Editing Roger Federer (section)

====2003: Grand Slam breakthrough at Wimbledon====
{{Main|2003 Roger Federer tennis season}}
In 2003, Federer won his first Grand Slam singles title at [[2003 Wimbledon Championships – Men's Singles|Wimbledon]], beating [[Andy Roddick]] in the semifinals and [[Mark Philippoussis]] in the final.<ref>{{Cite news|date=6 July 2003|title=Inspired Federer wins Wimbledon|publisher=BBC Sport|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/tennis/wimbledon_2003/3049382.stm|access-date=7 June 2020|archive-date=25 April 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140425040349/http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/tennis/wimbledon_2003/3049382.stm|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|title=The big interview: Roger Federer|newspaper=[[The Times]]|url=https://www.thetimes.com/travel/destinations/africa-travel/south-africa/cape-town/the-big-interview-roger-federer-c090tpm600t|access-date=13 June 2021|issn=0140-0460|archive-date=13 June 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210613175514/https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/the-big-interview-roger-federer-c090tpm600t|url-status=live}}</ref> In doing so, he joined the likes of [[Björn Borg]], [[Pat Cash]] and [[Stefan Edberg]] as the only singles players to win both the junior and senior Wimbledon titles.<ref name=Prato/> In August he had a chance to take over the No. 1 ranking for the first time from [[Andre Agassi]] if he made it to the Montreal final. However, he fell in the semifinals to Roddick, in a final-set tiebreaker, leaving him 120 points behind Agassi.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.atptour.com/en/rankings/singles|title=Rankings &#124; Singles &#124; ATP Tour &#124; Tennis|website=ATP Tour|access-date=26 July 2019|archive-date=22 March 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200322123416/https://www.atptour.com/en/rankings/singles|url-status=live}}</ref> This, coupled with early losses to [[David Nalbandian]] at [[2003 Western & Southern Financial Group Masters – Singles|Cincinnati]] and the [[2003 US Open – Men's singles|US Open]], denied Federer the chance to become No. 1 in 2003.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Meadows|first=Stephen Bierley at Flushing|date=6 September 2003|title=Federer departs amid charges of American favouritism|url=http://www.theguardian.com/sport/2003/sep/06/tennis.usopentennis2003|access-date=7 June 2020|website=The Guardian|archive-date=7 June 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200607234325/https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2003/sep/06/tennis.usopentennis2003|url-status=live}}</ref>

Federer won his first and only doubles Masters event in [[2003 NASDAQ-100 Open – Men's doubles|Miami]] with Max Mirnyi, beating the pair of [[Leander Paes]] and [[David Rikl]] in the final.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://m.rediff.com/sports/2003/mar/30paes.htm |title=Paes, Rikl beaten in final |website=m.rediff.com |date=30 March 2003 |access-date=20 December 2023 |archive-date=20 December 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231220011146/https://m.rediff.com/sports/2003/mar/30paes.htm |url-status=live }}</ref> He then reached the singles final of the Rome Masters on clay, which he lost to [[Félix Mantilla (tennis)|Félix Mantilla]].<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/tennis/3018455.stm |title=Mantilla masters Federer in Rome |website=news.bbc.co.uk |date=11 May 2003 |access-date=20 December 2023 |archive-date=20 December 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231220011145/http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/tennis/3018455.stm |url-status=live }}</ref> Federer reached nine finals on the ATP Tour and won seven of them on four different surfaces, including the 500 series events at [[2003 Dubai Tennis Championships – Singles|Dubai]] and [[2003 CA-TennisTrophy – Singles|Vienna]], defeating [[Jiří Novák]] and [[Carlos Moyá]] in the respective finals.<ref name="RF2003">{{cite web|title=Roger Federer – 2003 Singles Playing Activity|url=http://www.atpworldtour.com/Tennis/Players/Top-Players/Roger-Federer.aspx?t=pa&y=2003&m=s&e=0|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120112034425/http://www.atpworldtour.com/Tennis/Players/Top-Players/Roger-Federer.aspx?t=pa&y=2003&m=s&e=0|archive-date=12 January 2012|access-date=8 December 2014|publisher=[[ATP World Tour]]}}</ref> Lastly, Federer won the [[2003 Tennis Masters Cup – Singles|year-end championships]] over Andre Agassi, finishing the year as world No. 2, narrowly behind Andy Roddick by only 160 points.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Heritage|url=https://www.nittoatpfinals.com/en/heritage|access-date=7 June 2020|website=Nitto ATP Finals|archive-date=1 August 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200801143405/https://www.nittoatpfinals.com/en/heritage|url-status=live}}</ref>