User:Bluedogtn/Roger Federer in 2006

Roger Federer won three slams in 2006, and was in all four slam finals, which the only loss came against Rafael Nadal in the French Open in 6-1, 1-6, 4-6, 6-7(4), and this was the first-time they met in a slam final. In the other three slams of 2006, Federer would play Nadal again in the Wimbledon Championships, which Federer won in 6–0, 7–6(5), 6–7(2), 6–3, and the Australian Open would defeat Marcos Baghdatis in 5–7, 7–5, 6–0, 6–2. The US Open, Federer would best Andy Roddick, the 2003 champions in 6–2, 4–6, 7–5, 6–1. In addition, Federer made it to six ATP Masters Series 1000 finals, winning four on hard surfaces and losing the two on clay to Nadal. Lastly, Federer would win one ATP 500 series event in Tokyo, and capture the Year-End Championships for the third time in his career.

Year synopses

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Nadal serves to Federer at the 2006 Wimbledon Championships final, where Federer won his fourth consecutive Wimbledon title.

Federer won three of the four Grand Slam singles tournaments for the second time and ended the year ranked World No. 1, with his points being several thousand points greater than World No. 2 Nadal's total.[1] Federer won the year's first Grand Slam tournament, the Australian Open, by defeating Cypriot Marcos Baghdatis in four sets. This was Federer's seventh consecutive victory in a Grand Slam final (2003 Wimbledon – 2006 Australian Open), a record to start a career, and second overall only to Pete Sampras's eight consecutive wins (1995 Wimbledon – 2000 Wimbledon).

 
Federer won his third consecutive US Open title in 2006.

He also successfully defended his Masters titles at the Pacific Life Open in Indian Wells, California and the Sony Ericsson Open in Key Biscayne, Florida, and became the first player ever to win the Indian Wells-Key Biscayne double in consecutive years. Federer then started the clay-court season by reaching the final of the ATP Masters Series event at Monte Carlo losing in four sets to Nadal. He then reached the Internazionali BNL d'Italia in Rome where he lost to Nadal, 6–7(0), 7–6(5), 6–4, 2–6, 7–6(5) in an epic five-set match that culminated in a decisive tiebreak.[2] At the French Open, Federer found himself in final for the first time but lost to defending champion Nadal in four sets. Although the French Open title eluded him, Federer became one of only two active players who had reached the finals of all four Grand Slam singles tournaments, the other being Andre Agassi.[3]

Federer entered Wimbledon as the top seed and reached the final without dropping a set. There, Federer beat rival Nadal in four sets to win the championship, and his fourth consecutive Wimbledon title.[4] He then started his North American tour and won his second Rogers Cup title in Toronto, defeating Richard Gasquet of France in the final. During the US Open, the year's last Grand Slam tournament, he defeated American Roddick in four sets for his third consecutive title at Flushing Meadows. During the open era, 2006 is the only year in which same man (Federer) and woman (Justine Henin) reached the finals of all four Grand Slams. At the year-ending Tennis Masters Cup in Shanghai, Federer defeated defending champion David Nalbandian in one of his three round robin matches and Nadal in the semi-finals. Federer then defeated American James Blake 6–0, 6–3, 6–4 in the finals to win his third Masters Cup title. Federer won 12 titles in 2006, which included 3 Grand Slam titles and 4 ATP Masters titles. During the year he lost to only two players, Nadal in the French Open, Rome, Monte Carlo, and Dubai finals; and Andy Murray in the second round of the Masters Series tournament in Cincinnati. The Cincinnati loss to Murray was Federer's only straight-sets loss of the year and the only tournament out of 17 in which he did not reach the final.

Matches

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Grand Slam performance

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All matches

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Match Tournament Country Start
Date
Entry Type I/O Surface Round Opponent Result Score
727 Doha Qatar 1/2/2006 DA 250 Outdoor Hard R32 Ivo Minar (CZE) W 6-1, 6-3
728 Doha Qatar 1/2/2006 DA 250 Outdoor Hard R16 Fabrice Santoro (FRA) W 7-6(2), 7-6(5)
729 Doha Qatar 1/2/2006 DA 250 Outdoor Hard Q Marcos Baghdatis (CYP) W 6-4, 6-3
730 Doha Qatar 1/2/2006 DA 250 Outdoor Hard S Tommy Haas (GER) W 6-3, 6-3
731 Doha Qatar 1/2/2006 DA 250 Outdoor Hard W Gael Monfils (FRA) W 6-3, 7-6(5)
732 Australian Open Australia 1/16/2006 DA GS Outdoor Hard R128 Denis Istomin (UZB) W 6-2, 6-3, 6-2
733 Australian Open Australia 1/16/2006 DA GS Outdoor Hard R64 Florian Mayer (GER) W 6-1, 6-4, 6-0
734 Australian Open Australia 1/16/2006 DA GS Outdoor Hard R32 Max Mirnyi (BLR) W 6-3, 6-4, 6-3
735 Australian Open Australia 1/16/2006 DA GS Outdoor Hard R16 Tommy Haas (GER) W 6-4, 6-0, 3-6, 4-6, 6-2
736 Australian Open Australia 1/16/2006 DA GS Outdoor Hard Q Nikolay Davydenko (RUS) W 6-4, 3-6, 7-6(7), 7-6(5)
737 Australian Open Australia 1/16/2006 DA GS Outdoor Hard S Nicolas Kiefer (GER) W 6-3, 5-7, 6-0, 6-2
738 Australian Open Australia 1/16/2006 DA GS Outdoor Hard W Marcos Baghdatis (CYP) W 5-7, 7-5, 6-0, 6-2
739 Dubai U.A.E. 2/27/2006 DA 500 Outdoor Hard R32 Stanislas Wawrinka (SUI) W 7-6(3), 6-3
740 Dubai U.A.E. 2/27/2006 DA 500 Outdoor Hard R16 Mohammad Ghareeb (KUW) W 7-6(5), 6-4
741 Dubai U.A.E. 2/27/2006 DA 500 Outdoor Hard Q Robin Vik (CZE) W 6-3, 6-2
742 Dubai U.A.E. 2/27/2006 DA 500 Outdoor Hard S Mikhail Youzhny (RUS) W 6-2, 6-3
743 Dubai U.A.E. 2/27/2006 DA 500 Outdoor Hard F Rafael Nadal (ESP) L 6-2, 4-6, 4-6
744 ATP Masters Series Indian Wells USA 3/6/2006 DA 1000 Outdoor Hard R128 Bye W  
745 ATP Masters Series Indian Wells USA 3/6/2006 DA 1000 Outdoor Hard R64 Nicolas Massu (CHI) W 6-3, 7-6(4)
746 ATP Masters Series Indian Wells USA 3/6/2006 DA 1000 Outdoor Hard R32 Olivier Rochus (BEL) W 3-6, 6-2, 7-5
747 ATP Masters Series Indian Wells USA 3/6/2006 DA 1000 Outdoor Hard R16 Richard Gasquet (FRA) W 6-3, 6-4
748 ATP Masters Series Indian Wells USA 3/6/2006 DA 1000 Outdoor Hard Q Ivan Ljubicic (CRO) W 6-2, 6-3
749 ATP Masters Series Indian Wells USA 3/6/2006 DA 1000 Outdoor Hard S Paradorn Srichaphan (THA) W 6-2, 6-3
750 ATP Masters Series Indian Wells USA 3/6/2006 DA 1000 Outdoor Hard W James Blake (USA) W 7-5, 6-3, 6-0
751 ATP Masters Series Miami USA 3/20/2006 DA 1000 Outdoor Hard R128 Bye W  
752 ATP Masters Series Miami USA 3/20/2006 DA 1000 Outdoor Hard R64 Arnaud Clement (FRA) W 6-2, 6-7(4), 6-0
753 ATP Masters Series Miami USA 3/20/2006 DA 1000 Outdoor Hard R32 Tommy Haas (GER) W 6-1, 6-3
754 ATP Masters Series Miami USA 3/20/2006 DA 1000 Outdoor Hard R16 Dmitry Tursunov (RUS) W 6-3, 6-3
755 ATP Masters Series Miami USA 3/20/2006 DA 1000 Outdoor Hard Q James Blake (USA) W 7-6(2), 6-4
756 ATP Masters Series Miami USA 3/20/2006 DA 1000 Outdoor Hard S David Ferrer (ESP) W 6-1, 6-4
757 ATP Masters Series Miami USA 3/20/2006 DA 1000 Outdoor Hard W Ivan Ljubicic (CRO) W 7-6(5), 7-6(4), 7-6(6)
758 ATP Masters Series Monte Carlo Monaco 4/17/2006 DA 1000 Outdoor Clay R64 Novak Djokovic (SRB) W 6-3, 2-6, 6-3
759 ATP Masters Series Monte Carlo Monaco 4/17/2006 DA 1000 Outdoor Clay R32 Alberto Martin (ESP) W 6-0, 6-1
760 ATP Masters Series Monte Carlo Monaco 4/17/2006 DA 1000 Outdoor Clay R16 Benjamin Balleret (MON) W 6-3, 6-2
761 ATP Masters Series Monte Carlo Monaco 4/17/2006 DA 1000 Outdoor Clay Q David Ferrer (ESP) W 6-1, 6-3
762 ATP Masters Series Monte Carlo Monaco 4/17/2006 DA 1000 Outdoor Clay S Fernando Gonzalez (CHI) W 6-2, 6-4
763 ATP Masters Series Monte Carlo Monaco 4/17/2006 DA 1000 Outdoor Clay F Rafael Nadal (ESP) L 2-6, 7-6(2), 3-6, 6-7(5)
764 ATP Masters Series Rome Italy 5/8/2006 DA 1000 Outdoor Clay R64 Juan Ignacio Chela (ARG) W 6-2, 6-1
765 ATP Masters Series Rome Italy 5/8/2006 DA 1000 Outdoor Clay R32 Potito Starace (ITA) W 6-3, 7-6(2)
766 ATP Masters Series Rome Italy 5/8/2006 DA 1000 Outdoor Clay R16 Radek Stepanek (CZE) W 6-1, 6-4
767 ATP Masters Series Rome Italy 5/8/2006 DA 1000 Outdoor Clay Q Nicolas Almagro (ESP) W 6-3, 6-7(2), 7-5
768 ATP Masters Series Rome Italy 5/8/2006 DA 1000 Outdoor Clay S David Nalbandian (ARG) W 6-3, 3-6, 7-6(5)
769 ATP Masters Series Rome Italy 5/8/2006 DA 1000 Outdoor Clay F Rafael Nadal (ESP) L 7-6, 6-7(5), 4-6, 6-2, 6-7(5)
770 Roland Garros France 5/29/2006 DA GS Outdoor Clay R128 Diego Hartfield (ARG) W 7-5, 7-6(2), 6-2
771 Roland Garros France 5/29/2006 DA GS Outdoor Clay R64 Alejandro Falla (COL) W 6-1, 6-4, 6-3
772 Roland Garros France 5/29/2006 DA GS Outdoor Clay R32 Nicolas Massu (CHI) W 6-1, 6-2, 6-7(4), 7-5
773 Roland Garros France 5/29/2006 DA GS Outdoor Clay R16 Tomas Berdych (CZE) W 6-3, 6-2, 6-3
774 Roland Garros France 5/29/2006 DA GS Outdoor Clay Q Mario Ancic (CRO) W 6-4, 6-3, 6-4
775 Roland Garros France 5/29/2006 DA GS Outdoor Clay S David Nalbandian (ARG) W 3-6, 6-4, 5-2 RET
776 Roland Garros France 5/29/2006 DA GS Outdoor Clay F Rafael Nadal (ESP) L 6-1, 1-6, 4-6, 6-7(4)
777 Halle Germany 6/12/2006 DA 250 Outdoor Grass R32 Rohan Bopanna (IND) W 7-6(4), 6-2
778 Halle Germany 6/12/2006 DA 250 Outdoor Grass R16 Richard Gasquet (FRA) W 7-6(7), 6-7(7), 6-4
779 Halle Germany 6/12/2006 DA 250 Outdoor Grass Q Olivier Rochus (BEL) W 6-7(2), 7-6(9), 7-6(5)
780 Halle Germany 6/12/2006 DA 250 Outdoor Grass S Tommy Haas (GER) W 6-4, 6-7(4), 6-3
781 Halle Germany 6/12/2006 DA 250 Outdoor Grass W Tomas Berdych (CZE) W 6-0, 6-7(4), 6-2
782 Wimbledon England 6/26/2006 DA GS Outdoor Grass R128 Richard Gasquet (FRA) W 6-3, 6-2, 6-2
783 Wimbledon England 6/26/2006 DA GS Outdoor Grass R64 Tim Henman (GBR) W 6-4, 6-0, 6-2
784 Wimbledon England 6/26/2006 DA GS Outdoor Grass R32 Nicolas Mahut (FRA) W 6-3, 7-6(2), 6-4
785 Wimbledon England 6/26/2006 DA GS Outdoor Grass R16 Tomas Berdych (CZE) W 6-3, 6-3, 6-4
786 Wimbledon England 6/26/2006 DA GS Outdoor Grass Q Mario Ancic (CRO) W 6-4, 6-4, 6-4
787 Wimbledon England 6/26/2006 DA GS Outdoor Grass S Jonas Bjorkman (SWE) W 6-2, 6-0, 6-2
788 Wimbledon England 6/26/2006 DA GS Outdoor Grass W Rafael Nadal (ESP) W 6-0, 7-6(5), 6-7(2), 6-3
789 ATP Masters Series Canada Canada 8/7/2006 DA 1000 Outdoor Hard R64 Paul-Henri Mathieu (FRA) W 6-3, 6-4
790 ATP Masters Series Canada Canada 8/7/2006 DA 1000 Outdoor Hard R32 Sebastien Grosjean (FRA) W 6-3, 6-3
791 ATP Masters Series Canada Canada 8/7/2006 DA 1000 Outdoor Hard R16 Dmitry Tursunov (RUS) W 6-3, 5-7, 6-0
792 ATP Masters Series Canada Canada 8/7/2006 DA 1000 Outdoor Hard Q Xavier Malisse (BEL) W 7-6(4), 6-7(5), 6-3
793 ATP Masters Series Canada Canada 8/7/2006 DA 1000 Outdoor Hard S Fernando Gonzalez (CHI) W 6-1, 5-7, 6-3
794 ATP Masters Series Canada Canada 8/7/2006 DA 1000 Outdoor Hard W Richard Gasquet (FRA) W 2-6, 6-3, 6-2
795 ATP Masters Series Cincinnati USA 8/14/2006 DA 1000 Outdoor Hard R64 Paradorn Srichaphan (THA) W 7-5, 6-4
796 ATP Masters Series Cincinnati USA 8/14/2006 DA 1000 Outdoor Hard R32 Andy Murray (GBR) L 5-7, 4-6
797 US Open USA 8/28/2006 DA GS Outdoor Hard R128 Yeu-Tzuoo Wang (TPE) W 6-4, 6-1, 6-0
798 US Open USA 8/28/2006 DA GS Outdoor Hard R64 Tim Henman (GBR) W 6-3, 6-4, 7-5
799 US Open USA 8/28/2006 DA GS Outdoor Hard R32 Vincent Spadea (USA) W 6-3, 6-3, 6-0
800 US Open USA 8/28/2006 DA GS Outdoor Hard R16 Marc Gicquel (FRA) W 6-3, 7-6(2), 6-3
801 US Open USA 8/28/2006 DA GS Outdoor Hard Q James Blake (USA) W 7-6(7), 6-0, 6-7(9), 6-4
802 US Open USA 8/28/2006 DA GS Outdoor Hard S Nikolay Davydenko (RUS) W 6-1, 7-5, 6-4
803 US Open USA 8/28/2006 DA GS Outdoor Hard W Andy Roddick (USA) W 6-2, 4-6, 7-5, 6-1
804 SUI v. SCG WG Play-offs Switzerland 9/22/2006 DA DC Indoor Hard RR Janko Tipsarevic (SRB) W 6-3, 6-2, 6-2
805 SUI v. SCG WG Play-offs Switzerland 9/22/2006 DA DC Indoor Hard RR Novak Djokovic (SRB) W 6-3, 6-2, 6-3
806 Tokyo Japan 10/2/2006 DA 500 Outdoor Hard R64 Bye W  
807 Tokyo Japan 10/2/2006 DA 500 Outdoor Hard R32 Viktor Troicki (SRB) W 7-6(2), 7-6(3)
808 Tokyo Japan 10/2/2006 DA 500 Outdoor Hard R16 Wesley Moodie (RSA) W 6-2, 6-1
809 Tokyo Japan 10/2/2006 DA 500 Outdoor Hard Q Takao Suzuki (JPN) W 4-6, 7-5, 7-6(3)
810 Tokyo Japan 10/2/2006 DA 500 Outdoor Hard S Benjamin Becker (GER) W 6-3, 6-4
811 Tokyo Japan 10/2/2006 DA 500 Outdoor Hard W Tim Henman (GBR) W 6-3, 6-3
812 ATP Masters Series Madrid Spain 10/16/2006 DA 1000 Indoor Hard R64 Bye W  
813 ATP Masters Series Madrid Spain 10/16/2006 DA 1000 Indoor Hard R32 Nicolas Massu (CHI) W 6-3, 6-2
814 ATP Masters Series Madrid Spain 10/16/2006 DA 1000 Indoor Hard R16 Robin Soderling (SWE) W 7-6(5), 7-6(8)
815 ATP Masters Series Madrid Spain 10/16/2006 DA 1000 Indoor Hard Q Robby Ginepri (USA) W 6-3, 7-6(4)
816 ATP Masters Series Madrid Spain 10/16/2006 DA 1000 Indoor Hard S David Nalbandian (ARG) W 6-4, 6-0
817 ATP Masters Series Madrid Spain 10/16/2006 DA 1000 Indoor Hard W Fernando Gonzalez (CHI) W 7-5, 6-1, 6-0
818 Basel Switzerland 10/23/2006 DA 250 Indoor Carpet R32 Tomas Zib (CZE) W 6-1, 6-2
819 Basel Switzerland 10/23/2006 DA 250 Indoor Carpet R16 Guillermo Garcia-Lopez (ESP) W 6-2, 6-0
820 Basel Switzerland 10/23/2006 DA 250 Indoor Carpet Q David Ferrer (ESP) W 6-3, 7-6(14)
821 Basel Switzerland 10/23/2006 DA 250 Indoor Carpet S Paradorn Srichaphan (THA) W 6-4, 3-6, 7-6(5)
822 Basel Switzerland 10/23/2006 DA 250 Indoor Carpet W Fernando Gonzalez (CHI) W 6-3, 6-2, 7-6(3)
823 Tennis Masters Cup China 11/13/2006 DA WC Indoor Hard RR David Nalbandian (ARG) W 3-6, 6-1, 6-1
824 Tennis Masters Cup China 11/13/2006 DA WC Indoor Hard RR Andy Roddick (USA) W 4-6, 7-6(8), 6-4
825 Tennis Masters Cup China 11/13/2006 DA WC Indoor Hard RR Ivan Ljubicic (CRO) W 7-6(2), 6-4
826 Tennis Masters Cup China 11/13/2006 DA WC Indoor Hard S Rafael Nadal (ESP) W 6-4, 7-5
827 Tennis Masters Cup China 11/13/2006 DA WC Indoor Hard W James Blake (USA) W 6-0, 6-3, 6-4

See also

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References

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  1. ^ Caroline Cheese (2006-11-20). "Federer's Magic Numbers". BBC Sport. Retrieved 2007-06-21.
  2. ^ ATP Tennis (May 2006). "Rome 2006 stats". ATP Tennis. Retrieved 2008-03-23.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: date and year (link)
  3. ^ Nikita C Fernandes. "The king of tennis: Roger Federer". OneIndia. Retrieved 2007-06-21.
  4. ^ "4-In-A-Row For Federer". CBS News. 2006-07-09. Retrieved 2007-03-02.
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