Roger Federer back at No 1: The key statistics behind his success

Federer, the record 20-time Grand Slam winner, has reclaimed the No 1 ranking he last held in October 2012 after the new ATP rankings were published on Monday

By Raz Mirza

Sky Sports' tennis statisticians have been delving in the archive books and crunching the numbers in order to find out the secret of Roger Federer's success.

Federer celebrated his return to the top of the world rankings by winning Rotterdam's ABN Amro World Tennis Tournament on Sunday.

The 36-year-old thrashed Bulgarian Grigor Dimitrov 6-2 6-2 in a one-sided final as the Swiss ended a record-breaking week as the new world No 1.

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