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
Dick Peters
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 meeting10September 13, 1999View Roger Federer × Cedric Pioline →02 BridgeOpen career →Cedric Pioline
1 meeting01May 15, 1989View Cedric Pioline × Jimmy Connors →03 BridgeOpen career →Jimmy Connors
5 meetings32September 1, 1971 — February 16, 1977View Jimmy Connors × Onny Parun →04 BridgeOpen career →Onny Parun
1 meeting10September 25, 1972View Onny Parun × Chip Fisher →05 BridgeOpen career →Chip Fisher
1 meeting10September 22, 1968View Chip Fisher × Robert Hill →06 BridgeOpen career →Robert Hill
1 meeting10September 22, 1968View Robert Hill × Dick Peters →07 DestinationOpen career →Dick Peters
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.
- OriginRoger Federer
- BridgeCedric Pioline
- BridgeJimmy Connors
- BridgeJim Mcmanus
- BridgeChip Fisher
- BridgeRobert Hill
- DestinationDick Peters
- OriginRoger Federer
- BridgeByron Black
- BridgeJimmy Connors
- BridgeOnny Parun
- BridgeChip Fisher
- BridgeRobert Hill
- DestinationDick Peters
- OriginRoger Federer
- BridgeByron Black
- BridgeJimmy Connors
- BridgeJim Mcmanus
- BridgeChip Fisher
- BridgeRobert Hill
- DestinationDick Peters
- OriginRoger Federer
- BridgeAndre Agassi
- BridgeJimmy Connors
- BridgeOnny Parun
- BridgeChip Fisher
- BridgeRobert Hill
- DestinationDick Peters
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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