Roger Federer's prime started in 2003 and lasted through 2009. That's seven years where he won 15 major titles. In 2010 he won the Australian Open where he played incredible tennis. The Australian Open 2010 was the last major of Federer's prime. After that tournament he started a very slow decline which saw Federer lose some foot speed and more importantly mental confidence and toughness in the biggest and most crucial moments of tennis matches. During this time of Federer's decline was also the rise of Novak Djokovic coming into his prime years. They are exactly six years apart which makes a big difference in tennis. Novak Djokovic is going to be remembered as the most successful tennis player that has ever played the sport. He's got the most major titles, the most weeks ranked #1, the most year end #1's, tied with Federer for most Masters Cup titles, has the most Masters 1000 titles, and has won the Djoker Slam in 2016 where he won FOUR major titles in a row. He's also won three of the four majors in a year for a record 4 different years (2011, 2015, 2021, 2023) which might be the most unbelievable stat in all of his records. Roger won three of the four major titles 3 different years (2004, 2006, 2007) and also won the Masters Cup in all of those years. These two guys in my opinion are the top two Greatest Players of All Time with Rafa coming in right behind them at #3. However, if Rafa can come back in 2024 and win a major or two then I'd put him above Federer at #2. As for now though my list looks like this. 1. Novak Djokovic- (holds most records and most successful player ever and has the greatest longevity ever). 2. Roger Federer- (most loved and revered player in history, and has the highest level of play in history during his prime years 2003-2009. Also, the most talented tennis player to ever play the sport). 3. Rafael Nadal- (greatest clay court player and most dominant one surface player in the history of tennis. Also the greatest fighter the sport has ever seen).

According to the commentator, Roger Federer is capable of hitting the ball with topspin. Quite incredible

Prime Federer is a nightmare

I watched this match live and it was amazing how Federer just dominated from start to finish; just never really had the sense that Djokovic had any chance at all. If someone had told you then that Federer would never beat Djokovic in Flushing again, no one would have believed it (although of course he came excruciatingly close twice).

You can see that the explosiveness that Federer possessed in his prime to end points quickly declined after 2010. That's why Djokovic and Nadal won more after 30, especially Novak who relies more on consistency. Federer's gamestyle is difficult to maintain well into your 30s, but he was still pretty succesfull with it after 2010. And with a one handed backhand as well. Pretty remarkable.

Federer didn't even break a sweat in this match lol

Amazing how confident was Roger back then in his prime

Prime RF was just different gravy. His footspeed, explosiveness, and consistency steadily dropped off in his 30s but other aspects of his game were still keeping him in the mix with the younger guys.

What a great match that was!

That tweener from Federer was out of this world.

An excellent reminder of how strong these players were back in the day! Great match! 💪💪

thank you US Open Tennis Championships for giving us full match :)

More evidence prime Roger is the GOAT. simply untouchable!!!!

What a point 0/40 last game wouahh the best point never see..The goat

34:35 "I love a coach who takes notes like Todd Martin. Others who just watch drive me crazy." *Todd Martin proceeds to be the worst coach of Djokovic's career* :P

best tennis era

What a great match. The guys are real tennis Gods.

02:03:02 Shot of the Century 🥺🥺✌️😍

Why is this quality better than your 2023 uploads? These are in 1080p and the current uploads are only at 720p.

Que increíble!!

38:30 what a rally and shot of federer

Last time Roger beat Novak in hard court major

djokovic serve its a nightmare, it takes too long

No body, just no body can beat prime RF..👍👍

Stunning match!!!

that shot from Roger between his legs in the end of the match. Just incredible.

Legend match

avait vous des finales de lus open en francais comme celle que federer gagne de 2004 a 2008 et celle de djokovic en 2011 ?

Djokovic actually bouncing the ball less and service ritual much more faster compared to now

I realized just now that Federer's last hard Court win v Djokovic was London 2019 but his last Hard court slam victory v Djokovic was more than a decade ago. Just really unbelievable.

A quick Premier this one Usually the wait is more than 3 days

First time watching this.Amazing tennis.Its sad that Roger is coming close to retirement now.

THE KING

Roger beat Novak in straight sets in the 2008 Final and once again beat Novak to get to another final and what a final it was with Del Potro winning in 5 sets

Memorable that unknown old Nole's jumpy&untidy&very high takeback forehand. Also that old & inefficient low late elbow in his 1st serve was a usual 40% or less in average by those days until 2011 approx. What a long way he had to improve then and boy did he do in a couple, maybe three of years later. Instead Roger already has the game and changeg basically his fh takeback by shortening it. The other major one was his neo backhand, a pity that only lasted for a 1/2 year in 2017.

Can't believe this orange tshirt kid will go on to win 21 grandslam titles

One of the last times Roger won vs Novak on GS

Beautiful.

Where was this level of confidence, aggressiveness, and determination against Djokovic in the last 3 Wimbledon finals? Unfortunately, this free-flowing and prime Federer was no longer there when they faced off in the finals

The last win that Fed had against Djoker at the US open.

FEDERER 😍 FOREVER

P Please don’t spoil the result with the thumbnail

Best part of the match starts at 1:16:46

Terrible commentators... jeez

38:17 👏👏👏

Cant believe its 2023 and Djokovic still plays at the highest level. Absolutely ridiculous

I don't know if Roger can be termed #1 by statistics, but he will definitely remain as #1 in people's hearts. Forever.

The King 🇨🇭

Against such a in the dawn of strength and energy, a fast, attacking Federer who set the pace of attacks, Djokovic had almost no chances, even the optimal Djokovic in his best form. We can see perfectly well that in this match everything depended on Roger, whether he would hit or make a mistake, if Roger hit from the 1st ball, the result was almost a foregone conclusion. Djokovic looked like an extra here. Djokovic turned the situation around only after 2010, when Roger began to give up due to age, and lost noticeably in speed, the pace of his attacks noticeably decreased, this was evident even in the memorable match of Wimbledon 2019. Unfortunately, this was not the same Roger Federer as before, with his lightning attacks.

Roger Federer ❤❤❤

Is no one going to mention how this was the exact same score of the Wimbledon semi final between Djokovic and Shapovalov? Edit: Also, the points won is very close between both matches.

When nole was fast to serve !

I ❤ federer

Funny you have to go back 15 years to see Federer won in US open

فعلا مايسترو ختامها مسك

Djokovic will always be remembered for that tweener

What he can do in spurts now he used to do at will in his prime.

Hahahahaa all of you talking about Fed prime have absolutely no idea! He said himself that 3 of them pushed each other to be better and better and that he played his best tennis in 2010s. Prime is not when you’re winning but when you play your best! Nole beat both Nadal and Federer and his prime was in either 2011 or 2015. But you keep on talking about prime Fed beating 3rd lvl players 😅 Fed won 9 of his 20 slams in the pre-Big3 era!

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Novak got a lot of flack for his antics around this time. Still feel he was almost always gracious in defeat

2:02:24 legend

I'm not a "tennis tragic" but I always felt that R.F. was both gracious and humbling, on and off the court. I can't express the the same sentiments about Mr N. Djokovich.

2:02:40 crazy

36:30 WINNER

who all have come here only to watch tweener primarily from GOAT ??

just with the before last point best of all the time who is the goat ????federer

Djokovic doesn't grunt in this match. Later in his career he started doing that. So he's capable to play without grunting, so he's using grunting as a way to cheat!!

Adam Lavigne play tennis before?

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Novak's serve is so different these days. It's what's allowed him to win all these slams. Completed his game

no comparison

조코는 공을 너무 많이 튕긴다. 정말 짜증난다.

I think djokovic has been great but he doesn't touch prime federer no way

Those line judges are jobless now, terrible calls.

Jelena is so cute

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你們的好球重播閃光會把人的眼睛搗瞎！可惡至極！

Federer🙈🙈🙈😡

No woke Novak.

King CONSTANTINE the Great Nikola TESLA , Mihajlo PUPIN , Milutin MILANKOVIC , Mileva ANSTAJN....itd.....Novak ĐOKOVIC...itd. itd. THE OLDEST CULTURE FIRST LETTER SERBIA SERBS ORTHODOX ANTI-FASCISTS.

Where is your Federer now and his puny 20 GS😊😊😊???

Hello Roger Nadal Novak thks for ur friendship on insta❤❤

2019 Wimbledon Finals...2 MATCH Points on Feds Raquet....CHOKES both of them away from Nerves...All Djoko had to do was get the ball over the Net and wait for Federer to Miss ROUTINE Shots...You could see how Feds Hands looked CRIPPLED during those 2 Points over being Nervous...Could be the most Devastating Loss in Tennis History...And i am a HUGE HUGE HUGE Fed Fan...Heartbreaker

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