How to play the Roger Federer career timeline game

The cards cover Roger Federer's career from turning pro to his farewell, including majors, ranking milestones and a few famous defeats. Under each card is a hint about the opponent or the match. You order the moments by year. One moment begins on the timeline with its year showing. For each new card, pick a gap; a right guess reveals the year, and a wrong one still lands the card in place but costs one of three lives.

Grand Slam finals are everywhere in this deck, so the trick is telling one from another, and the opponent described in the hint is the strongest clue. Rivals arrived at different points in his career, so think about who he was facing. Losses matter as much as wins here, and a few titles came after long injury breaks, which makes his timeline harder to judge than it looks.

Want a longer game? On the deck tree you can tick this deck alongside any other one measured in release years and dates, and they shuffle into a single timeline together.

What's in the deck

Here are 25 of the 25 cards you might be dealt. Their values stay hidden until you place them.

Turned professional The Swiss teenager joins the ATP tour
Upset Sampras at Wimbledon Ended the seven-time champion's Centre Court reign in five sets
First ATP singles title in Milan Beat Julien Boutter for a maiden tour trophy
Maiden Grand Slam over Philippoussis Won a first Wimbledon crown against the Australian
Rose to world No. 1 Claimed the top ranking for the first time
First Australian Open over Safin Beat the Russian in the Melbourne final
First US Open over Hewitt Routed the Australian in the New York final
US Open final win over Agassi Beat the veteran under the New York lights
Australian Open final over Gonzalez Beat the hard-hitting Chilean in Melbourne
Wimbledon final over Nadal on grass Turned back the Spaniard's first Centre Court challenge
Australian Open final over Baghdatis Beat the Cypriot after dropping the opening set
Beat Roddick for a fifth Wimbledon Defeated the American yet again on grass
US Open final over Djokovic Held off the rising Serb in New York
Epic Wimbledon final loss to Nadal Fell in a five-set duel widely called the greatest match
Olympic doubles gold in Beijing Partnered Wawrinka to the podium's top step
Completed the career Slam in Paris Beat Soderling for a first French Open title
Record 15th major at Wimbledon Edged Roddick 16-14 in the fifth set
Australian Open final over Murray Beat the Briton for a Melbourne crown
Reclaimed No. 1 with Wimbledon win Beat Murray to break the weeks-at-top record
Olympic singles silver in London Lost the gold-medal match to Murray on grass
Comeback Australian Open over Nadal Won a five-set thriller after a long injury layoff
Eighth Wimbledon over Cilic Beat the Croat without dropping a set
20th major at the Australian Open Defeated Cilic in a five-set Melbourne final
Wimbledon final loss despite match points Fell to Djokovic after squandering two on serve
Farewell at the Laver Cup Bowed out in doubles alongside Nadal