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Federer claimed his 42nd career title on Oct. 9, 2006, winning the AIG Japan Open in Tokyo.

Federer claimed his 9th Grand Slam title at the U.S. Open, and became the 1st player in history to win consecutive Wimbledon and U.S. open titles 3 years in a row.

He is assured to finish the year as World No.1 and has claimed the Tennis Masters Cup.

He has played 10 consecutive Grand Slam semifinals (tying Ivan Lendl's record) and reached an open era record 6 consecutive finals.

He claimed his 11th Masters Series shield at the Rogers Masters, in Toronto, Canada, trailing only Agassi (17).

He won 55 matches and 9 straight finals in North America between his losses to Hrbaty and Murray in Cincinnati in 2004 and 2006. He has won an open era record 48 consecutive grass court matches since losing to Ancic in the opening round of Wimbledon in 2002. He won 27 consecutive Grand Slam matches (trailing only Rod Laver, 29) before losing to Nadal in Paris. He is 8-1 in Grand Slam finals.

He has won 9 titles this year: U.S. Open, TMS Toronto, Wimbledon (4th consecutive), TMS Indian Wells and TMS Miami (his 3rd consecutive ... first player to win both in the same year twice), ExxonMobil Open in Doha, Qatar, Australian Open, Gerry Weber Open in Halle, Germany (4th consecutive), and AIG Japan Open in Tokyo.
(updated 10/20/2006)

2006 Results
Qatar ExxonMobil Open
Rd	Opponent	W/L	Score
1	Ivo Minar	W	6-1,6-3
2	Fabrice Santoro	W	7-6(7-2),7-6(7-5)
QF	Marcos Baghdatis	W	6-4,6-3
SF	Tommy Haas	W	6-3,6-3
F	Gael Monfils	W	6-3,7-6(7-5)
AAMI Classic Kooyong
Rd	Opponent	W/L	Score
1C	Max Mirnyi	W	6-7(1-7),6-4,7-6(7-1)
1A	Tommy Haas	L	6-3,4-6,4-6
1B	Ivan Ljubicic	W	6-4,6-3
Australian Open
Rd	Opponent	W/L	Score
1	Denis Istomin	W	6-2,6-3,6-2
2	Florian Mayer	W	6-1,6-4,6-0
3	Max Mirnyi	W	6-3,6-4,6-3
4	Tommy Haas	W	6-4,6-0,3-6,4-6,6-2
QF	Nikolay Davydenko	W	6-4,3-6,7-6(9-7),7-6(7-5)
SF	Nicolas Kiefer	W	6-3,5-7,6-0,6-2
F	Marcos Baghdatis	W	5-7,7-5,6-0,6-2
The Dubai Tennis Championships
Rd	Opponent	W/L	Score
1	Stanislas Wawrinka	W	7-6,6-3
2	Mohammed Al Ghareeb	W	7-6(7-5),6-4
QF	Robin Vik	W	6-3,6-2
SF	Mikhail Youzhny	W	6-2,6-3
F	Rafael Nadal	L	6-2,4-6,4-6
Pacific Life Open
Rd	Opponent	W/L	Score
2	Nicolas Massu	W	6-3,7-6(7-4)
3	Olivier Rochus	W	3-6,6-2,7-5
4	Richard Gasquet	W	6-3,6-4
QF	Ivan Ljubicic	W	6-2,6-3
SF	Paradorn Srichaphan	W	6-2,6-3
F	James Blake	W	7-5,6-3,6-0
NASDAQ-100 Open
Rd	Opponent	W/L	Score
2	Arnaud Clement	W	6-2,6-7(4-7),6-0
3	Tommy Haas	W	6-1,6-3
4	Dmitry Tursunov	W	6-3,6-3
QF	James Blake	W	7-6(7-2),6-4
SF	David Ferrer	W	6-1,6-4
F	Ivan Ljubicic	W	7-6(7-5),7-6(7-4),7-6(8-6)
Masters Series Monte-Carlo
Rd	Opponent	W/L	Score
1	Novak Djokovic	W	6-3,2-6,6-3
2	Alberto Martin	W	6-0,6-1
3	Benjamin Balleret	W	6-3,6-2
QF	David Ferrer	W	6-1,6-3
SF	Fernando Gonzalez	W	6-2,6-4
F	Rafael Nadal	L	2-6,7-6(7-2),3-6,6-7(5-7)
Campionati Internazionali d Italia
Rd	Opponent	W/L	Score
1	Juan Ignacio Chela	W	6-2,6-1
2	Potito Starace	W	6-3,7-6(7-2)
3	Radek Stepanek	W	6-1,6-4
QF	Nicolas Almagro	W	6-3,6-7(2-7),7-5
SF	David Nalbandian	W	6-3,3-6,7-6(7-5)
F	Rafael Nadal	L	7-6,6-7(5-7),4-6,6-2,6-7(5-7)
French Open
Rd	Opponent	W/L	Score
1	Diego Hartfield	W	7-5,7-6(7-2),6-2
2	Alejandro Falla	W	6-1,6-4,6-3
3	Nicolas Massu	W	6-1,6-2,6-7(4-7),7-5
4	Tomas Berdych	W	6-3,6-2,6-3
QF	Mario Ancic	W	6-4,6-3,6-4
SF	David Nalbandian	W	3-6,6-4,5-2,retired
F	Rafael Nadal	L	6-1,1-6,4-6,6-7(4-7)
Gerry Weber Open
Rd	Opponent	W/L	Score
1	Rohan Bopanna	W	7-6(7-4),6-3
2	Richard Gasquet	W	7-6(9-7),6-7(7-9),6-4
QF	Olivier Rochus	W	6-7(2-7),7-6(13-11),7-6(7-5)
SF	Tommy Haas	W	6-4,6-7(4-7),6-3
F	Tomas Berdych	W	6-0,6-7(5-7),6-2
The Championships at Wimbledon
Rd	Opponent	W/L	Score
1	Richard Gasquet	W	6-3,6-2,6-2
2	Tim Henman	W	6-4,6-0,6-2
3	Nicolas Mahut	W	6-3,7-6(7-2),6-4
4	Tomas Berdych	W	6-3,6-3,6-4
QF	Mario Ancic	W	6-4,6-4,6-4
SF	Jonas Bjorkman	W	6-4,6-0,6-2
F	Rafael Nadal	W	6-0,7-6(7-5),6-7(2-7),6-3
Rogers Masters
Rd	Opponent	W/L	Score
1	Paul-Henri Mathieu	W	6-3,6-4
2	Sebastien Grosjean	W	6-3,6-3
3	Dmitry Tursunov	W	6-3,5-7,6-0
QF	Xavier Malisse	W	7-6(7-4),6-7(5-7),6-3
SF	Fernando Gonzalez	W	6-1,5-7,6-3
F	Richard Gasquet	W	2-6,6-3,6-2
Western & Southern Financial Group Masters
Rd	Opponent	W/L	Score
1	Paradorn Srichaphan	W	7-5,6-4
2	Andy Murray	L	5-7,4-6
US Open
Rd	Opponent	W/L	Score
1	Yeu-Tzuoo Wang	W	6-4,6-1,6-0
2	Tim Henman	W	6-3,6-4,7-5
3	Vincent Spadea	W	6-3,6-3,6-0
4	Marc Gicquel	W	6-3,7-6(7-2),6-3
QF	James Blake	W	7-6(9-7),6-0,6-7(11)(9-9),6-4
SF	Nikolay Davydenko	W	6-1,7-5,6-4
F	Andy Roddick	W	6-2,4-6,7-5,6-1
Davis Cup - Playoff
Rd	Opponent	W/L	Score
1A	Janko Tipsarevic	W	6-3,6-3,6-2
1B	Novak Djokovic	W	6-3,6-2,6-3
AIG Japan Open Tennis Championships
Rd	Opponent	W/L	Score
2	Viktor Troicki	W	7-6(7-2),7-6(7-3)
3	Wesley Moodie	W	6-2,6-1
QF	Takao Suzuki	W	4-6,6-4,7-6(7-3)
SF	Benjamin Becker	W	6-3,6-4
F	Tim Henman	W	6-3,6-3
Masters Series Madrid
Rd	Opponent	W/L	Score
2	Nicolas Massu	W	6-3,6-2
3	Robin Soderling	W	7-6(7-5),7(10)-6
QF	Robby Ginepri	W	6-3,7-6(7-4)
SF	David Nalbandian	W	6-4,6-0
F	Fernando Gonzalez	W	7-5,6-1,6-0
Davidoff Swiss Indoors Basel
Rd	Opponent	W/L	Score
1	Tomas Zib	W	6-1,6-2
2	Guillermo Garcia-Lopez	W	6-2,6-0
QF	David Ferrer	W	6-3,7(16)-6(14)
SF	Paradorn Srichaphan	W	6-4,3-6,7-6(7-5)
F	Fernando Gonzalez	W	6-3,6-2,7-6
Tennis Masters Cup Shanghai
Rd	Opponent	W/L	Score
0	Andy Roddick	W	4-6,7(10)-6,6-4
1A	David Nalbandian	W	3-6,6-1,6-1
1B	Andy Roddick	W	4-6,7-6(10-8),6-4
SF	Rafael Nadal	W	6-4,7-5
F	James Blake	W	6-0,6-3,6-4