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Roger Federer

Federer Masters tournament victory
Country (sports)	Switzerland
Residence	Oberwil, Switzerland
Height	1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)
Turned pro	1998
Plays	Right; One-handed backhand
Prize money	$29,581,018
Singles
Career record	490-125
Career titles	46
Highest ranking	No. 1 (February 2, 2004)
Grand Slam singles results
Australian Open	W (2004, 2006, 2007)
French Open	F (2006)
Wimbledon	W (2003, 2004, 2005, 2006)
US Open	W (2004, 2005, 2006)
Doubles
Career record	102-64
Career titles	7
Highest ranking	No. 24 (June 9, 2003)
Last updated on: January 29, 2007.

Roger Federer (born August 8, 1981) is a Swiss tennis professional, currently ranked World No. 1, whose achievements rank him among the most successful players of all time. Many tennis observers and fellow players believe he may prove to be the greatest player ever.

In 2004, Federer became the first man since Mats Wilander in 1988 to win three of four Grand Slam singles tournaments in the same year. In 2006, Federer repeated this feat and became the first man in the open era to win at least ten singles tournaments in three consecutive years. He has won ten Grand Slam men's singles titles in 31 appearances, three Tennis Masters Cup, and twelve ATP Masters Series singles titles. He is the only player to have won both the Wimbledon and U.S. Open singles titles in three consecutive years (2004-2006).

In 2007, when Federer won his third Australian Open title, he became the only player to have won three separate Grand Slam tournaments three times. He won the tournament without dropping a set, the first player to do so in a Grand Slam tournament since Björn Borg at the 1980 French Open and the first to do it at the Australian Open since Ken Rosewall in 1971.

He has been ranked No. 1 since February 2, 2004, and on February 26, 2007, he will officially break the current record for most consecutive weeks (160) as the top-ranked male player, currently held by Jimmy Connors.

Personal life

Federer was born in the town of Binningen (near Basel, Switzerland), to Swiss-German Robert Federer and South African Lynette Federer. He grew up 10 minutes from Basel proper, in suburban Münchenstein. Federer has an older sister, Diana. He considers his main language German, but he also speaks French and English fluently. He conducts press conferences in all three. Federer spends his off-court time playing card games, table tennis, and other sports and sitting on the beach. He currently resides in Oberwil, Switzerland and is dating former WTA player and fellow Swiss Miroslava Vavrinec (Mirka), who retired from the game in 2002 after a foot injury. The two met at the 2000 Sydney Olympics.

He co-established the Roger Federer Foundation in December 2003. Its goals include funding projects that benefit disadvantaged children, primarily in South Africa. In January 2005, he encouraged efforts from tennis players for the people affected by the 2004 Indian Ocean tsunami, saying he would play as many matches as possible in tournaments organized to raise funds for the tsunami victims and auctioned off his autographed racquets to raise funds for UNICEF's relief operations.

Federer also launched a fragrance and cosmetics line called RF Cosmetics in October 2003.

On April 3, 2006, Federer was appointed a Goodwill Ambassador to UNICEF, which helps poor children from all parts of the world. He made his first official trip as Goodwill Ambassador on December 23, 2006, when he visited children in the Indian state of Tamil Nadu, a region devastated by the December 26, 2004, tsunami. "It's amazing to see how young people are using the rebuilding process as an opportunity to improve their lives and strengthen their community," said Federer. "The way these children are bouncing back from even the toughest tragedy is a testament to their resiliency."

Career

Juniors

Federer started playing tennis at the age of six. He started having tennis group practice at the age of nine and weekly private coaching when he was ten. He also practiced soccer until he decided to focus on tennis at age 12. At fourteen, he became the national champion for all age groups in Switzerland and was chosen to train at the Swiss National Tennis Center at Ecublens. He joined the ITF junior tennis circuit in July 1996.

In 1998, his last year as a junior, Federer won the Wimbledon juniors title and the year-ending Orange Bowl. He was recognized as the ITF World Junior Tennis champion for the year.

Professional

Early years

In July 1998, Federer joined the ATP tour. Federer debuted for the Swiss Davis Cup team in 1999 and finished the year as the youngest player inside the ATP's top 100 ranked players.

In 2000, Federer reached the semifinals at the Sydney Olympics and lost the bronze medal match to Arnaud Di Pasquale of France. Federer was also the runner-up in Basel and Marseille.

2001

Federer's first ATP tournament victory came in Milan in February 2001. During the same month, he won three matches for his country in its 3-2 Davis Cup victory over the United States. He later reached the quarterfinals at Wimbledon, defeating four-time defending champion and seven-time Wimbledon champion Pete Sampras in the fourth round, a victory that many consider to be a turning point of his career. He finished the year ranked 13th.

2002

Federer reached his first ATP Masters Series (AMS) final at the Miami Masters, where he lost to Andre Agassi. He won his next AMS final in Hamburg. He also won both his Davis Cup singles matches against former world number ones (Russians Marat Safin and Yevgeny Kafelnikov). Despite early-round exits at the French Open, Wimbledon, and the U.S. Open, and the untimely loss of his long-time Australian coach and mentor Peter Carter in a car crash in August, Federer reached No. 6 in the ATP Champions Race by the end of the year and qualified for the first time in the year-ending Tennis Masters Cup. Federer lost in the semifinals of that tournament to Lleyton Hewitt.

2003

Federer started 2003 by winning consecutive tournaments in Dubai and Marseille. He won in Munich without losing a set, but suffered a first-round loss at the French Open. On July 6, 2003, he defeated Mark Philippoussis and won his first Grand Slam title at Wimbledon as the first Swiss male player to do so. He dropped only one set during the entire tournament. He also won four Davis Cup matches during the year to lead Switzerland to the semifinals of the World Group. He finished 2003 by winning the Tennis Masters Cup at Houston and ranking second in the ATP tour race. In December, he parted ways with Peter Lundgren, his coach for four years.

2004

Federer had one of the most dominating and successful years in the open era of modern men's tennis. He won three of the four Grand Slam singles tournaments, lost to no one ranked in the top ten, and won every final he reached. He won his first Australian Open title by defeating Marat Safin in straight sets, successfully defended his Wimbledon title by defeating Andy Roddick, and won his first U.S. Open title by defeating Lleyton Hewitt. He finished the year by taking the Tennis Masters Cup at Houston for the second consecutive year. His win-loss record for the year was 74-6 with 11 titles. Federer was named the ITF Tennis World Champion and Laureus World Sportsman of the Year in early 2005, edging out the likes of Michael Schumacher, Valentino Rossi, Lance Armstrong, and Michael Phelps.

Throughout 2004, Federer did not have a coach, relying instead on his fitness trainer Pierre Paganini, physiotherapist Pavel Kovac, and a management team composed of his parents, his girlfriend Mirka Vavrinec (also his manager), and a few friends. In 2005, Federer hired former Australian tennis player Tony Roche to coach him on a limited basis.

2005

Federer reached the 2005 Australian Open semifinals before falling to eventual winner Marat Safin in a five-set night match that lasted more than four hours. He rebounded to win the year's first two ATP Masters Series (AMS) titles: Indian Wells (by defeating Lleyton Hewitt) and Miami (by defeating Rafael Nadal of Spain). He won his third Hamburg clay court title in May by defeating Richard Gasquet, to whom he had earlier lost in Monte Carlo. He then entered the French Open as one of the favorites, losing in the semifinals in four sets to eventual winner Nadal. Federer successfully defended his Wimbledon title for the third consecutive year by defeating Andy Roddick in a rematch of the previous year's final. Federer also defeated Roddick in Cincinnati to take his fourth AMS title of the year (and sweep all the American AMS events) and become the first player in AMS history to win four titles in one season. He then dropped only two sets en route to his second consecutive U.S. Open title, defeating Andre Agassi in four sets in the final. He became the first man in the open era to win Wimbledon and the U.S. Open back-to-back in consecutive years (2004 and 2005). He failed to defend his Tennis Masters Cup title, however, losing to David Nalbandian of Argentina in a four-and-a-half hour, five-set match. Had he won the match, he would have finished the year 82-3, tieing John McEnroe's 1984 record for the highest yearly winning percentage in the open era.

2006

Federer won the 2006 Australian Open by defeating the Cypriot Marcos Baghdatis. In March, he successfully defended his titles at the Indian Wells and Miami Masters to become the first player ever to win the Indian Wells-Miami double in consecutive years.

At the French Open in 2006, Federer pursued the only Grand Slam tournament he had not yet won. He entered the tournament as the top seed and had the goal of winning not only a career Grand Slam, but also to become the first man since Rod Laver to hold all four Grand Slam singles titles at the same time, although he would have done so in a two-year schedule. He lost the final to defending champion Rafael Nadal in four sets. Although the title eluded him, he became one of only two then-active players who had reached the finals of all four Grand Slam singles tournaments, the other being Andre Agassi.

Federer entered Wimbledon as the top seed and moved through a draw containing Richard Gasquet, Tim Henman, Nicolas Mahut, Tomáš Berdych, Mario Ancic (who was the last man to beat him on grass at Wimbledon in 2002), and Jonas Björkman, to reach the final without dropping a set. There, Federer beat Nadal to win the championship 6-0, 7-6, 6-7, 6-3. This was Federer's fourth consecutive Wimbledon title (2003-2006), matching the achievement of Pete Sampras (1997-2000). He is still one behind Björn Borg, who won five straight Wimbledon titles from 1976-80.

Federer also won the 2006 Rogers Cup, defeating Richard Gasquet of France in the final 2-6, 6-3, 6-2.

At the U.S. Open, Federer defeated seventh seeded Nikolay Davydenko in a semifinal, after beating James Blake in four sets. In the final, he defeated Andy Roddick 6-2, 4-6, 7-5, 6-1 for his third consecutive title at Flushing Meadows-Corona Park. Along with Justine Henin, who lost the women's final of the U.S. Open, it was the first time in the history of tennis that both a man and a woman had reached all four Grand Slam singles finals within a calendar year.

At the Tennis Masters Cup, Federer defeated defending champion David Nalbandian in one of his three round robin victories and beat Nadal 6-4, 7-5 in a semifinal. Federer then defeated Blake 6-0, 6-3, 6-4 in the final to win his third career singles title there and U.S. $1.52 million.

In 2006, Federer lost to only two players: Nadal in the French Open final, Rome final, Monte Carlo final, and Dubai final; and Andy Murray in the second round of the Cincinnati Masters. The loss to Murray was Federer's only straight-sets loss of the year. The Cincinnati tournament was the only tournament of the year in which he did not reach the final.

2007

Federer won his tenth Grand Slam singles title when he won the 2007 Australian Open without dropping a set, defeating sixth seeded Andy Roddick in the semifinals 6-4, 6-0, 6-2, and Fernando González in the final 7-6(2), 6-4, 6-4. Federer is the first player to win a Grand Slam singles title without losing a set since Björn Borg did it in 1980 at the French Open. Ken Rosewall in 1971 was the last male player to win the Australian Open without dropping a set. With this victory, he became the first male tennis player in the open era to win three different Grand Slam tournaments at least three times each, as well as the first player to win three consecutive Grand Slam singles tournaments on two separate occasions.

Coaches

• 1989–1994: Seppli Kacovsky (Switzerland). Kacovsky was the head coach of the Old Boys’ Tennis Club in Federer’s home town of Basel. Roger joined Old Boys' when he was eight years old.
• 1991–1995, 1997–1998: Peter Carter (Australia). Carter gave Federer weekly private coaching, from the age of 10 to 14. They reunited in a new training facility in Biel in 1997, and Carter coached Federer on and off until he turned pro.
• 1995–1997: After Federer became the Swiss junior champion, he was selected to join the Swiss National Tennis center in Ecublens, Vaud, and trained there until he finished school.
• 1999–2003: Peter Lundgren (Sweden). When Federer entered the professional circuit, he chose former top-25 player Lundgren, whom he met in Biel, as his coach. He still consulted frequently with Carter.
• 2005–present: Tony Roche (Australia). Roche is a former Australian tennis champion who coached Patrick Rafter and Ivan Lendl to the world number one ranking. He helps Federer for a few weeks before Grand Slam and Tennis Master Series tournaments.

Playing style

Federer has a versatile, all-court playing style and can hit all of the fundamental shots very well. He is an adept volleyer and an excellent baseliner who can dictate play with precise groundstrokes from both wings.

Federer uses an semi-western grip for his forehand. He hits through his forehand on a straighter plane than nearly any other player and finishes his swing wrapped around his back, which is not the typical technique of following through after contact and "scratching your back" with the elbow pointing skyward and the racquet coming over the shoulder. He also can generate extreme top-spin with the shot, allowing him to open up cross-court angles while still hitting the ball with pace. David Foster Wallace has described the exceptional speed, fluidity and brute force of this forehand motion as "a great liquid whip," while John McEnroe has referred to it as "the greatest shot in our sport" on numerous occasions. His forehand has been clocked as high as 192 km/h (120 mph). Federer plays with a one-handed backhand, which has improved over the last few years. Although critics and coaches consider his backhand to have been his weaker side, it has developed into one of the best in the game. Federer tends to hit his groundstrokes early, while the ball is still on the rise, much like Andre Agassi did. While this requires excellent reactions and footwork, it means that Federer hits his groundstrokes closer to the net than most of his opponents. This reduces the reaction time of his opponents and allows him to hit the sharply angled winners that are a trademark of his game.

His serve is difficult to read because he tosses the ball in the same spot no matter where he intends to serve it and because he turns his back to his opponents during his motion. His first serve is typically around 200 km/h (125 mph) (although he is capable of serving into the 210 km/h (130 mph) range). His second serve usually has a heavily kicked delivery. Federer generally serves with placement and precision, but on occasion he will hit a powerful serve to keep his opponents off balance.

His footwork, balance, and court coverage are exceptional, and he is considered to be one of the fastest movers in the game. Unlike most players who take many small steps when approaching the ball in order to maintain balance (exemplified by the classic footwork of Jimmy Connors), Federer takes long fluid strides. He can hit a strong shot on the run or while backpedaling, allowing him to switch from defense to offense as well as any player on tour.

Federer's relaxed, smooth playing style belies his aggressive and opportunistic tactics. He constructs points to get in a position that allows him to hit winners with his groundstrokes. Federer has mentioned that he has been able to read his opponents' moves, which helps him to construct these plays.

One overlooked aspect of his game is his stamina. This is compounded by the fact that opponents will often run and serve much more than he during a game. Rafael Nadal is one player that can cope with this, while most other players cannot. For example, Andy Roddick was visibly tired in the fourth set of the 2006 U.S. Open final.

Equipment

Federer, who has used various racquets, currently plays with a Wilson KSix-One Tour 90; some speculate that it is a custom mold of the ps85 used by Pete Sampras. Federer strings his racquets at a remarkably loose tension (54-58 pounds depending on his opponent and surface). This allows him to return balls at higher velocity with less effort, but accuracy becomes more difficult. Roger Federer is sponsored by Wilson and is currently endorsed by Nike.

Records and trivia

Grand Slam tournaments

• In 2001, Federer ended Pete Sampras's 31-match winning streak at Wimbledon in the fourth round.

• By winning Wimbledon in 2003, Federer joined Stefan Edberg, Pat Cash, and Björn Borg as the only players to win both the juniors' and men's Wimbledon championships.

• Federer's victory at the 2004 U.S. Open marked the first time in the open era that anyone had won his first four Grand Slam singles finals. He eventually won his first seven Grand Slam singles finals before losing to Rafael Nadal in the 2006 French Open final. Only Federer, American Richard Sears, and Briton William Renshaw won their first seven Grand Slam singles finals. As of February 2007, Federer had won ten of eleven Grand Slam singles finals, the highest percentage among the twelve players with at least eight career Grand Slam singles titles.

• Federer lost in a semifinal of both the 2005 Australian Open and 2005 French Open tournaments to the eventual winner: Marat Safin in Melbourne and Nadal in Paris. Both Safin and Nadal were celebrating their respective birthdays on the day they defeated Federer.

• With his victory over Marcos Baghdatis at the 2006 Australian Open, Federer became the first man to win three consecutive Grand Slam titles since Sampras in 1993-94.

• By winning the 2006 U.S. Open, Federer became the only male player (and the only player in the open era) to win both Wimbledon and the U.S. Open in the same year for three consecutive years.

• Federer has won four consecutive men's singles titles at Wimbledon (2003-2006), a feat accomplished only by Borg and Sampras in the open era. In the 28 matches Federer played at Wimbledon during those years, he dropped just five sets. In comparison, Borg and Sampras lost fifteen and fourteen sets respectively over a similar four-year period.

• Federer is the only male tennis player to have won eight Grand Slam singles titles in three years (2004-2006).

• By reaching the semifinals at the 2007 Australian Open, Federer broke Ivan Lendl's previous record of ten consecutive Grand Slam semifinal appearances with his eleventh semifinal appearance.

• By reaching the final of the 2007 Australian Open, Federer became the first man in the open era to reach seven consecutive Grand Slam finals. Federer equaled the all-time record held by Australian Jack Crawford, set 73 years ago at Wimbledon in 1934.

• With winning the 2007 Australian Open, Federer won his sixth Grand Slam singles title in his last seven attempts, equalling Rod Laver's accomplishment.

• At the 2007 Australian Open, Federer became just the fourth man in the open era to win a Grand Slam singles title without dropping a set.

• By winning the 2007 Australian Open, Federer won his tenth career Grand Slam singles title and tied American Bill Tilden for fifth place on the all-time Grand Slam singles titles leaderboard.

• By winning the 2007 Australian Open, Federer became the first male tennis player during the open era to win three different Grand Slam singles tournaments at least three times each (Australian Open: 3 times; Wimbledon: 4 times; U.S. Open: 3 times).

• By winning the 2007 Australian Open, Federer became the first man in the open era to win three straight Grand Slam singles titles twice in his career (2005 Wimbledon, 2005 U.S. Open, and 2006 Australian Open; 2006 Wimbledon, 2006 U.S. Open, and 2007 Australian Open).

Tennis Masters Cup

• In 2004, Federer became the first player since Ivan Lendl in 1986-87 to win back-to-back Tennis Masters Cup titles without losing a match.
• In 2006, Federer became the first man since Lendl to reach the final of four consecutive Tennis Masters Cups. Lendl reached a record nine consecutive finals at that event.
• In 2005, Federer became the first man to win, against Gaston Gaudio in the SF, with a double 'bagel' at the Cup ever. It is also his first 6-0 6-0 win in his career.
• Federer extended his run as the only person to remain unbeaten in the round robin stage of the Tennis Masters Cup 2006 for a record five years. He went on to win the tournament, defeating James Blake in three sets 6-0, 6-3, 6-4, winning his third Masters Cup in 2006.

ATP Masters Series tournaments

• Federer owns 12 Tennis Masters Series shields, second only to Andre Agassi's 17.

• In 2005, Federer became the first player to win four Tennis Masters Series titles in one year. He repeated this feat in 2006.

• Federer is the third player to have won all four North American Masters Series events in a career, after Agassi and Michael Chang.

• Federer broke Pete Sampras's record of 19 consecutive Tennis Masters Series match victories when he defeated Tommy Haas in the third round of the 2006 Nasdaq 100 Open in Key Biscayne, Florida. Federer's streak reached 29 matches before he lost to Rafael Nadal in the final of the 2006 Monte Carlo Open.

• By winning the 2006 Nasdaq 100 Open title, Federer became the only player to win the first two Tennis Masters Series events of the year two years in a row.

Ranking and points

• In 1999, Federer became the youngest player (18 years, 4 months) in the ATP ranking's year end top 100.

• 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 and 2006). The others are Jimmy Connors, Ivan Lendl, Pete Sampras, and Lleyton Hewitt.

• With his tournament victory at the 2006 Tennis Masters Cup, Federer set a new record of 1,674 Association of Tennis Professionals Race points, eclipsing his 2005 record of 1,345. He had also held the previous record of 1,267 points in 2004, which had broken Andy Roddick's 907-point total in 2003.

• With year-end ATP tour ranking points of 6,335 in 2004, 6,725 in 2005, and 8,370 in 2006, Federer finished with the highest number of year-ending ATP tour ranking points since the ATP circuit began in 1990, although the points breakdown changed slightly in 2000. The previous year-ending high was Sampras's 5,097 points in 1994.

• Federer holds the record for the highest ranking points at any time of the year: 8,370 points on November 20, 2006.

• As of January 29, 2007, Federer has held the top spot on the ATP rankings for 157 consecutive weeks. Federer's win at the 2006 Tennis Masters Cup mathematically guaranteed that he will surpass Connors's all-time record for most consecutive weeks atop the men's rankings—160 weeks—on February 26, 2007. Only John McEnroe (170 weeks), Connors (268 weeks), Lendl (270 weeks), and Sampras (286 weeks) have spent more weeks in total as the top ranked player than Federer.

Individual match records

• In a semifinal of the 2004 Tennis Masters Cup, Federer won a second set tiebreak against Marat Safin 20-18. This tiebreak lasted 26 minutes and tied the record for the longest tiebreak (in terms of points) ever played since the tiebreak system was introduced in 1970. Besides Federer, only Björn Borg (first round Wimbledon 1973 against Premjit Lal), Goran Ivanišević (first round U.S. Open 1993 against Daniel Nestor and semifinal Queen's Club 1997 against Greg Rusedski), José Acasuso (first round Canada Masters 2006 against Björn Phau), and Jo-Wilfried Tsonga (first round Australian Open 2007 against Andy Roddick) have won such drawn out tiebreaks.

Match winning streaks

• In 2006, with his first round victory over Richard Gasquet at Wimbledon, Federer surpassed Björn Borg's 41-match grass court winning streak record. Borg set this record from 1976 to 1981, while playing only Wimbledon. Federer took the streak to 48 consecutive matches by defeating Rafael Nadal in the final.

• 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. The fourth streak was 35 matches at the end of 2005. The fifth (and longest) streak started at the 2006 U.S. Open and has reached 36 matches as of 28 January, 2007, including tournament victories at the U.S. Open, Tokyo, ATP Masters Series in Madrid, Davidoff Swiss Indoors in Basel, Tennis Masters Cup in Shanghai, and the Australian Open in Melbourne. This is currently the sixth longest winning streak in the open era.

• Federer won a record 26 consecutive matches against top ten ranked opponents. The streak lasted from October 2003 to January 2005, when he lost to Marat Safin in a semifinal of the Australian Open.

• Federer won his 31st consecutive match over American players when he defeated Andy Roddick in the semifinals of the 2007 Australian Open. His last loss to an American was against Roddick in a semifinal of the 2003 Canadian Masters.

• Federer holds the record for most consecutive singles wins in North America, winning 55 straight matches before losing to Andy Murray in August 2006. (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.)

• Federer holds the longest winning streak on hard courts: 56 matches (2005-06). The streak was ended by Nadal in the Dubai final in March 2006. At the 2006 U.S. Open, Federer started another hard court streak, which reached 31 consecutive wins as of 28 January, 2007 (including tournament victories at the U.S. Open, Tokyo, ATP Masters Series in Madrid, Tennis Masters Cup in Shanghai, the Australian Open, and two Davis Cup matches in Geneva against Serbia-Montenegro).

Tournament winning streaks

• In 2004, Federer became the first player since Björn Borg in 1979 to win consecutive tournaments on three different surfaces, having captured titles at Wimbledon (grass), Gstaad (clay), and Toronto (hard).

• 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. It marked also the first time Federer won five consecutive tournaments he entered. David Nalbandian broke the streak in the final of the 2005 Tennis Masters Cup.

• 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.

Yearly excellence

• Federer's loss against Richard Gasquet in the 2005 Monte Carlo Masters brought his win-loss tally to 35-2 for 2005, the best start on the men's tour since John McEnroe, who went 39-0 in 1984.

• In 2005, Federer won 95.3 percent of his matches (he went 81-4), second in the open era to McEnroe's 96.5 percent (82-3) in 1984.

• In 2006, Federer won at least 80 matches for a second straight year, the first player to do so since Ivan Lendl went 106-26 in 1980, 96-14 in 1981, and 106-9 in 1982. Federer has won at least seventy matches in four consecutive years (2003: 78-17; 2004: 74-6; 2005: 81-4; 2006: 92-5).

• In 2006, Federer reached the final in 16 of the 17 tournaments he played, setting a new record of 94.1 percent finals appearances. This eclipsed McEnroe's 93.3 percent set in 1984.

• In 2006, Federer earned U.S. $8,343,885 in prize money, breaking the previous record of U.S. $6,498,311 earned by Pete Sampras in 1997.

• In 2004, Federer became the tenth player in the open era to win at least 11 singles titles in a year. He is the first year-end No. 1 to win 11 titles since Lendl in 1985. In addition, Federer is the only player to win at least 10 titles in a season without losing in a final. In 2006, he became the first man since Thomas Muster in 1995 to win 12 titles in one year.

• In 2006, Federer became the only player in the open era to have won at least 10 singles titles in each of three consecutive years. He won at least 11 titles during 2004, 2005, and 2006.

Career excellence

• As of January 28, 2007, Federer has won 46 of 59 finals during his career, for a winning percentage of 78.0 percent. This compares to 72.7 percent by Pete Sampras, 71.3 percent by John McEnroe, and 70.5 percent by Björn Borg.

• From 2004 through 2006, Federer had the best three-year match and tournament winning percentages since the inception of the ATP rankings in 1973. 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). The three-year match winning percentage record was previously owned by Ivan Lendl, who won 92.1 percent of his singles matches from 1985 through 1987.

• 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).

• As of January 28, 2007, Federer has won 30 consecutive sets beginning with his 2006 Tennis Masters Cup roundrobin match against Andy Roddick and extending through the 2007 Australian Open final (ongoing as of January 28, 2007).

Awards

2003

• ATP European Player of the Year.
• Swiss Sportsman of the Year.
• Swiss of the Year.
• Michael-Westphal Award.

2004

• ATP European Player of the Year.
• ITF World Champion.
• Sports Illustrated Tennis Player of the Year.
• Swiss Sportsman of the Year.
• Swiss of the Year.
• European Sportsman of the Year.
• Reuters International Sportsman of the Year.
• BBC Overseas Sports Personality of the Year.
• International Tennis Writers Association (ITWA) Player of the Year.
• Golden Bagel Award.

2005

• Ambassador of United Nations' Year of Sport and Physical Education.
• Goldene Kamera Award.
• ATP Player of the Year (for the year 2004).
• Stefan Edberg Sportmanship Award.
• ATPTennis.com Fan's Favourite.
• Laureus World Sportsman of the Year.
• 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 Sport's Academy.
• Freedom Air People’s Choice Sports Awards International Sportsperson of the Year.
• ITF World Champion.
• European Sportsman of the Year.
• ESPY Best Male Tennis Player.

2006

• L'Equipe Magazine's Champion of Champions (for the year 2005).
• ATP Player of the Year (for the year 2005).
• Stefan Edberg Sportmanship Award.
• ATPTennis.com Fan's Favourite.
• Laureus World Sportsman of the Year.
• ESPY Best Male Tennis Player.
• International Tennis Writers Association (ITWA) Player of the Year.
• International Tennis Writers Ambassador for Tennis.
• ITF World Champion.
• BBC Overseas Sports Personality of the Year.
• Swiss Sportsman of the Year.
• European 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.

2007

• L'Equipe Magazine's Champion of Champions (for the year 2006).

Grand Slam singles finals

Wins (10)

Year	Championship	Opponent in Final	Score in Final
2003	Wimbledon	Mark Philippoussis	7-6(5), 6-2, 7-6(3)
2004	Australian Open	Marat Safin	7-6(3), 6-4, 6-2
2004	Wimbledon (2)	Andy Roddick	4-6, 7-5, 7-6(3), 6-4
2004	U.S. Open	Lleyton Hewitt	6-0, 7-6(3), 6-0
2005	Wimbledon (3)	Andy Roddick	6-2, 7-6(2), 6-4
2005	U.S. Open (2)	Andre Agassi	6-3, 2-6, 7-6(1), 6-1
2006	Australian Open (2)	Marcos Baghdatis	5-7, 7-5, 6-0, 6-2
2006	Wimbledon (4)	Rafael Nadal	6-0, 7-6(5), 6-7(2), 6-3
2006	U.S. Open (3)	Andy Roddick	6-2, 4-6, 7-5, 6-1
2007	Australian Open (3)	Fernando González	7-6(2), 6-4, 6-4

Runner-ups (1)

Year	Championship	Opponent in Final	Score in Final
2006	French Open	Rafael Nadal	1-6, 6-1, 6-4, 7-6(4)

Tennis Masters Cup singles finals

Wins (3)

Year	Venue	Opponent in final	Score in final
2003	Houston	Andre Agassi	6-3, 6-0, 6-4
2004	Houston	Lleyton Hewitt	6-3, 6-2
2006	Shanghai	James Blake	6-0, 6-3, 6-4

Runner-up (1)

Year	Venue	Opponent in final	Score in final
2005	Shanghai	David Nalbandian	6-7(4), 6-7(11), 6-2, 6-1, 7-6(3)

Masters Series singles finals

Wins (12)

Year	Championship	Opponent in Final	Score in Final
2002	Hamburg	Marat Safin	6-1, 6-3, 6-4
2004	Indian Wells	Tim Henman	6-3, 6-3
2004	Hamburg (2)	Guillermo Coria	4-6, 6-4, 6-2, 6-3
2004	Toronto	Andy Roddick	7-5, 6-3
2005	Indian Wells (2)	Lleyton Hewitt	6-2, 6-4, 6-4
2005	Miami	Rafael Nadal	2-6, 6-7(4), 7-6(5), 6-3, 6-1
2005	Hamburg (3)	Richard Gasquet	6-3, 7-5, 7-6(4)
2005	Cincinnati	Andy Roddick	6-3, 7-5
2006	Indian Wells (3)	James Blake	7-5, 6-3, 6-0
2006	Miami (2)	Ivan Ljubičić	7-6(5), 7-6(4), 7-6(6)
2006	Toronto (2)	Richard Gasquet	2-6, 6-3, 6-2
2006	Madrid	Fernando González	7-5, 6-1, 6-0

Runners-up (4)

Year	Championship	Opponent in final	Score in final
2002	Miami	Andre Agassi	6-3, 6-3, 3-6, 6-4
2003	Rome	Félix Mantilla	7-5, 6-2, 7-6(10)
2006	Monte Carlo	Rafael Nadal	6-2, 6-7(2), 6-3, 7-6(5)
2006	Rome (2)	Rafael Nadal	6-7(0), 7-6(5), 6-4, 2-6, 7-6(5)

All finals

Singles wins (46)

No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Opponent in the final	Score
1.	4 February, 2001	Milan, Italy	Carpet (i)	Julien Boutter	6-4, 6-7(7), 6-4
2.	13 January, 2002	Sydney, Australia	Hard	Juan Ignacio Chela	6-3, 6-3
3.	19 May, 2002	Hamburg, Germany	Clay	Marat Safin	6-1, 6-3, 6-4
4.	13 October, 2002	Vienna, Austria	Hard (i)	Jiří Novák	6-4, 6-1, 3-6, 6-4
5.	16 February, 2003	Marseille, France	Hard (i)	Jonas Björkman	6-2, 7-6(6)
6.	2 March, 2003	Dubai, UAE	Hard	Jiří Novák	6-1, 7-6(2)
7.	4 May, 2003	Munich, Germany	Clay	Jarkko Nieminen	6-1, 6-4
8.	15 June, 2003	Halle, Germany	Grass	Nicolas Kiefer	6-1, 6-3
9.	6 July, 2003	Wimbledon, London, United Kingdom	Grass	Mark Philippoussis	7-6(5), 6-2, 7-6(3)
10.	12 October, 2003	Vienna, Austria	Hard (i)	Carlos Moyà	6-3, 6-3, 6-3
11.	16 November, 2003	Tennis Masters Cup, Houston, USA	Hard	Andre Agassi	6-3, 6-0, 6-4
12.	1 February, 2004	Australian Open, Melbourne, Australia	Hard	Marat Safin	7-6(3), 6-4, 6-2
13.	7 March, 2004	Dubai, UAE	Hard	Feliciano López	4-6, 6-1, 6-2
14.	21 March, 2004	Indian Wells, USA	Hard	Tim Henman	6-3, 6-3
15.	16 May, 2004	Hamburg, Germany	Clay	Guillermo Coria	4-6, 6-4, 6-2, 6-3
16.	13 June, 2004	Halle, Germany	Grass	Mardy Fish	6-0, 6-3
17.	5 July, 2004	Wimbledon, London, United Kingdom	Grass	Andy Roddick	4-6, 7-5, 7-6(3), 6-4
18.	11 July, 2004	Gstaad, Switzerland	Clay	Igor Andreev	6-2, 6-3, 5-7, 6-3
19.	1 August, 2004	Toronto, Canada	Hard	Andy Roddick	7-5, 6-3
20.	12 September, 2004	U.S. Open, New York, USA	Hard	Lleyton Hewitt	6-0, 7-6(3), 6-0
21.	3 October, 2004	Bangkok, Thailand	Hard (i)	Andy Roddick	6-4, 6-0
22.	21 November, 2004	Tennis Masters Cup, Houston, USA	Hard	Lleyton Hewitt	6-3, 6-2
23.	9 January, 2005	Doha, Qatar	Hard	Ivan Ljubičić	6-3, 6-1
24.	20 February, 2005	Rotterdam, Netherlands	Hard (i)	Ivan Ljubičić	5-7, 7-5, 7-6(5)
25.	27 February, 2005	Dubai, UAE	Hard	Ivan Ljubičić	6-1, 6-7(6), 6-3
26.	20 March, 2005	Indian Wells, USA	Hard	Lleyton Hewitt	6-2, 6-4, 6-4
27.	3 April, 2005	Miami, USA	Hard	Rafael Nadal	2-6, 6-7(4), 7-6(5), 6-3, 6-1
28.	15 May, 2005	Hamburg, Germany	Clay	Richard Gasquet	6-3, 7-5, 7-6(4)
29.	13 June, 2005	Halle, Germany	Grass	Marat Safin	6-4, 6-7(6), 6-4
30.	3 July, 2005	Wimbledon, London, United Kingdom	Grass	Andy Roddick	6-2, 7-6(2), 6-4
31.	21 August, 2005	Cincinnati, USA	Hard	Andy Roddick	6-3, 7-5
32.	11 September, 2005	U.S. Open, New York, USA	Hard	Andre Agassi	6-3, 2-6, 7-6(1), 6-1
33.	2 October, 2005	Bangkok, Thailand	Hard (i)	Andy Murray	6-3, 7-5
34.	8 January, 2006	Doha, Qatar	Hard	Gaël Monfils	6-3, 7-6(5)
35.	29 January, 2006	Australian Open, Melbourne, Australia	Hard	Marcos Baghdatis	5-7, 7-5, 6-0, 6-2
36.	19 March, 2006	Indian Wells, USA	Hard	James Blake	7-5, 6-3, 6-0
37.	2 April, 2006	Miami, USA	Hard	Ivan Ljubičić	7-6(5), 7-6(4), 7-6(6)
38.	18 June, 2006	Halle, Germany	Grass	Tomáš Berdych	6-0, 6-7(4), 6-2
39.	9 July, 2006	Wimbledon, London, United Kingdom	Grass	Rafael Nadal	6-0, 7-6(5), 6-7(2), 6-3
40.	13 August, 2006	Toronto, Canada	Hard	Richard Gasquet	2-6, 6-3, 6-2
41.	10 September, 2006	U.S. Open, New York, USA	Hard	Andy Roddick	6-2, 4-6, 7-5, 6-1
42.	8 October, 2006	Tokyo, Japan	Hard	Tim Henman	6-3, 6-3
43.	22 October, 2006	Madrid, Spain	Hard (i)	Fernando González	7-5, 6-1, 6-0
44.	29 October, 2006	Basel, Switzerland	Carpet (i)	Fernando González	6-3, 6-2, 7-6(3)
45.	19 November, 2006	Tennis Masters Cup, Shanghai, China	Hard (i)	James Blake	6-0, 6-3, 6-4
46.	28 January, 2007	Australian Open, Melbourne, Australia	Hard	Fernando González	7-6(2), 6-4, 6-4

Singles runners-up (13)

No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Opponent in the final	Score
1.	13 February, 2000	Marseille, France	Carpet (i)	Marc Rosset	2-6, 6-3, 7-6(5)
2.	29 October, 2000	Basel, Switzerland	Carpet (i)	Thomas Enqvist	6-2, 4-6, 7-6(4), 1-6, 6-1
3.	25 February, 2001	Rotterdam, Netherlands	Hard (i)	Nicolas Escudé	7-5, 3-6, 7-6(5)
4.	28 October, 2001	Basel, Switzerland	Carpet (i)	Tim Henman	6-3, 6-4, 6-2
5.	3 February, 2002	Milan, Italy	Carpet (i)	Davide Sanguinetti	7-6(2), 4-6, 6-1
6.	31 March, 2002	Miami, USA	Hard	Andre Agassi	6-3, 6-3, 3-6, 6-4
7.	11 May, 2003	Rome, Italy	Clay	Félix Mantilla	7-5, 6-2, 7-6(10)
8.	13 July, 2003	Gstaad, Switzerland	Clay	Jiří Novák	5-7, 6-3, 6-3, 1-6, 6-3
9.	20 November, 2005	Tennis Masters Cup, Shanghai, China	Carpet (i)	David Nalbandian	6-7(4), 6-7(11), 6-2, 6-1, 7-6(3)
10.	5 March, 2006	Dubai, UAE	Hard	Rafael Nadal	2-6, 6-4, 6-4
11.	23 April, 2006	Monte Carlo, Monaco	Clay	Rafael Nadal	6-2, 6-7(2), 6-3, 7-6(5)
12.	14 May, 2006	Rome, Italy	Clay	Rafael Nadal	6-7(0), 7-6(5), 6-4, 2-6, 7-6(5)
13.	11 June, 2006	French Open, Paris, France	Clay	Rafael Nadal	1-6, 6-1, 6-4, 7-6(4)

Doubles wins (7)

No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Partnering	Opponents in the final	Score
1.	25 February, 2001	Rotterdam, Netherlands	Hard (i)	Jonas Björkman	Petr Pála Pavel Vízner	6-3, 6-0
2.	15 July, 2001	Gstaad, Switzerland	Clay	Marat Safin	Michael Hill Jeff Tarango	0-1 Retired
3.	24 February, 2002	Rotterdam, Netherlands	Hard (i)	Max Mirnyi	Mark Knowles Daniel Nestor	4-6, 6-3, 10-4
4.	6 October, 2002	Moscow, Russia	Carpet (i)	Max Mirnyi	Joshua Eagle Sandon Stolle	6-4, 7-6(0)
5.	30 March, 2003	Miami, USA	Hard	Max Mirnyi	Leander Paes David Rikl	7-5, 6-3
6.	12 October, 2003	Vienna, Austria	Hard (i)	Yves Allegro	Mahesh Bhupathi Max Mirnyi	7-6(7), 7-5
7.	12 June, 2005	Halle, Germany	Grass	Yves Allegro	Joachim Johansson Marat Safin	7-5, 6-7(6), 6-3

Doubles runners-up (4)

No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Partnering	Opponents in the final	Score
1.	29 October, 2000	Basel, Switzerland	Carpet (i)	Dominik Hrbatý	Donald Johnson Piet Norval	7-6(11), 4-6, 7-6(4)
2.	17 March, 2002	Indian Wells, USA	Hard	Max Mirnyi	Mark Knowles Daniel Nestor	6-4, 6-4
3.	23 February, 2003	Rotterdam, Netherlands	Hard (i)	Max Mirnyi	Wayne Arthurs Paul Hanley	7-6(4), 6-2
4.	3 October, 2004	Bangkok, Thailand	Hard (i)	Yves Allegro	Justin Gimelstob Oliver Graydon	5-7, 6-4, 6-4

Team competition wins

• 2001 Hopman Cup (with Martina Hingis)

Singles performance timeline

To prevent confusion and double counting, information in this table is updated only after a tournament or the player's participation in the tournament has concluded. Davis Cup matches are included in the statistics. This table is current through the Australian Open, which concluded on January 28, 2007.

A = did not participate in the tournament.

SR = the ratio of the number of singles tournaments won to the number of those tournaments played.

The win total does not include walkovers.

ATP Tour career earnings

*As of January 28, 2007.

Trivia

• Federer was presented the inaugural "Golden Bagel Award" in 2004, a light-hearted award given to the men's professional tennis player who serves up the most "bagels" (sets won 6-0) in any given year. Federer gave out 12 "bagels" in 2004. His 6-0, 6-0 win over Gastón Gaudio in a semifinal of the 2005 Tennis Masters Cup was the first time a Masters Cup match had been won with a "double bagel." Since turning 18, Federer has not been bagelled himself.
• Federer won the "Golden Bagel Award" again in 2006, surpassing his previous record with 18 "bagels."
• Federer has won singles tournaments in 16 different countries: Australia, Austria, Canada, People's Republic of China, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, The Netherlands, Qatar, Spain, Switzerland, Thailand, United Arab Emirates, United Kingdom, and the United States.
• Answering a frequently asked question about the proper pronunciation of his first name, Federer said: "As my mother comes from South Africa, my name has always been pronounced the English way."
• Roger carries a "Tweety" dressed as a ladybird for good luck.
• In Spanish speaking countries media he is sometimes referred to as "El reloj suizo" ("The Swiss watch").
• Favorite vacation spots are Maldives, Dubai, and the Swiss mountains.
• Plays the piano.
• Likes classic rock and classical music.
• In an interview with Eurosport during the 2006 US Open, he said that he grew up with dance music and first started to like rock music while travelling with his former coach Peter Lundgren.
• Shows interest in football and cricket. Supports FC Basel, his hometown club , as well as A.S. Roma.
• As a boy, Roger was very emotional on the court and threw many tantrums, in contrast to his cool, calm playing style he has today. He admits to being kicked off the practice courts frequently.
• An image of Roger at Wimbledon was on the cover of The ITF Year 2005.
• Plays squash and table tennis.
• When he was younger, he liked to watch Marcelo Ríos in action.
• He is friends with golfer Tiger Woods.
• Roger was also a very talented soccer player. He, at one point, considered becoming a professional soccer player but instead decided to become a tennis professional.

See also

• List of Grand Slam Men's Singles champions
• Australian Open champions (Men's Singles)
• Wimbledon champions (Men's Singles)
• US Open champions (Men's Singles)
• Tennis Masters Cup
• Tennis Masters Series
• ATP season 2005
• ATP season 2006

References

• Ask Roger.
• "The Role Model". Smash September 6, 2006, pg 45.

External links

• Roger Federer.com - Official Site
• Roger Federer Foundation
• RF Cosmetics - Federer's line of cosmetics
• Roger Federer at the Association of Tennis Professionals
• ITF Junior profile for Federer
• Please use a more specific IMDb template. See the documentation for available templates.
• Profile on tenniscorner.net
• Federer's profile at Tennis X
• 'Roger Federer's Tennis Open' (Mobile Phone Game)
• Roger Federer and Mental Toughness
• Federer as Religious Experience -- The New York Times
• The Tennis Channel: Facing Federer

Notes

1. http://www.usatoday.com/sports/tennis/wimb/2005-07-03-roddick-marvels_x.htm
2. http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2004/tennis/specials/us_open/2004/09/12/bc.ten.stevewilstein.ap/index.html
3. http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2006/07/09/sportsline/main1786534.shtml
4. http://www.rediff.com/sports/2005/jul/04wimb1.htm
5. http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/8455431
6. http://www.thesportstruth.com/2006/11/the-top-ten-tennis-players-of-all-time.html
7. http://www.atptennis.com/5/en/media/ATW/2006/ATPTennisWeekly38.1.pdf Item #2
8. http://www.atptennis.com/1/en/news/news7.asp
9. http://sports.espn.go.com/sports/tennis/news/story?id=2668156
10. http://www.rogerfederer.com/en/fanzone/askroger/index.cfm
11. http://www.atptennis.com/charity/federer/
12. http://www.atptennis.com/en/news/2006/federer_tsunami4.asp
13. http://www.rogerfederer.com/data/downloads/en/newslettersep04_eng.pdf
14. http://www.itftennis.com/juniors/players/activity.asp?player=10019424
15. http://www.wimbledon.org/en_GB/news/articles/2006-07-05/200607051152119683187.html
16. http://www.tcob.ch
17. http://www.nytimes.com/2006/08/20/sports/playmagazine/20federer.html?emc=eta1
18. http://sports.espn.go.com/sports/tennis/news/story?id=2394167
19. http://www.peopleschoice.co.nz/
20. ^ http://www.stevegtennis.com/rankings/1999/$$112999.txt
21. ^ http://www.stevegtennis.com/rankings/2000/$$121800.txt
22. ^ http://www.stevegtennis.com/rankings/2001/$$111901.txt
23. ^ http://stevegtennis.com/rankings/2002/$$120902.txt
24. ^ http://stevegtennis.com/rankings/2003/$$121503.txt
25. ^ http://stevegtennis.com/rankings/2004/$$121304.txt
26. ^ http://stevegtennis.com/rankings/2005/$$121905.txt
27. ^ http://www.atptennis.com/en/media/rankings/Current_Prize.pdf
28. http://www.prweb.com/releases/2006/12/prweb494088.htm
29. http://www.rogerfederer.com/en/fanzone/askroger/index.cfm
30. http://www.clarin.com/diario/2005/04/04/deportes/d-02201.htm
31. http://mensual.prensa.com/mensual/contenido/2006/01/28/hoy/deportes/483425.html
32. http://www.tennis-x.com/fun/federerfile.php
33. http://www.itftennis.com/abouttheitf/publications/itfyear.asp
34. http://www.sportsmediainc.net/tennisweek/index.cfm?func=showarticle&newsid=12629

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