Vintage warriors

Tiger Woods has set the sports world on fire as his injury return gains momentum after Roger Federer confounded pundits. A look at four greats and their comeback tales.

TIGER WOODS ROLL OF HONOUR

14 Second most Major wins.

79 Second most PGA

Tour wins.

5 Only four others have won all four Majors.

4 Only winner of all four Majors in a row -- 2000-1.

142 Holds PGA Tour record for making most cuts in a row.

14-1 Lost just once in Majors when at least sharing 54-hole lead. 54-4 lost just four in all events when at least sharing 54-hole lead.

42-2 Lost just twice across all events when leading after 54 holes.

15 Best win margin in a Major. 12 Best mark for Masters win.

INJURY TRAIL

Dec 2002: Surgery to remove fluid from anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) of the left knee. April 2008: Arthroscopy in left knee, stress fracture in left tibia. June 2008: Has reconstructive surgery in left knee.

May 2010: Suffers inflamed facet joint in his neck.

April 2011: Left knee, Achilles' tendon injuries.

May 2011: Sprain in left knee ligaments, strain to left Achilles tendon.

March 2012: Left Achilles tendon injury.

March 2014: Back spasms forces surgery for pinched nerve.

Sept 2015: 2nd surgery to take out disc fragment pinching nerve. Has follow-up procedure as well.

Feb 2017: Out of Dubai Desert Classic before 2nd round due to back spasms.

April 2017: Spinal fusion surgery to ease pain in back and leg.

SERENA WILLIAMS ROLL OF HONOUR

23 Most Grand Slam titles in Open Era, one behind Margaret Court’s all-time record.

1 Won Olympic singles title in 2012, London, only second player to achieve career golden Slam (Steffi Graf is the other).

2 Only second player to win each Grand Slam three or more times.

316 Won a record number of matches in Grand Slams.

6 Holds record with Martina Navratilova for most Grand Slams won without dropping a set.

8 Ranked world No 1 eight times, between 2002-2017. Held the top ranking for 319 weeks, third best in Open

Era among women.

72 Total WTA titles won by Serena are the fifth best all-time.

ROGER FEDERER

ROLL OF HONOUR

20 Most Grand Slam titles 97 Total wins on ATP tour. Only Jimmy Connors has won 100 (109) in Open Era. 4 Became world No 1 for fourth time in February. 1 Oldest world No 1 at 36 yrs, 195 days, breaking Agassi’s record 33 yrs, 4 months.

1 World No 1 after longest gap of over five years – between July 9, 2012-Feb 19, 2018.

305 Record number of weeks as world No 1.

1 Gap between world No 1 first time and latest – 14 years, 17 days -- a record.

6 Won a grand slam after almost six years – Wimbledon 2012 to Australian Open 2017. 2 2018 Australian Open win made him second oldest male Slam winner in Open Era, after Ken Rosewall (37). 65 Holds Open Era mark for most Grand Slams in a row.