Roger Federer leads the checklist of candidates introduced Wednesday for the 2026 Worldwide Tennis Corridor of Fame lessons. He was the primary man to win the 20 Grand Slam Singles title, and received an unprecedented period of greatness together with his youthful rivals Rafael Nadal and Novak Djokovic.
Together with his wonderful forehand and serve, offense, all-court fashion and footwork that made all of it look straightforward, Federer received 103 trophies and 1,251 video games on singles, solely Jimmy Connors within the open period that started in 1968 in complete.
Federer completed 5 seasons at No. 1 within the ATP rankings, spending a report 237 weeks in a row on the venue, main Switzerland to the 2014 Davis Cup title and collaborated with Stan Wolrinka to win the doubles gold medal on the 2008 Beijing Olympics.
On the peak of his energy, Federer reached a report tenth consecutive Grand Slam remaining between 2005 and 2007, profitable eight titles throughout that interval. He prolonged his dominance in 2010 by profitable 18 of the 19 main finals. There have been additionally 36 consecutive quarterfinals and 23 consecutive semifinals.
Federer, the ambassador of the sport, who typically spoke in English, French and Swiss German at information conferences, had his remaining match at Wimbledon in 2021. He was 40 shy on the time.
His retirement announcement didn’t come till the next yr. He stated goodbye to himself by showing with Nadal in doubles on the Laver Cup, an occasion arrange by his administration workforce.
Federer has participated within the Corridor’s Participant class ballot, that includes two-time main singles champion Svetlana Kuznecsova and 2009 US Open winner Juan Martin del Potro. There are two candidates within the Contributor class. TV announcer Mary Carillo and administrator Marshall Happer.
Memberships might be introduced in November.
Federer is one in all eight males with at the least one single trophy from every of the 4 most necessary occasions within the sport, profitable eight at Wimbledon, six on the Australian Open, 5 on the US Open and one on the French Open. He accomplished a profession grand slam in 2009 at Roland Garos.
His first main championship came about on the All England Membership in 2003, profitable Wimbledon in 2009 to interrupt the then report for the person Pete Sampler with a 14-slam title, beating Andy Rodick 16-14 within the fifth set of the ultimate.
Ultimately, Federer was overtaken by Nadal, who retired at 22 on the age of 38 final yr, and Djokovic, who’s lively at 24, at 38.
“I at all times say it is nice to be a part of that selective group,” Federer instructed The Related Press in 2021.
Federer’s fifth consecutive US Open – nobody had received two consecutive video games there – completed with a five-set defeat to Del Potro within the 2009 remaining. On the time, Del Potro appeared destined to an elite profession because of his booming forehand, not 21 years previous, however a sequence of wrist and knee accidents derailed the 6-foot-6 Argentina.
He completed with 22 tour-level titles and a career-high rating of third place, ending as Djokovic’s runner-up within the 2018 US Open, reaching one other Grand Slam remaining. Del Potro received a silver medal on the 2016 Rio de Janeiro Olympics, serving to Argentina win the Davis Cup that yr. His final look in main tournaments was his fourth run on the 2019 French Open.
Kuznetsova received an enormous singles trophy at US Open in 2004 and French Open in 2009, and positioned second in doubles on the Australian Open in 2005 and 2012. Kuznetsova received 18 tour-level occasions with singles and 16 tour-level occasions with doubles.
