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

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).

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

Grand Slam performance

Year	Tournament	Round	Result	Opponent	Score
2006	Australian Open	1R	Win	Denis Istomin	6–2, 6–3, 6–2
		2R	Win	Florian Mayer	6–1, 6–4, 6–0
		3R	Win	Max Mirnyi	6–3, 6–4, 6–3
		4R	Win	Tommy Haas	6–4, 6–0, 3–6, 4–6, 6–2
		QF	Win	Nikolay Davydenko	6–4, 3–6, 7–6(7), 7–6(5)
		SF	Win	Nicolas Kiefer	6–3, 5–7, 6–0, 6–2
		F	Win (7)	Marcos Baghdatis	5–7, 7–5, 6–0, 6–2
	French Open	1R	Win	Diego Hartfield	7–5, 7–6(2), 6–2
		2R	Win	Alejandro Falla	6–1, 6–4, 6–3
		3R	Win	Nicolás Massú	6–1, 6–2, 6–7(4), 7–5
		4R	Win	Tomáš Berdych	6–3, 6–2, 6–3
		QF	Win	Mario Ančić	6–4, 6–3, 6–4
		SF	Win	David Nalbandian	3–6, 6–4, 5–2 retired
		F	Loss	Rafael Nadal	1–6, 6–1, 6–4, 7–6(4)

Year	Tournament	Round	Result	Opponent	Score
2006	Wimbledon	1R	Win	Richard Gasquet	6–3, 6–2, 6–2
		2R	Win	Tim Henman	6–4, 6–0, 6–2
		3R	Win	Nicolas Mahut	6–3, 7–6(2), 6–4
		4R	Win	Tomáš Berdych	6–3, 6–3, 6–4
		QF	Win	Mario Ančić	6–4, 6–4, 6–4
		SF	Win	Jonas Björkman	6–2, 6–0, 6–2
		F	Win (8)	Rafael Nadal	6–0, 7–6(5), 6–7(2), 6–3
	US Open	1R	Win	Yeu-Tzuoo Wang	6–4, 6–1, 6–0
		2R	Win	Tim Henman	6–3, 6–4, 7–5
		3R	Win	Vincent Spadea	6–3, 6–3, 6–0
		4R	Win	Marc Gicquel	6–3, 7–6(2), 6–3
		QF	Win	James Blake	7–6(7), 6–0, 6–7(9), 6–4
		SF	Win	Nikolay Davydenko	6–1, 7–5, 6–4
		F	Win (9)	Andy Roddick	6–2, 4–6, 7–5, 6–1

All matches

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

References

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

External links

ATP World Tour > Players > Roger Federer > Playing Activity > 2006

[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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