2014 Roger Federer tennis season

2014 Roger Federer tennis season

Full name	Roger Federer
Country	Switzerland
Singles
Season record	14–2 (87.5%)
Calendar titles	1
Current ranking	No. 8
Ranking change from previous year	2
Grand Slam & significant results
Australian Open	SF
Doubles
Season record	2–1 (66.67%)
Calendar titles	0
Current ranking	No. 354
Ranking change from previous year	206
Davis Cup
Davis Cup	QF
Last updated on: 1 March 2014.

Main article: Roger Federer

The 2014 Roger Federer tennis season officially began on 30 December 2013 with the start of the 2014 Brisbane International.

Year summary

Australian Open and early hard court season

Brisbane International

Federer opened his season at the Brisbane International in Brisbane. His first match was in the second round against Jarkko Nieminen of Finland. Though Nieminen challenged Federer in the first set with some aggressive play, Federer ultimately won the first set and went on to win the next set, and the match, handily, continuing his undefeated record against Nieminen. He next played Marinko Matosevic of Australia in the quarterfinals and swept him in straight sets under an hour, allowing only two games to Matosevic. Federer next played Jérémy Chardy of France, whom he had defeated in doubles earlier in the tournament, for the first time in singles in the semifinals. Federer won the first set after breaking Chardy, but Chardy matched Federer in the second set, forcing a tiebreak during which Chardy pulled away from Federer to even the match. The third set looked to be close, but Federer found a break near the end of the set and closed out the match in just under two hours. Lleyton Hewitt won in the final against Federer.

Australian Open

Federer's next contest was the men's singles event of the 2014 Australian Open in Melbourne. His appearance at the 2014 Australian Open marked a record-breaking 57 straight Grand Slam appearances. He finished in the semifinals last year, losing to Andy Murray in five sets. Federer was be the sixth seed in the tournament, and began his tournament by playing Australian wildcard James Duckworth in the first round, breaking him four times en route to a straight-sets win. He then played Blaž Kavčič of Slovenia in the second round. Federer swept through the first two sets, but errors in the third set allowed Kavčič to force a tiebreak, which Federer won to close out the match. Federer broke him six times in total and won seven of the last eight points in the tiebreak to win his seventieth match in Melbourne. Federer played Teymuraz Gabashvili of Russia in the third round for the first time in six years. He saved five break points and broke Gabashvili's serve five times en route to a straight-sets victory. Federer played Jo-Wilfried Tsonga of France in the fourth round, and won in straight sets. Federer found breaks in each set, including one at the beginning of the first set, and dictated at the net, using aggressive play to keep Tsonga at bay. With his win, Federer reached his eleventh consecutive Australian Open quarterfinal, and has now reached 41 Grand Slam quarterfinals, tying the all-time record held by Jimmy Connors. Federer faced Andy Murray in the quarter-finals and defeated him in four sets after missing several break opportunities and squandering two match points in the third set tiebreak. Federer lost to Rafael Nadal in the semifinals, in straight sets.

Dubai Tennis Championships

After playing in the Davis Cup tie against Serbia in Novi Sad, to which Federer contributed with a singles rubber win to give Switzerland a 3–2 away victory, Federer took a three-week break and returned to competition in Dubai. Federer won his opening match against Benjamin Becker in the opening round with ease, and faced Radek Štěpánek in the second round. After a solid first set by Federer, Štěpánek tied the match after winning the second-set tiebreak. Federer then climbed out of a three-game deficit in the third set, winning five straight games to seal the match. In the quarterfinals, Federer played his first match against Lukáš Rosol of the Czech Republic. After having his serve broken in the first game, he won the next six games to clinch the first set and held his serve in the second to win the match in straight sets in just under an hour. Federer faced defending champion Novak Djokovic in the semifinals, and dropped the first set to Djokovic. After a rain delay in the second set, Federer converted breaks in the second and third sets against Djokovic and won his first match against Djokovic in 18 months. Federer then played Tomáš Berdych, who had beaten him in the semifinals last year. The two exchanged breaks in the first, but Berdych secured another break and won the first set. In the second set, Berdych broke Federer again, but Federer took advantage of errors on Berdych's part to get two breaks and level the match at one set all. Federer claimed a crucial break in a tighter third set, and held the lead to win in just under two hours. Federer won a record sixth Dubai title and won his 78th career title, surpassing John McEnroe for the third-most titles won in the Open Era. The win also ensured that he would continue his streak of winning at least one title per year since 2001.

BNP Paribas Open

Federer will next play at the BNP Paribas Open in Indian Wells.

All matches

Singles matches

Tournament	Match	Round	Opponent	Rank	Result	Score
Brisbane International Brisbane, Australia ATP World Tour 250 Hard, outdoor 30 December 2013 – 5 January 2014		1R	Bye
	1139	2R	Jarkko Nieminen	39	Win	6–4, 6–2
	1140	QF	Marinko Matosevic	61	Win	6–1, 6–1
	1141	SF	Jérémy Chardy	34	Win	6–3, 6–7(3–7), 6–3
	1142	F	Lleyton Hewitt	60	Loss	1–6, 6–4, 3–6
Australian Open Melbourne, Australia Grand Slam Hard, outdoor 13–26 January 2014	1143	1R	James Duckworth	133	Win	6–4, 6–4, 6–2
	1144	2R	Blaž Kavčič	99	Win	6–2, 6–1, 7–6(7–4)
	1145	3R	Teymuraz Gabashvili	79	Win	6–2, 6–2, 6–3
	1146	4R	Jo-Wilfried Tsonga	10	Win	6–3, 7–5, 6–4
	1147	QF	Andy Murray	4	Win	6–3, 6–4, 6–7(6–8), 6–3
	1148	SF	Rafael Nadal	1	Loss	6–7(4–7), 3–6, 3–6
Davis Cup, World Group First Round Novi Sad, Serbia Davis Cup Hard, indoor 31 January – 2 February 2014	1149	RR	Ilija Bozoljac	268	Win	6–4, 7–5, 6–2
Dubai Duty Free Tennis Championships Dubai, United Arab Emirates ATP World Tour 500 Hard, outdoor 24 February – 2 March 2014	1150	1R	Benjamin Becker	90	Win	6–1, 6–4
	1151	2R	Radek Štěpánek	48	Win	6–2, 6–7(4–7), 6–3
	1152	QF	Lukáš Rosol	49	Win	6–2, 6–2
	1153	SF	Novak Djokovic	2	Win	3–6, 6–3, 6–2
	1154	F	Tomáš Berdych	6	Win	3–6, 6–4, 6–3
BNP Paribas Open Indian Wells, United States ATP World Tour Masters 1000 Hard, outdoor 3–16 March 2014		1R	Bye
	1155	2R

Doubles matches

Tournament	Match	Round	Partner	Opponents	Rank	Result	Score
Brisbane International Brisbane, Australia ATP World Tour 250 Hard, outdoor 30 December 2013 – 5 January 2014	204	1R	Nicolas Mahut	Jean-Julien Rojer Horia Tecău	15 23	Win	7–5, 7–6(7–5)
	205	QF		Jérémy Chardy Grigor Dimitrov	92 67	Win	7–6(7–3), 6–7(5–7), [11–9]
	206	SF		Juan Sebastián Cabal Robert Farah Maksoud	43 48	Loss	6–7(5–7), 3–6

Tournament schedule

Singles schedule

Federer's 2014 singles tournament schedule is as follows:

Date	Championship	Location	Category	Surface	Prev. result	Prev. points	New points	Outcome
30 December 2013– 5 January 2014	Brisbane International	Brisbane (AUS)	ATP World Tour 250	Hard	A	N/A	150	Final (lost to Lleyton Hewitt, 1–6, 6–4, 3–6)
13 January 2014– 26 January 2014	Australian Open	Melbourne (AUS)	Grand Slam	Hard	SF	720	720	Semifinals (lost to Rafael Nadal, 6–7(4–7), 3–6, 3–6)
31 January 2014– 2 February 2014	Davis Cup World Group, 1R: Serbia vs. Switzerland	Novi Sad (SRB)	Davis Cup	Hard (i)	A	N/A	40	Switzerland def. Serbia, 3–2 Switzerland advanced to WG QF
24 February 2014– 2 March 2014	Dubai Duty Free Tennis Championships	Dubai (UAE)	ATP World Tour 500	Hard	SF	180	500	Winner (defeated Tomáš Berdych, 3–6, 6–4, 6–3)
3 March 2014– 16 March 2014	BNP Paribas Open	Indian Wells (USA)	ATP World Tour Masters 1000	Hard	QF	180
17 March 2014– 30 March 2014	Sony Open Tennis	Miami (USA)	ATP World Tour Masters 1000	Hard	A	0
4 April 2014– 6 April 2014	Davis Cup World Group, QF: Switzerland vs. Kazakhstan	Geneva (SUI)	Davis Cup	Hard (i)	N/A	N/A
5 May 2014– 11 May 2014	Mutua Madrid Open	Madrid (ESP)	ATP World Tour Masters 1000	Clay	3R	90
12 May 2014– 18 May 2014	Internazionali BNL d'Italia	Rome (ITA)	ATP World Tour Masters 1000	Clay	F	600
26 May 2014– 8 June 2014	French Open	Paris (FRA)	Grand Slam	Clay	QF	360
9 June 2014– 15 June 2014	Gerry Weber Open	Halle (GER)	ATP World Tour 250	Grass	W	250
23 June 2014– 6 July 2014	The Championships, Wimbledon	Wimbledon (GBR)	Grand Slam	Grass	2R	45
4 August 2014– 10 August 2014	Rogers Cup	Toronto (CAN)	ATP World Tour Masters 1000	Hard	A	0
11 August 2014– 17 August 2014	Western & Southern Open	Cincinnati (USA)	ATP World Tour Masters 1000	Hard	QF	180
25 August 2014– 7 September 2014	US Open	New York (USA)	Grand Slam	Hard	4R	180
6 October 2014– 12 October 2014	Shanghai Rolex Masters	Shanghai (CHN)	ATP World Tour Masters 1000	Hard	3R	90
18 October 2014– 26 October 2014	Swiss Indoors Basel	Basel (SUI)	ATP World Tour 500	Hard (i)	F	300
27 October 2014– 2 November 2014	BNP Paribas Masters	Paris (FRA)	ATP World Tour Masters 1000	Hard (i)	SF	360
10 November 2014– 16 November 2014	Barclays ATP World Tour Finals	London (GBR)	ATP World Tour Finals	Hard (i)	SF	400
Points as of Dubai Tennis Championships						990	1410	510 difference
Total year-end points						4205

Doubles schedule

Date	Championship	Location	Category	Surface	Prev. result	Prev. points	New points	Outcome
30 December 2013– 5 January 2014	Brisbane International	Brisbane (AUS)	ATP World Tour 250	Hard	A	N/A	90	Semifinals (lost to Cabal/Farah, 6–7(5–7), 3–6)
Total year-end points						90	90	0 difference

Yearly records

Head-to-head matchups

Roger Federer has a 14–2 (87.5% of wins) match win-loss record in the 2014 season. His record against players who were part of the ATP Rankings Top Ten at the time of their meetings is 4–1 (80% of wins). The following list is ordered by number of wins:

• Benjamin Becker 1–0
• Tomáš Berdych 1–0
• Ilija Bozoljac 1–0
• Jeremy Chardy 1–0
• Novak Djokovic 1–0
• James Duckworth 1–0
• Teymuraz Gabashvili 1–0
• Blaž Kavčič 1–0
• Marinko Matosevic 1–0
• Andy Murray 1–0
• Jarkko Nieminen 1–0
• Lukáš Rosol 1–0
• Radek Štěpánek 1–0
• Jo-Wilfried Tsonga 1–0
• Lleyton Hewitt 0–1
• Rafael Nadal 0–1

Finals

Singles: 2 (1–1)

Category Grand Slam (0–0) ATP World Tour Finals (0–0) ATP World Tour Masters 1000 (0–0) ATP World Tour 500 (1–0) ATP World Tour 250 (0–1)

Titles by surface Hard (1–1) Clay (0–0) Grass (0–0)

Titles by setting Outdoors (1–1) Indoors (0–0)

Outcome	No.	Date	Championship	Surface	Opponent in the final	Score in the final
Runner-up	37.	January 5, 2014	Brisbane, Australia	Hard	Lleyton Hewitt	1–6, 6–4, 3–6
Winner	78.	March 1, 2014	Dubai, United Arab Emirates (6)	Hard	Tomáš Berdych	3–6, 6–4, 6–3

Earnings

Event	Prize money	Year-to-date
Brisbane International	$46,760	$46,760
Australian Open	A$540,000	$532,382
Dubai Duty Free Tennis Championships	$465,830	$998,212
		$998,212

Figures in United States dollars (USD) unless noted.

See also

• 2014 Rafael Nadal tennis season
• 2014 Novak Djokovic tennis season
• 2014 Andy Murray tennis season
• 2014 ATP World Tour

External links

• Roger Federer at the Association of Tennis Professionals