5 little-known tennis facts about Roger Federer

#2 Federer has wins over players ranked at each of the top 100 ranking positions

Roger Federer

Federer's 1237 career singles wins comprises victories over opponents ranked at each of the top-100 ranking positions. All but two wins (unranked opposition: 2002 Halle R32 vs Hendrik Dreekman, and 2002 s'Hertogenbosch R32 vs Richard Krajicek) have come against opponents occupying 197 different ranking positions.

The Swiss maestro's 224 wins wins over top 10 opposition is the most by any player in the Open Era, followed by second-placed Novak Djokovic with 205 wins. Federer achieved his 200th top 10 win with a five-set win over Kei Nishikori in the 2017 Australian Open quarterfinal.

The bulk of Federer's wins have come against top 100 opposition (1080), with his remaining wins coming against opponents ranked outside the top 100 (157) and two unranked opposition. Federer's 30 wins over players ranked No. 6 is the highest by opponents ranked at a particular position.

#3 Three-quarters of Federer's career match wins have come as a top 3 player

Roger Federer

This is perhaps not a very surprising stat, as Federer has been ranked in the top 10 for a record 892 weeks (as on the week starting 25 November 2019).

Most of Federer's wins have come when he has been the world's top-ranked player (430), with 251 wins coming when he has been ranked No. 2 and 229 when the Swiss maestro has occupied the No. 3 position in the ATP rankings.

910 wins as a top 3 ranked player comprises 74% of Federer's total win tally of 1237 wins.