New era has come and the new legend is born. Till 2003 "Pistol Pete" Sampras was assumed to be the God of Tennis but I think everything gonna be re written now by the legend in making Roger Federer.
Having written a comparison between these two [Sampras & Federar] in my previous article already I don't wanna compare any more and just discuss about Federer here.
Born 1981 in Basel Switzerland, preffered tennis after watching his Idols Stefan Edberg & Boris Becker in action, his hobbies are golf soccer & skiing. His win loss records stands at 387-119 [dated as of 17 oct 2005] and this year his win loss records stands at 77-3.
2003
Federer captures his first Grand Slam title by winning Wimbledon, defeating Australia's Mark Philippoussis 7-6, 6-2, 7-6.
He also won the Tennis Masters Cup for the first time by beating Andre Agassi in straight sets. He didn't lose one match in the tournament (5-0).
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2004
Federer's victory at the 2004 US Open marked the first time in the Open era (i.e., since 1968) that anyone had won his first four Grand Slam finals.
Federer is the first player since Ivan Lendl in 1986-87 to win back-to-back Tennis Masters Cup titles without losing a match.
Federer became the 10th different player in the Open era to win at least 10 singles titles in a season. He is the first year-end No. 1 to register 11 titles since Ivan Lendl in 1985. In addition, Federer is the only player to win at least 10 titles in a season without losing in a final.
Federer is the first player since Björn Borg in 1979 to win consecutive tournaments on three different surfaces, having captured titles at Wimbledon (grass), Gstaad (clay) and Toronto (hard).
Federer's tally of 1267 ATP Race points in 2004 is a new record since the Race began in 2000. The previous best was Andy Roddick's 907 in 2003.
With a total of 6335 points, Federer finished 2004 with the highest number of year-ending ATP tour ranking points since the ATP circuit began in 1990, although the points breakdown changed slightly in 2000. The previous year-ending highest rating was Pete Sampras's 5097 points in 1994.
With a 74-6 record in 2004, Federer's winning percentage of .925 is the best since Ivan Lendl had the same 74-6 record in 1986. John McEnroe tops the list of such players with a .965 percentage and an 82-3 record in 1984.
In the semi-final of the Tennis Masters Cup 2004, Federer won the second set tie-break against Marat Safin at 20-18 that lasted 26 minutes. It tied the record for the longest tie-break (in terms of points) ever played since the tie-break system was introduced in 1970. Besides Federer, only Björn Borg (1st round Wimbledon 1973 against Premjit Lal) and Goran Ivaniševiæ (1st round US Open 1993 against Daniel Nestor, and semi-final Queen's Club 1997 against Greg Rusedski) won such drawn out tie-breaks.
Federer was presented the inaugural "Golden Bagel award" in 2004, a light-hearted award based on a trivial statistic given to the men's professional tennis player who serves up more "bagels" (sets won 6-0) than any other player in any given year. Federer gave out 12 "bagels" in 2004. He also served 23 "bread sticks" (6-1 sets won).
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2005
Federer held a record 26 consecutive wins against top ten ranked opponents; the streak spanned from October 2003 to January 2005 (he lost to Marat Safin in the semifinal of the Australian Open).
His loss against Richard Gasquet in the Monte Carlo Masters brought his win-loss tally to 35-2 for 2005, the best start on the men's tour since John McEnroe, who holds the record with 39-0 in 1984.
Federer lost the semi-finals of both Australian and French Open to the eventual winner: Safin in Melbourne and Nadal in Paris.
Federer also owns the record for the highest ranking points at any time of the year for performances based on the past 52 weeks: 6980 points (June 6 and June 13, 2005).
Winning the doubles title in Halle along with fellow Swiss Yves Allegro marked the fact that Federer has now won singles and doubles titles on all four surfaces: hardcourt, clay, carpet and grass. [Singles: Sydney '02 (hard), Hamburg '02 (clay), Milan '01 (carpet) and Halle '03 (grass); Doubles: Rotterdam '01 (hard), Gstaad '01 (clay), Moscow '02 (carpet) and Halle '05 (grass)]
Federer now has the #1 spot of the ATP rankings for more than 86 consecutive weeks, most since Sampras held that spot for 102 weeks from 1996 to '98.
He also holds a 36-match winning streak on matches played on grass; this particular streak is the best since Björn Borg, who won 41 consecutive matches on grass between 1976 and 1980.
Federer wins a third consecutive mens singles title at Wimbledon, a feat accomplished only by Borg and Sampras in the Open era.
In the 21 matches Federer played at Wimbledon through 2003-05 he dropped just four sets (winning 63). In comparison, Borg and Sampras lost 9 and 11 sets respectively, in a similar three-year time frame.
He has become the first player to win Grand Slam events (Wimbledon & US Open) the year after having won three Grand Slam events in the same year.
With his victory over American Andre Agassi in the final of the U.S. Open, he reached a 23-match winning streak against American players.
His victory in Cincinnati meant that Federer had become the first player to win four Tennis Masters Series titles in one season.
With his victory in Cincinnati, Federer became only the third player (and only non-American) to have won all four American ATP Masters Series events in a career (along with Andre Agassi and Michael Chang.) He and Agassi are the only two players to win the six major hardcourt titles in a career (The 4 Masters Series events plus the Australian Open and the US Open).
He has held a record-tying four winning streaks of 20 consecutive matches or more. The first one was a 23-match winning streak in mid 2004, the second one was a 26-match streak spanning the latter half of 2004 and early 2005, and the third was a 25-match streak in early 2005. The fourth streak is currently active at 31 matches including tournament wins at Halle, Wimbledon, Cincinnati, the US Open, one Davis Cup match and Bangkok. Pete Sampras also had four such streaks in his entire career; Federer's win against Fabrice Santoro allowed him to tie the record.
With his victory over Lleyton Hewitt in the US Open semifinals he has now won 70 matches or more in three consecutive seasons (2003: 78-17, 2004: 74-6, 2005: 77-3).
He is now 6–0 in Grand Slam finals; the best since William Renshaw and Richard Sears with 7–0 in the 19th century.
Federer's victory at the 2005 US Open marked the first time since William Renshaw and Richard Sears, in the 19th century, that anyone had won his first six Grand Slam finals.
By winning in Bangkok in September 2005, Federer won his 24rd straight final dating back to Vienna, October 2003. His undefeated streak in finals is a new Open era record. The previous record was 12 straight final wins, shared by McEnroe and Borg. It marked also the first time Federer won five straight finals in five consecutive tournaments he's played in.
Federer's win against Andy Murray in the final of the Bangkok tournament was his 40th consecutive win on the hardcourt surface; and Open Era record. He broke the previous record held by Pete Sampras.
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Awards
2003
ATP European Player of the Year.
Swiss Sportsman of the Year.
Swiss of the Year.
Michael-Westphal Award.
2004
ATP European Player of the Year.
ITF World Champion.
Sports Illustrated Tennis Player of the Year.
Swiss Sportsman of the Year.
Swiss of the Year.
European Sportsman of the Year.
Reuters International Sportsman of the Year.
BBC Overseas Sports Personality of the Year.
International Tennis Writers Association Player of the Year.
2005
Ambassador of United Nations' Year of Sport and Physical Education.
Goldene Kamera Award.
ATP Player of the Year (for the year 2004).
Stefan Edberg Sportmanship Award.
ATPTennis.com Fan's Favourite
Laureus World Sportsman of the Year.
Michael-Westphal Award.
ESPY Award 2005 for The Best Male Tennis Player.
With the way he goes he would put all others record in dark. Roger's tennis has everything in it cool play, aggression when required, big match temperament , quality service & volley, great backhand & forehand, giant killing nature, athletic body, and hard work.