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# Federer's two streaks of 27 consecutive Grand Slam match wins (2005–06, 2006–07) are two wins shy of the open era male record set by [[Rod Laver]] from 1969–70.<ref>[http://www.usatoday.com/sports/tennis/french/2007-06-08-day-13_N.htm Showdown set: Federer, Nadal to meet in final]</ref>
# Federer's two streaks of 27 consecutive Grand Slam match wins (2005–06, 2006–07) are two wins shy of the open era male record set by [[Rod Laver]] from 1969–70.<ref>[http://www.usatoday.com/sports/tennis/french/2007-06-08-day-13_N.htm Showdown set: Federer, Nadal to meet in final]</ref>
# Federer's 40 consecutive match wins at Wimbledon (2003–08) are one win shy of the all-time male record set by [[Björn Borg]] from 1976–81.
# Federer's 40 consecutive match wins at Wimbledon (2003–08) are one win shy of the all-time male record set by [[Björn Borg]] from 1976–81.
# Federer's 34 consecutive match wins at the US Open (2004–08) are an open era male record.<ref> http://www.atpworldtour.com/Tennis/Players/Top-Players/Roger-Federer.aspx?t=pa&y=0&m=s&e=560#</ref>
# Federer's 34 consecutive match wins at the US Open (2004–08) are an open era male record.<ref> http://www.atpworldtour.com/Tennis/Players/Top-Players/Roger-Federer.aspx?t=pa&y=0&m=s&e=560#</ref>
# Federer is the only player in tennis history to win at least 34 consecutive matches at two different Grand Slam tournaments (2003–08 Wimbledon, 2004–08 US Open).
# Federer's 19 consecutive match wins at the Australian Open (2006–08) are third in the open era to the 26 of [[Andre Agassi]] and the 20 of [[Ivan Lendl]]. The all-time male record of 27 was set by [[Roy Emerson]] in 1969.
# Federer is the only male player in tennis history to win at least 19 consecutive matches at three different Grand Slam tournaments (2003–08 Wimbledon, 2004–08 US Open, and 2006–08 Australian Open).


===Miscellaneous===
===Miscellaneous===

Revision as of 03:23, 1 August 2009

This page lists various career, tournament, and seasonal achievements by tennis player Roger Federer.

Federer at the 2007 Cincinnati Masters

Grand Slam tournaments

Singles championships

  1. Federer has won 15 Grand Slam titles, breaking the previous all-time male record of 14 by Pete Sampras. [1]
  2. Federer won five consecutive men's titles at Wimbledon from 2003–07, matching a feat achieved only by Björn Borg in the open era.[2] William Renshaw won a male record six consecutive Wimbledon titles.
  3. Federer holds the open era record for most consecutive US Open titles at five (2004–08).[3][4] Bill Tilden won six consecutive titles before the open era.
  4. Federer, Pete Sampras, and Jimmy Connors have won a male open era record five US Open titles.
  5. Federer is the only male player in tennis history to win at least five consecutive titles at two different Grand Slam tournaments (2003–07 Wimbledon, 2004–08 US Open).[5]
  6. Federer is the only male player to win Wimbledon and the US Open in the same year, four consecutive years (2004-07). Federer is the only male player in tennis history to win the same two Grand Slam tournaments back to back for four consecutive years (2004–07 Wimbledon and US Open).[2]
  7. Federer's victory at the 2004 US Open marked the first time in the open era that any male had won his first four Grand Slam finals.[6] He eventually won his first seven Grand Slam finals before losing to Rafael Nadal in the 2006 French Open final.[7] Federer, Richard Sears, and William Renshaw are the only male players in tennis history to win their first seven Grand Slam finals.[6]
  8. At the 2007 Australian Open, Federer became the fourth man in the open era to win a Grand Slam title without dropping a set. The last man to do this before Federer was Borg at the 1980 French Open.[2] The only other man to win the Australian Open during the open era without dropping a set was Ken Rosewall in 1971.[8]
  9. At the 2006 Australian Open, Federer became the first man to win three consecutive Grand Slam titles since Sampras in 1993–94.[2] Federer repeated this feat at the 2007 Australian Open, making him the only man to achieve this feat twice in the open era.[9]
  10. By winning the 2007 Australian Open, Federer became the only male tennis player to win three different Grand Slam tournaments at least three times each (3 Australian Opens, 4 Wimbledons, and 3 US Opens).[10]
  11. Federer is the only male player in tennis history to win at least two Grand Slam titles for four consecutive years and five years overall (2004–07, 2009).[2]
  12. Federer is the only male player in tennis history to win three Grand Slam tournaments in a calendar year three different times in his career (2004, 2006, 2007).[2]
  13. Federer won his first 12 Grand Slam finals outside of the French Open, an all-time record. This streak included three titles at the Australian Open, five at Wimbledon, and four at the US Open.[11] His first loss outside of the French Open came at Wimbledon in 2008.
  14. Federer won his first eight hard court Grand Slam finals, an all-time record.
  15. Only Federer (six Wimbledons and five US Opens), Sampras (seven Wimbledons and five US Opens), and Borg (six French Opens and five Wimbledons) have won two different Grand Slam tournaments at least five times.
  16. By winning the 2007 Australian Open, Federer won his sixth Grand Slam title in his last seven attempts, an open era male record. Federer's best streaks of 7 Grand Slam titles in 9 attempts, 8 in 10 attempts, 9 in 13 attempts, 10 in 14 attempts, 11 in 16 attempts, 12 in 18 attempts, 13 in 21 attempts, 14 in 23 attempts, and 15 in 25 attempts are all all-time male records.[citation needed]
  17. Federer is the only male player in tennis history to win 6 Grand Slam titles in two years (2006–07), 8 in three years (2004–06, 2005–07), 11 in four years (2004–07), 12 in five years (2003–07, 2004–08), 14 in six years (2004–09), and 15 in seven years (2003–09). 11 Grand Slam titles in four years is an all-time record, male or female.[citation needed]
  18. Federer has won at least one Grand Slam title for seven consecutive years (2003–09), trailing only Borg (1974–81) and Sampras (1993–2000) who hold the open era male record of eight consecutive years.
  19. Federer has defeated eleven different opponents in Grand Slam finals, an all-time male record.[citation needed]
  20. Federer is the sixth man to win all four Grand Slam titles during his career, with Fred Perry, Don Budge, Rod Laver, Roy Emerson, and Andre Agassi having previously accomplished this feat. Federer is the third man to win all four in the open era after Laver and Agassi and the second man to win all four on three different surfaces (hard, clay, and grass) after Agassi.
  21. Through 2009 Wimbledon, Federer's match record in Grand Slam tournaments is 182–26, giving him an 87.5 winning percentage. The only other[citation needed] male players in the open era with winning percentages over 80 are Borg (89.8), Nadal (85.7), Sampras (84.2), Connors (82.6), Ivan Lendl (81.9), McEnroe (81.5), Agassi (80.9) and Boris Becker (80.3).[12]
  22. During the open era, only Federer (six Wimbledons), Sampras (seven Wimbledons), and Borg (six French Opens) have won the same Grand Slam tournament at least six times.
  23. Federer in 2009 became the fourth male player in the open era to win the French Open and Wimbledon in the same calender year after Laver (1969), Borg (1978–80), and Nadal (2008).
  24. Federer joined Nadal in 2009 as the only male players to simultaneously hold Grand Slam titles on clay, grass, and hard courts (2008 US Open, 2009 French Open, and 2009 Wimbledon).
  25. Only Federer (2006-07 Australian Open, 2003-07 Wimbledon and 2004-08 US Open) and Lendl (1989-90 Australian Open, 1986-87 French Open, 1985-87 US Open) have won three different Grand Slam tournaments at least two consecutive times each.
  26. Federer's 15 Grand Slam titles in 7 years is the all-time male record (2003-09).

Singles finals

  1. As of 2009 Wimbledon, Federer has appeared in an all-time male record 20 Grand Slam finals, breaking the previous record of 19 by Ivan Lendl.[13]
  2. Federer is the only male player in tennis history to reach the final of all four Grand Slam tournaments in back to back calendar years (2006–07) and only the second in the open era to reach all four finals in a single year after Rod Laver in 1969. Federer and Laver (1962, 1969) are the only two male players in tennis history to reach all four Grand Slam finals in the same year at least twice in their careers.[2]
  3. Federer reached an all-time male record ten consecutive Grand Slam finals (2005 Wimbledon - 2007 US Open), breaking the previous male record of seven set by Jack Crawford in 1934.[14][15]
  4. Federer is the only male player in tennis history to reach at least three Grand Slam finals for four consecutive calendar years.[2]
  5. Federer has reached an all-time record 16 finals out of the last 17 Grand Slam tournaments (2005 Wimbledon - present, missing only the 2008 Australian Open).[16]
  6. Federer (2003–09) is the only man in history to reach seven consecutive Wimbledon finals.
  7. Federer is the second male player to reach seven consecutive finals at the same Grand Slam tournament, after Lendl who appeared in a record eight consecutive US Open finals (1982–89). During the open era, only Federer (2004–08), Lendl (1982–89), and Jimmy Connors (1974–78) have reached at least five consecutive US Open men's finals.
  8. Federer is the only male player to reach at least five consecutive finals at Wimbledon (2003-09) and the US Open (2004-08).
  9. Federer is the only male player to reach at least five consecutive finals at two different Grand Slam tournaments (2003–09 Wimbledon, 2004–08 US Open).[2]
  10. During the open era, only Federer (2006–09), Rafael Nadal (2005–08), Lendl (1984–87), and Borg (1978–81) have reached four consecutive French Open men's finals. Federer is the only male player in the open era to be the French Open runner-up for three consecutive years (2006-08).
  11. Federer (2006–09 French Open, 2003–09 Wimbledon, 2004–08 US Open) is the only male player in tennis history to reach at least four consecutive finals at three different Grand Slam tournaments.
  12. Federer, Lendl, Laver, and Roy Emerson are the only male players in history to reach back to back finals of all four Grand Slam tournaments.
  13. Federer is the only male player to reach the final of all four Grand Slam singles tournament at least four times.
  14. Federer (2006–09) and Borg (1978–81) are the only male players to reach the finals of the French Open and Wimbledon back to back for four consecutive years.
  15. Federer is the first male player to appear in French Open, Wimbledon, and US Open finals in a calender year for three consecutive years (2006–08). Borg also reached the French Open, Wimbledon, and US Open finals in a calender year for three years (1978, 1980-81), but unlike Federer, not in three consecutive years.
  16. Federer is the first male player to appear in Wimbledon and US Open finals in a calender year for five consecutive years (2004-08).
  17. Federer is the first male player to appear in two or more Grand Slam finals in a calender year for six consecutive years (2004-09).[citation needed]

Singles semifinals

  1. Federer has reached 23 Grand Slam semifinals. Jimmy Connors holds the all-time male record in this category, reaching the semifinals of 31 Grand Slam tournaments.
  2. Federer has reached an all-time male record 21 consecutive Grand Slam semifinals (2004 Wimbledon - present) breaking the previous male record of 10 consecutive Grand Slam semifinals shared by Ivan Lendl and Rod Laver.[17]
  3. Federer has reached seven consecutive Wimbledon semifinals (2003–09), which is an all-time male record.
  4. Federer is the only male player in the open era to reach at least five consecutive French Open semifinals (2005–09). In the history of tennis, René Lacoste (1925–29), Henri Cochet (1926–30), and Eric Sturgess (1947–52) are the only male players to have done this, with Sturgess holding the all-time record of six.[18]
  5. Federer has reached six consecutive Australian Open semifinals (2004–09), which is an open era male record shared with Lendl (1985–91).
  6. Federer is the only male player in tennis history to reach at least five consecutive semifinals at all four Grand Slam tournaments.

Pairings

  1. Federer and Nadal are the only No. 1 and 2 pair in the open era to contest the French Open and Wimbledon men's finals back to back in a calendar year. They are also the the only pair in the history of tennis to contest both of these finals back to back for three consecutive years (2006–08).[19]
  2. In the history of tennis, Federer and Nadal are the second pair to face each other in seven Grand Slam singles finals (2006–8 Wimbledon, 2006–8 French Open, 2009 Australian Open), after Bill Tilden and William Johnston (1919–25 US Open).[20]
  3. Federer and Nadal are the only No. 1 and 2 pair to win at least 11 consecutive Grand Slam singles tournaments between them (2005 French Open - 2007 US Open). In this period, Federer won 3 consecutive titles at both Wimbledon and the US Open and 2 consecutive titles at the Australian Open, while Nadal won 3 consecutive French Open titles.[21]
  4. During the open era, only two pairs of players have played each other in the final of the same Grand Slam singles tournament three consecutive years: Becker-Edberg (Wimbledon 1988–90) and Federer-Nadal (2006–08 French Open and 2006–08 Wimbledon).[22]
  5. Federer and Nadal are the only pair to win at least four consecutive finals at three different Grand Slams during the same period (2005-08 Frnech Open for Nadal, 2003-07 Wimbledon and 2004-08 US Open for Federer).

Singles match winning streaks

  1. In 2001, Federer ended Pete Sampras's 31-match winning streak at Wimbledon in the fourth round of the tournament.[23]
  2. Federer won his 11th consecutive Grand Slam singles match in straight sets when he defeated Mikhail Youzhny in the fourth round of the 2007 French Open. This tied John McEnroe's open era male record for the most consecutive straight-set victories in Grand Slam singles tournaments.[24]
  3. Federer's two streaks of 27 consecutive Grand Slam match wins (2005–06, 2006–07) are two wins shy of the open era male record set by Rod Laver from 1969–70.[25]
  4. Federer's 40 consecutive match wins at Wimbledon (2003–08) are one win shy of the all-time male record set by Björn Borg from 1976–81.
  5. Federer's 34 consecutive match wins at the US Open (2004–08) are an open era male record.[26]

Miscellaneous

  1. Federer is the first male player to be seeded first at 18 consecutive Grand Slam tournaments (2004 French Open - 2008 Wimbledon).[citation needed]
  2. Federer has either won or lost to the eventual champion at a record 21 consecutive Grand Slam tournaments (2004 Wimbledon - current).[citation needed]
  3. In Grand Slam tournaments, Federer is 117–0 against players ranked outside the Top 5 (2004 Wimbledon to 2009 Wimbledon). His last loss to a player outside the Top 5 at a Grand Slam tournament was to World No. 30 Gustavo Kuerten at the 2004 French Open.[27]
  4. Federer is the first male player to win 20 or more Grand Slam matches per year for six years in a row (2004-09).[citation needed] He was 22–1 in 2004, 24–2 in 2005, 27–1 in 2006, 26–1 in 2007, 24–3 in 2008, and 20–1 in 2009.

ATP World Tour Finals

  1. With four ATP World Tour Finals titles, Federer only trails the record five titles set by Ivan Lendl and Pete Sampras.
  2. Federer and Lendl are the only players to have won back to back ATP World Tour Finals titles at least twice in their careers.
  3. Federer and Ilie Năstase are the only players to have won four ATP World Tour Finals titles in five years.
  4. Federer (2003–07), Lendl (1980–88), and Năstase (1971–75) are the only players to reach the final round of at least five consecutive ATP World Tour Finals, with Lendl holding the record at nine consecutive.

ATP World Tour Masters 1000

  1. Both Federer and Rafael Nadal have won 15 ATP World Tour Masters 1000 titles, which is second only to Agassi 17.
  2. Federer has reached an all-time record 24 ATP World Tour Masters 1000 finals.
  3. Federer was the first player to win four ATP World Tour Masters 1000 titles in a season (2005), completed in the same season by Nadal. Federer won four out of the five events he played that year for a record 80 % season win rate in ATP World Tour Masters 1000 events.
  4. Federer is only player to win four ATP World Tour Masters 1000 titles in a season twice (2005–06). His 8 titles in two years, 11 in three years, and 13 in four years are record achievements.
  5. Federer is the only player to reach the finals of six ATP World Tour Masters 1000 titles in a season. He reached the final of six out of the seven events he played in 2006, establishing a record of 86 % of ATP World Tour Masters 1000 finals reached in a season.
  6. Federer and Nadal are the only two players to reach the finals of eight of the nine ATP World Tour Masters 1000 events. They have competed against each other in a record eight ATP World Tour Masters 1000 finals.
  7. Federer is the only player to win all four North American ATP World Tour Masters 1000 events at least twice. He is also the sixth player to win ATP World Tour Masters 1000 titles on all three surfaces on which they are played- hard, clay, and carpet.
  8. Both Federer and Michael Chang have won a record three titles at the Indian Wells Masters, but Federer is the only one to win three in a row (2004–06). Federer is also the only player to win the first two ATP World Tour Masters 1000 events of the year (the Indian Wells- Miami double) two years in a row (2005–06).[28]
  9. Federer has won the third clay court ATP World Tour Masters 1000 event a record five times in his career, with a record four titles in Hamburg (2002, 2004–05, & 2007) and one title in Madrid (2009). In winning two of his titles (2007 & 2009), Federer prevented Nadal from winning all three clay court ATP World Tour Masters 1000 events in the same year, a feat that has never been accomplished. Then he also ended Nadal's longest winning streaks of 81 and 33 consecutive matches on clay.
  10. Federer won 29 consecutive Tennis Masters Series matches before he lost to Rafael Nadal in the final of the 2006 Masters Series Monte-Carlo.[2]

Ranking and points

  1. Federer is the first player to be ranked World No. 1 for four consecutive (non-calendar) years[29] from February 2, 2004, through August 18, 2008.
  2. Until losing the No. 1 ranking to Rafael Nadal on August 18, 2008, Federer had been the top ranked player on the ATP computer for a record[22] 237 consecutive weeks.[30]
  3. Federer is the first player to be ranked No. 1 for 237 consecutive weeks, thus surpassing Steffi Graf for the all-time record of 186 consecutive weeks among all tennis players, male or female. On February 26, 2007, he surpassed Connors's all-time record for most consecutive weeks (160) atop the men's rankings.[2] Only Connors (268 weeks, top ranked nine separate periods), Lendl (270 weeks, top ranked eight separate periods) and Sampras (286 weeks, top ranked eleven separate periods) have spent more weeks in total as top ranked players on the ATP list[31][32]
  4. Federer in 2007 became the fifth man since the inception of the ATP computer rankings in 1973 to be year-end number one four times (Jimmy Connors, John McEnroe, Ivan Lendl, and Pete Sampras were the others).[33]
  5. Federer is the fifth player in the history of the ATP computer rankings to be the top ranked player every week during a calendar year (2005, 2006, and 2007). The others are Jimmy Connors, Ivan Lendl, Pete Sampras, and Lleyton Hewitt.[2] He is the only one to remain top ranked each week for three consecutive years.
  6. As of Monday 27 July 2009, Federer has been top ranked player for 240 weeks (top ranked two separate periods). He will remain number 1 until at least Spetember 14 2009 when the US Open 2009 will end increasing his total weeks to 246 weeks [34]
  7. Federer was No. 1 for 237 weeks during the first period and three weeks during the second period.

Individual match records

  1. In a semifinal of the 2004 Tennis Masters Cup, Federer won a second set tiebreak against Marat Safin 20–18, the longest tiebreak in Tennis Masters Cup history.[2]

Match winning streaks

  1. At Wimbledon in 2006, with his first round victory over Richard Gasquet, Federer surpassed Björn Borg's 41-match grass court winning streak record.[35] Borg set this record from 1976 to 1981, while playing only Wimbledon.[36] At Wimbledon in 2008, Federer took the streak to 65 consecutive matches by defeating Marat Safin in the semifinals.[37] Federer was extended to five sets only once during this streak.[38] This is the second longest streak by a male player on a given surface, after Rafael Nadal's 81 consecutive wins on clay courts.
  2. On 26 October 2006, Federer became only the second player in the open era, the other being Borg, to have held five winning streaks of more than twenty matches. Federer's first streak was 23 matches in mid-2004. The second streak was 26 matches spanning the latter half of 2004 and early 2005. The third streak was 25 matches in early 2005.[2] The fourth streak was 35 matches at the end of 2005. The fifth (and longest) streak started at the 2006 US Open and ended after 41 victories on March 11, 2007, which included tournament victories at the US Open, Tokyo, ATP Masters Series in Madrid, Davidoff Swiss Indoors in Basel, Tennis Masters Cup in Shanghai, the Australian Open in Melbourne, and the Dubai Duty Free Men's Open.
  3. Federer won a record 26 consecutive matches against top ten ranked opponents.[39] The streak lasted from October 2003 to January 2005, when he lost to Safin in a semifinal of the Australian Open.
  4. Federer holds the longest winning streak on hard courts during the open era: 56 matches (2005–06). The streak was ended by Nadal in the Dubai final in March 2006.[2] At the 2006 US Open, Federer started another hard court streak, which reached 36 consecutive wins (including tournament victories at the US Open, Tokyo, ATP Masters Series in Madrid, Tennis Masters Cup in Shanghai, the Australian Open, Dubai, and two Davis Cup matches in Geneva against Serbia-Montenegro). The streak ended on March 11, 2007, at the Pacific Life Open in Indian Wells, California when Federer lost to Guillermo Cañas in the second round.
  5. Federer's 41-match winning streak[40] against American players ended when he lost to Mardy Fish in a semifinal of the 2008 Pacific Life Open in Indian Wells, California.
  6. Federer holds the record for most consecutive singles wins in North America, winning 55 straight matches before losing to Andy Murray in August 2006.[2] (This loss also stopped Federer's streak of 17 consecutive finals reached, just one shy of Ivan Lendl's record 18 consecutive finals in 1981 and 1982.[2])

Tournament winning streaks

Roger Federer at 2006 US Open Practice Session.
  1. Federer won 24 straight finals from the tournament in Vienna in October 2003 through the tournament in Bangkok in September 2005. This streak was a new open era record, breaking the previous record of twelve straight final wins shared by John McEnroe and Borg.[2] David Nalbandian ended Federer's streak in the final of the 2005 Tennis Masters Cup.[2]
  2. Federer won four consecutive titles at one event for the first time on June 18, 2006, at the Gerry Weber Open. He repeated this feat by winning his fourth consecutive Wimbledon championship in 2006, beating Rafael Nadal in the final. He improved upon this by winning his fifth consecutive Wimbledon championship in 2007, again beating Rafael Nadal in the final and thus equalling Björn Borg's open era record. Furthermore, in 2007, Federer won his fourth consecutive US Open, breaking the open era record.

Yearly excellence

  1. In 2004, Federer became the eighth player in the open era to win at least 11 singles titles in a year and was the first male player in tennis history to win at least 10 titles in a season without losing in a tournament final.[2]
  2. In 2005, Federer became the fourth player in the open era to win at least 11 singles titles in a year twice and the first to do so in consecutive years since Jimmy Connors from 1973–74.
  3. In 2006, Federer reached the final in 16 of the 17 tournaments he played, setting a new record of 94.1 percent finals appearances[41] and was also the first man since Thomas Muster in 1995 to win 12 titles in one year.[2] Federer is the only player in the open era to have won at least 10 singles titles in each of three consecutive years.[2]
  4. In 2007, Federer earned a record U.S. $10,130,620 in prize money, surpassing his own previous record of $8,343,885 set in 2006.

Career excellence

  1. As of July 5, 2009, Federer has won 60 of 82 finals during his career, for a winning percentage of 73.2 percent.
  2. From 2004 through 2006, Federer won 94.3 percent of his singles matches (247–15) and 69.4 percent of the singles tournaments he entered (34 titles in 49 tournaments, including eight of twelve Grand Slam tournaments).
  3. By 2005, Federer had won singles and doubles titles on all four surfaces: hardcourt, clay, carpet, and grass. (Singles: Sydney 2002 (hard), Hamburg 2002 (clay), Milan 2001 (carpet), and Halle 2003 (grass); Doubles: Rotterdam 2001 (hard), Gstaad 2001 (clay), Moscow 2002 (carpet), and Halle 2005 (grass).
  4. Roger Federer is the only player to have won at least 9 tournaments on Clay, Hard and Grass, with his victory at the 2009 French Open. He surpassed Jimmy Connors, who won 8 Grass tournaments.
  5. Federer equalled Pete Sampras' open era record of 10 tournaments won on grass when he won the Gerry Weber Open in Halle in 2008.[42]. Federer went on to break this record by winning the 2009 Wimbledon Men's Singles title.
  6. Federer won 31 consecutive sets beginning with his Tennis Masters Cup round robin match against Andy Roddick on November 14, 2006, and ending with his first round match against Kristian Pless at the Dubai Tennis Championships on February 26, 2007.
  7. On June 7, 2009 (French Open final), Federer recorded his 650th career victory.
  8. As of April 2008, Federer has won singles tournaments in 17 different countries: Australia, Austria, Canada, People's Republic of China, United Kingdom, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, the Netherlands, Portugal, Qatar, Spain, Switzerland, Thailand, United Arab Emirates, and the United States.
  9. In two tournaments that Federer won (2005 Qatar ExxonMobil Open and 2008 Gerry Weber Open), he won every game he served.[43]
  10. Federer has won 80% of his yearly matches for six consecutive years (2003-08). Lendl won 80% of his yearly matches for 10 different years.

Awards

This is a list of the awards Swiss tennis player Roger Federer won in his career.

2003

  1. ATP European Player of the Year
  2. Swiss Sportsman of the Year
  3. Swiss of the Year
  4. Michael-Westphal Award

2004

  1. ATP European Player of the Year
  2. ITF World Champion
  3. Sports Illustrated Tennis Player of the Year
  4. Swiss Sportsman of the Year
  5. Reuters International Sportsman of the Year
  6. BBC Overseas Sports Personality of the Year
  7. International Tennis Writers Association (ITWA) Player of the Year
  8. Golden Bagel Award
  9. European Sportsman of the Year (aka UEPS [Federation of European sports journalists] Sportsman of the Year)[44]

2005

  1. Ambassador of United Nations' Year of Sport and Physical Education
  2. Goldene Kamera Award
  3. ATP Player of the Year (for the year 2004)
  4. Stefan Edberg Sportsmanship Award
  5. ATPTennis.com Fan's Favourite
  6. Laureus World Sportsman of the Year (for the year 2004)
  7. Michael-Westphal Award
  8. International Tennis Writers Association (ITWA) Player of the Year
  9. International Tennis Writers Ambassador for Tennis
  10. Most Outstanding Athlete by the United States Sports Academy
  11. Freedom Air People's Choice Sports Awards International Sportsperson of the Year
  12. ITF World Champion
  13. ESPY Best Male Tennis Player
  14. European Sportsman of the Year (aka UEPS [Federation of European sports journalists] Sportsman of the Year)[44]

2006

  1. L'Equipe Magazine's Champion of Champions (for the year 2005)
  2. ATP Player of the Year (for the year 2005)
  3. Stefan Edberg Sportsmanship Award
  4. ATPTennis.com Fan's Favourite
  5. Laureus World Sportsman of the Year (for the year 2005)
  6. ESPY Best Male Tennis Player
  7. International Tennis Writers Association (ITWA) Player of the Year
  8. International Tennis Writers Ambassador for Tennis
  9. ITF World Champion
  10. BBC Overseas Sports Personality of the Year
  11. Swiss Sportsman of the Year
  12. EFE's Sportsman of the Year
  13. Golden Bagel Award
  14. Most Outstanding Athlete of the Year by The United States Sports Academy
  15. European Sportsman of the Year (aka UEPS [Federation of European sports journalists] Sportsman of the Year)[44]

2007

  1. L'Equipe Magazine's Champion of Champions (for the year 2006)
  2. ATP Player of the Year (for the year 2006)
  3. Stefan Edberg Sportsmanship Award
  4. ATPTennis.com Fan's Favourite
  5. Arthur Ashe Humanitarian of the Year
  6. Laureus World Sportsman of the Year (for the year 2006)
  7. ESPY Best Male Tennis Player
  8. ESPY Best Male International Athlete
  9. ITF World Champion
  10. BBC Overseas Sports Personality of the Year
  11. Tennis magazine's 2007 player of the year
  12. Swiss Sportsman of the Year

2008

  1. L'Equipe Magazine's Champion of Champions (for the year 2007)
  2. European Sportsman of the Year (for the year 2007) (aka UEPS [Federation of European sports journalists] Sportsman of the Year)[44]
  3. Laureus World Sportsman of the Year (for the year 2007) – First ever winner of four Laureus World Sports Awards[45]
  4. ATP Player of the Year (for the year 2007)
  5. Stefan Edberg Sportsmanship Award
  6. ATPTennis.com Fan's Favourite
  7. ESPY Best Male Tennis Player
  8. Swiss Team of the Year (with Stanislas Wawrinka as "golden team FedRinka")

2009

  1. Stefan Edberg Sportsmanship Award
  2. ATPWorldtour.com (formerly ATPTennis.com) Fan's Favourite
  3. Talksport Hall of Fame
  4. ESPY Best Male Tennis Player
  5. Ehrespalebaerglemer award. An award given to outstanding citizens of the city of Basel.[46]

Footnotes

  1. ^ Slam Champions
  2. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v Roger Federer player profile on the Association of Tennis Professionals website
  3. ^ US Open Champions
  4. ^ http://www.atpworldtour.com/News/DEUCE-Tennis/Federer-15-Quest/Road-To-15-Slams.aspx Federer's Road To Grand Slam Greatness
  5. ^ Consecutive Slam Wins - Open Era (At One Slam)
  6. ^ a b Roger Federer fact file
  7. ^ Two Streaks Enter, Only One Leaves at Roland Garros
  8. ^ Miller, Ted (2007-01-30). "Big Three aren't like the rest of us". Seattle Post-Intelligencer. Retrieved 2007-03-06. {{cite news}}: Check date values in: |date= (help); Cite has empty unknown parameter: |coauthors= (help)
  9. ^ Federer cruises to Aussie Open title
  10. ^ Roger Federer and Pete Sampras to Play Three Exhibition Matches in Asia in 2007
  11. ^ Grand Slam Finals - Open Era
  12. ^ These percentages are available on the respective players pages. Retrieved on 2009-07-02.
  13. ^ http://www.tennis28.com/slams/finals_openera.html
  14. ^ Adler's Insights: Signs of a Federer decline
  15. ^ Federer reaches record eighth straight Grand Slam final
  16. ^ Federer Not Yet Best Ever
  17. ^ Ivan Lendl Player Activity on the Official Website of the Association of Tennis Professionals
  18. ^ Loyalties tested as Federer reaches semifinals
  19. ^ Nadal Sets Up Dream Wimbledon Final Against Federer
  20. ^ Federer-Nadal Grand Slam Rivalry Breaks New Ground in Australia
  21. ^ Roger Federer crashes out to Novak Djokovic
  22. ^ a b Roger, Rafa to Meet in Record Sixth Grand Slam Final
  23. ^ Swiss teen Federer ends Sampras' Wimbledon run
  24. ^ Federer Falls Short of Best But Still Good Enough
  25. ^ Showdown set: Federer, Nadal to meet in final
  26. ^ http://www.atpworldtour.com/Tennis/Players/Top-Players/Roger-Federer.aspx?t=pa&y=0&m=s&e=560#
  27. ^ http://www.atpworldtour.com/News/Tennis/2009/06/Wimbledon-Wednesday2-Federer-Beats-Karlovic.aspx Federer
  28. ^ "Federer wins three tiebreakers to capture Nasdaq title". The Associated Press. 2006-04-02. Retrieved 2007-03-06. {{cite news}}: Check date values in: |date= (help); Cite has empty unknown parameter: |coauthors= (help)
  29. ^ Federer Surpasses Four Anniversary at No. 1
  30. ^ Federer and Nadal on Wimbledon Collision Course
  31. ^ Federer Surpasses Four Anniversary at No. 1
  32. ^ Weeks at #1
  33. ^ Year End Rankings
  34. ^ Shark bites
  35. ^ Federer breaks Borg's win record
  36. ^ Sharapova Stuns Serena; Federer vs. Roddick Today at Wimbledon
  37. ^ Safin blasts back from the past.
  38. ^ Day 13 preview
  39. ^ Best of the Best- Tiger vs. Roger
  40. ^ "Fish stuns Federer, joins Djokovic in Pacific Life final". Seattle post. 2008-04-22. Retrieved 2008-04-24.
  41. ^ "Roger Federer - Results". Roger Federer official website. Retrieved 2007-05-12. {{cite news}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter: |coauthors= (help)
  42. ^ Federer breezes to title in Halle and blows away reports of his demise
  43. ^ ATP - Second Title Without Dropping Serve
  44. ^ a b c d "European Sports Journalists honor Henin and Federer", De Standaard, 2008-01-08. Retrieved on 2008-01-08.
  45. ^ Press Releases | Laureus
  46. ^ http://www.atpworldtour.com/News/Tennis/2009/07/Federer-Receives-Home-Town-Honour.aspx