Go Roger! - Career Stats: 2008

2008

Singles Record: 66 - 15
Singles Titles: 4
Doubles Record: 7 - 1
Doubles Titles: 1
Prize Money: $5,886,879
Shoes: Nike Air Zoom Vapor V
Racquet: Wilson [K]Six-One Tour

Year in Highlight

Singles Winner: Estoril, Halle, US Open, Basel
Singles Finalist: ATP Masters Series Monte Carlo, ATP Masters Series Hamburg, Roland Garros, Wimbledon
Doubles Winner: Beijing Olympics (w/Stanislas Wawrinka)

Year-End Rankings

Match Facts

Year in Review

The Swiss native’s four year run at No. 1 came to an end but he extended his streak of winning at least one Grand Slam title to six straight years

Captured four titles in eight finals, including his fifth straight US Open crown

Each of his runner-up showings came to rival Rafael Nadal, at AMS Monte Carlo, AMS Hamburg, Roland Garros (for third straight year) and Wimbledon

Began year with a SF at Australian Open (l. to Djokovic) where he was coming off lingering affects with a bout of mononucleosis that went back to latter part of 2007

Hit a career-high 39 aces in a 3rd RD win 10-8 in fifth set over Tipsarevic in Melbourne

In March, reached SF at AMS Indian Wells (l. to Fish) and QF at AMS Miami (l. to Roddick)

Opened clay court circuit with title in Estoril (d. Davydenko, ret. with leg injury) and followed with runner-up in Monte Carlo

Then reached QF at AMS Rome (l. to Stepanek) and finals in Hamburg and Roland Garros

Won a career-best 21 of 25 matches on clay

Then moved to grass and won Halle title (d. Kohlschreiber) without dropping serve in 49 games

Fell short of winning a sixth straight Wimbledon title as Nadal prevailed in a 4:48 marathon (9-7 in fifth set) in longest final in tournament history

It also ended a record 65-match winning streak on grass and it was his first loss in a grass court final (10-1)

Returned to hard courts and lost in 2nd RD to Simon in Toronto, 3rd RD to Karlovic in Cincinnati and QF in Beijing Olympics (l. to Blake)

He did win gold medal in doubles (w/Wawrinka)

His record streak of 237 consecutive weeks at No. 1 came to an end on Aug. 18 after holding top spot since Feb. 2, 2004

At US Open, became first player to win five straight titles since Bill Tilden captured six in a row from 1920-25

Beat Djokovic in SF and Murray in F to collect his 13th Grand Slam title, one short of record by Pete Sampras

Led his native country into ‘09 Davis Cup World Group by accounting for two points in playoff win over Belgium

During indoor circuit, reached SF at AMS Madrid (l. to Murray) and won third straight title in Basel (d. Nalbandian)

Withdrew from QF (vs. Blake) at AMS Paris due to back injury for first time in a tournament after 763 matches

At Tennis Masters Cup in Shanghai, went 1-2 in round robin play

Has advanced to SF or better in a record 18 straight Grand Slam tournaments and has played in 36 consecutive Slams since 2000 Australian Open (going into '09)

Compiled marks of 34-10 on hard, 21-4 on clay and 11-1 on grass

Went 25-13 in tiebreaks and 7-10 vs. Top 10 opponents

In Ricoh ATP MatchFacts, ranked No. 2 in service games won (90%), break points saved (68%), 2nd serve points won (58%) and No. 3 in aces (675)

Became all-time leader in career prize money (surpassing Sampras) with over $44 million.

Source: ATP