Federer Us Open 2004
On the men s side roger federer won his first us open defeating rival and 2001 champion lleyton hewitt in a lopsided final.
Federer us open 2004. Roger federer won three grand slams in 2004 for the first time in his career. This was federer s first us open title and made him the tenth man to win three grand slam tournaments in a calendar year. Both andy roddick and justine henin hardenne were unsuccessful in their title defences roddick losing in the quarter finals to joachim johansson and henin hardenne falling in the fourth round to nadia petrova. 2004 roger federer tennis season.
Federer s streak of 10 consecutive grand slam finals 2005 wimbledon to 2007 us open is second only to graf s record streak of 13 consecutive finals 1987 french open to 1990 french open. The 2004 us open was held between august 30 2004 september 12 2004. Federer is the only male player to win 5 consecutive us open titles 2004 08 and in the process win 40 consecutive matches at the us open. Roger federer vs lleyton hewitt 2004 us open final highlights.
They met in one grand slam tournament final the 2004 us open final where federer won his first us open title in a lopsided encounter in which federer scored a bagel on both sides of a second set tiebreak. Federer met hewitt at six of the grand slam tournaments in which he lifted the trophy including all five of his triumphs between 2004 and 2005. Imagine a second week us open match between andre agassi and roger federer the two tennis immortals who would square up in the us open final the very next y. Svetlana kuznetsova won the women s title defeating elena dementieva in the final.
Roger federer defeated lleyton hewitt 6 0 7 6 7 3 6 0 in the final to win the men s singles tennis title at the 2004 us open. He went on to win his second wimbledon crown over andy roddick 4 6 7 5 7 6 3 6 4. In addition federer defeated the 2001 us open champion lleyton hewitt at the us open for his first us open title 6 0 7 6 3 6 0. Hewitt us open 2004 final highlights donate to the channel.