We must remember that Rafael is the big player that kept Roger from winning a few FO finals. Roger was always an elite all surface genius. He deserved his FO Crown.
In my eyes Federer was damn good in clay, he had “ unfortunately “ run into the path of the best clay court player ever in Rafael Nadal, same can be said to Andy Roddick facing Federer in grass. His win over prime Djokovic in 2011 for me is his best performance in clay, a truly outstanding match performed by Federer
I feel so happy for Roger because he was manage to win at least one Rolland Garros because Zero is the word which you dont want to find in the champion players dictionary. At last Thanks Roger💖 for everything 😢😢😢
@@leiya107 Roger would have won like 4/5 RG if Nadal wasn't born. On the other side, people also like to diminish Rafa's talent on other surfaces than clay, but he is also one of the best ever at each surface
Federer is an allcourt player, consistent accross all courts, having reached minimum 5 finals in each grandslam, & winning many other titles thats why according to me he is the best player ever. His claycourt game is vastly underrated thanks to a guy name Rafa who is the God of clay. If many more atp tournaments would have been held on grass & hard courts, he would have a few more of atp titles… Wishing him a happy retirement…❤
@@Romans8-9 correct me if I’m wrong, but isn’t hard court just 50%? Unless grass is considered hard too? Just basing it off of how there’s 4 majors and the tune up tournaments are usually corresponding to those surfaces right?
@@vincentyou266 The grass court season is tiny. Its like 1 month long and theres only two 500 tourneys held at the same time. Halle and Queen´s club. Then Wimbledon is worth 2000. So if you are a pro, you are only really playing two tourneys a season on grass. On clay you have 3 1000 events. There are none on grass. Rome, Madrid and Monte Carlo. Then Roland Garros worth 2000. And its like 2 months long. Not including South American clay season. The rest of the season is all hard court. So yeah 75% is about right.
@@AlejandroGarcia-wz1qi djockovic can better adapt to any surface hands down But if Rogers is feeling it , then he can demolish anyone in their prime Onlyone who came close and beat djockovic and Nadal at their prime He's a streak stopper
@@adhireddy7771 the problem is that this relies on Federer playing his absolute best. Djokovic has the occasional bad match, but his average is still extremely hard to beat. His game is built on consistency and Federer needed to play at his best just to beat Djoko’s normal level. Djokovic in top form is much harder to beat, because he is like a machine that will return everything and not make errors.
02:06 that passing shot on rotation against Nalpandian was just insane! I could still remember seeing it that day and thinking it was probably the best shot I’d ever see!!
Meh, hes never taken Nadal to the deciding sets. When Nadal's a kid he couldn't have done it, no chance when Nadal's in prime. Djokovic fought harder, it's like 8 losses Vs Nadal in RG and won 2
Well there's no "deserve" in tennis but he did get to four finals against Nadal and also the 2005 semi. In a Nadal-less world he probably wins minimum two of those 5 to give him three RG titles. But in a Federer-less world Nadal wins two more Wimbledons and another Aussie Open.
Yeah, 2006 was the year, I think. Had he converted that 2 MPs in Rome, two weeks ago, I think he would have won in RG. He started very strong with 6-1 in the first.... 2011 was the second best chance
@@anonsurfer If you take Nadal out, Federer would still be nowhere near the best claycourter as Djokovic would've won almost all French opens post 2010 genius 🤦.
Exactly, it was then or never, and that point Vs Haas featured here at 4:15, with bad quality was probably the most important point of all of these, and there's a reason why bad quality and all they HAD to feature it, up to that point he was losing the match, if he'd missed that one, he'd have lost without Nadal in the draw anymore. Long live the King(s).
How come it is not mentioned the first time as a 1st seed, facing Guga Kuerten in 2004? Roger played Guga and Nadal at RG, two generations of clay kings! Respect
From a Novak fan, congrats Roger on an amazing career! You have raised the bar for the other two legends to follow and you made tennis so enjoyable to watch! Btw the one they do for Nadal when he retires is gonna be an hour long tribute video lmao.
@@MrTomNguyen c’mon..yes he’s a clay merchant but he still has 8 non clay majors. Few players in history have 8 majors in total. So he is great anywhere, but is the worst of the 3 outside of clay.
I really wish Roger could have found a way to get one of those finals against Rafa. I still remember that dropshot that he barely missed in the first set against Rafa in 2011. I think if he could have taken that first set, things may have been different.
Now , the trinity of tennis is gone, the swiss maestro left… remaining only the beast and the cyborg . The golden era is now finally start to his naturally end. Thanks maestro ,beast and cyborg for this era.
Fed's game on clay was so ridiculously undermined. I mean, let's keep his title and losses there to Rafa aside, and focus on his play. Fabulous shotmaking, that'd make a highlight reel any day. Quick movements, his precision isn't talked about enough on this surface. For a complex surface such as this, you need good legs to move around, making the reason for him to skip it for so many years! 🙂
If not for Rafa or single handed backhand versus Rafa, I am sure he would have won at least 8 on clay. He always had Borg in his vision and one of his very first titles was Hamburg on CLAY!!!
@Rolland Garros - Now that Roger has retired, please try and consider uploading all of his matches at Roland Garros in this amazing quality. All of his matches should be publicly available now, they should be selected for preservation as being "culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant", just like the US Library of Congress does with classic outstanding movies.
Not the most exciting but probably the most satisfying win for Federer; it enabled him to complete the career grand slam and therefore left him with nothing more to prove. Roland Garros was always his most hard-fought tournament.
Thank Goodness for 2009. He’s too great of a player not to win one. This isn’t like Lendl at Wimbledon where it was never gonna happen. Roger really had a beautiful clay game
2011 has to be the most frustrating season of Roger's career. In all 4 Slams, he was playing at a very high level, but was unable to close out his strong performances. 2011 RG, he played perhaps his best match ever, stopping Nole's win streak. Had a 5-2 lead in the 1st set against Rafa and if not for a drop shot missing by a centimeter, would have closed out that set. Who knows how that match would have played out had Roger won that set. Then in Wimbledon, he built a 2 set lead over Tsonga in the QF, but somehow found a way to lose. Then in the Us Open, let a 2 set lead slip away against Nole in the SFs. And still, he had two Match points on his own serve in the 5th set, but ultimately lost the match. In a perfect world, Fed might have won 2 Slams that year. Instead, it was the first time in his career (since 2003) not winning a single GS in a year.
Absolutely agree, brother! I have followed Roger's career very closely for the last 15 years and 2011 was very very frustrating indeed. AO was the least painful I guess, as he was outplayed by Nole in th SF. In RG he should have won the first set 6-2 and then God knows... For me to this day Wimbledon 2011 is one of the great mysteries of Roges's careed. How he managed to loose on his favorite court from 2-0 from a Tsonga, who was not a grass court player at all. And US open is just a total hartbreak. Not being able to convert 2MPs second year in a row. I guess the 2010 match haunted him when he got to serve it out. Had he won, we would be able to witness the Fed Nadal final at the US open that we never had. For sure, 2011 Roger was pretty capable of winning 1 or 2 slams at least.
yes, I agree, 2011 was really frustrating season for Roger. When I look back, I also cannot understand how he could have lost to Tsonga in Wimbledon from 2:0 lead, thats crazy, as well as the defeat from Novak at the USO, but this is well known story where Roger really choked badly and didnt convert MPs on his own serve, so the loss from Tsonga was a bit forgotten I think. He was really capable to beat Novak at Wimbledon, so it is a pity he blowed it that year, and similar incomprehensible match and loss even from the MP came in 2018 against Kevin Anderson. Then again, the match where he defeated Novak at RG was great from Roger, now doubt about that, but still he could not beat Nadal and pick the title so again,he was a bit unlucky like many times in his career, had he won againt Novak at AUS Open instead of FO, he would have very likely grabbed the title there, what would have been better for sure. Then of course another frustrating match was W2019 Final, and I believe had he won the SF at USO 2011, he would have also won that match, but this came to his mind and choked again on the MPs, that was really heartbreaking loss. I also remember the USO 2015 final, another terrible match to watch..there were so many blown breakpoints from Roger that he could have also won it, but he wasnt confident enough to convert them, so here I would blame a bit Rogers team that he should have been prepared better in his head, but we wasnt. Similar story is I think RG 2007 final with the BP conversion against Rafa. So against Novak in those close matches it was realy about confidence since 2011 from Roger, he should have won at least 2 of them. When looking back to the rivalry with Rafa, on clay of course he was the beast and Roger had really bad match up with him, the one handed bh against his brutal topspin fh was a real issue on clay. I still think he could put up a better fight and get into the decider at least once, what he did it in Rome once on really slow clay, big pity he didnt win this match, he had 2 MPs there. He was playing with smaller rocket head as well, and should have changed it earlier, in 2014 it was too late I think. He should also have been prepared better tactically for these matches, like in 2017 or later he had no problem with Rafa outside clay so it was really possible, the "neo" BH helped him without any doubt to beat him, and who knows how it would work on clay in 2017, but Roger skipped RG that year. And I am pretty sure that he would have been capable to win at least one close match outside clay, either Wimbledon 2008 or Aus Open 2009 with better tactics. There are also two another GSs that he could have won both, or at least one of them for sure,it is AO05 and tough loss from MP to Safin and then of course USO 09, I like Del Potro, but this is really hard to understand how Roger could not win this. To sum it up, Roger had really great career, but still he missed so many chances to grab some more major titles against his greatest rivals or at those other two occasions I mentioned (apart from incomprehensible losses at W to Tsonga or Anderson, but these were only QFs, or USO2014 should be mentioned - everything was prepared for Roger after Novaks defeat,but suddenly Cilic showed up with performance of a lifetime so again bad luck for Roger..), and I am pretty sure he was capable to do it, but he somehow didnt manage to do...that still hurts a bit. Of course the age factor at least from 2014 favoured Djokovic in the Djok-Fed rivalry, thats no doubt about it,and slowing down the surfaces as well just at the time when Djokovic turned into his prime...still it isnt an excuse for US11 or Wimby 19 - this was only Rogers fault.
@@ondrejgeneric8980 slowing down of the surfaces around that time? Complete and utter myth with zero proof. They slowed down some courts in the early 2000s. Very scant proof of systematic slowing down of courts after that.
@@ondrejgeneric8980 Roger was getting beaten more often than not by Rafa on any surface, prior to the “slowing down of the courts” myth as said by you. Even though Rafa would have benefited from slower courts more than Novak, Rafa’s H2H actually was worse later in his career to Federer. Maybe they magically sped the courts up again? Lol
@@FacelessWarrior86 2011 was Nole’s year. After 2010 (some can even say after 2009), Fed was pretty miserable compared to Nadal and Djokovic. He won 1 slam from 2011-2016. And 3 from 2017-2018 specifically when Djokovic was injured and playing the worst tennis of his career. Excuses or not, Federer’s career took a horrible turn after 2010 despite the fact he was in great form and was still a top player for nearly a decade after. He didn’t have the mental toughness to beat Djokovic which cost him about 3-4 slams.
The shot at 4:10 was actually the shot of Federer's career. That was his fourth-rounder against Tommy Haas the day after Soderling beat Nadal. With Rafa out suddenly all eyes were on Federer, and he immediately went down two sets to Haas. That point shown was a break point at either 4-4 or 3-4 in the third set. If Haas gets it he only has to hold serve to close out the match. Federer made that ridiculously aggressive inside-out forehand to get to deuce, held, won the third set and then two more to move on. If that ball was an inch further Federer likely never wins RG.
It’s tuff not tearing up while watching him finally win RG.🧡 Precious memories especially the year 2011 and 2019 also for me! Love 🤩 how he played those two years on the clay :D Wish so much he was playing in this years RG :/ 😍 He was such a beautiful player to watch!! I sureeeeeee miss seeing him play!😢💔 Hate that he had to retire the way he did tho because of his knee, darn knee 😩 😫😫
What ? Loooooool ! Have you heard of a human being called Borg ? Roger isn't even 3rd. Not even in top 5 on Clay. I can't believe what you read online sometimes 😑
@@nonody8125 whenever Federer lose, he's out of prime right? Djokovic defeated Nadal 2x being practically the same age. Fed failed to get to a decider in RG, let alone win even when Nadal's a teenager
@@deisolwasser5625 to say Federer is better on clay than Djokovic is absurd tbh. Fed never won Monte Carlo or Rome, only 1 lucky RG While Djokovic won multiple clay masters
I can’t believe that the Roland Garros Official channel forgot completely that Roger played on 2014 and lost to Gulbis in round 4 and he played on 2015 and lost to Wawrinka in Quarterfinals
heartbreaking to see the history on clay. Had Nadal came up a little later, Fed woulda won way more. And for the record, beating Soderling wasn't easy. This clay anomaly took out Nadal that year then removed Fed the next year. Fed had to fight hard to win his only FO. In his mind, this win likely balanced out all the bad losses in the end.
Roger was also a great clay court player but Rafa almost broke him into pieces whenever they met at Roland garros. I wonder what Federer's grand slam tally would look like if there was no Rafa. But whatever his achievements are looks astounding because of his rivalries with Nadal or Djokovic. That's the beauty of the sport. #RForever
When asked which was the most important single point of his career Fed promptly replied RG 2009 VS Tommy Haas. Down and out in the match Fed hit a sensational winner to come back and win the round, and eventually the tournament.
at 2.31 the shot federer played where he ran back and managed a forehand. i just witnessed the exact same shot played by alcaraz watching the highlights of his semi final loss against novad 10 minutes ago!
I felt like he shouldn't have withdrawn in that last RG because clay is actually a little easier on the knees so he really could've gone somewhere with it
Prime Big 3 by surfaces: Slow Hard: 1. Djoko 2. Fed 3. Nadal Fast Hard: 1. Fed 2. Djoko 3. Nadal Grass: 1.Fed 2. Djoko 3. Nadal Clay: 1. Nadal 2. Djoko = Fed
Does anyone know where to find/watch the full match of Roger's last Roland Garros match versus Koepfer? It streamed on Peacock, but they seem to have taken it down.
The way I see it, Fed just did not try hard enough to find a way to beat Nadal on clay, after seeing and testing Nadal in Rome 2006 and In RG finals, I feel Fed decided that it is not worth it for him to grind very hard in clay just to beat Nadal, and will just play for his chances whenever he faces Nadal. He relied on his skills on other surfaces to win more GSs. For some reason, I feel the Fed lost his appetite for more wins, when he saw that tennis became a numbers game rather than a sport that you enjoy playing and he is like “ I could not care less”.
He only lose to king of clay, he never lose to final (FO) to anyone! RF is the 2nd best on clay surface. bagel nadal in all surfaces is the proof he's the greatest on all-around surfaces
From 05-11 Federer lost one match at Roland Garros to every player not named Nadal (ironically losing to Soderling in '10). He went 40-6 in those 7 years.
If not for Rafa, Federer would have won 6 FO titles in those 7 years and maybe a 7th in 2019. Federer was phenomenal on all surfaces, but Rafa on clay is just ridiculous. Two of the best to ever do it.
@@siddharthraghuveeremadaboi2901 federer has only won 1RG and not defeated Nadal on it. Djokovic has 2RG defeating Nadal 2x Federer never won Rome or Monte Carlo, Djokovic did 2x. Djokovic won many more clay masters than Federer. The difference is not huge, but not marginal
@@NamTran-xc2ip Djokovic played in an era of a weakened Nadal, and a significantly weakened Federer. And there is never, ever a huge difference between those that are considered to be at the god tier of tennis.
@@siddharthraghuveeremadaboi2901 weakened? Lmfao 🤣😂😂😂. Nadal is only 1 year older than Djokovic. It’s federer who in his prime couldn’t defeat kid Nadal on clay
Shame he didn't figure out how to beat Nadal at least once in 2005-2008. Or in 2011 after beating the absolute machine, Novak. I mean, Djokovic did it twice. A total no-namer did it as well, and it was in Rafa's prime at RG. So it was definitely possible. Especially for Roger who was a great clay player, with 73 RG wins and 5 finals. Kinda a mystery to me. Roger was the better player out of these two back then. He faced him in the final, in his prime, 3 times in a row, and still couldn't even put up a fight. Wasn't even close. I think that he could've done something different. Prepare in a different way. I don't know, I feel like he should've won at least once.
Injuries are the reason Soderling and Nole could pull it off. Roger was never lucky enough to meet the same Rafa Nole faced in 2015 and 21 or else, he would have won definitely.
After winning at Roland Garos in 2009 Federer should Have Skipped it & Concentrated on Wimbledon... Bcuz... Roland Garos is Slow Surface as it's a Clay court... As it's Energy Sapping .... Before Wimbledon playing there Hampers your Chance of Winning at Wimbledon... Ivan Lendl was Scary to play at Wimbledon Saying " Grass is for Cows "... Federer should Have Taken a leaf of Lesson from Lendl...
We must remember that Rafael is the big player that kept Roger from winning a few FO finals. Roger was always an elite all surface genius. He deserved his FO Crown.
He wouldn’t have ever won if soderling didn’t win though
@@mikemoggerson6651 good thing is we'll never know because Roger found a way as usual😉
@@mikemoggerson6651 always one bitter person… 🤡🤡
@@mikemoggerson6651 Just like Nadal wouldn't have won AO 2022.
@@nonody8125 that’s not nearly as important, considering Nadal had already won the career GS. Fed never would have if Soderling didn’t win that day.
In my eyes Federer was damn good in clay, he had “ unfortunately “ run into the path of the best clay court player ever in Rafael Nadal, same can be said to Andy Roddick facing Federer in grass. His win over prime Djokovic in 2011 for me is his best performance in clay, a truly outstanding match performed by Federer
That's a match for the ages 🖤 in many ways far more special than even some of his wins in the finals of majors ⚡
I agree with you
I feel so happy for Roger because he was manage to win at least one Rolland Garros because Zero is the word which you dont want to find in the champion players dictionary. At last Thanks Roger💖 for everything 😢😢😢
Only because Rafael Nadal wasn't there because of injury
Nadal lost to soldering...fair and square
You're right, and he still had to win it. Whether Rafael was there or not. Roger won it☝🏽☝🏽☝🏽
@@sriharsha5036 he sure did mate ☝🏽
Djokovic is better
This just tells how ridiculously talented Roger is, having these amazing stats at RG and yet sand is considered his worst surface 😂
One of the best ever on clay. Just bad luck playing against the best ever on clay
@@primearchitech Exactly. I don't think people realise just how good a clay-court player Roger is.
@@leiya107 Roger would have won like 4/5 RG if Nadal wasn't born. On the other side, people also like to diminish Rafa's talent on other surfaces than clay, but he is also one of the best ever at each surface
@@primearchitech For my money, Roger is a better clay-court player than Rafa is on grass and hard. I really do think so.
@@leiya107 yeah very likely
Federer is an allcourt player, consistent accross all courts, having reached minimum 5 finals in each grandslam, & winning many other titles thats why according to me he is the best player ever. His claycourt game is vastly underrated thanks to a guy name Rafa who is the God of clay. If many more atp tournaments would have been held on grass & hard courts, he would have a few more of atp titles… Wishing him a happy retirement…❤
He is one of the best ever at clay.
Same for Djokovic
Dude like 75% of the schedule is hardcourt. What more do you want? lol
@@Romans8-9 correct me if I’m wrong, but isn’t hard court just 50%? Unless grass is considered hard too?
Just basing it off of how there’s 4 majors and the tune up tournaments are usually corresponding to those surfaces right?
@@vincentyou266 The grass court season is tiny. Its like 1 month long and theres only two 500 tourneys held at the same time. Halle and Queen´s club. Then Wimbledon is worth 2000. So if you are a pro, you are only really playing two tourneys a season on grass. On clay you have 3 1000 events. There are none on grass. Rome, Madrid and Monte Carlo. Then Roland Garros worth 2000. And its like 2 months long. Not including South American clay season. The rest of the season is all hard court. So yeah 75% is about right.
most underrated clay player of the big 3
Roger was very good on clay. From 2005 to 2010 he was only behind Nadal. However, overall I think Djokovic is a bit better on clay.
@@AlejandroGarcia-wz1qi djockovic can better adapt to any surface hands down
But if Rogers is feeling it , then he can demolish anyone in their prime
Onlyone who came close and beat djockovic and Nadal at their prime
He's a streak stopper
@@adhireddy7771 the problem is that this relies on Federer playing his absolute best. Djokovic has the occasional bad match, but his average is still extremely hard to beat. His game is built on consistency and Federer needed to play at his best just to beat Djoko’s normal level. Djokovic in top form is much harder to beat, because he is like a machine that will return everything and not make errors.
@@mikemoggerson6651 feds A game better than novaks but agree with Djokovic the most consistent player ever
@@mikemoggerson6651 Bullshit. 2011 FO SF should make you shut up. 30+ Federer beating the shit out of peak Djokovic. Djokovic avoided Prime Federer.
Roger won 73 out of 90 matches he attended in the French Open. What an extraordinary winning percentage, he’s a legend on all surfaces. 🎉🎉🎉
He's definetely top 4 clay court player of all time.
02:06 that passing shot on rotation against Nalpandian was just insane! I could still remember seeing it that day and thinking it was probably the best shot I’d ever see!!
Nalbandian should have won 2/3 GS
What a player
TBH Roger deserves to win at least 2 RG. But he is lucky to win 1 in Nadal’s era. Thank you Roger.
Meh, hes never taken Nadal to the deciding sets. When Nadal's a kid he couldn't have done it, no chance when Nadal's in prime.
Djokovic fought harder, it's like 8 losses Vs Nadal in RG and won 2
@@NamTran-xc2ip He dit it on clay in Rome 2006 and actually got to two championship points after 5 hours.
@@molybdaenmornell123hopp5 I meant RG. In masters he defeated Nadal on Hamburg 07.
Well there's no "deserve" in tennis but he did get to four finals against Nadal and also the 2005 semi. In a Nadal-less world he probably wins minimum two of those 5 to give him three RG titles. But in a Federer-less world Nadal wins two more Wimbledons and another Aussie Open.
@@NamTran-xc2ip its a bad matchup with the one hander against rafas lefty forehand on clay, its not that roger was much worse than novak on clay
I'm blessed to see this kind of athlete in my life.
He did for Tennis what Michael Jordan did for Basket Ball all around the world
Wow, the real carlos alcaraz
@@Andrew-X he isn't
@@Laland_1196 no hes real
5:53 - One of his best points ever. With the win of this match, he ended Novaks 43 match win-streak. Thank you Roger! ❤
Yippee, his greatest achievement of 2011 along with the salty and bitter comment against Novak about his “lucky shot” 😂😂😂 Hilarious 😅
The only match that stopped him and his buddy Nadal from going 0-11 against Djokovic that year lol. 1-10 isn’t much better though 🤣
If not for Nadal, Federer would probably be regarded as the greatest clay court player. I wish he had won one of those FO finals against Nadal.
Yeah, 2006 was the year, I think. Had he converted that 2 MPs in Rome, two weeks ago, I think he would have won in RG. He started very strong with 6-1 in the first.... 2011 was the second best chance
are u ser ious？
Novak beat rafa twice in Roland Gaross！
Roger never beat rafa，never！
@@lovenanayinandzhang921 Read what I wrote - "If not for Nadal...".
@@anonsurfer If you take Nadal out, Federer would still be nowhere near the best claycourter as Djokovic would've won almost all French opens post 2010 genius 🤦.
Of all his Grand slam wins his 2009 FO win was probably his best performance under the most pressure to win.
And he was right to have that pressure. Nadal apparently had no plan to stop winning. Fed never would have won one.
Exactly, it was then or never, and that point Vs Haas featured here at 4:15, with bad quality was probably the most important point of all of these, and there's a reason why bad quality and all they HAD to feature it, up to that point he was losing the match, if he'd missed that one, he'd have lost without Nadal in the draw anymore.
Long live the King(s).
How come it is not mentioned the first time as a 1st seed, facing Guga Kuerten in 2004? Roger played Guga and Nadal at RG, two generations of clay kings! Respect
Yes, Guga was in top shape on this day. Bad luck for Roger.
From a Novak fan, congrats Roger on an amazing career! You have raised the bar for the other two legends to follow and you made tennis so enjoyable to watch!
Btw the one they do for Nadal when he retires is gonna be an hour long tribute video lmao.
yea and 95% of it on clay LMAO.
@@MrTomNguyen c’mon..yes he’s a clay merchant but he still has 8 non clay majors. Few players in history have 8 majors in total. So he is great anywhere, but is the worst of the 3 outside of clay.
@@MrTomNguyen Nadal won Wimby 2x defeating Federer in his best surface. Fed win RG once never taken Nadal into the decider, let alone win
7:45 yo @RolandGarros, Federer was a quarter finalist in 2015 remember? It wasn't a 4 year absence.
I really wish Roger could have found a way to get one of those finals against Rafa. I still remember that dropshot that he barely missed in the first set against Rafa in 2011. I think if he could have taken that first set, things may have been different.
Now , the trinity of tennis is gone, the swiss maestro left… remaining only the beast and the cyborg . The golden era is now finally start to his naturally end.
Thanks maestro ,beast and cyborg for this era.
What about alien?
it should be mentioned that the novak federer played in the 2011 semifinals was on a 41 win streak. he simply outclassed him
Fed's game on clay was so ridiculously undermined. I mean, let's keep his title and losses there to Rafa aside, and focus on his play. Fabulous shotmaking, that'd make a highlight reel any day. Quick movements, his precision isn't talked about enough on this surface. For a complex surface such as this, you need good legs to move around, making the reason for him to skip it for so many years! 🙂
If not for Rafa or single handed backhand versus Rafa, I am sure he would have won at least 8 on clay. He always had Borg in his vision and one of his very first titles was Hamburg on CLAY!!!
He on clay had lot of timing to place his backhand except against Rafa. Those line up matches in 2009 RG Final were crazy! 2011 against Nole
@@NarendraNath Yeah, Rafa was/is a nuclear force on clay and he was the one to superiorly overcome his gameplay on clay!
@@NarendraNath Those times were so good. 🥹
Crazier than any other thing on earth! Those days!! Are pure NOSTALGIA
@Rolland Garros - Now that Roger has retired, please try and consider uploading all of his matches at Roland Garros in this amazing quality. All of his matches should be publicly available now, they should be selected for preservation as being "culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant", just like the US Library of Congress does with classic outstanding movies.
Graceful and Elegant movement. Thank you very much for sharing your talents with the world. 😊PRR.
Not the most exciting but probably the most satisfying win for Federer; it enabled him to complete the career grand slam and therefore left him with nothing more to prove. Roland Garros was always his most hard-fought tournament.
Thank Goodness for 2009. He’s too great of a player not to win one. This isn’t like Lendl at Wimbledon where it was never gonna happen. Roger really had a beautiful clay game
Roger must send flowers to Soderling every now and then.
@@rishabhaniket1952 on the contrary they send to Roger 😂😂
2011 has to be the most frustrating season of Roger's career. In all 4 Slams, he was playing at a very high level, but was unable to close out his strong performances. 2011 RG, he played perhaps his best match ever, stopping Nole's win streak. Had a 5-2 lead in the 1st set against Rafa and if not for a drop shot missing by a centimeter, would have closed out that set. Who knows how that match would have played out had Roger won that set. Then in Wimbledon, he built a 2 set lead over Tsonga in the QF, but somehow found a way to lose. Then in the Us Open, let a 2 set lead slip away against Nole in the SFs. And still, he had two Match points on his own serve in the 5th set, but ultimately lost the match. In a perfect world, Fed might have won 2 Slams that year. Instead, it was the first time in his career (since 2003) not winning a single GS in a year.
Absolutely agree, brother! I have followed Roger's career very closely for the last 15 years and 2011 was very very frustrating indeed. AO was the least painful I guess, as he was outplayed by Nole in th SF. In RG he should have won the first set 6-2 and then God knows... For me to this day Wimbledon 2011 is one of the great mysteries of Roges's careed. How he managed to loose on his favorite court from 2-0 from a Tsonga, who was not a grass court player at all. And US open is just a total hartbreak. Not being able to convert 2MPs second year in a row. I guess the 2010 match haunted him when he got to serve it out. Had he won, we would be able to witness the Fed Nadal final at the US open that we never had. For sure, 2011 Roger was pretty capable of winning 1 or 2 slams at least.
yes, I agree, 2011 was really frustrating season for Roger. When I look back, I also cannot understand how he could have lost to Tsonga in Wimbledon from 2:0 lead, thats crazy, as well as the defeat from Novak at the USO, but this is well known story where Roger really choked badly and didnt convert MPs on his own serve, so the loss from Tsonga was a bit forgotten I think. He was really capable to beat Novak at Wimbledon, so it is a pity he blowed it that year, and similar incomprehensible match and loss even from the MP came in 2018 against Kevin Anderson. Then again, the match where he defeated Novak at RG was great from Roger, now doubt about that, but still he could not beat Nadal and pick the title so again,he was a bit unlucky like many times in his career, had he won againt Novak at AUS Open instead of FO, he would have very likely grabbed the title there, what would have been better for sure. Then of course another frustrating match was W2019 Final, and I believe had he won the SF at USO 2011, he would have also won that match, but this came to his mind and choked again on the MPs, that was really heartbreaking loss. I also remember the USO 2015 final, another terrible match to watch..there were so many blown breakpoints from Roger that he could have also won it, but he wasnt confident enough to convert them, so here I would blame a bit Rogers team that he should have been prepared better in his head, but we wasnt. Similar story is I think RG 2007 final with the BP conversion against Rafa. So against Novak in those close matches it was realy about confidence since 2011 from Roger, he should have won at least 2 of them. When looking back to the rivalry with Rafa, on clay of course he was the beast and Roger had really bad match up with him, the one handed bh against his brutal topspin fh was a real issue on clay. I still think he could put up a better fight and get into the decider at least once, what he did it in Rome once on really slow clay, big pity he didnt win this match, he had 2 MPs there. He was playing with smaller rocket head as well, and should have changed it earlier, in 2014 it was too late I think. He should also have been prepared better tactically for these matches, like in 2017 or later he had no problem with Rafa outside clay so it was really possible, the "neo" BH helped him without any doubt to beat him, and who knows how it would work on clay in 2017, but Roger skipped RG that year. And I am pretty sure that he would have been capable to win at least one close match outside clay, either Wimbledon 2008 or Aus Open 2009 with better tactics. There are also two another GSs that he could have won both, or at least one of them for sure,it is AO05 and tough loss from MP to Safin and then of course USO 09, I like Del Potro, but this is really hard to understand how Roger could not win this. To sum it up, Roger had really great career, but still he missed so many chances to grab some more major titles against his greatest rivals or at those other two occasions I mentioned (apart from incomprehensible losses at W to Tsonga or Anderson, but these were only QFs, or USO2014 should be mentioned - everything was prepared for Roger after Novaks defeat,but suddenly Cilic showed up with performance of a lifetime so again bad luck for Roger..), and I am pretty sure he was capable to do it, but he somehow didnt manage to do...that still hurts a bit. Of course the age factor at least from 2014 favoured Djokovic in the Djok-Fed rivalry, thats no doubt about it,and slowing down the surfaces as well just at the time when Djokovic turned into his prime...still it isnt an excuse for US11 or Wimby 19 - this was only Rogers fault.
@@ondrejgeneric8980 slowing down of the surfaces around that time? Complete and utter myth with zero proof. They slowed down some courts in the early 2000s. Very scant proof of systematic slowing down of courts after that.
@@ondrejgeneric8980 Roger was getting beaten more often than not by Rafa on any surface, prior to the “slowing down of the courts” myth as said by you. Even though Rafa would have benefited from slower courts more than Novak, Rafa’s H2H actually was worse later in his career to Federer. Maybe they magically sped the courts up again? Lol
@@FacelessWarrior86 2011 was Nole’s year. After 2010 (some can even say after 2009), Fed was pretty miserable compared to Nadal and Djokovic. He won 1 slam from 2011-2016. And 3 from 2017-2018 specifically when Djokovic was injured and playing the worst tennis of his career. Excuses or not, Federer’s career took a horrible turn after 2010 despite the fact he was in great form and was still a top player for nearly a decade after. He didn’t have the mental toughness to beat Djokovic which cost him about 3-4 slams.
The shot at 4:10 was actually the shot of Federer's career. That was his fourth-rounder against Tommy Haas the day after Soderling beat Nadal. With Rafa out suddenly all eyes were on Federer, and he immediately went down two sets to Haas. That point shown was a break point at either 4-4 or 3-4 in the third set. If Haas gets it he only has to hold serve to close out the match. Federer made that ridiculously aggressive inside-out forehand to get to deuce, held, won the third set and then two more to move on. If that ball was an inch further Federer likely never wins RG.
He is consistent he is goat
Actually Roger Federer has very good stats in RG. 9 consecutive QF's, 4 Finals, 1 FO Slam.
Most Elegant player ever to set foot on a tennis court.
Good job with the video. Excellent editing.
It’s tuff not tearing up while watching him finally win RG.🧡
Precious memories especially the year 2011 and 2019 also for me! Love 🤩 how he played those two years on the clay :D
Wish so much he was playing in this years RG :/
😍 He was such a beautiful player to watch!!
I sureeeeeee miss seeing him play!😢💔
Hate that he had to retire the way he did tho because of his knee, darn knee 😩 😫😫
One and only King Roger
The beauty one handed backhand we will miss him always
He’s arguably the second best clay court player ever…goes to show how amazing Rafa is on clay
What ? Loooooool ! Have you heard of a human being called Borg ? Roger isn't even 3rd. Not even in top 5 on Clay. I can't believe what you read online sometimes 😑
@@Ky-fm8ho calm down Ky Jelly
@@Ky-fm8ho Djokovic is 2nd best claycourt player.
Miss you, MaestroRF. 😭 We can’t see you on a tour anymore. 😭 Please come back. 😭
Roger Federer can defeat anyone in French open except Rafael Nadal
Yes Rafa is the king of clay but federer is the 3rd best on clay
@@healthylifehub8089 2nd best by far in his prime. Djokovic just avoided Prime Federer in French open.
@@nonody8125 Prime Federer - which years? Novak beat Roger in RG 2012 as well.
@@nonody8125 whenever Federer lose, he's out of prime right?
Djokovic defeated Nadal 2x being practically the same age. Fed failed to get to a decider in RG, let alone win even when Nadal's a teenager
@@deisolwasser5625 to say Federer is better on clay than Djokovic is absurd tbh. Fed never won Monte Carlo or Rome, only 1 lucky RG
While Djokovic won multiple clay masters
😍😍🎾👌❤️👏👏👏👏👏 Le Mozart du tennis
Now imagine Nadal's Roland Garros story when he retires.
Jeu Nadal, Jeu Nadal, Jeu Nadal, Jeu Nadal….
I can’t believe that the Roland Garros Official channel forgot completely that Roger played on 2014 and lost to Gulbis in round 4 and he played on 2015 and lost to Wawrinka in Quarterfinals
ty, rog🐐
Nicely made video...Thanks...
heartbreaking to see the history on clay. Had Nadal came up a little later, Fed woulda won way more. And for the record, beating Soderling wasn't easy. This clay anomaly took out Nadal that year then removed Fed the next year. Fed had to fight hard to win his only FO. In his mind, this win likely balanced out all the bad losses in the end.
When Agassi showed up that was so cool
Have a nice long retirement Roger!
Hopefully his full match against Sargsian from 2001 can be uploaded sometime!
What do you mean "nice long retirement"😂. Retirement is literally forever and permanent.
That beat at the end was crazy good
One of the greatest clay court players ever!
Nadal was the only one that could stop him back then, he would’ve won two consecutive calendar slams
5:05 is the joy in federer eyes
Y'all better start working on one for Rafa. Won't be easy to cover all his scenes.
It's such a shame that Fed's last match at RG is on an eerily quiet Philippe Chatrier
grazie roger 1°
Roger was also a great clay court player but Rafa almost broke him into pieces whenever they met at Roland garros. I wonder what Federer's grand slam tally would look like if there was no Rafa. But whatever his achievements are looks astounding because of his rivalries with Nadal or Djokovic. That's the beauty of the sport. #RForever
I would say around 26-28
I love how this was set to the third movement of Mahler 1.
we don't talk about it quite often but what a match from koepfer against roger !!
When asked which was the most important single point of his career Fed promptly replied RG 2009 VS Tommy Haas.
Down and out in the match Fed hit a sensational winner to come back and win the round, and eventually the tournament.
Surprised to see Delpo took him to 5 sets twice at RG. Don't remember that. He wasn't exactly a claycourt specialist...
roland please upload 2009 full match finale please!!
You forgot to show all his loses from 2013 till 2018. I remember one of them being against an inspired Ernest Gulbis.
Legend!
Splendid video, really missed the mention from 2004 against Gustavo Kuerten
at 2.31 the shot federer played where he ran back and managed a forehand. i just witnessed the exact same shot played by alcaraz watching the highlights of his semi final loss against novad 10 minutes ago!
People don’t realize that Roger Federer is one of the greatest clay court players of all time. Only lost to Rafa. GOAT
and gustavo kuerten..
In my eyes till the end of his prime in 2012 he was the second best clay courter in the world.
Roger is amazing! What a beautiful video!
Federer was the second best clay court player in his heyday. Too bad he shared a generation with the best.
Djokovic is better than him and djokovic clay record against nadal dont lie
Low-key the shot at 4:16 is history-making.
I felt like he shouldn't have withdrawn in that last RG because clay is actually a little easier on the knees so he really could've gone somewhere with it
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LEGEND . . . 😭
I am not crying, you are....sniff sniff
I miss hin
Prime Big 3 by surfaces:
Slow Hard:
1. Djoko
2. Fed
3. Nadal
Fast Hard:
1. Fed
2. Djoko
3. Nadal
Grass:
1.Fed
2. Djoko
3. Nadal
Clay:
1. Nadal
2. Djoko = Fed
😊L'artiste du ballon jaune Roger Federer
Yo roland garros. Could u bring the complete Match federer vs corretja 2001 in good quality?
He made the people happy.😄😄😄
Amazing to see Alcaraz basically recreate Federer’s shot against nalbandian
Does anyone know where to find/watch the full match of Roger's last Roland Garros match versus Koepfer? It streamed on Peacock, but they seem to have taken it down.
The way I see it, Fed just did not try hard enough to find a way to beat Nadal on clay, after seeing and testing Nadal in Rome 2006 and In RG finals, I feel Fed decided that it is not worth it for him to grind very hard in clay just to beat Nadal, and will just play for his chances whenever he faces Nadal. He relied on his skills on other surfaces to win more GSs. For some reason, I feel the Fed lost his appetite for more wins, when he saw that tennis became a numbers game rather than a sport that you enjoy playing and he is like “ I could not care less”.
I wonder what you will do for Rafa.
He'll be there to cheer and cry 🥰
1:59
Roger would had been thinking “Who the hell that left-handed boy is??? ”😂
But don’t worry Roger, you weren’t beaten by JUST a boy… #RForever
Roger was great at his last French open should have kept playing it ! the slow surface seemed to aid his court speed and movement
The last time that he lost in first round, was in RG 2003 against Luis Horna
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what is the name of the music that they use in minute 9: 27?
What are the soundtracks used here?
Nvm figured it out: Breathtaking by Nicolas Boscovic and Titan by Gustav Malher
Probably the second best clay court player of the past decade and a half!
That music is a remix of mvt. II of Mahler's 1st symphony.
There is only one drawback in Federer and Djokovic's game on clay: Rafael Nadal
He only lose to king of clay, he never lose to final (FO) to anyone! RF is the 2nd best on clay surface. bagel nadal in all surfaces is the proof he's the greatest on all-around surfaces
I would say Novak is the 2 best, Roger is the third due to the number of titles on clay and wins over Rafa on clay.
@@deisolwasser5625 What are you smoking man ? The 2nd greatest Clay courter is named Mr Bjorn BORG ! No one else.
If Nadal didnt exist he would have won 4/5 RG ... .
Yea F*** Roland-Garros. Worst social media presence of the slams, worst highlights, and their treatment of Roger's last game at RG was a disgrace.
From 05-11 Federer lost one match at Roland Garros to every player not named Nadal (ironically losing to Soderling in '10). He went 40-6 in those 7 years.
If not for Rafa, Federer would have won 6 FO titles in those 7 years and maybe a 7th in 2019. Federer was phenomenal on all surfaces, but Rafa on clay is just ridiculous. Two of the best to ever do it.
@@Jonathan-xt6jw I dont think so federer would have won in 2019 because thiem was a monster on clay those years
They just skip the Guga match?!?! Unforgivable.
Reminder that Federer along with Djokovic and Bjorg, is the second strongest player on Clay.
Nah, both Djokovic and Bjorg are better than Federer on clay
@@NamTran-xc2ip arguably yes, but only marginally, and only at their absolute peaks.
@@siddharthraghuveeremadaboi2901 federer has only won 1RG and not defeated Nadal on it. Djokovic has 2RG defeating Nadal 2x
Federer never won Rome or Monte Carlo, Djokovic did 2x. Djokovic won many more clay masters than Federer.
The difference is not huge, but not marginal
@@NamTran-xc2ip Djokovic played in an era of a weakened Nadal, and a significantly weakened Federer. And there is never, ever a huge difference between those that are considered to be at the god tier of tennis.
@@siddharthraghuveeremadaboi2901 weakened? Lmfao 🤣😂😂😂. Nadal is only 1 year older than Djokovic. It’s federer who in his prime couldn’t defeat kid Nadal on clay
For me Roger is right behind Rafa, Novak and Borg in the list of best clay court players.
roger has to thank soldering for life time
Does he write "Rafa" on the camera? wow
Shame he didn't figure out how to beat Nadal at least once in 2005-2008. Or in 2011 after beating the absolute machine, Novak. I mean, Djokovic did it twice. A total no-namer did it as well, and it was in Rafa's prime at RG. So it was definitely possible. Especially for Roger who was a great clay player, with 73 RG wins and 5 finals. Kinda a mystery to me. Roger was the better player out of these two back then. He faced him in the final, in his prime, 3 times in a row, and still couldn't even put up a fight. Wasn't even close. I think that he could've done something different. Prepare in a different way. I don't know, I feel like he should've won at least once.
Injuries are the reason Soderling and Nole could pull it off. Roger was never lucky enough to meet the same Rafa Nole faced in 2015 and 21 or else, he would have won definitely.
@@Ky-fm8ho Nadal was not injured in 2015, he played throughout the year
After winning at Roland Garos in 2009 Federer should Have Skipped it & Concentrated on Wimbledon... Bcuz... Roland Garos is Slow Surface as it's a Clay court... As it's Energy Sapping .... Before Wimbledon playing there
Hampers your Chance of Winning at Wimbledon... Ivan Lendl was Scary to play at Wimbledon Saying " Grass is for Cows "... Federer should Have Taken a leaf of Lesson from Lendl...
if nadal never existed federer would be a 7 time RG winner.