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# During the open era, Federer (2009) is the fourth player to win French Open and Wimbledon in the same calender year after Laver (1969), Borg (1978–80) and Nadal (2008). Borg holds the record for winning French and Wimbledon in the same calender year for three consecutive years (1978–80).
# During the open era, Federer (2009) is the fourth player to win French Open and Wimbledon in the same calender year after Laver (1969), Borg (1978–80) and Nadal (2008). Borg holds the record for winning French and Wimbledon in the same calender year for three consecutive years (1978–80).
# Federer joined Nadal as the only player to simultaneously hold Grand Slams on clay, grass and hard court (2008 U.S. Open, 2009 French Open and 2009 Wimbledon).
# Federer joined Nadal as the only player to simultaneously hold Grand Slams on clay, grass and hard court (2008 U.S. Open, 2009 French Open and 2009 Wimbledon).

===Singles finals===

# As of 2009 Wimbledon, Federer has appeared in an all-time male record 20 Grand Slam singles finals, breaking the previous record of 19 set by [[Ivan Lendl]].<ref>[http://www.tennis28.com/slams/finals_openera.html http://www.tennis28.com/slams/finals_openera.html]</ref>
# 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.<ref name="atptennis.com" />
# Federer reached an all-time male record ten consecutive Grand Slam finals ([[2005 Wimbledon]] - [[2007 U.S. Open (tennis)|2007 US Open]]), breaking the previous male record of seven set by [[Jack Crawford (tennis)|Jack Crawford]] in 1934 and winning eight of them (except 2006 & 2007 French Open).<ref>[http://msn.foxsports.com/tennis/story/7871376/Adler's-Insights:-Signs-of-a-Federer-decline Adler's Insights: Signs of a Federer decline]</ref><ref>[http://sports.espn.go.com/sports/tennis/french07/news/story?id=2897385 Federer reaches record eighth straight Grand Slam final]</ref>
# Federer is the only male player in tennis history to reach at least three Grand Slam finals for four consecutive calendar years as well as five out of six years (2004, 2006–09), breaking the previous open era record of three out of four years set by [[Björn Borg]] (1978, 1980–81).<ref name="atptennis.com" />
# Federer has reached an all-time record 16 finals out of the last 17 Grand Slam tournaments (2005 Wimbledon - present, excluding the 2008 Australian Open).<ref>[http://soundingoff.msnbc.msn.com/archive/2009/02/04/1781241.aspx Federer Not Yet Best Ever]</ref>
# Federer (2003–09) is the only man in history to reach seven consecutive Wimbledon finals. Federer is the second 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 with Lendl holding the open era record at eight.
# Federer is the only male player in tennis history to reach at least five consecutive finals at two different Grand Slam tournaments (2003–09 Wimbledon, 2004–08 US Open).<ref name="atptennis.com" />
# 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 French Open runner-up for three consecutive years.
# 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.
# During the open era, Federer and Lendl are the only male players to reach back to back finals of all four Grand Slam tournaments. In tennis history, Federer, Lendl, Laver, and [[Roy Emerson]] are the only male players to achieve this.
# In tennis history, Federer is the only male player to reach the final of all four Grand Slam singles tournament at least four times.
# In tennis history, 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.
# In 20 Grand Slam finals, Federer has only lost to Nadal (five times).
# Federer is undefeated in his five US Open final appearances, unprecedented in the open era.
# 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 final of French Open, Wimbledon and US Open finals in a calender year for three years (1978, 1980-81), but unlike Federer not three years in a row.
# Federer appeared in three consecutive Grand Slam Finals in a calender year for four years in a row (2006-09).
# Federer played the longest final in terms of time in the history of tennis in 2008 at Wimbledon. (4hr and 48 min)
# 2008 is the only year in which Federer lost two Grand Slam Finals (French Open and Wimbledon back to back).
# In reaching two consecutive finals at Australian Open, four consecutive finals at French Open, seven consecutive finals at Wimbledon and five consecutive finals at US Open, except for French Open, Federer never lost the same Grand Slam Final for two years in a row.
# Federer is the first player to appear in Wimbledon and US Open finals in a calender year for five years in a row (2004-08).
# Federer is the first player to appear in two or more Grand Slam Finals in a calender year for six consecutive years (2004-09)

===Singles semifinals===
# Federer has reached a total of 23 Grand Slam semifinals out of the last 25 Grand Slam tournaments ([[2003 Wimbledon]] - present). [[Jimmy Connors]] holds the all time record in this category, reaching the semifinals or better of Grand Slam Men's Singles events a total of 31 times.
# 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]].<ref>[http://www.atptennis.com/5/en/players/playerprofiles/playeractivity.asp?prevtrnnum=0&year=0&query=Singles&selTournament=GS&player=L018&x=16&y=12 Ivan Lendl Player Activity on the Official Website of the Association of Tennis Professionals]</ref>
# Federer has reached seven consecutive Wimbledon semifinals (2003–09), which is an all-time male record.
# 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.<ref>[http://www.atpworldtour.com/tennis/1/en/news/newsarticle_3864.asp Loyalties tested as Federer reaches semifinals]</ref>
# Federer has reached six consecutive Australian Open semifinals (2004–09), which is an open era male record shared with Lendl (1985–91).
# Federer is the only player in tennis history to reach at least five consecutive semifinals at all four Grand Slam tournaments.

===Pairings===

# 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).<ref>[http://www.atptennis.com/1/en/2008news/wimbledon_friday2.1.asp Nadal Sets Up Dream Wimbledon Final Against Federer]</ref>
# In the history of tennis, Federer and Nadal are the second pair to face each other in seven Grand Slam singles finals (2006–8 [[The Championships, Wimbledon|Wimbledon]], 2006–8 [[French Open]], [[2009 Australian Open]]), after [[Bill Tilden]] and [[William Johnston]] (1919–25).<ref>[http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601081&sid=a9IiusULTi1c&refer=australia Federer-Nadal Grand Slam Rivalry Breaks New Ground in Australia]</ref>
# 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 U.S. Open (tennis)|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.<ref>[http://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/main.jhtml?xml=/sport/2008/01/26/staust126.xml Roger Federer crashes out to Novak Djokovic]</ref>
# 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).<ref>[http://www.atptennis.com/1/en/2008news/wimbledon_finalpreview.asp Roger, Rafa to Meet in Record Sixth Grand Slam Final]</ref>
# Nobody has beaten both Federer and Nadal in the same Grand Slam tournament.

===Match winning streaks===

# In 2001, Federer ended [[Pete Sampras|Pete Sampras's]] 31-match winning streak at Wimbledon in the fourth round of the tournament.<ref>[http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/tennis/2001/wimbledon/news/2001/07/02/wimbledon_monday_ap Swiss teen Federer ends Sampras' Wimbledon run]</ref>
# 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 record for the most consecutive straight-set victories in Grand Slam singles tournaments.<ref>[http://www.atpworldtour.com/tennis/en/news/2007/roland_sunday2.asp Federer Falls Short of Best But Still Good Enough]</ref> He then won his 36th consecutive Grand Slam singles set when he won the first set in the quarterfinals against [[Tommy Robredo]] at the 2007 French Open to set the all-time record.
# 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. As of the end of Wimbledon 2009, Federer needs to win his next 10 matches at Wimbledon in order to break Sampras' record streak of winning 56 out of 57 matches played at Wimbledon set from 1993–2001.
# Federer's 34 consecutive match wins at the US Open (2004–08) are an open era male record.
# 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).
# Federer (2003–08 Wimbledon, 2004–08 US Open, 2006–08 Australian Open, 2009 French Open) is tied with Laver at seven and trails only Agassi at eight for the open era male record of consecutive matches won at all four Grand Slam tournaments. If he wins his next two matches at the French Open, he will break this record. Federer needs to win his next four matches at the French Open to break Emerson's all-time male record of 10 set in 1968.

===Miscellaneous===

# Federer is the first male player to be seeded first at 18 consecutive Grand Slam tournaments (2004 French Open - 2008 Wimbledon).
# Federer has either won or lost to the eventual champion at a record 21 consecutive Grand Slam tournaments (2004 Wimbledon - current).
# At Grand Slam level, Federer is now 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 championship was to No. 30 Gustavo Kuerten at 2004 Roland Garros.<ref>http://www.atpworldtour.com/News/Tennis/2009/06/Wimbledon-Wednesday2-Federer-Beats-Karlovic.aspx Federer</ref>
# Federer has won each Grand Slam event as seeded number 2 (2004 Australian Open, 2008 US Open, 2009 French Open, 2009 Wimbledon).
# Federer is the first player to win 20 or more Grand Slam matches per year for six years in a row (2004-09). He is 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 ==

# With four [[ATP World Tour Finals]] titles, Federer only trails the record five titles set by [[Ivan Lendl]] and [[Pete Sampras]].
# Federer and Lendl are the only players to have won back to back ATP World Tour Finals titles at least twice in their careers.
# Federer and [[Ilie Năstase]] are the only players to have won four ATP World Tour Finals titles in five years.
# 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 ==

# Both Federer and Rafael Nadal have won 15 ATP World Tour Masters 1000 titles, which is second only to Agassi 17.
# Federer has reached an all-time record 24 ATP World Tour Masters 1000 finals.
# 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.
# 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.
# 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.
# 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.
# 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.
# 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).<ref>{{cite news |first= |last= |coauthors= |title=Federer wins three tiebreakers to capture Nasdaq title |date=[[2006-04-02]] |publisher= |url=http://sports.espn.go.com/sports/tennis/news/story?id=2394167 |work=The Associated Press |pages= |accessdate=2007-03-06 |language= }}</ref>
# 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.
# Federer won 29 consecutive Tennis Masters Series matches before he lost to [[Rafael Nadal]] in the final of the 2006 [[Monte Carlo Masters|Masters Series Monte-Carlo]].<ref name="atptennis.com" />

== Ranking and points ==

# Federer is the first player to be ranked World No. 1 for four consecutive (non-calendar) years<ref>[http://www.atptennis.com/1/en/2008news/federer_fouryears.asp Federer Surpasses Four Anniversary at No. 1]</ref> from February 2, 2004, through August 18, 2008.
# 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<ref>[http://www.atptennis.com/1/en/2008news/wimbledon_finalpreview.asp Roger, Rafa to Meet in Record Sixth Grand Slam Final]</ref> 237 consecutive weeks.<ref>[http://www.atptennis.com/1/en/2008news/wimbledon_monpreview.asp Federer and Nadal on Wimbledon Collision Course]</ref>
# 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.<ref name="atptennis.com" /> 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<ref>[http://www.atptennis.com/1/en/2008news/federer_fouryears.asp Federer Surpasses Four Anniversary at No. 1]</ref><ref>[http://www.tennis28.com/rankings/weeks_No1.html Weeks at #1]</ref>
# Federer in 2007 became the fifth man since the inception of the [[Association of Tennis Professionals|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).<ref>[http://www.tennis28.com/rankings/yearend_mostyears.html Year End Rankings]</ref>
# 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]].<ref name="atptennis.com" />
# As of Monday 20 July 2009, Federer has been top ranked player for 239 weeks (top ranked two separate periods). He will remain number 1 until at least August 31 2009 when the US Open 2009 will begin increasing his total weeks to 244 weeks <ref>[http://www.atpworldtour.com/News/Tennis/2009/07/Shark-Bites-Federer-Has-Hold-On-Number-One.aspx Shark bites]</ref>
# Federer was No. 1 for 237 weeks during the first period and two weeks during the second period.

== Individual match records ==
# 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.<ref name="atptennis.com" />

== Match winning streaks ==

# At [[2006 Wimbledon Championships|Wimbledon in 2006]], with his first round victory over [[Richard Gasquet]], Federer surpassed [[Björn Borg]]'s 41-match grass court winning streak record.<ref>[http://edition.cnn.com/2006/SPORT/06/27/tennis.federer/index.html Federer breaks Borg's win record]</ref> Borg set this record from 1976 to 1981, while playing only Wimbledon.<ref>[http://www.tennis-x.com/story/2004-07-04/d.php Sharapova Stuns Serena; Federer vs. Roddick Today at Wimbledon]</ref> At [[2008 Wimbledon Championships|Wimbledon in 2008]], Federer took the streak to 65 consecutive matches by defeating [[Marat Safin]] in the semifinals.<ref>[http://www.wimbledon.org/en_GB/news/articles/2008-07-03/200807031215086574187.html Safin blasts back from the past.]</ref> Federer was extended to five sets only once during this streak.<ref>[http://www.wimbledon.org/en_GB/news/articles/2008-07-05/200807051215285178875.html Day 13 preview]</ref> This is the second longest streak by a male player on a given surface, after [[Rafael Nadal|Rafael Nadal's]] 81 consecutive wins on clay courts.
# 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.<ref name="atptennis.com" /> The fourth streak was 35 matches at the end of 2005. The fifth (and longest) streak started at the [[2006 U.S. Open (tennis)|2006 US Open]] and ended after 41 victories on March 11, 2007, which included tournament victories at the [[U.S. Open (tennis)|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]].
# Federer won a record 26 consecutive matches against top ten ranked opponents.<ref>[http://www.sportingnews.com/blog/Coosh18/tag/ATP Best of the Best- Tiger vs. Roger]</ref> The streak lasted from October 2003 to January 2005, when he lost to Safin in a semifinal of the [[Australian Open]].
# 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.<ref name="atptennis.com" /> 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.
# Federer's 41-match winning streak<ref>{{cite web |url=http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/scorecard/othernews.asp?articleID=230424 |title=Fish stuns Federer, joins Djokovic in Pacific Life final |accessdate=2008-04-24 |publisher=Seattle post |date=2008-04-22}}</ref> against American players ended when he lost to [[Mardy Fish]] in a semifinal of the [[2008 Pacific Life Open]] in Indian Wells, California.
# Federer holds the record for most consecutive singles wins in North America, winning 55 straight matches before losing to [[Andy Murray]] in August 2006.<ref name="atptennis.com" /> (This loss also stopped Federer's streak of 17 consecutive finals reached, just one shy of [[Ivan Lendl|Ivan Lendl's]] record 18 consecutive finals in 1981 and 1982.<ref name="atptennis.com" />)

== Tournament winning streaks ==
[[Image:Roger Federer at USOpen 2006.jpg|thumb|Roger Federer at 2006 US Open Practice Session.]]

# 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.<ref name="atptennis.com" /> [[David Nalbandian]] ended Federer's streak in the final of the 2005 [[Tennis Masters Cup]].<ref name="atptennis.com" />
# 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 [[U.S. Open (tennis)|US Open]], breaking the open era record.

== Yearly excellence ==

# 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.<ref name="atptennis.com" />
# 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.
# In 2006, Federer reached the final in 16 of the 17 tournaments he played, setting a new record of 94.1 percent finals appearances<ref>{{cite news |first= |last= |coauthors= |title=Roger Federer - Results |date= |publisher= |url=http://www.rogerfederer.com/en/rogers/results/index.cfm?uYear=2006 |work=Roger Federer official website |pages= |accessdate=2007-05-12 |language= }}</ref> and was also the first man since [[Thomas Muster]] in 1995 to win 12 titles in one year.<ref name="atptennis.com" /> Federer is the only player in the open era to have won at least 10 singles titles in each of three consecutive years.<ref name="atptennis.com" />
# 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 ==
# {{As of|July 5, 2009}}, Federer has won 60 of 82 finals during his career, for a winning percentage of 73.2 percent.
# 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 (tennis)|Grand Slam]] tournaments).
# 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, North Rhine-Westphalia|Halle]] 2003 (grass); Doubles: [[Rotterdam]] 2001 (hard), [[Gstaad]] 2001 (clay), Moscow 2002 (carpet), and Halle 2005 (grass).
# 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.
# Federer equalled [[Pete Sampras]]' open era record of 10 tournaments won on grass when he won the [[Gerry Weber Open]] in [[Halle, North Rhine-Westphalia|Halle]] in 2008.<ref>[http://www.guardian.co.uk/sport/2008/jun/16/wimbledon.tennis1 Federer breezes to title in Halle and blows away reports of his demise]</ref>. Federer went on to break this record by winning the 2009 Wimbledon Men's Singles title.
# 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.
# On June 7, 2009 (French Open final), Federer recorded his 650th career victory.
# 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.
# In two tournaments that Federer won ([[2005 Qatar ExxonMobil Open]] and [[2008 Gerry Weber Open]]), he won every game he served.<ref>[http://www.rogerfederer.com/en/rogers/news/newsdetail.cfm?uNewsID=750 ATP - Second Title Without Dropping Serve]</ref>

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

===2003===
# ATP European Player of the Year
# [[Swiss Sports Personality of the Year|Swiss Sportsman of the Year]]
# Swiss of the Year
# Michael-Westphal Award

===2004===
# ATP European Player of the Year
# [[International Tennis Federation|ITF World Champion]]
# Sports Illustrated Tennis Player of the Year
# [[Swiss Sports Personality of the Year|Swiss Sportsman of the Year]]
# Swiss of the Year
# Reuters International Sportsman of the Year
# [[BBC Sports Personality of the Year Overseas Personality|BBC Overseas Sports Personality of the Year]]
# International Tennis Writers Association (ITWA) Player of the Year
# [[Golden Bagel Award]]
# European Sportsman of the Year (aka ''UEPS [Federation of European sports journalists] Sportsman of the Year'')<ref name="standaard.be">[http://www.standaard.be/Artikel/Detail.aspx?artikelId=DMF08012008_071 "European Sports Journalists honor Henin and Federer"], ''[[De Standaard]]'', [[2008-01-08]]. Retrieved on [[2008-01-08]].</ref>

===2005===
# Ambassador of [[United Nations]]' Year of Sport and Physical Education
# Goldene Kamera Award
# [[ATP Awards|ATP Player of the Year]] (for the year 2004)
# Stefan Edberg Sportsmanship Award
# ATPTennis.com Fan's Favourite
# [[Laureus World Sports Awards|Laureus World Sportsman of the Year]] (for the year 2004)
# Michael-Westphal Award
# International Tennis Writers Association (ITWA) Player of the Year
# International Tennis Writers Ambassador for Tennis
# Most Outstanding Athlete by the United States Sports Academy
# [[Freedom Air]] People's Choice Sports Awards International Sportsperson of the Year
# [[International Tennis Federation|ITF World Champion]]
# [[ESPY Awards|ESPY]] Best Male Tennis Player
# European Sportsman of the Year (aka ''UEPS [Federation of European sports journalists] Sportsman of the Year'')<ref name="standaard.be" />

===2006===
# ''[[L'Equipe]]'' Magazine's Champion of Champions (for the year 2005)
# [[ATP Awards|ATP Player of the Year]] (for the year 2005)
# Stefan Edberg Sportsmanship Award
# ATPTennis.com Fan's Favourite
# [[Laureus World Sports Awards|Laureus World Sportsman of the Year]] (for the year 2005)
# [[ESPY Awards|ESPY]] Best Male Tennis Player
# International Tennis Writers Association (ITWA) Player of the Year
# International Tennis Writers Ambassador for Tennis
# [[International Tennis Federation|ITF World Champion]]
# [[BBC Sports Personality of the Year Overseas Personality|BBC Overseas Sports Personality of the Year]]
# [[Swiss Sports Personality of the Year|Swiss Sportsman of the Year]]
# EFE's Sportsman of the Year
# [[Golden Bagel Award]]
# Most Outstanding Athlete of the Year by The United States Sports Academy
# European Sportsman of the Year (aka ''UEPS [Federation of European sports journalists] Sportsman of the Year'')<ref name="standaard.be" />

===2007===
# ''[[L'Equipe]]'' Magazine's Champion of Champions (for the year 2006)
# [[ATP Awards|ATP Player of the Year]] (for the year 2006)
# Stefan Edberg Sportsmanship Award
# ATPTennis.com Fan's Favourite
# Arthur Ashe Humanitarian of the Year
# [[Laureus World Sports Awards|Laureus World Sportsman of the Year]] (for the year 2006)
# [[ESPY Awards|ESPY]] Best Male Tennis Player
# [[ESPY Awards|ESPY]] Best Male International Athlete
# [[International Tennis Federation|ITF World Champion]]
# [[BBC Sports Personality of the Year Overseas Personality|BBC Overseas Sports Personality of the Year]]
# Tennis magazine's 2007 player of the year
# [[Swiss Sports Personality of the Year|Swiss Sportsman of the Year]]

===2008===
# ''[[L'Equipe]]'' Magazine's Champion of Champions (for the year 2007)
# European Sportsman of the Year (for the year 2007) (aka ''UEPS [Federation of European sports journalists] Sportsman of the Year'')<ref name="standaard.be" />
# [[Laureus World Sports Awards|Laureus World Sportsman of the Year]] (for the year 2007) – First ever winner of four Laureus World Sports Awards<ref>[http://www.laureus.com/press_releases?article_id=1375 Press Releases | Laureus<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref>
# [[ATP Awards|ATP Player of the Year]] (for the year 2007)
# Stefan Edberg Sportsmanship Award
# ATPTennis.com Fan's Favourite
# [[ESPY Awards|ESPY]] Best Male Tennis Player
# [[Swiss Sports Personality of the Year|Swiss Team of the Year]] (with [[Stanislas Wawrinka]] as "golden team FedRinka")

===2009===
# Stefan Edberg Sportsmanship Award
# ATPWorldtour.com (formerly ATPTennis.com) Fan's Favourite
# [[Talksport]] Hall of Fame
# [[ESPY Awards|ESPY]] Best Male Tennis Player
# Ehrespalebaerglemer award<ref>http://www.atpworldtour.com/News/Tennis/2009/07/Federer-Receives-Home-Town-Honour.aspx</ref>

==Footnotes==
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Revision as of 01:13, 24 July 2009

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

Federer at the 2007 Cincinnati Masters

Grand Slam tournaments

Grand Slam singles finals (20)

Wins (15)

Year Championship Surface Opponent in Final Score in Final
2003 Wimbledon Grass Australia Mark Philippoussis 7–6(5), 6–2, 7–6(3)
2004 Australian Open Hard Russia Marat Safin 7–6(3), 6–4, 6–2
2004 Wimbledon (2) Grass United States Andy Roddick 4–6, 7–5, 7–6(3), 6–4
2004 US Open Hard Australia Lleyton Hewitt 6–0, 7–6(3), 6–0
2005 Wimbledon (3) Grass United States Andy Roddick 6–2, 7–6(2), 6–4
2005 US Open (2) Hard United States Andre Agassi 6–3, 2–6, 7–6(1), 6–1
2006 Australian Open (2) Hard Cyprus Marcos Baghdatis 5–7, 7–5, 6–0, 6–2
2006 Wimbledon (4) Grass Spain Rafael Nadal 6–0, 7–6(5), 6–7(2), 6–3
2006 US Open (3) Hard United States Andy Roddick 6–2, 4–6, 7–5, 6–1
2007 Australian Open (3) Hard Chile Fernando González 7–6(2), 6–4, 6–4
2007 Wimbledon (5) Grass Spain Rafael Nadal 7–6(7), 4–6, 7–6(3), 2–6, 6–2
2007 US Open (4) Hard Serbia Novak Djokovic 7–6(4), 7–6(2), 6–4
2008 US Open (5) Hard United Kingdom Andy Murray 6–2, 7–5, 6–2
2009 French Open Clay Sweden Robin Söderling 6–1, 7–6(1), 6–4
2009 Wimbledon (6) Grass United States Andy Roddick 5–7, 7–6(6), 7–6(5), 3–6, 16–14

Runner-ups (5)

Year Championship Surface Opponent in Final Score in Final
2006 French Open Clay Spain Rafael Nadal 1–6, 6–1, 6–4, 7–6(4)
2007 French Open (2) Clay Spain Rafael Nadal 6–3, 4–6, 6–3, 6–4
2008 French Open (3) Clay Spain Rafael Nadal 6–1, 6–3, 6–0
2008 Wimbledon Grass Spain Rafael Nadal 6–4, 6–4, 6–7(5), 6–7(8), 9–7
2009 Australian Open Hard Spain Rafael Nadal 7–5, 3–6, 7–6(3), 3–6, 6–2

Singles championships

  1. Federer has won 15 Grand Slam titles, breaking the 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] In 2009, Federer won his sixth Wimbledon title, putting him one behind the record 7 won by Sampras and William Renshaw.
  3. Federer holds the open era record for most consecutive US Open titles at five (2004–08).[3] The previous open era record for a male player was three consecutive US Open titles by both Ivan Lendl and John McEnroe.[4] [5]Federer, Sampras, and Jimmy Connors have won a male open era record five US Open titles.
  4. Federer is the only player in tennis history to win at least five consecutive titles at two different Grand Slam tournaments (2003–07 Wimbledon, 2004–08 US Open).[6] He is also the only 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]
  5. Federer's victory at the 2004 US Open marked the first time in the open era that anyone had won his first four Grand Slam finals.[7] He eventually won his first seven Grand Slam finals before losing to Rafael Nadal in the 2006 French Open final.[8] Federer, Richard Sears, and William Renshaw are the only male players in tennis history to win their first seven Grand Slam singles finals.[7]
  6. 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] Since then only Rafael Nadal accomplished this feat at the 2008 French Open. The only other man to win the Australian Open during the open era without dropping a set was Ken Rosewall in 1971.[9]
  7. 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 do this twice in the open era.[10]
  8. 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).[11]
  9. 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]
  10. 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]
  11. 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.[12] His first loss outside of the French Open came at Wimbledon 2008, just before winning his fifth U.S. Open. His only five losses in Grand Slam singles finals are 3 at the French Open, 1 at Wimbledon and 1 at the Australian Open - all to Nadal. Federer also won his first eight hard court Grand Slam singles finals, an all-time record.
  12. Only Federer (6 Wimbledons and 5 US Opens), Sampras (7 Wimbledons and 5 US Opens) and Borg (6 French Opens and 5 Wimbledons) have won two different Grand Slam tournaments at least five times. However, only Federer managed to win 5 consecutive titles at two separate events.
  13. By winning the 2007 Australian Open, Federer won his 6th Grand Slam title in his last 7 attempts, an open era male record. Federer's 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-time male records.
  14. 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.
  15. 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.
  16. Federer has defeated eleven different opponents in Grand Slam finals, an all-time male record.
  17. Federer is the sixth man to win all four Grand Slams after Fred Perry, Don Budge (1938), Rod Laver (1962 & 1969), Roy Emerson and Andre Agassi. 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.
  18. Through 2009 Wimbledon, Federer's match record in Grand Slam singles tournaments is 182–26, giving him an 87.5 winning percentage. The only other male players in the open era with winning percentages over 80 are Björn Borg (89.8), Rafael Nadal (85.7), Pete Sampras (84.2), Jimmy Connors (82.6), Ivan Lendl (81.9), John McEnroe (81.5), Andre Agassi (80.9) and Boris Becker (80.3).[13]
  19. During the open era, only Federer (6 Wimbledons), Sampras (7 Wimbledons) and Borg (6 French Open) have won the same Grand Slam 6 times or more.
  20. In 2009, Federer has won the longest fifth set in Wimbledon Final (16–14). It was also the longest men's Grand Slam final in history at 77 games (5–7, 7–6 (6), 7–6 (5), 3–6, 16–14).[14]
  21. During the open era, Federer (2009) is the fourth player to win French Open and Wimbledon in the same calender year after Laver (1969), Borg (1978–80) and Nadal (2008). Borg holds the record for winning French and Wimbledon in the same calender year for three consecutive years (1978–80).
  22. Federer joined Nadal as the only player to simultaneously hold Grand Slams on clay, grass and hard court (2008 U.S. Open, 2009 French Open and 2009 Wimbledon).
  1. ^ Slam Champions
  2. ^ a b c d e f Roger Federer player profile on the Association of Tennis Professionals website
  3. ^ US Open Champions
  4. ^ Consecutive Slam Wins - Open Era (At One Slam)
  5. ^ http://www.atpworldtour.com/News/DEUCE-Tennis/Federer-15-Quest/Road-To-15-Slams.aspx Federer's Road To Grand Slam Greatness
  6. ^ Consecutive Slam Wins - Open Era (At One Slam)
  7. ^ a b Roger Federer fact file
  8. ^ Two Streaks Enter, Only One Leaves at Roland Garros
  9. ^ 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)
  10. ^ Federer cruises to Aussie Open title
  11. ^ Roger Federer and Pete Sampras to Play Three Exhibition Matches in Asia in 2007
  12. ^ Grand Slam Finals - Open Era
  13. ^ These percentages are available on the respective players pages. Retrieved on 2009-07-02.
  14. ^ http://www.tennis.com/tournaments/2009/wimbledon/wimbledon.aspx?id=179384 Federer tops Roddick 16–14 in fifth to win 15th Slam
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