Published 16:17 IST, March 13th 2020

Roger Federer has NEVER won against these three alive players yet, who are they?

Roger Federer in his 22-year professional career has been dominating over all the opponents except for couple of them who have an unbeaten record against him.

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Roger Federer is a legendary name in world of tennis and is one of most successful players in Open Era to have played sport. 38-year-old has numerous records against his name, which includes record of most Grand Slam titles (20) and most Grand Slam match wins (362).  Federer narrowly failed to become oldest player in Open Era to win a Grand Slam title when he lost epic 2019 Wimbledon final against vak Djokovic.

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Roger Federer records

Roger Federer records see him becoming  only player to win 100 matches at a Grand Slam tournament. His Grand Slam record in terms of matches is equally impressive, winning up a century of match wins at Wimbledon (101) and Australian Open (102).

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History about Roger Federer opponents  

Roger Federer, in his 22-year professional career, has faced 345 different opponents. His last opponent was USA's Tennys Sandgren in 2020 Australian Open quarter-finals. While he has been dominating over all opponents he has faced so far in his career, re have been couple of players among m who are yet to taste defeat against Swiss great.

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Roger Federer vs Pat Rafter history

likes of Pat Rafter (3-0) and Franco Squillari (2-0) le a small group of 16 players, who have never to have lost against Federer. Pat Rafter h faced Roger Federer in 1999, 2000 and 2001 on different surfaces. In 1999, Pat Rafter defeated Roger Federer at Roland Garros. In 2000, Pat Rafter once again got better of Roger Federer in two sets at ATP Masters 1000 Miami. Pat Rafter's last meeting with Roger Federer was back in 2001 during Halle tournament in Germany where Rafter overcame Federer in three sets.

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Players who have never lost to Roger Federer

Evgeniy Donskoy

Russian still remains unbeaten against Roger Federer, having beaten Swiss superstar at 2017 Dubai Open. Donskoy defeated Federer 3-6,7-6,7-6.

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Thanassi Kokkinakis

Australian is yet to make his mark on ATP circuit, but he did have biggest moment of his career by beating Federer in a third-set tiebreak in opening round of 2018 Miami Masters. match was also ir first-ever meeting on tour. Kokkinakis overcame Federer 3-6, 6-3, 7-6.

Andrei Rublev

Ar Russian who is yet to taste defeat against Federer is young Andrei Rublev. It was during  2019 Cincinnati Masters, that Andrei Rublev overcame Federer in straight sets to reach quarterfinals of event. Rublev won match 6-3, 6-4.

Roger Federer injury

'Roger Federer injury' news came to a huge surprise for tennis world. Federer recently underwent surgery on his right knee in Switzerland, which sidelined him for a couple of tournaments.Tweeting about his knee injury, Roger Federer wrote that doctors confirmed that it was right thing to have done and are very confident of a full recovery. Roger Federer injury and loss in Australian Open 2020 semi-final saw his ranking drop to World 4. 

16:13 IST, March 13th 2020