both of them to take the goat title
This has aged well 😂 for us Goatkovic fans. Novak Djokovic the undisputed greatest sportsman of all time! 🐐
And best person ever
Roddick has always been much better in interviews then he has been in court