List of Career Achievements By Roger Federer - Grand Slam Records - Singles Championships

Singles Championships

  1. Federer has won 17 Grand Slam titles (2003 Wimbledon to 2012 Wimbledon), breaking the previous all-time men's record of 14 by Pete Sampras (1990 US Open - 2002 US Open).
  2. Federer is sixth on all-time Grand Slam singles list, preceded by Steffi Graf (22), Martina Navratilova (18), Chris Evert (18), Margaret Court (24), and Helen Moody (19) in reverse chronological order.
  3. Federer holds the record for most men's Wimbledons won, at seven; this record is shared by Pete Sampras (open era) and William Renshaw (pre-open era). He also holds the record for most open era men's Australian Opens won (four), shared with Andre Agassi and Novak Djokovic. He also holds the record for most open era men's US Open titles won (five), shared with Sampras and Jimmy Connors. Thus, Federer is the only male player to have won 3 different Grand Slams (4 Australian Open, 7 Wimbledon and 5 US Open) most in the Open Era.
  4. Federer won five consecutive men's titles at Wimbledon from 2003–07, matching a feat achieved only by Borg (1976–80) in the open era.
  5. Federer holds the open-era record for most consecutive US Open titles at five (2004–08), surpassing the old record of 3 consecutive by Lendl and McEnroe.
  6. Federer is the only male player in tennis history to win at least five consecutive titles at two different Grand Slam tournaments (2003–07 Wimbledon, 2004–08 US Open), surpassing the old record of 4 consecutive Grand Slams at two different majors by Borg (1978–81 FO & 1976–80 Wim).
  7. Federer is the only male player in tennis history to win the same two Grand Slam tournaments back to back for four consecutive years (2004–07 Wimbledon and US Open), surpassing the previous record of Borg for 3 consecutive years (1978–80 FO and Wimbledon)
  8. Federer's victory at the 2004 US Open marked the first time in the open era that any male had won his first four Grand Slam finals. He eventually won his first seven Grand Slam finals before losing to Rafael Nadal in the 2006 French Open final. Federer, Sears, and Renshaw are the only male players in tennis history to win their first seven Grand Slam finals.
  9. At the 2007 Australian Open, Federer became the second man (after Ken Rosewall in 1971) in the open era to win the Australian Open without dropping a set. Federer also became the fourth man in the open era to win a Grand Slam title without dropping a set, other players to do this before Federer were Ilie Năstase at the 1973 French Open and Borg at the 1978 and 1980 French Opens (Nadal subsequently achieved this feat at the 2008 and 2010 French Opens).
  10. At the 2006 Australian Open, Federer became the first man to win three consecutive Grand Slam titles since Sampras in 1993–94 (Nadal subsequently achieved this feat at the 2010 US Open). Novak Djokovic completed the same feat at the 2012 Australian Open. Federer repeated this feat at the 2007 Australian Open, making him the only man to achieve this feat twice in the open era.
  11. By winning the 2010 Australian Open, Federer became the only male tennis player to win three different Grand Slam tournaments at least four times each (4 Australian Opens, 7 Wimbledons, and 5 US Opens).
  12. Federer is the only male player in tennis history to win at least two Grand Slam titles for four consecutive years and five years overall (2004–07 Wim and US Open, 2009 FO and Wim).
  13. Federer is the only male player in tennis history to win three Grand Slam tournaments in a calendar year three different times in his career ((2004 AO, Wim and USO), (2006 AO, Wim and USO) and (2007 AO, Wim and USO)). During the Open Era, only Rod Laver (1969 AO, FO, Wim and USO), Connors (1974 AO, Wim and USO), Mats Wilander (1988 AO, FO and USO), Nadal (2010 FO, Wim and USO) and Novak Djokovic (2011 AO, Wim and USO) have won three or more Grand Slams in a calendar year.
  14. Federer (2006 AO, Wim and USO) is the only player to defend successfully all three Grand Slams the following year one time in his career (2007 AO, Wim and USO). The remaining three players (Laver, Connors, and Wilander), who won 3 or more Grand Slams in a calendar year before Federer, failed to defend even one Grand Slam next year in their career. Nadal, who won 3 Grand Slams in 2010 (FO, Wim and USO), could only defend one Grand Slam in 2011 (FO) and Djokovic who also won 3 Grand Slams in 2011 (AO, Wim and USO) could defend only one Grand Slam (AO) in 2012.
  15. Federer won his first 12 Grand Slam finals other than the French Open, an all-time men's record. This streak included three titles at the Australian Open (2004, 2006–07), five consecutive titles at Wimbledon (2003–07), and four consecutive wins at the US Open (2004–07). His first loss outside of the French Open came at Wimbledon in 2008 at the hands of Nadal.
  16. Federer won his first eight hard-court Grand Slam finals (2004, 2006–07 AO and 2004–08 US Open), an all-time men's record.
  17. Only Federer (seven Wimbledons and five US Opens), Sampras (seven Wimbledons and five US Opens) and Borg (six French Opens and five Wimbledons) have won two different Grand Slam tournaments at least five times.
  18. With his seventh Wimbledon victory, Federer became only the third male player to win the same Grand Slam seven times in the Open Era. Sampras first achieved this with 7 Wimbledons; and just one month ahead of Federer, Nadal achieved this feat with his seventh French Open victory.
  19. By winning the 2007 Australian Open, Federer won his sixth Grand Slam title in his last seven attempts, an open era men's record.
  20. Federer is the only male player in tennis history to win 6 Grand Slam titles in two years (2006–07), 8 in three years (2004–06, 2005–07), and 11 in four years (2004–07). 11 Grand Slam titles in four years is an all-time record, men's or women's.
  21. Federer has faced twelve different opponents and defeated eleven of them in Grand Slam finals (all except Juan Martín Del Potro), an all-time men's record, (1. Philippoussis, 2. Safin, 3. Roddick, 4. Hewitt, 5. Agassi, 6. Baghdatis, 7. Nadal, 8. Gonzalez, 9. Djokovic, 10. Murray, 11. Söderling). Sampras has also faced 12 different opponents and defeated 9 of them in Grand Slam finals (all except Edberg, Safin, and Hewitt), (1. Agassi, 2. Courier, 3. Pioline, 4. Martin, 5. Ivansevic, 6. Becker, 7. Chang, 8. Moya, 9. Rafter).
  22. Federer is the sixth of seven men to win all four Grand Slam titles during his career, with Fred Perry, Don Budge, Laver, Emerson, Andre Agassi, and Nadal being the others. Federer is the third man to win all four in the open era, after Laver and Agassi, and the second man to win all four on three different surfaces (hard, clay, and grass) after Agassi. Nadal has since achieved this as well.
  23. Federer in 2009 became the fourth male player in the open era to win the French Open and Wimbledon in the same calendar year after Laver (1969), Borg (three times: 1978–80), and Nadal (twice: 2008 and 2010).
  24. Federer joined Nadal in 2009 as the only male players to simultaneously hold Grand Slam titles on clay, grass, and hard courts (2008 US Open, 2009 French Open and 2009 Wimbledon). Federer became the first player to repeat this with a different sequence of slams in 2010 (2009 French Open, 2009 Wimbledon and 2010 Australian Open), before Nadal did it anew in 2010 (2010 French Open, 2010 Wimbledon and 2010 US Open).
  25. Only Federer (2006–07 Australian Open, 2003–07 Wimbledon and 2004–08 US Open) and Ivan Lendl (1989–90 Australian Open, 1986–87 French Open, 1985–87 US Open) have won three different Grand Slam tournaments at least two consecutive times each.
  26. Federer is the only player to win at least one bagel set in three different Grand Slam finals (2004 US Open, 2006 Australian Open and 2006 Wimbledon). Federer is the only player to win two bagel sets in a Grand Slam final (2004 US Open).
  27. Federer (2003–10) now ties with Sampras (1993–2000), Borg (1974–81) and Nadal (2005-ongoing) for winning at least one grand slam per year for eight consecutive years.
  28. From 2004–2007, Federer won 11 of 12 non-clay Grand Slams (except 2005 Australian Open).
  29. Federer won 8 consecutive non-clay Grand Slams (2005 Wimbledon – 2007 US Open).
  30. From 2004–2007, Federer won 7 of 8 hardcourt Grand Slams (except 2005 Australian Open).
  31. Federer is the only player to win each of the four Grand Slam championship finals in straight sets.
  32. From 2004 AO – 2010 USO, Federer won 14 of 21 non-clay Grand Slam tournaments.
  33. Federer (2006-07 Wim) and Djokovic (2011 Wim & USO and 2012 AO) are the only players to beat Nadal in a Grand Slam final.
  34. Roger Federer is the only male player to win the Australian Open on both Rebound Ace and Plexicushion Prestige surfaces.

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