Roger Federer won his 16th grand slam title early this morning at the Australian Open defeating Andy Murray 6-3, 6-4, 7-6 (13-11) and solidifying himself as the best tennis player ever. Federer has now won 16 grand slam championships, appearing in 22 finals. He has won 4 Australian Open titles, 1 French Open title, 6 Wimbledon titles, and 5 US Open titles.
Federer is one of only six male players to win the career grand slam and one of only three in the Open era. He holds the record with 237 consecutive weeks ranked as the #1 tennis player in the world. He has won 80.9% of the tournaments compiling a 688-162 record all time.
Federer has earned just over 53 million dollars through out his career. He is hands down the best tennis player ever and it's not even close. The only thing he has left to accomplish is winning all four major tournaments in the same year. With the Australian Open already captured Federer will have to continue his tremendous play through out the year in order to accomplish that goal.
Everyone should look forward to watching Federer this summer and into the fall as he tries to add to his legend.
-MJR
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