W/L 92-5 4 L to Nadal. 3 on clay. 1 L to Murray btw. this was during Nadals record 81 consecutive win streak on clay. yet Federer Managed to win 4 sets against him on clay and push Nadal to 4 more Tie breaks on clay. (All games are Finals, Rome, Monte C., Roland G.) he was really competitive in those matches. Wimbledon: no set dropped till the final and dishing out 2 Bagels in the process. its allready most impressive. just imagine if Clay goat Nadal got injured and could not stop him on clay... nobody else was there to do the job. In my opinion you can not do any better than that. The best Season ever.
Without a doubt... 92-5, 12 titles, highest level of tennis ever seen, no weaknesses just picking apart opponents with impossible shots and angles, man played in 16/17 tournament finals... insane
That match against Blake at the masters, that was the absolute best I'd seen Blake play in a long while, yet.... I felt bad for Blake. I could see the frustration in his face, "What do I have to do against this guy???" Federer is from another planet.
Without a doubt that was the best season ever. I think James Blake was a tremendous player. Unfortunately for him he had to play in the Federer era. This man was a beast. One could literally cry because of his absence from the game. Fed the goat… PERIOD
Federer flick of the wrist from backhand side is his signature shot. I have never seen other single handed BH player do this or atleast consistently like he did it throughout his career. One against Blake at shanghai and 2 against murray at WTF and Wimbledon i can never forget.❤ When rob Koenig famously said last time when we saw one of these God was a boy😊
@@IndineraFallz You believe in the “weak era,” and randomly mention Djokovic when this video isn’t even about him and you call ME mentally challenged? Excuse me?
@@IndineraFallz Kid, pipe tf down. The Djokovic fanbase is the absolute worst. So arrogant and disrespectful. No one gives af about records here. You should look in the mirror next time you want to see “mentally challenged” 🤦♂️
To be absolutely honest, i would take the Rome 2006 final if Roger converted one of his match points and take the RG06 loss just fine. The way he lost in Rome also made the French open final loss much more painful
Thats why he's the GOAT, most people cant do what he did to tennis. He plays tennis like painting an art work, sure he dont have most slams but who cares. At his older age, he still gives headache to most players from different generation.
He almost does and had to play against the two guys who have the most, who are 5 and 6 years younger, in a very physical sport who have no younger GOAT rivals themselves. Fed = GOAT.
I agree. I think Federer was the tennis player that best demonstrated a 10 in perfection on the court. Novak is GOAT because of conditioning,longevity and able to play the other two greatest for years and develop his own great game,then the conditioning took over the other two guys, but in their primes, I still have Federer and Nadal very slightly ahead of Novak when Federer and Nadal when they were in prime healthy.
Federer might not have ended up with most titles, but his prime is unparallelled. Literally no one in tennis history could make you look like an amateur on the court like Federer did
tell that to all the developing world fanboys under 30 that swear Djok is the goat...what a joke. You had to have lived to see the impact here week in week out.
@gibbleway Djokovic just mastered longevity and fitness, avoiding long term injuries, and thus he didn't have injury plagued seasons apart from 2017. While Federer had a lot of injury plagued seasons: 2008 (mononucleosis), 2013 (back), 2016 (back and knee), 2017 Summer Hard Court swing (back), 2020 (knee and never recovered). Also, what I'm curious about, is why Federer was so careful at playing Masters tournaments, in 2004-2006, possibly his 3 best seasons, he only played 18 out of 27 Masters events held in those years, missing Paris Masters in each of the three years and Madrid in two of three years. Yet he won 11 out of those 18 he played in. Whereas Novak in some of his best years in 2014-2016, played 24 out of 27 Masters events, and he won 14 out of 24, which actually averages a worse win rate, but in raw numbers he won more titles, and that's what matters. Also, I'm curious as to why Federer chose to completely ignore clay tournaments in both 2017 and 2018. Yes he might still would've ended up being unable to defeat Nadal on clay, given how much of a monster Nadal was on clay in those years, but still, maybe could have got a win here or there, maybe even would have actually been able to beat Nadal once since he beat him 4 times in 2017 on hard courts, or at least beat some other players before facing Nadal and advancing deep in those tournaments, gaining ranking points that he definitely needed a lot because he simply was unable to catch up with Nadal in the rankings due to lacking a lot of potential points from the clay court swing, whereas Nadal played all the grand slams and all masters events
@@ВиталийЦаль-ч7я Because back then Masters 1000 finals were best of 5. To play one just a week after you won another was very difficult. In 2006 he pulled off his arguably best Masters in clay, the Hamburg Masters, because of that grueling 5-set final against Nadal in Rome. It was because of that final that they changed the Masters 1000 finals to best of 3. To win the Sunshine Double two years in a row with best of 5 finals, like he did in 2005/2006, was simply insane, because you had to start the Miami Masters just after playing a best of 5 finals in IW.
@TheRafaelpestana well i actually didn't think about it from this pov, thank you. Then you might actually also say that Tour Finals finals were also bo5 at the time, even though since it's only 1 match in the end of the season, but that cost Federer that 2005 title, because he was injured and just couldn't last 5 sets
At the start of 2006, he won the Sunshine Double and reached finals in Monte Carlo and Rome, losing both against Nadal. So, by the end of Wimbledon, he had already 7 best of 5 finals under his belt, 4 of them against Nadal (Monte Carlo, Rome, RG and Wimbledon). Considering that he won Montreal, US Open, Paris, and Shanghai in the second semester, he played a crazy amount of 11 best of 5 finals in 2006, winning 8. While still playing 97 matches in the year (92-5).
Fed made such significant improvement to his backhand in 2006. Would love to know how he achieved that. All those backhand winners against Blake 😮💨 The Suzuki match is underrated, such great shotmaking. No doubt my favorite season
The Masters final against Blake was especially crazy. You'd not know it from the score, but Blake was frequently smoking the ball yet Roger almost always had the answer, and often spectacularly so (which is why we've seen the usual replays from that match many, many times). Hmm, I need to go find that full match....
we're smart enough to know other players arent worth mentioning but sinner did some nasty work here on everyone in 2024 as a notable mention only because its 2024 and it happened
@manmo0808 same thing with Nadal except his raw height of 2005-2007 and many other top players. Federer made the game exciting, raised the bar after. Seeing Djokovic doing the splits here and there is decent especially if he was really being challenged
The players were just so much sharper/athletic because of the level Federer and even Nadal were waging week in week out. Berdych even peaked what was it 2013 and such because the prime Fed generation was phasing/retiring out and Berdych just stayed sharp and pressed harder beating up the new players.
everyone was super good because of him and even nadal, they had to be...they didnt want to face nadal, but they were completely dumbfounded walking out on the court against federer.
Damn, I always felt sorry for James Blake, he played so great, yet he's been dispatched by Fed kind of REALLY brutally !!! :o The point with Nalbadian is quite impressive, so much power. Thanks @RazOls.
I agree. I think Federer was the tennis player that best demonstrated a 10 in perfection on the court. Novak is GOAT because of conditioning,longevity and able to play the other two greatest for years and develop his own great game,then the conditioning took over the other two guys, but in their primes, I still have Federer and Nadal very slightly ahead of Novak when Federer and Nadal when they were in prime healthy.
Those who know... they know... because they dont need highlights... they seen it when it happen 😎. Also season that was prior to this one, was a monster as well, begels everywhere 🤣. As for favorite point... there are so many, he had impossible shots all the time back then. Il say 2006. Us Open vs Tim Henman, front tweener without letting it bounce, then laser guided backhand 🤯
Tbh all the ones against Nadal😂, esp that first one where he leaves him standing. The Djokovic one was pretty damn cool too. And all the off-the-toes - damn he makes it look soooo good.
Favorite point is last point vs Nadal Shanghai out wide drive backhand DTL winner from outside doubles alley after a long rally from the back court. Sober reminder prime Federer could run and defend with the best when rarely needed. Impossible to play him back then.
Federer is the greatest to ever play the game, his level was absurd. And he could do it on all surfaces when there was a REAL difference between grass, clay and hard.
I just want this comment on its own. You turned on the tv this year in tennis and federer was playing it was absolute onslaught. You could feel the choke this guy was putting on and you would just watch to see if the raw-prime Nadal was going to counter him correctly.
All of them are mostly at their prime!!! prime Nadal, prime Roddick, prime Nalbandian, prime Gonzalez, prime Safin, prime Hewitt, etc. the goat RF made all of them weak. 92-5!!!!!!
"Pick a favorite": Just ONE! How do you compare them? Smashes, angles, passes half volleys. I kind of feel for Blake and Goffin and Nole and..., even Nadal! When you're beating Nadal that easily. on clay, for G-d's sake, you're having the best season Ever. There might be other champions with other records, and even better lifetime numbers; BUT There will always and forever have been Only ONE Roger Federer.
Federer es el Rey junto con Jimy Connors, son los que tienen mas Titulos y Partidos ganados, Jocovic le falta muchp tiene menos Titulo pero si mas Gram Slam
No. His 2005 was even more dominant. He only had one loss where he was outplayed (Nadal French Open). In his other 3 losses he either had match points or was serving for the match. Could have very easily gone 84-1.
@@AstroPatelExactly. Those years were peak Rafa too. It's not like Rafa got faster and more powerful after 2005 and 2006. Fed just got a little slower. And more importantly they slowed down the courts and balls enough to make up a few points in a 5 hour match. Made all the difference in his absolute dominance
Mats Wilander said in 2006 that Federer won't be the GOAT of tennis because he looked so disturbed when Nadal started challenge him. He's analysis was surprisingly accurate considering a lot of his games later against Nadal and Djokovic.
That year the field was quite weak. Federer's biggest beatable rival was Blake LOL Totally ridiculous competition in the tournaments he won, because literally no one was a masters or slam winner (except his pigeon Roddick)
*Is Roger Federer's 2006 the best season in tennis history?*
Yes :)
💯
W/L 92-5
4 L to Nadal. 3 on clay.
1 L to Murray
btw. this was during Nadals record 81 consecutive win streak on clay.
yet Federer Managed to win 4 sets against him on clay and push Nadal to 4 more Tie breaks on clay. (All games are Finals, Rome, Monte C., Roland G.) he was really competitive in those matches.
Wimbledon: no set dropped till the final and dishing out 2 Bagels in the process.
its allready most impressive. just imagine if Clay goat Nadal got injured and could not stop him on clay... nobody else was there to do the job.
In my opinion you can not do any better than that. The best Season ever.
Without a doubt... 92-5, 12 titles, highest level of tennis ever seen, no weaknesses just picking apart opponents with impossible shots and angles, man played in 16/17 tournament finals... insane
I don't know about "season" but definitely the best tennis played this century.
That match against Blake at the masters, that was the absolute best I'd seen Blake play in a long while, yet.... I felt bad for Blake. I could see the frustration in his face, "What do I have to do against this guy???" Federer is from another planet.
Without a doubt that was the best season ever. I think James Blake was a tremendous player. Unfortunately for him he had to play in the Federer era. This man was a beast. One could literally cry because of his absence from the game. Fed the goat… PERIOD
I noticed that in the highlights. Every one against Blake was off a marvellous shot.
Federer flick of the wrist from backhand side is his signature shot. I have never seen other single handed BH player do this or atleast consistently like he did it throughout his career.
One against Blake at shanghai and 2 against murray at WTF and Wimbledon i can never forget.❤ When rob Koenig famously said last time when we saw one of these God was a boy😊
All tennis fans should watch this. Then they'll know who's the greatest of this sport. Pure magic.
weak era makes him look much better than he really is
the goat is djokovic and that's not even close
@@IndineraFallz Lmaoooo insecure Djokovic fanboy spotted!
@@unowen7591 djokovic has all the records, are you mentally challenged?
@@IndineraFallz You believe in the “weak era,” and randomly mention Djokovic when this video isn’t even about him and you call ME mentally challenged? Excuse me?
@@IndineraFallz Kid, pipe tf down. The Djokovic fanbase is the absolute worst. So arrogant and disrespectful. No one gives af about records here. You should look in the mirror next time you want to see “mentally challenged” 🤦♂️
6:32 Dont try that boys 😂Goat for a reason!
To be absolutely honest, i would take the Rome 2006 final if Roger converted one of his match points and take the RG06 loss just fine. The way he lost in Rome also made the French open final loss much more painful
I said it many times before and this confirms it: I take 2006 Federer over anyone and its not even close.
@@gratler imo tossup between 2011 Djokovic and 2006 Federer, but I give Federer 60:40
@@AstroPatel fair 🙂
And Fed ended Djoker's winning streak @Roland Garros. @@AstroPatel
@obynoomere1280 indeed. Incredible match proving what Federer is capable when locked in
just weak era
Djokovic is the only goat
Thats why he's the GOAT, most people cant do what he did to tennis. He plays tennis like painting an art work, sure he dont have most slams but who cares. At his older age, he still gives headache to most players from different generation.
He almost does and had to play against the two guys who have the most, who are 5 and 6 years younger, in a very physical sport who have no younger GOAT rivals themselves. Fed = GOAT.
I agree. I think Federer was the tennis player that best demonstrated a 10 in perfection on the court. Novak is GOAT because of conditioning,longevity and able to play the other two greatest for years and develop his own great game,then the conditioning took over the other two guys, but in their primes, I still have Federer and Nadal very slightly ahead of Novak when Federer and Nadal when they were in prime healthy.
The backhand volley from the baseline against Blake at the Masters Cup.
One & Only ROGEERRRRRRRRRR
8:12 lmao the transition there 😂 Bravo!
What Fed did to Blake in 2006 was criminal 😮😂😂😂.
Raz you rock!! Thanks for replanting 2006 in our minds👏🏿🙏🏾👍👍
My pleasure man!! Poor Blake 😂
Federer and Blake produced some of the most beautiful tennis together.
At 8:13 - Commentator: "maybe Blake should play Federer's forehand"
Video cuts to Blake serving to Federer's Forehand, gets Obliterated LOL
😬😬
Well spotted!
To be fair he served to Federer's backhand. Federer just ran around it.
He also said, “no that’s a great tennis shot”. Tell me you don’t play tennis without telling me lmfao
Federer might not have ended up with most titles, but his prime is unparallelled. Literally no one in tennis history could make you look like an amateur on the court like Federer did
tell that to all the developing world fanboys under 30 that swear Djok is the goat...what a joke. You had to have lived to see the impact here week in week out.
@gibbleway Djokovic just mastered longevity and fitness, avoiding long term injuries, and thus he didn't have injury plagued seasons apart from 2017. While Federer had a lot of injury plagued seasons: 2008 (mononucleosis), 2013 (back), 2016 (back and knee), 2017 Summer Hard Court swing (back), 2020 (knee and never recovered). Also, what I'm curious about, is why Federer was so careful at playing Masters tournaments, in 2004-2006, possibly his 3 best seasons, he only played 18 out of 27 Masters events held in those years, missing Paris Masters in each of the three years and Madrid in two of three years. Yet he won 11 out of those 18 he played in. Whereas Novak in some of his best years in 2014-2016, played 24 out of 27 Masters events, and he won 14 out of 24, which actually averages a worse win rate, but in raw numbers he won more titles, and that's what matters. Also, I'm curious as to why Federer chose to completely ignore clay tournaments in both 2017 and 2018. Yes he might still would've ended up being unable to defeat Nadal on clay, given how much of a monster Nadal was on clay in those years, but still, maybe could have got a win here or there, maybe even would have actually been able to beat Nadal once since he beat him 4 times in 2017 on hard courts, or at least beat some other players before facing Nadal and advancing deep in those tournaments, gaining ranking points that he definitely needed a lot because he simply was unable to catch up with Nadal in the rankings due to lacking a lot of potential points from the clay court swing, whereas Nadal played all the grand slams and all masters events
@@ВиталийЦаль-ч7я Because back then Masters 1000 finals were best of 5. To play one just a week after you won another was very difficult. In 2006 he pulled off his arguably best Masters in clay, the Hamburg Masters, because of that grueling 5-set final against Nadal in Rome. It was because of that final that they changed the Masters 1000 finals to best of 3. To win the Sunshine Double two years in a row with best of 5 finals, like he did in 2005/2006, was simply insane, because you had to start the Miami Masters just after playing a best of 5 finals in IW.
@TheRafaelpestana well i actually didn't think about it from this pov, thank you. Then you might actually also say that Tour Finals finals were also bo5 at the time, even though since it's only 1 match in the end of the season, but that cost Federer that 2005 title, because he was injured and just couldn't last 5 sets
At the start of 2006, he won the Sunshine Double and reached finals in Monte Carlo and Rome, losing both against Nadal. So, by the end of Wimbledon, he had already 7 best of 5 finals under his belt, 4 of them against Nadal (Monte Carlo, Rome, RG and Wimbledon). Considering that he won Montreal, US Open, Paris, and Shanghai in the second semester, he played a crazy amount of 11 best of 5 finals in 2006, winning 8. While still playing 97 matches in the year (92-5).
Fed made such significant improvement to his backhand in 2006. Would love to know how he achieved that. All those backhand winners against Blake 😮💨 The Suzuki match is underrated, such great shotmaking. No doubt my favorite season
Well spotted regarding his bh, it was much better than in 2005
8:16 I love the old school hawkeye
The best peak in tennis history
how the fuck does he do half of these shots? that reverse flick at 6:18 is just alien
Insane… Federer is the only player I’ve seen do that
@@RazOls show it to my friends and they will say he must play badminton in his spare time because his wrist is that flexible
The Masters final against Blake was especially crazy. You'd not know it from the score, but Blake was frequently smoking the ball yet Roger almost always had the answer, and often spectacularly so (which is why we've seen the usual replays from that match many, many times).
Hmm, I need to go find that full match....
Best tennis season ever RF06, 2nd best is RF05
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Yep !
we're smart enough to know other players arent worth mentioning but sinner did some nasty work here on everyone in 2024 as a notable mention only because its 2024 and it happened
@ do you enjoy watching Sinner? I think he’s great but lacking in variety to be a captivating watch
@manmo0808 same thing with Nadal except his raw height of 2005-2007 and many other top players. Federer made the game exciting, raised the bar after. Seeing Djokovic doing the splits here and there is decent especially if he was really being challenged
That 2006 Italian Open final is a tennis buffet of extraordinary shot making..by both …Easily one of their greatest matches .
Raz Ols love you so much ❤❤❤
Sir Roger federer golden legend in universal love you so much miss you so much teniss history best player ❤❤❤
He was absolutely ridiculous in 2006
The players were just so much sharper/athletic because of the level Federer and even Nadal were waging week in week out. Berdych even peaked what was it 2013 and such because the prime Fed generation was phasing/retiring out and Berdych just stayed sharp and pressed harder beating up the new players.
Beautiful. Lovely watching him against Rafa and 'poor' James Blake. Blake was good but Fed was from another land.
everyone was super good because of him and even nadal, they had to be...they didnt want to face nadal, but they were completely dumbfounded walking out on the court against federer.
Do you have any more 2006 Fed match highlights in HD? Like is there anyway to upgrade the quality to 720p, 1080p despite it being from 2006?
Damn, I always felt sorry for James Blake, he played so great, yet he's been dispatched by Fed kind of REALLY brutally !!! :o
The point with Nalbadian is quite impressive, so much power.
Thanks @RazOls.
Best most complete human to ever play the sport. Easily the GOAT.
I agree. I think Federer was the tennis player that best demonstrated a 10 in perfection on the court. Novak is GOAT because of conditioning,longevity and able to play the other two greatest for years and develop his own great game,then the conditioning took over the other two guys, but in their primes, I still have Federer and Nadal very slightly ahead of Novak when Federer and Nadal when they were in prime healthy.
Those who know... they know... because they dont need highlights... they seen it when it happen 😎. Also season that was prior to this one, was a monster as well, begels everywhere 🤣.
As for favorite point... there are so many, he had impossible shots all the time back then. Il say 2006. Us Open vs Tim Henman, front tweener without letting it bounce, then laser guided backhand 🤯
The freaking GOAT
Tbh all the ones against Nadal😂, esp that first one where he leaves him standing.
The Djokovic one was pretty damn cool too.
And all the off-the-toes - damn he makes it look soooo good.
These are shots that Djokovic can only dream of making.
40:15
Favorite point is last point vs Nadal Shanghai out wide drive backhand DTL winner from outside doubles alley after a long rally from the back court. Sober reminder prime Federer could run and defend with the best when rarely needed. Impossible to play him back then.
Yes he was.
Federer is the greatest to ever play the game, his level was absurd. And he could do it on all surfaces when there was a REAL difference between grass, clay and hard.
Good points, all surfaces are too alike nowadays
I just want this comment on its own. You turned on the tv this year in tennis and federer was playing it was absolute onslaught. You could feel the choke this guy was putting on and you would just watch to see if the raw-prime Nadal was going to counter him correctly.
prime
All of them are mostly at their prime!!! prime Nadal, prime Roddick, prime Nalbandian, prime Gonzalez, prime Safin, prime Hewitt, etc. the goat RF made all of them weak. 92-5!!!!!!
To be honest, Hewitt and Safin declined mid 2005
Tallon Griekspor would eat this 2006 level alive
"Pick a favorite": Just ONE! How do you compare them? Smashes, angles, passes half volleys. I kind of feel for Blake and Goffin and Nole and..., even Nadal!
When you're beating Nadal that easily. on clay, for G-d's sake, you're having the best season Ever.
There might be other champions with other records, and even better lifetime numbers;
BUT
There will always and forever have been Only ONE Roger Federer.
FED05 all the way
8:14 wtf 😳
Not saying it’s racially motivated, but the only other time I’ve seen James Blake getting beat down like that was by the NYCP.
Next video Jannik Sinner was a monster 2024 !
It’s coming 💯
he can do better than they do
No grand slam footage? 🥱
Federer es el Rey junto con Jimy Connors, son los que tienen mas Titulos y Partidos ganados, Jocovic le falta muchp tiene menos Titulo pero si mas Gram Slam
No. His 2005 was even more dominant. He only had one loss where he was outplayed (Nadal French Open). In his other 3 losses he either had match points or was serving for the match. Could have very easily gone 84-1.
When tennis was more about the hands than the legs Roger was unmatchable
It was always about the legs lmao. Where do you think power comes from in a stroke? His legs were just better back then
Except his footwork in 2006 was as godlike as everything else ever seen before or after... still unmatched to this day
@@AstroPatelExactly. Those years were peak Rafa too. It's not like Rafa got faster and more powerful after 2005 and 2006. Fed just got a little slower. And more importantly they slowed down the courts and balls enough to make up a few points in a 5 hour match. Made all the difference in his absolute dominance
Mats Wilander said in 2006 that Federer won't be the GOAT of tennis because he looked so disturbed when Nadal started challenge him. He's analysis was surprisingly accurate considering a lot of his games later against Nadal and Djokovic.
That year the field was quite weak.
Federer's biggest beatable rival was Blake LOL
Totally ridiculous competition in the tournaments he won, because literally no one was a masters or slam winner (except his pigeon Roddick)
2024 Jannik Sinner is miles better
LOL
Those half volleys.....