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
Robert Janecek
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 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 meeting10July 20, 1992View Greg Rusedski × Martin Laurendeau →04 BridgeOpen career →Martin Laurendeau
1 meeting10August 14, 1989View Martin Laurendeau × Robert Janecek →05 DestinationOpen career →Robert Janecek
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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