The Last Grass Court Title of Roger Federer's Career

[@TennisTime1]

The way Roger read the game, the touch, the volleys... the greatest genius in tennis history

[@bowiththeflow7123]

And somehow there were 2 players who ended up with more slams than him

[@englishwith_mark]

@@bowiththeflow7123 If he didn't retire due to a bad knee, he would on top on the slam count without a doubt.

[@bowiththeflow7123]

@@englishwith_mark if Nadal didn't have all those injuries he would've won close to 30 slams. He's missed so many slams compared to federer and djokovic. At least federer only got seriously hurt at the end of his career. Nadal was constantly out for months during his prime

[@smftrsddvjiou6443]

volleys ? He was actually very bad at volleys.

[@Agent-hh2kk]

If he is a genius why did he wait for his opponent to make a mistake at MP in Wim 19 who is considered the greatest returner of all time and the best grass player bar himself. He thought Novak would rollover and give him the title His approach shot was horrible and didn't even stretch to get the volley. Federer thought he won the match and that was his biggest mistake

[@andreaho]

Look at how Roger moved around the balls and the angles he generated in every attacking shot. Incredibly beautiful playstyle.

[@blu1806]

He was and always will be the greatest of all time. thank you Raz

[@manganese333]

I remember watching this tournament and Fed winning the championship. I never imagined at the time that it would be his last grass court title. 🥺 Thank you for this, Raz!

[@spideyocd]

His last title should've been wimby 2019 being a perfect end to his grass career with a great double of Halle and Wimbledon

[@manganese333]

@@spideyocd yes, exactly.

[@sayeksofian]

@@spideyocd but alas he wasn't good enough

[@Mr-pt3yl]

Great performance by the goat

[@caiopugliesi1997]

I am very fortunate and grateful to have watched the tournament from quarter finals. Thanks Roger for all you have done for the sport

[@Mr-pt3yl]

editing and audio editing is top class

[@holymofobakaneko81]

Still such a pleasure to watch Federer!

[@Wn9618]

Will be no one like him ever again, what movement

[@AgataCorsaro-s7z]

Last match but he continues tò give his best everywhere he goes always the best💕

[@unowen7591]

People who don’t play tennis have no idea how hard it is to play on grass. The way Roger moves so effortlessly on it is so beautiful to watch. Why he’ll always be GOAT to me and the king of grass

[@andreaho]

He always takes time away from his opponents with his incredible early ball-striking technique. If one never plays at such a supreme level, he has no way of understanding how difficult to make those shots.

[@JamesHarris-hl2bm]

@unowen7591 not only that, just think of how much more difficult it was before they "doctored" the grass so that the balls would bounce more like a slow hard court which is the way that it was playing at that time. Back in 2003, when he first won Wimbledon, the courts were playing much faster and the bounces were completely unpredictable. This is when a great slice was REALLY your friend, and why it was so important to move forward, but like everything else, tennis has been made into a monoculture where all of the courts for the most part, play exactly the same, which was the end of serve and volley tennis, that and racket technology.

[@sayeksofian]

@@JamesHarris-hl2bm yeah but kept winning after the "doctoring" so I dont think it was that big of a change and players just had to adapt which fed did greatly

[@fbm22]

@@JamesHarris-hl2bm Getting into tennis, I have read about how many of the courts have been slowed down since the 2000s, but what about racket tech has helped end serve and volley?

[@Lucille-ky9mp]

TY Raz i missed the sublime Roger🇨🇭❤️

[@sagniksingha]

Look at those volleys ! Will miss him for how perfectly and creatively he could play all the shots. Love him and miss him ! Thanks for the awesome video !

[@lsb9073]

I remember this tournament. It was lovely. God I miss Roger playing.

[@MarcyTrinidad]

Amazing! Amazing power, direction and speed! Raz, I really miss this guy!!

[@bukhtiarshah9843]

Sir Roger federer golden legend in universal love you so much miss you so much teniss history best player ❤❤❤

[@earl8295]

I dont care but Im still gonna say Wimbledon 2019 because he deserves it more than the other guy.

[@vijayendranvijay4538]

Absolutely...in any sport there is no term "undeserved" but wim 2019 title went to the undeserved player...sad truth

[@kushilsharma8459]

I also agree but federer played to clutch djokovic 😢

[@aaoryk24]

How was it undeserved for djokovc?

[@vijayendranvijay4538]

@@aaoryk24 match was on Roger's racket than novak's skill ..Novak didnt do anything extraordinary as been the case in most of their matchups

[@guillermoiniestohernandez908]

Whoever deserves it wins, it makes no sense to say that. Djokovic also deserves to be valued a little more because it seems like he is always the bad guy and Federer is the one who always gets all the recognition.

[@spideyocd]

Its should be 10 halle titles and 9 Wimbledons

[@RazOls]

Really should...

[@abhi_azaaad]

Cry more

[@englishwith_mark]

@@abhi_azaaad Quiet please, genius at work

[@djfunkychicken]

He holds the all time record (24 times) for most matches lost after having match point.. and it was to 16 different players!! It is foolish to think Roger was unlucky 24 times.. perhaps he should be lucky he won as many as he did

[@pauljohnson6019]

@@djfunkychicken That's what we call a curse, he had God against him, on those match points, not just luck.

[@atarumoroboshi75]

Last grass court title was in 2003 (first of his career). Since 2004 grass changed in green clay and it began the "London Garros". As pointed out by Roger himself who for 15 years has complained about new very slow surfaces, in particular the grass...the end of Serve & Volley, the end of Wimbledon what a sadness...

[@SaulHudson814]

The sad truth

[@saladin3452]

yup. Tennis has become a game of long boring rallies and just waiting for your opponent to make a mistake instead of going for a winner. there was never a greater attacker than Roger and he suffered the most from this slowing down of playing surfaces

[@atarumoroboshi75]

@@saladin3452 Totally agree except for the last part...the monster of attack was Pete ❤

[@saladin3452]

@@atarumoroboshi75 I agree. but Pete was overreliant on his serve IMO. Roger could break 40-0 on his opponents serve through aggressive returns and decisiveness. pure tennis genius

[@atarumoroboshi75]

@@saladin3452 I honestly can't say that Roger (one of my favourites) is superior to Pete given that Roger won his first Slam on the old, fast courts at the age of 23 (Wimbledon 2003) and subsequently the other 100 on the new, slow and uniform surfaces. In the new tennis, the era of the big 4, he only had 5 or 6 other level opponents (the various clones Nadal, Djokovic, Murray...). Pete played in the most competitive era ever, on very fast surfaces, with at least 15 players of absolute talent and also with the "specialist factor" which completely changed the scenarios...and in just 13 years (of which more than 2 stopped due to injuries) won 14 Slams...an alien for me.

[@momonso0821]

Nothing suits you better than a grass court. I miss you, Roger...😢

[@pauljohnson6019]

Tragic 40-15 ending, now Novak's 37 too, can't wait to see, karma hit him like a truck.

[@sasankauu]

The way RF plays at his best, opponents feels like amateur and they don't know tennis!! OMG such a class!!!!

[@TennisBible1]

Superb video Raz

[@aiturran]

With all the magic dust RF spread through his long and successful career, there is content to spare. I'm sure there's infinite Raz for us in the future. Thanks as usual for keeping his existence as a player alive. Along with Sampras, my all-time favorite.

[@kieranrankie203]

We all know this was his last grass title but we also all know he deserved to win Wimbledon that year too.

[@pauljohnson6019]

Deserved, but God interfered, in the afterlife, he'll have to answer.

[@alextrivunovic644]

You don't deserve tennis matches, you win them. Federer didn't.

[@pauljohnson6019]

@@alextrivunovic644 We don't know how this tragic incident occurred, but God is the all knower. For some reason, he awarded Novak the victory, and jinxed Federer, something Federer did that he took grave offense, and didn't let that ace happen, on mp.

[@alextrivunovic644]

@@pauljohnson6019 No. Federer choked. Wasn't the first time.

[@justchillin6314]

@@pauljohnson6019God? 🤣 Yeah sure, and I lost a match once because I saw a flying unicorn and got distracted 🤣🤡

[@ZinoAmare]

The GOAT

[@chnops-6]

5:45 That clutch we needed in wimbledon 2019. Tsonga really gave it all in this match.

[@orthopraxis235]

Couldn't help but not notice the "ASSMANN" sponsorship during the Bautista-Agut highlights. Pasted 7 or 8 times around the court. Funny, those Germans. Maybe we have forgotten exactly how perfect Federer's greatness really was. I mean DJok is the goat now, and Rafa has all those French Open titles. I don't think there is a sane person alive who knows tennis that doesn't believe, although Rafa and Djok have more grand slams, that Federer was the most graceful smooth and enjoyable to watch play. We shouldn't forget how perfect his greatness was.

[@claudioburgosgonzalez2844]

Additional info: All of Federer’s opponents in the 2019 Halle edition had previously competed in the quarterfinals (singles or doubles) of a Grand Slam. So, this latest display of Roger’s quality in Halle wasn’t against just any top 30-50 players.

[@pdiseris]

I don't care what anyone says, RF was the best tennis player to ever play the game, the best mover, best shot maker, best all court attacking player. Just the GOAT of tennis stats aside. Peaked in 2006, then peaked again in 2017 - 2019.

[@vijayendranvijay4538]

Now seeing players like rafa and novak struggling at 36, roger was 1 point away from winning a GS title at almost 38 where he faced 2 players in 2 consecutive matches who had a total of 30 GS titles...this is what u call the true greatness..Roger should ideally be the strong era player and novak should be the weakest era player..this one example proves it

[@Saskobest]

Federer was the second greatest "old" player of all time, credit should be given its deserved. Novak while having bad results these past 5-6 months is still number 1 and due to recent injuries and struggles of other players he is again in position to return big time so i wouldnt discard him

[@vijayendranvijay4538]

​@@Saskobestsecond greatest? Who is the first then?

[@Saskobest]

@@vijayendranvijay4538 Novak ofc, he is number at 36 and won double digit slams post 30

[@vijayendranvijay4538]

@@Saskobest double digit slams against the weakest next gen's who collectively have only 4 slams till date..u must be joking right?

[@masters.1000]

@@Saskobest Weak era champion and N1.

[@eastfreeze]

14:51 This is a perfect example of the maestro ruling the court: If Federer played his best, his opponents wouldn't even come close ... but stand in awe!

[@黃日恆-l1n]

The R32 was a great way to summarize the Federer- Tsonga rivalry.

[@SlavicaDamjanović-l7y]

Najveci gospodi i sportas.❤

[@ianz3771]

Great tournament by GOAT grass player and 2nd GOAT tennis player

[@Kawal-kx7ps]

He shouldn’t have lost the US open 2009 final and Wimbledon 2019 final, two grand slams he could have easily added to his tally

[@projectx5154]

Isn't it crazy how we were one☝🏻 point away from this being an entirely different video😂😂

[@06075345]

I miss this guys tennis!

[@BOZ_11]

GOAT

[@gopalchatur2303]

RF- The greatest ever player

[@marianogonzalez9248]

Title is painful (because of wimbledon 2019)

[@GW-tr8xn]

I remember the final was played on 23 June becauce it was on the night before one of the most important exam in my life (I was in the 9th grade)

[@lammie001]

He did set himself up perfectly for Wimbledon didnt he.. Played great at RG that helped him drive the ball and then this. But… too bad

[@omniexistus]

So many 7/6 first sets...but they sure do matter.

[@josemariamelero6789]

It should has been Wimbledon

[@gianniskamakas3578]

Wimbledon 2019 would have been the great last dance. Nadal SF, Djokovic F but 2 Match points lost :(

[@englishwith_mark]

Everything the GOAT did was Absolutely mindblowing

[@pauljohnson6019]

Yes, until he met Djokovic in the Wimbledon finals, and we all know, how that turned out.

[@bukhtiarshah9843]

Raz Ols love you so much ❤❤❤

[@domenicobianchi8]

best ever, its not even close its funny

[@piperpritchard143]

From the highlights, I think there was only one set where he looked like Federer of old and that was the last set against Goffin in the final. This is way past peak Federer here, probably one of his most least impressive Title wins but at the end of the day it's still one of his 103.

[@SamuelGongora-cg5nb]

5:48 the clutch moment

[@mainakbiswas2584]

I am still in denial about 2019 Wimby final.

[@rhwing5095]

Grass surface shows how much Fed prefers to slice the BH, and of course it's much more effective on this surface. I'm sure Fed would've loved if there were more than just 3-4 grass tournaments a year! And not even a single 1000...

[@hd-xc2lz]

Top five best dressed male tennis players? In my top two would be Borg and Federer... any suggestions for the remaining three spots?

[@marianmaslak]

Attack, attack and more attack...RF

[@initialize21]

The freaking GOAT

[@estel6137]

Should have been Wimbledon 2019😭😢

[@brandtbrian123]

14:49 - Vince Vaughn is a line judge

[@Jeansuislaetvous]

autre chose que le tennis de Dopovic ...

[@Atombender]

15:00 shot of the tournament

[@federicotown8052]

But it was memorable !

[@ooops372]

Not to forget: Federer 19810808 was 37,6 then. And the following Wimbledon Final was something to reach. Nadal 19860603 now at 37,9 gave a less dominant impression in Rome and the win of RG would be a huge surprise, and Djokovic 19870522 at 37,0 all of a sudden seems to have lost his magic, too, although he has a marvellous physical appearance. I guess he will not reach the GS 25 (which after the US Open 2023 still looked so easy to be made by him); the field of others (Sinn/Medv/Alca) is too strong.

[@phamnhat2925]

Don't forget that Federer reached Wimbledon Final after reaching French Open Semifinal too. We can be seen as picking an arbitrary age but it's pretty clear that while Federer had to contest with the younger Nadal & Djokovic at slams, there was a gap of 3 generations worth of players (15 years) who did not mount any consistent challenge to N&D in the GS events.

[@Leo-gh7nz]

He had a solid year, highlight was destroying Novak at the ATP Finals. But it was crazy how much his form had fallen off from 2017. Just 2 years prior he was truly showing tennis of the Gods

[@Qynxc]

What are some of the big changes you see between 2017 and 2019?

[@robn7777777]

2017 after his recovery from injury he seemed to play without pressure as the expectations had fallen, but I think they soon started building again following the amazing success of his return and inhibited his attacking side.

[@ankbas-sh4xg]

No 😭😭

[@guellpark]

There wasn't any masters tournament on grass in all of his entire career.

[@EdwardHua1992]

Should have been a Wimbledon...

[@casey4664]

It should’ve been Wimbledon 2019.

[@fotosvond_]

15:52 Armin Laschet :DD of course, politicians have their noses in everything instead of doing their job :D

[@rogefedwon]

His last one should have been Wimbledon 😭

[@highsocietyskate]

Wonder why they keep cutting to the blonde in the federer caps 🤣

[@1980redkremlin]

Yes, who was she??

[@highsocietyskate]

@@1980redkremlin Roger’s biggest fan that weekend 🤪

[@Wushtheel]

yees

[@graziflorida4377]

GO MILLMAN

[@gabrielokon-rocha3477]

it should've been wimbledon 😭

[@m.a.g.3920]

If you pay attention you see how Alcaraz truly has Federer style of playing or at least he's trying to emulate it, but he's more physical and less "magical"... Yet..

[@victorito07]

Yes but we saw also that hé can defend a bit like federer style like in iw with a lot of creativity I think hé is physical but also magical But i dont think hé is trying Its a part of his game

[@masters.1000]

Thank you Raz. Nothing to do with this, but I'll still repeat the fact: 10 years of weak era and counting.

[@vijayendranvijay4538]

True..Novak is still no1 despite losing early in so many tournaments and not winning even a single title...next gen's are either injured or lose in early rounds

[@vijayla21]

Albert Costa and Gonzalez was 2 decades ago.

[@masters.1000]

@@vijayla21 Miles ahead than their relatives to their tier now. González is still the biggest forehand to date.

[@vijayla21]

@@masters.1000 Not sure if you’re trolling or just being in denial. Don’t even get me started with Verkerk and Puerta.

[@AlanRR121]

@@masters.1000Gaudio has the best backhand ever and having more points than 2022 Alcaraz means you’re in your prime right? 😂😂😂😂

[@pauljohnson6019]

The most tragic moment of Fed's career- 40-15, this was the major reason, of his retirement, not just the injury, but the mental trauma this inflicted- I hope his tormentor- has a similar fate this year.

[@jackli7873]

2019 wimbledon 40-15

[@federicotown8052]

Too bad he lost the Wimbledon final in 2019

[@Quality_Culture]

Yes. On the other hand he beat Rafa in the semi-final and played great in the final. Djokovic was too much in his head, that was obvious.

[@m.a.g.3920]

The real rivalry in tennis is Djokovic vs Fed on Grass and Hardcourts. In clay it's obvious that there's no rivalry but total dominance from Nadal... The first years Fed vs Nadal were also a good rivalry. But Nadal-Djokovic is not really a rivalry, more like a mutual humilliation on their different favourite surfaces...

[@pauljohnson6019]

Fed had his last funeral at Wimbledon 2019- I'd never forget that, as a Federer fan, 5 years later, almost exactly, and Novak is now 37, let's see, if he'll reach the finals, at Wimbledon.

[@abeguy7981]

Oh what a shame...

[@Wushtheel]

first

[@federicotown8052]

Unfortunately it was !

[@ChrisJones-vb5je]

One of the easiest draws of all time. He should have won. The SF and F matches were a joke.

[@Lecia-lithium]

Wish he didn't bottle 2019

[@БогданЮрченко-ч7л]

[@luizcarlosbenze8824]

E alguém ainda acha que hj o pessoal joga TÊNIS....igual não tem e nunca terá.....PeRFect

[@aftabkhan1961]

Man I miss Feds!

[@gamejester.]

Hey Raz - Is there footage of Federer's fastest serve? Apparently it was in the 2010 Halle Final according to the link below. I've looked for years but can't find footage of it. The fastest serve I've ever seen footage of is 135 mph in 2009 Wimbledon final. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fastest_recorded_tennis_serves#:~:text=Roger%20Federer-,230.0%C2%A0km/h%20(142.9%C2%A0mph),-2010%20Gerry%20Weber

[@RazOls]

Hey man, I just went through every serve Federer had in that final - no 230 kph serve to be found. Highest one was 218 kph, then 215 kph. One missed serve clocked 220 kph. Might make a video on that

[@gamejester.]

@@RazOls Wow Thank you Raz for taking the time to do that. Looks like Wikipedia is wrong. 218 kph must be his fastest. Although a 220 kph fault is pretty fast too

[@gamejester.]

I do wonder what his actual fastest serve is. I can't find anything faster than Wimbledon 2009