Fed the Great

So earlier today Federer sealed his 6th Wimbledon and 15th grand slam title surely there is little doubt that he is the greatest player of the modern era.

Let's take a look at some of the stats of the best players since 1968:

Most Grand Slams:

Roger Federer : 15

Pete Sampras: 14

Rod Laver: 11 (5 in the Open Era)

Bjorn Borg: 11

Ivan Lendl: 8

Most grand Slams in a calender Year:

Rod Laver : 4 Slams (1969 - Australian Open, French Open, Wimbledon, US Open)

Roger Federer: 3 Slams (2004, 2006, 2007 - All Australian Open, Wimbledon, US Open)

Matts Wilander: 3 Slams (1988 - Australian Open, French Open, US Open)

Jimmy Conners: 3 Slams (1974 - Australian Open, Wimbledon, US Open)

Longest Winning Span:

Ken Roswell : 20 years (Australian Open 1953-Wimbledon 1974)

Pete Sampras : 13 years (US Open 1990-US Open 2002)

Boris Becker : 12 years (Wimbledon 1985-Australian Open 1996)

Andre Agassi : 12 years (Wimbledon 1992-Australian Open 2003)

Roger Federer : 7 years (Wimbledon 2003-Wimbledon 2009)

Most weeks at no1:

Pete Sampras: 286 weeks

Ivan Lendl: 270 weeks

Jimmy Conners: 268 weeks

Roger Federer: 238 weeks (as of 5/7/2009)

John McEnroe: 170 weeks

Calender Year at no.1

Roger Federer: 3 times (2005, 2006, 2007)

Jimmy Conners: 3 times (1975, 1976, 1978)

Ivan Lendl: 2 times (1986, 1987)

Pete Sampras: 2 times (1994, 1997)

Lleyton Hewitt: 1 time (2002)