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
Joel Allen
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 2 meetings20January 15, 2018 — March 5, 2018View Roger Federer × Hyeon Chung →02 BridgeOpen career →Hyeon Chung
2 meetings20April 4, 2016 — April 10, 2017View Hyeon Chung × Victor Estrella →03 BridgeOpen career →Victor Estrella
1 meeting10April 6, 2007View Victor Estrella × Gustavo Ramirez →04 BridgeOpen career →Gustavo Ramirez
1 meeting10February 7, 2003View Gustavo Ramirez × Joel Allen →05 DestinationOpen career →Joel Allen
Parallel routes
One search may have several correct answers.
Besides the detailed route, we found 4 more sequences with the same 4 links. Every route travels the shortest possible distance in the archive.
- OriginRoger Federer
- BridgeKaren Khachanov
- BridgeCristian Garin
- BridgeGustavo Ramirez
- DestinationJoel Allen
- OriginRoger Federer
- BridgeSumit Nagal
- BridgeCristian Garin
- BridgeGustavo Ramirez
- DestinationJoel Allen
- OriginRoger Federer
- BridgeCameron Norrie
- BridgeCristian Garin
- BridgeGustavo Ramirez
- DestinationJoel Allen
- OriginRoger Federer
- BridgeJan Siemerink
- BridgeGiovanni Lapentti
- BridgeGustavo Ramirez
- DestinationJoel Allen
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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