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Roger Federer to miss 2021 Australian Open

December 31, 2020

Roger Federer to miss 2021 Australian Open

Roger Federer of Basel, Switzerland will not be a participant in the men’s singles draw at the 2021 Australian Open in Melbourne. According to the ATP Tour on Monday, it appears Federer has still not recovered from the two right knee surgeries he had in 2020. The surgeries forced Federer to miss the other two majors during the 2020 tennis calendar, the U.S. Open, and French Open.

Federer has not participated on the ATP Tour since the 2020 Australian Open. Last January, he reached the semifinals before losing to Novak Djokovic of Serbia, 7-6, 6-4, 6-3. En route to the semifinals, Federer made tennis history in the third round when he became the first men’s singles player ever to win 100 matches at the Australian Open. He defeated Australian John Millman, 4-6, 7-6, 6-4, 4-6, 7-6, in a five-set marathon. Then after defeating Marton Fucsovics of Hungary in the fourth round, 4-6, 6-1, 6-2, 6-2, Federer won another five-set marathon over American Tennys Sandgren. Federer defeated Sandgren 6-3, 2-6, 2-6, 7-6, 6-3.



Federer has won six Australian Open men’s singles titles all-time, which is tied for the second-most ever. Only Novak Djokovic of Serbia has more titles with eight. Federer is tied with Australian tennis legend Roy Emerson of Blackbutt. Federer’s wins came in 2004, 2006, 2007, 2010, 2017, and 2018. When he defeated Marin Cilic of Croatia, in the men’s singles final two years ago, 6-2, 6-7, 6-3, 3-6, 6-1, it was his last of his 20 grand slam wins in men’s singles to date. That is tied for the most all-time, with Rafael Nadal of Spain. In addition to his six Australian Opens, Federer has won eight Wimbledons, five U.S. Open titles, and one French Open title.


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