Tiger Woods vs. Roger Federer

In modern sports, there are many exceptional athletes who dominate their opponents and always win. In sports like baseball and football, that have a variety of positions, it’s improbable for only one player to stand out. However, in tennis and golf, every few years a legendary player emerges. Presently, sports fans are fortunate to be witnessing a time when both, tennis and golf, are being controlled by two of the best to ever play the game. Roger Federer (tennis) and Tiger Woods (golf) are having record breaking and having extraordinary careers. Both have won numerous titles and championships, but who is the more dominate athlete?

Roger Federer, the world’s number one tennis player, is twenty-six years old and has won ten grand slam championships. He has been a professional tennis player for nine years and number one since 2004. Roger Federer has won 47 tournaments and has a record of 501 wins and only 128 losses. Grand slam tournaments are the four biggest in the tennis season, and are made of the Australian Open, French Open, Wimbledon, and US Open. Federer has won three Australian Open’s, four Wimbledon’s, and three US Open’s. Furthermore, he has won Wimbledon since 2003, the US Open since 2004, and the Australian Open since 2006 (the only slam that has been played this season). The only major tournament Federer has yet to win is the French Open. If he were to win the French in 2007 (the next major event of the season), Federer will hold a true gland slam, simultaneously being the champion of all four tournaments. Roger Federer is already being referred to as the best tennis player to ever live and at twenty six his accomplishments are only increasing.

Tiger Woods has established himself as a staple of golfing excellence. Since his first Masters victory, a finish imprinted in the minds of any golf enthusiast, his career has continually risen. Woods, 31, turned pro in 1996 and has become a trademark of professional golf. In golf, the four major tournaments are the Masters, PGA Championship, US Open, and British Open. Combined, Tiger has won twelve of these. Additionally, he is the only person to hold each major concurrently. Tiger Woods is consistently in the top of the field and has won 76 professional tournaments. Of all the majors he’s competed in, Tiger has never missed the cut to play on the final day. Tiger Woods is already a name synonymous with greatness.

Both Woods and Federer are exceptional athletes who hold numerous records and achieved tremendous success. However, both have yet to top the record of major tournament wins in a career. In tennis, the record is fourteen held by Pete Sampras, and Jack Nicklaus holds with golf total with eighteen. Thus, Woods and Federer must continue to win to become the greatest by the numbers. But still early in the 2007 season, both have three chances remaining to add another victory to their resumes. However, which stellar athlete is the most dominant today?

Roger Federer, who consistently pummels his competition, ousts Woods by the numbers and prospects. Federer has won his last three grand slams and is projected to hold the overall record by 2008. Furthermore, analysts predict that he will not only surpass Sampras’s major win total but Nicklaus’s as well. At twenty-six and still peaking in his abilities, Federer is unbeatable. As 2007 has progressed Roger has been playing well and extremely focused on winning. Tiger, on the other hand, only competes in a select number of tournaments and seemingly peaked in 2001. Even though both players are extraordinary and their records will only grow, Roger Federer, at twenty-six, is already considered the greatest tennis player ever and is expected to continue winning for many years.