20-time Grand Slam winner, Roger Federer finally ends their chapter on the courts of Tennis as he retires from the sport after a doubles defeat in the Laver Cup in London.
Federer alongside old rival Rafael Nadal partnered but lost 4-6 7-6 (7-2) 11-9 against Jack Sock and Frances Tiafoe at the O2.
After the game, Federer exchanged hugs with players around and also gave a speech to fans on-court. He said
“We’ll get through this somehow,”. “Look, it has been a wonderful day. I told the guys I’m happy, I’m not sad. It feels great to be here and I enjoyed tying my shoes one more time.
“Everything was the last time. Funny enough with all the matches, being with the guys and having family and friends, I didn’t feel the stress so much even if I felt something would go during the match. I am so glad I made it through and the match was great. I couldn’t be happier.
“Of course playing with Rafa on the same team, having all the guys here, the legends, Rocket (Rod Laver), Stefan Edberg, thank you.
“It does feel like a celebration to me. I wanted to feel like this at the end and it is exactly what I hoped for so thank you.”
However, Rafael has pulled out of the tournament due to injury concerns and will not feature on Saturday and Sunday of the tournament.
Federer’s career in numbers
- 20 – Grand Slam titles
- 31 – Grand Slam finals
- 23 – consecutive appearances in Grand Slam semi-finals from 2004 to 2010, a record
- 36 – consecutive appearances in Grand Slam quarter-finals
- 65 – consecutive Grand Slam appearances from the Australian Open in 2000 to the French Open in 2016
- 8 – Wimbledon titles, the most of any man
- 6 – Australian Open titles
- 5 – US Open titles
- 1 – French Open title
- 1,251 – career matches won out of 1,526
- 369 – match wins in Grand Slams
- 22 – consecutive appearances at Wimbledon
- 310 – weeks spent at world No 1, 237 of them consecutively
- 36 – at 36 years and 320 days, Federer was the oldest world No 1 in ATP history
- 5 – Federer has reached the final at every Grand Slam at least five times
- 103 – career titles, second in the Open era behind Jimmy Connors
- 6 – titles won at the ATP Finals, a record
- 10 – titles won at the ATP events in Basle and Halle
- 12 – titles won in 2006, his most successful season
- 92 – matches won from 97 played in 2006
- 65 – consecutive matches won on grass from 2003 to 2008
- 3 – Federer reached the finals of all the Grand Slams in three different seasons
- 2 – Olympic medals; gold in doubles with Stan Wawrinka in 2008 and silver in singles in 2012
- 24 – losses to his great rival Rafael Nadal from 40 matches
- 130,594,339 – career prize money (US dollars)
- 550million – estimated net worth (USD)