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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
Robert Janecek
Historical windowComplete archive
The connection uses 3 links and 4 careers. Every step below represents a recorded head-to-head meeting within the selected window.
The complete route
Career by career
01 OriginOpen career →2 meetings20September 28, 1998 — February 15, 1999View Roger Federer × Guillaume Raoux →02 BridgeOpen career →Guillaume Raoux
1 meeting10July 22, 1991View Guillaume Raoux × Martin Laurendeau →03 BridgeOpen career →Martin Laurendeau
1 meeting10August 14, 1989View Martin Laurendeau × Robert Janecek →04 DestinationOpen career →Robert Janecek
Parallel routes
One search may have several correct answers.
Besides the detailed route, we found 2 more sequences with the same 3 links. Every route travels the shortest possible distance in the archive.
- OriginRoger Federer
- BridgeJan Siemerink
- BridgeMartin Laurendeau
- DestinationRobert Janecek
- OriginRoger Federer
- BridgeGreg Rusedski
- BridgeMartin Laurendeau
- DestinationRobert Janecek
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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