Roger Federer: 9 records he still holds over Rafael Nadal & Novak Djokovic

Roger Federer has decided to call time on his legendary tennis career following his announcement on social media that he would do so at next week’s Laver Cup.

The Swiss icon announced his forthcoming retirement in an extended post to his social media accounts yesterday.

The former world No.1 hasn’t taken to the court since suffering a “setback” with an ongoing knee injury at Wimbledon in 2021, undergoing a third knee surgery shortly after.

He was due to make his comeback at the Laver Cup next week, but the 41-year-old admitted that he had to listen to his body and he has made the decision to end his career in the upcoming team competition.

The 103-time title winner has long been thought of as one of the GOATs of the game, becoming the first man to break Pete Sampras’ former record of 14 Grand Slam title wins, winning his 20th and final major at the Australian Open four years ago.

Recently, however, his nearest rivals would surpass him in Grand Slam achievements, with Rafael Nadal sitting on 22 and Novak Djokovic holding 21.

However, Federer will still retire with plenty of records to his name – nine to be exact, despite seeing his Big Three rivals surpass plenty of his other individual achievements.

Djokovic passed the Swiss superstar’s record for most all-time weeks at world No.1 in ATP history last year, but Federer still holds the record for the most consecutive weeks at the mountain top, with 237 in a row being the magic number.

He also became the oldest-ever ATP world no.1 twice in 2018, returning to the top spot twice in February before reclaiming that spot in June at the age of 36 years and 10 months.

While his Grand Slam record was overtaken, he still holds the most ATP Finals titles in history with six,