Will Roger Federer Ever Again Regain the Coveted No. 1?

Question

Roger Federer is a very good ranked no 2 experience player in tennis. Can someone tell me that will Roger Federer ever again regain the No. 1 position?

Answer 1

For any normal tennis players, this would be great. Being among the top-eight two times and the top-four times speaks of consistency and stability in the top. The only other two who can boost of similar consistency in the last four Slams are Rafael Nadal and Novak Djokovic.
But as opposed to Federer, they both made it to the finals as well and won three and one respectively.
Roger Federer not holding any Grand Slams would have to come at some point. But him not even being a runner-up coming at the same time? The fall from the sky seems so abrupt and complete.

In order to appreciate that, we need to remember that only a year ago, Roger Federer being in a Slam final was the safest bet you could make in tennis—or any other sport for that matter.

After all, he had made it to a mind-blowing 18 finals out of the last 19 counting from Wimbledon 2005 to Australian Open 2010, both included.