Revisited: More dominant, Federer or Tiger?

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Tiger: 12 majors since 1997. That's 12 out of the last 40 majors.

Federer: 10 Grand Slam singles since 2003. That's 10 out of last 15 (or is it 16?)

 

Tiger is more Dominant. End of thread.

 

Actually Tiger isn't. Federer's winning percentage in majors is significantly better. Just because Roger isn't the post popular athlete on the planet doesn't mean he's not the most dominant (even if I hate it).

 

This thread is flawed.

What's the criteria? Individual sports? Team sports?

 

A winning percentage in tennis is inherently higher than a winning percentage in golf. Until Tiger came along, winning percentage in golf was an unheard-of statistic.

Tiger's got 12 of the last 40, but 11 of the last 29 and 10 of the last 27. So that stat is a little misleading.

 

If you ask me, they're tied.

I'd like to hear indiansnetwork's reasoning why it's so cut and dried. Other than, "Tiger's talked about more."

 

Anyone know the numbers for events skipped and entered by Tiger and Roger?

Tiger seems to be a very selective golfer. I wonder if Federer's big hole are the matches on clay.

 

Huh? Tiger and Federer both play individual sports.

 

They're both equally dominant. Down to the decimal point.

 

Yeah, but there are athletes who play team sports who are just as dominant as Tiger and Federer. Is this a "More dominant in an individual sport?'' thread or can we name drop anyone?

 

Buddy. It was a simple question: Tiger or Federer. Out of those two, which is more dominant?

Both play individual sports.

Sportschick is onto something.

Question: Has Federer choked yet? Anyone recall the last time the man <i>lost a set?</i>

 

Golf is so much harder to maintain a consistent swing. I am not saying that dominating tennis is easy but golf is so much harder to keep ahead of the field and you are really playing against 30 or 40 people every day where as tennis is just a one on one match up each time out. In tennis you can exploit each opponents weaknesses and golf is much more mentally draining where tennis more about wills and physicality. In reality it is hard to say who is more dominate because each are very dominate. I just see how tiger affects the people he plays against, it is almost like they see him making a run and they all fold. He is just getting better and has a power over the field and crowd that Federer does not have. Granted, Tiger takes time off and does not play every tournament.