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nchman Gilles Simonin his secondShanghai final, defeated him in two

tiebreak sets and collected his 23rdMasters 1000 title of his career. The victorysaw Federer return to world No. 2 for thefirst time since May 2013.

Federer then played in Swiss Indoors. Hedefeated Gilles Mullerin the first round. In

the second round Federer came back froma set down to defeat Denis Istomin. In thequarterfinals Federer defeated GrigorDimitrovin straight sets. In the semifinals,Federer defeated Ivo Karloviand reachedan eleventh final (and ninth consecutive) atthe Swiss Indoors. In the finals, Federerdefeated David Goffinto win a record 6thtitle at Swiss Indoors and his 82nd ATPmen's singles title overall.

Rivalries

See also: Big Four (tennis)Federer vs. NadalMain article: FedererNadal rivalry

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Federer and Nadal during the 2006

Wimbledon Championshipsfinal

Federer and Nadal have been playing each

other since 2004 and their rivalry is asignificant part of both men'scareers.

[107][108][109][110][111]

They held the top two rankings on the ATPTour from July 2005 until 17 August 2009,when Nadal fell to world No. 3 (Andy

Murray became the new No. 2).[112]Theyare the only pair of men to have everfinished six consecutive calendar years atthe top. Federer was ranked No. 1 for arecord 237 consecutive weeks beginning inFebruary 2004. Nadal, who is five yearsyounger, ascended to No. 2 in July 2005and held this spot for a record 160consecutive weeks, before surpassingFederer in August 2008.

[113]

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Nadal leads their head-to-head 2310. Oftheir 33 matches, 15 have been on clay,which is by far Nadal's bestsurface.[114]Federer has a winning recordon grass (21) and indoor hard courts (41), while Nadal leads the outdoor hardcourts (82) and clay (132).

[115]Because

tournament seedings are based on

rankings, 20 of their matches have been intournament finals which have included anall-time record eight Grand Slamfinals.

[116]From 2006 to 2008, they played

in every French Open and Wimbledonfinal. They then met in the2009 Australian

Openfinal and the 2011 French Openfinal.Nadal won six of the eight, losing the firsttwo Wimbledon finals. Three of these finalswere five set-matches (2007 and 2008Wimbledon, 2009 Australian Open), withthe 2008 Wimbledon final being lauded as

the greatest match ever by many long-timetennis analysts.

[117][118][119][120]Of their 33

meetings, 11 have reached a deciding set.They have also played in 10 Masters

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Seriesfinals, including their lone five-hourmatch at the 2006 Rome MasterswhichNadal won in a fifth-set tie-break, havingsaved two match points.

Federer vs. DjokovicMain article: DjokovicFederer rivalry

Federer and Djokovic have met 36 timeswith Federer leading 1917.

[121][122]Federer

leads 43 on clay, 1413 on hard-courtsand they are tied 11 on grass. TheFedererDjokovic rivalry is the largestrivalry in Grand Slam history with a record12 matches played against each other andthey are tied 66. Djokovic is the onlyplayer besides Nadal to defeat Federer inconsecutive Grand Slam tournaments(2010 US Open and 2011 AustralianOpen), and the only player besides Nadaland Murray who has double-figure career

wins over Federer. Djokovic is one of twoplayers (the other again being Nadal)currently on tour to have defeated Federerin straight sets at a Grand Slam (2008Australian Open, 2011 Australian Open,

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2012 French Open) and the only player todo so three times. Of their 36 meetings, 14have reached a deciding set.

Federer ended Djokovic's perfect 410start to the 2011 season in the semifinalsof the French Open, but Djokovic was ableto avenge this loss at the 2011 US Open infive sets after saving two match points

against Federer for the second straightyear.

[123]In the semifinals of Wimbledon

2012, Federer beat defending championand world No. 1 Djokovic in foursets.

[124]Federer also ended Djokovic's 28

straight wins in China at 2014 Shanghai

Open. Many experts have included therivalry between Federer and Djokovic asone of the best rivalries in the OpenEra.

[125]

Federer vs. Murray

Main article: Federer

Murray rivalryFederer andAndy Murrayhave met 22times with the series being tied at 1111.

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Both are tied at 1010 on hard courts, andalso at 11 on grass.

[126]

Federer (left) and Murray (right) in

the 2010 Rogers Cupfinal.The two have met five times at the GrandSlam level, the first three times in thefinals, Federer winning all three of thesematches; at the 2008 US Open

[127]and the

2010 Australian Open,[128]

both of which he

won in straight sets, and at the2012Wimbledon Championshipsin whichMurray took the opening set, but went onto lose in four sets. However, Murray wontheir encounter in the semifinals ofthe 2013 Australian Open, defeating theSwiss for the first time at a Grand slamtournament in five sets. At the 2014Australian Open, Federer reversed that

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result, defeating Murray in four sets in thequarterfinals.

They met in the final of the 2012 SummerOlympic Games, in which Murray defeatedFederer in straight sets, denying the Swissmaestro a career Golden Slam. Murrayalso leads 61 in ATP 1000 tournaments,20 in finals. They have also met four

times at the ATP World Tour Finals withMurray winning in Shanghai in2008,

[129]and Federer in London in 2009,

2010, and 2012.[130]

Murray is being one ofonly three players to have recorded 10 ormore victories over Federer (the other two

being Nadal and Novak Djokovic). Themost recent meeting between the two wasat the 2014 Western & Southern Open,where Federer triumphed in straight sets.

Federer vs. Roddick

Main article: Federer

Roddick rivalryOne of Federer's longstanding rivalries waswith AmericanAndy Roddick. Roddick losthis world No. 1 ranking to Federer after

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Federer won his first Australian Open in2004. Federer and Roddick met on 24occasions, including four Grand Slam finals(three at Wimbledon and one at the USOpen). Federer's record is 213, makingRoddick the ATP player with the mosttournament losses to Federer.

[131]Roddick

himself said it was not much of a rivalry,

being so one-sided.In the 2009 Wimbledon final, Roddick lostto Federer in five sets. The match includeda fifth set of 30 games (a Grand Slam finalrecord) and was over four hours long. Inthe final game of the deciding set,

Roddick's serve was broken for the firsttime in the match. With that victory,Federer broke Pete Sampras'record of 14Grand Slam titles, and Roddick apologizedto Sampras (who was there) for not beingable to hold Federer.

Federer vs. Hewitt

Lleyton Hewittand Roger Federer haveplayed each other on 27 occasions. Early

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in their careers, Hewitt dominated Federer,winning seven of their first nine meetings,including a victory from two sets down inthe 2003 Davis Cup semifinal whichallowed Australia to defeat Switzerland.However, from 2004 onward, Federer hasdominated the rivalry, winning 16 of thelast 18 meetings to emerge with an 189

overall head-to-head record. This isHewitt's longest rivalry as these two firstplayed each other as juniors in 1996. Theyhave met in one Grand Slam final, the2004 US Open final, where Federer wonhis first US Open title in a lopsided

encounter in which Federer scored a bageleither side of a second set tiebreak.Federer has met Hewitt at six of the GrandSlam tournaments in which he lifted thetrophy, including all five of his triumphsbetween 2004 and 2005. Their most recent

meeting was at the 2014 BrisbaneInternational, where Hewitt triumphed overFederer in three sets for his first title since

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2010, when he also beat Federer tothe Halletitle.

[citation needed]

Federer vs. del PotroJuan Martin del Potroand Roger Federerhave played 20 times with Federer leading155.

[132]They have met 6 times in Grand

Slams with Federer leading 51. Their twomost famous Grand Slam meetings both

came in 2009. The first was in the FrenchOpensemifinals when Federer survived anepic five set clash when he was chasingthe only French title of his career. Thesecond was in the final of the USOpenwhere del Potro stunned Federer infive sets ending his 20 match winningstreak at the majors. Another high profilematch was in the semifinals of the 2012London Olympicswhere Federer prevailed1917 in a grueling final set to secure the

Olympic silver medal. Most recently theyhave met in the finals Swiss Indoorsin2012 and 2013 with del Potro prevailing onboth occasions in tight three set matches.

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Federer vs. Safin

Marat Safinand Federer played each other

12 times, with Federer leading 10

2.[133]

Federer and Safin turned pro withinone year of each other, with Safin turningpro in 1997 and Federer in 1998. Federerleads 41 on hard courts, 30 on grass,and 30 on clay courts, while Safin leads

10 on carpet. Notable meetings includeFederer's defeating Safin at the 2002Hamburg Masters to win the first Masters1000 title of his career, as well as Federeremerging victorious in the semifinals ofthe 2004 Tennis Masters Cup, after

winning a tiebreak 2018 on his eighthmatch point. Federer also defeated Safin inthe finals of the2004 Australian Opentocapture his first Australian Open andsecond Grand Slam title. However, Safindefeated Federer in the 2005 Australian

Opensemifinals, having saved one matchpoint in the fourth-set tiebreak, to end a 26-match winning streak by Federer.

[134]They

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met each other five times in Grand Slams,with Federer leading 41.

Federer vs. NalbandianDavid Nalbandianand Federer playedeach other 19 times, with Federer leading118.

[133]Nalbandian dominated early

taking all of their first 5 matches from200203. Federer reversed this trend at

the 2003 Masters Cupwhere he recordedhis first victory, and would go on to win 11of their last 14 meetings. Federer led 65on hard courts, 10 on grass, and 31 onclay courts, while Nalbandian led 21 oncarpet. Notable meetings includeNalbandian's win in a fifth-set tiebreaker towin the 2005 Masters Cup, and Federer'swin in the 2006 French Opensemifinals.They met each other six times in GrandSlams, with Federer leading 42.

LegacyFederer has been regarded by manypundits, coaches, past and present playersas the greatest tennis player of all

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time.[135][136][137]

He dominated the game athis peak and has more grand slam titlesthan any other men's singlesplayer.[138][139]He is also the first evermen's singles player to have reached 10consecutive grand slam finals and a total of25 grand slam finals.

[140][141]

Playing style

Federer's versatility has been summarisedby Jimmy Connors: "In an era ofspecialists, you're either a clay courtspecialist, a grass court specialist, or ahard court specialist... or you're Roger

Federer."

[142]

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Federer's serve

Federer is an all-court, all-round player

known for his speed, fluid style of play, andexceptional shot making. Federer mainlyplays from the baseline but is alsocomfortable at the net, being one of thebest volleyers in the game today.

[143]He

has a powerful, accurate smashand very

effectively performs rare elements intoday's tennis, such as backhand smash,half-volley and jump smash (slamdunk). David Foster Wallacecompared thebrute force of Federer's forehand motionwith that of "a great liquid

whip",[144]while John McEnroehas referredto Federer's forehand as "the greatest shotin our sport."

[145]Federer is also known for

his efficient movement around the courtand excellent footwork, which enables himto run around shots directed to hisbackhand and instead hit a powerfulinside-out or inside-in forehand, one of hisbest shots.

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Federer plays with a single-handedbackhand, which gives him great variety.He employs theslice, occasionally using itto lure his opponent to the net and delivera passing shot. Federer can alsofire topspinwinners and possesses a 'flick'backhand with which he can generate pacewith his wrist; this is usually used to pass

the opponent at the net.

[144]

His serveisdifficult to read because he always uses asimilar ball toss, regardless of what type ofserve he is going to hit and where he aimsto hit it, and turns his back to hisopponents during his motion. He is often

able to produce big serves on key pointsduring a match. His first serve is typicallyaround 200 km/h(125 mph);

[146][147][148]however, he is

capable of serving at 220 km/h(137 mph).

[146][147]Federer is also

accomplished at serve andvolleying,

[149]and employed this tactic

frequently in his early career.[150]

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Later in his career, Federer added the dropshot to his arsenal and can perform a well-disguised one off both wings. Hesometimes uses a between-the-legs shot,which is colloquially referred to as a"tweener" or "hotdog". His most notableuse of the tweener was in the semifinals ofthe 2009 US Openagainst Novak

Djokovic, bringing him triple match point,on which he capitalised for a straight-setvictory over the Serb.

[151]

Equipment and apparel

Equipment

Federer currently plays withthe WilsonProstaff RF97 Autograph, a 97square inch tennis racquet with 21.5 mmbeam, 360g weight, 8.5 pts HL, 68 Flex,331 swing weight and 16x19 string pattern(all strung with overgrip). Previously,

Federer played with a Pro Staff 6.1 90 BLXtennis racquet,

[152]which is characterised

by its smaller hitting area of 90 squareinches, heavy strung weight of 364 grams,

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and thin beam of 17.5 millimeters. His gripsize was 4 3/8 inches (sometimes referredto as L3).

[153]Federer stringedhis racquets

at 21.5 kg mains/20 kg crosses prestretched 20%, using Wilson NaturalGut16 gauge for his main strings andLuxilon Big Banger ALU Power Rough 16Lgauge (polyester) for his cross

strings.

[153]

When asked about stringtensions, Federer stated "this depends onhow warm the days are and with what kindof balls I play and against who I play. Soyou can seeit depends on severalfactors and not just the surface; the feeling

I have is most important."[154]

Apparel

Federer has a contract withNikefootwearand apparel.

[155]For the 2006

championships at Wimbledon, Nike

designed a jacket emblazoned with a crestof three tennis racquets, symbolising thethree Wimbledon Championships he hadpreviously won, and which was updatedthe next year with four racquets after he

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won the Championship in 2006.[156]

InWimbledon 2008 and again in 2009, Nikecontinued this trend by making him apersonalized cardigan which also has hisown logo, an R and F joinedtogether.

[157][158]

Endorsements

Federer is one of the highest-earningathletes in the world. He is listed at numbertwo onForbes World's Highest PaidAthleteslist.

[159]As of 2013 he remains the

top earner in tennis with tenendorsementdeals. He makes 40 to 50 million euros a

year from prize money and endorsementsfrom Nikeand the Swisscompanies Nationale Suisse, CreditSuisse, Rolex,LindtandJuraElektroapparate.

[160]In 2010 his

endorsement by Mercedes-BenzChina

was extended into a global partnershipdeal.

[161]His other sponsors

include Gillette, WilsonandMot &Chandon.

[47][159][162]Previously, he was an

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ambassador forNetJets, EmmiAG,

[163]Maurice Lacroix.

[164]

Career statisticsMain article: Roger Federer careerstatistics

Grand Slam tournament performancetimelineKey

F

SF

QF

#R

RR

LQ(Q#)

PZ#

PO

SF-B

F S GNMS

NH

Won tournament; or reached Final;Semifinal; Quarter-final; Round 4, 3, 2, 1;

competed at a Round Robin stage; lost inQualification Round; absent fromtournament event; played in a Davis CupZonal Group (with its number indication) orPlay-off; won a bronze, silver (F or S) orgold medal at the Olympics; a downgradedMasters Series/1000 tournament (Not aMasters Series); or a tournament that wasNot Held in a given year.

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To avoid confusion and double counting,these charts are updated either at theconclusion of a tournament, or when theplayer's participation in the tournament hasended.

Tournament

1998

1999

2000

2001

2002

2003

2004

2005

2006

2007

2008

2009

2010

2011

2012

2013

2014

L

Win

%

Australian

Open

ALQ

3R

3R

4R

4R

SF

SF

F

SF

SF

SF

SF

4/

15

73

11

86.9

0

French

Open

A1

R

4

R

Q

F

1

R

1

R

3

R

S

F

F F F

Q

F

FS

F

Q

F

4

R

1/

16

61

15

80.

26

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Outcome

Year

Championship

Surface

Opponent

Score

Winner2003

Wimbledon

GrassMark

Philippo

ussis

76

(7

5),

62,76

(7

3)

Winner2004

AustralianOpen

HardMarat

Safin

7

6

(7

3),

64,62

Winner2004

Wimbledon (2)

GrassAndy

Roddick

46,75,

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Outcome

Year

Championship

Surface

Opponent

Score

76

(7

3),

64

Winner2004

US Open HardLleyto

n Hewitt

60,76

(7

3),

60

Winner2005

Wimbledon (3)

GrassAndy

Roddick

62,76

(7

2)

,64

Winner200 US Hard Andre 6

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Outcome

Year

Championship

Surface

Opponent

Score

5 Open (2) Agassi 3,26,76

(7

1)

,61

Winner2006 AustralianOpen (2) Hard

Marc

osBaghdatis

57,7

5,60,62

Runner-up

2006

FrenchOpen

ClayRafae

l Nadal6

1,16,

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Outcome

Year

Championship

Surface

Opponent

Score

46,67

(4

7)

Winner200

6

Wimbledo

n (4)

GrassRafae

l Nadal

60,76

(7

5),

67

(2

7),

63

Winner2006

USOpen (3)

HardAndy

Roddick6

2,46,

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Outcome

Year

Championship

Surface

Opponent

Score

75,61

Winner2007

AustralianOpen (3)

Hard

FernandoGonzlez

7

6(7

2),

64,64

Runner-up

2007

FrenchOpen (2)

ClayRafae

l Nadal

36,64,3

6,46

Winner200 Wimbledo Grass Rafae 7

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Outcome

Year

Championship

Surface

Opponent

Score

7 n (5) l Nadal 6(9

7),

46,7

6(7

3),

26,62

Winner2007

USOpen (4)

Hard

NovakDjokovic

76

(7

4),

76

(7

2),

64

Runne 200 French Clay Rafae 1

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Outcome

Year

Championship

Surface

Opponent

Score

r-up 8 Open (3) l Nadal 6,36,06

Runne

r-up

200

8

Wimbledo

n

GrassRafae

l Nadal

46,46,76

(7

5),76

(10

8),

79

Winner2008

USOpen (5)

HardAndy

Murray

62,7

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Outcome

Year

Championship

Surface

Opponent

Score

Winner2009

Wimbledon (6)

GrassAndy

Roddick

57,76

(8

6),

76

(7

5),

36,

16

14

Runne

r-up

200

9 US Open Hard

JuanMartn

delPotro

63,6

7(5

7),

64,

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Outcome

Year

Championship

Surface

Opponent

Score

67

(4

7),

26

Winner2010

AustralianOpen (4)

HardAndy

Murray

63,64,76

(13

11)

Runne

r-up

201

1

French

Open (4)Clay

Rafae

l Nadal

57,6

7

(3

7),

75,

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Outcome

Year

Championship

Surface

Opponent

Score

16

Winner2012

Wimbledon (7) Grass

AndyMurray

46,7

5,63,64

Runner-up

2014

Wimbledon (2)

Grass

NovakDjokovic

76(97)

,46,6

7

(4

7),

75,

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Outcome

Year

Championship

Surface

Opponent

Score

46

Year-end championship performancetimeline

Tou

rnament

1

998

1

999

2

000

2

001

2

002

2

003

2

004

2

005

2

006

2

007

2

008

2

009

2

010

2

011

2

012

2

013

L

W

in

%

YEC

N

Q

N

Q

N

Q

N

Q

SF

F

R

R

SF

FSF

6/12

44

11

80.00

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

3

2

2

2

Finals: 8 (6

2)

Outcome

Year

Championship

Surface

Opponent

Score

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Outcome

Year

Championship

Surface

Opponent

Score

Winner2003

TennisMastersCup,Houston

HardAndr

eAgassi

63,60,64

Winner2004

TennisMastersCup,Houston

HardLleyt

onHewitt

63,62

Runner-up

2005

TennisMastersCup,Shanghai

Carpet (i)

DavidNalbandian

76

(7

4), 7

6(13

11),

26,

16,67

(37)

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Outcome

Year

Championship

Surface

Opponent

Score

Winner2006

TennisMastersCup,Shanghai

Hard(i)

James Blake

60,63,64

Winner2007

TennisMastersCup,Shanghai

Hard(i)

DavidFerrer

62,63,62

Winner2010

ATP WorldTourFinals,London

Hard(i)

RafaelNadal

63,36,61

Winner 2011

ATP World

TourFinals,London

Hard(i)

Jo-WilfriedTsonga

63,67

(6

8), 6

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Outcome

Year

Championship

Surface

Opponent

Score

3

Runner-up

2012

ATP WorldTourFinals,

London

Hard(i)

NovakDjokovi

c

67

(6

8), 5

7

Olympic GamesFinals: 2 (1 gold medal, 1 silver medal)

Singles: 1 (01)

Outcome Year Championship Surface Opponent Score

Runner-up

2012

SummerOlympics,

London

GrassAndy

Murray

26,1

6,46

Doubles: 1 (10)

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Outcom

e

Ye

ar

Championshi

p

Surfac

e

Partner

Opponent

s

Scor

e

Winner

2008

Summer

Olympics,Beijing

Hard Wawrinka

Asp

elinJoha

nsson

63,64,67

(4

7),

63

RecordsMain article: List of career achievementsby Roger Federer

All-time tournament records