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Roger Federer

  • Roger Federer
  • Switzerland
  • Height: 6-1
  • Weight: 177
  • Plays: Right-handed
  • Born: Aug 8, 1981 Basel, Switzerland
 Recent News
  • Nadal plays to keep No. 1 Oct 12 (AP)
  • Stepanek, Gulbis open with wins at Madrid Oct 12 (PA SportsTicker)
  • Nalbandian wins Stockholm Open Oct 12 (AP)
  • PREVIEW-Tennis-No Davis Cup distractions for Nadal in Madrid Oct 11 (Reuters)
  • Federer to play Madrid Masters after layoff Oct 9 (AP)
  • Australian Open announces purse increase Oct 8 (AP)
  • Berdych crushes Del Potro to win Tokyo title Oct 5 (Reuters)
  • Federer plots Australian Open warm-up at Kooyong event Oct 2 (Reuters)
 2008 At A Glance - Singles
 Current ATP Rank: 2  
 ATP Tournaments Played: 14 ATP Record: 50-11
 Hardcourt: 18-6 Clay: 21-4
 Carpet: 0-0 Grass: 11-1
 Tournaments Won in 2008: Gerry Weber Open, Estoril Open, US Open
 2008 Tournament Results - Singles
 Tournament (Seed) Surface Round Opponent W/L Score
 Australian Open (1)
 Jan 14-Jan 27		 Hard First Round Diego Hartfield W 6-0, 6-3, 6-0
  Second Round Fabrice Santoro W 6-1, 6-2, 6-0
  Third Round Janko Tipsarevic W 6-7 (5-7), 7-6 (7-1), 5-7, 6-1, 10-8
  Fourth Round Tomas Berdych (13) W 6-4, 7-6 (9-7), 6-3
  Quarterfinals James Blake (12) W 7-5, 7-6 (7-5), 6-4
  Semifinals Novak Djokovic (3) L 5-7, 3-6, 6-7 (5-7)
 Dubai Tennis Championships (1)
 Mar 3-Mar 9		 Hard First Round Andy Murray L 7-6 (8-6), 3-6, 4-6
 Pacific Life Open (1)
 Mar 10-Mar 23		 Hard Third Round Nicolas Mahut W 6-1, 6-1
  Fourth Round Ivan Ljubicic (23) W 6-3, 6-4
  Quarterfinals Tommy Haas W walkover
  Semifinals Mardy Fish L 3-6, 2-6
 Sony Ericsson Open (1)
 Mar 24-Apr 6		 Hard Second Round Gael Monfils W 6-3, 6-4
  Third Round Robin Soderling W 6-4, 3-0 ret
  Fourth Round Jose Acasuso W 7-6 (7-5), 6-2
  Quarterfinals Andy Roddick (6) L 6-7 (4-7), 6-4, 3-6
 Estoril Open (1)
 Apr 14-Apr 20		 Clay First Round Olivier Rochus W 4-6, 6-3, 6-2
  Second Round Victor Hanescu W 6-3, 6-2
  Quarterfinals Frederico Gil W 6-4, 6-1
  Semifinals Denis Gremelmayr W 2-6, 7-5, 6-1
  Final Nikolay Davydenko (2) W 7-6 (7-5), 1-2, -0
 Masters Series Monte Carlo (1)
 Apr 21-Apr 27		 Clay Second Round Ruben Ramirez Hidalgo W 6-1, 3-6, 7-6 (7-1)
  Third Round Gael Monfils W 6-3, 6-4
  Quarterfinals David Nalbandian (6) W 5-7, 6-2, 6-2
  Semifinals Novak Djokovic (3) W 6-3, 3-2 ret
  Final Rafael Nadal (2) L 5-7, 5-7
 Internazionali BNL d'Italia (1)
 May 5-May 11		 Clay Second Round Guillermo Canas W 6-3, 6-3
  Third Round Ivo Karlovic W 7-6 (7-4), 6-3
  Quarterfinals Radek Stepanek L 6-7 (4-7), 6-7 (7-9)
 Masters Series Hamburg (1)
 May 11-May 17		 Clay Second Round Jarkko Nieminen W 6-1, 6-3
  Third Round Robin Soderling W 6-3, 6-2
  Quarterfinals Fernando Verdasco W 6-3, 6-3
  Semifinals Andreas Seppi W 6-3, 6-1
  Final Rafael Nadal (2) L 5-7, 7-6 (7-3), 3-6
 French Open (1)
 May 25-Jun 8		 Clay First Round Sam Querrey W 6-4, 6-4, 6-3
  Second Round Albert Montanes W 6-7 (5-7), 6-1, 6-0, 6-4
  Third Round Mario Ancic W 6-3, 6-4, 6-2
  Fourth Round Julien Benneteau W 6-4, 7-5, 7-5
  Unknown Fernando Gonzalez (24) W 2-6, 6-2, 6-3, 6-4
  Semifinals Gael Monfils W 6-2, 5-7, 6-3, 7-5
  Final Rafael Nadal (2) L 1-6, 3-6, 0-6
 Gerry Weber Open (1)
 Jun 9-Jun 15		 Grass First Round Michael Berrer W 6-4, 6-2
  Second Round Jan Vacek W 7-5, 6-3
  Quarterfinals Marcos Baghdatis (5) W 6-4, 6-4
  Semifinals Nicolas Kiefer W 6-1, 6-4
  Final Philipp Kohlschreiber W 6-3, 6-4
 Wimbledon (1)
 Jun 23-Jul 6		 Grass First Round Dominik Hrbaty W 6-3, 6-2, 6-2
  Second Round Robin Soderling W 6-3, 6-4, 7-6 (7-3)
  Third Round Marc Gicquel W 6-3, 6-3, 6-1
  Fourth Round Lleyton Hewitt (20) W 7-6 (9-7), 6-2, 6-4
  Quarterfinals Mario Ancic W 6-1, 7-5, 6-4
  Semifinals Marat Safin W 6-3, 7-6 (7-3), 6-4
  Final Rafael Nadal (2) L 4-6, 4-6, 7-6 (7-5), 7-6 (10-8), 7-9
 Masters Series Toronto (1)
 Jul 21-Jul 27		 Hard Second Round Gilles Simon L 6-2, 5-7, 4-6
 Western & Southern Financial Group Masters (1)
 Jul 28-Aug 3		 Hard Second Round Robby Ginepri W 6-7 (2-7), 7-6 (7-5), 6-0
  Third Round Ivo Karlovic (16) L 6-7 (6-8), 6-4, 6-7 (5-7)
 US Open (2)
 Aug 25-Sep 8		 Hard First Round Maximo Gonzalez W 6-3, 6-0, 6-3
  Second Round Thiago Alves W 6-3, 7-5, 6-4
  Third Round Radek Stepanek (28) W 6-3, 6-3, 6-2
  Fourth Round Igor Andreev W 6-7 (5-7), 7-6 (7-5), 6-3, 3-6, 6-3
  Quarterfinals Gilles Muller W 7-6 (7-5), 6-4, 7-6 (7-5)
  Semifinals Novak Djokovic (3) W 6-3, 5-7, 7-5, 6-2
  Final Andy Murray (6) W 6-2, 7-5, 6-2