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Roger Federer's records in 2006
Nov 19 (Reuters) - A list of world number one Roger Federer's records in 2006
after he beat James Blake 6-0 6-3 6-4 in the year-ending Master's Cup final in
Shanghai on Sunday:
* First player to earn $8 million in prize money in one season ($8,343,885)
* Most ranking points in a season (8,370)
* Accumulated enough points to ensure he would break Jimmy Connors's record of
160 consecutive weeks as world number one on Feb. 26 next year
* First man in the Open era to win 10 or more titles in three consecutive
seasons (2004-11, 2005-11, 2006-12)
* First man since Thomas Muster in 1995 to win 12 titles in one season
(Australian Open, Wimbledon, U.S. Open, Masters Cup, Toronto Masters, Indian
Wells, Madrid Masters, Miami Masters, Basel, Doha, Halle and Tokyo champion)
* First player since Ivan Lendl in 1982 to win more than 90 matches in a season
(92)
* First man in the professional era to reach six consecutive grand slam finals
* First man to win Wimbledon-U.S. Open double three years in a row
* Beat Bjorn Borg's professional era record of 41 consecutive victories on grass
and extended it to 48 when he captured a fourth Wimbledon title
* Joined American Richard Sears and Briton Will Renshaw as the only men to win
their first seven grand slam finals after winning the Australian Open in
January. Sears and Renshaw achieved the feat in the 1880s
