2008 Roger Federer tennis season

2008 Roger Federer tennis season
Calendar prize money $5,886,879
Singles
Season record 66–15 (81.48%)
Calendar titles 4
Year-end ranking #2
Ranking change from previous year 1
Grand Slam results
Australian Open SF
French Open F
Wimbledon F
US Open W
Tour Finals RR
Last updated on: 31 December 2008.
Main article: Roger Federer

Roger Federer won one slam in 2008, which came at the 2008 US Open, defeating Briton Andy Murray, 6–2, 7–5, 6–2. Federer was defeated by Rafael Nadal in two Grand Slam finals: at the 2008 French Open, which he lost 1-6, 3-6, 0-6, and at the 2008 Wimbledon Championships in a five-setter, 4-6, 4-6, 7-6, 7-6, 7-9, when he was going for six straight wins to break Björn Borg's record. At the 2008 Australian Open, Federer lost in the semifinals to Novak Djokovic, ending his record of 10 consecutive Major finals. Roger Federer lost twice in Master Series 1000 Finals on clay to Nadal at Monte Carlo and Hamburg. However, Federer was able to capture three more victories in 250-level events at Estoril, Halle, and Basel.

In doubles, Federer and compatriot Stanislas Wawrinka won the gold medal in at the 2008 Summer Olympics.

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Year summary

Federer began the year by attempting to defend his title at the Australian Open. He lost, however, in the semifinals to eventual champion Djokovic, 5-7, 3-6, 6-7. This ended his record of ten consecutive Grand Slam finals, the most ever for a men's player. In March, Federer revealed that he had recently been diagnosed with mononucleosis and that he may have suffered from it as early as December 2007. Federer also had an illness related to food poisoning prior to the start of the Australian Open. He noted, however, that he was now "medically cleared to compete".[1] Although Federer was seeded first and was the defending champion at the Barclays Dubai Tennis Championships, he lost to Murray in the first round. On 10 March, Federer won his third exhibition match out of four against former world no. 1 Pete Sampras at Madison Square Garden in New York City, 6–3, 6–7, 7–6.[2]

Federer began the clay-court season at the Estoril Open in Portugal. This was his first tournament with coach José Higueras.[3] and his first non-Master Series clay-court tournament since Gstaad in 2004.[4] Federer won his first tournament of the year, when Nikolay Davydenko retired from the final while trailing, 7–6, 1–2 with a leg ligament strain. Federer then played three Masters Series tournaments on clay. At the Masters Series Monte Carlo, Federer lost to three-time defending champion Rafael Nadal in the final in straight sets. Federer made 44 unforced errors, lost a 4–0 lead in the second set, and fell to 1–7 against Nadal on clay courts.[5] At the Internazionali BNL d'Italia, Federer lost in the quarterfinals to Radek Štěpánek. Federer was the defending champion at the Masters Series Hamburg, but lost to Nadal in the final. At the French Open, Federer was defeated quickly by Nadal in the final, 1-6, 3-6, 0-6.[6] This was the fourth consecutive year that Federer and Nadal had played at the French Open, with Federer losing his third consecutive final to Nadal.[6] Federer's record of 23–4 (2005–08) at the French Open is second only to Nadal's record of 28–0 during the same period.

Federer bounced back by winning the Gerry Weber Open in Halle, Germany without dropping a set or a service game. This was the fifth time he had won this event. With this result, he tied Pete Sampras's record for most titles on grass in the open era with 10.[7] At Wimbledon, Federer once again played world no. 2 Nadal in the final. A victory for Federer would have meant his sixth consecutive Wimbledon singles title, breaking Borg's modern era men’s record and equaling the all-time record held since 1886 by William Renshaw. Federer saved two championship points in the fourth set tiebreak, but eventually lost the match, 4-6, 4-6, 7-6, 7-6, 7-9. The rain-delayed match ended in near darkness after 4 hours, 48 minutes of play, making it the longest (in terms of elapsed time) men's final in Wimbledon recorded history. It concluded 7 hours, 15 minutes after its scheduled start. The defeat also ended Federer's 65-match winning streak on grass. John McEnroe described the match as "The greatest match I've ever seen."[8] After Nadal surpassed him as world no. 1 later in the year, Federer stated that his main goal would be to regain the Wimbledon title, rather than the top spot.[9]

Federer made early exits in his next two singles tournaments, the Rogers Cup in Toronto, Canada and the Western & Southern Financial Group Masters in Cincinnati, Ohio.[10] Federer was chosen to carry the national flag at the Beijing Olympics. At the Summer Olympics in Beijing, Federer lost in the quarterfinals to James Blake for the first time in their nine matches.[11] Federer however, finally won his first Olympic gold medal in the men's doubles, when he and compatriot Stanislas Wawrinka upset the world no. 1 doubles team of Bob and Mike Bryan of the United States in the semifinals and defeated Sweden's Simon Aspelin and Thomas Johansson in the final, 6–3, 6–4, 6–7, 6–3. The following day, Federer lost his world no. 1 ranking to Nadal after 237 consecutive weeks.[10][12][13] At the US Open, Federer reached the fourth round without dropping a set. He defeated third-seeded Novak Djokovic in a rematch of the 2007 US Open Final, 6–3, 5–7, 7–5, 6–2, in the semifinals, and then defeated Andy Murray, who was playing in his first Grand Slam final, 6–2, 7–5, 6–2, to win his fifth straight US Open title and 13th career Grand Slam title, leaving him one Grand Slam title from tying Pete Sampras's all-time record of 14. This extended his US Open winning streak to 34 matches.[14] Federer became the first player in tennis history to have five consecutive wins at both Wimbledon and the US Open.[15][16] At the Mutua Madrileña Masters Madrid, Federer reached the semifinals without losing a set. There he lost to Murray, 6-3, 3-6, 5-7. Meanwhile, he became the all-time leader in career prize money in men's tennis, earning over US$ 43.3 million at the end of the tournament and surpassing 14-time Grand Slam singles champion Pete Sampras.[17]

Federer won his 57th career title at the Davidoff Swiss Indoors in Basel, beating David Nalbandian in the final. He became the only player in history to win the title three consecutive years. He reached the quarterfinals of his next event, the BNP Paribas Masters in Paris, before withdrawing because of back pain. This was the first time in Federer's career of 763 matches that he had withdrawn from a tournament.[18] This meant that 2008 was the first year since 2003 in which he did not win a Masters Series title.[19] Federer entered the Tennis Masters Cup as the top-seeded player, after Nadal withdrew from the tournament. He drew Simon, Murray, and Roddick in the Red Group. In his opening match, Federer lost to Simon, but kept his hopes alive by defeating Roddick's replacement, Stepanek, in his second match. He lost his third match to Murray, 6-4, 6-7, 5-7. Federer had received medical treatment for back and hip problems in the third set, but lost after saving seven match points.[20] However, Federer still ended the year ranked world no. 2.

Matches

Grand Slam performance

Tournament Round Result Opponent Score
Australian Open 1R Win Diego Hartfield 6–0, 6–3, 6–0
2R Win Fabrice Santoro 6–1, 6–2, 6–0
3R Win Janko Tipsarević 6–7(5), 7–6(1), 5–7, 6–1, 10–8
4R Win Tomáš Berdych 6–4, 7–6(7), 6–3
QF Win James Blake 7–5, 7–6(5), 6–4
SF Loss Novak Djokovic 7–5, 6–3, 7–6(5)
French Open 1R Win Sam Querrey 6–4, 6–4, 6–3
2R Win Albert Montañés 6–7(5), 6–1, 6–0, 6–4
3R Win Mario Ančić 6–3, 6–4, 6–2
4R Win Julien Benneteau 6–4, 7–5, 7–5
QF Win Fernando González 2–6, 6–2, 6–3, 6–4
SF Win Gaël Monfils 6–2, 5–7, 6–3, 7–5
F Loss Rafael Nadal 6–1, 6–3, 6–0
Wimbledon 1R Win Dominik Hrbatý 6–3, 6–2, 6–2
2R Win Robin Söderling 6–3, 6–4, 7–6(3)
3R Win Marc Gicquel 6–3, 6–3, 6–1
4R Win Lleyton Hewitt 7–6(7), 6–2, 6–4
QF Win Mario Ančić 6–1, 7–5, 6–4
SF Win Marat Safin 6–3, 7–6(3), 6–4
F Loss Rafael Nadal 6–4, 6–4, 6–7(5), 6–7(8), 9–7
US Open 1R Win Máximo González 6–3, 6–0, 6–3
2R Win Thiago Alves 6–3, 7–5, 6–4
3R Win Radek Štěpánek 6–3, 6–3, 6–2
4R Win Igor Andreev 6–7(6), 7–6(5), 6–3, 3–6, 6–3
QF Win Gilles Müller 7–6(5), 6–4, 7–6(5)
SF Win Novak Djokovic 6–3, 5–7, 7–5, 6–2
F Win (13) Andy Murray 6–2, 7–5, 6–2

All matches

Singles
Match Tournament Country Start
Date		 Entry Type I/O Surface Round Opponent/Rank Result Score
915 Australian Open Australia 1/14 DA GS Outdoor Hard R128 Diego Hartfield (ARG) / #107 W 6-0, 6-3, 6-0
916 Australian Open Australia 1/14 DA GS Outdoor Hard R64 Fabrice Santoro (FRA) / #36 W 6-1, 6-2, 6-0
917 Australian Open Australia 1/14 DA GS Outdoor Hard R32 Janko Tipsarevic (SRB) / #49 W 6-7(5), 7-6(1), 5-7, 6-1, 10-8
918 Australian Open Australia 1/14 DA GS Outdoor Hard R16 Tomas Berdych (CZE) / #13 W 6-4, 7-6(7), 6-3
919 Australian Open Australia 1/14 DA GS Outdoor Hard Q James Blake (USA) / #15 W 7-5, 7-6(5), 6-4
920 Australian Open Australia 1/14 DA GS Outdoor Hard S Novak Djokovic (SRB) / #3 L 5-7, 3-6, 6-7(5)
921 Dubai U.A.E. 3/3 DA 500 Outdoor Hard R32 Andy Murray (GBR) / #11 L 7-6(6), 3-6, 4-6
922 ATP Masters Series Indian Wells USA 3/13 DA 1000 Outdoor Hard R128 Bye W  
923 ATP Masters Series Indian Wells USA 3/13 DA 1000 Outdoor Hard R64 Guillermo Garcia-Lopez (ESP) / #62 W 6-3, 6-2
924 ATP Masters Series Indian Wells USA 3/13 DA 1000 Outdoor Hard R32 Nicolas Mahut (FRA) / #44 W 6-1, 6-1
925 ATP Masters Series Indian Wells USA 3/13 DA 1000 Outdoor Hard R16 Ivan Ljubicic (CRO) / #23 W 6-3, 6-4
926 ATP Masters Series Indian Wells USA 3/13 DA 1000 Outdoor Hard Q Tommy Haas (GER) / #36 W W/O
927 ATP Masters Series Indian Wells USA 3/13 DA 1000 Outdoor Hard S Mardy Fish (USA) / #98 L 3-6, 2-6
928 ATP Masters Series Miami USA 3/27 DA 1000 Outdoor Hard R128 Bye W  
929 ATP Masters Series Miami USA 3/27 DA 1000 Outdoor Hard R64 Gael Monfils (FRA) / #65 W 6-3, 6-4
930 ATP Masters Series Miami USA 3/27 DA 1000 Outdoor Hard R32 Robin Soderling (SWE) / #39 W 6-4, 3-0 RET
931 ATP Masters Series Miami USA 3/27 DA 1000 Outdoor Hard R16 Jose Acasuso (ARG) / #45 W 7-6(5), 6-2
932 ATP Masters Series Miami USA 3/27 DA 1000 Outdoor Hard Q Andy Roddick (USA) / #6 L 6-7(4), 6-4, 3-6
933 Estoril Portugal 4/14 DA 250 Outdoor Clay R32 Olivier Rochus (BEL) / #77 W 4-6, 6-3, 6-2
934 Estoril Portugal 4/14 DA 250 Outdoor Clay R16 Victor Hanescu (ROU) / #68 W 6-3, 6-2
935 Estoril Portugal 4/14 DA 250 Outdoor Clay Q Frederico Gil (POR) / #146 W 6-4, 6-1
936 Estoril Portugal 4/14 DA 250 Outdoor Clay S Denis Gremelmayr (GER) / #104 W 2-6, 7-5, 6-1
937 Estoril Portugal 4/14 DA 250 Outdoor Clay W Nikolay Davydenko (RUS) / #4 W 7-6(5), 1-2 RET
938 ATP Masters Series Monte Carlo Monaco 4/20 DA 1000 Outdoor Clay R64 Bye W  
939 ATP Masters Series Monte Carlo Monaco 4/20 DA 1000 Outdoor Clay R32 Ruben Ramirez Hidalgo (ESP) / #137 W 6-1, 3-6, 7-6(1)
940 ATP Masters Series Monte Carlo Monaco 4/20 DA 1000 Outdoor Clay R16 Gael Monfils (FRA) / #64 W 6-3, 6-4
941 ATP Masters Series Monte Carlo Monaco 4/20 DA 1000 Outdoor Clay Q David Nalbandian (ARG) / #7 W 5-7, 6-2, 6-2
942 ATP Masters Series Monte Carlo Monaco 4/20 DA 1000 Outdoor Clay S Novak Djokovic (SRB) / #3 W 6-3, 3-2 RET
943 ATP Masters Series Monte Carlo Monaco 4/20 DA 1000 Outdoor Clay F Rafael Nadal (ESP) / #2 L 5-7, 5-7
944 ATP Masters Series Rome Italy 5/5 DA 1000 Outdoor Clay R64 Bye W  
945 ATP Masters Series Rome Italy 5/5 DA 1000 Outdoor Clay R32 Guillermo Canas (ARG) / #30 W 6-3, 6-3
946 ATP Masters Series Rome Italy 5/5 DA 1000 Outdoor Clay R16 Ivo Karlovic (CRO) / #22 W 7-6(4), 6-3
947 ATP Masters Series Rome Italy 5/5 DA 1000 Outdoor Clay Q Radek Stepanek (CZE) / #27 L 6-7(4), 6-7(7)
948 ATP Masters Series Hamburg Germany 5/11 DA 1000 Outdoor Clay R64 Bye W  
949 ATP Masters Series Hamburg Germany 5/11 DA 1000 Outdoor Clay R32 Jarkko Nieminen (FIN) / #27 W 6-1, 6-3
950 ATP Masters Series Hamburg Germany 5/11 DA 1000 Outdoor Clay R16 Robin Soderling (SWE) / #48 W 6-3, 6-2
951 ATP Masters Series Hamburg Germany 5/11 DA 1000 Outdoor Clay Q Fernando Verdasco (ESP) / #28 W 6-3, 6-3
952 ATP Masters Series Hamburg Germany 5/11 DA 1000 Outdoor Clay S Andreas Seppi (ITA) / #43 W 6-3, 6-1
953 ATP Masters Series Hamburg Germany 5/11 DA 1000 Outdoor Clay F Rafael Nadal (ESP) / #2 L 5-7, 7-6(3), 3-6
954 Roland Garros France 5/25 DA GS Outdoor Clay R128 Sam Querrey (USA) / #40 W 6-4, 6-4, 6-3
955 Roland Garros France 5/25 DA GS Outdoor Clay R64 Albert Montanes (ESP) / #60 W 6-7(5), 6-1, 6-0, 6-4
956 Roland Garros France 5/25 DA GS Outdoor Clay R32 Mario Ancic (CRO) / #46 W 6-3, 6-4, 6-2
957 Roland Garros France 5/25 DA GS Outdoor Clay R16 Julien Benneteau (FRA) / #55 W 6-4, 7-5, 7-5
958 Roland Garros France 5/25 DA GS Outdoor Clay Q Fernando Gonzalez (CHI) / #25 W 2-6, 6-2, 6-3, 6-4
959 Roland Garros France 5/25 DA GS Outdoor Clay S Gael Monfils (FRA) / #59 W 6-2, 5-7, 6-3, 7-5
960 Roland Garros France 5/25 DA GS Outdoor Clay F Rafael Nadal (ESP) / #2 L 1-6, 3-6, 0-6
961 Halle Germany 6/9 DA 250 Outdoor Grass R32 Michael Berrer (GER) / #83 W 6-4, 6-2
962 Halle Germany 6/9 DA 250 Outdoor Grass R16 Jan Vacek (CZE) / #342 W 7-5, 6-3
963 Halle Germany 6/9 DA 250 Outdoor Grass Q Marcos Baghdatis (CYP) / #23 W 6-4, 6-4
964 Halle Germany 6/9 DA 250 Outdoor Grass S Nicolas Kiefer (GER) / #38 W 6-1, 6-4
965 Halle Germany 6/9 DA 250 Outdoor Grass W Philipp Kohlschreiber (GER) / #40 W 6-3, 6-4
966 Wimbledon Great Britain 6/23 DA GS Outdoor Grass R128 Dominik Hrbaty (SVK) / #273 W 6-3, 6-2, 6-2
967 Wimbledon Great Britain 6/23 DA GS Outdoor Grass R64 Robin Soderling (SWE) / #41 W 6-3, 6-4, 7-6(3)
968 Wimbledon Great Britain 6/23 DA GS Outdoor Grass R32 Marc Gicquel (FRA) / #53 W 6-3, 6-3, 6-1
969 Wimbledon Great Britain 6/23 DA GS Outdoor Grass R16 Lleyton Hewitt (AUS) / #27 W 7-6(7), 6-2, 6-4
970 Wimbledon Great Britain 6/23 DA GS Outdoor Grass Q Mario Ancic (CRO) / #43 W 6-1, 7-5, 6-4
971 Wimbledon Great Britain 6/23 DA GS Outdoor Grass S Marat Safin (RUS) / #75 W 6-3, 7-6(3), 6-4
972 Wimbledon Great Britain 6/23 DA GS Outdoor Grass F Rafael Nadal (ESP) / #2 L 4-6, 4-6, 7-6(5), 7-6(8), 7-9
973 ATP Masters Series Canada Canada 7/21 DA 1000 Outdoor Hard R64 Bye W  
974 ATP Masters Series Canada Canada 7/21 DA 1000 Outdoor Hard R32 Gilles Simon (FRA) / #22 L 6-2, 5-7, 4-6
975 ATP Masters Series Cincinnati USA 7/28 DA 1000 Outdoor Hard R64 Bye W  
976 ATP Masters Series Cincinnati USA 7/28 DA 1000 Outdoor Hard R32 Robby Ginepri (USA) / #64 W 6-7(2), 7-6(5), 6-0
977 ATP Masters Series Cincinnati USA 7/28 DA 1000 Outdoor Hard R16 Ivo Karlovic (CRO) / #22 L 6-7(6), 6-4, 6-7(5)
978 Beijing Olympics China 8/11 DA OL Outdoor Hard R64 Dmitry Tursunov (RUS) / #29 W 6-4, 6-2
979 Beijing Olympics China 8/11 DA OL Outdoor Hard R32 Rafael Arevalo (ESA) / #447 W 6-2, 6-4
980 Beijing Olympics China 8/11 DA OL Outdoor Hard R16 Tomas Berdych (CZE) / #20 W 6-3, 7-6(4)
981 Beijing Olympics China 8/11 DA OL Outdoor Hard Q James Blake (USA) / #7 L 4-6, 6-7(2)
982 US Open USA 8/25 DA GS Outdoor Hard R128 Maximo Gonzalez (ARG) / #118 W 6-3, 6-0, 6-3
983 US Open USA 8/25 DA GS Outdoor Hard R64 Thiago Alves (BRA) / #137 W 6-3, 7-5, 6-4
984 US Open USA 8/25 DA GS Outdoor Hard R32 Radek Stepanek (CZE) / #30 W 6-3, 6-3, 6-2
985 US Open USA 8/25 DA GS Outdoor Hard R16 Igor Andreev (RUS) / #23 W 6-7(5), 7-6(5), 6-3, 3-6, 6-3
986 US Open USA 8/25 DA GS Outdoor Hard Q Gilles Muller (LUX) / #130 W 7-6(5), 6-4, 7-6(5)
987 US Open USA 8/25 DA GS Outdoor Hard S Novak Djokovic (SRB) / #3 W 6-3, 5-7, 7-5, 6-2
988 US Open USA 8/25 DA GS Outdoor Hard W Andy Murray (GBR) / #6 W 6-2, 7-5, 6-2
989 SUI v. BEL WG Play-offs Switzerland 9/19 DA DC Indoor Hard RR Kristof Vliegen (BEL) / #95 W 7-6(1), 6-4, 6-2
990 ATP Masters Series Madrid Spain 10/12 DA 1000 Indoor Hard R64 Bye W  
991 ATP Masters Series Madrid Spain 10/12 DA 1000 Indoor Hard R32 Radek Stepanek (CZE) / #30 W 6-3, 7-6(6)
992 ATP Masters Series Madrid Spain 10/12 DA 1000 Indoor Hard R16 Jo-Wilfried Tsonga (FRA) / #15 W 6-4, 6-1
993 ATP Masters Series Madrid Spain 10/12 DA 1000 Indoor Hard Q Juan Martin Del Potro (ARG) / #9 W 6-3, 6-3
994 ATP Masters Series Madrid Spain 10/12 DA 1000 Indoor Hard S Andy Murray (GBR) / #4 L 6-3, 3-6, 5-7
995 Basel Switzerland 10/20 DA 250 Indoor Hard R32 Bobby Reynolds (USA) / #86 W 6-3, 6-7(6), 6-3
996 Basel Switzerland 10/20 DA 250 Indoor Hard R16 Jarkko Nieminen (FIN) / #29 W 7-6(6), 7-6(1)
997 Basel Switzerland 10/20 DA 250 Indoor Hard Q Simone Bolelli (ITA) / #42 W 6-2, 6-3
998 Basel Switzerland 10/20 DA 250 Indoor Hard S Feliciano Lopez (ESP) / #39 W 6-3, 6-2
999 Basel Switzerland 10/20 DA 250 Indoor Hard W David Nalbandian (ARG) / #8 W 6-3, 6-4
1000 ATP Masters Series Paris France 10/26 DA 1000 Indoor Hard R64 Bye W  
1001 ATP Masters Series Paris France 10/26 DA 1000 Indoor Hard R32 Robin Soderling (SWE) / #18 W 6-4, 7-6(7)
1002 ATP Masters Series Paris France 10/26 DA 1000 Indoor Hard R16 Marin Cilic (CRO) / #25 W 6-3, 6-4
1003 ATP Masters Series Paris France 10/26 DA 1000 Indoor Hard Q James Blake (USA) / #11 L W/O
1004 Tennis Masters Cup China 11/9 DA WC Indoor Hard RR Gilles Simon (FRA) / #9 L 6-4, 4-6, 3-6
1005 Tennis Masters Cup China 11/9 DA WC Indoor Hard RR Radek Stepanek (CZE) / #27 W 7-6(4), 6-4
1006 Tennis Masters Cup China 11/9 DA WC Indoor Hard RR Andy Murray (GBR) / #4 L 6-4, 6-7(3), 5-7

See also

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