2009 Roger Federer tennis season

2009 Roger Federer tennis season

Federer won the French Open to complete the career grandslam.
Calendar prize money	$8,768,110
Singles
Season record	61–12 (83.56%)
Calendar titles	4
Year-end ranking	1
Ranking change from previous year	1
Grand Slam results
Australian Open	F
French Open	W
Wimbledon	W
US Open	F
Other tournaments
Tour Finals	SF
Davis Cup
Davis Cup	WG PO (adv. to 2010 WG)

Roger Federer won two Majors in 2009, the French Open, defeating Robin Söderling in the final, and the Wimbledon Championships with a victory over Andy Roddick. In addition, Federer made two other Grand Slam finals, Australian Open losing to Rafael Nadal, and the US Open, losing to Juan Martín del Potro. Federer went on to win two other Master Series 1000 tournaments: in Madrid over Rafael Nadal, and in Cincinnati over Novak Djokovic. He lost in one 500 level event final in Basel to Djokovic. During the year, Federer completed the Career Grand Slam by winning his first French Open title, and won a record fifteenth Grand Slam singles title, one more than Pete Sampras' mark of fourteen.

Year summary

Federer at the 2009 Australian Open, where he lost to Nadal in the final in five sets.

Early hard-court season

In preparation for the Australian Open, Federer played two exhibition tournaments and one official tournament. He lost to Murray in the semifinals of the Capitala World Tennis exhibition tournament in Abu Dhabi.^[1] He then lost in the semifinals of the ATP World Tour 250 series tournament in Doha, Qatar to Murray. Federer won the AAMI Classic exhibition in Melbourne, when he defeated Stanislas Wawrinka in the final.

Federer defeated each of his first three opponents in straight sets at the Australian Open. In the fourth round, Federer rallied from two sets down to defeat Tomáš Berdych. Federer reached his record 19th consecutive Grand Slam semifinal by defeating eighth-seeded Juan Martín del Potro in the quarterfinals in only 80 minutes. In his 18th Grand Slam final, Federer was defeated by long-time rival Nadal in their first meeting on a hard court in a Grand Slam tournament. The match lasted over four hours, with Nadal victorious in five sets. Federer broke down in tears during the trophy presentation and struggled to make his runner-up speech.^[2] Federer blamed the defeat on a lack of rhythm in his first serve.^[3]

Federer withdrew from the Barclays Dubai Tennis Championships and from Switzerland's Davis Cup tie against the U.S. because of a back injury he sustained in late 2008. He stated it was "a precautionary measure" to make sure his back is "fully rehabilitated ... for the rest of the 2009 season".^[4] On 4 March, Federer's agent, Tony Godsick, announced that the Australian tennis coach Darren Cahill was working with Federer on a trial basis at Federer's training base in Dubai.^[5] One week later, Cahill opted out of the coaching position, citing the travel commitment needed.^[6]

Federer played both of the ATP World Tour Masters 1000 tournaments in the United States. At the BNP Paribas Open in Indian Wells, California, Federer lost to Murray in the semifinals. At the Sony Ericsson Open in Key Biscayne, Florida, Federer defeated his first three opponents in straight sets, after receiving a first round bye. In the semifinals against Novak Djokovic, Federer lost a match that included Federer's smashing his racket in frustration after missing a forehand approach shot by hitting it into the net, the same shot that cost him the 2008 Wimbledon final.^[7]

Federer completed a career Grand Slam at the 2009 French Open.

Clay season and French Open glory

After initially deciding not to participate, Federer accepted a last-minute wildcard entry at the Monte-Carlo Rolex Masters, his first clay-court event of the year. He lost to Stanislas Wawrinka for the first time in the third round.

Federer reacts to winning match point in the semifinals against del Potro in an epic five-set comeback.

In the semifinals of the Internazionali BNL d'Italia in Rome, another ATP World Tour Masters 1000 series event on clay, Federer lost to Djokovic for the first time on clay.

Federer received a first-round bye in the Mutua Madrilena Madrid Open, the last ATP World Tour Masters 1000 series event on clay for the year. He defeated Nadal in the final.^[8] This ended Nadal's 33-match winning streak on clay, and for the second time Federer prevented Nadal from becoming the first man to win all three Masters Series on clay in the same year.

In the 2009 French Open, in a fourth-round encounter, Federer had to come back from two sets to love down to defeat Tommy Haas. He defeated Gaël Monfils in the quarterfinals to reach his 20th consecutive Grand Slam semifinal. He reached his fourth straight final in Paris by outlasting del Potro. He won the French Open for the first time by beating Robin Söderling in the final. With this win, Federer equaled Pete Sampras's men's record of 14 Grand Slam titles and Ivan Lendl's record of 19 Grand Slam finals, and also became the sixth man in history to complete a Career Grand Slam.^[9] The call by Eurosport on match point was thus: "Federer wins the French Open for the first first time in his career; and in addition must surely be regarded now as the greatest male player of all-time."^[10]

Owing to the overwhelming emotions and fatigue brought by the tournament, Federer withdrew from the Gerry Weber Open, his usual pre-Wimbledon tournament.^[11]

Grass season: Channel Slam, and smashing the all-time record

Federer set a new record for number of Grand Slam men's singles titles at the 2009 Wimbledon Championships with fifteen, and won his sixth Wimbledon title in seven years.

Federer became the highest seed for Wimbledon, after defending champion Nadal withdrew from the tournament due to tendinitis. Federer defeated Lu Yen-hsun in the first round. He moved safely into the third round with a win over Guillermo García-López. In the third round, Federer defeated Philipp Kohlschreiber. Federer then booked a place in the quarterfinals by defeating Söderling. In the quarterfinals, Federer cruised past Ivo Karlović, to extend his all-time record of consecutive Grand Slam semifinals to 21. In the semifinals, Federer defeated Tommy Haas to reach his seventh consecutive Wimbledon final, an all-time record. With this win, he also reached his 20th Grand Slam final, surpassing the previous record of 19 set by Lendl. In a match that took 4 hours and 17 minutes to complete, he beat Roddick in the final in the latest chapter of their long, though lopsided rivalry, regaining the world no. 1 spot from Rafael Nadal.^[12] The 30 total games in the fifth set was a new Grand Slam record. The match was also the longest men's singles final (in terms of games played) in Grand Slam history, with 77 games played, and the fifth set alone lasted 95 minutes.^[13] The match has been called an "instant classic" by ESPN,^[14] and received the highest TV ratings in the UK for any Wimbledon final since 2001.^[15] With the win, he also became the fourth man in the open era to win both the French Open and Wimbledon in the same year (the "Channel Slam"), following Nadal in 2008, Borg in 1978–1980, and Laver in 1969. He also joined Nadal as the only players to simultaneously hold Grand Slams on clay, grass, and hard court (2008 US Open, 2009 French Open, 2009 Wimbledon).

Summer hard-court season

Federer won his first match after a five-week break at the second round of the 2009 Rogers Cup against Frédéric Niemeyer following a first-round bye.^[16] He then defeated countryman Stanislas Wawrinka after coming back from three games down in the second set; in doing so, he made more history by contributing to the first occasion where the top 8 ranked men had all made the quarterfinals of a single tournament, joining the other seven players: Nadal, Murray, Djokovic, Roddick, del Potro, Jo-Wilfried Tsonga, and Davydenko. However, in the quarterfinals, he lost to Tsonga despite leading by four games in the final set.

Federer was a tiebreaker away from his 6th consecutive US Open title.

Despite the relatively early exit in Montreal, Federer started off well at the 2009 Cincinnati Open, beating José Acasuso in the second round (after having another bye in the first round like the other top seeds) and David Ferrer in the third round. He then beat Lleyton Hewitt in the quarterfinals, followed by Murray in the semifinals to reach the final, where he defeated Novak Djokovic.^[17]

Federer began his US Open campaign well with a victory over unseeded Devin Britton.^[18] He advanced to the third round with a second-round win over Simon Greul.^[19] His third-round match was against Hewitt, against whom he lost his first set of the tournament, but eventually rallied to win the match.^[20] After this match, Federer held a 16–7 lead over Hewitt, continuing a fourteen match winning streak against him.^[21] Federer next defeated Tommy Robredo to book a quarterfinal berth against Robin Söderling for the third Grand Slam in a row, which he won in four sets after saving a set point in the fourth set.^[22] Federer reached his 21st Grand Slam final by defeating fourth seed Novak Djokovic for the third straight year. He triumphed and, in doing so, reached match point by performing a between-the-legs passing shot, which he later described as "...the greatest shot I ever hit in my life."^[23] He lost to del Potro in the final in five sets.^[24] The loss broke Federer's streak of forty consecutive wins at the US Open. It also marked the first time Federer had lost in a Grand Slam final to an opponent other than Rafael Nadal.^[25]

Fall indoor season

Federer went on to play in the Davis Cup tie with Italy, and in his first match on the red clay courts at Valletta Cambiaso Club, in Genoa, won in a match against Simone Bolelli.^[26] He sealed Switzerland's qualification for the World Group with a victory over Potito Starace.^[27] Following the match, Federer was quoted as saying "I was able to play very well. I have to go on holiday badly. I have a problem with my leg, I have a problem with my arm — everything is hurting. And I've got to do some baby-sitting."^[28] He later withdrew from the 2009 Japan Open and the Shanghai ATP Masters 1000.^[29]

At the Davidoff Swiss Indoors, Federer defeated Olivier Rochus, Andreas Seppi, Evgeny Korolev, and his childhood friend Marco Chiudinelli in straight sets, before losing in the finals to Novak Djokovic.^[30]

Federer's next tournament was the Paris Masters, where his six previous appearances had never extended past the quarterfinals. After a first-round bye, Federer continued his Paris Open struggles with an early exit to second-round opponent Julien Benneteau.^[31]

Federer's final tournament of the year was the 2009 ATP World Tour Finals. He beat Fernando Verdasco in the first of his round-robin matches, followed by a victory over Andy Murray, which secured him the year-end no. 1 ranking for the fifth year. However, he lost to del Potro once more, but he won enough games to qualify for the semifinals. In the semifinals, he met Nikolay Davydenko, who beat Federer for the first time in their 13 encounters. This loss ended Roger Federer's 2009 tennis season.

The year saw Federer accomplishing three major goals: winning his first French Open title, breaking Pete Sampras's record of 14 Grand Slam wins, and regaining the no. 1 ranking from Rafael Nadal.

Matches

Grand Slam tournament performance

Tournament Round Result Opponent Score Australian Open 1R Win Andreas Seppi 6–1, 7–6^(7–4), 7–5 2R Win Evgeny Korolev 6–2, 6–3, 6–1 3R Win Marat Safin 6–3, 6–2, 7–6^(7–5) 4R Win Tomáš Berdych 4–6, 6–7^(6–8), 6–4, 6–4, 6–2 QF Win Juan Martín del Potro 6–3, 6–0, 6–0 SF Win Andy Roddick 6–2, 7–5, 7–5 F Loss Rafael Nadal 5–7, 6–3, 6–7^(3-7), 6–3, 2–6 French Open 1R Win Alberto Martín 6–4, 6–3, 6–2 2R Win José Acasuso 7–6^(10–8), 5–7, 7–6^(7–2), 6–2 3R Win Paul-Henri Mathieu 4–6, 6–1, 6–4, 6–4 4R Win Tommy Haas 6–7^(4–7), 5–7, 6–4, 6–0, 6–2 QF Win Gaël Monfils 7–6^(8–6), 6–2, 6–4 SF Win Juan Martín Del Potro 3–6, 7–6^(7–2), 2–6, 6–1, 6–4 F Win (14) Robin Söderling 6–1, 7–6^(7–1), 6–4 Wimbledon 1R Win Lu Yen-hsun 7–5, 6–3, 6–2 2R Win Guillermo García López 6–2, 6–2, 6–4 3R Win Philipp Kohlschreiber 6–3, 6–2, 6–7^(5–7), 6–1 4R Win Robin Söderling 6–4, 7–6^(7–5), 7–6^(7–5) QF Win Ivo Karlović 6–3, 7–5, 7–6^(7–3) SF Win Tommy Haas 7–6^(7–3), 7–5, 6–3 F Win (15) Andy Roddick 5–7, 7–6^(8–6), 7–6^(7–5), 3–6, 16–14 US Open 1R Win Devin Britton 6–1, 6–3, 7–5 2R Win Simon Greul 6–3, 7–5, 7–5 3R Win Lleyton Hewitt 4–6, 6–3, 7–5, 6–4 4R Win Tommy Robredo 7–5, 6–2, 6–2 QF Win Robin Söderling 6-0, 6-3, 6-7^(6–8), 7-6^(8–6) SF Win Novak Djokovic 7-6 ^(7–3), 7-5, 7-5 F Loss Juan Martín del Potro 6–3, 6–7^(5–7), 6–4, 6–7^(4–7), 2–6

All matches

Singles

Match	Tournament	Country	Start Date	Entry	Type	I/O	Surface	Round	Opponent/Rank	Result	Score
1007	Doha	Qatar	1/5	DA	250	Outdoor	Hard	R32	Potito Starace	W	6–2, 6–2
1008	Doha	Qatar	1/5	DA	250	Outdoor	Hard	R16	Andreas Seppi	W	6–3, 6–3
1009	Doha	Qatar	1/5	DA	250	Outdoor	Hard	QF	Philipp Kohlschreiber	W	6–2, 7–6^(8–6)
1010	Doha	Qatar	1/5	DA	250	Outdoor	Hard	SF	Andy Murray	L	7–6^(8–6), 2–6, 2–6
1011	Australian Open	Australia	1/19	DA	GS	Outdoor	Hard	R128	Andreas Seppi	W	6–1, 7–6^(7–4), 7–5
1012	Australian Open	Australia	1/19	DA	GS	Outdoor	Hard	R64	Evgeny Korolev	W	6–2, 6–3, 6–1
1013	Australian Open	Australia	1/19	DA	GS	Outdoor	Hard	R32	Marat Safin	W	6–3, 6–2, 7–6^(7–5)
1014	Australian Open	Australia	1/19	DA	GS	Outdoor	Hard	R16	Tomáš Berdych	W	4–6, 6–7^(4–7), 6–4, 6–4, 6–2
1015	Australian Open	Australia	1/19	DA	GS	Outdoor	Hard	QF	Juan Martín del Potro	W	6–3, 6–0, 6–0
1016	Australian Open	Australia	1/19	DA	GS	Outdoor	Hard	SF	Andy Roddick	W	6–2, 7–5, 7–5
1017	Australian Open	Australia	1/19	DA	GS	Outdoor	Hard	F	Rafael Nadal	L	5–7, 6–3, 6–7^(3–7), 6–3, 2–6
1018	Indian Wells Masters	USA	3/12	DA	1000	Outdoor	Hard	R128	Bye	–
1019	Indian Wells Masters	USA	3/12	DA	1000	Outdoor	Hard	R64	Marc Gicquel	W	7–6^(7–4), 6–4
1020	Indian Wells Masters	USA	3/12	DA	1000	Outdoor	Hard	R32	Ivo Karlović	W	7–6^(7–4), 6–3
1021	Indian Wells Masters	USA	3/12	DA	1000	Outdoor	Hard	R16	Fernando González	W	6–3, 5–7, 6–2
1022	Indian Wells Masters	USA	3/12	DA	1000	Outdoor	Hard	QF	Fernando Verdasco	W	6–3, 7–6^(7–5)
1023	Indian Wells Masters	USA	3/12	DA	1000	Outdoor	Hard	SF	Andy Murray	L	3–6, 6–4, 1–6
1024	Miami Masters	USA	3/25	DA	1000	Outdoor	Hard	R128	Bye	–
1025	Miami Masters	USA	3/25	DA	1000	Outdoor	Hard	R64	Kevin Kim	W	6–3, 6–2
1026	Miami Masters	USA	3/25	DA	1000	Outdoor	Hard	R32	Nicolas Kiefer	W	6–4, 6–1
1027	Miami Masters	USA	3/25	DA	1000	Outdoor	Hard	R16	Taylor Dent	W	6–3, 6–2
1028	Miami Masters	USA	3/25	DA	1000	Outdoor	Hard	QF	Andy Roddick	W	6–3, 4–6, 6–4
1029	Miami Masters	USA	3/25	DA	1000	Outdoor	Hard	SF	Novak Djokovic	L	6–3, 2–6, 3–6
1030	Monte Carlo Masters	Monaco	4/12	DA	1000	Outdoor	Clay	R64	Bye	–
1031	Monte Carlo Masters	Monaco	4/12	DA	1000	Outdoor	Clay	R32	Andreas Seppi	W	6–4, 6–4
1032	Monte Carlo Masters	Monaco	4/12	DA	1000	Outdoor	Clay	R16	Stanislas Wawrinka	L	4–6, 5–7
1033	Rome Masters	Italy	4/27	DA	1000	Outdoor	Clay	R64	Bye	–
1034	Rome Masters	Italy	4/27	DA	1000	Outdoor	Clay	R32	Ivo Karlović	W	6–4, 6–4
1035	Rome Masters	Italy	4/27	DA	1000	Outdoor	Clay	R16	Radek Štěpánek	W	6–4, 6–1
1036	Rome Masters	Italy	4/27	DA	1000	Outdoor	Clay	QF	Mischa Zverev	W	7–6^(7–3), 6–2
1037	Rome Masters	Italy	4/27	DA	1000	Outdoor	Clay	SF	Novak Djokovic	L	6–4, 3–6, 3–6
1038	Madrid Masters	Spain	5/10	DA	1000	Outdoor	Clay	R64	Bye	–
1039	Madrid Masters	Spain	5/10	DA	1000	Outdoor	Clay	R32	Robin Söderling	W	6–1, 7–5
1040	Madrid Masters	Spain	5/10	DA	1000	Outdoor	Clay	R16	James Blake	W	6–2, 6–4
1041	Madrid Masters	Spain	5/10	DA	1000	Outdoor	Clay	QF	Andy Roddick	W	7–5, 6–7^(5–7), 6–1
1042	Madrid Masters	Spain	5/10	DA	1000	Outdoor	Clay	SF	Juan Martín del Potro	W	6–3, 6–4
1043	Madrid Masters	Spain	5/10	DA	1000	Outdoor	Clay	W	Rafael Nadal	W	6–4, 6–4
1044	Roland Garros	France	5/25	DA	GS	Outdoor	Clay	R128	Alberto Martín	W	6–4, 6–3, 6–2
1045	Roland Garros	France	5/25	DA	GS	Outdoor	Clay	R64	José Acasuso	W	7–6^(10–8), 5–7, 7–6^(7–2), 6–2
1046	Roland Garros	France	5/25	DA	GS	Outdoor	Clay	R32	Paul-Henri Mathieu	W	4–6, 6–1, 6–4, 6–4
1047	Roland Garros	France	5/25	DA	GS	Outdoor	Clay	R16	Tommy Haas	W	6–7^(4–7), 5–7, 6–4, 6–0, 6–2
1048	Roland Garros	France	5/25	DA	GS	Outdoor	Clay	QF	Gaël Monfils	W	7–6^(8–6), 6–2, 6–4
1049	Roland Garros	France	5/25	DA	GS	Outdoor	Clay	SF	Juan Martín del Potro	W	3–6, 7–6^(7–2), 2–6, 6–1, 6–4
1050	Roland Garros	France	5/25	DA	GS	Outdoor	Clay	W	Robin Söderling	W	6–1, 7–6^(7–1), 6–4
1051	Wimbledon	Great Britain	6/22	DA	GS	Outdoor	Grass	R128	Yen-Hsun Lu	W	7–5, 6–3, 6–2
1052	Wimbledon	Great Britain	6/22	DA	GS	Outdoor	Grass	R64	Guillermo García López	W	6–2, 6–2, 6–4
1053	Wimbledon	Great Britain	6/22	DA	GS	Outdoor	Grass	R32	Philipp Kohlschreiber	W	6–3, 6–2, 6–7^(5–7), 6–1
1054	Wimbledon	Great Britain	6/22	DA	GS	Outdoor	Grass	R16	Robin Söderling	W	6–4, 7–6^(7–5), 7–6^(7–5)
1055	Wimbledon	Great Britain	6/22	DA	GS	Outdoor	Grass	QF	Ivo Karlović	W	6–3, 7–5, 7–6^(7–3)
1056	Wimbledon	Great Britain	6/22	DA	GS	Outdoor	Grass	SF	Tommy Haas	W	7–6^(7–3), 7–5, 6–3
1057	Wimbledon	Great Britain	6/22	DA	GS	Outdoor	Grass	W	Andy Roddick	W	5–7, 7–6^(8–6), 7–6^(7–5), 3–6, 16–14
1058	Canada Masters	Canada	8/10	DA	1000	Outdoor	Hard	R64	Bye	–
1059	Canada Masters	Canada	8/10	DA	1000	Outdoor	Hard	R32	Frédéric Niemeyer	W	7–6^(7–3), 6–4
1060	Canada Masters	Canada	8/10	DA	1000	Outdoor	Hard	R16	Stanislas Wawrinka	W	6–3, 7–6^(7–5)
1061	Canada Masters	Canada	8/10	DA	1000	Outdoor	Hard	QF	Jo-Wilfried Tsonga	L	6–7^(5–7), 6–1, 6–7^(3–7)
1062	Cincinnati Masters	USA	8/16	DA	1000	Outdoor	Hard	R64	Bye	–
1063	Cincinnati Masters	USA	8/16	DA	1000	Outdoor	Hard	R32	José Acasuso	W	6–3, 7–5
1064	Cincinnati Masters	USA	8/16	DA	1000	Outdoor	Hard	R16	David Ferrer	W	3–6, 6–3, 6–4
1065	Cincinnati Masters	USA	8/16	DA	1000	Outdoor	Hard	QF	Lleyton Hewitt	W	6–3, 6–4
1066	Cincinnati Masters	USA	8/16	DA	1000	Outdoor	Hard	SF	Andy Murray	W	6–2, 7–6^(10–8)
1067	Cincinnati Masters	USA	8/16	DA	1000	Outdoor	Hard	W	Novak Djokovic	W	6–1, 7–5
1068	US Open	USA	8/31	DA	GS	Outdoor	Hard	R128	Devin Britton	W	6–1, 6–3, 7–5
1069	US Open	USA	8/31	DA	GS	Outdoor	Hard	R64	Simon Greul	W	6–3, 7–5, 7–5
1070	US Open	USA	8/31	DA	GS	Outdoor	Hard	R32	Lleyton Hewitt	W	4–6, 6–3, 7–5, 6–4
1071	US Open	USA	8/31	DA	GS	Outdoor	Hard	R16	Tommy Robredo	W	7–5, 6–2, 6–2
1072	US Open	USA	8/31	DA	GS	Outdoor	Hard	QF	Robin Söderling	W	6–0, 6–3, 6–7^(6-8), 7–6^(8–6)
1073	US Open	USA	8/31	DA	GS	Outdoor	Hard	SF	Novak Djokovic	W	7–6^(7–3), 7–5, 7–5
1074	US Open	USA	8/31	DA	GS	Outdoor	Hard	F	Juan Martín del Potro	L	6–3, 6–7^(5–7), 6–4, 6–7^(4–7), 2–6
1075	ITA v. SUI WG Play-offs	Italy	9/18	DA	DC	Outdoor	Clay	RR	Simone Bolelli	W	6–3, 6–4, 6–1
1076	ITA v. SUI WG Play-offs	Italy	9/18	DA	DC	Outdoor	Clay	RR	Potito Starace	W	6–3, 6–0, 6–4
1077	Basel	Switzerland	11/2	DA	500	Indoor	Hard	R32	Olivier Rochus	W	6–3, 6–4
1078	Basel	Switzerland	11/2	DA	500	Indoor	Hard	R16	Andreas Seppi	W	6–3, 6–3
1079	Basel	Switzerland	11/2	DA	500	Indoor	Hard	QF	Evgeny Korolev	W	6–3, 6–2
1080	Basel	Switzerland	11/2	DA	500	Indoor	Hard	SF	Marco Chiudinelli	W	7–6^(9–7), 6–3
1081	Basel	Switzerland	11/2	DA	500	Indoor	Hard	F	Novak Djokovic	L	4–6, 6–4, 2–6
1082	Paris Masters	France	11/8	DA	1000	Indoor	Hard	R64	Bye	–
1083	Paris Masters	France	11/8	DA	1000	Indoor	Hard	R32	Julien Benneteau	L	6–3, 6–7^(4–7), 4–6
1084	ATP World Tour Finals	Great Britain	11/22	DA	WC	Indoor	Hard	RR	Fernando Verdasco	W	4–6, 7–5, 6–1
1085	ATP World Tour Finals	Great Britain	11/22	DA	WC	Indoor	Hard	RR	Andy Murray	W	3–6, 6–3, 6–1
1086	ATP World Tour Finals	Great Britain	11/22	DA	WC	Indoor	Hard	RR	Juan Martín del Potro	L	2–6, 7–6^(7–5), 3–6
1087	ATP World Tour Finals	Great Britain	11/22	DA	WC	Indoor	Hard	SF	Nikolay Davydenko	L	2–6, 6–4, 5–7

Yearly records

Finals

Singles: 7 (4–3)

Legend Grand Slam (2–2) ATP World Tour Finals (0–0) ATP World Tour Masters 1000 (2–0) ATP World Tour 500 Series (0–1) ATP World Tour 250 Series (0–0)

Titles by surface Hard (1–3) Clay (2–0) Grass (1–0)

Titles by surface Outdoors (4–2) Indoors (0–1)

Outcome	No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Opponent	Score
Runner-up	22.	1 February 2009	Australian Open, Australia	Hard	Rafael Nadal	5–7, 6–3, 6–7^(3–7), 6–3, 2–6
Winner	58.	17 May 2009	Madrid Open, Spain (2)	Clay	Rafael Nadal	6–4, 6–4
Winner	59.	7 June 2009	French Open, Paris, France	Clay	Robin Söderling	6–1, 7–6^(7–1), 6–4
Winner	60.	5 July 2009	Wimbledon, London, England, UK (6)	Grass	Andy Roddick	5–7, 7–6^(8–6), 7–6^(7–5), 3–6, 16–14
Winner	61.	23 August 2009	Cincinnati Masters, United States (3)	Hard	Novak Djokovic	6–1, 7–5
Runner-up	23.	14 September 2009	US Open, New York City, United States	Hard	Juan Martín del Potro	6–3, 6–7^(5–7), 6–4, 6–7^(4–7), 2–6
Runner-up	24.	8 November 2009	Swiss Indoors, Switzerland	Hard (i)	Novak Djokovic	4–6, 6–4, 2–6

See also

• Roger Federer
• Roger Federer career statistics

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External links

• ATP World Tour > Players > Roger Federer > Playing Activity > 2009