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
Joe Huey
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 meetings11April 2, 1999 — February 28, 2000View Roger Federer × Gianluca Pozzi →02 BridgeOpen career →Gianluca Pozzi
1 meeting10February 10, 1992View Gianluca Pozzi × Jimmy Arias →03 BridgeOpen career →Jimmy Arias
2 meetings02March 9, 1981 — February 15, 1982View Jimmy Arias × John Alexander →04 BridgeOpen career →John Alexander
1 meeting10April 21, 1969View John Alexander × Jay Paulson →05 BridgeOpen career →Jay Paulson
1 meeting10May 6, 1968View Jay Paulson × Joe Huey →06 DestinationOpen career →Joe Huey
Parallel routes
One search may have several correct answers.
Besides the detailed route, we found 4 more sequences with the same 5 links. Every route travels the shortest possible distance in the archive.
- OriginRoger Federer
- BridgeFrancisco Clavet
- BridgeJimmy Arias
- BridgeJohn Alexander
- BridgeJay Paulson
- DestinationJoe Huey
- OriginRoger Federer
- BridgeMagnus Larsson
- BridgeJimmy Arias
- BridgeJohn Alexander
- BridgeJay Paulson
- DestinationJoe Huey
- OriginRoger Federer
- BridgeRichard Fromberg
- BridgeJimmy Arias
- BridgeJohn Alexander
- BridgeJay Paulson
- DestinationJoe Huey
- OriginRoger Federer
- BridgeAndre Agassi
- BridgeJimmy Arias
- BridgeJohn Alexander
- BridgeJay Paulson
- DestinationJoe Huey
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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