2005 Roger Federer tennis season

2005 Roger Federer tennis season
Calendar prize money	$6,137,018
Singles
Season record	81–4 (95.29%)
Calendar titles	11
Year-end ranking	#1
Ranking change from previous year	=
Grand Slam & significant results
Australian Open	SF
French Open	SF
Wimbledon	W
US Open	W
Tour Finals	F
	Last updated on: 31 December 2005.

Roger Federer made two Grand Slam finals in 2005, winning both at Wimbledon over Andy Roddick, 6–2, 7–6(2), 6–4, and then defeating Andre Agassi in his last Grand Slam final at the US Open, 6–3, 2–6, 7–6(1), 6–1. However, Federer failed to make the final at the other two Majors, losing in the semifinals of the Australian Open to Marat Safin and the French Open to Rafael Nadal. However, Federer won four ATP Masters Series 1000 at Indian Wells, Miami, and Cincinnati on hard courts and one lone clay court title at Hamburg. Furthermore, Federer won two ATP 500 series events at Rotterdam and Dubai. Federer lost the Year-End Championships to David Nalbandian in the final.

Year summary

At the start of the year, Federer hired former Australian player Tony Roche to coach him on a limited basis.^[1] He reached the Australian Open semifinals, before falling to eventual winner Marat Safin, 7-5, 4-6, 7-5, 6-7(6), 7-9.^[2] He rebounded to win the year's first two ATP Masters Series titles: Indian Wells defeating Lleyton Hewitt of Australia in straight sets, and Key Biscayne, defeating Nadal in five sets, 2–6, 6–7(4), 7–6(5), 6–3, 6–1, after being down two sets to love, and two points from defeat. He won his third Hamburg clay-court title in May by defeating Richard Gasquet, to whom he had earlier lost in the quarterfinals at Monte Carlo. He then entered the French Open as one of the favorites, but lost a four set semifinal to fourth seed and eventual winner Nadal.

Federer successfully defended his Wimbledon title, winning for the third consecutive year by defeating Roddick in a rematch of the previous year's final, this time winning in straight sets. Federer also defeated Roddick in the final of the Cincinnati Masters to take his fourth Masters Series title of the year (and sweep all the American Masters events) and became the first player to win four Masters Series titles in one season.^[3] He then dropped only two sets en route to his second consecutive US Open title, defeating Andre Agassi in four sets in the final. Federer became the first man in the open era to win Wimbledon and the US Open back-to-back in consecutive years (2004 and 2005). Federer however, failed to defend his year-end Masters Cup title, losing to David Nalbandian of Argentina in an almost four-and-a-half hour match in five sets.^[4] Had he won the match, Federer would have tied John McEnroe's 1984 record for the highest yearly winning percentage in the open era (82–3), as well as winning a streak of 25 consecutive finals.

2005 also saw the first meeting between Federer and future rival Andy Murray, in the Bangkok final. Federer was victorious, 6–3, 7–5.^[5]

Matches

Grand Slam performance

Tournament	Round	Result	Opponent	Score
Australian Open	1R	Win	Fabrice Santoro	6–1, 6–1, 6–2
	2R	Win	Takao Suzuki	6–3, 6–4, 6–4
	3R	Win	Jarkko Nieminen	6–3, 5–2 retired
	4R	Win	Marcos Baghdatis	6–2, 6–2, 7–5(4)
	QF	Win	Andre Agassi	6–3, 6–4, 6–4
	SF	Loss	Marat Safin	5–7, 6–4, 5–7, 7–6(6), 9–7
French Open	1R	Win	Dudi Sela	6–1, 6–4, 6–0
	2R	Win	Nicolás Almagro	6–3, 7–6(0), 6–2
	3R	Win	Fernando González	7–6(9), 7–5, 6–2
	4R	Win	Carlos Moyá	6–1, 6–4, 6–3
	QF	Win	Victor Hănescu	6–2, 7–6(3), 6–3
	SF	Loss	Rafael Nadal	6–3, 4–6, 6–4, 6–3
Wimbledon	1R	Win	Paul-Henri Mathieu	6–4, 6–2, 6–4
	2R	Win	Ivo Minář	6–4, 6–4, 6–1
	3R	Win	Nicolas Kiefer	6–2, 6–7(5), 6–1, 7–5
	4R	Win	Juan Carlos Ferrero	6–3, 6–4, 7–6(6)
	QF	Win	Fernando González	7–5, 6–2, 7–6(2)
	SF	Win	Lleyton Hewitt	6–3, 6–4, 7–6(4)
	F	Win (5)	Andy Roddick	6–2, 7–6(2), 6–4
US Open	1R	Win	Ivo Minář	6–1, 6–1, 6–1
	2R	Win	Fabrice Santoro	7–5, 7–5, 7–6(2)
	3R	Win	Olivier Rochus	6–3, 7–6(8), 6–2
	4R	Win	Nicolas Kiefer	6–4, 6–7(3), 6–3, 6–4
	QF	Win	David Nalbandian	6–2, 6–4, 6–1
	SF	Win	Lleyton Hewitt	6–3, 7–6(0), 4–6, 6–3
	F	Win (6)	Andre Agassi	6–3, 2–6, 7–6(1), 6–1

All matches

Singles

Match	Tournament	Start Date	Type	I/O	Surface	Round	Opponent	Result	Score
640	Doha	1/3	250	Outdoor	Hard	R32	David Ferrer	W	6-1, 6-1
641	Doha	1/3	250	Outdoor	Hard	R16	Greg Rusedski	W	6-3, 6-4
642	Doha	1/3	250	Outdoor	Hard	Q	Feliciano Lopez	W	6-1, 6-2
643	Doha	1/3	250	Outdoor	Hard	S	Nikolay Davydenko	W	6-3, 6-4
644	Doha	1/3	250	Outdoor	Hard	W	Ivan Ljubicic	W	6-3, 6-1
645	Australian Open	1/17	GS	Outdoor	Hard	R128	Fabrice Santoro	W	6-1, 6-1, 6-2
646	Australian Open	1/17	GS	Outdoor	Hard	R64	Takao Suzuki	W	6-3, 6-4, 6-4
647	Australian Open	1/17	GS	Outdoor	Hard	R32	Jarkko Nieminen	W	6-3, 5-2 RET
648	Australian Open	1/17	GS	Outdoor	Hard	R16	Marcos Baghdatis	W	6-2, 6-2, 7-6(4)
649	Australian Open	1/17	GS	Outdoor	Hard	Q	Andre Agassi	W	6-3, 6-4, 6-4
650	Australian Open	1/17	GS	Outdoor	Hard	S	Marat Safin	L	7-5, 4-6, 7-5, 6-7(6), 7-9
651	Rotterdam	2/14	500	Indoor	Hard	R32	Bohdan Ulihrach	W	6-3, 6-4
652	Rotterdam	2/14	500	Indoor	Hard	R16	Stanislas Wawrinka	W	6-1, 6-4
653	Rotterdam	2/14	500	Indoor	Hard	Q	Nikolay Davydenko (2)	W	7-5, 7-5
654	Rotterdam	2/14	500	Indoor	Hard	S	Mario Ancic	W	7-5, 6-3
655	Rotterdam	2/14	500	Indoor	Hard	W	Ivan Ljubicic (2)	W	5-7, 7-5, 7-6(5)
656	Dubai	2/21	500	Outdoor	Hard	R32	Ivo Minar	W	6-7(5), 6-3, 7-6(5)
657	Dubai	2/21	500	Outdoor	Hard	R16	Juan Carlos Ferrero	W	4-6, 6-3, 7-6(6)
658	Dubai	2/21	500	Outdoor	Hard	Q	Mikhail Youzhny	W	6-3, 7-5
659	Dubai	2/21	500	Outdoor	Hard	S	Andre Agassi (2)	W	6-3, 6-1
660	Dubai	2/21	500	Outdoor	Hard	W	Ivan Ljubicic (3)	W	6-1, 6-7(6), 6-3
661	Indian Wells Masters	3/7	1000	Outdoor	Hard	R128	Bye	W
662	Indian Wells Masters	3/7	1000	Outdoor	Hard	R64	Mardy Fish	W	6-3, 6-3
663	Indian Wells Masters	3/7	1000	Outdoor	Hard	R32	Gilles Muller	W	6-3, 6-2
664	Indian Wells Masters	3/7	1000	Outdoor	Hard	R16	Ivan Ljubicic (4)	W	7-6(3), 7-6(4)
665	Indian Wells Masters	3/7	1000	Outdoor	Hard	Q	Nicolas Kiefer	W	6-4, 6-1
666	Indian Wells Masters	3/7	1000	Outdoor	Hard	S	Guillermo Canas	W	6-3, 6-1
667	Indian Wells Masters	3/7	1000	Outdoor	Hard	W	Lleyton Hewitt	W	6-2, 6-4, 6-4
668	Miami Masters	3/21	1000	Outdoor	Hard	R128	Bye	W
669	Miami Masters	3/21	1000	Outdoor	Hard	R64	Olivier Rochus	W	6-3, 6-1
670	Miami Masters	3/21	1000	Outdoor	Hard	R32	Mariano Zabaleta	W	6-2, 5-7, 6-3
671	Miami Masters	3/21	1000	Outdoor	Hard	R16	Mario Ancic (2)	W	6-3, 4-6, 6-4
672	Miami Masters	3/21	1000	Outdoor	Hard	Q	Tim Henman	W	6-4, 6-2
673	Miami Masters	3/21	1000	Outdoor	Hard	S	Andre Agassi (3)	W	6-4, 6-3
674	Miami Masters	3/21	1000	Outdoor	Hard	W	Rafael Nadal	W	2-6, 6-7(4), 7-6(5), 6-3, 6-1
675	Monte Carlo Masters	4/11	1000	Outdoor	Clay	R64	Greg Rusedski (2)	W	6-3, 6-1
676	Monte Carlo Masters	4/11	1000	Outdoor	Clay	R32	Albert Montanes	W	6-3, 6-4
677	Monte Carlo Masters	4/11	1000	Outdoor	Clay	R16	Fernando Gonzalez	W	6-2, 6-7(3), 6-4
678	Monte Carlo Masters	4/11	1000	Outdoor	Clay	Q	Richard Gasquet	L	7-6(1), 2-6, 6-7(8)
679	Hamburg Masters	5/9	1000	Outdoor	Clay	R64	Fernando Verdasco	W	6-4, 6-3
680	Hamburg Masters	5/9	1000	Outdoor	Clay	R32	Tomas Berdych	W	6-2, 6-1
681	Hamburg Masters	5/9	1000	Outdoor	Clay	R16	Tommy Robredo	W	6-2, 6-3
682	Hamburg Masters	5/9	1000	Outdoor	Clay	Q	Guillermo Coria	W	6-4, 7-6(3)
683	Hamburg Masters	5/9	1000	Outdoor	Clay	S	Nikolay Davydenko (3)	W	6-3, 6-4
684	Hamburg Masters	5/9	1000	Outdoor	Clay	W	Richard Gasquet	W	6-3, 7-5, 7-6(4)
685	Roland Garros	5/23	GS	Outdoor	Clay	R128	Dudi Sela	W	6-1, 6-4, 6-0
686	Roland Garros	5/23	GS	Outdoor	Clay	R64	Nicolas Almagro	W	6-3, 7-6, 6-2
687	Roland Garros	5/23	GS	Outdoor	Clay	R32	Fernando Gonzalez (2)	W	7-6(9), 7-5, 6-2
688	Roland Garros	5/23	GS	Outdoor	Clay	R16	Carlos Moya	W	6-1, 6-4, 6-3
689	Roland Garros	5/23	GS	Outdoor	Clay	Q	Victor Hanescu	W	6-2, 7-6(3), 6-3
690	Roland Garros	5/23	GS	Outdoor	Clay	S	Rafael Nadal	L	3-6, 6-4, 4-6, 3-6
691	Halle	6/6	250	Outdoor	Grass	R32	Robin Soderling	W	6-7(5), 7-6(6), 6-4
692	Halle	6/6	250	Outdoor	Grass	R16	Florian Mayer	W	6-2, 6-4
693	Halle	6/6	250	Outdoor	Grass	Q	Philipp Kohlschreiber	W	6-3, 6-4
694	Halle	6/6	250	Outdoor	Grass	S	Tommy Haas	W	6-4, 7-6(9)
695	Halle	6/6	250	Outdoor	Grass	W	Marat Safin (2)	W	6-4, 6-7(6), 6-4
696	Wimbledon	6/20	GS	Outdoor	Grass	R128	Paul-Henri Mathieu	W	6-4, 6-2, 6-4
697	Wimbledon	6/20	GS	Outdoor	Grass	R64	Ivo Minar (2)	W	6-4, 6-4, 6-1
698	Wimbledon	6/20	GS	Outdoor	Grass	R32	Nicolas Kiefer (2)	W	6-2, 6-7(5), 6-1, 7-5
699	Wimbledon	6/20	GS	Outdoor	Grass	R16	Juan Carlos Ferrero (2)	W	6-3, 6-4, 7-6(6)
700	Wimbledon	6/20	GS	Outdoor	Grass	Q	Fernando Gonzalez (3)	W	7-5, 6-2, 7-6(2)
701	Wimbledon	6/20	GS	Outdoor	Grass	S	Lleyton Hewitt (2)	W	6-3, 6-4, 7-6(4)
702	Wimbledon	6/20	GS	Outdoor	Grass	W	Andy Roddick	W	6-2, 7-6(2), 6-4
703	Cincinnati Masters	8/15	1000	Outdoor	Hard	R64	James Blake	W	7-6(3), 7-5
704	Cincinnati Masters	8/15	1000	Outdoor	Hard	R32	Nicolas Kiefer (3)	W	4-6, 6-4, 6-4
705	Cincinnati Masters	8/15	1000	Outdoor	Hard	R16	Olivier Rochus (2)	W	6-3, 6-4
706	Cincinnati Masters	8/15	1000	Outdoor	Hard	Q	Jose Acasuso	W	6-4, 6-3
707	Cincinnati Masters	8/15	1000	Outdoor	Hard	S	Robby Ginepri	W	4-6, 7-5, 6-4
708	Cincinnati Masters	8/15	1000	Outdoor	Hard	W	Andy Roddick (2)	W	6-3, 7-5
709	US Open	8/29	GS	Outdoor	Hard	R128	Ivo Minar (3)	W	6-1, 6-1, 6-1
710	US Open	8/29	GS	Outdoor	Hard	R64	Fabrice Santoro (2)	W	7-5, 7-5, 7-6(2)
711	US Open	8/29	GS	Outdoor	Hard	R32	Olivier Rochus (3)	W	6-3, 7-6(6), 6-2
712	US Open	8/29	GS	Outdoor	Hard	R16	Nicolas Kiefer (4)	W	6-4, 6-7(3), 6-3, 6-4
713	US Open	8/29	GS	Outdoor	Hard	Q	David Nalbandian	W	6-2, 6-4, 6-1
714	US Open	8/29	GS	Outdoor	Hard	S	Lleyton Hewitt (3)	W	6-3, 7-6, 4-6, 6-3
715	US Open	8/29	GS	Outdoor	Hard	W	Andre Agassi (4)	W	6-3, 2-6, 7-6(1), 6-1
716	SUI v. GBR WG Play-offs	9/23	DC	Indoor	Clay	RR	Alan Mackin	W	6-0, 6-0, 6-2
717	Bangkok	9/26	250	Indoor	Hard	R32	Marcos Daniel	W	7-6(4), 6-4
718	Bangkok	9/26	250	Indoor	Hard	R16	Denis Gremelmayr	W	6-3, 6-2
719	Bangkok	9/26	250	Indoor	Hard	Q	Gilles Muller (2)	W	6-4, 6-3
720	Bangkok	9/26	250	Indoor	Hard	S	Jarkko Nieminen (2)	W	6-3, 6-4
721	Bangkok	9/26	250	Indoor	Hard	W	Andy Murray	W	6-3, 7-5
722	Tennis Masters Cup	11/14	WC	Indoor	Carpet	RR	David Nalbandian (2)	W	6-3, 2-6, 6-4
723	Tennis Masters Cup	11/14	WC	Indoor	Carpet	RR	Ivan Ljubicic (5)	W	6-3, 2-6, 7-6(4)
724	Tennis Masters Cup	11/14	WC	Indoor	Carpet	RR	Guillermo Coria (2)	W	6-0, 1-6, 6-2
725	Tennis Masters Cup	11/14	WC	Indoor	Carpet	S	Gaston Gaudio	W	6-0, 6-0
726	Tennis Masters Cup	11/14	WC	Indoor	Carpet	F	David Nalbandian	L	7-6(4), 7-6(11), 2-6, 1-6, 6-7(3)

Singles schedule

Date	Championship	Location	Category	Surface	2004 Result	2004 Points	New Points	Outcome
3 January 2005– 8 January 2005	Qatar ExxonMobil Open	Doha (QAT)	ATP International Series	Hard	A	0	250	Winner (defeated Ivan Ljubicic, 6–3, 6–1)
17 January 2005– 30 January 2005	Australian Open	Melbourne (AUS)	Grand Slam	Hard	W	1000	450	Semifinals (lost to Marat Safin, 7–5, 4–6, 7–5, 6–7^(6–8), 7–9)
14 February 2005– 20 February 2005	ABN AMRO World Tennis Tournament	Rotterdam (NED)	ATP International Series Gold	Hard (i)	QF	60	250	Winner (defeated Ivan Ljubicic, 5–7, 7–5, 7–6^(7–5))
21 February 2005– 27 February 2005	Dubai Duty Free Tennis Championships	Dubai (UAE)	ATP International Series Gold	Hard	W	300	300	Winner (defeated Ivan Ljubicic, 6–1, 6–7^(6–8), 6–3)
7 March 2005– 20 March 2005	Pacific Life Open	Indian Wells (USA)	ATP Masters Series	Hard	W	500	500	Winner (defeated Lleyton Hewitt, 6–2, 6–4, 6–4)
21 March 2005– 3 April 2005	NASDAQ-100 Open	Miami (USA)	ATP Masters Series	Hard	R32	35	500	Winner (defeated Rafael Nadal, 2–6, 6–7^(4–7), 7–6^(7–5), 6–3, 6–1)
11 April 2005– 17 April 2005	Monte Carlo Masters	Monte Carlo (MON)	ATP Masters Series	Clay	A	0	125	Quarterfinals (lost to Richard Gasquet, 7–6^(7–1), 2–6, 6–7^(8–10))
9 May 2005– 15 May 2005	Hamburg Masters	Hamburg (GER)	ATP Masters Series	Clay	W	500	500	Winner (defeated Richard Gasquet, 6–3, 7–5, 7–6^(7–4))
23 May 2005– 5 June 2005	French Open	Paris (FRA)	Grand Slam	Clay	R32	75	450	Semifinals (lost to Rafael Nadal, 3–6, 6–4, 4–6, 3–6)
6 June 2005– 12 June 2005	Gerry Weber Open	Halle (GER)	ATP International Series	Grass	W	225	225	Winner (defeated Marat Safin, 6–4, 6–7^(6–8), 6–4)
20 June 2005– 3 July 2005	The Championships, Wimbledon	Wimbledon (GBR)	Grand Slam	Grass	W	1000	1000	Winner (defeated Andy Roddick, 6–2, 7–6^(7–2), 6–4)
15 August 2005– 21 August 2005	Western & Southern Financial Group Masters	Cincinnati (USA)	ATP Masters Series	Hard	R64	5	500	Winner (defeated Andy Roddick, 6–3, 7–5
29 August 2005– 11 September 2005	US Open	New York (USA)	Grand Slam	Hard	W	1000	1000	Winner (defeated Andre Agassi, 6–3, 2–6, 7–6^(7–1), 6–1)
23 September 2005– 25 September 2005	Davis Cup World Group Play-offs: Switzerland vs. Great Britain	Geneva (SUI)	Davis Cup	Clay (i)				Switzerland def. United Kingdom 5–0, advances to 2006 World Group
26 September 2005– 2 October 2005	Thailand Open	Bangkok (THA)	ATP International Series Gold	Hard	W	175	175	Winner (defeated Andy Murray, 6–3, 7–5)
14 November 2005– 20 November 2005	Tennis Masters Cup	Shanghai (CHN)	Tennis Masters Cup	Carpet (i)	W	750	500	Final (lost to David Nalbandian, 7–6^(7–4), 7–6^(13–11), 2–6, 1–6, 6–7^(3–7))
Total year-end points						6,335	6,725	390 difference

Yearly Records

Finals

Singles: 12 (11–1)

Legend
Grand Slam (2–0)
ATP World Tour Finals (0–1)
ATP World Tour Masters 1000 (4–0)
ATP World Tour 500 Series (2–0)
ATP World Tour 250 Series (3–0)

Titles by surface
Hard (8–0)
Clay (1–0)
Grass (2–0)
Carpet (0–1)

Titles by surface
Outdoors (9–0)
Indoors (2–1)

Outcome	No.	Date	Championship	Surface	Opponent in the final	Score in the final
Winner	23.	January 9, 2005	Doha, Qatar	Hard	Ivan Ljubičić	6–3, 6–1
Winner	24.	February 20, 2005	Rotterdam, Netherlands	Hard (i)	Ivan Ljubičić	5–7, 7–5, 7–6^(7–5)
Winner	25.	February 27, 2005	Dubai, United Arab Emirates (3)	Hard	Ivan Ljubičić	6–1, 6–7^(6–8), 6–3
Winner	26.	March 20, 2005	Indian Wells, United States (2)	Hard	Lleyton Hewitt	6–2, 6–4, 6–4
Winner	27.	April 3, 2005	Miami, United States	Hard	Rafael Nadal	2–6, 6–7^(4–7), 7–6^(7–5), 6–3, 6–1
Winner	28.	May 15, 2005	Hamburg, Germany (3)	Clay	Richard Gasquet	6–3, 7–5, 7–6^(7–4)
Winner	29.	June 13, 2005	Halle, Germany (3)	Grass	Marat Safin	6–4, 6–7^(6–8), 6–4
Winner	30.	July 3, 2005	Wimbledon, London, England, UK (3)	Grass	Andy Roddick	6–2, 7–6^(7–2), 6–4
Winner	31.	August 21, 2005	Cincinnati, United States	Hard	Andy Roddick	6–3, 7–5
Winner	32.	September 11, 2005	US Open, New York City, United States (2)	Hard	Andre Agassi	6–3, 2–6, 7–6^(7–1), 6–1
Winner	33.	October 2, 2005	Bangkok, Thailand (2)	Hard (i)	Andy Murray	6–3, 7–5
Runner-up	9.	November 20, 2005	Year-End Championships, Shanghai, China	Carpet (i)	David Nalbandian	7–6^(7–4), 7–6^(13–11), 2–6, 1–6, 6–7^(3–7)

References

^ "Roche previously coached Lendl, Rafter". Reuters. 2005-01-04. Retrieved 2007-03-28.
^ "Safin stuns Federer in epic semi". BBC Sport. 2005-01-27. Retrieved 2007-06-21.
^ "Roger Federer — Profile". Retrieved 2012-08-09.
^ Bill Scott (2005-11-20). "Nalbandian Upsets Federer to Claim Crown". masters-cup.com. Archived from the original on 2007-09-27. Retrieved 2007-06-21.
^ Federer downs Murray in Thai final - ABC News (Australian Broadcasting Corporation)

External links

ATP World Tour > Player > Roger Federer > Playing Activity > 2005

[1] "Roche previously coached Lendl, Rafter". Reuters. 2005-01-04. Retrieved 2007-03-28.

[2] "Safin stuns Federer in epic semi". BBC Sport. 2005-01-27. Retrieved 2007-06-21.

[3] "Roger Federer — Profile". Retrieved 2012-08-09.

[4] Bill Scott (2005-11-20). "Nalbandian Upsets Federer to Claim Crown". masters-cup.com. Archived from the original on 2007-09-27. Retrieved 2007-06-21.

[5] Federer downs Murray in Thai final - ABC News (Australian Broadcasting Corporation)

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