Roger Federerinitiated by Goldie on January 05, 2007 In 2004, Federer became the first man since Mats Wilander in 1988 to win three out of the four Grand Slam singles tournaments in the same year. In 2006, Federer repeated this feat and became the first man in the open era to win at least ten singles championships in three consecutive years. He has won nine Grand Slam men's singles titles in 30 appearances, three Tennis Masters Cup, and 12 ATP Masters Series singles titles. He is the only player to have won both the Wimbledon and U.S. Open singles titles in three consecutive years (2004-2006) |
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Federer lost in a semifinal of both the 2005 Australian Open and 2005 French Open tournaments to the eventual winner: Marat Safin in Melbourne and Nadal in Paris. Both Safin and Nadal were celebrating their respective birthdays on the day they defeated Federer.