Roger Federer - Records and trivia

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• In a semifinal of the 2004 Tennis Masters Cup, Federer won a second set tiebreak against Marat Safin, 20-18. This tiebreak lasted 26 minutes and tied the record for the longest tiebreak (in terms of points) ever played since the tiebreak system was introduced in 1970. Besides Federer, only Björn Borg (1st round Wimbledon 1973 against Premjit Lal), Goran Ivaniševic (1st round U.S. Open 1993 against Daniel Nestor and semifinal Queen's Club 1997 against Greg Rusedski), and José Acasuso (1st round Canada Masters 2006 against Bjorn Phau) have won such drawn out tiebreaks.
• Federer lost in a semifinal of both the 2005 Australian Open and 2005 French Open tournaments to the eventual winner: Safin in Melbourne and Rafael Nadal in Paris. Both Safin and Nadal were celebrating their respective birthdays on the day they defeated Roger.
• Winning the 2005 Halle doubles title with fellow Swiss Yves Allegro marked the fact that Federer has now won singles and doubles titles on all four surfaces: hardcourt, clay, carpet, and grass. (Singles: Sydney 2002 (hard), Hamburg 2002 (clay), Milan 2001 (carpet), and Halle 2003 (grass); Doubles: Rotterdam 2001 (hard), Gstaad 2001 (clay), Moscow 2002 (carpet), and Halle 2005 (grass).)
• Federer defeated Gaston Gaudio 6-0, 6-0 in a semifinal of the 2005 Tennis Masters Cup. This was the first time a Masters Cup match had been won with a "double bagel."
• Federer is the only male tennis player to have won 8 singles Grand Slam titles in 3 years.
• By reaching the final of the U.S. Open in 2006, Federer became the first man in the open era to make it to six consecutive Grand Slam finals (winning five of the six).
• By reaching the semifinals at the 2006 U.S. Open, Federer tied Ivan Lendl's record of 10 consecutive Grand Slam semifinal appearances.
• Federer won four consecutive titles at one event for the first time on June 18, 2006, at the Gerry Weber Open and tied Björn Borg's record of 41 straight grass-court wins with a 6-0, 6-7, 6-2 victory over Tomas Berdych. He repeated this feat by winning his fourth consecutive Wimbledon championship on July 9, 2006, beating Nadal in the final.
• By winning the 2006 U.S. Open, Federer became the only male player (and the only player in the open era) to win both Wimbledon and the U.S. Open in the same year for 3 consecutive years.
• As of October 13, 2006, Federer has won 42 of 55 finals for a winning percentage of 76.4 percent, compared to 72.7 percent by Pete Sampras, 71.3 percent by John McEnroe, and 70.5 percent by Bjorn Borg.