He even memorably smashed his racquet during a loss to Novak Djokovic at the Miami Masters.Just when every fan thought Federer was dead in the water, the Swiss Maestro beat then-World No. His only Grand Slam loss came against Federer won three of the four Grand Slam singles tournaments for the second time and ended the year ranked world No. The Swiss Maestro would end the season on a high note, bullying his opposition to win titles at the Basel Open and the Tennis Masters Cup.After 4 dominant seasons by the Fed Express, something had to give. At the start of 2008 he was struck by glandular fever, and he would suffer from the virus for the rest of the year.Having failed to win a title in almost four months, Roger Federer finally broke the duck at the Estoril Open. He won the Halle Open, Wimbledon, Cincinnati Masters, US Open and the Bangkok Open, before he was stopped by an inspired David Nalbandian in the final of The Tennis Masters Cup.The Fed Express annihilated the competition in a scary display of tennis at the Australian Open, becoming the first player since Bjorn Borg to win a Slam without dropping a set. Subsequent titles at the Gstaad Open, Coupe Rogers and US Open made the Swiss only the third player in the Open Era to win three Grand Slams in a year.Federer would finish by winning Bangkok and the Tennis Masters Cup, in what is still one of the best seasons ever by a male player.Tennis fans and commentators all over the world soon started rating Federer as one of the greatest players of all time, as his sovereignty over the rest of the players continued unabated. He finished runner-up at two more clay events, Rome and Gstaad, later in the season.The best of Roger Federer came in the grasscourt season as he won the Halle Open and then his maiden Grand Slam at Wimbledon. Roger Federer poses with the 2007 Australian Open trophy. Federer had also, at one point, put together a 56-match win streak on hardcourts - which is an all-time record on the surface.On clay, the Swiss played second fiddle to his rival Rafael Nadal, the greatest claycourter of all time, for years. By the end of the year he would prove himself to be an absolute elite, climbing to a career-high World No. Federer fonák.jpg 590 × 442; 153 KB. After reaching the final he lost in four sets to Nadal 2–6, 7–6 (7–2), 3–6, … All eyes were on Federer as he looked to finally vanquish his dry spell at the Slams, having last won one at the 2010 Australian Open.Federer would go on to add Cincinnati to his tally a few weeks later.The Swiss Maestro again had a tussle with age after 2012, failing to win a big event for two years until his dry period ended at the 2014 Coupe Rogers. He defeated his former nemesis With victory in Asia, Federer turned his focus to the indoor circuit of Europe. Federer began the clay-court season at the Estoril Open in Portugal. He won Halle again, but the Swiss would suffer losses to Rafael Nadal at the French Open and Wimbledon to surrender his No. Having won 19 grasscourt titles and a record eight Wimbledon crowns, the Swiss happens to be the greatest grasscourt player in the history of the sport by some distance. Federer 2007 cropped.jpg 313 × 395; 25 KB. 6 in the world. Federer started the clay-court season by reaching the final of the ATP Masters Series event at Monte Carlo.He opened the tournament with a scare needing three sets to defeat an 18-year-old Novak Djokovic; this was the first match between the two rivals, who have played in 45 matches as of March 2018. But Roger Federer's success is not restricted to just one surface. This was his first tournament with coach José Higueras. 2007 Roger Federer tennis season: | | 2007 Roger Federer tennis season | | | Calendar p... World Heritage Encyclopedia, the aggregation of the largest online encyclopedias available, and the most definitive collection ever assembled. Many consider the 38-year-old to be the second greatest claycourt player of the 2000s era.What makes Federer stand out from the rest is that he possesses qualities to win big on all surfaces. He entered the Federer won 12 titles in 2006, which included three Grand Slam titles, four ATP Masters titles, and the Tennis Masters Cup. Roger Federer fell to Guillermo Canas at both events and Novak had a clear path towards the crown in Florida, beating the Argentine 6-3, 6-4, 6-2 in two hours and 20 … 3.Federer then won the Munich Open in April in what was a good campaign on clay.
After reaching the finals of his first eleven tournaments in 2006, Federer was upset by 19-year-old British upstart Tokyo was the last outdoor event that Federer participated in during the 2006 season.