Records held by Roger Federer

This page lists various career, tournament, and seasonal records as well as achievements of excellence by tennis player Roger Federer.

Grand Slam tournaments

* In 2001, Federer ended Pete Sampras's 31-match winning streak at Wimbledon in the fourth round of the tournament. [ [http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/tennis/2001/wimbledon/news/2001/07/02/wimbledon_monday_ap Swiss teen Federer ends Sampras' Wimbledon run] ]

* By winning Wimbledon in 2003, Federer joined Stefan Edberg, Pat Cash, and Bjorn Borg as the only players to win both the juniors' and men's Wimbledon singles titles.Fact|date=December 2007

* 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. [ [http://in.rediff.com/sports/2006/jul/09fed.htm Roger Federer fact file] ] He eventually won his first seven Grand Slam singles finals before losing to Rafael Nadal in the 2006 French Open final. [ [http://www.nytimes.com/2006/06/12/sports/tennis/12tennis.html?_r=1&oref=slogin Two Streaks Enter, Only One Leaves at Roland Garros] ] Only Federer, American Richard Sears, and Briton William Renshaw won their first seven Grand Slam singles finals. [ [http://in.rediff.com/sports/2006/jul/09fed.htm Roger Federer fact file] ] As of Sep 9, 2008, Federer has won thirteen of his seventeen Grand Slam singles finals (76.4 percent) [ [http://www.atptennis.com/1/en/2008news/usopen_monday3.asp Federer Captures Fifth Straight US Open Title] ] . Sampras won 14 of 18 (77.8 percent), Borg won 11 of 16 (68.7 percent), and Ivan Lendl won 8 of 19 (42.1 percent). [ [http://www.tennis28.com/slams/finals_openera.html Slam Finals] ]

* At the 2006 Australian Open, Federer became the first man to win three consecutive Grand Slam singles titles since Pete Sampras in 1993-94. [http://www.atptennis.com/5/en/players/playerprofiles/highlights.asp?playernumber=F324 Roger Federer player profile on the Association of Tennis Professionals website] ] Federer repeated this feat at the 2007 Australian Open, making him the only man to do this twice in the open era. [ [http://www.tsn.ca/tennis/news_story/?ID=193974&hubname=tennis Federer cruises to Aussie Open title] ]

* Federer has won five consecutive men's singles titles at Wimbledon (2003-07), a feat accomplished only by Borg in the open era. In the 34 matches Federer played at Wimbledon during those years, he dropped just eight sets.Fact|date=December 2007 In comparison, Borg lost nineteen sets over the five year period he won Wimbledon (1976-1980). Sampras lost fourteen sets over the four-year period he won Wimbledon (1997-2000). Federer, Sampras, and Borg are the only male players to have won five or more Wimbledon singles titles during the open era, with Federer winning 5, Sampras 7, and Borg 5.

* Federer is the only male tennis player to have won eight Grand Slam singles titles in three years (2005-07) and twelve in five years (2003-07).Fact|date=December 2007 Roy Emerson won 12 Grand Slam singles titles in 7 years (1961-67), and Sampras won 12 of those titles in 10 years (1990-99).

* Federer has reached a male record eighteen consecutive Grand Slam singles semifinals (2004 Wimbledon through the 2008 US open) [ [http://www.atptennis.com/1/en/2008news/wimbledonpreview.asp Federer Eyes Sixth Straight Title; Nadal, Djokovic in Pursuit] ] . The previous record of ten consecutive Grand Slam singles semifinals was held by Lendl (1985 US Open through the 1988 Australian Open). [ [http://www.atptennis.com/5/en/players/playerprofiles/playeractivity.asp?prevtrnnum=0&year=0&query=Singles&selTournament=GS&player=L018&x=16&y=12 Ivan Lendl Player Activity on the Official Website of the Association of Tennis Professionals] ]

* Federer in 2006 became the first man since Rod Laver in 1969 to reach the final of all Grand Slam singles tournaments during a calendar year. He repeated this feat in 2007, becoming the only man to do it two years consecutively.

* By reaching the singles final of the 2006 French Open, his eighth consecutive Grand Slam singles final, Federer broke the previous male record of seven consecutive Grand Slam singles finals set in 1934 [ [http://sports.espn.go.com/sports/tennis/french07/news/story?id=2897385 Federer reaches record eighth straight Grand Slam final] ] by Australian Jack Crawford. He subsequently extended his own male record by appearing in the final of the 2007 Wimbledon Championships and 2007 US Open making this ten. [ [http://msn.foxsports.com/tennis/story/7871376/Adler's-Insights:-Signs-of-a-Federer-decline Adler's Insights: Signs of a Federer decline] ] His run was stopped by a semifinal loss to Novak Djokovic at the 2008 Australian Open. Steffi Graf appeared in a record 13 consecutive Grand Slams singles finals, from the 1987 French Open through the 1990 French Open. Federer is also the only player to reach 13 Grand Slams finals out of 14 consecutive Grand Slams (2005 Wimbledon to 2008 US Open, except 2008 Australian Open).

* With winning the 2007 Australian Open, Federer won his sixth Grand Slam singles title in his last seven attempts, equaling 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. The last man to do this was Borg at the 1980 French Open. The only other man to win the Australian Open without dropping a set was Ken Rosewall in 1971. [cite news | first=Ted | last=Miller | coauthors= | title=Big Three aren't like the rest of us | date=2007-01-30 | publisher= | url =http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/golf/301654_miller30.html | work =Seattle Post-Intelligencer | pages = | accessdate = 2007-03-06 | language = ]

* By winning the 2007 Australian Open, Federer became the only male tennis player to win three different Grand Slam singles tournaments at least three times each (Australian Open: 3 times; Wimbledon: 5 times; US Open: 5 times). [ [http://www.imgworld.com/press_room/fullstory.sps?iType=13708&iNewsid=430087&iCategoryID=12542 Roger Federer and Pete Sampras to Play Three Exhibition Matches in Asia in 2007] ]

* Federer won his 11th consecutive Grand Slam singles match in straight sets when he defeated Mikhail Youzhny in the fourth round of the 2007 French Open. This tied John McEnroe's open era record for the most consecutive straight-set victories in Grand Slam singles tournaments. He then won his 36th consecutive Grand Slam singles set when he won the first set in the quarterfinals against Tommy Robredo at the 2007 French Open. This broke McEnroe's open era record for most consecutive sets won in Grand Slam singles events.Fact|date=December 2007

* Federer's two streaks of 27 consecutive Grand Slams singles wins is 2 short of the male record set by Laver set in 1969-70. [ [http://www.usatoday.com/sports/tennis/french/2007-06-08-day-13_N.htm Showdown set: Federer, Nadal to meet in final] ]

* By winning the 2007 Wimbledon Championships, Federer became the only male player to have won at least 2 Grand Slam titles per year for 4 consecutive years (2004-07).Fact|date=December 2007

* In a fourth round match against Spaniard Feliciano Lopez at the 2007 US Open, Federer set a Grand Slam record of 35 consecutive points won on his own service games.Fact|date=December 2007

* By winning the 2008 US Open, Federer now holds the open era record for most consecutive US Open titles at five (2004-08), a record shared with Bill Tilden (1920-25) and Richard D. Sears (1881-87). [ [http://www.usopen.org/en_US/about/history/mschamps.html US Open Champions] ] The previous open era record was three consecutive US Open titles by both Lendl (1985-87) and McEnroe (1979-81). [ [http://www.tennis28.com/slams/cons_wins.html#oneslam Consecutive Slam Wins - Open Era (At One Slam)] ] . Federer shares the open era record for most US Open titles (5) won with Connors and Sampras [ [http://www.atptennis.com/1/en/2008news/usopen_monday3.asp Federer Captures Fifth Straight US Open Title] ] .

* At the 2007 US Open, Federer earned US$2.4 million, the highest prize money ever awarded at a single tournament, due to a $1 million bonus for winning the 2007 US Open Series.Fact|date=December 2007

* Federer and Nadal are the only No. 1 and 2 pair to contest back-to-back the French and Wimbledon finals for three years in a row (2006-08), [ [http://www.atptennis.com/1/en/2008news/wimbledon_friday2.1.asp Nadal Sets Up Dream Wimbledon Final Against Federer] ] thus becoming the only pair, to face each other in six Grand Slam Finals. [ [http://www.atptennis.com/1/en/2008news/wimbledon_finalpreview.asp Roger, Rafa to Meet in Record Sixth Grand Slam Final] ]

* Federer and Nadal are the only No. 1 and 2 pair who have won at least 11 consecutive Grand Slam singles tournaments between them, starting from the 2005 French Open through the 2007 US Open. In this period, Federer has won 3 consecutive titles at Wimbledon, 3 consecutive titles at US Open and 2 consecutive titles at the Australian Open, while Nadal has won 3 consecutive French Open titles. [ [http://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/main.jhtml?xml=/sport/2008/01/26/staust126.xml Roger Federer crashes out to Novak Djokovic] ] From 2005 to 2008, Federer and Nadal combined have won 14 Grand Slams out of total 16. (2005 French Open to 2008 US Open, except 2008 Australian Open).

* Federer is undefeated in singles finals at the Australian Open (3) and the US Open (5). His only 4 losses in Grand Slam singles finals have come at the French Open (3 losses in 2006-2008) and Wimbledon (1 loss in 2008). In 17 Grand Slams Finals, Federer has only faced defeat at the hands of Nadal (4 losses), while defeating every other Grand Slam Final opponents (13 wins). On the other hand, Federer is the only player to defeat Nadal in a Grand Slam Final (2 losses to Federer).

* Federer played the longest singles final in Wimbledon history on July 6th, 2008 against Rafael Nadal with a total time of 4h 48 min play time. This beat the previous longest finals time of 4h 16min set in 1982 by John McEnroe and Jimmy Connors.

* Federer is the only male player to have won three Grand Slam titles in a calendar year three different times in his career (2004, 2006, 2007).Fact|date=March 2008 During the open era, Federer is the only male player to appear in at least 3 Grand Slam Finals in a calendar year four different times in his career (2004, 2006-08).

* During the open era, only Federer has appeared in the final of each Grand Slam singles tournament at least three times [ [http://www.atptennis.com/1/en/2008news/wimbledonpreview.asp Federer Eyes Sixth Straight Title; Nadal, Djokovic in Pursuit] ] .

* During the open era, only Federer (2006, against Nadal), Sampras (1994, against Ivanisevic) and Boris Becker (1989, against Edberg) have won a 6-0 set in a Wimbledon final.Fact|date=April 2008 Federer's defeat of Lleyton Hewitt in the 2004 US Open final was the first time during the open era that a player had won two 6-0 sets in a Grand Slam singles final.Fact|date=April 2008 Federer is the only male player to have won during the open era at least one 6-0 set in the singles final of three different Grand Slam tournaments: the 2006 Australian Open against Marcos Baghdatis, the 2006 Wimbledon final against Nadal, and the 2004 US Open against Hewitt.Fact|date=April 2008

* Federer has appeared in 17 Grand Slam singles finals. Among male players, only Sampras (18) and Lendl (19) have appeared in more Grand Slam singles finals during the open era. [ [http://www.tennis28.com/slams/finals_openera.html http://www.tennis28.com/slams/finals_openera.html] ]

* Federer has won 13 Grand Slam singles titles, which is second only to Sampras's 14 titles. [ [http://www.atptennis.com/1/en/2008news/usopen_monday3.asp Federer Captures Fifth Straight US Open Title] ]

* During the open era, only Federer (2003-08), Sampras (1993-2000), and Borg (1974-81) have won at least one Grand Slam title for at least six consecutive years [ [http://www.atptennis.com/1/en/2008news/usopen_monday3.asp Federer Captures Fifth Straight US Open Title] ] .

* 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 (French Open 2006-08 and Wimbledon 2006-08). [ [http://www.atptennis.com/1/en/2008news/wimbledon_finalpreview.asp Roger, Rafa to Meet in Record Sixth Grand Slam Final] ]

* During the open era, only Federer(2006-08 French Open, 2003-08 Wimbledon and 2004-08 US Open) and Lendl (1989-91 Australian Open, 1984-87 French Open and 1982-89 US Open) have appeared in at least three consecutive finals of three different Grand Slam singles tournaments.Fact|date=June 2008 During the open era, only Federer (2006-08), Nadal (2005-08), Lendl (1984-87), and Borg (1978-81) have appeared in at least three consecutive French Open singles finals. During the open era, only Federer (2004-08) and Lendl (1982-89) have reached five or more consecutive US Open men singles finals. During the open era, only Federer (2003-08) [ [http://www.atptennis.com/1/en/2008news/wimbledon_friday2.asp Unstoppable Federer Reaches Sixth Straight Final] ] and Borg (1976-81) have appeared in six consecutive Wimbledon singles finals. During the open era, only Federer (2006-08), Nadal (2006-08) and Borg (1978-81) have appeared in French Open and Wimbledon Finals in the same year for three or more consecutive years. Federer is the only player to appear in at least five consecutive finals of two Grand Slams (2003-08 Wimbledon and 2004-08 US Open).

* Federer is the only male player during the open era who was a French Open runner-up for three consecutive years (2006-08).

* Federer has won 40 consecutive matches [ [http://www.atptennis.com/1/en/2008news/wimbledon_final.asp Nadal Sets Sights on No. 1 After Epic Wimbledon Battle] ] at Wimbledon (2003-08), which is second only to 41 consecutive wins by Borg (1976-81) [ [http://famous.y2u.co.uk/F_Bjorn_Borg.htm Björn Borg] ] . Federer has won a record 34 consecutive matches at US Open (2004-2008) [ [http://www.usopen.org/en_US/news/articles/2008-09-08/200809081220925425524.html Federer Comes Alive with Fifth US Open Title] ] . Thus Federer is the only male player to win more than 30 consecutive matches at two different Grand Slams (2003-08 Wimbledon and 2004-08 US Open).

* Federer is the only player to be seeded No. 1 at 18 consecutive Grand Slams (2004 French Open to 2008 Wimbledon).

* With US Open 2008 final, for the past 18 consecutive Grand Slams, Roger Federer either was the Champion or lost to eventual Champion.

* Federer is the first man to have won 5 consecutive Wimbledon titles (2003-07) and 5 consecutive US Open titles (2004-08), thus becoming the only male player to win two Grand Slams five consecutive times [ [http://www.atptennis.com/1/en/2008news/usopen_monday3.asp Federer Captures Fifth Straight US Open Title] ] .

* During the open era, only Federer (5 Wimbledon and 5 US Open), Sampras (7 Wimbledon and 5 US Open) and Borg (6 French Open and 5 Wimbledon) have won two different Grand Slams at least five times.

* Federer has defeated 10 different players in Grand Slam singles finals, more than any other male player in history.

Tennis Masters Cup

* In 2004, Federer became the first player since Ivan Lendl in 1986 and 1987 to win back-to-back Tennis Masters Cup titles without losing a set.Fact|date=December 2007

* In 2005, Federer became the first man to win a match 6-0, 6-0 (a "double bagel") at the Tennis Masters Cup, when he defeated Gaston Gaudio in a semifinal. This was the first double bagel win of Federer's career.Fact|date=December 2007

* Federer and Lendl are the only players to have won two consecutive Tennis Masters Cup titles twice in their careers.

* Both Federer (2003-07) and Ilie Năstase (1971-75) have appeared in five consecutive Tennis Masters Cup finals, with Lendl appearing in a record nine consecutive finals (1980-88).

* Only Federer and Năstase have won 4 Tennis Masters Cup titles in 5 years.

ATP Masters Series tournaments

* In 2005, Federer became the first player to win four Tennis Masters Series titles in one year. He repeated this feat in 2006.Fact|date=December 2007

* Federer is the third player to have won all four North American Masters Series events in a career, after Andre Agassi and Michael Chang.Fact|date=December 2007

* 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.Fact|date=December 2007 Federer's streak reached 29 matches before he lost to Rafael Nadal in the final of the 2006 Masters Series Monte-Carlo.

* 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. [cite news | first= | last= | coauthors= | title=Federer wins three tiebreakers to capture Nasdaq title | date=2006-04-02 | publisher= | url =http://sports.espn.go.com/sports/tennis/news/story?id=2394167 | work =The Associated Press | pages = | accessdate = 2007-03-06 | language = ]

* Federer has won 14 Tennis Masters Series singles titles, second only to the 17 titles won by Agassi.Fact|date=March 2008

* Both Federer and Chang have won three titles at the Pacific Life Open in Indian Wells, California, but Federer is the only player to have won three consecutive titles there (2004 - 06).Fact|date=March 2008

* Federer is the only player during the open era to have won four Hamburg Masters singles titles.Fact|date=March 2008

* Federer and Nadal are the only players to play each other in three consecutive Masters Series Monte-Carlo finals (2006-08) during the open era.Fact|date=May 2008

Ranking and points

* Federer is the first player to be ranked World No. 1 for four consecutive (non-calendar) years [ [http://www.atptennis.com/1/en/2008news/federer_fouryears.asp Federer Surpasses Four Anniversary at No. 1] ] from February 2, 2004, through February 1, 2008.

* Federer has been the top ranked player on the ATP computer for a record 237 consecutive weeks from Monday February 2, 2004, to Sunday August 17, 2008. [ [http://www.atptennis.com/1/en/2008news/usopen_friday.asp Federer Wins 600th Match; Davydenko, Gonzalez Advance ] ]

* Federer is the first player to be ranked No. 1 for 237 consecutive weeks, thus surpassing Steffi Graf for the all-time record of 186 consecutive weeks among all tennis players, male or female. On February 26, 2007, he surpassed Connors's all-time record for most consecutive weeks (160) atop the men's rankings. Only Connors (268 weeks, top ranked nine separate periods), Lendl (270 weeks, top ranked eight separate periods) and Sampras (286 weeks, top ranked eleven separate periods) have spent more weeks in total as top ranked players on the ATP list [ [http://www.atptennis.com/1/en/2008news/federer_fouryears.asp Federer Surpasses Four Anniversary at No. 1] ] [ [http://www.tennis28.com/rankings/weeks_No1.html Weeks at #1] ]

* Federer in 2007 became the fifth man since the inception of the ATP computer rankings in 1973 to be year-end number one four times (Jimmy Connors, John McEnroe, Ivan Lendl, and Pete Sampras were the others). [ [http://www.tennis28.com/rankings/yearend_mostyears.html Year End Rankings] ]

* Federer is the fifth player in the history of the ATP computer rankings to be the top ranked player every week during a calendar year (2005, 2006, and 2007). The others are Jimmy Connors, Ivan Lendl, Pete Sampras, and Lleyton Hewitt.Only Federer and Connors achieved this three different years, but only Federer has done it three consecutive years.Fact|date=December 2007

* With his tournament victory at the 2006 Tennis Masters Cup, Federer set a new record of 1,674 ATP 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 for 2003.Fact|date=December 2007

* 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.Fact|date=December 2007

* Federer holds the record for the highest ATP computer ranking points at any time of the year: 8,370 points on November 20, 2006.Fact|date=December 2007

Individual match records

* In a semifinal of the 2004 Tennis Masters Cup, Federer won a second set tiebreak against Marat Safin 20-18, the longest tiebreak in Tennis Masters Cup history. 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 Bjorn Borg (first round Wimbledon 1973 against Premjit Lal), Goran Ivanisevic (first round US Open 1993 against Daniel Nestor and semifinal Queen's Club 1997 against Greg Rusedski), José Acasuso (first round Canada Masters 2006 against Bjorn Phau), and Jo-Wilfried Tsonga (first round Australian Open 2007 against Andy Roddick) have won such drawn out tiebreaks.Fact|date=December 2007

Match winning streaks

* At Wimbledon in 2006, with his first round victory over Richard Gasquet, Federer surpassed Bjorn Borg's 41-match grass court winning streak record. [ [http://edition.cnn.com/2006/SPORT/06/27/tennis.federer/index.html Federer breaks Borg's win record] ] Borg set this record from 1976 to 1981, while playing only Wimbledon. [ [http://www.tennis-x.com/story/2004-07-04/d.php Sharapova Stuns Serena; Federer vs. Roddick Today at Wimbledon] ] At Wimbledon in 2008, Federer took the streak to 65 consecutive matches by defeating Marat Safin in the semifinals. [ [http://www.wimbledon.org/en_GB/news/articles/2008-07-03/200807031215086574187.html Safin blasts back from the past.] ] Federer has only been extended to five set once during this streak. [ [http://www.wimbledon.org/en_GB/news/articles/2008-07-05/200807051215285178875.html Day 13 preview] ] This is second longest streak by a player on a given surface, after Nadal 81 consecutives wins on clay court.

* 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 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. This is the fifth longest winning streak in the open era.Fact|date=December 2007

* Federer won a record 26 consecutive matches against top ten ranked opponents. [ [http://www.sportingnews.com/blog/Coosh18/tag/ATP Best of the Best- Tiger vs. Roger] ] The streak lasted from October 2003 to January 2005, when he lost to Marat Safin in a semifinal of the Australian Open.Fact|date=December 2007

* Federer holds the longest winning streak on hard courts during the open era: 56 matches (2005-06). The streak was ended by Nadal in the Dubai final in March 2006.At the 2006 US Open, Federer started another hard court streak, which reached 36 consecutive wins (including tournament victories at the US Open, Tokyo, ATP Masters Series in Madrid, Tennis Masters Cup in Shanghai, the Australian Open, Dubai, and two Davis Cup matches in Geneva against Serbia-Montenegro). The streak ended on March 11, 2007, at the Pacific Life Open in Indian Wells, California when Federer lost to Guillermo Cañas in the second round.Fact|date=December 2007

Tournament winning streaks

* In 2004, Federer became the first player since Bjorn Borg in 1979 and Ivan Lendl in 1985 (twice) and 1989 to win consecutive tournaments on three different surfaces, having captured titles at Wimbledon (grass), Gstaad (clay), and Toronto (hard).Fact|date=December 2007

* 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.David Nalbandian broke Federer's 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. He improved upon this by winning his fifth consecutive Wimbledon championship in 2007, again beating Rafael Nadal in the final and thus equalling Bjorn Borg's open era record. Furthermore, in 2007, Federer won his fourth consecutive US Open, breaking the open era record.Fact|date=September 2008

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.Fact|date=December 2007

* In 2006, Federer won at least 80 matches for the 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).Fact|date=December 2007

* In 2006, Federer reached the final in 16 of the 17 tournaments he played, setting a new record of 94.1 percent finals appearances. [cite news | first= | last= | coauthors= | title=Roger Federer - Results | date= | publisher= | url =http://www.rogerfederer.com/en/rogers/results/index.cfm?uYear=2006 | work = Roger Federer Official Website | pages = | accessdate = 2007-05-12 | language = ] This eclipsed McEnroe's 93.3 percent set in 1984.Fact|date=February 2007

* In 2007, Federer earned a record U.S. $10,130,620 in prize money, surpassing his own previous record of $8,343,885 set in 2006. That year, he broke the previous record of U.S. $6,498,311 earned by Pete Sampras in 1997.Fact|date=December 2007

* 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 (2004).Fact|date=December 2007 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 the years 2004, 2005 and 2006.Fact|date=December 2007

Career excellence

* As of September 9, 2008, Federer has won 56 of 77 finals during his career, for a winning percentage of 72.7 percent. This compares to 72.7 percent by Pete Sampras, 71.3 percent by John McEnroe, and 70.5 percent by Bjorn Borg.Fact|date=December 2007

* From 2004 through 2006, Federer had the best three-year match and tournament winning percentages since the inception of the Association of Tennis Professionals 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. Federer has since extended the record to four years, again besting Ivan Lendl and was very close to establishing the new mark for the best 5 consecutive seasons ever in the history of tennis. Fact|date=December 2007

* 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).Fact|date=December 2007

* Federer equalled Sampras's open era record of 10 tournaments won on grass when he won the Gerry Weber Open in Halle in 2008. [ [http://www.guardian.co.uk/sport/2008/jun/16/wimbledon.tennis1 Federer breezes to title in Halle and blows away reports of his demise] ]

* Federer won 31 consecutive sets beginning with his Tennis Masters Cup round robin match against Andy Roddick on November 14, 2006, and ending with his first round match against Kristian Pless at the Dubai Tennis Championships on February 26, 2007.Fact|date=December 2007

* On October 27, 2007, Federer recorded his 544th career victory, which saw him overtake Carlos Moya (543) as the most active match wins leader on the ATP circuit.Fact|date=December 2007

* As of July 2008, Federer has won singles tournaments in 17 different countries: Australia, Austria, Canada, People's Republic of China, England, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, the Netherlands, Portugal, Qatar, Spain, Switzerland, Thailand, United Arab Emirates, and the United States.Fact|date=December 2007

* In two tournaments that Federer won, he won every game he served. [ [http://www.rogerfederer.com/en/rogers/news/newsdetail.cfm?uNewsID=750 ATP - Second Title Without Dropping Serve] ]

Notes