Roger Federer's early career

Roger Federer's early career
Calendar prize money	$3,737,328
Singles
Season record	158–93 (62.95%)
Calendar titles	4
Year-end ranking	No. 6 (2002)
Ranking change from previous year	N/A
Grand Slam & significant results
Australian Open	4R (2002)
French Open	QF (2001)
Wimbledon	QF (2001)
US Open	4R (2001–02)
	Other tournaments
Tour Finals	SF (2002)
Olympic Games	4th (2000)
Davis Cup
Davis Cup	QF (1999, 2001)
	2003 →

Roger Federer's first ATP Tour-level tournament was the 1998 Gstaad Open, where he faced Lucas Arnold Ker in the round of 32 and lost, 4–6, 4–6. Federer's first final came at the 2000 Marseille Open, where he lost to fellow Swiss Marc Rosset, 6–2, 3–6, 6–7. Federer's first tournament win was at the 2001 Milan Indoor, where he defeated Julien Boutter, 6–4, 6–7, 6–4. The most prestigious finals he contested at this time included the 2002 Miami Masters, where he lost to Andre Agassi, 3–6, 3–6, 6–3, 4–6. Shortly thereafter, Federer won his first Masters Series event at the Hamburg Masters on clay, 6–1, 6–3, 6–4, over Marat Safin.

Federer made ten singles finals between 1998 and 2002, of which he won four and lost six. Federer made six doubles finals during this time, but lost the most prestigious of them at the 2002 Indian Wells Masters. The most prestigious events he won were the Hamburg Masters in 2002 and two Rotterdam 500 series events in 2001 and 2002.

Yearly summary 1998–2002

1998: Joining the Tour

In July 1998, the 16-year-old Federer played his first ATP Tour event, the Swiss Open Gstaad, in his home country of Switzerland, losing to No. 88 Lucas Arnold Ker in the first round.^[1] Although he played two more ATP tournaments in 1998, the majority of his matches were still at the Junior level.^[2] Later that year, he won his first ATP match against Guillaume Raoux in Toulouse.^[3] He then received a wildcard into the 1998 Swiss Indoors in his hometown in Basel, where he used to be a ball boy. Having reached the quarterfinal in Toulouse a week earlier, Federer came to Basel as the world No. 396, but lost in the first round to former world No. 1 Andre Agassi.^[4] He finished 1998 ranked as the world No. 301.^[5]

1999: Grand Slam & Davis Cup debuts, Challenger titles, top 100

In February 1999, Federer reached the quarterfinal of ATP tournaments in Marseille and Rotterdam, defeating the reigning champion of the 1998 French Open, Carlos Moyá, in the former, to enter the Top 150 before the Miami Masters.^[6] His rise through the rankings was noticed by the Swiss Davis Cup captain Claudio Mezzadri, who invited him to join the squad for the World Group first round clash against Italy on home soil in Neuchâtel.^[6] In April 1999, Federer made his Davis Cup debut against Italy, winning the rubber against No. 48 Davide Sanguinetti.^[6] In August, Federer won his first-ever professional title on the Challenger tour in Segovia, pairing with Sander Groen to beat Ota Fukárek and Alejandro Hernández in the final, which was played on Federer's 18th birthday.^[7]

He then competed in his first Grand Slam tournament at the French Open, but lost to Patrick Rafter in the first round after a four-set match.^[8] He also made his first appearance at Wimbledon, where he entered as a wildcard, but lost in the first round to No. 59 Jiří Novák in five sets.^[9] In the same tournament, Federer partnered Lleyton Hewitt in doubles, where they reached the round of 16, losing to Rafter and Jonas Björkman in another five-set match.^[10] Despite losing in the first rounds of both the French Open and Wimbledon and having just turned 18, he entered the world's Top 100 for the first time on 20 September 1999.^[5] At around that time, Federer was also a part of the Swiss military service, which was mandatory for all able-bodied male citizens when they reached the age of majority, and Federer was drafted in too. However, the then-18-year-old was discharged soon due to a chronic back problem.^[11]

In October 1999, Federer reached his first ATP semifinal in the Vienna Open, which he lost to Greg Rusedski.^[12] Later that month, Federer won his first and only singles ATP Challenger title in Brest, defeating Max Mirnyi in the final.^[13] In his first full year as a professional, Federer finished the year as the world No. 64, and in doing so at 18 years and four months of age, he became the youngest player to end the year among the world's top 100.^[12]^[14]

2000: First finals, Olympic 4th place, top 30

On 18 January 2000, the 18-year-old Federer played his first match in the main draw of the Australian Open, defeating former World No. 2 Michael Chang in the opening round to claim his first singles victory at a major event.^[15]^[16] However, he then lost to no. 49 Arnaud Clément in the third round. He equaled this achievement in his first US Open, losing in the third round to no. 12 Juan Carlos Ferrero.^[12] His first singles final came at the Marseille Open in February 2000, where he lost to fellow Swiss Marc Rosset.^[12] Federer then entered the Top 50 in March and ended 2000 ranked as the world No. 29.^[5] After reaching the semifinals at the 2000 Sydney Olympics, Federer was the runner-up in his home tournament at Basel. Even though he failed to make an impression at Grand Slams, it was the first year he played in all four. Federer then ended the year ranked world no. 29.^[5]

2001: Hopman Cup champion, first title, match with Sampras

Federer began the 2001 season by winning the 2001 Hopman Cup representing Switzerland, along with world No. 1 Martina Hingis.^[17] The duo defeated the American pair of Monica Seles and Jan-Michael Gambill in the finals. Federer later said that his experience with Hingis "definitely helped me to become the player I am today."^[18] In February 2001, Federer won his first ATP tournament after defeating Julien Boutter in the final of the Milan Indoor.^[12]^[19] During the same month, he won three matches for his country in its 3–2 Davis Cup victory over the United States in front of a home crowd in Basel, thus becoming only the fifth man in history to win every match against the United States, the most successful country in Davis Cup history with 31 titles.^[12] The last time a player defeated the United States in every match was in 1976.^[12] After a match against Marat Safin at the Rome Masters, in which both players threw their racquets several times, Federer decided to change his temper after watching himself in the highlight reel.^[20]

Federer reached his first Grand Slam quarterfinal at the French Open, losing to former world No. 2 and eventual finalist Àlex Corretja.^[21] His international breakthrough came at the Wimbledon Championships, when the 19-year-old Federer and the four-time defending champion and all-time Grand Slam leader Pete Sampras walked onto Centre Court for their only meeting in the fourth round. Federer, who was then ranked no. 15, defeated the No. 1 seed in a five-set match to snap Sampras' 31-match win streak at Wimbledon.^[22]^[23] The defeat was Sampras' first at the All England Club since 1996 and it ended his bid for a record-tying fifth consecutive title.^[12] In the quarters he faced Englishman Tim Henman, eventually losing in a fourth-set tiebreaker.^[24] Federer then had his best performance at the US Open by reaching the fourth round before falling to Andre Agassi.^[12] He finished 2001 with an ATP ranking of No. 13.^[5]

2002: Breakthrough and top 10, but Grand Slam struggles

Federer reached his first Masters Series final in 2002 at the 2002 Miami Masters event, where he lost to Andre Agassi.^[25] He won his next Masters final in Hamburg, defeating former world No. 1 Marat Safin. This was a major breakthrough for Federer as it was his first Masters championship and his most significant title at the time. He also won both his Davis Cup singles matches against former world No. 1 Russians Safin and Yevgeny Kafelnikov.

After early-round exits at the French Open and Wimbledon, Federer suffered the devastating loss of his long-time Australian coach and mentor, Peter Carter, in a car crash in August.^[26] Federer learned of Carter's death while competing at the Canadian Masters in Toronto and although he had already lost in the first round, Federer was still playing in the doubles tournament partnering with Wayne Ferreira, ironically, a South African. In the third round, which he and Ferreira lost to Joshua Eagle and Sandon Stolle, Federer played the match wearing a black armband in honor of Carter.^[27]

Although he suffered first-round losses in the three tournaments he entered after Carter's death, Federer gathered himself together and began playing with more determination than ever.^[28] After reaching the fourth round of the US Open, he showed greater consistency by winning the Vienna Open, beating Jiří Novák in the final to win his fourth title of the season,^[29] and then reaching the quarterfinals at Madrid and Paris to jump in the rankings from No. 13 at the end of September to No. 7 by early November. This qualified him for the first time for the year-end Tennis Masters Cup, where he won all of his matches in the round-robin stage with the loss of only one set before losing the semifinals to the then-world no. 1 and eventual champion Lleyton Hewitt.^[30] At age 21, he ended 2002 ranked as the world No. 6.^[5]

Grand Slam performances

Year	Tournament	Round	Result	Opponent	Score
1999	French Open	1R	Loss	Patrick Rafter	6–7, 6–3, 6–0, 6–2
1999	Wimbledon	1R	Loss	Jiří Novák	6–3, 3–6, 4–6, 6–3, 6–4
2000	Australian Open	1R	Win	Michael Chang	6–4, 6–4, 7–6^(7–5)
		2R	Win	Ján Krošlák	7–6^(7–1), 6–2, 6–3
		3R	Loss	Arnaud Clément	6–1, 6–4, 6–3
	French Open	1R	Win	Wayne Arthurs	7–6^(7–4), 6–3, 1–6, 6–3
		2R	Win	Jan-Michael Gambill	7–6^(7–5), 6–3, 6–3
		3R	Win	Michel Kratochvil	7–6^(7–5), 6–4, 2–6, 6–7^(4–7), 8–6
		4R	Loss	Àlex Corretja	7–5, 7–6^(9–7), 6–2
	Wimbledon	1R	Loss	Yevgeny Kafelnikov	7–5, 7–5, 7–6^(8–6)
	US Open	1R	Win	Peter Wessels	4–6, 4–6, 6–3, 7–5, 3–4 (ret.)
		2R	Win	Daniel Nestor	6–1, 7–6^(7–5), 6–1
		3R	Loss	Juan Carlos Ferrero	7–5, 7–6^(8–6), 1–6, 7–6^(8–6)

Year	Tournament	Round	Result	Opponent	Score
2001	Australian Open	1R	Win	Arnaud Di Pasquale	6–4, 4–6, 6–1, 6–4
		2R	Win	Nicolas Escudé	6–1, 6–4, 6–4
		3R	Loss	Arnaud Clément	7–6^(7–5), 6–4, 6–4
	French Open	1R	Win	Stefano Galvani	6–3, 6–3, 6–3
		2R	Win	Sargis Sargsian	4–6, 3–6, 6–2, 6–4, 9–7
		3R	Win	David Sánchez	6–4, 6–3, 1–6, 6–3
		4R	Win	Wayne Arthurs	3–6, 6–3, 6–4, 6–2
		QF	Loss	Àlex Corretja	7–5, 6–4, 7–5
	Wimbledon	1R	Win	Olivier Rochus	6–2, 6–3, 6–2
		2R	Win	Xavier Malisse	6–3, 7–5, 3–6, 4–6, 6–3
		3R	Win	Jonas Björkman	7–6^(7–4), 6–3, 7–6^(7–2)
		4R	Win	Pete Sampras	7–6^(9–7), 5–7, 6–4, 6–7^(2–7), 7–5
		QF	Loss	Tim Henman	7–5, 7–6^(8–6), 2–6, 7–6^(8–6)
	US Open	1R	Win	Lars Burgsmüller	6–4, 6–4, 6–4
		2R	Win	Robby Ginepri	6–2, 7–5, 6–1
		3R	Win	Sjeng Schalken	6–4, 7–5, 7–6^(7–3)
		4R	Loss	Andre Agassi	6–1, 6–2, 6–4
2002	Australian Open	1R	Win	Michael Chang	6–4, 6–4, 6–3
		2R	Win	Attila Sávolt	6–2, 7–5, 6–4
		3R	Win	Rainer Schüttler	7–6^(8–6), 7–6^(7–5), 6–4
		4R	Loss	Tommy Haas	7–6^(7–3), 4–6, 3–6, 6–4, 8–6
	French Open	1R	Loss	Hicham Arazi	6–3, 6–2, 6–4
	Wimbledon	1R	Loss	Mario Ančić	6–3, 7–6^(7–2), 6–3
	US Open	1R	Win	Jiří Vaněk	6–1, 6–3, 4–6, 7–5
		2R	Win	Michael Chang	6–3, 6–1, 6–3
		3R	Win	Xavier Malisse	4–6, 6–3, 6–4, 6–4
		4R	Loss	Max Mirnyi	6–3, 7–6^(7–5), 6–4

All Matches in Singles

1998

Tournament	Match	Round	Opponent (seed or key)	Rank	Result	Score
Rado Open Gstaad, Switzerland ATP Tour 250 Clay, outdoor 6 – 12 July 1998
	1	1R	Lucas Arnold Ker (LL)	88	Loss	4–6, 4–6

Geneva Open Challenger Geneva, Switzerland ATP Challenger Tour Clay, outdoor 24 – 30 August 1998
	–	1R	Orlin Stanoytchev (5)	124	Loss	4–6, 6–7

Grand Prix de Tennis de Toulouse Toulouse, France ATP Tour 250 Hard, indoor 28 September – 4 October 1998
	–	Q1	Marcello Wowk	672	Win	7–6, 6–2
	–	Q2	Alex Rădulescu (3)	160	Win	7–6, 7–6
	–	Q3	Olivier Delaître (6)	215	Win	6–4, 6–4
	2	1R	Guillaume Raoux	45	Win	6–2, 6–2
	3	2R	Richard Fromberg (7)	43	Win	6–1, 7–6^(7–5)
	4	QF	Jan Siemerink (2)	20	Loss	6–7^(5–7), 2–6

Davidoff Swiss Indoors Basel, Switzerland ATP Tour 250 Hard, indoor 5 – 11 October 1998
	5	1R	Andre Agassi (4)	8	Loss	3–6, 2–6

1999

Tournament	Match	Round	Opponent (seed or key)	Rank	Result	Score
Australian Open Melbourne, Australia Grand Slam tournament Hard, outdoor 18 – 31 January 1999
	–	Q1	Olivier Delaître	193	Loss	4–6, 4–6

Intersport Heilbronn Open Talheim, Germany ATP Challenger Tour Carpet, indoor 25 – 31 January 1999
	–	Q1	Raemon Sluiter	250	Win	6–2, 6–4
	–	Q2	Radek Štěpánek (4)	168	Win	6–4, 6–1
	–	Q3	Stefano Pescosolido (6)	182	Win	6–1, 6–1
	–	1R	Cristiano Caratti (Q)	161	Win	7–5, 6–4
	–	2R	John van Lottum (6)	100	Win	6–2, 6–4
	–	QF	Justin Gimelstob (3)	80	Win	6–7, 7–6, 7–5
	–	SF	Laurence Tieleman (7)	106	Loss	5–7, 1–6

Open 13 Marseille, France ATP Tour 250 Hard, indoor 1 – 8 February 1999
	6	1R	Carlos Moyá (1)	5	Win	7–6^(7–1), 3–6, 6–3
	7	2R	Jérôme Golmard	63	Win	6–7^(6–8), 7–6^(7–5), 7–6^(7–5)
	8	QF	Arnaud Clément (WC)	103	Loss	3–6, 3–6

ABN AMRO World Tennis Tournament Rotterdam, Netherlands ATP Tour 500 Carpet, indoor 15 – 21 February 1999
	–	Q1	Hendrik Dreekmann (6)	89	Walkover	N/A
	–	Q2	Martin Damm (3)	72	Win	6–2, 7–6
	9	1R	Guillaume Raoux	71	Win	6–7^(4–7), 7–5, 7–6^(7–3)
	10	2R	Bohdan Ulihrach	30	Win	6–4, 7–5
	11	QF	Yevgeny Kafelnikov (2)	2	Loss	1–6, 7–5, 4–6

Grenoble Challenger Grenoble, France ATP Challenger Tour Hard, indoor 1 – 7 March 1999
	–	1R	Rodolphe Gilbert	191	Win	6–2, 6–0
	–	2R	Julien Boutter (Q)	215	Loss	6–4, 2–6, 3–6

Lipton Championships Miami, United States ATP Tour Masters 1000 Hard, outdoor 15 – 29 March 1999
	12	1R	Kenneth Carlsen	106	Loss	5–7, 6–7^(4–7)

Davis Cup, World Group Neuchâtel, Switzerland Davis Cup Carpet, indoor 2 – 4 April 1999
	13	1R R2	Davide Sanguinetti	48	Win	6–4, 6–7^(3–7), 6–3, 6–4
	14	1R R5	Gianluca Pozzi	69	Loss	4–6, 6–7^(4–7)

Monte Carlo Open Monte Carlo, Monaco ATP Tour Masters 1000 Clay, outdoor 19 – 25 April 1999
	15	1R	Vincent Spadea	33	Loss	6–7^(3–7), 0–6

Espinho Challenger Espinho, Portugal ATP Challenger Tour Clay, outdoor 26 April – 2 May 1999
	–	1R	Joan Balcells (Q)	291	Loss	6–7, 3–6

Renault Slovenian Open Domžale, Slovenia ATP Challenger Tour Clay, outdoor 3 – 9 May 1999
	–	Q1	Igor Ogrinc	–	Win	6–3, 7–5
	–	Q2	Blaž Trupej	605	Win	6–3, 6–7, 6–3
	–	Q3	David Sánchez (8)	253	Win	6–2, 7–5
	–	1R	Eduardo Medica (5)	117	Win	6–3, 6–2
	–	2R	Radomír Vašek (Q)	237	Win	7–6, 6–1
	–	QF	Juan Albert Viloca	149	Win	2–6, 6–3, 6–4
	–	SF	Dinu Pescariu (1)	99	Loss	6–7, 2–6

French Open Paris, France Grand Slam tournament Clay, outdoor 24 May – 6 June 1999
	16	1R	Patrick Rafter (3)	3	Loss	7–5, 3–6, 0–6, 2–6

Surbiton Trophy Surbiton, United Kingdom ATP Challenger Tour Grass, outdoor 31 May – 6 June 1999
	–	1R	Maurice Ruah	175	Win	7–6, 6–2
	–	2R	John van Lottum (2)	64	Win	6–3, 3–6, 6–1
	–	QF	Alex O'Brien	173	Win	6–1, 6–4
	–	SF	Sargis Sargsian (5)	75	Loss	7–6, 3–6, 6–7

Stella Artois Championships London, United Kingdom ATP Tour 250 Grass, outdoor 7 – 13 June 1999
	17	1R	Byron Black (13)	37	Loss	3–6, 0–6

Nottingham Open Nottingham, United Kingdom ATP Tour 250 Grass, outdoor 14 – 20 June 1999
	–	Q1	Ben Haran	–	Win	6–1, 6–1
	–	Q2	Donald Johnson	581	Loss	3–6, 2–6

The Championships, Wimbledon London, United Kingdom Grand Slam tournament Grass, outdoor 21 June – 4 July 1999
	18	1R	Jiří Novák	59	Loss	3–6, 6–3, 6–4, 3–6, 4–6

Rado Swiss Open Gstaad Gstaad, Switzerland ATP Tour 250 Clay, outdoor 5 – 11 July 1999
	19	1R	Younes El Aynaoui	33	Loss	2–6, 3–6

Davis Cup, World Group Brussels, Belgium Davis Cup Clay, outdoor 16 – 18 July 1999
	20	QF R2	Christophe Van Garsse	146	Loss	6–7^(4–7), 6–3, 6–1, 5–7, 1–6
	21	QF R4	Xavier Malisse	111	Loss	6–4, 3–6, 5–7, 6–7^(5–7)

Open Castilla y León Segovia, Spain ATP Challenger Tour Clay, outdoor 2 – 8 August 1999
	–	1R	Quino Muñoz (WC)	520	Win	7–6^(7–5), 6–4
	–	2R	Nicolas Escudé	139	Loss	6–3, 1–6, 4–6

Legg Mason Tennis Classic Washington, D.C., United States ATP Tour 500 Hard, outdoor 16 – 22 August 1999
	22	1R	Bjorn Phau (Q)	407	Loss	2–6, 3–6

Waldbaum's Hamlet Cup Long Island, United States ATP Tour 250 Hard, outdoor 23 – 29 August 1999
	–	Q1	Todd Meringoff (WC)	796	Win	6–2, 3–6, 6–3
	–	Q2	Eric Taino (WC)	504	Loss	2–6, 2–6

US Open New York City, United States Grand Slam tournament Hard, outdoor 30 August – 12 September 1999
	–	Q1	Edwin Kempes	228	Win	6–4, 6–4
	–	Q2	Ivo Heuberger	231	Loss	6–7, 2–6

President's Cup Tashkent, Uzbekistan ATP Tour 250 Hard, outdoor 13 – 19 September 1999
	23	1R	Cédric Pioline (5)	16	Win	6–4, 6–3
	24	2R	Peter Wessels	92	Loss	6–4, 6–7^(1–7), 4–6

Adidas Open de Toulouse Toulouse, France ATP Tour 250 Hard, indoor 27 September – 3 October 1999
	25	1R	Rainer Schüttler	46	Win	7–6^(7–4), 6–1
	26	2R	Fabrice Santoro (7)	39	Loss	3–6, 6–7^(3–7)

Davidoff Swiss Indoors Basel, Switzerland ATP Tour 250 Carpet, indoor 3 – 10 October 1999
	27	1R	Martin Damm (LL)	105	Win	6–2, 3–6, 6–4
	28	2R	Alexander Popp (Q)	134	Win	6–2, 7–5
	29	QF	Tim Henman (4)	6	Loss	3–6, 5–7

CA-TennisTrophy Vienna, Austria ATP Tour 500 Carpet, indoor 11 – 18 October 1999
	30	1R	Vince Spadea	21	Win	6–4, 6–2
	31	2R	Jiří Novák	34	Win	7–6^(10–8), 6–1
	32	QF	Karol Kučera	15	Win	2–6, 6–4, 6–1
	33	SF	Greg Rusedski (5)	7	Loss	3–6, 4–6

Grand Prix de Tennis de Lyon Lyon, France ATP Tour 250 Carpet, indoor 18 – 25 October 1999
	34	1R	Daniel Vacek	53	Win	6–3, 6–4
	35	2R	Lleyton Hewitt (13)	27	Win	6–7^(4–7), 6–2, 4–6

Brest Challenger Brest, France ATP Challenger Tour Hard, indoor 25 – 31 October 1999
	–	1R	Lionel Roux (WC)	191	Win	6–3, 4–6, 6–4
	–	2R	Rodolphe Gilbert	180	Win	6–4, 6–3
	–	QF	Michaël Llodra (WC)	333	Win	6–3, 6–3
	–	SF	Martin Damm	134	Win	6–3, 7–6^(7–4)
	–	W	Max Mirnyi (5)	90	Win	7–6^(7–4), 6–3

Stockholm Open Stockholm, Sweden ATP Tour 250 Hard, indoor 8 – 14 November 1999
	–	Q1	Cristiano Caratti	218	Win	6–3, 7–5
	–	Q2	Marcus Sarstrand	447	Loss	2–6, 6–4, 6–7

2000

Tournament	Match	Round	Opponent (seed or key)	Rank	Result	Score
AAPT Championships Adelaide, Australia ATP Tour 250 Hard, outdoor 3 – 9 January 2000
	36	1R	Jens Knippschild	91	Win	6–1, 6–4
	37	2R	Thomas Enqvist (1)	4	Loss	6–7^(5–7), 4–6

Heineken Open Auckland, New Zealand ATP Tour 250 Hard, outdoor 10 – 15 January 2000
	38	1R	Juan Carlos Ferrero (7)	45	Loss	4–6, 4–6

Australian Open Melbourne, Australia Grand Slam tournament Hard, outdoor 17 – 30 January 2000
	39	1R	Michael Chang	38	Win	6–4, 6–4, 7–6^(7–5)
	40	2R	Ján Krošlák	104	Win	7–6^(7–1), 6–2, 6–3
	41	3R	Arnaud Clément	54	Loss	1–6, 4–6, 3–6

Davis Cup, World Group Zürich, Switzerland Davis Cup Carpet, indoor 4 – 6 February 2000
	42	1R R2	Mark Philippoussis	17	Win	6–4, 7–6^(7–3), 4–6, 6–4
	43	1R R4	Lleyton Hewitt	15	Loss	2–6, 6–3, 6–7^(2–7), 1–6

Open 13 Marseille, France ATP Tour 250 Hard, indoor 7 – 14 February 2000
	44	1R	Antony Dupuis (Q)	93	Win	6–4, 6–4
	45	2R	Thomas Johansson (7)	41	Win	6–3, 6–2
	46	QF	Ivan Ljubičić	69	Win	6–2, 3–6, 7–6^(7–5)
	47	SF	Fabrice Santoro (6)	38	Win	7–6^(7–4), 7–5
	48	F	Marc Rosset	77	Loss (1)	6–2, 3–6, 6–7^(5–7)

AXA Cup London, United Kingdom ATP Tour 500 Hard, indoor 21 – 27 February 2000
	49	1R	Nicolas Kiefer (2)	4	Win	6–2, 6–3
	50	2R	Goran Ivanišević (WC)	61	Win	7–5, 6–3
	51	QF	Marc Rosset	72	Loss	6–3, 4–6, 4–6

Copenhagen Open Copenhagen, Denmark ATP Tour 250 Hard, indoor 26 February – 5 March 2000
	52	1R	Filip Dewulf (Q)	234	Win	6–4, 4–6, 6–3
	53	2R	Fredrik Jonsson	121	Win	6–4, 6–4
	54	QF	Gianluca Pozzi	83	Win	4–6, 6–1, 6–3
	55	SF	Magnus Larsson (3)	48	Loss	3–6, 6–7^(6–8)

Indian Wells Masters Indian Wells, United States ATP Tour Masters 1000 Hard, outdoor 10 – 18 March 2000
	–	Q1	Leander Paes	117	Loss	7–5, 1–6, 4–6

Ericsson Open Miami, United States ATP Tour Masters 1000 Hard, outdoor 23 March – 2 April 2000
	56	1R	Justin Gimelstob (WC)	99	Win	7–5, 6–3
	57	2R	Mariano Zabaleta (23)	25	Loss	4–6, 6–7^(7–9)

Monte Carlo Masters Monte Carlo, Monaco ATP Tour Masters 1000 Clay, outdoor 17 – 23 April 2000
	58	1R	Jiří Novák	37	Loss	1–6, 6–2, 5–7

Torneo Godó Barcelona, Spain ATP Tour 500 Clay, outdoor 24 – 30 April 2000
	59	1R	Sergi Bruguera (WC)	249	Loss	1–6, 1–6

Italian Open Rome, Italy ATP Tour Masters 1000 Clay, outdoor 8 – 14 May 2000
	60	1R	Andrei Medvedev	25	Loss	6–3, 3–6, 5–7

Hamburg Masters Hamburg, Germany ATP Tour Masters 1000 Clay, outdoor 15 – 21 May 2000
	61	1R	Andrei Pavel (Q)	70	Loss	4–6, 3–6

International Raiffeisen Grand Prix Sankt Pölten, Austria ATP Tour 250 Clay, outdoor 22 – 28 May 2000
	62	1R	Markus Hantschk	94	Loss	2–6, 1–6

French Open Paris, France Grand Slam tournament Clay, outdoor 22 – 28 May 2000
	63	1R	Wayne Arthurs	106	Win	7–6^(7–4), 6–3, 1–6, 6–3
	64	2R	Jan-Michael Gambill	69	Win	7–6^(7–5), 6–3, 6–3
	65	3R	Michel Kratochvil (Q)	120	Win	7–6^(7–5), 6–4, 2–6, 6–7^(4–7), 8–6
	66	4R	Àlex Corretja (10)	10	Loss	5–7, 6–7^(7–9), 2–6

Gerry Weber Open Halle, Germany ATP Tour 250 Grass, outdoor 12 – 18 June 2000
	67	1R	Arnaud Clément	57	Win	6–4, 6–2
	68	2R	Magnus Larsson	49	Win	6–2, 6–3
	69	QF	Michael Chang	28	Loss	5–7, 2–6

Nottingham Open Nottingham, United Kingdom ATP Tour 250 Grass, outdoor 19 – 25 June 2000
	70	1R	Richard Fromberg	71	Loss	5–7, 1–6

The Championships, Wimbledon London, United Kingdom Grand Slam tournament Grass, outdoor 26 June – 9 July 2000
	71	1R	Yevgeny Kafelnikov (5)	5	Loss	5–7, 5–7, 6–7^(6–8)

UBS Open Gstaad Gstaad, Switzerland ATP Tour 250 Clay, outdoor 10 – 17 July 2000
	72	1R	Àlex Corretja (1)	10	Loss	4–6, 6–4, 4–6

Davis Cup, World Group Play-offs St. Gallen, Switzerland Davis Cup Carpet, indoor 21 – 23 July 2000
	73	PO R2	Vladimir Voltchkov	69	Win	4–6, 7–5, 7–6^(7–1), 5–7, 6–2

du Maurier Open Toronto, Canada ATP Tour Masters 1000 Hard, outdoor 31 July – 6 August 2000
	74	1R	Lleyton Hewitt (7)	10	Loss	6–3, 3–6, 2–6

Cincinnati Masters Cincinnati, United States ATP Tour Masters 1000 Hard, outdoor 7 – 14 August 2000
	75	1R	Francisco Clavet	43	Loss	6–7^(3–7), 6–7^(4–7)

RCA Championships Indianapolis, United States ATP Tour 500 Hard, outdoor 14 – 20 August 2000
	76	1R	James Sekulov	191	Loss	4–6, 5–7

US Open New York City, United States Grand Slam tournament Hard, outdoor 28 August – 10 September 2000
	77	1R	Peter Wessels	89	Win	4–6, 4–6, 6–3, 7–5, 3–4, ret.
	78	2R	Daniel Nestor (PR)	307	Win	6–1, 7–6^(7–5), 6–1
	79	3R	Juan Carlos Ferrero (12)	12	Loss	5–7, 6–7^(6–8), 6–1, 6–7^(6–8)

Summer Olympics Sydney, Australia Olympic Games Hard, outdoor 19 – 28 September 2000
	80	1R	David Prinosil	60	Win	6–2, 6–2
	81	2R	Karol Kučera	43	Win	6–4, 7–6^(7–5)
	82	3R	Mikael Tillström (Alt)	61	Win	6–1, 6–2
	83	QF	Karim Alami	34	Win	7–6^(7–2), 6–1
	84	SF	Tommy Haas	48	Loss	3–6, 2–6
	85	SF-B	Arnaud Di Pasquale	62	Loss	6–7^(5–7), 7–6^(9–7), 3–6

CA-TennisTrophy Vienna, Austria ATP Tour 500 Hard, indoor 9 – 15 October 2000
	86	1R	Magnus Norman (2)	4	Win	4–6, 7–6^(7–4), 6–4
	87	2R	Max Mirnyi (Q)	43	Win	6–3, 6–3
	88	QF	Richard Krajicek	20	Win	6–4, 6–3
	89	SF	Tim Henman (6)	10	Loss	6–2, 6–7^(4–7), 3–6

Davidoff Swiss Indoors Basel, Switzerland ATP Tour 250 Carpet, indoor 24 – 29 October 2000
	90	1R	Tommy Haas (WC)	20	Win	6–3, 6–3
	91	2R	Andrei Pavel	27	Win	7–6^(7–4), 6–4
	92	QF	Nicolas Thomann (Q)	185	Win	6–4, 6–4
	93	SF	Lleyton Hewitt (3)	9	Win	6–4, 5–7, 7–6^(8–6)
	94	F	Thomas Enqvist (2)	6	Loss (2)	2–6, 6–4, 6–7^(4–7), 6–1, 1–6

Stuttgart Masters Stuttgart, Germany ATP Tour Masters 1000 Hard, indoor 30 October – 6 November 2000
	95	1R	Jan-Michael Gambill	27	Win	7–6^(7–3), 1–0, retired
	96	2R	Yevgeny Kafelnikov (6)	5	Loss	5–7, 3–6

Grand Prix de Tennis de Lyon Lyon, France ATP Tour 250 Carpet, indoor 6 – 13 November 2000
	97	1R	Nicolas Escudé	38	Win	6–3, 7–6^(7–3)
	98	2R	Karol Kučera	74	Loss	6–3, 2–6, 1–6

Paris Masters Paris, France ATP Tour Masters 1000 Carpet, indoor 13 – 20 November 2000
	99	1R	Dominik Hrbatý	19	Loss	6–4, 2–6, 2–6

Scania Stockholm Open Stockholm, Sweden ATP Tour 250 Hard, indoor 20 – 26 November 2000
	100	1R	Mikhail Youzhny	110	Win	5–7, 6–4, 6–3
	101	2R	Andreas Vinciguerra	55	Loss	5–7, 6–7^(3–7)

2001

Tournament	Match	Round	Opponent (seed or key)	Rank	Result	Score
Adidas International Sydney, Australia ATP Tour 250 Hard, outdoor 7 – 14 January 2001
	102	1R	Wayne Ferreira (3)	13	Win	6–3, 6–4
	103	2R	Marc Rosset	29	Win	6–1, 6–2
	104	QF	Sébastien Grosjean (6)	19	Loss	5–7, 4–6

Australian Open Melbourne, Australia Grand Slam tournament Hard, outdoor 15 – 28 January 2001
	105	1R	Arnaud Di Pasquale	61	Win	6–4, 4–6, 6–1, 7–5
	106	2R	Nicolas Escudé	46	Win	6–1, 6–4, 6–4
	107	3R	Arnaud Clément (15)	18	Loss	6–7^(5–7), 4–6, 4–6

Milan Indoor Milan, Italy ATP Tour 250 Carpet, indoor 29 January – 4 February 2001
	108	1R	Rainer Schüttler	48	Win	6–3, 6–4
	109	2R	Cyril Saulnier (Q)	120	Win	2–6, 6–3, 6–4
	110	QF	Goran Ivanišević (WC)	123	Win	6–4, 6–4
	111	SF	Yevgeny Kafelnikov (2)	7	Win	6–2, 6–7^(4–7), 6–3
	112	W	Julien Boutter	67	Win (1)	6–4, 6–7^(7–9), 6–4

Davis Cup, World Group Basel, Switzerland Davis Cup Hard, indoor 9 – 11 February 2001
	113	1R R1	Todd Martin	37	Win	6–4, 7–6^(7–3), 4–6, 6–1
	114	1R R4	Jan-Michael Gambill	28	Win	7–5, 6–2, 4–6, 6–2

Open 13 Marseille, France ATP Tour 250 Hard, indoor 12 – 19 February 2001
	115	1R	Cyril Saulnier (WC)	114	Win	7–6^(9–7), 6–4
	116	2R	Bob Bryan (Q)	146	Win	7–6^(7–1), 6–3
	117	QF	Michel Kratochvil	78	Win	6–4, 7–6^(7–4)
	118	SF	Yevgeny Kafelnikov (2)	7	Loss	7–6^(7–4), 4–6, 4–6

ABN AMRO World Tennis Tournament Rotterdam, Netherlands ATP Tour 500 Hard, indoor 19 – 25 February 2001
	119	1R	Andrew Ilie	42	Win	7–6^(7–5), 6–1
	120	2R	Sébastien Grosjean (7)	13	Win	4–6, 6–3, 6–4
	121	QF	Àlex Corretja (3)	8	Win	6–4, 6–2
	122	SF	Andrei Pavel	24	Win	6–7^(4–7), 6–4, 6–0
	123	F	Nicolas Escudé (Q)	60	Loss (3)	5–7, 6–3, 6–7^(5–7)

Indian Wells Open Indian Wells, United States ATP Tour Masters 1000 Hard, outdoor 8 – 18 March 2001
	124	1R	Nicolas Kiefer	43	Loss	6–3, 5–7, 1–6

Ericsson Open Miami, United States ATP Tour Masters 1000 Hard, outdoor 21 March – 1 April 2001
	–	1R	Bye
	125	2R	Younes El Aynaoui	58	Win	6–2, 6–2
	126	3R	Mark Philippoussis (16)	16	Win	3–6, 7–6^(7–4), 6–2
	127	4R	Thomas Johansson (25)	25	Win	7–6^(7–3), 5–7, 7–6^(9–7)
	128	QF	Patrick Rafter (8)	8	Loss	3–6, 1–6

Davis Cup, World Group Neuchâtel, Switzerland Davis Cup Carpet, indoor 6 – 8 April 2001
	129	QF R2	Nicolas Escudé	34	Loss	4–6, 7–6^(7–1), 3–6, 4–6
	130	QF R4	Arnaud Clément	10	Win	6–4, 3–6, 7–6^(7–5), 6–4

Monte Carlo Masters Monte Carlo, Monaco ATP Tour Masters 1000 Clay, outdoor 16 – 22 April 2001
	131	1R	Michael Chang	33	Win	6–4, 6–3
	132	2R	Davide Sanguinetti	55	Win	7–6^(7–5), 7–6^(7–0)
	133	3R	Arnaud Di Pasquale	67	Win	6–1, 6–2
	134	QF	Sébastien Grosjean (9)	15	Loss	4–6, 3–6

Rome Masters Rome, Italy ATP Tour Masters 1000 Clay, outdoor 7 – 13 May 2001
	135	1R	Thomas Johansson	24	Win	7–6^(7–3), 4–6, 7–6^(7–5)
	136	2R	Marat Safin (2)	2	Win	4–6, 6–4, 7–6^(7–5)
	137	3R	Wayne Ferreira	19	Loss	6–7^(4–7), 2–6

Hamburg Masters Hamburg, Germany ATP Tour Masters 1000 Clay, outdoor 14 – 20 May 2001
	138	1R	Franco Squillari	19	Loss	3–6, 4–6

French Open Paris, France Grand Slam tournament Clay, outdoor 28 May – 10 June 2001
	139	1R	Stefano Galvani (Q)	239	Win	6–3, 6–3, 6–3
	140	2R	Sargis Sargsian	115	Win	4–6, 3–6, 6–2, 6–4, 9–7
	141	3R	David Sánchez	89	Win	6–4, 6–3, 1–6, 6–3
	142	4R	Wayne Arthurs	59	Win	3–6, 6–3, 6–4, 6–2
	143	QF	Àlex Corretja (13)	13	Loss	5–7, 4–6, 5–7

Gerry Weber Open Halle, Germany ATP Tour 250 Grass, outdoor 11 – 17 June 2001
	144	1R	Albert Portas	23	Win	6–7^(4–7), 6–4, 6–2
	145	2R	David Prinosil	28	Win	7–6^(10–8), 7–5
	146	QF	Patrick Rafter (2)	10	Loss	6–4, 6–7^(6–8), 6–7^(4–7)

Heineken Trophy 's-Hertogenbosch, Netherlands ATP Tour 250 Grass, outdoor 18 – 24 June 2001
	147	1R	Antony Dupuis	68	Win	7–6^(7–3), 6–4
	148	2R	John van Lottum (WC)	193	Win	6–0, 6–1
	149	QF	Raemon Sluiter	107	Win	6–7^(4–7), 6–4, 6–4
	150	SF	Lleyton Hewitt (1)	6	Loss	4–6, 2–6

The Championships, Wimbledon London, United Kingdom Grand Slam tournament Grass, outdoor 25 June – 9 July 2001
	151	1R	Christophe Rochus	63	Win	6–2, 6–3, 6–2
	152	2R	Xavier Malisse	53	Win	6–3, 7–5, 3–6, 4–6, 6–3
	153	3R	Jonas Björkman (33)	41	Win	7–6^(7–4), 6–3, 7–6^(7–2)
	154	4R	Pete Sampras (1)	6	Win	7–6^(9–7), 5–7, 6–4, 6–7^(2–7), 7–5
	155	QF	Tim Henman (6)	11	Loss	5–7, 6–7^(6–8), 6–2, 6–7^(6–8)

UBS Open Gstaad, Switzerland ATP Tour 250 Clay, outdoor 9 – 15 July 2001
	156	1R	Ivan Ljubičić	70	Loss	2–6, 1–6

US Open New York City, United States Grand Slam tournament Hard, outdoor 27 August – 9 September 2001
	157	1R	Lars Burgsmüller	72	Win	6–4, 6–4, 6–4
	158	2R	Robby Ginepri (WC)	327	Win	6–2, 7–5, 6–1
	159	3R	Sjeng Schalken (24)	24	Win	6–4, 7–5, 7–6^(7–3)
	160	4R	Andre Agassi (2)	2	Loss	1–6, 2–6, 4–6

Kremlin Cup Moscow, Russia ATP Tour 250 Carpet, indoor 1 – 7 October 2001
	161	1R	Nicolas Kiefer	39	Loss	3–6, 6–1, 6–7^(4–7)

CA-TennisTrophy Vienna, Austria ATP Tour 500 Hard, indoor 8 – 14 October 2001
	162	1R	Nicolás Massú (LL)	78	Win	4–6, 7–6^(10–8), 6–4
	163	2R	Albert Costa	33	Win	7–6^(7–1), 6–2
	164	QF	Stefan Koubek (WC)	90	Loss	6–7^(3–7), 5–7

Stuttgart Masters Stuttgart, Germany ATP Tour Masters 1000 Hard, indoor 15 – 22 October 2001
	–	1R	Bye
	165	2R	Wayne Ferreira	36	Loss	6–7^(1–7), 6–3, 2–6

Davidoff Swiss Indoors Basel, Switzerland ATP Tour 250 Carpet indoor 22 – 28 October 2001
	166	1R	Albert Costa	34	Win	6–3, 6–3
	167	2R	Xavier Malisse	39	Win	6–3, 6–4
	168	QF	Andy Roddick (6)	16	Win	3–6, 6–3, 7–6^(7–5)
	169	SF	Julien Boutter	64	Win	7–6^(7–3), 6–4
	170	F	Tim Henman (2)	11	Loss (4)	3–6, 4–6, 2–6

Paris Masters Paris, France ATP Tour Masters 1000 Carpet indoor 29 October – 5 November 2001
	–	1R	Bye
	171	2R	Jiří Novák	40	Loss	4–6, 7–6^(7–4), 6–7^(2–7)

2002

Tournament	Match	Round	Opponent (seed or key)	Rank	Result	Score
Adidas International Sydney, Australia ATP Tour 250 Hard, outdoor 6 – 13 January 2002
	172	1R	Tommy Robredo	34	Win	7–6^(7–5), 7–6^(7–5)
	173	2R	Xavier Malisse	31	Win	6–2, 6–4
	174	QF	Marcelo Ríos	47	Win	6–7^(2–7), 7–6^(7–4), 6–3
	175	SF	Andy Roddick (3/WC)	15	Win	7–6^(7–3), 6–4
	176	W	Juan Ignacio Chela (Q)	67	Win (2)	6–3, 6–3

Australian Open Melbourne, Australia Grand Slam tournament Hard, outdoor 14 – 27 January 2002
	177	1R	Michael Chang	94	Win	6–4, 6–4, 6–3
	178	2R	Attila Sávolt	93	Win	6–2, 7–5, 6–4
	179	3R	Rainer Schüttler	41	Win	7–6^(8–6), 7–6^(7–5), 6–4
	180	4R	Tommy Haas (7)	9	Loss	6–7^(3–7), 6–4, 6–3, 4–6, 6–8

Milan Indoor Milan, Italy ATP Tour 250 Carpet, indoor 28 January – 3 February 2002
	181	1R	Stefan Koubek	50	Win	7–6^(7–2), 6–3
	182	2R	Nikolay Davydenko	84	Win	6–3, 6–7^(4–7), 7–5
	183	QF	Sargis Sargsian	74	Win	4–6, 6–3, 6–3
	184	SF	Greg Rusedski (7)	30	Win	7–6^(9–7), 7–6^(7–4)
	185	F	Davide Sanguinetti	87	Loss (5)	6–7^(2–7), 6–4, 1–6

Davis Cup, World Group Moscow, Russia Davis Cup Clay, indoor 8 – 10 February 2002
	186	1R R1	Marat Safin	7	Win	7–5, 6–1, 6–2
	187	1R R4	Yevgeny Kafelnikov	4	Win	7–6^(8–6), 6–1, 6–1

ABN AMRO World Tennis Tournament Rotterdam, Netherlands ATP Tour 500 Hard, indoor 18 – 24 February 2002
	188	1R	John van Lottum (WC)	124	Win	6–3, 6–4
	–	2R	Thomas Enqvist	20	Walkover	N/A
	189	QF	Nicolas Escudé	22	Loss	6–3, 6–7^(8–10), 5–7

Dubai Tennis Championships Dubai, United Arab Emirates ATP Tour 500 Hard, outdoor 25 February – 3 March 2002
	190	1R	Adrian Voinea (Q)	76	Win	6–3, 6–4
	191	2R	Rainer Schüttler	40	Loss	3–6, 1–6

Pacific Life Open Indian Wells, United States ATP Tour Masters 1000 Hard, outdoor 6 – 17 March 2002
	192	1R	Xavier Malisse	32	Win	6–7^(5–7), 7–6^(7–3), 6–3
	193	2R	Stefan Koubek	50	Win	6–4, 6–4
	194	3R	Thomas Enqvist	22	Loss	4–6, 3–6

NASDAQ-100 Open Miami, United States ATP Tour Masters 1000 Hard, outdoor 18 – 31 March 2002
	–	1R	Bye
	195	2R	Jeff Morrison (Q)	139	Win	6–1, 7–6^(8–6)
	196	3R	Albert Portas (23)	25	Win	6–4, 6–1
	197	4R	Tim Henman (5)	6	Win	6–2, retired
	198	QF	Andrei Pavel (26)	28	Win	6–1, 6–1
	199	SF	Lleyton Hewitt (1)	1	Win	6–3, 6–4
	200	F	Andre Agassi (9)	10	Loss (6)	3–6, 3–6, 6–3, 4–6

Monte Carlo Masters Monte Carlo, Monaco ATP Tour Masters 1000 Clay, outdoor 15 – 21 April 2002
	201	1R	Mariano Zabaleta (Q)	69	Win	7–6^(7–2), 6–4
	202	2R	David Nalbandian	35	Loss	2–6, 1–6

Rome Masters Rome, Italy ATP Tour Masters 1000 Clay, outdoor 6 – 12 May 2002
	203	1R	Andrea Gaudenzi	58	Loss	2–6, 1–6

Hamburg Masters Hamburg, Germany ATP Tour Masters 1000 Clay, outdoor 13 – 19 May 2002
	204	1R	Nicolás Lapentti	29	Win	6–1, 6–4
	205	2R	Bohdan Ulihrach	42	Win	6–3, 6–0
	206	3R	Adrian Voinea (Q)	67	Win	7–5, 6–4
	207	QF	Gustavo Kuerten (2)	7	Win	6–0, 1–6, 6–2
	208	SF	Max Mirnyi	39	Win	6–4, 6–4
	209	W	Marat Safin (6)	5	Win (3)	6–1, 6–3, 6–4

French Open Paris, France Grand Slam tournament Clay, outdoor 27 May – 9 June 2002
	210	1R	Hicham Arazi	45	Loss	3–6, 2–6, 4–6

Gerry Weber Open Halle, Germany ATP Tour 250 Grass, outdoor 10 – 16 June 2002
	211	1R	Hendrik Dreekmann (WC)	–	Win	6–7^(5–7), 6–3, 6–4
	212	2R	David Prinosil (Q)	206	Win	6–2, 6–4
	213	QF	Mikhail Youzhny	67	Win	6–3, 6–4
	214	SF	Nicolas Kiefer	66	Loss	6–4, 4–6, 4–6

Ordina Open 's-Hertogenbosch, Netherlands ATP Tour 250 Grass, outdoor 17 – 23 June 2002
	215	1R	Richard Krajicek (WC)	–	Win	6–2, 7–5
	216	2R	Ivo Heuberger	127	Win	6–4, retired
	217	QF	Sjeng Schalken (6)	31	Loss	6–3, 5–7, 3–6

The Championships, Wimbledon London, United Kingdom Grand Slam tournament Grass, outdoor 24 June – 7 July 2002
	218	1R	Mario Ančić (Q)	154	Loss	3–6, 6–7^(2–7), 3–6

Allianz Suisse Open Gstaad, Switzerland ATP Tour 250 Clay, outdoor 8 – 14 July 2002
	219	1R	Hicham Arazi	46	Win	6–4, 6–3
	220	2R	Radek Štěpánek (Q)	110	Loss	6–3, 3–6, 2–6

Canada Masters Toronto, Canada ATP Tour Masters 1000 Hard, outdoor 29 July – 4 August 2002
	221	1R	Guillermo Cañas	19	Loss	6–7^(10–12), 5–7

W&S Financial Group Masters Cincinnati, United States ATP Tour Masters 1000 Hard, outdoor 5 – 12 August 2002
	222	1R	Ivan Ljubičić	34	Loss	6–2, 4–6, 3–6

TD Waterhouse Cup Long Island, United States ATP Tour 250 Hard, outdoor 19 – 25 August 2002
	–	1R	Bye
	223	2R	Nicolás Massú	65	Loss	7–6^(7–5), 1–6, 3–6

US Open New York City, United States Grand Slam tournament Hard, outdoor 26 August – 8 September 2002
	224	1R	Jiří Vaněk	157	Win	6–1, 6–3, 4–6, 7–5
	225	2R	Michael Chang	132	Win	6–3, 6–1, 6–3
	226	3R	Xavier Malisse (19)	19	Win	4–6, 6–3, 6–4, 6–4
	227	4R	Max Mirnyi (32)	34	Loss	3–6, 6–7^(5–7), 4–6

Davis Cup, World Group Casablanca, Morocco Davis Cup Clay, outdoor 20 – 22 September 2002
	228	PO R1	Hicham Arazi	70	Win	6–3, 6–2, 6–1
	229	PO R4	Younes El Aynaoui	19	Win	6–3, 6–2, 6–1

Kremlin Cup Moscow, Russia ATP Tour 250 Carpet, indoor 30 September – 6 October 2002
	230	1R	Denis Golovanov (WC)	167	Win	6–0, 6–1
	231	2R	Jarkko Nieminen	35	Win	6–1, 6–4
	232	QF	Marat Safin (1)	4	Loss	5–7, 4–6

CA-TennisTrophy Vienna, Austria ATP Tour 500 Hard, indoor 7 – 13 October 2002
	233	1R	Željko Krajan (Q)	115	Win	7–5, 6–1
	234	2R	Tommy Robredo	36	Win	6–2, 6–7^(5–7), 6–4
	235	QF	Bohdan Ulihrach (Q)	73	Win	6–3, 6–3
	236	SF	Carlos Moyá (4)	9	Win	6–2, 6–3
	237	W	Jiří Novák (5)	12	Win (4)	6–4, 6–1, 3–6, 6–4

Mutua Madrileña Masters Madrid, Spain ATP Tour Masters 1000 Hard, indoor 14 – 20 October 2002
	–	1R	Bye
	238	2R	Marcelo Ríos	25	Win	6–4, 6–2
	239	3R	Nicolás Lapentti	30	Win	6–3, 6–4
	240	QF	Fabrice Santoro (Q)	50	Loss	5–7, 3–6

Davidoff Swiss Indoors Basel, Switzerland ATP Tour 500 Carpet, indoor 21 – 27 October 2002
	241	1R	Martin Verkerk (LL)	92	Win	6–3, 6–3
	242	2R	Alexander Waske (Q)	143	Win	6–3, 7–6^(7–1)
	243	QF	Andy Roddick (5)	12	Win	7–6^(7–5), 6–1
	244	SF	David Nalbandian (6)	18	Loss	7–6^(7–2), 5–7, 3–6

BNP Paribas Masters Paris, France ATP Tour Masters 1000 Carpet, indoor 28 October – 3 November 2002
	–	1R	Bye
	245	2R	Xavier Malisse	26	Win	6–2, 6–4
	246	3R	Tommy Haas (9)	7	Win	6–2, 7–6^(7–2)
	247	QF	Lleyton Hewitt (1)	1	Loss	4–6, 4–6

Tennis Masters Cup Shanghai, China ATP Finals Hard, indoor 12 – 18 November 2002
	248	RR	Juan Carlos Ferrero (4)	4	Win	6–3, 6–4
	249	RR	Jiří Novák (7)	7	Win	6–0, 4–6, 6–2
	250	RR	Thomas Johansson (9)	14	Win	6–3, 7–5
	251	SF	Lleyton Hewitt (1)	1	Loss	5–7, 7–5, 5–7

Yearly Records

Finals

Singles: 10 (4–6)

Legend
Grand Slam (0–0)
ATP World Tour Finals (0–0)
ATP World Tour Masters 1000 (1–1)
ATP World Tour 500 Series (1–1)
ATP World Tour 250 Series (2–4)

Titles by surface
Hard (2–2)
Clay (1–0)
Grass (0–0)
Carpet (1–4)

Titles by surface
Outdoors (2–1)
Indoors (2–5)

Outcome	No.	Date	Championship	Surface	Opponent in the final	Score in the final
Runner-up	1.	February 13, 2000	Marseille, France	Carpet (i)	Marc Rosset	6–2, 3–6, 6–7^(5–7)
Runner-up	2.	October 29, 2000	Basel, Switzerland	Carpet (i)	Thomas Enqvist	2–6, 6–4, 6–7^(4–7), 6–1, 1–6
Winner	1.	February 4, 2001	Milan, Italy	Carpet (i)	Julien Boutter	6–4, 6–7^(7–9), 6–4
Runner-up	3.	February 25, 2001	Rotterdam, Netherlands	Hard (i)	Nicolas Escudé	5–7, 6–3, 6–7^(5–7)
Runner-up	4.	October 28, 2001	Basel, Switzerland (2)	Carpet (i)	Tim Henman	3–6, 4–6, 2–6
Winner	2.	January 13, 2002	Sydney, Australia	Hard	Juan Ignacio Chela	6–3, 6–3
Runner-up	5.	February 3, 2002	Milan, Italy	Carpet (i)	Davide Sanguinetti	6–7^(2–7), 6–4, 1–6
Runner-up	6.	March 31, 2002	Miami, United States	Hard	Andre Agassi	3–6, 3–6, 6–3, 4–6
Winner	3.	May 19, 2002	Hamburg, Germany	Clay	Marat Safin	6–1, 6–3, 6–4
Winner	4.	October 13, 2002	Vienna, Austria	Hard (i)	Jiří Novák	6–4, 6–1, 3–6, 6–4

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External links

[1] "17-year-old Federer makes his debut in a tennis world almost unrecognisable compared with today". www.tennismajors.com. 15 September 2022. Archived from the original on 10 February 2023. Retrieved 16 December 2023.

[2] "7 July 1998: Roger Federer makes a debut on the ATP Tour in Gstaad". Tennis World USA. 7 July 2017. Archived from the original on 8 June 2020. Retrieved 16 December 2023.

[transformation-3] "The Transformation Of Roger Federer". www.thelist.com. 10 March 2023. Archived from the original on 9 June 2023. Retrieved 16 December 2023.

[4] "Roger Federer loses to Andre Agassi in Basel debut". www.tennisworldusa.org. 6 October 2018. Archived from the original on 15 January 2024. Retrieved 16 December 2023.

[Making2-5] ^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f "Roger Federer: The Making of a Champion, Part 2". bleacherreport.com. 9 July 2012. Archived from the original on 9 May 2015. Retrieved 16 December 2023.

[davisdebut-6] "Roger Federer makes successful Davis Cup debut". www.tennisworldusa.org. 2 April 2018. Archived from the original on 5 June 2018. Retrieved 16 December 2023.

[7] "Federer won eerste titel met Nederlandse tennisnomade: 'Hij was nog een kind'" [Federer won first title with Dutch tennis nomad: 'He was still a child']. nos.nl (in Dutch). 19 September 2022. Archived from the original on 3 January 2023. Retrieved 16 December 2023.

[8] "On this day, 1999: Roger Federer makes his Grand Slam debut in Paris". www.tennis.com. 25 May 2020. Archived from the original on 16 December 2023. Retrieved 16 December 2023.

[9] "22 June 1999: Roger Federer makes Wimbledon debut at the age of 17". www.tennisworldusa.org. 23 June 2018. Archived from the original on 16 December 2023. Retrieved 16 December 2023.

[10] "1998 Wimbledon doubles info". www.atptour.com. Archived from the original on 16 December 2023. Retrieved 16 December 2023.

[discharged-11] "Roger Federer reveals why he was discharged from the Swiss military when he was 18". www.sportskeeda.com. 4 August 2020. Archived from the original on 27 January 2023. Retrieved 16 December 2023.

[Card-12] ^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ "ESPN.com: Federer PlayerCard". ESPN. Archived from the original on 26 January 2021. Retrieved 16 December 2023.

[13] "A teenage Federer wins sole ATP Challenger in France". www.tennis.com. 24 October 2019. Archived from the original on 15 January 2024. Retrieved 16 December 2023.

[14] "Roger Federer - biography". www.britannica.com. 19 November 2023. Archived from the original on 30 June 2019. Retrieved 16 December 2023.

[15] "On this day in 2000: Roger Federer beat Michael Chang on his Australian Open debut for his first Grand Slam match win". www.sportskeeda.com. 17 January 2000. Archived from the original on 15 January 2024. Retrieved 16 December 2023.

[16] "Cómo eran Nadal, Djokovic, Federer, Serena Williams y Venus con 15 años?" [What were Nadal, Djokovic, Federer, Serena Williams and Venus like when they were 15 years old?]. as.com (in Spanish). 2 July 2019. Archived from the original on 15 December 2023. Retrieved 16 December 2023.

[17] "Hopman Cup: Hingis ends jinx". The Daily Telegraph. 7 January 2001. Archived from the original on 18 May 2020. Retrieved 16 December 2023.

[18] "Roger Federer, Belinda Bencic claim the Hopman Cup for Switzerland with victory over Germany". www.perthnow.com.au. 6 January 2018. Archived from the original on 8 January 2018. Retrieved 16 December 2023.

[19] "Federer claims first ATP title". BBC Sport. 4 February 2001. Archived from the original on 25 February 2020. Retrieved 16 December 2023.

[20] "Roger Federer talks retirement & more on David Letterman" (Video). YouTube. 14 September 2015. Archived from the original on 2021-12-15. Retrieved 31 August 2018.

[21] "Looking back at each step of Roger Federer's 65-Slam run (Part 1)". www.tennis.com. 26 July 2016. Archived from the original on 8 June 2020. Retrieved 16 December 2023.

[22] "Swiss teen Federer ends Sampras' Wimbledon run". CNN. Archived from the original on 2013-12-27.

[23] Christopher Clarey (2007-01-29). "Federer wins, continues match against history". New York Times. Archived from the original on 2007-08-10. Retrieved 2007-03-02.

[24] "Henman marches on". 4 July 2001. Archived from the original on 8 June 2020. Retrieved 7 June 2020.

[25] "Miami Flashback: Roger Federer meets Andre Agassi in the final. Who wins?". www.tennisworldusa.org. 21 March 2023. Archived from the original on 16 December 2023. Retrieved 16 December 2023.

[26] "Split from coach could "help Federer to focus"". swissinfo.org. 2007-05-14. Archived from the original on 2009-01-25. Retrieved 2007-06-20.

[brokedown-27] "Roger Federer's tears for former coach: 'Never broke down like this'". CNN. 8 January 2019. Archived from the original on 28 January 2023. Retrieved 16 December 2023.

[tragic-28] "The day Federer's former coach Peter Carter passed away tragically". www.tennismajors.com. 1 August 2023. Archived from the original on 12 November 2023. Retrieved 16 December 2023.

[29] "Federer overpowers Novak to capture Vienna title". m.rediff.com. 14 October 2002. Archived from the original on 15 October 2023. Retrieved 16 December 2023.

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