Roger Federer: The Biography

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a b Clarey, Christopher (7 June 2009). "The Greatest? Federer's Victory Fills Last Hole on His Résumé". The New York Times. Archived from the original on 23 June 2019 . Retrieved 26 February 2017. Federer and Andy Murray played each other 25 times, with Federer winning 14 matches and Murray winning 11. Federer leads 12–10 on hard courts and 2–1 on grass; the two never met on clay. After Federer won the first professional match they played, Murray dominated the first half of the rivalry, leading 8–5 in 2010, while the second half of the rivalry was dominated by Federer, who leads 9–3 from 2011 onwards. [344] The two have met six times at the majors, with Federer leading 5–1. Their first three major matches were finals, with Federer winning all three of these matches; at the 2008 US Open [345] and the 2010 Australian Open, [346] both of which he won in straight sets, and at the 2012 Wimbledon Championships in which Murray took the opening set, but went on to lose in four sets.

Federer wins fifth Halle title". SWI swissinfo.ch. 15 June 2008. Archived from the original on 7 June 2020 . Retrieved 7 June 2020. Federer is also very well-liked among his peers, having won the Stefan Edberg Sportsmanship award (which is voted for by all the ATP players) a record 13 times. a b c "Roger Federer – 2004 Singles Playing Activity". ATP World Tour. Archived from the original on 6 March 2012 . Retrieved 8 December 2014.

Federer won the Hopman Cup in 2001 representing Switzerland, along with Martina Hingis. The duo defeated the American pair of Monica Seles and Jan-Michael Gambill in the finals. [313] At the Dubai Tennis Championships, he defeated Novak Djokovic in the semifinals and then defeated Tomáš Berdych in the final to win his sixth Dubai crown and his first title since Halle in 2013. [158] Federer made the final at the Indian Wells Masters, but lost to Novak Djokovic in a final-set tiebreaker. [159] At the Davis Cup quarterfinals, Federer won both of his singles rubbers against Kazakhstan, the second of which was the first live deciding rubber of his Davis Cup career. [160] Federer then took a wild card into the Monte-Carlo Masters, defeating Novak Djokovic on his way to the finals, but he lost to compatriot Stan Wawrinka in a tight final. [161] Federer continued his summer run by winning his third title on the lightning-fast courts of the Cincinnati Masters, defeating Novak Djokovic in the final. [107] At the US Open he defeated Söderling in the quarters and Djokovic, for the third consecutive year, in the semifinals. On the penultimate point of the Djokovic match he hit what many consider to be the greatest shot of his career, a tweener winner, to set up match points. [108] Federer was defeated by del Potro in the final despite leading two sets to one and falling just two points from the title in the fourth set. [107] Viner, Brian (2 July 2005). "Roger Federer: A Smashing Guy". The Independent. Archived from the original on 17 April 2019 . Retrieved 6 December 2014.

Clarey, Christopher (7 March 2008). "Federer battles off-court foe – mononucleosis". The New York Times. Archived from the original on 21 April 2019 . Retrieved 25 October 2014.Roger Federer, Belinda Bencic claim the Hopman Cup for Switzerland with victory over Germany". Perth Now. 6 January 2018. Archived from the original on 8 January 2018 . Retrieved 7 January 2018. At the Australian Open in January 2018, Federer again defeated Cilic, this time in five sets, to claim a record-tying six Aussie titles and extend overall trophy haul to an astounding 20 Grand Slam singles championships. After sitting out the clay court season for the second consecutive year, he returned to the grass courts of Wimbledon, where he again added to a personal record by reaching the tournament's quarterfinals for the 16th time in his career, before bowing out with a five-set loss to South Africa's Kevin Anderson.