Greatest Tennis Players A-Z: Volume F
You were expecting, maybe, Fabio Fognini?
Not only is Roger Federer a slam dunk choice for the letter of the day, he would be the choice if the list was best player whose name ends in R, best player with E as the second letter in his last name; and pretty much every other category you can think of.
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Consider this statistic: For every week from the Monday following Wimbledon in 2003 until the Monday after the Australian Open in 2011, Federer held at least one of the four Grand Slam titles.
There is no comparison for Federer in tennis anymore, you have to go outside the sport—to Michael Jordan in the NBA or Tiger Woods in golf; that kind of dominance is once in a lifetime.
The importance of the Slams is perhaps the biggest weapon in Federer's arsenal. He made 10 straight appearances in Grand Slam finals, 18 appearances in 19 finals over four-and-a-half years and 22 overall. As good as Rafael Nadal has become in the last few seasons, and as young as he seems, he's still barely halfway to breaking Federer's career record of 16 Grand Slams won.
Even now that he's slipped a step, Federer, like Venus Williams, is still a threat to win his favorite tournaments—Wimbledon (2003-07, 2009) and the US Open (2004-2008)—at any time.
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