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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
Pat Serret
Historical windowComplete archive
The connection uses 4 links and 5 careers. Every step below represents a recorded head-to-head meeting within the selected window.
The complete route
Career by career
01 OriginOpen career →3 meetings12May 3, 2021 — May 2, 2022View Carlos Alcaraz × Rafael Nadal →02 BridgeOpen career →Rafael Nadal
2 meetings20March 22, 2004 — April 12, 2004View Rafael Nadal × Goran Ivanisevic →03 BridgeOpen career →Goran Ivanisevic
2 meetings11April 24, 1989 — May 25, 1992View Goran Ivanisevic × Carl Limberger →04 BridgeOpen career →Carl Limberger
1 meeting10January 5, 1987View Carl Limberger × Pat Serret →05 DestinationOpen career →Pat Serret
Parallel routes
One search may have several correct answers.
Besides the detailed route, we found 1 more sequence with the same 4 links. Every route travels the shortest possible distance in the archive.
- OriginCarlos Alcaraz
- BridgeGael Monfils
- BridgeRazvan Sabau
- BridgeNduka Odizor
- DestinationPat Serret
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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