List of Career Achievements By Roger Federer - Grand Slam Records - Pairings

Pairings

1. From the 2003 Wimblghedon to the 2012 Wimbledon, Federer and Nadal have won an unprecedented 28 out of 37 Grand Slam titles (excluding 2003 USO, 2004 FO, 2005 AO, 2008 AO, 2009 USO, 2011 AO, 2011 Wim, 2011 USO and 2012 AO). They have been represented in all but 5 finals (2003 USO, 2004 FO, 2005 AO, 2008 AO and 2011 AO).
2. Either Federer or Nadal has been seeded No. 1 for 30 consecutive Grand Slams (2004 FO – 2011 Wim).
3. From 2004–2010, Federer and Nadal have won at least 5 out of 5 Grand Slam titles for 7 consecutive seasons.
4. Federer and Nadal are the only No. 1 and 2 pair in the open era to contest the French Open and Wimbledon men's finals back to back in a calendar year. They are also the only pair in the history of tennis to contest both of these finals back to back for three consecutive years (2006–08).
5. In the history of tennis, Federer and Nadal are the first pair to face each other in eight Grand Slam singles finals (2006–8 Wimbledon, 2006–8 French Open, 2009 Australian Open and 2011 French Open) in the span of 6 years, surpassing the old record by Bill Tilden and William Johnston of 7 Grand Slam singles finals (1919–25 US Open), who did it in the span of 7 years.
6. They are also the first pair in the open era to have faced each in 4 French Open finals (2006-8 and 2011) and the second of three pairs in the open era to have faced each other in 3 Wimbledon finals; Boris Becker and Stefan Edberg (1988–90), Federer and Nadal (2006-8) and Federer and Roddick (2004-5, 2009). As a result Roger Federer is the only man to have faced two opponents three times in the Wimbledon finals.
7. During the open era, only two pairs of players have played each other in the final of the same Grand Slam singles tournament three consecutive years: Becker-Edberg (Wimbledon 1988–90) and Federer-Nadal (2006–08 French Open and 2006–08 Wimbledon).
8. Federer and Nadal are the only No. 1 and 2 pair to win at least 11 consecutive Grand Slam singles tournaments between them (2005 French Open – 2007 US Open). In this period, Federer won 3 consecutive titles at both Wimbledon and the US Open and 2 consecutive titles at the Australian Open, while Nadal won 3 consecutive French Open titles.
9. Federer and Nadal are the only pair to win at least four consecutive finals at three different Grand Slams during the same period (2005–08 French Open for Nadal, 2003–07 Wimbledon and 2004–08 US Open for Federer).
10. From 2008 French Open to 2010 US Open, the pair won 10 of 11 Grand Slams (except 2009 US Open).
11. Federer and Nadal have won 8 consecutive Wimbledon (2003–10) and 8 consecutive French Open (2005–12).
12. Federer and Nadal have won the Wimbledon and French Open duo for 6 consecutive years (2005–10).
13. Federer and Nadal have won the French Open, Wimbledon and US Open trio for 4 consecutive years (2005–08) and a fifth time in 2010.
14. Federer and Nadal have won the Calendar Grand Slam 3 times (2006–07 & 2010).
15. During open era, only 6 pairs of players have met each other in the final of 3 different Grand Slams. Lendl-Wilander (1983 AO, 1985 FO & 1987 USO), Lendl-Becker (1986 Wim, 1989 USO, 1991 AO), Sampras- Agassi (1990 USO, 1995 AO & 1999 Wim), Federer-Nadal (2006 FO, 2006 Wim & 2009 AO), Nadal-Djokovic (2010 USO, 2011 Wim, 2012 AO & 2012 FO) and Federer-Murray (2008 USO, 2010 AO & 2012 Wim).
16. From 2003 Wim to 2012 Wim, 2008 AO is the only grand slam, in which both Federer and Nadal lost in the same round (semifinal).
17. Del Potro (2009 US Open) and Djokovic (2011) are the only players to defeat Nadal (2009 US Open semifinal by Del Potro and 2011 US Open final by Djokovic) and Federer (2009 US Open final by Del Potro and 2011 US Open semifinal by Djokovic) in a grand slam in consecutive rounds.