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
James Hicks
Historical windowComplete archive
The connection uses 6 links and 7 careers. Every step below represents a recorded head-to-head meeting within the selected window.
The complete route
Career by career
01 1 meeting10April 5, 2021View Carlos Alcaraz × Feliciano Lopez →02 BridgeOpen career →Feliciano Lopez
3 meetings12October 14, 2002 — May 9, 2005View Feliciano Lopez × Andre Agassi →03 BridgeOpen career →Andre Agassi
2 meetings20August 29, 1988 — August 28, 1989View Andre Agassi × Jimmy Connors →04 BridgeOpen career →Jimmy Connors
5 meetings32September 1, 1971 — February 16, 1977View Jimmy Connors × Onny Parun →05 BridgeOpen career →Onny Parun
1 meeting10September 25, 1972View Onny Parun × Chip Fisher →06 BridgeOpen career →Chip Fisher
1 meeting10September 22, 1968View Chip Fisher × James Hicks →07 DestinationOpen career →James Hicks
Parallel routes
One search may have several correct answers.
Besides the detailed route, we found 4 more sequences with the same 6 links. Every route travels the shortest possible distance in the archive.
- OriginCarlos Alcaraz
- BridgeFeliciano Lopez
- BridgeAndre Agassi
- BridgeJimmy Connors
- BridgeJim Mcmanus
- BridgeChip Fisher
- DestinationJames Hicks
- OriginCarlos Alcaraz
- BridgeFeliciano Lopez
- BridgeAndre Agassi
- BridgeJimmy Connors
- BridgeClark Graebner
- BridgeLornie Kuhle
- DestinationJames Hicks
- OriginCarlos Alcaraz
- BridgeFeliciano Lopez
- BridgeAndre Agassi
- BridgeRussell Simpson
- BridgeOnny Parun
- BridgeChip Fisher
- DestinationJames Hicks
- OriginCarlos Alcaraz
- BridgeFeliciano Lopez
- BridgeAndre Agassi
- BridgeBill Scanlon
- BridgeOnny Parun
- BridgeChip Fisher
- DestinationJames Hicks
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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