Origin
Open career →Tennis’s living graph
Bridges Across
Eras
Two players do not need to have shared a court for their stories to be connected. Find the shortest chain of head-to-head meetings between them.
Shortest path found
Carlos Alcaraz
reaches
Dmitro Tolok
Historical windowComplete archive
The connection uses 5 links and 6 careers. Every step below represents a recorded head-to-head meeting within the selected window.
The complete route
Career by career
01 10 meetings55May 2, 2022 — January 19, 2026View Carlos Alcaraz × Novak Djokovic →02 BridgeOpen career →Novak Djokovic
1 meeting10April 7, 2006View Novak Djokovic × Greg Rusedski →03 BridgeOpen career →Greg Rusedski
1 meeting10May 3, 1996View Greg Rusedski × Iztok Bozic →04 BridgeOpen career →Iztok Bozic
1 meeting10July 12, 2002View Iztok Bozic × David Mullins →05 BridgeOpen career →David Mullins
1 meeting01July 16, 2004View David Mullins × Dmitro Tolok →06 DestinationOpen career →Dmitro Tolok
Parallel routes
One search may have several correct answers.
Besides the detailed route, we found 1 more sequence with the same 5 links. Every route travels the shortest possible distance in the archive.
- OriginCarlos Alcaraz
- BridgeNovak Djokovic
- BridgeGenius Chidzikwe
- BridgeIztok Bozic
- BridgeDavid Mullins
- DestinationDmitro Tolok
How we calculate it
A search from both sides of history.
The portal traverses the head-to-head graph from both careers at the same time and stops at the first proven minimum distance. When a period is selected, only matches inside that window create links; walkovers never create connections.
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