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
N Burlacher
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 5 meetings41January 17, 2000 — August 26, 2002View Roger Federer × Michael Chang →02 BridgeOpen career →Michael Chang
1 meeting10September 1, 1987View Michael Chang × Paul Mcnamee →03 BridgeOpen career →Paul Mcnamee
1 meeting01December 16, 1974View Paul Mcnamee × Bill Bowrey →04 BridgeOpen career →Bill Bowrey
1 meeting10May 29, 1968View Bill Bowrey × N Burlacher →05 DestinationOpen career →N Burlacher
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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