Roger Federer

Roger Federer ( born 8 August 1981) is a Swiss professional tennis player who held ATP No. 1 position for a record 237 consecutive weeks from 2 February 2004 to 18 August 2008. Federer has occupied the No. 1 ranking for 285 overall weeks, one week short of the record held by Pete Sampras. As of 7 July 2012, he is officially ranked World No. 3, although guaranteed to jump to No. 2. Federer has won a men's record 16 Grand Slam singles titles. He is one of seven male players to capture the career Grand Slam and one of three (with Andre Agassi and Rafael Nadal) to do so on three different surfaces (clay, grass, and hard courts). He is the only male player in tennis history to have reached the title match of each Grand Slam tournament at least five times. He is also the only male tennis player to have reached the Wimbledon final eight times. He has also been in the final at each of the nine ATP Masters 1000 tournaments, a record amongst male tennis players as well. Many sports analysts, tennis critics, and former and current players consider Federer to be the greatest tennis player of all time.

Federer has appeared in an unprecedented 24 career Grand Slam tournament finals, including a men's record ten in a row, and appeared in 18 of 19 finals from the 2005 Wimbledon Championships through to the 2010 Australian Open, the lone exception being the 2008 Australian Open. He holds the record of reaching the semifinals or better of 23 consecutive Grand Slam tournaments over five and a half years, from the 2004 Wimbledon Championships through the 2010 Australian Open. At the 2012 Wimbledon, he reached a record 32nd Grand Slam semifinal and a record 33rd consecutive Grand Slam quarterfinal. He also holds the record for most match wins in Grand Slam tournaments (243).

Federer has won a record six ATP World Tour Finals and 20 ATP World Tour Masters 1000 tournaments. He also won the Olympic gold medal in doubles with his compatriot Stanislas Wawrinka at the 2008 Summer Olympic Games. He spent eight years (2003–2010) continuously in the top 2 in the year-end rankings and nine (2003–2011) in the Top 3, also a record among male players. His rivalries with Rafael Nadal and Novak Djokovic are considered some of the greatest of all time in the sport and are even considered to be a "Trivalry" between the three. Federer is greatly respected by fans and by fellow players alike as shown by the fact that he has won the ATPWorldTour.com Fans' Favorite Award a record nine consecutive times (2003–2011) and the Stefan Edberg Sportsmanship Award (which is voted for by the players themselves) a record seven times (2004–2009, 2011). Federer also won the Arthur Ashe Humanitarian of the Year Award in 2006. In 2011, he was voted the second most trusted and respected person in the world, second only to Nelson Mandela.

As a result of Federer's successes in tennis, he was named the Laureus World Sportsman of the Year for a record four consecutive years (2005–2008)and in 2012 he topped a list of the "100 greatest tennis players of all time" (male or female) by Tennis Channel. He is often referred to as the Federer Express or abbreviated to Fed Express, or FedEx, the Swiss Maestro, or simply Maestro.

Grand Slam tournament performance timeline

Main article: Roger Federer career statistics

Information in these tables is updated only once the player's participation in the tournament has concluded.

Tournament	1998	1999	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007	2008	2009	2010	2011	2012	SR	W–L	Win %
Australian Open	A	LQ	3R	3R	4R	4R	W	SF	W	W	SF	F	W	SF	SF	4 / 13	63–9	87.50
French Open	A	1R	4R	QF	1R	1R	3R	SF	F	F	F	W	QF	F	SF	1 / 14	54–13	80.60
Wimbledon	A	1R	1R	QF	1R	W	W	W	W	W	F	W	QF	QF		6 / 14	65–7	90.28
US Open	A	LQ	3R	4R	4R	4R	W	W	W	W	W	F	SF	SF		5 / 12	61–7	89.71
Win–Loss	0–0	0–2	7–4	13–4	6–4	13–3	22–1	24–2	27–1	26–1	24–3	26–2	20–3	20–4	15–2	16 / 53	243–36	87.10

Finals: 24 (16 titles, 7 runners-up)

Outcome	Year	Championship	Surface	Opponent	Score
Winner	2003	Wimbledon (1)	Grass	Mark Philippoussis	7–6(7–5), 6–2, 7–6(7–3)
Winner	2004	Australian Open (1)	Hard	Marat Safin	7–6(7–3), 6–4, 6–2
Winner	2004	Wimbledon (2)	Grass	Andy Roddick	4–6, 7–5, 7–6(7–3), 6–4
Winner	2004	US Open (1)	Hard	Lleyton Hewitt	6–0, 7–6(7–3), 6–0
Winner	2005	Wimbledon (3)	Grass	Andy Roddick	6–2, 7–6(7–2), 6–4
Winner	2005	US Open (2)	Hard	Andre Agassi	6–3, 2–6, 7–6(7–1), 6–1
Winner	2006	Australian Open (2)	Hard	Marcos Baghdatis	5–7, 7–5, 6–0, 6–2
Runner-up	2006	French Open (1)	Clay	Rafael Nadal	6–1, 1–6, 4–6, 6–7(4–7)
Winner	2006	Wimbledon (4)	Grass	Rafael Nadal	6–0, 7–6(7–5), 6–7(2–7), 6–3
Winner	2006	US Open (3)	Hard	Andy Roddick	6–2, 4–6, 7–5, 6–1
Winner	2007	Australian Open (3)	Hard	Fernando González	7–6(7–2), 6–4, 6–4
Runner-up	2007	French Open (2)	Clay	Rafael Nadal	3–6, 6–4, 3–6, 4–6
Winner	2007	Wimbledon (5)	Grass	Rafael Nadal	7–6(9–7), 4–6, 7–6(7–3), 2–6, 6–2
Winner	2007	US Open (4)	Hard	Novak Djokovic	7–6(7–4), 7–6(7–2), 6–4
Runner-up	2008	French Open (3)	Clay	Rafael Nadal	1–6, 3–6, 0–6
Runner-up	2008	Wimbledon (1)	Grass	Rafael Nadal	4–6, 4–6, 7–6(7–5), 7–6(10–8), 7–9
Winner	2008	US Open (5)	Hard	Andy Murray	6–2, 7–5, 6–2
Runner-up	2009	Australian Open (1)	Hard	Rafael Nadal	5–7, 6–3, 6–7(3–7), 6–3, 2–6
Winner	2009	French Open (1)	Clay	Robin Söderling	6–1, 7–6(7–1), 6–4
Winner	2009	Wimbledon (6)	Grass	Andy Roddick	5–7, 7–6(8–6), 7–6(7–5), 3–6, 16–14
Runner-up	2009	US Open (1)	Hard	Juan Martín del Potro	6–3, 6–7(5–7), 6–4, 6–7(4–7), 2–6
Winner	2010	Australian Open (4)	Hard	Andy Murray	6–3, 6–4, 7–6(13–11)
Runner-up	2011	French Open (4)	Clay	Rafael Nadal	5–7, 6–7(3–7), 7–5, 1–6
TBC	2012	Wimbledon	Grass	Andy Murray

Year-End Championship performance timeline

Tournament	1998	1999	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007	2008	2009	2010	2011	2012	SR	W–L	Win %
YEC	NQ	NQ	NQ	NQ	SF	W	W	F	W	W	RR	SF	W	W		6 / 10	39–7	84.78
Win–Loss	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	3–1	5–0	5–0	4–1	5–0	4–1	1–2	2–2	5–0	5–0

Finals: 7 (6 titles, 1 runner-up)

Outcome	Year	Championship	Surface	Opponent	Score
Winner	2003	Houston	Hard	Andre Agassi	6–3, 6–0, 6–4
Winner	2004	Houston	Hard	Lleyton Hewitt	6–3, 6–2
Runner-up	2005	Shanghai	Carpet (i)	David Nalbandian	7–6(7–4), 7–6(13–11), 2–6, 1–6, 6–7(3–7)
Winner	2006	Shanghai	Hard (i)	James Blake	6–0, 6–3, 6–4
Winner	2007	Shanghai	Hard (i)	David Ferrer	6–2, 6–3, 6–2
Winner	2010	London	Hard (i)	Rafael Nadal	6–3, 3–6, 6–1
Winner	2011	London	Hard (i)	Jo-Wilfried Tsonga	6–3, 6–7(6–8), 6–3

Olympic games

Finals: 1 (1 gold medal)

Outcome	Year	Championship	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Winner	2008	Beijing	Hard	Wawrinka	Aspelin Johansson	6–3, 6–4, 6–7(4–7), 6–3

Records

Main article: List of career achievements by Roger Federer

• These records were attained in the Open Era of tennis.
• Records in bold indicate peer-less achievements.
• Records in italics are currently active streaks.