It was like finding out that Shakespeare and Edison were the same person anachronisms aside. Federer had a rough year, by his standards, in His peak was beginning to wane, and he was unable to defend the Australian Open or Wimbledon. He would lose his No. In the fourth round, Federer was challenged by Igor Andreev, and he survived in five sets. He went on to clinch his final U. Open title by defeating young Andy Murray. Five in a row. One year later, Federer nearly made it six in a row at the U.
We are more likely to see Nadal get to 17 major championships than seen another player come along and win five consecutive U. Open titles. Maybe weeks at No. This can be done, despite injuries, time off, subpar play or comebacks. But competition is growing and reaching new places and people around the world. Will we see an Asian tennis boom in the near future, meaning more competition and diversity of styles to contend on a more neutral surface like New York?
Asian attendance at ATP tournaments in October is helping to grow the game on fast hard courts. Are we going to see more champions like Federer, Nadal and Sampras, players who can lap the field with a special dominance for at least a decade? Since, from , there were five different champions in five years at the U. That might be more of the norm for tennis going forward.
The best player at the U. Federer's success in was severely hampered by a lingering bout of mononucleosis, which he suffered from during the first half of the year.
At the end of the year he suffered a back injury. At the Australian Open, Federer lost in the semifinals to eventual winner Djokovic, which ended his record of 10 consecutive finals.
Federer captured three titles in level events at Estoril, Halle, and Basel. However, Federer could only reach the quarterfinals in the singles draw, bowing out to then No. He ended the year ranked No. Federer entered the season with 13 Grand Slams, only one behind Pete Sampras' all-time record. The season began with a loss to Nadal in the final of the Australian Open in a hotly contested five-set match.
Federer struggled following the defeat in Melbourne and entered the clay season without a title. Federer's season turned around in the final masters event of the clay season when he defeated Nadal on clay for only the second time to capture the Madrid Masters. Federer entered the French Open with few predicting him to win the elusive Parisian title having lost to Nadal in the final weekend for the past four seasons.
In his next match, he came from two sets and break point down in the third set to defeat Tommy Haas in five sets. This victory also tied him with Pete Sampras for the most Grand Slam singles titles. Federer turned his sights to the grass courts of Wimbledon, where he breezed his way up to the final. In the championship match he faced long-time rival Andy Roddick in what was their eighth and final meeting at a Grand Slam.
Roddick pushed Federer into a record-setting fifth set, which Federer claimed 16—14 to win his 15th Grand Slam singles title, breaking the all-time record of Pete Sampras. Federer continued his summer run by winning his third title on the lightning-fast courts of the Cincinnati Masters, defeating Novak Djokovic in the final.
On the penultimate point of the Djokovic match he hit what many consider to be the greatest shot of his career, a tweener winner, to set up match points. Federer played del Potro in the final and led two sets to one before ultimately losing a fourth-set tiebreaker and subsequently the match. The season was perhaps the most historically relevant of Federer's career as he completed a career Grand Slam by winning his first French Open title and won a men's record fifteenth Grand Slam singles title at Wimbledon, surpassing Pete Sampras's mark of fourteen.
The Wimbledon final was also historic for being the longest Grand Slam final in terms of games played with Federer prevailing 16—14 in the fifth set. Federer finished the season as the year-end No. Federer started the year with a win at the Australian Open, where he defeated Andy Murray in the final, extending the Grand Slam singles record to sixteen titles and matching Andre Agassi's record of four Australian Open titles.
Since Wimbledon Federer had made 18 out of 19 finals in Grand Slam tournaments, a period of sustained excellence unparalleled in the Open Era. This tournament, however, marked the end of his dominance at the majors.
At the French Open, Federer won his th tour match and th tour match on clay. Towards the middle of July, Federer hired Pete Sampras' old coach Paul Annacone on a trial basis to put his tennis game and career back on track. At the US Open, Federer reached the semifinals, where he lost a five-set match to Novak Djokovic after holding two match points.
Federer made it to four Masters finals, prevailing at the Cincinnati Masters against Mardy Fish. Federer won the year-end championships in London by beating rival Rafael Nadal for his fifth title at the event. He beat all contenders except Nadal in straight sets. It remains the only tournament in his career where Federer defeated all fellow members of the Big Four. Since Wimbledon , Federer had a win-loss record of 34—4. Federer finished in the top two for the eighth consecutive season.
The year was a lean year for Federer, although great by most player's standards. He was defeated in straight sets in the semifinals of the Australian Open by eventual champion Novak Djokovic, marking the first time since July that he did not hold any of the four major titles.
In the French Open semifinals, Federer ended Djokovic's undefeated streak of 43 consecutive wins with a four-set victory. Federer then lost in the final to Rafael Nadal.
It marked the first time in his career that he had lost a Grand Slam tournament match after winning the first two sets. In a repeat of previous year's semifinal event, Federer again squandered two match points on his own serve before losing after winning first two sets for second consecutive time in the year.
Also, this loss meant that it was the first time since that Federer didn't win any of the four grand slam titles. In September , in a South African poll, Federer was voted the second most trusted and respected person in the world, next to Nelson Mandela.
Federer finished the season successfully in the indoor season, winning his last three tournaments of the year at the Swiss Indoors, Paris Masters, and ATP World Tour Finals, forming a 16 match winning streak.
Federer finished the year ranked No. The season for Federer had his most match wins since and his highest winning percentage and number of titles won since Federer reached the semifinal of the Australian Open, setting up a 27th career meeting with Nadal, a match he lost in four sets.
Federer played in the Dubai Tennis Championships, where he defeated Andy Murray in the final and won the championship title for the fifth time in his career.
Federer won the title for a record fourth time, and, in doing so, equalled Nadal's record of 19 ATP Masters titles. In the French Open, Federer made the semifinals before losing to Djokovic in straight sets, in a rematch of previous year's semifinal. At Wimbledon, Federer had a five-set match in the third round against Julien Benneteau on his way to the winning the tournament. Federer defeated Andy Murray in four sets in the Wimbledon final, regaining the No. It equals me with Pete Sampras, who's my hero.
It just feels amazing", Federer said of winning his seventh Wimbledon championship, tying Sampras' Open Era record. By defeating top-ranked Djokovic in the semifinals and winning in the finals, Federer returned to the top spot in the world rankings and, in doing so, broke Sampras' record of weeks atop the list.
In the Summer Olympics, Federer played a 4-hour minute semifinal against del Potro where Federer won 19—17 in the third and final set. In a lopsided match, he lost to Murray in straight sets in the final, winning a silver medal for his country. Federer won the Cincinnati open in August, beating Novak Djokovic in the final.
At the Shanghai Masters, after defeating Wawrinka in the third round, Federer confirmed his th week at No. In , Federer developed back injuries in March and July and his ranking dropped from No. The season was the first since in which Federer failed to reach a final in the first four months of the year. Federer's first and only title of came at the Gerry Weber Open defeating Mikhail Youzhny , where he also played doubles with good friend Tommy Haas.
Federer, however, was unable to maintain his form into Wimbledon, suffering his worst Grand Slam tournament defeat since in the second round against Sergiy Stakhovsky.
Not only did the loss end Federer's record streak of 36 consecutive quarterfinals at Grand Slam tournaments, it meant he would drop out of the top 4 for the first time since July During the summer, he experimented with various different racquets and played the German Open with a blacked-out inch Wilson racquet, instead of his regular Pro Staff 6.
He returned to his regular racquet for the second half of the season. After Wimbledon, Federer continued to be upset early in tournaments in Hamburg and Gstaad because of a serious back injury through October, when he announced that he was parting ways with Paul Annacone, his coach for the last three years. Federer began the season by changing rackets for the first time in his career, from his longtime frame of 90 square inches to one measured at 97 square inches.
He had long been at a comparative disadvantage in equipment as almost the entire tour, including his top rivals Nadal and Djokovic, used more powerful frames of between 95 and square inches.
Federer made the final at the Indian Wells Masters, but lost to Novak Djokovic in a final-set tiebreaker. At the Davis Cup quarterfinals, Federer won both of his singles rubbers against Kazakhstan, the second of which was the first live deciding rubber of his Davis Cup career.
Federer then took a wild card into the Monte-Carlo Masters defeating Novak Djokovic on his way to the finals, but lost to compatriot Stan Wawrinka in a tight final. In June, Federer announced that after the end of his third term, he would resign as President of the ATP Players Council, a position he had held since At the Halle Open, Federer reached both the singles and the doubles finals and won his seventh Halle singles title, beating Alejandro Falla in the final.
At Wimbledon, Federer reached a record ninth final, but he was defeated by Djokovic in an epic five-set match. At the Davis Cup semifinals, Federer won both his singles matches against Italy in straight sets and led Switzerland to the final for the first time since Federer then played in the Shanghai Masters. He beat Novak Djokovic in the semifinals, ending the Serb's match unbeaten run on Chinese soil.
He battled Frenchman Gilles Simon in his second Shanghai final, defeating him in two tiebreak sets and collected the 23rd Masters title of his career. The victory saw Federer return to the No. Federer then played the Swiss Indoors in October, where he won a record sixth title and his 82nd ATP men's singles title overall. Federer also reached the finals of the ATP World Tour Finals to face Djokovic again, but withdrew from the final because of another back injury from his semifinal match against Stan Wawrinka.
Despite his injury, Federer finished the season on a high by defeating Richard Gasquet to clinch the Davis Cup for Switzerland for the first time in its history. The final was held at the Stade Pierre-Mauroy in Lille, France attracting over 27, spectators per match; this broke attendance record for the highest ever officially sanctioned competition tennis match.
Federer started his season at the Brisbane International. He defeated Milos Raonic in the final, thereby becoming only the third man in the Open Era to have 1, or more wins, joining Jimmy Connors and Ivan Lendl, as well as the first man in the Open Era to win at least one title in each of 15 consecutive years. In Dubai, Federer successfully defended his title with a straight-set victory over Novak Djokovic in the final, marking his seventh title at the tournament and, after Wimbledon and Halle, was the third time he had won seven or more titles in a tournament.
Additionally, Federer became the fourth person since to surpass 9, career aces. In March, he reached the final of the Indian Wells, but lost in three sets to defending champion Djokovic. Federer won his third title of the season at the inaugural Istanbul Open clay-court tournament, ending a title drought on red clay since the French Open.
Federer made it to the final of the Italian Open in May, but was unable to win his first title there, losing to Djokovic in the final. In the quarterfinals, he was eventually beaten in straight sets by the later champion Stan Wawrinka. As the new expanded grass season began, Federer won his record eighth Gerry Weber Open and become only the third man in the Open Era to win a title eight times.
Federer entered Wimbledon as the second seed. He played a flawless match to defeat Andy Murray in straight sets in the semifinals and advance to his 10th Wimbledon final in a repeat against Novak Djokovic.
Federer lost the match in four sets. This marked the first time that Federer had beaten the top two players in the world at the same tournament. At the US Open, he advanced to his first final there since without dropping a set, including a win over Stan Wawrinka in the semifinals. In the final, he was once again defeated by top seed Djokovic in four sets. It was the seventh time he had captured his hometown tournament. In December, Federer announced that he would enter the ATP World Tour season with a new-look coaching team, having additionally announced that Stefan Edberg would not be travelling with him next year.
Federer revealed that Edberg originally signed on to the coaching team for one season only in , but agreed to stay on in Federer started his season in the Brisbane International as the defending champion, despite having a virus when the tournament started.
However, in a rematch of the previous year's final, he lost in the final to Milos Raonic in straight sets. Federer then participated at the Australian Open and rebounded from his third round defeat by Andreas Seppi in by reaching the semifinals but lost to eventual champion Novak Djokovic in four sets.
The day after his loss to Djokovic, Federer sustained a knee injury and in early February, he underwent arthroscopic surgery to repair a torn meniscus in his knee and missed the tournaments in Rotterdam, Dubai and Indian Wells in February and March.
He was scheduled to return to action in Miami. Due to a stomach virus he had to withdraw from Miami thus prolonging his time on the sidelines. Federer made his comeback at the Monte-Carlo Masters, losing in the quarterfinals to Jo-Wilfried Tsonga in three sets. In Madrid, he suffered a back injury during practice and withdrew shortly after arriving.
His withdrawal from the French Open broke a record run of 65 consecutive participations in the main draw of Grand Slam tournaments, stretching back to the Australian Open.
Still suffering from recurring knee pain during the grass season he lost in the semifinals of Stuttgart and Halle. After Roger Federer's fourth-round exit from the French Open earlier this year, fans are gearing up to see their favourite player in Wimbledon As health issues linger, Federer has addressed his appearance at the Olympics, which might not be confirmed.
Here is a look at the Roger Federer Wimbledon record, along with some latest news about the tennis icon's health. The former World No.
From to , Federer also bagged five consecutive titles. In the Finals, he won the longest shot rally. He is also the only player to have won both the Wimbledon and US Open for four back-to-back years to He has also played most games in a tennis Wimbledon singles finals.
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