Roger FedererHeight/Weight: 6-1/177Birthdate: 08/08/1981Birthplace: Basel, SwitzerlandPlays: RCountry: SwitzerlandResides: Oberwil, SwitzerlandTurned Pro: 1998Tour: ATPFederer claimed his 42nd career title on Oct. 9, 2006, winning the AIG Japan Open in Tokyo.Federer claimed his 9th Grand Slam title at the U.S. Open, and became the 1st player in history to win consecutive Wimbledon and U.S. open titles 3 years in a row.He is assured to finish the year as World No.1 and has claimed the Tennis Masters Cup.He has played 10 consecutive Grand Slam semifinals (tying Ivan Lendl"s record) and reached an open era record 6 consecutive finals.He claimed his 11th Masters Series shield at the Rogers Masters, in Toronto, Canada, trailing only Agassi (17).He won 55 matches and 9 straight finals in North America between his losses to Hrbaty and Murray in Cincinnati in 2004 and 2006. He has won an open era record 48 consecutive grass court matches since losing to Ancic in the opening round of Wimbledon in 2002. He won 27 consecutive Grand Slam matches (trailing only Rod Laver, 29) before losing to Nadal in Paris. He is 8-1 in Grand Slam finals.He has won 9 titles this year: U.S. Open, TMS Toronto, Wimbledon (4th consecutive), TMS Indian Wells and TMS Miami (his 3rd consecutive ... first player to win both in the same year twice), ExxonMobil Open in Doha, Qatar, Australian Open, Gerry Weber Open in Halle, Germany (4th consecutive), and AIG Japan Open in Tokyo.
