Roger Federer vs Novak Djokovic Head-to-Head
Novak Djokovic and Roger Federer met exactly 50 times, with Djokovic finishing 27-23 ahead. Seventeen of those meetings came at the Grand Slams, where Djokovic led 11-6, and eleven were major semi-finals, more than any other pair has contested.
Head-to-Head Overview
| Category | Federer | Djokovic |
|---|---|---|
| Overall record | 23 | 27 |
| At the Grand Slams | 6 | 11 |
| Major semi-finals |
Key Stats & Records
Rivalry Analysis
This was the rivalry of the biggest occasions. Eleven Grand Slam semi-finals between two players is a record, and it reflects a decade in which the draw kept delivering them to each other one match short of a final. Djokovic's 11-6 edge at the majors is the number that matters most to the wider GOAT argument.
Stylistically it was the return against the serve. Federer's delivery was the most efficient of his generation and Djokovic's return the best of any, and their matches usually turned on whether Federer could hold cheaply enough to stay ahead in the exchanges. Two of their meetings, the 2019 Wimbledon final in particular, went to fifth-set tiebreaks that could have reversed the record.