ATP News : 2006


Federer Clinches 3rd US Open, Year-End No. 1

Unlikely as it seems, there remain new personal and historical milestones for Roger Federer to achieve

www.atptennis.com By defeating Andy Roddick 6-2, 4-6, 7-5, 6-1 to win his ninth Grand Slam title in Sunday's US Open final, Federer became the first player in the history of tennis to win Wimbledon and the US Open in the same year for three consecutive years.

He has now won nine of the past 14 Grand Slam titles. Federer, who on Monday begins his 137th consecutive week at No. 1 in the INDESIT ATP Rankings, also clinched the year-end No. 1 ranking for the third consecutive year.

For the first time in his career Federer won three Grand Slam titles in the same season, following his second Australian Open title in January and his fourth consecutive Wimbledon championship in July. Federer is the first man to reach all four Grand Slam finals in a calendar year since Rod Laver in 1969 and the only man in the Open Era, and one of four in history, to reach the final at six consecutive Grand Slam events.

And, in another first, Federer got to meet his golfing counterpart, undisputed World No. 1 Tiger Woods, before Sunday's final. Woods and his wife Elin sat next to Federer's girlfriend Mirka in the players' box during the match.

"We've been trying to meet on several occasions but with our schedules it has never worked out," Federer said in his on-court victory speech. "He promised to come if I made it to the final, so I had some pressure. It's great to see you here, thanks Tiger."

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