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Records and Awards

AWARDS

 

• 4x Laureus Sports Award, World Sportsman of the Year (2005-2008)
• 5x ITF Player of the Year (2004-2007, 2009)
• 3x L’Equipe’s Champion of Champions (2005-2007)
• 10x Fan’s Favorite, ATPWorldTour.com (2003-2012)
• 8x Stefan Edberg Sportsmanship Award (2004-2009, 2011, 2012)
• 1x Arthur Ashe Humanitarian of the Year (2006)
• 1x Swiss of the Year (2003)
• 5x Swiss Athlete of the Year (2003, 2004, 2006, 2007, 2012)
• 1x Swiss Team of the Year, together with Stanislas Wawrinka (2008)

• Special edition stamp by Swiss Post (2007, as the first person still alive)
• Special edition stamp by Austrian Post (2010)

 

RECORDS

 

Grand Slam tournaments 

(not including records at single Grand Slam tournaments)

• Most Grand Slam tournaments won (17).*
• Most Grand Slam finals played (24).*
• Titles at all four Grand Slam events (also: Perry, Budge, Laver, Emerson, Agassi, Nadal). Roger is the only player next to Agassi and Nadal to have won these tournaments on three different surfaces. 
• Victory in his first seven Grand Slam finals (Series ended at the French Open 2006; record shared with Sears).
• Three victories at Grand Slam tournaments in the same season during three years (2004, 2006, 2007).
• At least four victories at three different Grand Slam tournaments. 
• Five victories respectively in series at two different Grand Slam tournaments (Wimbledon 2003–2007, US Open 2004–2008).
• Most years with at least two Grand Slam titles (5; 2004-2007, 2009; record shared with Emerson).
• Most consecutive years with at least one Grand Slam title (8; 2003-2010; Borg and Sampras also hold this record).*
• Reached final of every Grand Slam tournament at least five times. 
• Most consecutive semi-finals at Grand Slam tournament (23; Wimbledon 2004 – Australian Open 2010).
• Most consecutive quarter-finals at Grand Slam tournaments (35; since Wimbledon 2004).*
• Most Grand-Slam semifinals played (33).
• Reached all Grand Slam finals in two consecutive years (2006 and 2007).
• Reached all Grand Slam finals in three years (2006, 2007 and 2009).
• Eleven matches in series won at Grand Slam tournaments without dropping a set (Australian Open and French Open 2007; John McEnroe also achieved this 1984).
• Most consecutive sets won at Grand Slam tournaments (36; Australian Open and French Open 2007).
• Most aces in a Grand Slam final (50, Wimbledon 2009).

World ranking

• Consecutive weeks at number one of the world rankings (237; 2.2.2004-18.8.2008).
• Most points at the end of the season in both rankings. 
• Most weeks no. 1 (302)

 

Series 

• Most consecutive final victories (24; until 2005).
• Victories against players from the top-ten (26; 2003–2005).
• Longest series of victories on grass (65; 2003–2008).
• Longest series of victories on hardcourts (56; 2005-2006).

 

Other records 

• Ten or more tournament titles in three consecutive years (2004-2006).
• Singles titles won within three seasons (34, 2004–2006).
• Highest rate of victories over three years (94,3%, 2004-2006).
• Highest rate of tournament victories over three years (69,4%, 2004-2006).
• Reached 16 out of 17 finals in tournaments played within a season (2006).
• 12 tournament titles in one season (2006; record shared with Thomas Muster).