He is only the seventh man in history to surpass the 800-win mark.
Federer said: "It's nice. It's just another win, but it's a special one nevertheless, because 800 is definitely a big number."
He will now play Tomas Berdych, who defeated Andy Murray to end the Scot's 17-match unbeaten run.
THE 800 CLUB
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Jimmy Connors 1242 career wins
Ivan Lendl 1071
Guillermo Vilas 923
John McEnroe 875
Andre Agassi 870
Stefan Edberg 806
Roger Federer 800
Federer suffered an early break of serve but won five straight games to recover from 3-1 behind and take the opening set.
Monaco matched the 16-times Grand Slam winner for most of the second set but surrendered his serve in the 11th game. Federer won with an ace in the next game.
Federer, 30, who won the last of his Grand Slams in Australia in 2010, has suffered 186 losses over his career, his 23 grand slam final appearances (7 losses) is unrivaled.
Short Bio
Federer's father is Swiss, but his mother is from South Africa. Roger had no coach during 2004, the year he was first ranked as the world's best tennis player. He married his longtime girlfriend, Mirka Vavrinec, on 11 April 2009; they have twin girls, Charlene Riva and Myla Rose, born 23 July 2009.
Federer turned pro in 1998 after a stellar career in junior competition. He made a name for himself in 2001 by beating defending champion Pete Sampras in a match at Wimbledon before being knocked out himself in the quarterfinals. Federer won the men's singles title at Wimbledon in 2003, and in 2004 he again won Wimbledon and added the Australian and U.S. Opens, with only a third-round loss in the French Open keeping him from the Grand Slam. Federer won his third consecutive Wimbledon in 2005, defeating Andy Roddick in the finals for the second year in a row. He then defeated Andre Agassi for his second straight U.S. Open title. In 2006 he lost to Rafael Nadal in the finals of the French Open, beat Nadal in the finals at Wimbledon and defeated Roddick to win the U.S. Open. His 2007 victories at the Australian Open, Wimbledon (again beating Nadal) and the U.S. Open, plus a 2008 win at the U.S. Open, gave him a total of 13 Grand Slam men's singles titles, one short of Sampras's career record of 14. He tied Sampras with a win at the French Open in 2009; his win also meant he had won each of the major titles at least once. Federer then passed Sampras with 15 major titles when he beat Roddick in the Wimbledon finals on 5 July 2009, and started 2010 by beating Andy Murray for his fourth Australian Open championship and his 16th major overall.
I am not a big believer of stats. That said, there are several interesting coincidences about the careers of Pete and Roger. And unsurprising it is. Though they have vastly different approach to tennis as well as slams, here is an attempt to celebrate the coincidences rather than as a comparison between them.
Sampras and Federer were both born in August ten years apart. Federer's birthday is August 08, 1981, while Sampras's is August 12, 1971. So, at the time of writing, Sampras is 33, while Federer is 23. And the grand slams make up this way too. For example, Federer won Wimbledon 2005 at the age of 23, while Sampras won Wimbledon 1995, at the same age of 23. And so on.. get the drift?
Sampras won his half of his 14 slams (7), at his mid point,from the age of 16-23 (1988-1995) at his 8th year as a pro (of his 15 year career). The remaining 7 was won from the age of 24-30. Roger won 6 from age 16-23 (1998-2005) in his career and 12 from the age of 24-30.
Text sourced from: BBC Sport and Tennis28 Data by Wikipedia.
Jade Christopher Bentley Adams (JCBA)
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