Early hard court season

Federer started the year off by winning the Qatar Open in Doha. This was his second consecutive championship in Doha, he defeated Frenchman Gaël Monfils 6–3, 7–6^(7–5) in the final.

After traveling down under, Federer won the year's first Grand Slam tournament, the Australian Open, by defeating Cypriot Marcos Baghdatis in four sets. This was Federer's seventh consecutive victory in a Grand Slam final (2003 Wimbledon – 2006 Australian Open), a record to start a career, and second overall only to Pete Sampras's eight consecutive wins (1995 Wimbledon – 2000 Wimbledon). This was Federer's 7th Grand Slam title, which tied him for sixth place in the open era with John McEnroe and Mats Wilander.

Moving back to the Middle East, Federer reached the finals of the Dubai Tennis Championships without losing a set before losing to his budding arch-rival Rafael Nadal 6–2, 4–6, 4–6. This ended the 16-match winning streak that he had started the 2006 season on. It was also the first time Federer had lost a match on a hard court in over a year, the last time coming 13 months earlier in the semifinals of the 2005 Australian Open.

Federer successfully defended his Masters title at the Pacific Life Open in Indian Wells, California, defeating American James Blake in the final 7–5, 6–3, 6–0. This was his third consecutive title in Indian Wells, which set the tournament record for most consecutive titles. This third championship also tied Michael Chang's record of three titles in Indian Wells.

Two weeks later he also successfully defended his Masters title at the Sony Ericsson Open in Miami, Florida, defeating Croatian Ivan Ljubičić in the final 7–6^(7–5), 7–6^(7–4), 7–6^(8–6). With his victory in Miami he picked up his second masters title of the year, and became the first player ever to win the grueling Indian Wells-Key Biscayne double in consecutive years.

Clay court season

Rafael Nadal and Roger Federer compete at the 2006 French Open.

Federer started the clay-court season by reaching the final of the ATP Masters Series event at Monte Carlo. He opened the tournament with a scare needing three sets to defeat an 18-year-old Novak Djokovic; this was the first match between the two rivals, who have played in 50 matches as of August 2021.^[3] After reaching the final he lost in four sets to Nadal 2–6, 7–6^(7–2), 3–6, 6–7^(5–7).

In Italy Federer had a difficult road to the finals of Rome defeating Nicolás Almagro 6–3, 6–7^(2–7), 7–5 in the quarters and David Nalbandian 6–3, 3–6, 7–6^(7–5) in the semifinals. His encounter with Rafael Nadal in the finals saw Federer losing 7–6^(7–0), 6–7^(5–7), 4–6, 6–2, 6–7^(5–7) in a five-set, five-hour and five-minute match that culminated in a decisive 7-5 tiebreak.^[4] Federer had held two championship points at 6–5 in the fifth set. Because of the physicality and grueling nature of the match, both players skipped the Hamburg Masters the following week.

Federer only dropped two sets en route to the first French Open final of his career. He met the reigning champion Rafael Nadal in the final. Federer had gone undefeated in 2006 except against Nadal, compiling a 44–3 record heading into the finals. He got off to a fast start winning the first set decisively 6–1. But the relentless nature of Nadal's play, constantly hitting high bouncing shots to Federer's one-handed backhand, proved a devastating formula. Federer eventually lost the match in a fourth-set tiebreaker 6–1, 1–6, 4–6, 6–7^(4–7). This ended the many predictions of Federer winning the calendar year Grand Slam in 2006.^[5] Although the French Open title eluded him, Federer became one of only two active players who had reached the finals of all four Grand Slam singles tournaments, the other being Andre Agassi.^[6]

Federer won his fourth consecutive Wimbledon Championship title in 2006.

Grass court season

Federer won his fourth consecutive title at the Gerry Weber Open in Halle, Germany. Federer had three close third set victories en route to making the final, including a thrilling triple tiebreak match against Olivier Rochus in the quarterfinals 6–7^(2–7), 7–6^(11–9), 7–6^(7–5). In the final he defeated Tomáš Berdych 6–0, 6–7^(4–7), 6–2.

Federer entered Wimbledon as the top seed, trying to become the first man since Pete Sampras (1997–2000) to win Wimbledon in four consecutive years.^[7] Federer raced through the tournament without dropping a set and met his arch-rival Rafael Nadal in the finals. Federer had not defeated Nadal all season going 0–4 against Nadal but 5–4 overall heading into the final. Federer again thrashed Nadal in the first set, the same way he had in the opening set at Roland Garros, bageling the Spaniard 6–0. The second set was much closer with Federer taking the tiebreaker 7–5. Federer surrendered his first set of the tournament when he lost the third set in a tiebreaker 2–7. In the fourth set Federer reasserted his superior grass court play and took it by a score of 6–3. Federer won the final 6–0, 7–6^(7–5), 6–7^(2–7), 6–3. This was his fourth Wimbledon title and his 8th Grand Slam title of his career. With this Major title win he tied Andre Agassi, Jimmy Connors, and Ivan Lendl for sixth on the all-time Grand Slam list behind Bill Tilden (10), Rod Laver and Björn Borg (11), Roy Emerson (12), and Pete Sampras (14). After Wimbledon, Federer set his sights on winning the US Open.

Summer hard court season

Federer won his third consecutive US Open title in 2006.

Federer then started his North American tour by winning his second Rogers Cup title in Toronto, defeating Richard Gasquet of France in the final 2–6, 6–3, 6–2.^[8]

After his victory in Toronto, Federer entered the Cincinnati Masters as the defending champion looking to tie the all-time record he and Nadal set in 2005 of four masters titles in a single season. After reaching the finals of his first eleven tournaments in 2006, Federer was upset by 19-year-old British upstart Andy Murray. Following this loss to Murray, Federer would not lose another match for the remainder of the year. He finished the season with a perfect record of 29–0 (this would continue into 2007 and be part of his career best 41-match winning streak).

During the US Open, the year's last Grand Slam tournament, he defeated American Andy Roddick in four sets 6–2, 4–6, 7–5, 6–1 for his third consecutive title at Flushing Meadows. During the open era, 2006 is the only year in which the same man (Federer) and woman (Justine Henin) reached the finals of all four Grand Slams. This was Federer's 9th Grand Slam title, which put him in sole possession of 6th place on the all-time Grand Slam list.

Federer won his first Basel title in 2006.

Fall indoor season

Tokyo was the last outdoor event that Federer participated in during the season. He defeated Tim Henman in the final, 6–3, 6–3.

With victory in Asia, Federer turned his focus to the indoor circuit of Europe. He entered the Madrid Masters for the first time since 2003. After a close third-round match against Robin Söderling, Federer defeated Fernando González 7–5, 6–1, 6–0 in the final. This was his fourth Masters title of the year, which tied the all-time record held by himself and Nadal in 2005.

Federer entered his hometown tournament, the Swiss Indoors held in Basel, having never won it despite having reached the final in 2000 and 2001. Federer won a final-set tiebreaker against Paradorn Srichaphan in the semifinals, to advance to the final where he defeated González, 6–3, 6–2, 7–6^(7–3). This victory was especially touching for Federer who had grown up in Basel and had been a ball boy at the tournament during his youth.^[9]

At the year-ending Tennis Masters Cup in Shanghai, Federer defeated the defending champion David Nalbandian during the round-robin stage. He also scored his second victory of the year over Nadal, 6–4, 7–5 in a thrilling semifinal matchup of the top 2 players in the world. Federer then resoundingly defeated James Blake, 6–0, 6–3, 6–4, in the final to win his third Masters Cup title.

Grand Slam performance

Tournament Round Result Opponent Score Australian Open 1R Win Denis Istomin 6–2, 6–3, 6–2 2R Win Florian Mayer 6–1, 6–4, 6–0 3R Win Max Mirnyi 6–3, 6–4, 6–3 4R Win Tommy Haas 6–4, 6–0, 3–6, 4–6, 6–2 QF Win Nikolay Davydenko 6–4, 3–6, 7–6(7), 7–6(5) SF Win Nicolas Kiefer 6–3, 5–7, 6–0, 6–2 F Win (7) Marcos Baghdatis 5–7, 7–5, 6–0, 6–2 French Open 1R Win Diego Hartfield 7–5, 7–6(2), 6–2 2R Win Alejandro Falla 6–1, 6–4, 6–3 3R Win Nicolás Massú 6–1, 6–2, 6–7(4), 7–5 4R Win Tomáš Berdych 6–3, 6–2, 6–3 QF Win Mario Ančić 6–4, 6–3, 6–4 SF Win David Nalbandian 3–6, 6–4, 5–2 retired F Loss Rafael Nadal 6–1, 1–6, 4–6, 6–7(4) Wimbledon 1R Win Richard Gasquet 6–3, 6–2, 6–2 2R Win Tim Henman 6–4, 6–0, 6–2 3R Win Nicolas Mahut 6–3, 7–6(2), 6–4 4R Win Tomáš Berdych 6–3, 6–3, 6–4 QF Win Mario Ančić 6–4, 6–4, 6–4 SF Win Jonas Björkman 6–2, 6–0, 6–2 F Win (8) Rafael Nadal 6–0, 7–6(5), 6–7(2), 6–3 US Open 1R Win Yeu-Tzuoo Wang 6–4, 6–1, 6–0 2R Win Tim Henman 6–3, 6–4, 7–5 3R Win Vincent Spadea 6–3, 6–3, 6–0 4R Win Marc Gicquel 6–3, 7–6(2), 6–3 QF Win James Blake 7–6(7), 6–0, 6–7(9), 6–4 SF Win Nikolay Davydenko 6–1, 7–5, 6–4 F Win (9) Andy Roddick 6–2, 4–6, 7–5, 6–1

All matches

Singles

Match	Tournament	Start Date	Type	I/O	Surface	Round	Opponent	Result	Score
512	Doha	1/2	250	Outdoor	Hard	R32	Ivo Minář	W	6–1, 6–3
513	Doha	1/2	250	Outdoor	Hard	R16	Fabrice Santoro	W	7–6(2), 7–6(5)
514	Doha	1/2	250	Outdoor	Hard	Q	Marcos Baghdatis	W	6–4, 6–3
515	Doha	1/2	250	Outdoor	Hard	S	Tommy Haas	W	6–3, 6–3
516	Doha	1/2	250	Outdoor	Hard	Win (1)	Gaël Monfils	W	6–3, 7–6(5)
517	Australian Open	1/16	GS	Outdoor	Hard	R128	Denis Istomin	W	6–2, 6–3, 6–2
518	Australian Open	1/16	GS	Outdoor	Hard	R64	Florian Mayer	W	6–1, 6–4, 6–0
519	Australian Open	1/16	GS	Outdoor	Hard	R32	Max Mirnyi	W	6–3, 6–4, 6–3
520	Australian Open	1/16	GS	Outdoor	Hard	R16	Tommy Haas (2)	W	6–4, 6–0, 3–6, 4–6, 6–2
521	Australian Open	1/16	GS	Outdoor	Hard	Q	Nikolay Davydenko	W	6–4, 3–6, 7–6(7), 7–6(5)
522	Australian Open	1/16	GS	Outdoor	Hard	S	Nicolas Kiefer	W	6–3, 5–7, 6–0, 6–2
523	Australian Open	1/16	GS	Outdoor	Hard	Win (2)	Marcos Baghdatis (2)	W	5–7, 7–5, 6–0, 6–2
524	Dubai	2/27	500	Outdoor	Hard	R32	Stanislas Wawrinka	W	7–6(3), 6–3
525	Dubai	2/27	500	Outdoor	Hard	R16	Mohammad Ghareeb	W	7–6(5), 6–4
526	Dubai	2/27	500	Outdoor	Hard	Q	Robin Vik	W	6–3, 6–2
527	Dubai	2/27	500	Outdoor	Hard	S	Mikhail Youzhny	W	6–2, 6–3
528	Dubai	2/27	500	Outdoor	Hard	F	Rafael Nadal	L	6–2, 4–6, 4–6
-	Indian Wells Masters	3/6	1000	Outdoor	Hard	R128	Bye
529	Indian Wells Masters	3/6	1000	Outdoor	Hard	R64	Nicolás Massú	W	6–3, 7–6(4)
530	Indian Wells Masters	3/6	1000	Outdoor	Hard	R32	Olivier Rochus	W	3–6, 6–2, 7–5
531	Indian Wells Masters	3/6	1000	Outdoor	Hard	R16	Richard Gasquet	W	6–3, 6–4
532	Indian Wells Masters	3/6	1000	Outdoor	Hard	Q	Ivan Ljubičić	W	6–2, 6–3
533	Indian Wells Masters	3/6	1000	Outdoor	Hard	S	Paradorn Srichaphan	W	6–2, 6–3
534	Indian Wells Masters	3/6	1000	Outdoor	Hard	Win (3)	James Blake	W	7–5, 6–3, 6–0
-	Miami Masters	3/20	1000	Outdoor	Hard	R128	Bye
535	Miami Masters	3/20	1000	Outdoor	Hard	R64	Arnaud Clément	W	6–2, 6–7(4), 6–0
536	Miami Masters	3/20	1000	Outdoor	Hard	R32	Tommy Haas (3)	W	6–1, 6–3
537	Miami Masters	3/20	1000	Outdoor	Hard	R16	Dmitry Tursunov	W	6–3, 6–3
538	Miami Masters	3/20	1000	Outdoor	Hard	Q	James Blake (2)	W	7–6(2), 6–4
539	Miami Masters	3/20	1000	Outdoor	Hard	S	David Ferrer	W	6–1, 6–4
540	Miami Masters	3/20	1000	Outdoor	Hard	Win (4)	Ivan Ljubičić (2)	W	7–6(5), 7–6(4), 7–6(6)
541	Monte Carlo Masters	4/17	1000	Outdoor	Clay	R64	Novak Djokovic	W	6–3, 2–6, 6–3
542	Monte Carlo Masters	4/17	1000	Outdoor	Clay	R32	Alberto Martín	W	6–0, 6–1
543	Monte Carlo Masters	4/17	1000	Outdoor	Clay	R16	Benjamin Balleret	W	6–3, 6–2
544	Monte Carlo Masters	4/17	1000	Outdoor	Clay	Q	David Ferrer (2)	W	6–1, 6–3
545	Monte Carlo Masters	4/17	1000	Outdoor	Clay	S	Fernando González	W	6–2, 6–4
546	Monte Carlo Masters	4/17	1000	Outdoor	Clay	F	Rafael Nadal (2)	L	2–6, 7–6(2), 3–6, 6–7(5)
547	Rome Masters	5/8	1000	Outdoor	Clay	R64	Juan Ignacio Chela	W	6–2, 6–1
548	Rome Masters	5/8	1000	Outdoor	Clay	R32	Potito Starace	W	6–3, 7–6(2)
549	Rome Masters	5/8	1000	Outdoor	Clay	R16	Radek Štěpánek	W	6–1, 6–4
550	Rome Masters	5/8	1000	Outdoor	Clay	Q	Nicolás Almagro	W	6–3, 6–7(2), 7–5
551	Rome Masters	5/8	1000	Outdoor	Clay	S	David Nalbandian	W	6–3, 3–6, 7–6(5)
552	Rome Masters	5/8	1000	Outdoor	Clay	F	Rafael Nadal (3)	L	7–6, 6–7(5), 4–6, 6–2, 6–7(5)
553	Roland Garros	5/29	GS	Outdoor	Clay	R128	Diego Hartfield	W	7–5, 7–6(2), 6–2
554	Roland Garros	5/29	GS	Outdoor	Clay	R64	Alejandro Falla	W	6–1, 6–4, 6–3
555	Roland Garros	5/29	GS	Outdoor	Clay	R32	Nicolás Massú (2)	W	6–1, 6–2, 6–7(4), 7–5
556	Roland Garros	5/29	GS	Outdoor	Clay	R16	Tomáš Berdych	W	6–3, 6–2, 6–3
557	Roland Garros	5/29	GS	Outdoor	Clay	Q	Mario Ančić	W	6–4, 6–3, 6–4
558	Roland Garros	5/29	GS	Outdoor	Clay	S	David Nalbandian (2)	W	3–6, 6–4, 5–2 RET
559	Roland Garros	5/29	GS	Outdoor	Clay	F	Rafael Nadal (4)	L	6–1, 1–6, 4–6, 6–7(4)
560	Halle	6/12	250	Outdoor	Grass	R32	Rohan Bopanna	W	7–6(4), 6–2
561	Halle	6/12	250	Outdoor	Grass	R16	Richard Gasquet (2)	W	7–6(7), 6–7(7), 6–4
562	Halle	6/12	250	Outdoor	Grass	Q	Olivier Rochus (2)	W	6–7(2), 7–6(9), 7–6(5)
563	Halle	6/12	250	Outdoor	Grass	S	Tommy Haas (4)	W	6–4, 6–7(4), 6–3
564	Halle	6/12	250	Outdoor	Grass	Win (5)	Tomáš Berdych (2)	W	6–0, 6–7(4), 6–2
565	Wimbledon	6/26	GS	Outdoor	Grass	R128	Richard Gasquet (3)	W	6–3, 6–2, 6–2
566	Wimbledon	6/26	GS	Outdoor	Grass	R64	Tim Henman	W	6–4, 6–0, 6–2
567	Wimbledon	6/26	GS	Outdoor	Grass	R32	Nicolas Mahut	W	6–3, 7–6(2), 6–4
568	Wimbledon	6/26	GS	Outdoor	Grass	R16	Tomáš Berdych (3)	W	6–3, 6–3, 6–4
569	Wimbledon	6/26	GS	Outdoor	Grass	Q	Mario Ančić (2)	W	6–4, 6–4, 6–4
570	Wimbledon	6/26	GS	Outdoor	Grass	S	Jonas Björkman	W	6–2, 6–0, 6–2
571	Wimbledon	6/26	GS	Outdoor	Grass	Win (6)	Rafael Nadal (5)	W	6–0, 7–6(5), 6–7(2), 6–3
572	Canada Masters	8/7	1000	Outdoor	Hard	R64	Paul-Henri Mathieu	W	6–3, 6–4
573	Canada Masters	8/7	1000	Outdoor	Hard	R32	Sébastien Grosjean	W	6–3, 6–3
574	Canada Masters	8/7	1000	Outdoor	Hard	R16	Dmitry Tursunov (2)	W	6–3, 5–7, 6–0
575	Canada Masters	8/7	1000	Outdoor	Hard	Q	Xavier Malisse	W	7–6(4), 6–7(5), 6–3
576	Canada Masters	8/7	1000	Outdoor	Hard	S	Fernando González (2)	W	6–1, 5–7, 6–3
577	Canada Masters	8/7	1000	Outdoor	Hard	Win (7)	Richard Gasquet (4)	W	2–6, 6–3, 6–2
578	Cincinnati Masters	8/14	1000	Outdoor	Hard	R64	Paradorn Srichaphan (2)	W	7–5, 6–4
579	Cincinnati Masters	8/14	1000	Outdoor	Hard	R32	Andy Murray	L	5–7, 4–6
580	US Open	8/28	GS	Outdoor	Hard	R128	Jimmy Wang	W	6–4, 6–1, 6–0
581	US Open	8/28	GS	Outdoor	Hard	R64	Tim Henman (2)	W	6–3, 6–4, 7–5
582	US Open	8/28	GS	Outdoor	Hard	R32	Vincent Spadea	W	6–3, 6–3, 6–0
583	US Open	8/28	GS	Outdoor	Hard	R16	Marc Gicquel	W	6–3, 7–6(2), 6–3
584	US Open	8/28	GS	Outdoor	Hard	Q	James Blake (3)	W	7–6(7), 6–0, 6–7(9), 6–4
585	US Open	8/28	GS	Outdoor	Hard	S	Nikolay Davydenko (2)	W	6–1, 7–5, 6–4
586	US Open	8/28	GS	Outdoor	Hard	Win (8)	Andy Roddick	W	6–2, 4–6, 7–5, 6–1
587	SUI v. SCG WG Play-offs	9/22	DC	Indoor	Hard	RR	Janko Tipsarević	W	6–3, 6–2, 6–2
588	SUI v. SCG WG Play-offs	9/22	DC	Indoor	Hard	RR	Novak Djokovic (2)	W	6–3, 6–2, 6–3
-	Tokyo	10/2	500	Outdoor	Hard	R64	Bye
589	Tokyo	10/2	500	Outdoor	Hard	R32	Viktor Troicki	W	7–6(2), 7–6(3)
590	Tokyo	10/2	500	Outdoor	Hard	R16	Wesley Moodie	W	6–2, 6–1
591	Tokyo	10/2	500	Outdoor	Hard	Q	Takao Suzuki	W	4–6, 7–5, 7–6(3)
592	Tokyo	10/2	500	Outdoor	Hard	S	Benjamin Becker	W	6–3, 6–4
593	Tokyo	10/2	500	Outdoor	Hard	Win (9)	Tim Henman (3)	W	6–3, 6–3
-	Madrid Masters	10/16	1000	Indoor	Hard	R64	Bye
594	Madrid Masters	10/16	1000	Indoor	Hard	R32	Nicolás Massú (3)	W	6–3, 6–2
595	Madrid Masters	10/16	1000	Indoor	Hard	R16	Robin Söderling	W	7–6(5), 7–6(8)
596	Madrid Masters	10/16	1000	Indoor	Hard	Q	Robby Ginepri	W	6–3, 7–6(4)
597	Madrid Masters	10/16	1000	Indoor	Hard	S	David Nalbandian (3)	W	6–4, 6–0
598	Madrid Masters	10/16	1000	Indoor	Hard	Win (10)	Fernando González (3)	W	7–5, 6–1, 6–0
599	Basel	10/23	250	Indoor	Carpet	R32	Tomáš Zíb	W	6–1, 6–2
600	Basel	10/23	250	Indoor	Carpet	R16	Guillermo García-López	W	6–2, 6–0
601	Basel	10/23	250	Indoor	Carpet	Q	David Ferrer (3)	W	6–3, 7–6(14)
602	Basel	10/23	250	Indoor	Carpet	S	Paradorn Srichaphan (3)	W	6–4, 3–6, 7–6(5)
603	Basel	10/23	250	Indoor	Carpet	Win (11)	Fernando González (4)	W	6–3, 6–2, 7–6(3)
604	Tennis Masters Cup	11/13	WC	Indoor	Hard	RR	David Nalbandian (4)	W	3–6, 6–1, 6–1
605	Tennis Masters Cup	11/13	WC	Indoor	Hard	RR	Andy Roddick (2)	W	4–6, 7–6(8), 6–4
606	Tennis Masters Cup	11/13	WC	Indoor	Hard	RR	Ivan Ljubičić (3)	W	7–6(2), 6–4
607	Tennis Masters Cup	11/13	WC	Indoor	Hard	S	Rafael Nadal (6)	W	6–4, 7–5
608	Tennis Masters Cup	11/13	WC	Indoor	Hard	Win (12)	James Blake (4)	W	6–0, 6–3, 6–4

Singles schedule

Date	Championship	Location	Category	Surface	2005 Result	2005 Points	New Points	Outcome
2 January 2006– 7 January 2006	Qatar ExxonMobil Open	Doha (QAT)	ATP International Series	Hard	W	250	250	Winner (defeated Gaël Monfils, 6–3, 7–6(7–5))
16 January 2006– 29 January 2006	Australian Open	Melbourne (AUS)	Grand Slam	Hard	SF	450	1000	Winner (defeated Marcos Baghdatis, 5–7, 7–5, 6–0, 6–2)
20 February 2006– 26 February 2006	Dubai Duty Free Tennis Championships	Dubai (UAE)	ATP International Series Gold	Hard	W	300	210	Final (lost to Rafael Nadal, 6–2, 4–6, 4–6)
6 March 2006– 19 March 2006	Pacific Life Open	Indian Wells (USA)	ATP Masters Series	Hard	W	500	500	Winner (defeated James Blake, 7–5, 6–3, 6–0)
20 March 2006– 2 April 2006	NASDAQ-100 Open	Miami (USA)	ATP Masters Series	Hard	W	500	500	Winner (defeated Ivan Ljubičić, 7–6(7–5), 7–6(7–4),7–6(8–6))
17 April 2006– 25 April 2006	Monte Carlo Masters	Monte Carlo (MON)	ATP Masters Series	Clay	QF	125	350	Final (lost to Rafael Nadal, 2–6, 7–6(7–2), 3–6, 6–7(5–7))
8 May 2006– 15 May 2006	Internazionali BNL d'Italia	Rome (ITA)	ATP Masters Series	Clay	A	0	350	Final (lost to Rafael Nadal, 7–6(7–0), 6–7(5–7), 4–6, 6–2, 6–7(5–7))
15 May 2006– 22 May 2006	Hamburg Masters	Hamburg (GER)	ATP Masters Series	Clay	W	500	0	Withdrew
28 May 2006– 11 June 2006	French Open	Paris (FRA)	Grand Slam	Clay	SF	450	700	Final (lost to Rafael Nadal, 6–1, 1–6, 4–6, 6–7(4–7))
12 June 2006– 18 June 2006	Gerry Weber Open	Halle (GER)	ATP International Series	Grass	W	225	225	Winner (defeated Tomáš Berdych, 6–0, 6–7(4–7), 6–2)
26 June 2006– 9 July 2006	The Championships, Wimbledon	Wimbledon (GBR)	Grand Slam	Grass	W	1000	1000	Winner (defeated Rafael Nadal, 6–0, 7–6(7–5), 6–7(2–7), 6–3)
7 August 2006– 13 August 2006	Rogers Cup	Toronto (CAN)	ATP Masters Series	Hard	A	0	500	Winner (defeated Richard Gasquet, 2–6, 6–3, 6–2)
14 August 2006– 21 August 2006	Western & Southern Financial Group Masters	Cincinnati (USA)	ATP Masters Series	Hard	W	500	35	Second Round (lost to Andy Murray, 5–7, 4–6)
28 August 2006– 10 September 2006	US Open	New York (USA)	Grand Slam	Hard	W	1000	1000	Winner (defeated Andy Roddick, 6–2, 4–6, 7–5, 6–1)
22 September 2006– 24 September 2006	Davis Cup World Group play-offs: Switzerland vs. Serbia and Montenegro	Geneva (SUI)	Davis Cup	Hard (i)				Switzerland def.  Serbia and Montenegro 4–1, advances to 2007 World Group
2 October 2006– 8 October 2006	Japan Open Tennis Championships	Tokyo (JPN)	ATP International Series Gold	Hard	A	0	250	Winner (defeated Tim Henman, 6–3, 6–3)
16 October 2006– 22 October 2006	Mutua Madrileña Masters Madrid	Madrid (ESP)	ATP Masters Series	Hard (i)	A	0	500	Winner (defeated Fernando González, 7–5, 6–1, 6–0)
23 October 2006– 29 October 2006	Davidoff Swiss Indoors	Basel (SUI)	ATP International Series	Hard (i)	A	0	250	Winner (defeated Fernando González, 6–3, 6–2, 7–6(7–3))
12 November 2006– 19 November 2006	Tennis Masters Cup	Shanghai (CHN)	Tennis Masters Cup	Hard (i)	F	500	750	Winner (defeated James Blake, 6–0, 6–3, 6–4)
Total year-end points						6725	8370	1645 difference

Finals

Singles: 16 (12–4)

Legend Grand Slam (3–1) ATP World Tour Finals (1–0) ATP World Tour Masters 1000 (4–2) ATP World Tour 500 Series (1–1) ATP World Tour 250 Series (3–0)

Titles by surface Hard (9–1) Clay (0–3) Grass (2–0) Carpet (1–0)

Titles by surface Outdoors (9–4) Indoors (3–0)

Outcome	No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Opponent	Score
Winner	34.	8 January 2006	Qatar Open, Qatar (2)	Hard	Gaël Monfils	6–3, 7–6(7–5)
Winner	35.	29 January 2006	Australian Open, Australia (2)	Hard	Marcos Baghdatis	5–7, 7–5, 6–0, 6–2
Runner-up	10.	5 March 2006	Dubai Tennis Championships, United Arab Emirates	Hard	Rafael Nadal	6–2, 4–6, 4–6
Winner	36.	19 March 2006	Indian Wells Masters, United States (3)	Hard	James Blake	7–5, 6–3, 6–0
Winner	37.	2 April 2006	Miami Masters, United States (2)	Hard	Ivan Ljubičić	7–6(7–5), 7–6(7–4), 7–6(8–6)
Runner-up	11.	23 April 2006	Monte Carlo Masters, France	Clay	Rafael Nadal	2–6, 7–6(7–2), 3–6, 6–7(5–7)
Runner-up	12.	14 May 2006	Italian Open, Italy (2)	Clay	Rafael Nadal	7–6(7–0), 6–7(5–7), 4–6, 6–2, 6–7(5–7)
Runner-up	13.	11 June 2006	French Open, France	Clay	Rafael Nadal	6–1, 1–6, 4–6, 6–7(4–7)
Winner	38.	18 June 2006	Halle Open, Germany (4)	Grass	Tomáš Berdych	6–0, 6–7(4–7), 6–2
Winner	39.	9 July 2006	Wimbledon, England, UK (4)	Grass	Rafael Nadal	6–0, 7–6(7–5), 6–7(2–7), 6–3
Winner	40.	13 August 2006	Canada Open, Canada (2)	Hard	Richard Gasquet	2–6, 6–3, 6–2
Winner	41.	10 September 2006	US Open, United States (3)	Hard	Andy Roddick	6–2, 4–6, 7–5, 6–1
Winner	42.	8 October 2006	Japan Open, Japan	Hard	Tim Henman	6–3, 6–3
Winner	43.	22 October 2006	Madrid Masters, Spain	Hard (i)	Fernando González	7–5, 6–1, 6–0
Winner	44.	29 October 2006	Swiss Indoors, Switzerland	Carpet (i)	Fernando González	6–3, 6–2, 7–6(7–3)
Winner	45.	19 November 2006	Year-End Championships, China (3)	Hard (i)	James Blake	6–0, 6–3, 6–4