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federer achievements

Grand Slam tournaments

[edit] Singles championships

  1. Federer has won 16 Grand Slam titles, breaking the previous all-time men's record of 14 by Pete Sampras (American). Federer won 16 majors in a span of 27 majors (2003 Wimbledon - 2010 Australian Open), while Sampras won 14 in 49 majors (1990 US Open - 2002 US Open).[1]
  2. Federer is sixth on all time Grand Slam singles list, preceded by Graf (German, 22), Navratilova (American, 18), Evert (American, 18), Court (Australian, 24) and Helen Moody (American, 19) in chronological order.
  3. Federer won five consecutive men's titles at Wimbledon from 2003–07, matching a feat achieved only by Björn Borg (Swedish) in the open era.[2] William Renshaw (British) won a men's-record six consecutive Wimbledon titles before the open era; this was during a time where the defending champion received a bye to the final.
  4. Federer has won six Wimbledon titles (2003–07, 09), second only to Sampras and Renshaw's seven Wimbledon titles.
  5. Federer holds the open-era record for most consecutive US Open titles at five (2004–08).[3][4] Richard Sears (American, 1881-87 US Open) and Bill Tilden (American, 1920-25 US Open) won seven and six consecutive titles respectively before the open era.
  6. Federer is the only male player to defend the same Grand Slam 4 consecutive times at two different Grand Slams (2003-07 Wimbledon and 2005-08 US Open).
  7. Federer, Jimmy Connors (American) and Sampras have won a men's open-era record five US Open titles. Sears, Bill Larned (American) and Tilden won 7 US Open titles prior to the open era.
  8. 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] surpassing the old record of 4 consecutive grand slams at two different majors by Borg (1978-81 FO & 1976-80 Wim).
  9. 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] surpassing the previous record of Borg for 3 consecutive years (1978-80 FO and Wimbledon)
  10. 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 Nadal in the 2006 French Open final.[7] Federer, Sears and Renshaw are the only male players in tennis history to win their first seven Grand Slam finals.[6]
  11. 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 only players to do this before Federer were Ilie Nastase (Romanian) at the 1973 French Open and Borg at the 1978 and 1980 French Opens (Rafael Nadal subsequently achieved this feat at the 2008 and 2010 French Opens).[2] The only other man to win the Australian Open during the open era without dropping a set was Ken Rosewall (Australian) in 1971.[8]
  12. At the 2006 Australian Open, Federer became the first man to win three consecutive Grand Slam titles since Sampras in 1993–94 (Nadal subsequently achieved this feat at the 2010 US Open).[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]
  13. By winning the 2010 Australian Open, Federer became the only male tennis player to win three different Grand Slam tournaments at least four times each (4 Australian Opens, 6 Wimbledons, and 5 US Opens).[10]
  14. 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]
  15. 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 AO, Wim and USO), (2006 AO, Wim and USO) and (2007 AO, Wim and USO)).[2] During open era, only Rod Laver (Australian, 1969 AO, FO, Wim and USO), Connors (1974 AO, Wim and USO), Mats Wilander (Swedish, 1988 AO, FO and USO) and Nadal (2010 FO, Wim and USO) have won three or more Grand Slams in a calendar year.
  16. Federer (2006 AO, Wim and USO) is the only player to defend successfully all three Grand Slams next year one time in his career (2007 AO, Wim and USO). The remaining three players (Laver, Connors and Wilander) who won 3 or more Grand Slam in a calendar year before Federer failed to defend even one Grand Slam next year in their career. Nadal who won 3 Grand Slams in 2010 (FO, Wim and USO) could only defend one Grand Slam in 2011 (FO).
  17. 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 consecutive titles at Wimbledon, and four consecutive wins at the US Open.[11] His first loss outside of the French Open came at Wimbledon in 2008 at the hands of Nadal.
  18. Federer won his first eight hard court Grand Slam finals, an all-time record. His first loss in a hard court Grand Slam final came at the 2009 Australian Open against Nadal.
  19. 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.
  20. By winning the 2007 Australian Open, Federer won his sixth Grand Slam title in his last seven attempts, an open era men's record. Federer's best streaks of 7 Grand Slam titles in 9 attempts, 8 in 10 attempts, 11 in 16 attempts, 12 in 18 attempts, 13 in 21 attempts, 14 in 23 attempts, 15 in 25 attempts and 16 in 27 attempts are all all-time men's records.[citation needed]
  21. 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), 15 in seven years (2003–09) and 16 in eight years (2003–10). 11 Grand Slam titles in four years is an all-time record, men's or women's.[citation needed]
  22. Federer has faced twelve different opponents and defeated eleven of them in Grand Slam finals (all except Del Potro), an all-time men's record, (1. Philippoussis, 2. Safin, 3. Roddick, 4. Hewitt, 5. Agassi, 6. Baghdatis, 7. Nadal, 8. Gonzalez, 9. Djokovic, 10. Murray, 11. Söderling). Pete Sampras has also faced twelve different opponents but defeated nine of them in Grand Slam finals (all except Edberg, Safin and Hewitt), (1. Agassi, 2. Courier, 3. Pioline, 4. Martin, 5. Ivansevic, 6. Becker, 7. Chang, 8. Moya, 9. Rafter). Bjorn Borg has faced and defeated all nine different opponents in Grand Slam finals, (1. Orantes, 2. Vilas, 3. Nastase, 4. Connors, 5. Pecci, 6. Tanner, 7. Gerulaitis, 8. McEnroe, 9. Lendl).
  23. Federer is the sixth of seven men to win all four Grand Slam titles during his career, with Fred Perry (British), Don Budge (American), Laver, Emerson, Andre Agassi (American) and Nadal being the others. 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.
  24. Through the 2010 US Open, Federer's match record in Grand Slam tournaments is 208-30, giving him an 87.4 winning percentage. The only other[citation needed] male players in the open era with winning percentages over 80 are Borg (89.8), Nadal (87.6), Sampras (84.2), Connors (82.6), Ivan Lendl (Czech, 81.9), John McEnroe (American, 81.5), Agassi (80.9) and Boris Becker (German, 80.3).[12]
  25. During the open era, only Federer (six Wimbledons), Sampras (seven Wimbledons) and Borg and Nadal (six French Opens each) have won the same Grand Slam tournament at least six times.
  26. Federer in 2009 became the fourth male player in the open era to win the French Open and Wimbledon in the same calendar year after Laver (1969), Borg (three times: 1978–80), and Nadal (twice: 2008 and 2010).
  27. 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). Federer became the first player to do this twice in 2010 (2009 French Open, 2009 Wimbledon and 2010 Australian Open), before Nadal did it in 2010 (2010 French Open, 2010 Wimbledon and 2010 US Open).
  28. 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.
  29. Federer won the longest Grand Slam final in terms of games at 2009 Wimbledon (77 games). Federer also won the longest fifth set played at a Grand Slam final (16-14, 30 games) in 2009.
  30. Federer is the only player to win at least one bagel set in three different Grand Slam finals (2004 US Open, 2006 Australian Open and 2006 Wimbledon). Federer is the only player to win two bagel sets in a Grand Slam final (2004 US Open).
  31. Federer (2004, 2006–07, 2010) and Agassi (1995, 2000–01, 2003) are the only men players to win record 4 Australian Opens during the open era. Emerson won record 6 Australian Opens before the open era.
  32. Federer's 16 Grand Slams in 8 years (2003–10) is an all time men's record. Sampras won 14 Grand Slams in the span of 13 years (1990–2002).
  33. Federer (2003–10) now ties with Sampras (1993–2000) and Borg (1974–81) for winning at least one grand slam per year for eight consecutive years.
  34. From 2004-2007, Federer won 11 of 12 non clay Grand Slams (except 2005 Australian Open).[13]
  35. Federer won 8 consecutive non clay Grand Slams (2005 Wimbledon - 2007 US Open).[13]
  36. From 2004-2007, Federer won 7 of 8 hardcourt Grand Slams (except 2005 Australian Open).[13]
  37. From 2004 AO - 2010 USO, Federer has won 14 of 21 non-clay Grand Slam tournaments.[13]
  38. Federer has won 67 championships in his career, the fourth most singles championships won by a tennis player in open era history. In the open era only Connors (109), Lendl (94) and McEnroe (77) have won more titles than Federer in their career.

[edit] Singles finals

  1. Federer is the only male player in the Open Era to reach the final of all four Grand Slam singles tournaments more than twice, with at least five times each (5 AO, 5 FO, 7 Wim and 6 USO).
  2. As of the 2011 French Open, Federer has appeared in an all-time men's record 23 Grand Slam finals, beating the previous record of 19 by Ivan Lendl.[14] Federer reached 23 majors finals in a span of 32 majors (2003 Wimbledon - 2011 French Open), while Lendl reached 19 Grand Slam finals in span of 40 majors (1981 FO - 1991 AO).
  3. Federer is the first male player to appear in more than 19 Grand Slam finals.
  4. 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. In 2009, Federer again appeared in all four Grand Slam finals, becoming the only male player in tennis history to achieve this feat three times in his career (2006–07, 2009).
  5. Federer is the fifth male player to reach the finals of all 4 Grand Slams, after Laver, Lendl, Courier (American) and Agassi, during open era. Later, Nadal joined this elite men group as a sixth male player to appear in the finals of all four Grand Slams.
  6. Federer reached an all-time men's record ten consecutive Grand Slam finals (2005 Wimbledon - 2007 US Open), breaking the previous men's record of seven set by Jack Crawford in 1934 and won eight of them (except 2006 & 07 FO).[15][16] The previous open era record was four, shared by Laver (1969) and Agassi (2000). During this streak, Federer was never runner up in two consecutive Grand Slams finals.
  7. At the 2008 French Open, Federer began another streak of eight consecutive Grand Slam finals (2008 French Open - 2010 Australian Open).
  8. Federer is the only male player to appear in eight consecutive Grand Slam finals twice in his career (2005 Wimbledon - 2007 U.S. Open and 2008 French Open - 2010 Australian Open).
  9. Federer is the only male player in tennis history to reach at least three Grand Slam finals for four consecutive calendar years and five overall (2004, 2006–09).[2]
  10. Federer has reached an all-time record 18 finals out of 19 Grand Slam tournaments (2005 Wimbledon - 2010 Australian Open, excluding the 2008 Australian Open).[17] and won twelve of these.
  11. Federer (2003–09) is the only man in history to reach seven consecutive Wimbledon finals. During Open era, only Sampras (1993–95, 1997–2000), Becker (1985–86, 1988–90, 1991, 1995) and Federer have reached 7 Wimbledon finals.
  12. Federer is the second male player to reach seven consecutive finals at the same Grand Slam tournament (2003–09 Wimbledon), after Lendl who appeared in a record eight consecutive US Open finals (1982–89).
  13. Only Federer (7 Wim & 6 USO finals), Borg (6 FO & 6 Wim finals) and Sampras (7 Wim & 8 USO finals) have appeared in 6 or more finals of two different Grand Slams.
  14. Federer (2004–09, 6 years) has appeared in six consecutive US Open men's finals, second only to Lendl eight consecutive US Open Finals(1982–89, 8 years).
  15. Federer is the only male player to reach at least six consecutive finals at two different Grand Slam tournaments (2003–09 Wimbledon, 2004–09 US Open).[2]
  16. 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), and also the only male player in the open era to be the French Open runner-up four times in total.
  17. Federer (2006–09 French Open, 2003–09 Wimbledon, 2004–09 US Open) is the only male player in tennis history to reach at least four consecutive finals at three different Grand Slam tournaments.
  18. Federer, Lendl, Laver, Roy Emerson, and Fred Perry are the only male players in history to reach back to back finals of all four Grand Slam tournaments.
  19. 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.
  20. Federer is the first male player to appear in the French Open, Wimbledon, and US Open finals in a calendar year for four consecutive years (2006–09). Borg also reached the French Open, Wimbledon, and US Open finals in a calendar year but only for three years (1978, 1980–81).
  21. Federer is the first male player to appear in three consecutive Grand Slam Finals (French Open, Wimbledon, and US Open) in a calendar year for four consecutive years (2006–09).
  22. Federer is the first male player to appear in Australian Open, Wimbledon and US Open finals in a calendar year four times in his career (2004, 2006–07, 2009).
  23. Federer is the first male player to appear in back to back Wimbledon and US Open finals in a calendar year for six consecutive years (2004–09).
  24. Federer is the first male player to appear in two or more Grand Slam finals in a calendar year for six consecutive years (2004–09).[citation needed]
  25. In appearing in two consecutive Australian Open finals, four consecutive French Open finals, seven consecutive Wimbledon finals, six consecutive US Open finals, except for French Open, Federer never lost two consecutive finals at the same Grand Slam.
  26. In 23 Grand Slam final appearances, Federer has lost only to Nadal (six times) and Juan Martín del Potro (once).
  27. In 2008, Federer played the longest Wimbledon final in terms of time (4 hours and 48 minutes).
  28. 2008 is the only year in which Federer lost two consecutive Grand Slam Finals (French Open and Wimbledon).
  29. Federer, Lendl and Ken Rosewall are the only male players to be runner up at all four Grand Slams.
  30. Federer is the only male player to be champion (2004 AO, 2009 FO, 2003 Wim, 2004 USO) and runner up (2009 AO, 2006 FO, 2008 Wim, 2009 USO) at all four Grand Slams.
  31. From 2003-2010, 2008 (FO & Wim) and 2009 (AO & USO) are the only years in which Federer was runner up in two Grand Slams.
  32. Federer has faced opponents from 10 different countries in Grand Slam Finals. (1. Australia (Philippoussis and Hewitt), 2. Russia (Safin), 3. USA (Agassi & Roddick), 4. Cyprus (Baghdatis), 5. Spain (Nadal), 6. Chile (Gonzalez), 7. Serbia (Djokovic), 8. Britain (Murray), 9. Sweden (Söderling), 10. Argentina (Del Potro)).
  33. Federer has lost only one Australian Open final(2009) out of 5 final appearances (2004, 2006-7, 2009–10), one Wimbledon final (2008) out of 7 final appearances (2003–09) and one US Open final (2009) out of 6 final appearances (2004–09).
  34. Federer is the first male player to appear in record 5 AO finals (2004, 2006–07, 2009–10) during open era.
  35. Federer appeared in at least one Grand Slam final for 9 consecutive years (2003-11), behind only Sampras's (1992–2002) and Lendl's (1981–91) record of 11 consecutive years.

[edit] Singles semifinals

  1. Federer has reached 28 Grand Slam semifinals (2003 Wim - 2011 FO), which is tied for second all-time, with Lendl (1981 FO - 1991 USO). Jimmy Connors (1974 Wim - 1991 USO) holds the all-time men's record of 31 Grand Slam semifinals. The only other players to appear in more than 20 Grand Slam semifinals are Agassi (26, 1988 FO - 2005 USO) and Sampras (23, 1990 USO - 2002 USO).[18]
  2. Federer is the all-time men's record 23 consecutive Grand Slam semifinals holder, (2004 Wimbledon - 2010 Australian Open) breaking the previous men's record of 10 consecutive Grand Slam semifinals shared by Rod Laver and Ivan Lendl.[19] During this streak he lost to only five players in the majors: Juan Martín del Potro, Rafael Nadal, Novak Djokovic, Marat Safin, all top 10 players at the time they defeated Federer[20] and all went on to win the competition in which they beat him. Robin Söderling brought the run to an end with a four set win at the 2010 French Open[21]
  3. Federer has reached seven consecutive Wimbledon semifinals (2003–09), which is an all-time men's record.
  4. Federer has reached seven consecutive US Open semifinals (2004–10), trailing only Connors' twelve consecutive (1974–1985) and Lendl's eight consecutive US Open semfinals (1982–89).
  5. Federer is the first player to reach seven consecutive semifinals in three Grand Slams events (2004–10 AO, 2003-09 Wimbeldon and 2004-10 US Open).
  6. Federer is the only male player in the open era to reach 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.[22]
  7. Federer has reached eight consecutive Australian Open semifinals (2004–11), which is an open era men's record, two more than Lendl (1985–91, 1986 AO was not held due to change in month from Dec to Jan).
  8. Federer is the only male player in tennis history to reach six semifinals at all four Grand Slam tournaments.
  9. Federer is the only male player in tennis history to reach at least five consecutive semifinals at all four Grand Slam tournaments.
  10. Federer went 450-75 (.857) in sets during his 23 consecutive Grand Slam semis streak.[23]
  11. Federer played 15 consecutive hardcourt Grand Slam semifinals, from the 2004 Australian Open to the 2011 Australian Open.

[edit] Singles quarterfinals

  1. Federer has reached 29 consecutive quarter-finals in Grand Slam tournaments entered, breaking the record set by Jimmy Connors, who began this streak in the 1973 Wimbledon tournament and set the record in the 1983 French Open tournament.[24] However, Federer has not missed any Grand Slam tournaments while achieving this record (beginning at the 2004 Wimbledon tournament), whereas Connors never played in the Australian Open after 1975, and during 1974–78 Connors did not participate in the French Open. Thus, Federer also has the record of reaching the quarter-finals or better in 29 consecutive Grand Slam tournaments. This record is ongoing.

[edit] Pairings

  1. From 2003 Wimbledon - 2010 US Open, Federer and Nadal have won an unprecedented 25 out of 30 Grand Slam titles (excluding 2003 USO, 2004 FO, 2005 AO, 2008 AO and 2009 USO).
  2. Either Federer or Nadal has been seeded No. 1 for 30 consecutive Grand Slams (2004 FO - 2011 Wim).
  3. From 2004 - 2010, Federer and Nadal have won at least 3 out of 4 Grand Slam titles for 7 consecutive seasons.
  4. 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 only pair in the history of tennis to contest both of these finals back to back for three consecutive years (2006–08).[25]
  5. In the history of tennis, Federer and Nadal are the first pair to face each other in eight Grand Slam singles finals (2006–8 Wimbledon, 2006–8 French Open, 2009 Australian Open and 2011 French Open) in the span of 6 years, surpassing the old record by Bill Tilden and William Johnston of 7 Grand Slam singles finals (1919–25 US Open), who did it in the span of 7 years.[26]
  6. 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.[27]
  7. 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).[28]
  8. 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 French Open for Nadal, 2003-07 Wimbledon and 2004-08 US Open for Federer).
  9. From 2008 French Open to 2010 US Open, the pair won 10 of 11 Grand Slams (except 2009 US Open).
  10. From 2004 Wimbledon to 2010 US Open, the pair was represented in 24 of 26 Grand Slams finals winning 23 of them (except 2005 & 2008 Australian Open and 2009 US Open).
  11. Federer and Nadal have won 8 consecutive Wimbledon (2003–10) and 7 consecutive French Open (2005–11).
  12. Federer and Nadal have won the Wimbledon and French Open duo for 6 consecutive years (2005–10).
  13. Federer and Nadal have won the French Open, Wimbledon and US Open trio for 4 consecutive years (2005–08) and a fifth time in 2010.
  14. Federer and Nadal have won the Calendar Grand Slam 3 times (2006-07 & 2010).
  15. During open era, only 3 pairs of players have met each other in the final of 3 different Grand Slams. Lendl-Wilander (1983 AO, 1985 FO & 1987 USO), Sampras- Agassi (1990 USO, 1995 AO & 1999 Wim) and Federer-Nadal (2006 FO, 2006 Wim & 2009 AO).
  16. From 2003 Wim to 2010 US Open, 2008 AO is the only grand slam, in which both Federer and Nadal lost in the same round (semifinal).

[edit] Tripling

  1. From the 2005 French Open to 2011 Wimbledon, Federer, Nadal and Djokovic have won 25 out of 26 Grand Slams (except the 2009 US Open won by Del Potro).

[edit] 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.[29]
  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 men's record for the most consecutive straight-set victories in Grand Slam singles tournaments.[30]
  3. Federer's two streaks of 27 consecutive Grand Slam match wins (2005–06, 2006–07) are two wins shy of the open era men's record set by Rod Laver from 1969–70.[31]
  4. Federer's 40 consecutive match wins at Wimbledon (2003–08) was one win shy of the all-time men's record set by Björn Borg from 1976–81.
  5. Federer's 40 consecutive match wins at the US Open (2004–09) is an open era men's record.[32]
  6. Federer is the only player to win 40 consecutive matches at two different Grand Slams (2003-08 Wimbledon and 2004-09 US Open). He is also the only player to win 19 consecutive matches at three different Grand Slams (2006–08 Australian Open).
  7. Federer has won 102 (7 Davis Cup singles, 6 ATP finals and 89 Grand Slam matches) consecutive best of 5 set matches when winning the first two sets, ongoing from 11-20-2005 (lost to David Nalbandian in the final of the Masters Cup 2005) through the 4R at the 2010 French Open.
  8. With his defeat of Stanislas Wawrinka in the 4th round of the 2010 French Open he became the first person to win at least eleven consecutive matches at each of the four Grand Slams.
  9. Federer has the record of most wins achieved at each Grand Slam with 49, moves ahead of Lendl with 48.
  10. Federer has won 37 bagel sets in his Grand Slam career.

[edit] Miscellaneous

  1. Federer is the first male player to be seeded first at 18 consecutive Grand Slam tournaments (2004 French Open - 2008 Wimbledon).[33]
  2. Federer is the first male player to be seeded first at 22 Grand Slam tournaments (2004 FO - 2008 Wimbledon, 2009 USO - 2010 Wimbledon).
  3. Federer either won or lost to the eventual champion in a record 23 consecutive Grand Slam tournaments (2004 Wimbledon - 2010 Australian Open).[citation needed]
  4. Federer either won or lost to the eventual champion or runner up in a record 28 consecutive Grand Slam tournaments (2004 Wimbledon - 2011 French Open).
  5. Federer won an all-time record 124 consecutive matches against players ranked outside of the Top 5 in Grand Slam tournaments (2004 Wimbledon - 2009 US Open). This streak came to an end against Juan Martin del Potro, ranked #6 at the time, in the 2009 US Open finals. Del Potro was ranked #5 in the world by the end of the tournament.[34]
  6. Federer won an all-time record 75 consecutive sets in the first round of Grand Slam tournaments (2003 US Open - 2009 US Open). This streak, which included 24 consecutive straight set victories and lasted for six years, came to an end against Igor Andreev at the 2010 Australian Open.
  7. Federer had never lost a Grand Slam match after leading two sets to love, until he was beaten by Jo-Wilfried Tsonga in the 2011 Wimbledon quarterfinals. Tsonga ended a 178–0 record. [35]
  8. Federer is the first male to achieve 84% ratio of Grand Slam finals reached after making it to more than 10 semifinals (22 finals/26 semifinals).
  9. Federer is the only male player to have winning percentage over 85% in three Grand-Slam tournaments (all except French Open). Only Federer and Rafael Nadal have winning percentage over 80% in all the four Grand-Slam tournaments.
  10. Federer is the first and only male to achieve winning percentage of 95% in Grand-Slam tournaments in three different seasons (2004, 2006 and 2007).
  11. From 2003 Wimbledon to 2010 Wimbledon, Federer hasn't lost to the same opponent twice in a Grand Slam, except for Nadal and Djokovic. His losses to opponents other than Nadal or Djokovic during this period are against Marat Safin (AO 2005 semifinal, eventual winner), Del Potro (US 2009 final, winner), Söderling (FO 2010 QF, eventual runner-up) and Berdych (Wim 2010 QF, eventual runner-up). None of these players reached a Grand Slam final again during this period.
  12. Federer is the only male player to win combination of 6 Wimbledon, 5 US Open, 4 Australian Open and one French Open crowns. No other player has matched or surpassed this combination.
  13. Federer (2004–2010) and Lendl (1983–1989) are the only male players to win at least 20 Grand Slam singles matches for 7 consecutive seasons.

[edit] ATP World Tour Finals

  1. Federer's five ATP World Tour Finals titles are a record shared with Ivan Lendl and Pete Sampras.
  2. Federer is the only player to win the ATP World Tour Finals undefeated more than once, doing so four times (2003, 2004, 2006, 2010).
  3. Federer and Lendl are the only players to win back to back ATP World Tour Finals titles at least twice in their careers (2003-'04 and 2006-'07).
  4. Federer and Ilie Năstase are the only players to have won four ATP World Tour Finals titles in five years.
  5. 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.
  6. Federer is the only player to win the ATP World Tour Finals in three different cities (Houston x2, Shanghai x2 and London x1).

[edit] ATP World Tour Masters 1000

  1. Federer has reached an all-time record 29 ATP World Tour Masters 1000 finals (tied with Nadal).
  2. Federer was the first player to win four ATP World Tour Masters 1000 titles in a season (2005). Rafael Nadal and Novak Djokovic have since achieved this. Federer won four out of the five events he played that year (2005) for a record 80% season win rate in ATP World Tour Masters 1000 events.
  3. Federer is the 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.
  4. 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.
  5. Federer, Djokovic and Nadal are the only three players to reach the finals of eight of the nine ATP World Tour Masters 1000 events.
  6. Federer and Nadal have competed against each other in a record nine ATP World Tour Masters 1000 finals.
  7. Federer was the first to win nine consecutive finals (2004 Indian Wells - 2006 Miami), later equalled by Nadal (2005 Monte Carlo - 2007 Rome). They ended each other's streaks.
  8. Federer is the only player to win all four North American ATP World Tour Masters 1000 events at least twice.
  9. Both Federer and Michael Chang have won a record three titles at the Indian Wells Masters, but Federer is the only player 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).[36]
  10. Federer has won the third (second since 2011) 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 these 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 was finally achieved by Nadal in 2010 winning the masters titles in Monte Carlo, Rome and Madrid. He also ended Nadal's longest winning streaks of 81 and 33 consecutive matches on clay.
  11. Federer won a record 29 consecutive Tennis Masters Series matches before losing to Nadal in the final of the 2006 Masters Series Monte-Carlo.[2]
  12. Federer and Nadal are the only players to play 4 or more finals in a row. Federer played 4 finals in a row three times (Indian Wells 2006 - Rome 2006, Hamburg 2007 - Madrid 2007, Madrid 2010 - Shanghai 2010).

[edit] Ranking and points

  1. Federer is the first man to be ranked World No. 1 for at least four consecutive (non-calendar) years (February 2, 2004 - August 17, 2008).[37] Federer is the first player, male or female, to rank No. 1 for more than 200 consecutive weeks.
  2. Federer is second of three men to regain the year-end No. 1 ranking (2009) along with Ivan Lendl (1989) and Rafael Nadal (2010).[38]
  3. Federer is the third man to hold the year-end No. 1 ranking for at least five years (2004–07, 2009) after Jimmy Connors (1974–78) and Pete Sampras (1993–98).[39]
  4. Federer is the fourth man to hold the year-end No. 1 ranking for at least four consecutive years (2004–07) after Connors (1974–78), John McEnroe (1981–84), and Sampras (1993–98)[39]
  5. Federer is the fifth man to be ranked World No. 1 every week during a calendar year (2005–07). The others are Connors, Lendl, Sampras, and Lleyton Hewitt.[2] Federer is the only man to do so for three consecutive years (2005–07).
  6. Until losing the World No. 1 ranking to Rafael Nadal on August 18, 2008, Federer was the top ranked player for a record 237 consecutive weeks, surpassing the previous record of 160 consecutive weeks held by Connors.[28][40] 237 consecutive weeks is the record for both males and females surpassing the previous record of 186 consecutive weeks held by Steffi Graf.
  7. Federer has been ranked World No. 1 for a total of 285 weeks (two separate periods), one week behind all-time leader Pete Sampras (286 weeks, eleven separate periods).[37][41][42] The only other players to rank No. 1 for more than 200 weeks in total are Ivan Lendl (270 weeks, eight separate periods) and Jimmy Connors (268 weeks, 9 separate periods).
  8. Federer was No. 1 for 237 weeks during the first period (February 2, 2004 - August 17, 2008) and was No. 1 for 48 weeks during the second period (6 July 2009 - 6 June 2010).
  9. Federer is the first player to finish the year as a top two player in the world for eight consecutive years (2003–10).
  10. Federer is the first player, male or female, to rank No. 1 for 285 weeks in total in only two periods.
  11. Federer has been ranked in the top two in the world for a record 346 consecutive weeks (November 17, 2003 - July 4, 2010).
  12. Federer has been ranked in the top two for 376 total weeks, as of Monday 21 March 2011, equalling Sampras's 376 weeks, which is the record since the ATP rankings have been updated every week from the 25th of June 1984 (Ivan Lendl spent 303 weeks in the top-2 after the 25th of June 1984 and might have spent nearly 100 weeks there before as well).[43]
  13. Federer is the only man to reach all four Grand Slam finals as both the number 1 ranked player (AO '06, FO '06, W '04, USO '04) and the number 2 ranked player (AO '04, FO '09, W '09, USO '08).
  14. Federer is the fourth male player to be No. 1 for more than 5 years (260 weeks) in total. The first male player to pass the 5 year mark was Connors, followed by Lendl and Sampras. These four players combined have ruled the ATP Top ranking for more than 21 years out of 37 years. (Ilie Năstase was the first player to rank No. 1 on Aug 23, 1973 [44]).
  15. Federer, along with Andy Roddick, are the only active players to be ranked in the year end top ten for ten consecutive years.
  16. Either Federer or Rafael Nadal has been ranked No. 1 for a record 387 consecutive weeks from February 2, 2004 (7 years and 23 weeks). This consecutive streak was broken when Nadal lost the No. 1 ranking to Novak Djokovic on July 4, 2011.

[edit] 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]
  2. The 2008 Wimbledon's singles final was the longest singles final in Grand Slam history. Rafael Nadal took 4 hours, 48 minutes to defeat Federer.
  3. At 77 games, Federer's 2009 Wimbledon singles final against Andy Roddick was the longest Grand Slam singles final by number of games since the introduction of the tiebreaker.
  4. The final set of the 2009 Wimbledon final, which ended 16-14, was the longest final set of a Grand Slam final by number of games played (30). The final, 77th game of the final was the first in which Federer broke Roddick's serve, giving Roddick the record of holding the greatest number of consecutive serves and yet lose a Grand Slam final (36).

[edit] Match winning streaks

  1. From 2003-08, Federer won an all-time record 65 consecutive matches on grass courts before losing to Rafael Nadal in the 2008 Wimbledon final.[45] He was extended to five sets only twice during this streak and lost a total of 16 sets (170-16).[46]
  2. From 2005-06, Federer won a record 56 consecutive matches on hard courts before losing to Nadal in the 2006 Dubai final.[2] Federer also holds the second longest streak on hard courts of 36 consecutive wins (2006–07). Over a period of 25 months (February 2005 - February 2007), Federer went 111-2 (98.2 %) on hard courts.
  3. Federer won a record 26 consecutive matches against top ten ranked opponents.[47] The streak lasted for 16 months (October 2003 - January 2005), when he lost to Safin in a semifinal of the Australian Open. Federer also holds the second longest winning streak against top ten opponents of 17 (2006–07).
  4. Federer won an all-time record 41 consecutive matches against American players before losing to Mardy Fish in a semifinal of the 2008 Pacific Life Open in Indian Wells, California.[48] This streak began against James Blake at the 2003 US Open lasted for 55 months.
  5. 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])
  6. Federer is the only player in the open era to hold six winning streaks of twenty matches or more. 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. Federer's sixth streak was 21 matches and included titles in Madrid, Roland Garros and Wimbledon.

[edit] 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. In 2008, Federer won the US Open for the fifth consecutive time.
  3. Federer has won 45 hard-court titles. Only Andre Agassi (46) has won more hard-court titles.

[edit] Other selected achievements

  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[49] 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 previous record U.S. $10,130,620 in prize money, surpassing his own previous record of $8,343,885 set in 2006. Rafael Nadal holds the record as he earned U.S. $10,171,998 in prize money in 2010.
  5. In 2010, Federer became the only player to win all five tournament types in a single season (Grand Slam, ATP World Tour Finals, Masters 1000, World Tour 500, & World Tour 250) all on hard courts.
  6. Federer has won 67 of 97 finals during his career, for a winning percentage of 69.07 %.
  7. 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).
  8. 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).
  9. With his victory at the 2009 French Open, Federer matched Jimmy Connors as the only players to win at least 9 titles on clay, hard and grass courts.
  10. Federer equalled Pete Sampras' open era record of 10 tournaments won on grass when he won the Gerry Weber Open in Halle in 2008.[50] Federer went on to break this record by winning the 2009 Wimbledon Men's Singles title.
  11. Federer won 31 consecutive sets (10 consecutive straight-set matches) 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. Federer also won 30 consecutive sets (12 consecutive straight-set matches) from 2004–05 and 28 consecutive sets (11 consecutive straight-set matches) in 2008.
  12. On June 7, 2009 (French Open final), Federer recorded his 650th career victory.
  13. As of October 2010, Federer has won singles tournaments in 18 different countries: Australia, Austria, Canada, People's Republic of China, United Kingdom, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, the Netherlands, Portugal, Qatar, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Thailand, United Arab Emirates, and the United States.
  14. In two tournaments that Federer won (2005 Qatar ExxonMobil Open and 2008 Gerry Weber Open), he won every game he served.[51]
  15. Federer has won 80% of his yearly matches for eight consecutive years (2003–10). Lendl won 80% of his yearly matches for 10 different years.
  16. Federer has won titles on Clay, Hardcourt and Grass in the same season six out of the last eight years (2003–2010, except 2006 and 2010, where he failed to win a title on Clay and on Clay and Grass respectively).
  17. Federer has only withdrawn once during a tournament in his whole career, when he was due to play against James Blake in the quarter-finals of the Paris Masters in 2008.[52]
  18. Federer was seeded 1 or 2 at 30 straight Grand-Slam Tournaments between the 2003 US Open and the 2011 Australian Open.

[edit] Awards

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

[edit] 1998

  1. ITF World Junior Champion

[edit] 2003

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

[edit] 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)[53]

[edit] 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)[53]
  15. The 'Prix Orange' Award [54]

[edit] 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)[53]
  16. The 'Prix Orange' Award [54]
  17. Baccarat Athlete of the Year 2006 [55]

[edit] 2007

  1. Time magazine named him as one of the 100 most important people in the world.[56]
  2. L'Equipe Magazine's Champion of Champions (for the year 2006)
  3. ATP Player of the Year (for the year 2006)
  4. Stefan Edberg Sportsmanship Award
  5. ATPTennis.com Fan's Favourite
  6. Arthur Ashe Humanitarian of the Year
  7. Laureus World Sportsman of the Year (for the year 2006)
  8. ESPY Best Male Tennis Player
  9. ESPY Best Male International Athlete
  10. ITF World Champion
  11. BBC Overseas Sports Personality of the Year
  12. Tennis magazine's 2007 player of the year
  13. Swiss Sportsman of the Year
  14. The 'Prix Orange' Award [54]

[edit] 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)[53]
  3. Laureus World Sportsman of the Year (for the year 2007) – First ever winner of four Laureus World Sports Awards[57]
  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)
  9. The 'Prix Orange' Award [54]

[edit] 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.[58]
  6. ATPWorldtour.com Player of the Decade [59]
  7. ITF World Champion
  8. European Sportsman of the Year (aka UEPS [Federation of European sports journalists] Sportsman of the Year)[53]
  9. One of Sports Illustrated's Athletes of the Decade [60]
  10. Listed at #27 on the Forbes Celebrity 100
  11. European Sportsman of the Year[61]
  12. The 'Prix Orange' Award [54]

[edit] 2010

  1. International Tennis Writers' Association's Ambassador of the Year[62]
  2. ESPY Best Male Tennis Player
  3. ATP Player of the Year (for the year 2009)
  4. ATPWorldTour.com Fans' Favourite [63]
  5. MARCA magazine's Sportsman of the Decade [64]
  6. Listed at #29 on the Forbes Celebrity 100
  7. Compeed Elegance Award [65]

[edit] 2011

  1. Listed at #25 on the Forbes Celebrity 100

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