page_title: Federer–Roddick rivalry
section_title: 2007 Australian Open semifinal
hierarchical_section_title: Federer–Roddick rivalry / Notable matches / 2007 Australian Open semifinal
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context_page_description: The Federer–Roddick rivalry was a rivalry between two professional tennis players, Roger Federer of Switzerland and Andy Roddick of the United States. The two met 24 times in official Association of Tennis Professionals matches, and Federer led 21–3, making Roddick the player with the third-most tournament defeats to Federer in the ATP circuit. In terms of number of matches played, it ranks as the 14th largest rivalry in the Open Era.
  Both men are Grand Slam champions and former world number one players. Roddick has lost four Grand Slam finals, each time to Federer. Their match in the 2009 Wimbledon final, where Roddick brought Federer to a thirty-game fifth set, has been called one of the greatest matches in tennis history. On February 2, 2004, Federer supplanted Roddick as World No. 1 to begin his record reign of 237 consecutive weeks at #1. They were the two highest-ranked players in the world from November 2003 to January 2005.
  Roddick retired in 2012, ending the rivalry.
context_section_description: Before the 2007 Australian Open, Roddick had challenged Federer in both the US Open final and the year-end championships in Shanghai and had pulled off an impressive victory over him at an exhibition tournament in Kooyong. Roddick had received much attention for claiming that he felt the gap between him and Federer was closing. Many pundits, and commentators, had expressed their belief that Roddick would finally win his second major at this event. The match began as a close affair until Federer broke Roddick late in the set and served out the set. Federer then proceeded to fly past Roddick, breaking him three times in the second set and two times in the third set to wrap up the match, 6–4, 6–0, 6–2. Following the match, Roddick gave his most famous press conference. When asked how he felt at the end of the match, Roddick stated, "It was frustrating, you know, it was miserable, it sucked, it was terrible. But besides that it was fine". The nature of Roddick's defeat to Federer, especially considering how well he had played up until the final, made many seriously question whether Roddick would ever be able to win another major so long as Federer was playing.
caption: Federer's 2009 Wimbledon victory shattered the record of most Grand Slam titles, the most coveted record in all of tennis.
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