Tennis

Federer capped an amazing season with a second consecutive Tennis Masters Cup title in Houston, Texas. He finished 2004 atop the INDESIT ATP 2004 Race and the ATP entry system. He also won 11 tournaments including three Grand Slam titles and three ATP Masters Series titles this year, for a career total of 21.

He was assured to win the INDESIT ATP 2004 Race on September 14, marking what is believed to be the earliest a player has locked up the year-end No. 1 position since the ATP Rankings were established in 1973.

He has won the last 13 finals he played. Only two players – Bjorn Borg (1979-80) and John McEnroe (1984-85) – had won 12 consecutive finals in the past 25 years.

No one had ever won his first four Grand Slam finals before him. No one had won three Grand Slam titles in one year since Sweden's Mats Wilander in 1988.

His winning streak on grass is now 24 matches. He hasn't lost a match on grass since losing to Mario Ancic in the first round of Wimbledon in 2002. Bjorn Borg won 41 consecutive matches on grass, the record during the Open era, from 1976 to 1981.

He's playing on Tour without a coach or a trainer and has no plans to find one as long as he keeps winning.

2004 Results
Australian Open
Rd	Opponent	W/L	Score
1	Alex Bogomolov Jr.	W	6-3, 6-4, 6-0
2	Jeff Morrison	W	6-2, 6-3, 6-4
3	Todd Reid	W	6-3, 6-0, 6-1
4	Lleyton Hewitt	W	4-6, 6-3, 6-0, 6-4
QF	David Nalbandian	W	7-5, 6-4, 5-7, 6-3
SF	Juan Carlos Ferrero	W	6-4, 6-1, 6-4
F	Marat Safin	W	7-6 (7-3), 6-4, 6-2
ABN AMRO World Tennis Tournament
Rd	Opponent	W/L	Score
1	Arnaud Clement	W	6-4, 6-3
2	Andrei Pavel	W	7-6 (7-2), 7-5
QF	Tim Henman	L	3-6, 6-7 (9-11)
The Dubai Tennis Championships
Rd	Opponent	W/L	Score
1	Marat Safin	W	7-6 (7-2), 7-6 (7-4)
2	Tommy Robredo	W	6-3, 6-4
QF	Andrei Pavel	W	6-3, 6-3
SF	Jarkko Nieminen	W	7-6 (9-7), 6-2
Pacific Life Open
Rd	Opponent	W/L	Score
2	Andrei Pavel	W	6-1, 6-1
3	Fernando Gonzalez	W	6-3, 6-2
4	Mardy Fish	W	6-4, 6-1
QF	Juan Ignacio Chela	W	6-2, 6-1
SF	Andre Agassi	W	4-6, 6-3, 6-4
F	Tim Henman	W	6-3, 6-3
NASDAQ-100 Open
Rd	Opponent	W/L	Score
2	Nikolay Davydenko	W	6-2, 3-6, 7-5
3	Rafael Nadal	L	3-6, 3-6
Telecom Italia Masters
Rd	Opponent	W/L	Score
1	Jonas Bjorkman	W	7-6 (7-4), 6-3
2	Albert Costa	L	6-3, 3-6, 2-6
Masters Series Hamburg
Rd	Opponent	W/L	Score
1	Gaston Gaudio	W	6-1, 5-7, 6-4
2	Nicolas Lapentti	W	6-3, 6-3
3	Fernando Gonzalez	W	7-5, 6-1
QF	Carlos Moya	W	6-4, 6-3
SF	Lleyton Hewitt	W	6-0, 6-4
F	Guillermo Coria	W	4-6, 6-4, 6-2, 6-3
French Open
Rd	Opponent	W/L	Score
1	Kristof Vliegen	W	6-1, 6-2, 6-1
2	Nicolas Kiefer	W	6-3, 6-4, 7-6, (8-6)
3	Gustavo Kuerten	L	4-6, 4-6, 4-6
Gerry Weber Open
Rd	Opponent	W/L	Score
1	Thomas Johansson	W	6-3, 6-2
2	Mikhail Youzhny	W	6-2, 6-1
QF	Arnaud Clement	W	6-3, 7-5
SF	Jiri Novak	W	6-3, 6-4
F	Mardy Fish	W	6-0, 6-3
Wimbledon
Rd	Opponent	W/L	Score
1	Alex Bogdanovic	W	6-3, 6-3, 6-0
2	Alejandro Falla	W	6-1, 6-2, 6-0
3	Thomas Johansson	W	6-3, 6-4, 6-3
4	Ivo Karlovic	W	6-3, 7-6 (7-3), 7-6 (7-5)
QF	Lleyton Hewitt	W	6-1, 6-7 (1-7), 6-0, 6-4
SF	Sebastien Grosjean	W	6-2, 6-3, 7-6 (8-6)
F	Andy Roddick	W	4-6, 7-5, 7-6 (7-3), 6-4
Swiss Open
Rd	Opponent	W/L	Score
1	Tomas Behrend	W	6-1, 6-1
2	Ivo Karlovic	W	6-7 (5-7), 6-3, 7-6 (7-4)
QF	Radek Stepanek	W	6-1, 5-7, 6-4
SF	Potito Starace	W	6-3, 3-6, 6-3
F	Igor Andreev	W	6-2, 6-3, 5-7, 6-3
Tennis Masters Canada
Rd	Opponent	W/L	Score
1	Hicham Arazi	W	6-3, 7-5
2	Robin Soderling	W	7-5, 6-1
3	Max Mirnyi	W	7-6 (7-3), 7-6 (7-4)
QF	Fabrice Santoro	W	7-5, 6-4
SF	Thomas Johansson	W	4-6, 6-3, 6-2
F	Andy Roddick	W	7-5, 6-3
Western & Southern Financial Group Masters
Rd	Opponent	W/L	Score
1	Dominik Hrbaty	L	6-1, 6-7 (-7), 4-6
2004 Olympics
Rd	Opponent	W/L	Score
1	Nikolay Davydenko	W	6-3, 5-7, 6-1
2	Tomas Berdych	L	6-4, 5-7, 5-7
U.S. Open
Rd	Opponent	W/L	Score
1	Albert Costa	W	7-5, 6-2, 6-4
2	Marcos Baghdatis	W	6-2, 6-7 (4), 6-3, 6-1
3	Fabrice Santoro	W	6-0, 6-4, 7-6 (7)
4	Andrei Pavel	W	walkover
QF	Andre Agassi	W	6-3, 2-6, 7-5, 3-6, 6-3
SF	Tim Henman	W	6-3, 6-4, 6-4
F	Lleyton Hewitt	W	6-0, 7-6 (3), 6-0
Thailand Open
Rd	Opponent	W/L	Score
1	Nicolas Thomann	W	6-4, 7-6 (4)
2	Ivo Heuberger	W	6-1, 6-3
QF	Robin Soderling	W	7-6 (3), 6-4
SF	Paradorn Srichaphan	W	7-5, 2-6, 6-3
F	Andy Roddick	W	6-4, 6-0
Allianz Suisse Open Gstaad
Rd	Opponent	W/L	Score
F	Igor Andreev	W	6-2, 6-3, 5-7, 6-3
Tennis Masters Cup
Rd	Opponent	W/L	Score
1C	Carlos Moya	W	6-3,3-6,6-3
1A	Gaston Gaudio	W	6-1,7-6(7-4)
1B	Lleyton Hewitt	W	6-3,6-4
SF	Marat Safin	W	6-3,7-6(20-18)
F	Lleyton Hewitt	W	6-3,6-2

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