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Grand Slam tournaments
Grand Slam singles finals (18)
Wins (13)
2003 - Wimbledon - Mark Philippoussis 7–6(5), 6–2, 7–6(3)
2004 - Australian Open - Marat Safin 7–6(3), 6–4, 6–2
2004 - Wimbledon (2) - Andy Roddick 4–6, 7–5, 7–6(3), 6–4
2004 - US Open Hard - Lleyton Hewitt 6–0, 7–6(3), 6–0
2005 - Wimbledon (3) - Andy Roddick 6–2, 7–6(2), 6–4
2005 - US Open (2) - Andre Agassi 6–3, 2–6, 7–6(1), 6–1
2006 - Australian Open (2) - Marcos Baghdatis 5–7, 7–5, 6–0, 6–2
2006 - Wimbledon (4) - Rafael Nadal 6–0, 7–6(5), 6–7(2), 6–3
2006 - US Open (3) - Andy Roddick 6–2, 4–6, 7–5, 6–1
2007 - Australian Open (3) - Fernando González 7–6(2), 6–4, 6–4
2007 - Wimbledon (5) - Rafael Nadal 7–6(7), 4–6, 7–6(3), 2–6, 6–2
2007 - US Open (4) - Serbia Novak Djokovic 7–6(4), 7–6(2), 6–4
2008 - US Open (5) - Andy Murray 6-2, 7-5, 6-2
Runner-ups (5)
2006 - French Open - Rafael Nadal 1–6, 6–1, 6–4, 7–6(4)
2007 - French Open (2) - Rafael Nadal 6–3, 4–6, 6–3, 6–4
2008 - French Open (3) - Rafael Nadal 6–1, 6–3, 6–0
2008 - Wimbledon Grass - Rafael Nadal 6–4, 6–4, 6–7(5), 6–7(8), 9–7
2009 - Australian Open - Rafael Nadal 7–5, 3–6, 7–6(3), 3–6, 6–2
Singles championships
* 1) Federer has won 13 Grand Slam titles, which is second all-time for a male player to the 14 titles of Pete Sampras.
* 2) Federer won five consecutive men's titles at Wimbledon from 2003-07, matching a feat achieved only by Bjorn Borg in the open era.
* 3) Federer holds the open era record for most consecutive US Open titles at five (2004-08). The previous open era record for a male player was three consecutive US Open titles by both Ivan Lendl and John McEnroe. Federer, Sampras, and Jimmy Connors have won a male open era record five US Open titles.
* 4) Federer is the only player in tennis history to win at least five consecutive titles at two different Grand Slam tournaments (2003-07 Wimbledon, 2004-08 US Open). He is also the only player in tennis history to win the same two Grand Slam tournaments back to back for four consecutive years (2004-07).
* 5) Federer's victory at the 2004 US Open marked the first time in the open era that anyone had won his first four Grand Slam finals. He eventually won his first seven Grand Slam finals before losing to Rafael Nadal in the 2006 French Open final. Federer, Richard Sears, and William Renshaw are the only male players in tennis history to win their first seven Grand Slam singles finals.
* 6) At the 2007 Australian Open, Federer became the fourth man in the open era to win a Grand Slam title without dropping a set. The last man to do this before Federer was Borg at the 1980 French Open. Since then only Rafael Nadal accomplished this feat at the 2008 French Open. The only other man to win the Australian Open during the open era without dropping a set was Ken Rosewall in 1971.
* 7) At the 2006 Australian Open, Federer became the first man to win three consecutive Grand Slam titles since Sampras in 1993-94. Federer repeated this feat at the 2007 Australian Open, making him the only man to do this twice in the open era.
* 8) By winning the 2007 Australian Open, Federer became the only male tennis player to win three different Grand Slam tournaments at least three times each (3 Australian Opens, 5 Wimbledons, and 5 US Opens).
* 9) Federer is the only male player in tennis history to win at least two Grand Slam titles for four consecutive years. Sampras is the only other man to win two Grand Slams in a calendar year four different times (1993-95, 1997), but unlike Federer not in consecutive years.
* 10) Federer is the only male player in tennis history to win three Grand Slam tournaments in a calendar year three different times in his career (2004, 2006, 2007).
* 11) Federer won his first 12 Grand Slam finals outside of the French Open, an all-time record. This streak included three titles at the Australian Open, five at Wimbledon, and four at the US Open. His only five losses in Grand Slam singles finals are 3 at the French Open, 1 at Wimbledon and 1 at the Australian Open - all to Nadal. Federer also won his first eight hard court Grand Slam singles finals, an all-time record.
* 12) Only Federer (5 Wimbledons and 5 US Opens), Sampras (7 Wimbledons and 5 US Opens) and Borg (6 French Opens and 5 Wimbledons) have won two different Grand Slam tournaments at least five times. However, only Federer managed to win 5 consecutive grand slam tournaments of two separate events.
* 13) By winning the 2007 Australian Open, Federer won his 6th Grand Slam title in his last 7 attempts, an open era male record. Federer's 7 Grand Slam titles in 9 attempts, 8 in 10 attempts, 9 in 13 attempts, 10 in 14 attempts, 11 in 16 attempts, 12 in 18 attempts, and 13 in 21 attempts are all-time male records.
* 14) Federer is the only male player in tennis history to win 6 Grand Slam titles in two years (2006-07), 8 in three years (2004-06, 2005-07), 11 in four years (2004-07), 12 in five years (2003-07, 2004-08), and 13 in six years (2003-08). 11 Grand Slam titles in four years is an all-time record, male or female.
* 15) Federer has won at least one Grand Slam title for six consecutive years (2003-08) trailing only Borg (1974-81) and Sampras (1993-2000) who hold the open era male record of eight consecutive years.
* 16) Federer has defeated ten different opponents in Grand Slam finals, an all-time male record.
Singles finals
* 1) Federer and Pete Sampras have appeared in 18 Grand Slam singles finals, which is second all-time among male players to the 19 of Ivan Lendl.
* 2) Federer is the only male player is tennis history to reach the final of all four Grand Slam tournaments in back to back calendar years (2006-07) and only the second in the open era to reach all four finals in a single year after Rod Laver in 1969. Federer and Laver (1962, 1969) are the only two male players in tennis history to reach all four Grand Slam finals in the same year at least twice in their careers.
* 3) Federer reached an all-time male record ten consecutive Grand Slam finals (2005 Wimbledon - 2007 US Open), breaking the previous male record of seven set by Jack Crawford in 1934.
* 4) Federer is the only male player in open era history to reach at least three Grand Slam finals for three consecutive calendar years as well as four out of five years (2004, 2006-08), breaking the previous open era record of three out of four years set by Bjorn Borg (1978, 1980-81). In tennis history, Federer and Laver (1960-62, 1969) are the only male players to reach at least three Grand Slam finals in a calendar year at least four times in their careers.
* 5) Federer has reached an all-time record 14 finals out of the last 15 Grand Slam tournaments (2005 Wimbledon - present, excluding the 2008 Australian Open).
* 6) During the open era, only Federer (2003-08) and Borg (1976-81) have reached at least six consecutive Wimbledon finals.
* 7) During the open era, only Federer (2004-08), Lendl (1982-89), and Jimmy Connors (1974-78) have reached at least five consecutive US Open men's finals with Lendl holding the open era record at eight.
* 8) Federer is the only male player in tennis history to reach at least five consecutive finals at two different Grand Slam tournaments (2003-08 Wimbledon, 2004-08 US Open).
* 9) During the open era, only Federer (2006-08), Rafael Nadal (2005-08), Jim Courier (1991-93), Lendl (1984-87), and Borg (1978-81) have reached at least three consecutive French Open men's finals with Nadal, Lendl, and Borg sharing the open era record at four. Federer is the only male player in the open era to be French Open runner-up for three consecutive years.
* 10) Federer (2003-08 Wimbledon, 2004-08 US Open, 2006-08 French Open) and Lendl (1982-89 US Open, 1984-87 French Open, 1989-91 Australian Open) are the only male players in the open era to reach at least three consecutive finals at three different Grand Slam tournaments. In tennis history, Federer, Lendl, and Laver (1959-62 Wimbledon, 1960-62 US Open, 1960-62 Australian Open) are the only male players to accomplish this feat.
* 11) During the open era, Federer and Lendl are the only male players to reach back to back finals of all four Grand Slam tournaments. In tennis history, Federer, Lendl, Laver, and Roy Emerson are the only male players to achieve this.
* 12) During the open era, Federer is the only male player to reach the final of all four Grand Slam singles tournament at least three times. In tennis history, Federer, Laver, and Ken Rosewall, are the only male players to accomplish this.
* 13) During the open era, Federer (Wimbledon, US Open, Australian Open), Lendl (US Open, French Open, Australian Open) and Borg (Wimbledon, US Open, French Open) are the only male players to reach the final of three Grand Slam tournaments at least four times. In tennis history, Federer, Lendl, Borg, Laver (Wimbledon, US Open, Australian Open), and Rosewall (Wimbledon, US Open, Australian Open) are the only male players to achieve this.
* 14) In tennis history, Federer (2006-08), Nadal (2006-08), and Borg (1978-81) are the only male players to reach the finals of the French Open and Wimbledon back to back for at least three consecutive years with Borg holding the record at four.
* 15) In Federer's 18 Grand Slam singles finals, he has only lost to or been extended to five sets by Nadal (five times and three times respectively).
* 16) Federer is undefeated in his five US Open final appearances, unprecedented in the open era.
* 17) Federer has won at least one bagel set in three of his Grand Slam final appearances (2004 US Open, 2006 Australian Open, 2006 Wimbledon), an open era male record.
Singles semifinals
* 1) Federer has reached a total of 22 Grand Slam semifinals out of the last 24 Grand Slam tournaments (2003 Wimbledon - present).
* 2) Federer has reached an all-time male record 20 consecutive Grand Slam semifinals (2004 Wimbledon - present) breaking the previous male record of 10 consecutive Grand Slam semifinals shared by Ivan Lendl and Rod Laver.
Tennis Masters Cup
* 1) Federer and Lendl are the only players to have won two consecutive Tennis Masters Cup titles twice in their careers.
* 2) Both Federer (2003-07) and Ilie Năstase (1971-75) have appeared in five consecutive Tennis Masters Cup finals, with Lendl appearing in a record nine consecutive finals (1980-88).
* 3) Both Federer and Năstase have won 4 Tennis Masters Cup titles in 5 years.
ATP Masters Series tournaments
* 1) Federer won 29 consecutive Tennis Masters Series matches before he lost to Rafael Nadal in the final of the 2006 Masters Series Monte-Carlo.
* 2) By winning the 2006 Nasdaq 100 Open title, Federer became the only player to win the first two Tennis Masters Series events of the year two years in a row.
* 3) Both Federer and Chang have won three titles at the BNP Paribas Open in Indian Wells, California, but Federer is the only one to win three in a row.
* 4) Federer prevented Rafael Nadal from winning all three clay court ATP Masters Series tournaments in the same year two times in his career, by winning in the finals of 2007 Hamburg (2-6, 6-2, 6-0) and 2009 Madrid (6-4, 6-4). There he ended Nadal's winning streaks on clay with 81 and 33 wins in a row. He won the third clay court ATP Masters Series tournament five times in his career, with four titles in Hamburg and one title in Madrid, extended the previous record of three career titles set by Andriy Medvedev. It is also the most successful ATP Masters Series tournament for him, although it is played on clay courts.
* 5) Both Federer and Nadal have won 15 Master Series Tournaments, which is second only to Agassi 17.
Individual match records
* 1) In a semifinal of the 2004 Tennis Masters Cup, Federer won a second set tiebreak against Marat Safin 20-18, the longest tiebreak in Tennis Masters Cup history.
