2005 Roger Federer Tennis Season

However, Federer failed to make the final at the other two majors, losing in the semifinals of the Australian Open to Marat Safin and the French Open to Rafael Nadal. Nevertheless, Federer won four Masters titles at Indian Wells, Miami, and Cincinnati on hard courts and one clay court title at Hamburg. Furthermore, Federer won two ATP 500 series events at Rotterdam and Dubai. Federer lost the year-end championships to David Nalbandian in the final.

2005 Roger Federer tennis season

Calendar prize money	$6,137,018
Singles
Season record	81–4 (95.29%)
Calendar titles	11
Year-end ranking	No. 1
Ranking change from previous year	=
Grand Slam & significant results
Australian Open	SF
French Open	SF
Wimbledon	W
US Open	W
Other tournaments
Tour Finals	F
Davis Cup
Davis Cup	WG PO (adv. to 2006 WG)
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The season was statistically one of the most dominant in the Open Era. He won 11 singles titles which tied his 2004 season as the most in over two decades, his 81 match victories were the most since Pete Sampras in 1993, and his record of 81–4 (95.2%) remains the third best winning percentage in the Open Era behind only John McEnroe in 1984 and Jimmy Connors in 1974.

Early hard court season

At the start of the year, Federer hired former Australian player Tony Roche to coach him on a limited basis. Federer began the year with a debut appearance at the Qatar Open where he defeated Croatian Ivan Ljubičić in the final. Federer dominated the field and for the first time in his career won a tournament without ever dropping his serve.

Federer entered the first Grand Slam of the year on a 21-match winning streak that stretched over a five-month period. Federer swept through the first five rounds of the Australian Open without dropping a set, including a quarterfinal straight set win over Andre Agassi. He reached the semifinals in a repeat of the previous year's final, before falling to eventual winner Marat Safin, 7–5, 4–6, 7–5, 6–7(6), 7–9. Federer had held a match point at 6–5 in the fourth-set tiebreaker and rushed the net, however Safin responded with a lob; Federer rushed back to retrieve the ball and hit an aggressive between-the-legs trick shot which failed to clear the net. Safin went on to win the tiebreaker and the 80-minute fifth set.

Federer pulled out of the first round of Davis Cup for the first time in his career and would not participate again in the World Group until 2012. Federer next entered the Rotterdam Open seeking his first title in the Netherlands after making the final in 2001. In the second round he played Swiss compatriot and future Grand Slam champion Stan Wawrinka, easily defeating the teenager in straight sets. In the final he again played Ljubicic, who pushed Federer to the limit, with the Swiss prevailing in a final-set tiebreaker.

Federer next flew to the Middle East, where he was the two-time defending champion at the prestigious Dubai Tennis Championships. Federer and Agassi attracted worldwide headlines with a publicity stunt that saw the two tennis legends play on a helipad almost 700 feet above sea level at the world-famous seven-star luxury hotel the Burj al-Arab. Federer fought through final-set tiebreakers in his first two matches, the second of which, against former world number one Juan Carlos Ferrero, saw Federer fend off a match point. Federer went on to defeat Agassi in the semifinals and defeated a red-hot Ljubicic in a third final of the young season. This was the first tournament that Federer was able to win three times, and consequently it was also the first he was able to win three times consecutively.

Federer continued to dominate with the commencement of the Masters series. Federer flew from one desert to another and arrived at the Indian Wells Masters in California as the defending champion. He played Ljubicic for the fourth time in five tournaments, again defeating the streaking Croat. In the finals Federer faced the number two player in the world and twice former champion Lleyton Hewitt, easily defeating the Australian in straight sets.

Federer next arrived in the luxury island resort of Key Biscayne seeking his first victory at the Miami Open. Federer reached the finals beating top ten players Tim Henman and Andre Agassi along the way. In the championship match Federer met the player who had knocked him out of Miami the previous year, an 18-year-old Spaniard named Rafael Nadal. Nadal showed why he would become Federer's top rival over the next decade by sweeping the opening two sets. Federer responded by winning a third-set tiebreaker and going on to win the championship in a five set epic 2–6, 6–7(4), 7–6(5), 6–3, 6–1, after being down two sets to love, and two points from defeat. The victory made Federer only sixth man to complete the Indian Wells/Miami "double" and the first since Agassi in 2001. With this victory Federer had won 8 of the last 10 Masters tournaments he had entered.

Federer compiled an astounding 27–1 record in the early hard court season with 5 titles.

Clay court season

Federer next transitioned to the clay courts of the Monte-Carlo Masters, entering the tournament for the first time since 2002. His 25-match winning streak was halted in the quarterfinals by 18 year old Frenchman Richard Gasquet who survived three match points and a final-set tiebreaker to defeat the world number one.

Federer skipped the Rome Masters, instead taking three weeks off to treat tendonitis in his feet that had troubled him since the Australian Open.

He won his third Hamburg Masters clay-court title in May by defeating Gasquet without the loss of a set throughout the tournament.

After his victory in Germany Federer flew to Lisbon, Portugal to attend the Laureus Awards. Federer won the prestigious award for "World Sportsman of the Year" and was presented with the Cartier trophy by Cuba Gooding Jr. and Martina Navratilova before a television audience estimated at 500 million.

Federer, for the first time, entered the French Open with a chance to become only the sixth man to win the Career Grand Slam. He flew through the first five rounds without the loss of a set to reach his first semifinal in Paris. There he met Rafael Nadal who had dominated the clay courts in 2005 with titles in Costa do Sauípe, Acapulco, Monte-Carlo, Barcelona, and Rome. The match did not start until 6:20 pm local time. They split the first two sets with Nadal breaking in the last game of the third set to seize the two sets to one lead. Due to the late start time darkness began to fall in the fourth set and Federer requested for the match to be suspended until the next day. They played on in the near darkness, however, and Nadal broke in the eighth game of the set and served out the match. One positive Federer took from the match was that he now believed he had the game to someday win the clay Grand Slam. Additionally the crowds in Paris had taken a great liking to Federer's stylish and flamboyant style of play giving him enormous support and encouragement throughout the tournament; none more so than against Nadal, who the Parisian crowds had nicknamed "l'Ogre" for what they deemed to be his ugly and unstylish grinding manner of play.

Grass court season

 

Federer began the grass swing with his usual warm-up tournament in Halle, Germany, where he was the two-time defending champion. After surviving a difficult first round against the Swede Robin Söderling, Federer swept past three Germans to reach the final. In the final he took revenge on the Australian Open champion Marat Safin, defeating the Russian 6–4, 6–7(6), 6–4.

Federer entered Wimbledon as the overwhelming favorite with a 29-match winning streak on grass which spanned back to 2003. Federer glided into the semifinals where he faced world number 2 and former Wimbledon champion Lleyton Hewitt. Although they were the top two players in the world, the special grass seedings of Wimbledon elevated Andy Roddick as the second seed over Hewitt. This created the strange and rare circumstance of the world's top 2 players meeting before a tournament final. Federer defeated Hewitt in straight sets and advanced to the final where Andy Roddick awaited a rematch of the previous year's final. For a third consecutive year Federer defeated Roddick at the All-England Club and notched his third consecutive Wimbledon crown with a clear 6–2, 7–6(2), 6–4 victory. This marked Federer's fifth Grand Slam championship and remarkably his first of the season. He also became only the third man in the Open Era to win three consecutive Wimbledon Championships along with Björn Borg (1976–78) and Pete Sampras (1993–95 and 1997–99).

Summer hard court season

Upon doctors orders Federer was forced to skip the Canadian Open because of lingering foot issues, instead focusing on recovery for the American hard court summer.

After a six-week hiatus Federer returned to the Cincinnati Masters seeking his first title on the lightning quick courts of the American midwest. Strangely, Federer had only won a single match in his four previous appearances at the tournament. Federer was able to navigate his way to the finals where he faced a familiar foe in Andy Roddick, defeating the American in straight sets. This victory was historic as Federer became the first player in ATP history to win four masters titles in a single season. He also was able to sweep all three of the American Masters tournaments for the first time in his career, with victories in Indian Wells, Miami, and Cincinnati.

 

Federer arrived in New York and once again found himself in another Grand Slam semifinal. By making the semifinals of all four Grand Slams that year he became only the fourth man to accomplish the feat in the Open Era along with Rod Laver, Ivan Lendl and his coach Tony Roche. He dismissed Hewitt once again in the semifinals, this time in four sets. In the finals he faced American legend and 8 time Grand Slam champion Andre Agassi. Federer stated prior to the final that playing Agassi in New York in the finals of the US Open would be "the highlight of my career." Celebrities such as Robin Williams, Dustin Hoffman, Lance Armstrong and Donald Trump flocked to Arthur Ashe Stadium to witness a historic generation clash of tennis superstars. The final was played on the fourth anniversary of 9/11 and patriotic fervor was in the air; it would be one of the last matches in Federer's career where the New York crowd would be pulling for his opponent. They split the first two sets, and Agassi led 4–2 in the third set before Federer leveled and the match went to a pivotal third-set tiebreaker. Federer elevated his game and won the final six points of the set to capture the tiebreaker 7–1. Federer then rolled through the fourth set to capture his second championship at the US Open. Agassi praised Federer after match, saying "Pete (Sampras) was great, no question, but there was a place to get to with Pete. It could be on your terms. There's no such place with Roger. I think he's the best I've played against." With his 6th Grand Slam championship, Federer equaled his childhood idols Stefan Edberg and Boris Becker. He became only the third man to win both Wimbledon and the US Open for two consecutive years, along with Bill Tilden (1920–21) and Don Budge (1937–38). He also became the first man in 72 years to win his first six Grand Slam finals. Federer appeared on the Late Show with David Letterman who asked him the question many were beginning to wonder: was Sampras' all-time record of 14 Grand Slams, set only three years before, starting to look approachable?

Fall indoor season

Federer immediately flew back to Geneva in order to play the Davis Cup playoffs and keep Switzerland in the World Group. Switzerland easily crushed Great Britain to remain in the World Group for the twelfth consecutive year.

Federer then traveled to Bangkok for the Thailand Open, where he was the defending champion. In the finals he defeated Scottish teenager and future rival Andy Murray in straight sets. Federer extended his incredible record of 24 consecutive victories in tournament finals, a streak dating back to October 2003. This victory clinched the year-end No. 1 ranking which made him only the fifth man to spend every week of a calendar season as the world No. 1.

While training in Switzerland in preparation for his home tournament the Swiss Indoors Basel among others, Federer once again suffered a significant injury which hampered his fall season. During a training session he severely injured his ankle, falling to the ground and needing to be helped off the court. He was diagnosed with torn ligaments in his ankle, which forced him to withdraw from Madrid, Basel, and Paris. This injury would prove to be the most significant injury of his young career, and his status for the remainder of the year was doubtful.

Federer was in a cast and crutches for several weeks and underwent an ultrasound and lymph drainage in order to be fit to compete for the Year-End Championships, where he was the two-time defending champion. Federer traveled to Shanghai but was unsure if he would be able to play even two days before the start of the tournament. The tournament appeared to be in shambles as many of the top eight including Marat Safin, Andy Roddick, Rafael Nadal, and Andre Agassi had already withdrawn with various injuries, and Lleyton Hewitt chose not to compete in order to spend time with his wife and his newborn child. A hobbled Federer struggled throughout all three of his round robin matches but was able to make the semifinals. In the semifinals he faced Gastón Gaudio, the 2004 French Open champion, and delivered an inexplicable demolition of the Argentine 6–0, 6–0. In the final he faced long-time nemesis David Nalbandian who prevailed in a fifth-set tiebreaker to deny Federer his third consecutive Masters Cup. This loss ended his 35-match winning streak that stretched back to the French Open and his record 24 consecutive finals won. Had he won the match, Federer would have tied John McEnroe's 1984 record for the highest yearly winning percentage in the open era (82–3).

Matches

Grand Slam performance

Tournament Round Result Opponent Score Australian Open 1R Win   Fabrice Santoro 6–1, 6–1, 6–2 2R Win   Takao Suzuki 6–3, 6–4, 6–4 3R Win   Jarkko Nieminen 6–3, 5–2 retired 4R Win   Marcos Baghdatis 6–2, 6–2, 7–5(4) QF Win   Andre Agassi 6–3, 6–4, 6–4 SF Loss   Marat Safin 7–5, 4–6, 7–5, 6–7(6), 7–9 French Open 1R Win   Dudi Sela 6–1, 6–4, 6–0 2R Win   Nicolás Almagro 6–3, 7–6(0), 6–2 3R Win   Fernando González 7–6(9), 7–5, 6–2 4R Win   Carlos Moyá 6–1, 6–4, 6–3 QF Win   Victor Hănescu 6–2, 7–6(3), 6–3 SF Loss   Rafael Nadal 3–6, 6–4, 4–6, 3–6 Wimbledon 1R Win   Paul-Henri Mathieu 6–4, 6–2, 6–4 2R Win   Ivo Minář 6–4, 6–4, 6–1 3R Win   Nicolas Kiefer 6–2, 6–7(5), 6–1, 7–5 4R Win   Juan Carlos Ferrero 6–3, 6–4, 7–6(6) QF Win   Fernando González 7–5, 6–2, 7–6(2) SF Win   Lleyton Hewitt 6–3, 6–4, 7–6(4) F Win (5)   Andy Roddick 6–2, 7–6(2), 6–4 US Open 1R Win   Ivo Minář 6–1, 6–1, 6–1 2R Win   Fabrice Santoro 7–5, 7–5, 7–6(2) 3R Win   Olivier Rochus 6–3, 7–6(8), 6–2 4R Win   Nicolas Kiefer 6–4, 6–7(3), 6–3, 6–4 QF Win   David Nalbandian 6–2, 6–4, 6–1 SF Win   Lleyton Hewitt 6–3, 7–6(0), 4–6, 6–3 F Win (6)   Andre Agassi 6–3, 2–6, 7–6(1), 6–1

All matches

Singles

Match	Tournament	Start Date	Type	I/O	Surface	Round	Opponent	Result	Score
427	Doha	1/3	250	Outdoor	Hard	R32	David Ferrer	W	6–1, 6–1
428	Doha	1/3	250	Outdoor	Hard	R16	Greg Rusedski	W	6–3, 6–4
429	Doha	1/3	250	Outdoor	Hard	Q	Feliciano López	W	6–1, 6–2
430	Doha	1/3	250	Outdoor	Hard	S	Nikolay Davydenko	W	6–3, 6–4
431	Doha	1/3	250	Outdoor	Hard	Win (1)	Ivan Ljubičić	W	6–3, 6–1
432	Australian Open	1/17	GS	Outdoor	Hard	R128	Fabrice Santoro	W	6–1, 6–1, 6–2
433	Australian Open	1/17	GS	Outdoor	Hard	R64	Takao Suzuki	W	6–3, 6–4, 6–4
434	Australian Open	1/17	GS	Outdoor	Hard	R32	Jarkko Nieminen	W	6–3, 5–2 RET
435	Australian Open	1/17	GS	Outdoor	Hard	R16	Marcos Baghdatis	W	6–2, 6–2, 7–6(4)
436	Australian Open	1/17	GS	Outdoor	Hard	Q	Andre Agassi	W	6–3, 6–4, 6–4
437	Australian Open	1/17	GS	Outdoor	Hard	S	Marat Safin	L	7–5, 4–6, 7–5, 6–7(6), 7–9
438	Rotterdam	2/14	500	Indoor	Hard	R32	Bohdan Ulihrach	W	6–3, 6–4
439	Rotterdam	2/14	500	Indoor	Hard	R16	Stanislas Wawrinka	W	6–1, 6–4
440	Rotterdam	2/14	500	Indoor	Hard	Q	Nikolay Davydenko (2)	W	7–5, 7–5
441	Rotterdam	2/14	500	Indoor	Hard	S	Mario Ančić	W	7–5, 6–3
442	Rotterdam	2/14	500	Indoor	Hard	Win (2)	Ivan Ljubičić (2)	W	5–7, 7–5, 7–6(5)
443	Dubai	2/21	500	Outdoor	Hard	R32	Ivo Minář	W	6–7(5), 6–3, 7–6(5)
444	Dubai	2/21	500	Outdoor	Hard	R16	Juan Carlos Ferrero	W	4–6, 6–3, 7–6(6)
445	Dubai	2/21	500	Outdoor	Hard	Q	Mikhail Youzhny	W	6–3, 7–5
446	Dubai	2/21	500	Outdoor	Hard	S	Andre Agassi (2)	W	6–3, 6–1
447	Dubai	2/21	500	Outdoor	Hard	Win (3)	Ivan Ljubičić (3)	W	6–1, 6–7(6), 6–3
-	Indian Wells Masters	3/7	1000	Outdoor	Hard	R128	Bye	-
448	Indian Wells Masters	3/7	1000	Outdoor	Hard	R64	Mardy Fish	W	6–3, 6–3
449	Indian Wells Masters	3/7	1000	Outdoor	Hard	R32	Gilles Müller	W	6–3, 6–2
450	Indian Wells Masters	3/7	1000	Outdoor	Hard	R16	Ivan Ljubičić (4)	W	7–6(3), 7–6(4)
451	Indian Wells Masters	3/7	1000	Outdoor	Hard	Q	Nicolas Kiefer	W	6–4, 6–1
452	Indian Wells Masters	3/7	1000	Outdoor	Hard	S	Guillermo Cañas	W	6–3, 6–1
453	Indian Wells Masters	3/7	1000	Outdoor	Hard	Win (4)	Lleyton Hewitt	W	6–2, 6–4, 6–4
-	Miami Masters	3/21	1000	Outdoor	Hard	R128	Bye	-
454	Miami Masters	3/21	1000	Outdoor	Hard	R64	Olivier Rochus	W	6–3, 6–1
455	Miami Masters	3/21	1000	Outdoor	Hard	R32	Mariano Zabaleta	W	6–2, 5–7, 6–3
456	Miami Masters	3/21	1000	Outdoor	Hard	R16	Mario Ančić (2)	W	6–3, 4–6, 6–4
457	Miami Masters	3/21	1000	Outdoor	Hard	Q	Tim Henman	W	6–4, 6–2
458	Miami Masters	3/21	1000	Outdoor	Hard	S	Andre Agassi (3)	W	6–4, 6–3
459	Miami Masters	3/21	1000	Outdoor	Hard	Win (5)	Rafael Nadal	W	2–6, 6–7(4), 7–6(5), 6–3, 6–1
460	Monte Carlo Masters	4/11	1000	Outdoor	Clay	R64	Greg Rusedski (2)	W	6–3, 6–1
461	Monte Carlo Masters	4/11	1000	Outdoor	Clay	R32	Albert Montañés	W	6–3, 6–4
462	Monte Carlo Masters	4/11	1000	Outdoor	Clay	R16	Fernando González	W	6–2, 6–7(3), 6–4
463	Monte Carlo Masters	4/11	1000	Outdoor	Clay	Q	Richard Gasquet	L	7–6(1), 2–6, 6–7(8)
464	Hamburg Masters	5/9	1000	Outdoor	Clay	R64	Fernando Verdasco	W	6–4, 6–3
465	Hamburg Masters	5/9	1000	Outdoor	Clay	R32	Tomáš Berdych	W	6–2, 6–1
466	Hamburg Masters	5/9	1000	Outdoor	Clay	R16	Tommy Robredo	W	6–2, 6–3
467	Hamburg Masters	5/9	1000	Outdoor	Clay	Q	Guillermo Coria	W	6–4, 7–6(3)
468	Hamburg Masters	5/9	1000	Outdoor	Clay	S	Nikolay Davydenko (3)	W	6–3, 6–4
469	Hamburg Masters	5/9	1000	Outdoor	Clay	Win (6)	Richard Gasquet (2)	W	6–3, 7–5, 7–6(4)
470	Roland Garros	5/23	GS	Outdoor	Clay	R128	Dudi Sela	W	6–1, 6–4, 6–0
471	Roland Garros	5/23	GS	Outdoor	Clay	R64	Nicolás Almagro	W	6–3, 7–6, 6–2
472	Roland Garros	5/23	GS	Outdoor	Clay	R32	Fernando González (2)	W	7–6(9), 7–5, 6–2
473	Roland Garros	5/23	GS	Outdoor	Clay	R16	Carlos Moyá	W	6–1, 6–4, 6–3
474	Roland Garros	5/23	GS	Outdoor	Clay	Q	Victor Hănescu	W	6–2, 7–6(3), 6–3
475	Roland Garros	5/23	GS	Outdoor	Clay	S	Rafael Nadal (2)	L	3–6, 6–4, 4–6, 3–6
476	Halle	6/6	250	Outdoor	Grass	R32	Robin Söderling	W	6–7(5), 7–6(6), 6–4
477	Halle	6/6	250	Outdoor	Grass	R16	Florian Mayer	W	6–2, 6–4
478	Halle	6/6	250	Outdoor	Grass	Q	Philipp Kohlschreiber	W	6–3, 6–4
479	Halle	6/6	250	Outdoor	Grass	S	Tommy Haas	W	6–4, 7–6(9)
480	Halle	6/6	250	Outdoor	Grass	Win (7)	Marat Safin (2)	W	6–4, 6–7(6), 6–4
481	Wimbledon	6/20	GS	Outdoor	Grass	R128	Paul-Henri Mathieu	W	6–4, 6–2, 6–4
482	Wimbledon	6/20	GS	Outdoor	Grass	R64	Ivo Minář (2)	W	6–4, 6–4, 6–1
483	Wimbledon	6/20	GS	Outdoor	Grass	R32	Nicolas Kiefer (2)	W	6–2, 6–7(5), 6–1, 7–5
484	Wimbledon	6/20	GS	Outdoor	Grass	R16	Juan Carlos Ferrero (2)	W	6–3, 6–4, 7–6(6)
485	Wimbledon	6/20	GS	Outdoor	Grass	Q	Fernando González (3)	W	7–5, 6–2, 7–6(2)
486	Wimbledon	6/20	GS	Outdoor	Grass	S	Lleyton Hewitt (2)	W	6–3, 6–4, 7–6(4)
487	Wimbledon	6/20	GS	Outdoor	Grass	Win (8)	Andy Roddick	W	6–2, 7–6(2), 6–4
488	Cincinnati Masters	8/15	1000	Outdoor	Hard	R64	James Blake	W	7–6(3), 7–5
489	Cincinnati Masters	8/15	1000	Outdoor	Hard	R32	Nicolas Kiefer (3)	W	4–6, 6–4, 6–4
490	Cincinnati Masters	8/15	1000	Outdoor	Hard	R16	Olivier Rochus (2)	W	6–3, 6–4
491	Cincinnati Masters	8/15	1000	Outdoor	Hard	Q	José Acasuso	W	6–4, 6–3
492	Cincinnati Masters	8/15	1000	Outdoor	Hard	S	Robby Ginepri	W	4–6, 7–5, 6–4
493	Cincinnati Masters	8/15	1000	Outdoor	Hard	Win (9)	Andy Roddick (2)	W	6–3, 7–5
494	US Open	8/29	GS	Outdoor	Hard	R128	Ivo Minář (3)	W	6–1, 6–1, 6–1
495	US Open	8/29	GS	Outdoor	Hard	R64	Fabrice Santoro (2)	W	7–5, 7–5, 7–6(2)
496	US Open	8/29	GS	Outdoor	Hard	R32	Olivier Rochus (3)	W	6–3, 7–6(6), 6–2
497	US Open	8/29	GS	Outdoor	Hard	R16	Nicolas Kiefer (4)	W	6–4, 6–7(3), 6–3, 6–4
498	US Open	8/29	GS	Outdoor	Hard	Q	David Nalbandian	W	6–2, 6–4, 6–1
499	US Open	8/29	GS	Outdoor	Hard	S	Lleyton Hewitt (3)	W	6–3, 7–6, 4–6, 6–3
500	US Open	8/29	GS	Outdoor	Hard	Win (10)	Andre Agassi (4)	W	6–3, 2–6, 7–6(1), 6–1
501	SUI v. GBR WG Play-offs	9/23	DC	Indoor	Clay	RR	Alan Mackin	W	6–0, 6–0, 6–2
502	Bangkok	9/26	250	Indoor	Hard	R32	Marcos Daniel	W	7–6(4), 6–4
503	Bangkok	9/26	250	Indoor	Hard	R16	Denis Gremelmayr	W	6–3, 6–2
504	Bangkok	9/26	250	Indoor	Hard	Q	Gilles Müller (2)	W	6–4, 6–3
505	Bangkok	9/26	250	Indoor	Hard	S	Jarkko Nieminen (2)	W	6–3, 6–4
506	Bangkok	9/26	250	Indoor	Hard	Win (11)	Andy Murray	W	6–3, 7–5
507	Tennis Masters Cup	11/14	WC	Indoor	Carpet	RR	David Nalbandian (2)	W	6–3, 2–6, 6–4
508	Tennis Masters Cup	11/14	WC	Indoor	Carpet	RR	Ivan Ljubičić (5)	W	6–3, 2–6, 7–6(4)
509	Tennis Masters Cup	11/14	WC	Indoor	Carpet	RR	Guillermo Coria (2)	W	6–0, 1–6, 6–2
510	Tennis Masters Cup	11/14	WC	Indoor	Carpet	S	Gastón Gaudio	W	6–0, 6–0
511	Tennis Masters Cup	11/14	WC	Indoor	Carpet	F	David Nalbandian (3)	L	7–6(4), 7–6(11), 2–6, 1–6, 6–7(3)

Singles schedule

Date	Championship	Location	Category	Surface	2004 Result	2004 Points	New Points	Outcome
3 January 2005– 8 January 2005	Qatar Open	Doha (QAT)	ATP International Series	Hard	A	0	250	Winner (defeated Ivan Ljubičić, 6–3, 6–1)
17 January 2005– 30 January 2005	Australian Open	Melbourne (AUS)	Grand Slam	Hard	W	1000	450	Semifinals (lost to Marat Safin, 7–5, 4–6, 7–5, 6–7(6–8), 7–9)
14 February 2005– 20 February 2005	Rotterdam Open	Rotterdam (NED)	ATP International Series Gold	Hard (i)	QF	60	250	Winner (defeated Ivan Ljubičić, 5–7, 7–5, 7–6(7–5))
21 February 2005– 27 February 2005	Dubai Tennis Championships	Dubai (UAE)	ATP International Series Gold	Hard	W	300	300	Winner (defeated Ivan Ljubičić, 6–1, 6–7(6–8), 6–3)
7 March 2005– 20 March 2005	Indian Wells Masters	Indian Wells (USA)	ATP Masters Series	Hard	W	500	500	Winner (defeated Lleyton Hewitt, 6–2, 6–4, 6–4)
21 March 2005– 3 April 2005	Miami Open	Miami (USA)	ATP Masters Series	Hard	R32	35	500	Winner (defeated Rafael Nadal, 2–6, 6–7(4–7), 7–6(7–5), 6–3, 6–1)
11 April 2005– 17 April 2005	Monte Carlo Masters	Monte Carlo (MON)	ATP Masters Series	Clay	A	0	125	Quarterfinals (lost to Richard Gasquet, 7–6(7–1), 2–6, 6–7(8–10))
9 May 2005– 15 May 2005	German Open	Hamburg (GER)	ATP Masters Series	Clay	W	500	500	Winner (defeated Richard Gasquet, 6–3, 7–5, 7–6(7–4))
23 May 2005– 5 June 2005	French Open	Paris (FRA)	Grand Slam	Clay	R32	75	450	Semifinals (lost to Rafael Nadal, 3–6, 6–4, 4–6, 3–6)
6 June 2005– 12 June 2005	Halle Open	Halle (GER)	ATP International Series	Grass	W	225	225	Winner (defeated Marat Safin, 6–4, 6–7(6–8), 6–4)
20 June 2005– 3 July 2005	The Championships, Wimbledon	Wimbledon (GBR)	Grand Slam	Grass	W	1000	1000	Winner (defeated Andy Roddick, 6–2, 7–6(7–2), 6–4)
15 August 2005– 21 August 2005	Cincinnati Masters	Cincinnati (USA)	ATP Masters Series	Hard	R64	5	500	Winner (defeated Andy Roddick, 6–3, 7–5)
29 August 2005– 11 September 2005	US Open	New York (USA)	Grand Slam	Hard	W	1000	1000	Winner (defeated Andre Agassi, 6–3, 2–6, 7–6(7–1), 6–1)
23 September 2005– 25 September 2005	Davis Cup WG Play-offs: Switzerland vs. Great Britain	Geneva (SUI)	Davis Cup	Clay (i)				Switzerland def.   United Kingdom 5–0, advances to 2006 World Group
26 September 2005– 2 October 2005	Thailand Open	Bangkok (THA)	ATP International Series	Hard (i)	W	175	175	Winner (defeated Andy Murray, 6–3, 7–5)
14 November 2005– 20 November 2005	Tennis Masters Cup	Shanghai (CHN)	Tennis Masters Cup	Carpet (i)	W	750	500	Final (lost to David Nalbandian, 7–6(7–4), 7–6(13–11), 2–6, 1–6, 6–7(3–7))
Total year-end points						6,335	6,725	390 difference

Finals

Singles: 12 (11–1)

Outcome	No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Opponent	Score
Winner	23.	9 January 2005	Qatar Open, Qatar	Hard	Ivan Ljubičić	6–3, 6–1
Winner	24.	20 February 2005	Rotterdam Open, Netherlands	Hard (i)	Ivan Ljubičić	5–7, 7–5, 7–6(7–5)
Winner	25.	27 February 2005	Dubai Tennis Championships, United Arab Emirates (3)	Hard	Ivan Ljubičić	6–1, 6–7(6–8), 6–3
Winner	26.	20 March 2005	Indian Wells Masters, United States (2)	Hard	Lleyton Hewitt	6–2, 6–4, 6–4
Winner	27.	3 April 2005	Miami Masters, United States	Hard	Rafael Nadal	2–6, 6–7(4–7), 7–6(7–5), 6–3, 6–1
Winner	28.	15 May 2005	Hamburg Masters, Germany (3)	Clay	Richard Gasquet	6–3, 7–5, 7–6(7–4)
Winner	29.	13 June 2005	Halle Open, Germany (3)	Grass	Marat Safin	6–4, 6–7(6–8), 6–4
Winner	30.	3 July 2005	Wimbledon, England, UK (3)	Grass	Andy Roddick	6–2, 7–6(7–2), 6–4
Winner	31.	21 August 2005	Cincinnati Masters, United States	Hard	Andy Roddick	6–3, 7–5
Winner	32.	11 September 2005	US Open, United States (2)	Hard	Andre Agassi	6–3, 2–6, 7–6(7–1), 6–1
Winner	33.	2 October 2005	Thailand Open, Thailand (2)	Hard (i)	Andy Murray	6–3, 7–5
Runner-up	9.	20 November 2005	Year-End Championships, China	Carpet (i)	David Nalbandian	7–6(7–4), 7–6(13–11), 2–6, 1–6, 6–7(3–7)

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