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Originally Posted by Inglewood Jack
Fed likely bags 5 FO trophies without Clay God in the way. Struck down in the semis in 05, 19, finals in 06, 07, 08, 11
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Oh I know. It'd be interesting to see what would have happened if Federer was still chasing something as I think he lost motivation after finally getting his French Open and then surpassing Sampras at Wimbledon that year.
At that point he had 15 grand slams, while Nadal was at 6 (4 French and no US open yet) and Djokovic was at 1 slam. If they were closer or if he was chasing some other record I think he would have ended up with more than the 20 he got.
But I guess that's always the way it goes. Someone sets a record and then someone comes along like Djokovic or Nadal to break it. Now Alcaraz needs 24 slams and at least 3 of each to get up to Djokovic's level.