Roger Federer won four Miami Open titles during his career, with the first coming against Rafael Nadal in 2005. Their meeting marked the start of what would become one of tennis’s great rivalries.

Wimbledon, Roland Garros, Rome, Melbourne: These are the historic tennis locations we usually associate with matches between Roger Federer and Rafael Nadal. But their rivalry started in Miami, 20 ...

SHANGHAI, China -- The 2005 Shanghai Masters Cup was a tournament initially marred by withdrawals but it ended with one of the most dramatic wins in Masters Cup -- now renamed the World Tour Finals -- ...

Florida Sun Shines on Nadal's Near-Upset of World No. 1 Federer Before Maestro's Thrilling Reversal Seals Historic Rivalry In 2005, the Miami tournament delivered a final that, more than twenty years ...

Earlier this year, Carlos Alcaraz's peers nicknamed him "Fed05" as a nod to Roger Federer's immaculate 2005 season, which saw the Swiss go 81-4 to maintain the second-greatest winning percentage (95.3 ...

Roger Federer waged war with David Nalbandian throughout his junior and professional tennis career. The Argentine prided himself on being the first to have “Federer’s number.” These were days before ...

World number one Roger Federer of Switzerland produced another dominant display to defeat Lleyton Hewitt of Australia 6-2, 6-4, 6-4 in the final of the Indian Wells Masters event this morning (AEDT).

The Swiss Tennis Champion is proclaimed the first Spokesperson for the International Year of Sport and Physical Education (IYSPE 2005) in recognition of the outstanding example he sets as a role model ...

You know a match was a good one when the soundtrack to its highlight reel mostly consists of the commentators blurting out things like “Oh!” and “Whoa!” and “Uh-huh!” and, when they just can’t believe ...

Federer won two Sony Ericsson titles in 2005-2006 and has never made his way back to another final in Miami. He won three titles at Indian Wells 2004-2006, never making a final again.