Federer’s era is not over yet:
Soon after turning professional in 1998, he ranked among the top 100 in the world, and defeated the dominant man of the 1990s at Wimbledon in 2001 Sampras, the former tennis champion, attracted people's attention. Afterwards, people predicted that Federer would succeed Sampras and become the new ruler of men's singles in professional tennis. However, Federer did not make a big breakthrough in the next two years.
In 2003, Federer won the Wimbledon Championships and ranked No. 1 in the world for the first time in 2004.
In 2004, the 23-year-old defending Masters Cup champion had just had the best season of his career
With 11 titles, including three With the Grand Slam, three Masters Series and Tennis Masters Cup crowns, he ranks among the best in men's professional tennis.
In 2005, Federer's record was 81 wins and 4 losses, which was second only to McEnroe's 82 wins and 3 losses in a single season. This year Federer won 11 singles championships, including two Grand Slam championships and four Masters Series championships. The results were very impressive and made him the world's number one player for the second consecutive year.
In 2006, Federer reached the finals an astonishing 16 times in the 17 events he participated in, winning 12 championships, 3 of which were Grand Slam championships, with a total record of 92 wins. 5 losses, far exceeding McEnroe's record of 82 wins and 3 losses in a single season. After defeating American star Blake 3-0 in the year-end Masters Cup final to win his 12th personal crown this year, his personal career reached its peak.
In 2007, the record was 69 wins and 9 losses, and *** won 8 singles championship titles.
After 2008, due to a decline in form and the impact of mononucleosis, Federer's record became 66 wins and 15 losses, and he only won 4 singles championships overall. The world's No. 1 throne also ended in 2008. On August 18, 2016, the ownership changed hands to Nadal. It was the first time since 2003 that it missed the Masters Series championship for the whole year, and it was also the first time since 2002 that it was eliminated in the year-end Masters Cup group stage. The Australian Open stopped at the semi-finals, with Farwin finishing second, but still won the US Open championship, achieving five consecutive US Open titles, and won the men's doubles crown at the Beijing Olympics with fellow Swiss Wawrinka.
At the 2009 French Open, Federer won the Musketeers Cup, the highest honor of a championship, at Roland Garros for the first time in his career. Since then, Federer has won 14 Grand Slam crowns in 6 years, tying the previous record held by veteran tennis king Sampras, and becoming only the 6th man in the history of tennis to win all four Grand Slam titles. One of the players to win the men's singles championship (Fred Perry in 1935, Don Bache in 1938, Rod Laver in 1962 and 1969, Roy Emerson in 1964 , after Agassi in 1999).
At Wimbledon in 2009, Federer defeated Roddick 3-2 in the final set 16-14 and finally won the Wimbledon championship, surpassing Sampras with 15 Grand Slam titles. The first person in tennis.
At the 2010 Australian Open, Federer defeated Murray and won his 16th Grand Slam championship. He then won three consecutive Grand Slams, but unexpectedly failed to enter the finals, which also ended his record of 23 consecutive Grand Slam semi-finals since the French Open in 2004. He failed to defend the Wimbledon title, ending his streak of entering the Wimbledon finals for seven consecutive years. record, his defeat at the US Open ended his streak of six consecutive US Open finals. At the end of the year, after entering the finals of the World Tour Finals, he defeated Rafael Nadal and won his fifth year-end championship. In addition, he won three ATP singles championships: one Masters singles championship (one: Cincinnati hard court event), one 500 championship (Basel) and one 250 championship (Stockholm).
In 2011, Federer had not won any major championship since 2002. However, at the end of the season, he won a 17-game winning streak and won a record-breaking No. 1 title. Six year-end championships. After entering the semi-finals of the Australian Open, he lost to Djokovic in straight sets, declaring that he had failed to defend his title. After entering the finals for the fifth time in his French Open career, he lost to Rafael Nadal. Wimbledon lost in the quarter-finals. In Tsonga, he reached the semifinals of the US Open and lost to Djokovic.
At the end of the year, after reaching the final of the World Tour Finals, he defeated Songa. Federer won the first 4 ATP singles championships that year, including an ATP World Tour Finals championship, a 1000 (Paris Masters) championship, a 500 (Davidoff Basel Indoors) championship and a 250 Championship (Doha).
After entering the semi-finals of the Australian Open in 2012, he lost to Rafael Nadal and was eliminated in the semi-finals for two consecutive years. After the Madrid Masters, his ranking rose to second in the world, but in the Rome Masters After the game, he returned to third place in the world. At the French Open, Federer lost to world number one Djokovic in three sets in the semifinals. At Wimbledon, Federer went through a five-set battle in the third round, losing first and then winning, defeating France's Beneteau. In the semifinals, he met the then world No. 1 Djokovic. Federer defeated his opponent and entered the Wimbledon finals for a record eight times. Defeating Britain's Murray in the final, he won Wimbledon for the seventh time, tying Sampras' record of seven.
In addition, Federer surpassed Djokovic, who failed to defend his title, with a narrow gap of 75 points. He reached the top of the world rankings for the third time on the Monday after the final, ranking him first for the total number of weeks. surpassing Sampras' record of 286 weeks. At the same time, Federer also refreshed his highest number of Grand Slam titles to 17. This victory also made Federer the second player after Agassi to win a Grand Slam after the age of 30, and the only player other than Connors to win more than one Grand Slam from his father (who won a Grand Slam after becoming a father). players. Federer has won six ATP singles titles this year, one Grand Slam (Wimbledon), three 1000-meter titles (Indian Wells Masters, Madrid Masters, Cincinnati Masters), two 500-meter titles (Rotterdam, Dubai).
In 2013, Federer was plagued by both age and injuries. He only won one singles championship (Halley) throughout the year. Many records were ended that year, and he did not show a recovery trend until the end of the season. . .
After reaching the semi-finals of the Australian Open for ten consecutive years, he lost to Murray. After losing three consecutive Masters titles in Rotterdam, Dubai, and Indian Wells, he took a two-month break to try to recuperate from his back injury and strengthen training. He did not return to the court until the Madrid Masters, but was defeated by Nishikori in the third round. Kei is eliminated. At the French Open, he lost to Tsonga in the quarterfinals. The lack of a championship in the first half of the season was the worst record since 2002. The championship drought was not broken until the victory of Youzhny in the final of Halle. Then there was a shocking upset at Wimbledon. He was eliminated by Ukrainian player Stakhovsky in the second round. He reached the quarterfinals of the Grand Slam 36 times in a row. This nine-year record ended, and his world ranking fell. to a ten-year low of fifth place. After being eliminated by Nadal in the quarterfinals of the Cincinnati Masters, the ranking dropped to an eleven-year low of seventh. Tommy Robredo, this is also the first time since 2002 that he has missed the final of one of the four Grand Slam tournaments. In Shanghai, the state began to slowly recover in Basel and Paris. The semi-finals of the year-end finale were eliminated by Nadal, allowing the latter to obtain the first victory between the two sides in this event, and the world ranking tied with an eleven-year low of sixth. Position for closing.
On October 12, 2014, at the ATP 1000 Masters Series Shanghai Rolex Masters, Federer defeated the French star Simon and won the Shanghai Masters championship for the first time. This was his 23rd Masters championship and also the first in his career. The 81st crown. The top-seeded 34-year-old twin brothers Bryan from the United States defeated the French Open champions No. 5 seeds Beneteau/Vasselin to win the Shanghai Masters men's doubles championship for the first time. With this crown, the two also gathered all the ATP Masters 1000 championships, achieving the feat of "Golden Master".
On August 23, 2015, Federer defeated world No. 2 Murray in the ATP 1000 Cincinnati Masters. World No. 1 Djokovic won his seventh Cincinnati championship and used this championship to lock in the 2015 U.S. Ranked as the No. 2 seed on the Net, it is worth mentioning that this is the first time in Federer's career that he has defeated the No. 1 and No. 2 players in the world to win the title.