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
Roger Federer
reaches
Akram El Sallaly
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 2 meetings20January 13, 2014 — January 4, 2015View Roger Federer × James Duckworth →02 BridgeOpen career →James Duckworth
1 meeting01February 7, 2026View James Duckworth × Andres Andrade →03 BridgeOpen career →Andres Andrade
1 meeting10February 2, 2024View Andres Andrade × Michael Bassem Sobhy →04 BridgeOpen career →Michael Bassem Sobhy
1 meeting10September 13, 2025View Michael Bassem Sobhy × Hod'abalo isak Padio →05 BridgeOpen career →Hod'abalo isak Padio
1 meeting10September 13, 2025View Hod'abalo isak Padio × Akram El Sallaly →06 DestinationOpen career →Akram El Sallaly
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.
- OriginRoger Federer
- BridgeDamir Dzumhur
- BridgeAndres Andrade
- BridgeMichael Bassem Sobhy
- BridgeHod'abalo isak Padio
- DestinationAkram El Sallaly
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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