2008 Woodie Awards
Roger Federer: Tenis' Tiger
The Looper
Austin Danforth (managing editor)
Issue date: 2/6/07 Section: Sports
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I'm going to stick to my guns. I've said it before and I'll say it again, Tiger Woods is the chosen one, but, yeah, his buddy Roger Federer might be too.
Anyone paying attention to sports in the last couple of weeks could not have missed their respective and resounding victories; Tiger won at the Buick Invitational, again, and Federer won at the Australian Open again.
At Torrey Pines, Tiger extended his own streak, which started with his win at the 2006 British Open, to seven straight PGA Tour victories. He didn't lap the field and run away with the tournament, but he won with the trophy basically in hand - there was little doubt among those watching his back nine that he'd fail to win.
Federer, meanwhile, won the first leg of the 2007 Grand Slam without losing a single set. He didn't lose one set in the entire Australian Open. That hasn't happened since Bjorn Borg at the 1980 French Open.
As if that weren't enough, in his 11 Grand Slam final appearances (he's 10-1) he has only dropped five sets.
Sounds a lot like Tiger's unconscious stretch in 2000-2001 to me.
This most recent win makes it three Grand Slam titles in a row for Federer - he is the current champion at Wimbledon, the U.S. Open and the Australian Open. This is the second time Federer has won three consecutive Grand Slam titles.
A win at the French Open in May and Federer would hold all four Grand Slam titles.
Shades of a Tiger Slam, anyone?
At age 25, Federer sits tied for fifth place in career Grand Slam titles, with 10. He's tenth all-time in career wins, with 46. Very Tiger-like statistics, indeed.
Oh and by the way, Federer has not lost in any of his last 36 matches.
So, to recap our streak: Tiger has 7, Roger has 36.
We could debate semantics - every time Woods goes out he is competing against over 100 golfers in every tournament and Federer only has one opponent each match - but these numbers are like apples and oranges. All in all, it would be self-defeating, like comparing a big, scary, long-haired dog with an equally big, equally scary, short-haired dog.
I may not be a tennis aficionado, but I do know what domination and greatness look like - those are two attributes that translate easily throughout sports - but it is plain to see that Woods and Federer have them in abundance.
Now, the most interesting part of this star-studded duel is waiting to see who flinches, and loses first
Anyone paying attention to sports in the last couple of weeks could not have missed their respective and resounding victories; Tiger won at the Buick Invitational, again, and Federer won at the Australian Open again.
At Torrey Pines, Tiger extended his own streak, which started with his win at the 2006 British Open, to seven straight PGA Tour victories. He didn't lap the field and run away with the tournament, but he won with the trophy basically in hand - there was little doubt among those watching his back nine that he'd fail to win.
Federer, meanwhile, won the first leg of the 2007 Grand Slam without losing a single set. He didn't lose one set in the entire Australian Open. That hasn't happened since Bjorn Borg at the 1980 French Open.
As if that weren't enough, in his 11 Grand Slam final appearances (he's 10-1) he has only dropped five sets.
Sounds a lot like Tiger's unconscious stretch in 2000-2001 to me.
This most recent win makes it three Grand Slam titles in a row for Federer - he is the current champion at Wimbledon, the U.S. Open and the Australian Open. This is the second time Federer has won three consecutive Grand Slam titles.
A win at the French Open in May and Federer would hold all four Grand Slam titles.
Shades of a Tiger Slam, anyone?
At age 25, Federer sits tied for fifth place in career Grand Slam titles, with 10. He's tenth all-time in career wins, with 46. Very Tiger-like statistics, indeed.
Oh and by the way, Federer has not lost in any of his last 36 matches.
So, to recap our streak: Tiger has 7, Roger has 36.
We could debate semantics - every time Woods goes out he is competing against over 100 golfers in every tournament and Federer only has one opponent each match - but these numbers are like apples and oranges. All in all, it would be self-defeating, like comparing a big, scary, long-haired dog with an equally big, equally scary, short-haired dog.
I may not be a tennis aficionado, but I do know what domination and greatness look like - those are two attributes that translate easily throughout sports - but it is plain to see that Woods and Federer have them in abundance.
Now, the most interesting part of this star-studded duel is waiting to see who flinches, and loses first
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Elle
posted 2/06/07 @ 9:08 PM EST
Tiger this and Tiger that. Roger isn't this and Roger isn't that! That's last week's debate, headline, argument or whatever you want to call it. We've had enough of your non-sense comparing an athlete to a semi-athlete. (Continued…)
austin denforth
posted 2/07/07 @ 8:27 PM EST
Tiger .Roger.
Comparsion
Pretty shit
Bull shit
Sports writers
Golf player
Tennis player
walking the field
running and jumping sweating in the sun
cool grace
swiss fluidity
comparison pretty shit bull shit
why tiger why not zidane
why tiger why not ronaldinho
why tiger why not jordan
why tiger why why why why why
golf golf pool pool billiards billiards chess chess
kasparov dominant
alekhine dominant
who is more dominant tiger or kasparov
who is more dominant tiger or alekhine/capablanca
tiger tiger golf golf no run no pun no jump just walk tiger at 50 still golf
kasparov at 50 still chess
zidane at 50 no 34 no more football
billiards snooker pool even 60
compare tiger
Nicky
posted 2/11/07 @ 2:46 PM EST
I wonder if these kind of articles are hugely concerned outside America.
fekere
posted 6/13/07 @ 5:51 PM EST
woooooooooooooooo nice
andre
posted 10/08/07 @ 2:06 PM EST
ROGER FEDERER - MOST DOMINANT ATHLETE IN SPORTS TODAY.
THE TRUTH
posted 10/18/07 @ 9:43 PM EST
TIGER vs. Roger - Golf and Tennis have 4 majors every year. Tiger won his first major in 1997. From 1997-2007 Tiger has won 13 out of 44 majors. A wining percentage of 29. (Continued…)
THE TRUTH
posted 12/14/07 @ 9:42 PM EST
A golfer told me 9/10 people know who Tiger is and 9/10 people don't know who Roger Federer is. I said OK. Now just find me 1 on this planet willing to bet that in 2008 Tiger will win more majors than Roger?
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