French Open - Federer's 14 Grand Slam titles

Eurosport - Tue, 09 Jun 09:59:00 2009

Roger Federer captured a record-equalling 14th Grand Slam title by winning his first French Open. This is how he did it.

Roger Federer's 14 Grand Slam titles - 0

2003

First title: Becomes first Swiss man to win a Grand Slam title after beating Mark Philippoussis 7-6 6-2 7-6 in the Wimbledon final.

2004

Second title: Wins Australian Open by defeating unseeded Russian Marat Safin 7-6 6-4 6-2.

Third title: Retains Wimbledon title by taming big-serving American second seed Andy Roddick 4-6 7-5 7-6 6-4.

Fourth title: Wins US Open final by thumping Australian fourth seed Lleyton Hewitt 6-0 7-6 6-0.

2005

Fifth title: Completes a hat-trick of Wimbledon triumphs with a 6-2 7-6 6-4 over second seed Roddick.

Sixth title: Defends US Open title with a 6-3 2-6 7-6 6-1 victory over sentimental American favourite Andre Agassi.

2006

Seventh title: Defeats unseeded Cypriot Marcos Baghdatis 5-7 7-5 6-0 6-2 in Australian Open final.

Eighth title: Keeps up winning streak at Wimbledon by thwarting Rafael Nadal 6-0 7-6 6-7 6-3 in showpiece match.

Ninth title: Downs Roddick 6-2 4-6 7-5 6-1 to clinch US Open crown.

2007

10th title: Wins Australian Open with a 7-6 6-4 6-4 masterclass over Chilean 10th seed Fernando Gonzalez.

11th title: Becomes only the second man in professional tennis, after Bjorn Borg, to win five in a row at Wimbledon with a 7-6 4-6 7-6 2-6 6-2 success over Nadal.

12th title: Beats Serbia's Novak Djokovic 7-6 7-6 6-4 to capture US Open.

2008

13th title: Demolishes Britain's Andy Murray 6-2 7-5 6-2 to win fifth consecutive title at US Open.

2009

14th title: Emulates Pete Sampras by winning a record-equalling 14th Grand Slam title after beating Sweden's Robin Soderling 6-1 7-6 6-4 at Roland Garros, his first French Open success.

Reuters

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  1. Sampras leads tributes to Federer. Pete Sampras hailed­ Roger Federer as the best player of all time after the­ Swiss matched his record of 14 Grand Slam titles at the­ French Open.
    sorry, melvin, and co, i just don't­ count your comments.. such loser.. if legend like­ sampras and agassi said so, why don't difficult for­ you guys to accept? if nadal said, durin his lost, when­ i lost, i have to accept it, the same way as i won. a­ lost is a lost. and then, why, you fans, just difficult­ to accept it?
    just live the fact and soon your­ offspring will learn the history too that Federer­ writes the history.. bravo..

    From Tonikum, on Sun 7 Jun 10:53PM

  2. yes He CAN!!!!!!!!!!!

    From Trickson007, on Sun 7 Jun 10:37PM

  3. melvin.
    what about djokovic, nadal, they are too in the­ game for the past five years!!!!!
    hahahahahahaaah

    From djordje.petrovic88, on Sun 7 Jun 9:54PM

  4. very strange, the former world number one Hewitt, and­ Safin, and many other good players are neglected by­ Melvin. Besides, that's because the strength of­ Federer, the other players seemed too week. But in­ fact, they don't.

    From CK, on Sun 7 Jun 8:35PM
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    Sampras' era: Agassi, Becker, Courier, Krajicek,­ Ivanesevic, Rafter, Chang, Lendl, McEnroe, Mark P.,­ Hewitt, Kafelnikov, Edberg, Henman, Martin, Bjorkman,­ Haas, Grosjean, Moya

    Federer's era: Roddick,­ Blake, Davydenko, Ferrer, Ferrero

    Nadal's era:­ Murray, Djokovic, Tsonga, Monfils, Del Potro, Mathieu,­ Simon, Baghdatis, Gonzales, and coming.....

    Now tell­ me what you think about your Federer? No challenge at­ all. Sampras is still the best and Nadal will follow­ his steps... VIVA SAMPRAS and NADAL.................

    From Melvin, on Sun 7 Jun 8:25PM

  6. They dont want to give hom wings

    From Harriet, on Sun 7 Jun 8:05PM

  7. and they still say he's not a LEGEND?

    From ande e, on Sun 7 Jun 7:16PM
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