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  • Federer takes on Roddick, history in men's final at Wimbledon Jul 4 (The Canadian Press)
  • Federer takes on Roddick, history at Wimbledon Jul 4 (AP)
  • Wimbledon-Federer's hunger fired by impending parenthood Jul 4 (Reuters)
  • Wimbledon-New Roddick aims to put Federer record on hold Jul 4 (Reuters)
  • Roger Federer, Andy Roddick to meet in third Wimbledon final Jul 3 (The Canadian Press)
  • If a pattern holds, expect Andy Murray to win Wimbledon in 2011 Jul 3 (Yahoo! Sports)
  • Wimbledon Slice, Day 11: Roddick's time? Jul 3 (Yahoo! Sports)
  • Wimbledon-Federer genius looms over Henman Hill Jul 3 (Reuters)
  • Federer reaches 7th straight Wimbledon final Jul 3 (PA SportsTicker)
 2009 At A Glance - Singles
 Current ATP Rank: 1  
 ATP Tournaments Played: 9 ATP Record: 37-5
 Hardcourt: 22-3 Clay: 15-2
 Carpet: 0-0 Grass: 0-0

 Tournaments Won in 2009: BNP Paribas Open, Masters Series Monte Carlo, Australian Open, Barcelona Open Banco Sabadell, Internazionali BNL d'Italia
 2009 Tournament Results - Singles
 Tournament (Seed) Surface Round Opponent W/L Score
 Qatar ExxonMobil Open (1)
 Jan 5-Jan 11
Hard First Round Fabrice Santoro W 6-0, 6-1
  Quarterfinals Gael Monfils (5) L 4-6, 4-6
  Second Round Karol Beck W 6-1, 6-2
 Australian Open (1)
 Jan 19-Feb 1
Hard First Round Christophe Rochus W 6-0, 6-2, 6-2
  Second Round Roko Karanusic W 6-2, 6-3, 6-2
  Third Round Tommy Haas W 6-4, 6-2, 6-2
  Fourth Round Fernando Gonzalez (13) W 6-3, 6-2, 6-4
  Quarterfinals Gilles Simon (6) W 6-2, 7-5, 7-5
  Semifinals Fernando Verdasco (14) W 6-7 (4-7), 6-4, 7-6 (7-2), 6-7 (1-7), 6-4
  Final Roger Federer (2) W 7-5, 3-6, 7-6 (7-3), 3-6, 6-2
 ABN AMRO World Tennis Tournament (1)
 Feb 9-Feb 15
Hard First Round Simone Bolelli W 4-6, 6-2, 7-5
  Second Round Grigor Dimitrov W 7-5, 3-6, 6-2
  Quarterfinals Jo-Wilfried Tsonga (7) W 6-4, 6-7 (5-7), 6-4
  Semifinals Gael Monfils (5) W 6-4, 6-4
  Final Andy Murray (2) L 3-6, 6-4, 0-6
 BNP Paribas Open (1)
 Mar 9-Mar 22
Hard Second Round Michael Berrer W 6-2, 6-1
  Third Round Dmitry Tursunov (26) W 6-3, 6-3
  Fourth Round David Nalbandian (14) W 3-6, 7-6 (7-5), 6-0
  Quarterfinals Juan Del Potro (6) W 6-2, 6-4
  Semifinals Andy Roddick (7) W 6-4, 7-6 (7-4)
  Final Andy Murray (4) W 6-1, 6-2
 Sony Ericsson Open (1)
 Mar 25-Apr 5
Hard Second Round Teimuraz Gabashvili W 6-2, 6-2
  Third Round Frederico Gil W 7-5, 6-3
  Fourth Round Stanislas Wawrinka (16) W 7-6 (7-2), 7-6 (7-4)
  Quarterfinals Juan Del Potro (6) L 4-6, 6-3, 6-7 (3-7)
 Barcelona Open Banco Sabadell (1)
 Apr 20-Apr 26
Clay Second Round Frederico Gil W 6-2, 6-2
  Third Round Christophe Rochus W 6-2, 6-0
  Quarterfinals David Nalbandian (7) W walkover
  Semifinals Nikolay Davydenko (3) W 6-3, 6-2
  Final David Ferrer (4) W 6-2, 7-5
 Internazionali BNL d'Italia (1)
 Apr 27-May 3
Clay Second Round Andreas Seppi W 6-2, 6-3
  Third Round Robin Soderling W 6-1, 6-0
  Quarterfinals Fernando Verdasco (6) W 6-3, 6-3
  Semifinals Fernando Gonzalez (12) W 6-3, 6-3
  Final Novak Djokovic (3) W 7-6 (7-2), 6-2
 Mutua Madrilena Madrid Open (1)
 May 10-May 17
Clay Second Round Jurgen Melzer W 6-3, 6-1
  Third Round Philipp Kohlschreiber W walkover
  Quarterfinals Fernando Verdasco (7) W 6-4, 7-5
  Semifinals Novak Djokovic (3) W 3-6, 7-6 (7-5), 7-6 (11-9)
  Final Roger Federer (2) L 4-6, 4-6
 French Open (1)
 May 24-Jun 7
Clay First Round Marcos Daniel W 7-5, 6-4, 6-3
  Second Round Teimuraz Gabashvili W 6-1, 6-4, 6-2
  Third Round Lleyton Hewitt W 6-1, 6-3, 6-1
  Fourth Round Robin Soderling (23) L 2-6, 7-6 (7-2), 4-6, 6-7 (2-7)