Top 7 best Roger Federer vs Novak Djokovic matches


Top 7 best Roger Federer vs Novak Djokovic matches

Roger Federer and Novak Djokovic

Roger Federer and Novak Djokovic’s rivalry is one of the best and has elicited a higher number of thriller matches. The first encounter between the two players was in 2006 when Federer defeated young Djokovic at Monte Carlo in three sets. In 2007, Djokovic won against his affliction at the ATP Masters Series in Canada.

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Australian Open 2020 semifinal match was their 50th match against each other. Djokovic won that match and now leads 27-23 in head 2 head encounter against Federer.

Currently, Rafael Nadal is leading the tally of the most number of Grand Slam titles with 22 GS titles. Novak Djokovic is not far behind with 21 Grand Slam titles and will target surpassing it. Here’s a glimpse of the top 7 encounters of both players:

#7 US Open Semifinals 2010

Novak Djokovic and Roger Federer
Novak Djokovic and Roger Federer

This was the US Open Semifinal in which Djokovic won against Federer in 2010. Federer won the first and the third set both seven games to five while Djokovic made a comeback for the fourth set and won it. In the fifth set, Federer had two match points at 15-40, 4-5.

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Furthermore, the Serb hit some elegant forehands to win the match. With this win, Federer lost his streak of defeating the Serb at the US Open as he won against him in 2007, 2008, and 2009. However, Djokovic lost in the final of the competition against Nadal. The final score was 5-7, 6-1, 5-7, 6-2, and 7-5.

#6 Paris Masters 2018 Semifinal

Djokovic was on a streak of 22 matches that looked unbeatable while Federer was not glancing as he lost against Djokovic in Shanghai in straight sets about a month ago.

This was one of the longest-ever 3 setters played between Roger Federer and Novak Djokovic. The Serb played some remarkable attacking tennis and saved 12 breakpoints. Djokovic edged Federer to win the match in 3 sets. Djokovic won his fourth straight match against the Swiss Maestro but lose the final against Karen Khachanov in straight sets. The final score was 7-6(6), 5-7, and 7-6(3).

#5 US Open Semifinals 2011

Novak Djokovic and Roger Federer
Novak Djokovic and Roger Federer

2011 was the year of the rise of Novak Djokovic. In the beginning, the first four sets were halved between two players while Federer won the fifth set at 5-3 and made two match points.

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While Djokovic played the riskiest shots of his life to win against the Swiss Maestro and didn’t look back after that to win the next four points and people in the stadium were in shock. Federer was also shocked and said that he did not expect Djokovic to play this way when he was down a match point. The Serb won against Nadal in the final to lift the title. The final score was 6-7(7), 4-6, 6-3, 6-2, 7-5.

#4 French Open 2011 Semifinal

Novak Djokovic and Roger Federer
Novak Djokovic and Roger Federer

In 2011 Djokovic lifted three Grand slam titles except for the French Open as he lost to Roger Federer in the semifinal. Djokovic had a streak of not losing a single match throughout the year till that point as he had won 43 matches in a row. While Federer showed the most incredible side of his performance ever on this day.

He managed to win the first two sets while Djokovic made a comeback and won the third set while moving to fourth at 5-4. Federer won the match in the tie-breaker but lost to Nadal in the final. The final score was 7-6(5), 6-3, 3-6, 7-6(5).

#3 Wimbledon 2014 Final

Novak Djokovic and Roger Federer
Novak Djokovic and Roger Federer

The 2014 final of Wimbledon at the England Club is one of the best-ever matches played. Roger Federer was remarkable in the way he played his best during that match.

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In the beginning, Djokovic won 2nd and 3rd sets of the game while Federer made a comeback and won the fourth as he was down 5-2 but managed to win the next five turns and broke Djokovic’s serve.

However, Djokovic won the final against Federer. This was his second Wimbledon title against Federer. The final score was 6-7, 6-4, 7-6, 5-7, 6-4.

#2 Rogers Cup Final 2007

Novak Djokovic
Novak Djokovic

If you are a Novak Djokovic fan then you can,t forget this match and especially this tournament where 20 years old Serbian created history. He became the first player after legendary Boris Becker to defeat all the top 3 players in the same tournament.

The rivalry between these two started with this match after Novak Djokovic registered his first victory over Roger Federer in their 5th encounter.

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Djokovic saved six set points in the first set and won it against the two-time champion and World number 1. Federer came back strongly to take the second set but eventually lost the third in the tiebreaker. This match was special for Novak as he won two tiebreaks against Federer. Novak Djokovic def Roger Federer 7-6, 2-6, 7-6.

#1 Wimbledon Final 2019

Novak Djokovic and Roger Federer
Novak Djokovic and Roger Federer

This match is still fresh in everyone’s memory and it will be remembered as one of the best comebacks by any player in the Grand Slam finals. You may think I am exaggerating, but Roger Federer, leading 8-7, 40-15 in the decider, verge of his 9th Wimbledon Championship and 21 GS title. He could smell it until he made an error and a stunning crosscourt forehand by Novak Djokovic took it away.

Novak did something extraordinary as he was the first player after 71 years to save match points in the Men’s Wimbledon final. This was the first time the Wimbledon match went close to a 12-12 tiebreak in the last set. Novak Djokovic won his 5th Wimbledon Championship crown with 7-6(5), 1-6, 7-6(4), 4-6, 13-12(3) victory over Roger Federer.

If Federer had defeated Djokovic in that final then he would have become the only second player after Stam Wawrinka to beat Rafale Nadal and Novak Djokovic in the same major championship. This match is the longest Wimbledon final in history as Novak defeated Federer in 4 hours and 57 minutes.

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