5 best come-from-behind wins by Roger Federer

French Open 2009, against Tommy Haas

Title winner! After nearly losing to Tommy Haas, Federer won the 2009 French Open

Just before Federer’s match against Germany’s Tommy Haas, unseeded at the 2009 French Open, French Open king Rafa Nadal had crashed out. But Federer was up against a new beast, when the talented Haas took him to tiebreak straightaway in the first set – and won it.

Then, just as it looked that Federer had a chance in the second, Haas pressed the gas late in that set and won that too. Now, down two sets, Federer could easily have lost motivation and bottled.

But that was not what happened. Despite Haas being in an advantageous position to serve for the match, Federer fought back to win 14 of the next 16 games.

Federer broke twice in the deciding set to take that match.

He would go on to win the title that year.