FEDERER'S RECORD EQUALLING 14 GRAND SLAM TITLES - 羅傑·費德勒 Federer

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這篇簡述了 Federer 14鼎GS的征戰歷史

With victory over Robin Soderling in the Roland Garros final, Roger Federer
equals Pete Sampras’ all-time record of 14 Grand Slam singles titles. At the
age of 27, the Swiss was contesting just his 40th major. Federer, who has a
14-5 record in Grand Slam finals, accomplished the feat in a span of less
than seven years – needing just 24 Grand Slams from his first victory to his
14th.

Below, we look back on Federer’s historic achievement, beginning with his
first Grand Slam title at 2003 Wimbledon:

2003 Wimbledon - After failing to reach the semi-final stage in his first 16
Grand Slam appearances (Pete Sampras won the 1990 US Open in his eighth
appearance at a major), Federer's immense talent had gone largely unrewarded
until his arrival at the All England Club in 2003. He had been touted a
potential champion a year earlier but suffered a first-round loss to Mario
Ancic. Expectations had been high since 2001, when he stunned seven-time
champion Pete Sampras to reach the quarter-finals. But in 2003 Federer became
a Grand Slam winner after an exquisite performance at Wimbledon, where he
lost just one set and did not drop serve in his last two victories over Andy
Roddick and Mark Philippoussis.

2004 Australian Open – After winning the Tennis Masters Cup in Houston at
the end of 2003, Federer entered the 2004 ATP World Tour season in fine form.
The Swiss did not disappoint and dropped just two sets in racing to his
second career Grand Slam final at the Australian Open, an event where he had
never progressed past the fourth round in four previous visits. After
defeating rivals Lleyton Hewitt, David Nalbandian and Juan Carlos Ferrero to
reach the title match, Federer dismissed the challenge of Marat Safin in
straight sets in the final and, in doing so, rose to No. 1 in the South
African Airways ATP Rankings for the first time.

2004 Wimbledon – Playing in his first Grand Slam as the top seed, Federer
returned as defending champion to SW19 and was largely untroubled on his way
to a second straight Grand Slam final, dropping just one set to Lleyton
Hewitt in the fourth round. The Swiss, who had warmed up for the grass-court
Slam with victory at Halle, faced World No. 2 and first-time finalist Andy
Roddick in the final. Federer did not have it all his own way, forced to
contend with the inclement British weather and good play from Roddick.
Federer rallied from a set and a break down in the third set before sealing
victory 4-6, 7-5, 7-6, 6-4.

2004 US Open – Rebounding from the disappointment of a first-round loss in
Cincinnati to Dominik Hrbaty and a second-round loss to World No. 79 Tomas
Berdych at the Athens Olympics, Federer battled past World No. 7 Andre Agassi
in five sets in the US Open quarter-finals before coasting through his final
two matches against Tim Henman (6-3, 6-4, 6-4) and Lleyton Hewitt (6-0, 7-6,
6-0) to win his first title at Flushing Meadows. Federer became the first
player since Mats Wilander in ‘88 to win three Grand Slam titles in a season
and the first player in the Open Era to win his first four Grand Slam finals.
His 11 titles in 2004 were the most by a year-end No. 1 since Ivan Lendl won
11 in ‘85 and his .925 match winning percentage was highest since Lendl
compiled the same mark in ‘86.

2005 Wimbledon – Federer’s next Grand Slam final appearance did not occur
until Wimbledon in 2005. Having lost a desperately close five-setter to Marat
Safin in the Australian Open semi-finals and been denied a place in the
Roland Garros final by Rafael Nadal, the Swiss was out to prove a point on
the grass at the All England Lawn Tennis Club - where he was two-time
defending champion. For the loss of just one set he enjoyed a smooth passage
through to the final, where he once again faced Andy Roddick in a repeat of
the 2004 final. This time it was a much more straight-forward affair for
Federer, who broke the renowned Roddick serve four times to win his third
successive Wimbledon crown. Federer ended Wimbledon with a 36-0 record on
grass since 2003 and on an all-court winning streak that would eventually
reach 35 matches.

2005 US Open – In the final Federer faced American legend Andre Agassi,
playing in what was to be not only his last Grand Slam final, but his last
final on the ATP World Tour. Laying sentiment aside, Federer held his nerve
to recover from dropping the second set 2-6 by edging the third set tie-break
to set himself up for a comprehensive 6-1 fourth and final set. Federer
became the first player since Don Budge in 1937-38 to complete the
Wimbledon-US Open doubles in back-to-back years. He became the first player
since Rod Laver in 1968-69 to win five majors in back-to-back years. It was
Federer's 23rd consecutive win in a final, an astounding streak that
ultimately was halted at 24 by David Nalbandian in a fifth-set tie-break in
the Tennis Masters Cup.

2006 Australian Open – Unstoppable Federer became the first player since
Pete Sampras in 1993-94 to win three straight Slam titles when he captured
his second Australian Open crown. After smooth passage through the first
three rounds, Federer was pushed the distance by Tommy Haas in the fourth
round before edging past Nikolay Davydenko in the quarter-finals. A four-set
victory over Nicolas Kiefer secured his place in the championship match,
where he faced little-known Marcos Baghdatis. The Cypriot had won over a
legion of fans on his inspired run to the final, and looked poised to upset
Federer as he took the first set 7-5. However, the Swiss’ experience
prevailed as he edged the second set by the same score-line before racing
through final two sets 6-0, 6-2.

2006 Wimbledon – Federer joined Sampras (7) and Borg (5) as the only players
to win four or more Wimbledon titles in the Open Era. He went undefeated on
grass (12-0) for the fourth straight year and established a new record grass
court winning streak (48 matches). The Swiss came into Wimbledon in red-hot
form. Since his triumph at the Australian Open, he had reached the final at
all seven events played – collecting titles on three occasions. The man
responsible for each loss was Rafael Nadal – a Spaniard setting the
clay-court season alight with victories over Federer at ATP World Tour
Masters 1000 events in Monte-Carlo and Rome and ultimately Roland Garros.
Federer was able to put the disappointment of missed opportunities behind him
though as he found his feet on the grass with victory once more at Halle,
followed up by a comprehensive victory at Wimbledon – with just the one set
dropped throughout - against Nadal in the final.

2006 US Open – By conquering New York for a third straight year, Federer
became the first player to reach all four Grand Slam finals in a year since
Rod Laver in ‘69. He also joined Laver as only player to win at least three
Grand Slam titles in two different seasons (Laver won Grand Slam in 1962, ‘
69). As was becoming the norm in Grand Slam events, Federer coasted through
the early rounds at Flushing Meadows and was untroubled until he met home
favourite and World No. 7 James Blake in the quarter-finals – even then only
surrendering one set to the American. For the third time, Federer squared up
to rival Andy Roddick in a Grand Slam final and, for the third time, he had
the answer to Roddick’s barrage of attack. From 2004-06, Federer compiled a
match record of 247-15 (.943), with Nadal the only player to beat him more
than once during that stretch.

2007 Australian Open – Just when fans thought Federer couldn't get any
better, for the first time he won a Grand Slam title without dropping a set
as he romped to his third Australian Open trophy. He became the first player
since Bjorn Borg in 1980 (Roland Garros) to win a Slam title without
conceding a set, and at the time was just the fourth player in the Open Era
to do so. Federer came into the tournament having won his past five
tournaments and he ultimately ran up a career-best 41-match winning streak.
At Melbourne Park the Swiss handled Novak Djokovic, Tommy Robredo, Andy
Roddick and surprise finalist Fernando Gonzalez.

2007 Wimbledon – At the All England Club, Federer dropped only one set en
route to title match before defeating Nadal in five sets to capture his fifth
consecutive Wimbledon title and join Bjorn Borg as only players to win at
least five straight crowns in Open Era. He compiled an undefeated grass
court record (6-0) for the fifth straight year and extended his record grass
court winning streak to 54 matches. The riveting final against Nadal was
widely celebrated by fans, yet it was soundly eclipsed one year later by the
pair's historic five-set epic final showdown.

2007 US Open – Federer won his 50th ATP World Tour title in Cincinnati and
then at Flushing Meadows avenged his loss to young challenger Novak Djokovic
in the Canada final to win his fourth US Open title. For the third straight
year Federer completed the Wimbledon-US Open double and he became the first
player in history to reach all four Grand Slam finals in back-to-back years.
The 2007 US Open also marked Federer's all-time record 10th consecutive
appearance in a Grand Slam final. For the fourth time in his career, Federer
won three Grand Slam titles in one season, which provided little notice of
the challenges Federer would face in the following season.

2008 US Open - The tennis world had begun to question whether Federer's best
days were behind him when he arrived at Flushing Meadows for the 2008 US
Open. He was coming off back-to-back losses to Nadal in the Roland Garros and
Wimbledon finals, both of which cut deep. In Paris, Federer was thrashed 1-6,
3-6, 0-6 and at Wimbledon Nadal snapped Federer’s run of five consecutive
titles. Federer, who in August had relinquished his No. 1 ranking after 237
weeks to Nadal, was also in danger of failing to win a Grand Slam title in a
season for the first time in six years. But the Swiss produced arguably his
best tennis of the year to beat young challengers Novak Djokovic in the
semi-finals and Andy Murray in the final to win his fifth straight US Open.
Federer joined Bill Tilden as the only man to win five straight US
championships.

2009 Roland Garros - When Federer suffered his crushing loss to Rafael Nadal
12 months prior in the 2008 Roland Garros final – when he scavenged just
four games – there was widespread doubts that the player who many call the
greatest of all time would never complete the elusive career Grand Slam. But
one year on Federer entered Roland Garros buoyed by a win one week earlier
over Nadal on clay in the Madrid final. Better news was to follow when Nadal
suffered a shocked loss to Robin Soderling in the fourth round. Yet Federer
still had to grind out his toughest path to any of his 14 Grand Slam titles.
In the fourth round he was within five points of a straight-sets loss to
Tommy Haas and again had to rally from behind to beat Juan Martin del Potro
in five sets in the semi-finals. In all Federer dropped six sets en route to
the final before playing one of his best matches on clay to eclipse Robin
Soderling in straight sets. The doubters had been silenced. “This is the
most satisfying win of my life, along with my first Wimbledon,”: Federer
said. “I have tried for so many years, so there was much pressure
involved... I always believed in it but it becomes harder with time.”

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