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By Chris Oddo
Photo Credit: Reuters
Roger Federer - 2012 Halle

(June 14, 2012)—Roger Federer is already the all-time leader in grass-court titles, but this year the 30-year-old world No. 3 will be setting his sights on a slice of history that has eluded him for the last two grass-court seasons.

 

With six Wimbledon titles under his belt, Federer will enter Wimbledon with another chance to tie Pete Sampras for the most titles all time at The Championships. If he can do it, Federer will also join Rafael Nadal and Pete Sampras as the only players to have won any Grand Slam seven times in the Open Era.

 

Let's have a look at some of the milestones that Federer is poised to break this grass-court season.

 

1. Grass-Court Wins, All-Time and Active

 

Federer won his 103rd career match on grass today against Florian Mayer in Halle. That places him just two wins behind Lleyton Hewitt for the active lead in Grass Court wins. Additionally, Federer could move from eleventh to sixth in grass wins all-time if he makes the final at Halle and Wimbledon.

 

Grass Court Wins, All-Time

Player

Record

Pct.

Titles

Jimmy Connors

169-34

.833

9

John McEnroe

119-20

.856

8

Boris Becker

116-25

.804

7

John Newcombe

116-33

.779

5

Roscoe Tanner

115-40

.742

3

Stan Smith

111-41

.730

4

Ken Rosewall

108-31

.777

5

Tony Roche

107-34

.759

4

Lleyton Hewitt

105-29

.784

7

Pat Cash

104-37

.738

3

Roger Federer

103-15

.873

11

 

 

2. Federer is the grass-court king if you look at winning percentage.

 

While Federer's numbers on grass might not be quite as obscene as Nadal's .930 winning percentage on clay, the Swiss Maestro has no equal when it comes to winning matches on grass. Here is a look at the top five grass-court winning percentages all-time, and the top four active.

 

Grass Court Winning Percentage, All-Time

 

Player

Win Pct

Record on Grass

Wimbledon Titles

Roger Federer

.873

103-15

6

John McEnroe

.856

119-20

3

Bjorn Borg

.847

61-11

5

Pete Sampras

.835

101-20

7

Jimmy Connors

.833

169-34

2

*Rafael Nadal

.830

49-10

2

*Andy Roddick

.804

78-19

0

  

*Active players.

 

Nadal is seventh all-time, behind Laver; Roddick is 9th all-time, behind Becker ; Murray is 10th.

 

3. Grass Court Titles

 

Federer already holds the all-time lead for most grass-court titles. Here's how he stacks up against those below him on the list:

 

Grass Court Titles, all-time

 

Player

Grass Titles

Grass Record

Wimbledon Titles

Wimbledon Record

Federer

11

103-15

6

59-7

Sampras

10

101-20

7

63-7

Connors

9

169-34

2

84-18

McEnroe

8

119-20

3

59-11

*Becker

7

116-25

3

71-12

 

*Hewitt also has seven grass titles.

 

4. The Big Three on Grass

 

Finally, let's take a look at the big three on grass and at Wimbledon.

 

Player

Grass Record

Pct.

Wimbledon Record

Wimbledon Titles

Federer

103-15

.873

59-7

6

Nadal

49-10

.830

35-5

2

Dkokovic

38-11

.776

27-6

1

 

 

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