October 4, 2004

FEDERER CHASING HISTORY

Federer Continues on Historical Roll

By ATPtennis.com

After his dominating performance at the US Open, Roger Federer Roger Federer continues to write his name into the history books after clinching his 10 th title of the season at the Thailand Open in Bangkok today. By defeating Andy Roddick 6-4, 6-0 in the final of the Thailand Open, Federer becomes the first player to win 10 titles in a season since Thomas Muster won 12 in 1995. He also won his 12 th straight final, joining Bjorn Borg and John McEnroe as the only players to achieve that feat in the past 25 years.

Since the beginning of 2003, Federer has won a stunning 17 titles. He also has won 18 consecutive matches against Top 10 players, including 13 in 2004.

He now turns his focus to creating more history at the upcoming ATP Masters Series events in Madrid and Paris.  At ATP Masters Madrid (starting October 18) and the BNP Paribas Masters in Paris (starting November 1), Federer will strive to become the first player to win four ATP Masters Series titles in the one year since the premier series was established in 1990. After winning his third Grand Slam title of the season at the US Open, it was announced that Federer had won the INDESIT ATP 2004 Race, marking the earliest a player had ever locked up the year-end World No. 1 title.

Here is a statistical look at Federer's outstanding season on the 2004 ATP circuit:

MOST FINALS WON IN SUCCESSION
By winning the Thailand Open, Federer won his 12 th straight final dating back to Vienna 2003.  Only two other players have won 12 finals in a row in the past 25 years -- Bjorn Borg (1979-80) and John McEnroe (1984-85). Here are the players who have won at least 10 consecutive finals going back to 1979:

THE FEDERER FINALS STREAK
Here is a look at Federer's 12 finals won in succession (on three different surfaces) going back to last year:

(I) Indoor

DOUBLE FIGURE TITLES WON
Federer is the first player to win 10 titles in a season since Thomas Muster won 12 in 1995. (Guillermo Vilas won an Open Era-record 16 titles in 1977.) Here are the players who have won at least 10 titles in a season since 1984:

INDESIT ATP RACE WINNERS
Federer's new tally of 1117 INDESIT ATP 2004 Race points already is a record since the Race began in 2000. Here's how his mark compares with previous year-end totals:                      

*as of October 4, 2004.

YEAR-END INDESIT ATP ENTRY RANKING – With a current total of 6760 points, Federer is looking to finish the year with the highest number of points since the ATP began in 1990, although the points breakdown changed slightly in 2000 (Andy Roddick finished with the highest number of points since 2000 with 4,535). Here are the highest point totals:

* As of 6,760

WIN-LOSS LEADERS (SINCE 1990) - With 69 wins already in 2004, Federer is on course to record the highest number of wins since the ATP circuit began in 1990. Here is a look at the year-end win-loss leaders since then:

PERCENTAGE WIN-LOSS LEADERS (SINCE 1990) – With a 69-6 record in 2004, Federer has a 92.0 percent win-loss record. He could finish the season with the highest win-loss percentage since the ATP began in 1990. Here is a look at the players with the highest year-end percentage:

* As of October 3

FIRST TO FOUR - Federer is looking to become the first player to win four ATP Masters Series shields in one season. Here is a look at the players to have won three in a year since the series began in 1990:

*Held in Essen for one year before moving to Stuttgart in 1996

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