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
Mike Beene
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 2 meetings11April 2, 1999 — February 28, 2000View Roger Federer × Gianluca Pozzi →02 BridgeOpen career →Gianluca Pozzi
1 meeting10October 11, 1993View Gianluca Pozzi × Mats Wilander →03 BridgeOpen career →Mats Wilander
1 meeting10August 9, 1982View Mats Wilander × Trey Waltke →04 BridgeOpen career →Trey Waltke
1 meeting10September 25, 1972View Trey Waltke × Chuck Darley →05 BridgeOpen career →Chuck Darley
1 meeting10June 22, 1968View Chuck Darley × Lew Smolin →06 BridgeOpen career →Lew Smolin
1 meeting10June 22, 1968View Lew Smolin × Mike Beene →07 DestinationOpen career →Mike Beene
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
- BridgeFrancisco Clavet
- BridgeMats Wilander
- BridgeTrey Waltke
- BridgeChuck Darley
- BridgeLew Smolin
- DestinationMike Beene
- OriginRoger Federer
- BridgeCedric Pioline
- BridgeMats Wilander
- BridgeTrey Waltke
- BridgeChuck Darley
- BridgeLew Smolin
- DestinationMike Beene
- OriginRoger Federer
- BridgeCedric Pioline
- BridgeJimmy Connors
- BridgeRay Ruffels
- BridgeChuck Darley
- BridgeLew Smolin
- DestinationMike Beene
- OriginRoger Federer
- BridgeCedric Pioline
- BridgeJimmy Connors
- BridgeBob Lutz
- BridgeChuck Darley
- BridgeLew Smolin
- DestinationMike Beene
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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