Federer's Historical Three Year Run

In the last entry, I write about Federer's 2006 season and how, although it has been sensational, it has not been the greatest single season of all time.

Remember, he's had a superb year with a match record of 92-5, which means he won 94.8% of his matches.

Now, let's look at Federer's performance over a three year period and compare it to the other great three year periods in tennis history.

Let's look at it first from the point of view of total matches won in a consecutive three year period.

From 2004-2006 Federer has won 247 matches. This puts him in the number one position. Pete Sampras won 234 matches from 1993-1995 and Ivan lendl won 232 matches from 1983-1985.

If you look at the winning percentages over the same three year periods, Federer was 247-15 for a winning percentage of 94.3% while Sampras was 234-44 for a winning percentage of 84.2%.

Lendl was 232-20 for a winning percentage of 92.1%.

Now, let's look at the most titles won over a three year period. Again, Federer dominates. From 2004-2006, Rog has won 34 titles, of which 8 have been Grand Slams. Both Borg and Connors won 30 titles over consecutive three year periods ( Borg from 1977-79 and Connors from 1974-76) but, during their respective streaks, Borg won 5 slams and Connors just 2.

So, let's sit back and see what Rog has in store for us in 2007.

To learn more about the consecutive three year records go to:



Best Three Year Consecutive Most Titles Won;

Best Three Year Consecutive Most Match Victories



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