Go Roger! - Career Stats: 2010

2010

Singles Record: 65-13
Singles Titles: 5
Doubles Record: 2-2
Prize Money: $7,698,289
Shoes: Nike Lunar Vapor Tour
Racquet: Wilson BLX Six.One Tour

Year in Highlight

Singles Winner: Australian Open, Cincinnati, Stockholm, Basel, London Finals
Singles Finalist: Madrid, Halle, Toronto, Shanghai

Year-End Rankings

Match Facts

Year in Review

Officially kicked off 2010 ATP World Tour season with Nadal by hitting balls on a magic carpet in Doha, where he reached SFs (l. to Davydenko)

At the Australian Open, his 41st straight Grand Slam tournament, he became the fifth man (after Crawford, Rosewall, Emerson, Agassi) in the major's history to win four titles and first since Agassi in 2003

Began his campaign against Andreev winning 46 62 76(2) 60

It marked the first time he has lost a set in a Grand Slam first round in over 6 years (2003 US Open)

In his 2nd RD match win over Hanescu during night session on 21 January, HRH Prince William of Wales watched from front row of VIP Box from 30 up in the third set

By beating No. 31 seed Montanes 63 64 64 in the 3rd RD, Federer became the first player to win at least 50 or more matches in three of the four Grand Slam tournaments (Australian Open, Wimbledon, US Open)

Went on to beat No. 22 seed Hewitt 62 63 64 and No. 6 seed Davydenko 26 63 60 75 to reach seventh consecutive Melbourne SF and 23rd straight Grand Slam SF

Beat No. 10 seed Tsonga 62 63 62, dropping 15 points on serve, for a place in his 22nd Grand Slam final (86th tour-level final)

Defeated No. 5 seed Murray 63 64 76(11) to become the first father to win a Grand Slam title since Agassi, who won the 2003 Australian Open as father to 15-month old Jayden

It was his 16th Grand Slam trophy and 62nd tour-level title, allowing him to climb to joint-sixth place with Vilas for most titles in the Open Era

On 1 February, he ranked No. 1 for 268th week - equal third place in all-time list with Connors, for most week's at top spot

On 12 February, he visited the Kore Roba school 40km outside of the Ethiopian capital Addis Ababa

The Roger Federer Foundation helps the EFDA project in Ethiopia, supporting two schools and 700 kids

Did not play any tournaments due to a lung infection until 14 March at Indian Wells

In ATP World Tour Masters 1000 Indian Wells on 12 March, joined seven other tennis legends (Agassi, Davenport, Graf, Henin, Nadal, Navratilova, Sampras) on court for a "Hit for Haiti" charity exhibition, raising $1 million for earthquake relief efforts

Parterned Sampras to an 86 win over Agassi-Nadal

On 14 March, after his 2nd RD win over Hanescu at Indian Wells, ATP Executive Chairman and President Adam Helfant presented him with trophies for 2009 Player of the Year, ATPWorldTour.com Fans' Favorite Player of the Year presented by RICOH, and the Stefan Edberg Sportsmanship Award

Made a 3rd RD exit to Baghdatis 57 75 76(4), failing to convert three match points - two at 5-4 in second set, one at 6-5 in third set. Committed 46 unforced errors. It was the first time since May 2006 at Rome (2 M.P. vs Nadal in final) he had failed to close out a win after holding match point

At ATP World Tour Masters 1000 Miami, where he was top seed, he beat Lapentti, Serra before losing to No. 16 seed Berdych in 4th RD

Failed to convert 1 M.P. in 3rd set tie-break in a 64 67(3) 76(6) loss over 2 hrs., 51 mins., that finished at 12:15 a.m in front of a record night session crowd of 12,804

Returned to action at ATP World Tour Masters 1000 Rome in May and was stunned in an opening-round exit to Gulbis, who came from behind to win 26 61 75

Gulbis needed seven match points over three games to defeat Federer

The upset marked the first time since the 2000 Monte-Carlo Rolex Masters (l. to Novak) that Federer had lost his first clay-court match of the season

It was also his first opening-round loss in Rome since 2002 when he lost to Gaudenzi

It also marked the first time since 2002 he had lost before the quarter-finals in three straight ATP World Tour tournaments.

As the top seed at Estoril, Federer reached the semi-finals before losing to defending champion Montanes 62 76(5)

At ATP World Tour Masters 1000 Madrid, Federer fell to Nadal 64 76(5) in final on 16 May, which was watched by Queen Sofia of Spain

It was their first meeting for 12 months

Slipped to a 62-25 mark in tour-level finals

At Roland Garros, top seed Federer fell in QFs to No. 5 seed Soderling 36 63 75 64

It was Soderling first win in 13 meetings against Federer and brought to an end his record of reaching 23 straight Grand Slam SFs, dating back six years

"They all come to an end at some stage. You hope they don't happen, but they do. It was a great run. Now I've got the quarter-final streak going, I guess. It's been an amazing run"

On 7 June dropped to World No. 2, having been No. 1 for 285 weeks (one week shy of equalling Sampras' all-time record)

In early June at Halle, as top seed, lost a 15-match winning streak against No. 8 seed Hewitt with a 36 76(4), 64 loss in final

He had been looking for his 30th straight match win in Halle and his sixth title in his past six appearances

It was his first loss at Halle since 2002 SFs (l. to Kiefer)

Returned as defending champion at Wimbledon, where he rallied from two-sets down for the sixth time in his career to beat Falla in 1st RD

On 24 June, was presented to and had lunch with Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II at the All England Club

Lost to Berdych in QFs

It was the first time since 2002 he had not reached the Wimbledon final

On 5 July, dropped to World No. 3 marking the first time he had ranked outside the Top 2 since 10 November 2003, when he was also World No. 3

At ATP World Tour Masters 1000 Toronto in mid-August, his first tournament since Wimbledon, third seed Federer beat Berdych (QFs), Djokovic (SFs) in three-setters en route to final

Lost to No. 4 seed Murray 75 75 in rain-interrupted final

Was bidding to win his 17th ATP World Tour Masters 1000 trophy

"I'm feeling actually pretty good, considering. That's definitely a good sign for what's to come"

On 16 August, rose one place to World No. 2

The following week he snapped a seven-month title-drought by winning ATP World Tour Masters 1000 Cincinnati for the fourth time

Beat Fish 67(5) 76(1) 64 in his 90th tour-level final

It was his 63rd title, moving him into joint-fifth position with Borg in the list of Open Era (since 1968) title leaders

Became second player (after Wilander 1983-84, ‘86, ‘88) to win four Cincinnati titles

He was also the first player to win back-to-back titles in Cincinnati since Agassi in 1995-96

It was Federer’s 17th ATP World Tour Masters 1000 trophy

At the US Open, where he was No. 2 seeds, reached the SFs

Squandered two match points at 4-5 in fifth set in a 57 61 57 62 75 loss to No. 3 seed Djokovic in three hours, 44 minutes

Hit 66 unforced errors and put 53 per cent of first serves into play

He beat No. 5 seed Soderling in QFs

On 13 September dropped to World No. 3

At ATP World Tour Masters 1000 Shanghai he lost to World No. 4 Murray 63 62 in 85-minute final

"I had a good tournament. I thought I played well this week. Had some great wins against Soderling, Isner, Seppi, also Djokovic. I'm very happy with where my game is at. Today could have been better. But, look, Andy was the best player of the tournament so he deserved it"

Beat World No. 5 Soderling 61 61 in SFs

It marked the second-fewest games he has lost against a Top 10 opponent in his career; at the '05 Tennis Masters Cup in Shanghai, he beat No. 9 Gaudio 60 60 in the SFs

Last time he lost only two games in a match came in March 2008 at ATP World Tour Masters 1000 Indian Wells where he beat Mahut 61 61 in 3rd RD

On 18 October, rose to World No. 2

A week later in Stockholm, Sweden, Federer won the 64th tour-level title of his career with a 64 63 victory over German Florian Mayer

The title tied Federer with American Pete Sampras for fourth place on the Open Era overall titles list

“It means the world to me to win this title. It’s always nice winning in a place like this with a tennis heritage and a lot of history,” said Federer

It was the 18th different country in which Federer has won an ATP World Tour title

On 7 November, he won a record fourth Basel title avenging his 2009 final defeat to Djokovic 64 36 61

Moved into fourth place on the Open Era singles titles list with 65 titles – one more than Sampras

"It's obviously a beautiful moment. It's always very emotional and just a good feeling; I'm very happy. I've had a great history here. I can't believe I've been in the final so many times and I've won already four times. I couldn't be more happy today"

The following week the Swiss squandered five match points in a three-set semi-final defeat, 76(7) 67(1) 76(4), to Gael Monfils at the BNP Paribas Masters in Paris-Bercy

It was the fourth time in the year that Federer had lost a match having held match points

Federer finished the season by winning the Barclays ATP World Tour Finals for the fifth time

He won all five matches, finishing with a 63 36 61 victory over World No. 1 Rafael Nadal

He was the third player in the tournament’s 41-year history to win the title five times, joining Ivan Lendl and Pete Sampras

“Even though I lost the second set, I'm really happy the way I stayed positive throughout the match today. I thought it was clearly a very high level. I don't know if I could have played any better, so I'm really pleased.” He closed 2010 with a 65-13 match record and will finish in the Top 2 of the South African Airways ATP Rankings for a record eighth-straight year

Source: ATP