Wednesday, June 12, 2013

ROGER FEDERER ALL TIME GREAT

Roger Federer’s Grand Slam Records
The Maestro’s Grand Slam records are outlined below. Information has been collected from the ATP website, Wikipedia and rogerfederer.com. The records are listed below in several categories starting with Grand Slam Championships, finals reached, semifinals and quarterfinals. Then there is a segment on the joint Federer-Nadal i.e. Fedal records in Grand Slams followed by records of the Trifecta i.e. Federer-Nadal-Djokovic together. It ends with a list of grand slam records that couldn’t be categorized in these groups but should be mentioned nonetheless.
Grand Slam Championships
All Time Record Holder
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 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.
3.     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 French Open & 1976–80 Wimbledon).
4.     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 French Open and Wimbledon)
5.     At the 2006 Australian Open, Federer became the first man to win three consecutive Grand Slam titles since Sampras in 1993–94. Federer repeated this feat at the 2007 Australian Open, making him the only man to achieve this feat twice in the open era.
6.     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).
7.     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 Wimbledon and US Open, 2009 French Open and Wimbledon).
8.     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 Australian Open, Wimbledon and US Open), (2006 Australian Open, Wimbledon and US Open) and (2007 Australian Open, Wimbledon and US Open)). During the Open Era, only Rod Laver (1969 Australian Open, French Open, Wimbledon and US Open), Connors (1974 Australian Open, Wimbledon and US Open), Mats Wilander (1988 Australian Open, French Open and US Open), Nadal (2010 French Open, Wimbledon and US Open) and Novak Djokovic (2011 Australian Open, Wimbledon and US Open) have won three or more Grand Slams in a calendar year.
9.     Federer (2006 Australian Open, Wimbledon and US Open) is the only player to defend successfully all three Grand Slams the following year one time in his career (2007 Australian Open, Wimbledon and US Open). 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 (French Open, Wimbledon and US Open), could only defend one Grand Slam in 2011 (French Open) and Djokovic who also won 3 Grand Slams in 2011 (Australian Open, Wimbledon and US Open) could defend only one Grand Slam (Australian Open) in 2012.
10. 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.
11. Federer won his first eight hard-court Grand Slam finals (2004, 2006–07 Australian Open and 2004–08 US Open), an all-time men’s record.
12. By winning the 2007 Australian Open, Federer won his sixth Grand Slam title in his last seven attempts, an open era men’s record.
13. 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.
14. 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).
15. 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).
16. Roger Federer is the only male player to win the Australian Open on both Rebound Ace and Plexicushion Prestige surfaces.
Open Era Record
1.     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.
Record Tied
1.     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. 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.
2.     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.
3.     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).
4.     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.
5.     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.
6.     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.
7.     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.
8.     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).
9.     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).
10. 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.
11. 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.
12. Federer (2006-07 Wimbledon) and Djokovic (2011 Wimbledon & US Open and 2012 Australian Open) are the only players to beat Nadal in a Grand Slam final.
In the Record Books
1.     While Federer leads the list of men’s Grand Slam singles titles, he is sixth on all-time Grand Slam singles list and is preceded by Steffi Graf (22), Martina Navratilova (18), Chris Evert (18), Margaret Court (24), and Helen Moody (19) in reverse chronological order.
Impressive Stats
1.     From 2004–2007, Federer won 11 of 12 non-clay Grand Slams (except 2005 Australian Open).
2.     Federer won 8 consecutive non-clay Grand Slams (2005 Wimbledon – 2007 US Open).
3.     From 2004–2007, Federer won 7 of 8 hardcourt Grand Slams (except 2005 Australian Open).
4.     Federer is the only player to win each of the four Grand Slam championship finals in straight sets.
5.     From 2004 Australian Open – 2010 US Open, Federer won 14 of 21 non-clay Grand Slam tournaments.
Grand Slam Finals
All Time Record Holder
1.     Federer has appeared in an all-time men’s record 24 Grand Slam finals, the latest being the 2012 Wimbledon. Federer beat the previous record of 19 by Ivan Lendl. Only Chris Evert (34), Navratilova (32), Graf (31) and Court (29) have appeared in more Grand Slams finals than Federer.
2.     Federer is the only male player to reach the final of all four Grand Slam singles tournaments more than three times, with at least five times each (5 Australian Open, 5 French Open, 8 Wimbledon and 6 US Open). This broke the previous record of three shared by Rod Laver and Ken Rosewall.
3.     Federer is the only male player in tennis history to reach the final of all four Grand Slam tournaments in back to back calendar years (2006–07) and only the second in the open era to reach all four finals in a single year after Rod Laver in 1969. In 2009, Federer again appeared in all four Grand Slam finals, becoming the only male player in tennis history to achieve this feat twice, and then three times in his career (2006–07, 2009).
4.     Federer reached an all-time men’s record ten consecutive Grand Slam finals (2005 Wimbledon – 2007 US Open), breaking the previous men’s record of seven set by Jack Crawford in 1934 and won eight of them (except 2006 & 07 French Open). The previous open era record was four, shared by Laver (1969) and Agassi (2000).
5.     At the 2008 French Open, Federer began another streak of eight consecutive Grand Slam finals (2008 French Open – 2010 Australian Open).
6.     Federer is the only male player to appear in eight consecutive Grand Slam finals twice in his career (2005 Wimbledon – 2007 U.S. Open and 2008 French Open – 2010 Australian Open).
7.     Federer reached an all-time record 18 finals out of 19 Grand Slam tournaments (2005 Wimbledon – 2010 Australian Open, excluding the 2008 Australian Open) and won twelve of these.
8.     Federer is the only male player in tennis history to reach at least three Grand Slam finals for four consecutive calendar years and five overall (2004, 2006–09).
9.     Federer (2003–09) is the only man in tennis history to play in seven consecutive Wimbledon finals.
10. During the Open era, only Federer has reached 8 Wimbledon finals. Sampras (1993–95, 1997–2000) and Boris Becker (1985–86, 1988–90, 1991, 1995) each reached 7 finals.
11. Federer is the only male player to reach at least six consecutive finals at two different Grand Slam tournaments (2003–09 Wimbledon, 2004–09 US Open).
12. Federer (2006–09 French Open, 2003–09 Wimbledon, 2004–09 US Open) is the only male player in tennis history to reach at least four consecutive finals at three different Grand Slam tournaments.
13. Federer is the first male player to appear in the French Open, Wimbledon, and US Open finals in a calendar year for four consecutive years (2006–09). Borg also reached the French Open, Wimbledon, and US Open finals in a calendar year but only for three years (1978, 1980–81).
14. Federer is the first male player to appear in three consecutive Grand Slam Finals (French Open, Wimbledon, and US Open) in a calendar year for four consecutive years (2006–09).
15. Federer is the first male player to appear in Australian Open, Wimbledon and US Open finals in a calendar year four times in his career (2004, 2006–07, 2009).
16. Federer is the first male player to appear in back to back Wimbledon and US Open finals in a calendar year for six consecutive years (2004–09).
17. Federer is the first male player to appear in two or more Grand Slam finals in a calendar year for six consecutive years (2004–09).
18. While appearing in two consecutive Australian Open finals, four consecutive French Open finals, seven consecutive Wimbledon finals, six consecutive US Open finals, except for French Open, Federer never lost two consecutive finals at the same Grand Slam.
19. In 24 Grand Slam final appearances, Federer has lost only to Nadal (six times) and Juan Martín del Potro (once).
20. In 2008, Federer and Nadal played the longest Wimbledon final in terms of time (4 hours and 48 minutes).
21. 2008 is the only year in which Federer lost two consecutive Grand Slam Finals (French Open and Wimbledon).
22. Federer is the only male player to be champion (2004 Australian Open, 2009 French Open, 2003 Wimbledon, 2004 US Open) and runner up (2009 Australian Open, 2006 French Open, 2008 Wimbleon, 2009 US Open) at all four Grand Slams.
23. Federer has faced opponents from 10 different countries in Grand Slam Finals. (1. Australia (Philippoussis and Hewitt), 2. Russia (Safin), 3. USA (Agassi & Roddick), 4. Cyprus (Baghdatis), 5. Spain (Nadal), 6. Chile (Gonzalez), 7. Serbia (Djokovic), 8. Britain (Murray), 9. Sweden (Söderling), 10. Argentina (Del Potro)).
24. Federer has lost only one Australian Open final (2009) out of 5 final appearances (2004, 2006–7, 2009–10), one Wimbledon final (2008) out of 8 final appearances (2003–09,2012) and one US Open final (2009) out of 6 final appearances (2004–09).
Record Tied
1.     Federer is the seventh male player to reach the finals of all 4 Grand Slams, after Laver, Rosewall, Lendl, Edberg, Courier and Agassi, during the Open Era. Later, Nadal joined this elite men group as an eighth player and then Novak Djokovic as the ninth.
2.     During the Open era, Federer is the 3rd male to appear in 8 finals of the same grand slam, 8 at Wimbledon. Lendl (8 US Open finals) was the first player to achieve this feat, followed by Sampras (8 US Open finals).
3.     Federer is the second male player to reach seven consecutive finals at the same Grand Slam tournament (2003–09 Wimbledon), after Lendl who appeared in a record eight consecutive US Open finals (1982–89).
4.     Only Federer (8 Wimbledon & 6 USO finals), Borg (6 French Open & 6 Wimbledon finals), Connors (6 Wimbledon & 7 US Open finals) and Sampras (7 Wimbledon & 8 US Open finals) have appeared in 6 or more finals of two different Grand Slams.
5.     During the Open era, only Federer (2006–09), Rafael Nadal (2005–08), Lendl (1984–87), and Borg (1978–81) have reached four consecutive French Open men’s finals.
6.     Federer, Lendl, Laver, Roy Emerson, and Fred Perry are the only male players in history to reach back to back finals of all four Grand Slam tournaments.
7.     Federer (2006–09) and Borg (1978–81) are the only male players to reach the finals of the French Open and Wimbledon back to back for four consecutive years.
In the Record Books
1.     Federer has appeared in at least one Grand Slam final for 10 consecutive years (2003–12), behind only Sampras’s (1992–2002) and Lendl’s (1981–91) record of 11 consecutive years.
2.     Federer (2006–09, 2011) and Lendl (1981, 1984–87) have appeared in 5 French Open finals, third only to Borg’s (1974-5, 1978–81) 6 and Nadal’s (2005-8, 2010–12) 7 final appearances.
Grand Slam Semifinals
All Time Record Holder
1.     Federer has reached a record 33 Grand Slam semifinals (2003 Wimbledon – 2013 Australian Open), which is 2 more than the previous record set by Jimmy Connors (1974 Australian Open – 1991 US Open).
2.     Federer reached 23 consecutive Grand Slam semifinals, (2004 Wimbledon – 2010 Australian Open) breaking the previous men’s record of 10 consecutive Grand Slam semifinals shared by Rod Laver and Lendl. During this streak he lost to only four different players in the majors: Juan Martín del Potro, Rafael Nadal, Novak Djokovic and Marat Safin, all top 10 players at the time they defeated Federer and all went on to win the competition in which they beat him. Robin Söderling brought the run to an end in the quarterfinals of the 2010 French Open.
3.     Federer has reached seven consecutive Wimbledon semifinals (2003–09), which is an all-time men’s record.
4.     Federer is the first player to reach at least seven consecutive semifinals in three Grand Slams events (2004–12 Australian Open, 2003–09 Wimbledon and 2004–11 US Open).
5.     Federer is the only male player in tennis history to reach at least seven semifinals at all four Grand Slam tournaments.
6.     Federer is the only male player in tennis history to reach at least five consecutive semifinals at all four Grand Slam tournaments.
Open Era Record
1.     Federer is the only male player in the open era to reach five consecutive French Open semifinals (2005–09). In the history of tennis, René Lacoste (1925–29), Henri Cochet (1926–30), and Eric Sturgess (1947–52) are the only male players to have done this, with Sturgess holding the all-time record of six.
2.     Federer has reached 10 consecutive Australian Open semifinals (2004–13), which is an open era men’s record, three more than Lendl (1985–91, 1986 Australian Open was not held due to change in month from Dec to Jan).
Impressive Stats
1.     Federer went 450–75 (.857) in sets during his 23 consecutive Grand Slam semis streak.
2.     Federer played 17 consecutive hardcourt Grand Slam semifinals, from the 2004 Australian Open to the 2012 Australian Open.
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Grand Slam Quarterfinals
All Time Record Holder
1.     Federer has reached a record 36 consecutive quarterfinals in Grand Slam tournaments he has played in (2004 Wimbledon – 2013 French Open). This record is ongoing. The previous record was set by Jimmy Connors, who began this streak in the 1973 Wimbledon tournament and set the record at 27 in the 1983 French Open tournament. However, Federer has not missed any Grand Slam tournaments while achieving this record (beginning at the 2004 Wimbledon tournament), whereas Connors never played in the Australian Open after 1975, and during 1974–78 Connors did not participate in the French Open.
2.     Federer has reached a record 9 consecutive quarterfinals in the French Open (2005–2013).
Record Tied
1.     Federer also has reached a record 10 quarterfinals overall in the French Open, this is a new record breaking the previous one of 9 set by Andre Agassi and Guillermo Vilas.
In the Record Books
1.     Federer has reached 40 quarterfinals in Grand Slam tournaments, second only to Jimmy Connors (with 41 quarterfinal appearances).
Fantastic Fedal Grand Slam Records
1.     From the 2003 Wimbledon to the 2012 Wimbledon, Federer and Nadal have won an unprecedented 28 out of 37 Grand Slam titles (excluding 2003 US Open, 2004 French Open, 2005 Australian Open, 2008 Australian Open, 2009 US Open, 2011 Australian Open, 2011 Wimbledon, 2011 US Open and 2012 Australian Open). They have been represented in all but 5 finals (2003 US Open, 2004 French Open, 2005 Australian Open, 2008 Australian Open and 2011 Australian Open).
2.     Either Federer or Nadal has been seeded No. 1 for 30 consecutive Grand Slams (2004 French Open – 2011 Wimbledon).
3.     From 2004–2010, Federer and Nadal have won at least 3 out of 4 Grand Slam titles for 7 consecutive seasons.
4.     Federer and Nadal are the only No. 1 and 2 pair in the open era to contest the French Open and Wimbledon men’s finals back to back in a calendar year. They are also the only pair in the history of tennis to contest both of these finals back to back for three consecutive years (2006–08).
5.     In the history of tennis, Federer and Nadal are the first pair to face each other in eight Grand Slam singles finals (2006–8 Wimbledon, 2006–8 French Open, 2009 Australian Open and 2011 French Open) in the span of 6 years, surpassing the old record by Bill Tilden and William Johnston of 7 Grand Slam singles finals (1919–25 US Open), who did it in the span of 7 years.
6.     They are also the first pair in the open era to have faced each in 4 French Open finals (2006-8 and 2011) and the second of three pairs in the open era to have faced each other in 3 Wimbledon finals; Boris Becker and Stefan Edberg (1988–90), Federer and Nadal (2006-8) and Federer and Roddick (2004-5, 2009). As a result Roger Federer is the only man to have faced two opponents three times in the Wimbledon finals.
7.     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 (2006–08 French Open and 2006–08 Wimbledon).
8.     Federer and Nadal are the only No. 1 and 2 pair to win at least 11 consecutive Grand Slam singles tournaments between them (2005 French Open – 2007 US Open). In this period, Federer won 3 consecutive titles at both Wimbledon and the US Open and 2 consecutive titles at the Australian Open, while Nadal won 3 consecutive French Open titles.
9.     Federer and Nadal are the only pair to win at least four consecutive finals at three different Grand Slams during the same period (2005–08 French Open for Nadal, 2003–07 Wimbledon and 2004–08 US Open for Federer).
10. From 2008 French Open to 2010 US Open, the pair won 10 of 11 Grand Slams (except 2009 US Open).
11. Federer and Nadal have won 8 consecutive Wimbledon (2003–10) and 8 consecutive French Open (2005–12).
12. Federer and Nadal have won the Wimbledon and French Open duo for 6 consecutive years (2005–10). They won the Wimbledon and French Open respectively once more in 2012.
13. Federer and Nadal have won the French Open, Wimbledon and US Open trio for 4 consecutive years (2005–08) and a fifth time in 2010.
14. Federer and Nadal have won the Calendar Grand Slam 3 times (2006–07 & 2010).
15. During open era, only 5 pairs of players have met each other in the final of 3 different Grand Slams. Lendl-Wilander (1983 Australian Open, 1985 French Open & 1987 US Open), Lendl-Becker (1986 Wimbledon, 1989 US Open, 1991 Australian Open), Sampras- Agassi (1990 US Open, 1995 Australian Open & 1999 Wimbledon), Federer-Nadal (2006 French Open, 2006 Wimbledon & 2009 Australian Open) and Nadal-Djokovic (2010 USO, 2011 Wimbledon & 2012 Australian Open).
16. From 2003 Wimbledon to 2012 Wimbledon, 2008 Australian Open is the only grand slam, in which both Federer and Nadal lost in the same round (semifinal).
17. Del Potro (2009 US Open) and Djokovic (2011) are the only players to defeat Nadal (2009 US Open semifinal by Del Potro and 2011 US Open final by Djokovic) and Federer (2009 US Open final by Del Potro and 2011 US Open semifinal by Djokovic) in a grand slam in consecutive rounds.
Grand Slam records of the Trifecta
1.     From the 2003 Wimbledon to the 2013 Australian Open, Federer, Nadal and Djokovic have won 34 out of 39 Grand Slams. If the time period is shortened to the 2005 French Open to the 2012 Wimbledon, they have won 29 out of 30 Grand Slams.
2.     They have won 8 consecutive Australian Opens (2006–13).
3.     They have won 10 consecutive Wimbledons (2003–12).
4.     From 2004 to 2011, they have won seven out of total eight US Opens (except 2009 US Open where Federer was defeated by Del Potro)
5.     From 2004 to 2011, Federer (2004, 2006–07), Nadal (2010) and Djokovic (2011) have won three Grand Slams in a calendar year five times during a span of 8 years. They have all reached the final of each Grand Slam once but Federer is the only one of the three to reach the final of each Grand Slam in a calendar year and has done this three times (2006-7, 2009).
6.     At least one of them appeared in the final of every Grand Slam since, and including, the 2005 French Open. This record accumulates to 32 consecutive Grand Slams and is ongoing.
7.     One of them is seeded first from 2004 French Open to 2013 French Open, ie 37 consecutive Grand Slams.
Grand Slam Match Winning Streaks
1.     In 2001, Federer ended Pete Sampras’s 31-match winning streak at Wimbledon in the fourth round of the tournament.
2.     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 men’s record for the most consecutive straight-set victories in Grand Slam singles tournaments.
3.     Federer’s two streaks of 27 consecutive Grand Slam match wins (2005–06, 2006–07) are two wins shy of the open era men’s record set by Rod Laver from 1969–70.
4.     Federer’s 40 consecutive match wins at Wimbledon (2003–08) was one win shy of the all-time men’s record set by Björn Borg from 1976–81.
5.     Federer’s 40 consecutive match wins at the US Open (2004–09) is an open era men’s record.
6.     Federer is the only player to win 40 consecutive matches at two different Grand Slams (2003–08 Wimbledon and 2004–09 US Open). He is also the only player to win 19 consecutive matches at three different Grand Slams (2006–08 Australian Open).
7.     Federer won 132 (7 Davis Cup singles, 6 ATP finals and 119 Grand Slam matches) consecutive best of 5 set matches when winning the first two sets, from 11-20-2005 (lost to David Nalbandian in the final of the Masters Cup 2005) through the quarterfinals at the 2011 Wimbledon (lost to Jo-Wilfried Tsonga).
8.     With his defeat of Stanislas Wawrinka in the 4th round of the 2010 French Open he became the first person to win at least eleven consecutive matches at each of the four Grand Slams. Rafael Nadal became the second person to do so with his 4th round win over Gilles Müller at the 2011 US Open.
9.     Federer has the record of most wins achieved at each Grand Slam with 58 match wins at the French Open as his lowest figure, surpassing the earlier record held by Lendl with 48 wins.
10. Federer has the record of most wins at all the Grand Slams with 256 match wins, breaking Jimmy Connors’ record of 233.
11. Federer has won 41 bagel sets in his Grand Slam career.
Miscellaneous Grand Slam Records
1.     Federer is the first male player to be seeded first at 18 consecutive Grand Slam tournaments (2004 French Open – 2008 Wimbledon).
2.     Federer is the first male player to be seeded first at 23 Grand Slam tournaments (2004 French Open – 2008 Wimbledon, 2009 US Open – 2010 Wimbledon, 2012 USO), Pete Sampras was seeded first at 22 Grand Slam tournaments (1993 French Open – 1993 Wimbledon, 1994 Australian Open – 1995 Australian Open, 1996 Australian Open – 1998 US Open, 1999 Wimbledon, 2000 Wimbledon, 2001 Wimbledon).
3.     Federer has appeared in 56 Grand Slams as of the 2013 French Open. He is tied at 5th place with Lleyton Hewitt.
4.     Federer has appeared in 54 consecutive Grand Slams as of the 2013 French Open. This is the highest for an active player and he is tied at 2nd place with Stefan Edberg. They are both behind Wayne Ferreira with 56 consecutive appearances.
5.     Federer either won or lost to the eventual champion in a record 23 consecutive Grand Slam tournaments (2004 Wimbledon – 2010 Australian Open).
6.     Federer either won or lost to the eventual champion or runner up in a record 28 consecutive Grand Slam tournaments (2004 Wimbledon – 2011 French Open).
7.     Federer won an all-time record 124 consecutive matches against players ranked outside of the Top 5 in Grand Slam tournaments (2004 Wimbledon – 2009 US Open). This streak came to an end against Juan Martin del Potro, ranked #6 at the time, in the 2009 US Open finals. Del Potro was ranked #5 in the world by the end of the tournament.
8.     Federer won an all-time record 75 consecutive sets in the first round of Grand Slam tournaments (2003 US Open – 2009 US Open). This streak, which included 24 consecutive straight set victories and lasted for six years, came to an end against Igor Andreev at the 2010 Australian Open.
9.     Federer had never lost a Grand Slam match after leading two sets to love, until he was beaten by Jo-Wilfried Tsonga in the 2011 Wimbledon quarterfinals. Tsonga ended a 178–0 record.
10. Federer is the first male to achieve 84.6% ratio of Grand Slam finals reached after making it to more than 10 semifinals (22 finals/26 semi-finals), this is between 2003 Wimbledon Championships and 2010 US Open. He has since made it to 24 Grand Slam finals from 33 semi-finals giving him a career ratio of 72%. From the 2004 Australian Open to the 2009 US Open he had a ratio of 87% (20 finals/23 semi-finals).
11. Federer is currently the only male player to have winning percentage over 85% in three Grand-Slam tournaments (all except French Open). Only Federer and Rafael Nadal have winning percentage over 80% in all the four Grand-Slam tournaments.
12. Federer is the only male to achieve winning percentage of 95% in Grand-Slam tournaments in three different seasons (2004, 2006 and 2007).
13. As of 2013 French Open, Federer’s match record in Grand Slam tournaments is 256–39, giving him an 86.78 winning percentage, being third behind Borg (89.81) and Nadal (87.71).
14. Federer (2004–2011) is the only male player to win at least 20 Grand Slam singles matches for 8 consecutive seasons. He received 2 walkovers in 2012 resulting in 19 wins. If those were to be included, his total would be 21.
15. After beating Albert Ramos in the 1st round at Wimbledon 2012, Federer became the only male player to win at least 60 matches or more at 3 different Grand Slams, the three being the Australian Open, the Wimbledon and the U.S. Open. Jimmy Connors and Pete Sampras have won 60 or more matches at 2 different grand slams, both did it at the U.S. Open and the Wimbledon. Federer is also the only player to win 50 or more matches at all 4 Grand Slam tournaments.
16. Federer was seeded 1 or 2 at 30 straight Grand-Slam Tournaments between the 2003 US Open and the 2011 Australian Open.

17. As of 2012 US Open, Federer has a 23–1 record when playing night matches at Flushing Meadows.

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