Roger Federer was a Swiss professional tennis player who played for a period of 24 years from 1998-2022. Federer at his prime dominated this sport in his prime years from 2003-2009. He was ranked number 1 by ATP for 237 weeks consecutively and moreover, he has won 20 major men’s singles titles (6 Australian Open, 1 French Open, 8 Wimbledon, and 5 US Open titles) which is third highest after Novak Djokovic and Rafael Nadal.

Roger Federer has created a legacy for himself over the years as one of the greatest players to have played tennis in the world but after Wimbledon 2021 he didn’t play any singles tournament and later he announced his retirement from professional tennis sport after Laver Cup 2022 in September.

Here, in this article, we will have a look at the six memorable Grand Slam matches played by Roger Federer in his career.

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1. Roger Federer vs Pete Sampras ( 2001 Wimbledon 4th Round)

2001 wimbledon 4th round roger federer def pete sampras Roger Federer playing his 3rd Wimbledon tournament in 2001 was facing Pete Sampras in the 4th round after defeating other opponents like Christophe Rochus (1st Round), Xavier Malisse (2nd Round), and Jonas Bjorkman (3rd round) respectively. 

Federer started the first set with a win 7(9)-6(7) in a tie-breaker situation but lost the second set with a scoreline of 5-7 and later once again ended up winning the third set with a 6-4 margin. The fourth set was won by Pete Sampras in a tie-breaker situation with a scoreline of 7(7)-6(2) thus the result came down to the final and fifth set of the game which was won by Federer with a scoreline of 7-5 to proceed for Quarterfinals of the tournament.

This was the first time Roger Federer qualified for the Quarter-Finals of the Wimbledon tournament.

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2. Roger Federer vs Rafael Nadal (2008 Wimbledon Finals)

2008 wimbledon final rafael nadal def roger federer Roger Federer who won five consecutive titles in Wimbledon from 2003-2007, reached the finals once again in 2008, and this time he faced a 22-year-old young Rafael Nadal in the Wimbledon Finals.

Roger Federer started as the favourite to win his sixth consecutive Wimbledon title but Rafael Nadal displayed brilliant skills on the field to win the first two sets by a 6-4 margin. The Third and Fourth sets of the game had intense competition and finally, Roger Federer managed to win both these sets in a tie-breaker situation by 7(7)-6(5) and 7(10)-6(8) respectively. The final set of the match also saw an intense competition with both players scoring but finally, Rafael Nadal came out victorious with a 9-7 margin and won the Wimbledon 2008 finals. 

This was the first instance of Roger Federer losing a final game in a Wimbledon tournament.

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3. Roger Federer vs Andy Roddick (2009 Wimbledon Finals)
2009 wimbledon final roger federer def andy roddick Roger Federer once again reached Wimbledon finals for the seventh time (2003-2009) and this time he got Andy Roddick to face as his opponent in the final game of Wimbledon 2009.

Roger Federer lost the first set by a 5-7 margin but went on to win the next two sets of the game. Both the second set and third set saw intense competition happen between them and Federer came out victorious in a tie-breaker situation by 7(8)-6(6) and 7(7)-6(5) respectively. The fourth set was completely dominated by Andy Roddick by a 6-3 margin, thus the game went to the fifth and final set to decide the winner of this Wimbledon event.

The fifth set of the game saw a very tight contest between these two players and finally, Federer came out victorious in a tough battle with a scoreline of 16-14 against Andy Roddick to win his sixth Wimbledon title.

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4. Roger Federer vs Novak Djokovic (2011 French Open Semi-finals)

2011 roland garros semi final roger federer def novak djokovic Roger Federer reached the French Open semi-finals for the sixth time (2005-09 & 2011) and faced a tough opponent in the form of Novak Djokovic.

Roger Federer won the first two sets of the game after an intense competition. Federer lead Djokovic by 7(7)-6(3) and 6-3 in the first two sets, but however, in the third set, Novak Djokovic got a lead of 7-5 to stay in the hunt. The fourth set of this game saw an intense battle between these two and finally, Federer won the tie-breaker by a 7(7)-6(5) margin. Federer secured a spot in the final by winning the first three out of four sets.

Roger Federer qualified for the French Open finals for the fifth time (2006-09 & 2011).

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5. Roger Federer vs Rafael Nadal (2017 Australian Open Finals)

2017 australian open final roger federer def rafael nadal Roger Federer reached Australian Open Finals for the sixth time (2004, 2006-07, 2009-10 & 2017) and faced Rafael Nadal in this contest.

Roger Federer won the first set by a 6-4 margin and took a brilliant lead in the important game but however, the second set was won by Rafael Nadal by 6-3 margin later. The third set was completely dominated by Roger Federer with the scoreboard reading 6-1 which put his opponent under tremendous pressure, but Nadal gave a good comeback in the fourth set by winning on a margin of 6-3.

Australian Open 2017 Final game went to the fifth and final set, which was won by Roger Federer by a 6-3 margin comfortably and he claimed his fifth Australian Open title in style ( 2004, 2006-07, 2010 & 2017).

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6. Roger Federer vs Novak Djokovic (2019 Wimbledon Finals)

2019 wimbledon final novak djokovic def roger federer Roger Federer showed his consistency once again in this Wimbledon tournament as he reached the finals aiming for his 9th title, but unfortunately, Novak Djokovic got the better of him in this game.

The first set of the game started in a very competitive way and finally, the result was decided by a tie-breaker with Djokovic leading Federer by a 7(7)-6(5) margin. The second set was completely dominated by Federer as the scoreboard read 6-1. The third set of this game once again saw an intense battle as it came down to a tie-breaker once again and this time Djokovic came out victorious with a 7(7)-6(4) margin.

The fourth set of the game was won by Roger Federer by a 6-4 margin, thus the game went down to the wire till the fifth and final set. The fifth set saw an intense action between these two players on the field and narrowly through the tie-breaking margin Novak Djokovic came out victorious 13(7)-12(3) against Roger Federer.

Roger Federer ended up losing Wimbledon Finals for the fourth time after 2008, 2014 & 2015 respectively.