Head to head
Rivalry summary
Roger Federer and David Ferrer met 17 times on the ATP tour between 2003 and 2017. Roger Federer leads the head-to-head 17–0 against David Ferrer. By surface, Federer leads 11–0 on hard; Federer leads 5–0 on clay. They contested 2 finals, with Federer winning 2 of them.
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Hard
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5
Clay
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Carpet
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Roger Federer's wins on the left · David Ferrer's on the right · bar lengths share one scale
Momentum
Running lead across all meetings, oldest to newest (walkovers excluded).
All meetings (17)
| 2017 | Canada Masters | Hard | R16 | Roger Federer | 4-6 6-4 6-2 |
| 2014 | Cincinnati Masters | Hard | F | Roger Federer | 6-3 1-6 6-2 |
| 2014 | Canada Masters | Hard | QF | Roger Federer | 6-3 4-6 6-3 |
| 2012 | Tour Finals | Hard | RR | Roger Federer | 6-4 7-6(5) |
| 2012 | Madrid Masters | Clay | QF | Roger Federer | 6-4 6-4 |
| 2011 | Tour Finals | Hard | SF | Roger Federer | 7-5 6-3 |
| 2010 | Tour Finals | Hard | RR | Roger Federer | 6-1 6-4 |
| 2010 | Madrid Masters | Clay | SF | Roger Federer | 7-5 3-6 6-3 |
| 2009 | Cincinnati Masters | Hard | R16 | Roger Federer | 3-6 6-3 6-4 |
| 2007 | Masters Cup | Hard | F | Roger Federer | 6-2 6-3 6-2 |
| 2007 | Hamburg Masters | Clay | QF | Roger Federer | 6-3 4-6 6-3 |
| 2007 | Monte Carlo Masters | Clay | QF | Roger Federer | 6-4 6-0 |
| 2006 | Basel | Carpet | QF | Roger Federer | 6-3 7-6(14) |
| 2006 | Monte Carlo Masters | Clay | QF | Roger Federer | 6-1 6-3 |
| 2006 | Miami Masters | Hard | SF | Roger Federer | 6-1 6-4 |
| 2005 | Doha | Hard | R32 | Roger Federer | 6-1 6-1 |
| 2003 | Vienna | Hard | R32 | Roger Federer | 6-2 6-2 |
Methodology
Head-to-head totals and surface splits exclude walkovers (no match was played), which follows ATP convention — walkover meetings still appear in the match list. The momentum chart plots the running lead across all counted meetings, oldest to newest.