Most Dominant Athlete of All Time

Sunday night, after watching the glorious re-appearance of the NFL for the 2007 season, one thought assaulted my mind: Roger Federer is the most dominant athlete of all time.

Writing this blog, I am aware that tennis isn't the most popular sport. Especially in Canada, where talented tennis players are tough to find among the myriad of professional hockey players and ~cough~ lacrosse players.

The only way I can describe the way Federer dominates tennis is to draw a comparison between an average 20-30 year old male have a slam-dunk contest versus an infant on a 5-foot net.

The only time Federer EVER loses is in the French Open in the finals against Rafael Nadal. That's it. One loss a year. If it weren't for that one loss, Roger would hold the prestigious "Grand Slam" having won all four of the Grand Slam Tournaments in a year. Something that hasn't been done in the Open era of tennis.

Among Federer's records, here are a few of the most prominent:
- Has won 3 of 4 Grand Slam tournaments (U.S. Open, Australian Open and Wimbledon) 3 times.
- Surpassed Jimmy Connors (160) and Steffi Graf (186) with most consecutive weeks as the #1 mens player and #1 singles player respectively(189+).
- Most consecutive U.S. Open wins (4).
- Tied for most consecutive Wimbledon wins (5).
- Won at least 10 singles tournaments for 3 consecutive years.
- Only player to have reached at least the finals for all 4 grand slam tournaments for 2 consecutive years.
- 10 consecutive grand slam final appearances.

Among these are many others. One record which Federer hasn't claimed is the record for most Grand Slam titles. He has 12 and is chasing retired American Pete Sampras who has 14 (Sampras accomplished his feat at 31 years of age and Federer is only 26).

I rest my case with one final argument. If you think Tiger Woods is more dominant at golf than Federer is at tennis, you are an idiot. And golf isn't a sport.