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
Simon Stadler
Historical windowComplete archive
The connection uses 2 links and 3 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 meeting10September 22, 2008View Novak Djokovic × Simon Stadler →03 DestinationOpen career →Simon Stadler
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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