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Monday September 12, 2005
U.S. Open winner Federer factbox
By Reuters
NEW YORK, Sept 11 (Reuters) - Factbox on Switzerland's Roger
Federer who retained his U.S. Open title with a 6-3 2-6 7-6 6-1
victory over American Andre Agassi on Sunday.
Born: August 8, 1981 in Basel, Switzerland
Age: 24
Grand slam titles: six (U.S. Open 2005, 2004, Wimbledon
2005, 2004, 2003; Australian Open 2004)
1998: Reaches Toulouse quarter-final in his second ATP
event.
1999: Youngest player to finish year in Top 100.
2000: Reaches first final losing to countryman Marc Rosset
in Marseille.
Loses bronze medal match at Sydney Olympics to Arnaud Di
Pasquale of France.
2001: Wins first title in Milan, finishes year as top-ranked
Swiss player.
Reaches first grand slam quarter-final at French Open.
Follows up by reaching quarter-final at Wimbledon after
ending Pete Sampras's 31-match winning streak at the All England
Club in fourth round.
2002: Wins titles in Sydney, Hamburg and Vienna.
Suffers shock first-round defeat at Roland Garros and
Wimbledon.
Helps Switzerland back into Davis Cup World Group.
Reaches semi-final of Tennis Masters Cup losing to eventual
winner Lleyton Hewitt.
2003: Loses in the first round of the French Open for the
second year in a row.
Becomes first Swiss man to win a grand slam after beating
Mark Philippoussis to lift Wimbledon crown.
Finishes the year ranked second in the world winning an
ATP-high seven titles during the season including the
season-ending Masters Cup.
Splits from Swedish coach Peter Lundgren in December.
2004: Becomes 23rd man, and first Swiss, to top the ATP
rankings.
Wins his second grand slam title at the Australian Open with
victory over Marat Safin in the Melbourne Park final.
Retains his Wimbledon crown with victory over Andy Roddick
in the final.
Wins first U.S. Open title with a 6-0 7-6 6-0 victory over
Hewitt to become the first player since Swede Mats Wilander in
1988 to win three grand slams in the same year, and the first
man in the Open Era to win his first four grand slam finals.
2005: Appoints Australian Tony Roche as new coach in
January.
Loses to eventual winners at both the Australian and French
Opens.
Wins third consecutive Wimbledon title to become only the
eighth player in history and third in the Open Era to achieve
the feat.
In doing so, extends his winning streak on grass to 36.
Beats Agassi in U.S. Open final to join Bill Tilden and Don
Budge as the only men to achieve the Wimbledon-U.S. Open double
in successive years.
Improves season's record to 71-3 and hard court mark to
45-1, including 35 consecutive wins, surpassing the professional
era mark twice achieved by Pete Sampras.
U.S. Open triumph marks his 23rd straight win in a final.
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