AND WINS!!!
Stockholm ATP 250 - Men's Second Round
1 Roger Federer d Taylor Dent - 61 62
Winning in match #900 he improves his career W/L to 727-173.
WOW: And of those 900 matches... not a single retirement.
Those numbers also represent 63 titles, including 16 Slam.
Open Era standings in matches:
Roger is 27 matches behind Boris Becker who is #12 with 927 played.
He is #9 in matches won & #6 in winning percentage (in 400+ matches).
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Roger's 1st tour match was a loss at Gstaad to Lucas Arnold Ker in 1998.
His 1st match win came 2 months later in Toulouse over Guillaume Raoux.
Roger's 1st final was at Marseille in '00 & his 1st title at Milan in '01.
For 2010 his W/L is 49-12 with 2 titles: Australian Open & Cincinnati.
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Here are some H2H stats:
He has a losing record to 21 guys - only 11 if they've played at least twice.
In all H2H's he has a double-digit lead over 13 players.
Of those players he has played Lleyton Hewitt the most: 23 (17-6).
Roger has the most victories over Andy Roddick: 19 - with just 2 losses.
Rafael Nadal is the only player to have double-digit wins over Roger: 7-14.
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A major milestone was reached today in Stockhom. Well done Rog.
Photo: Reuters
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