Federer Crowned 2009 ATP World Tour Champions
November 25th, 2009
Pete Sampras and Jimmy Connors are the only other players since the rankings were introduced in 1973 to have been No. 1 at the end of the year five or more times.
The 28-year-old Federer is the first player since Ivan Lendl in 1989 to reclaim the year-end No. 1 ranking after losing it the previous year.
With an advantage of 1,345 points, Federer made sure that he wouldn’t be surpassed by World No.2 Rafael Nadal, who was stunned by Swede World No. 9 Robin Soderling on Monday.
Although four titles this year seemed not amazing enough for Federer, to some extent, he did achieve another peak in his career by claiming victory in the French Open in his 11th attempt and became the sixth man in history to win all four Grand Slam titles.
One month after capturing Roland Garros, Federer won a record-breaking 15th Grand Slam title at Wimbledon, where he collected his sixth crown at the All England Club.
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