Roger Federer's 5 unique records at the Australian Open

#5 Federer is the only player after Ken Rosewall to win the Australian Open without dropping a set

Federer won his 3rd Australian Open title in 2007

Federer beat first-time Slam finalist Fernando Gonzalez in straight sets in the 2007 final to win his third title at the tournament.

In the process, Federer emulated Ken Rosewall (1971) as the only players in the Open Era to win the Australian Open title without dropping a set. Rosewall is in fact the first player in the Open Era to win a Grand Slam tournament without dropping a set - a feat that has been emulated or surpassed by only 3 other players, which includes Federer.

To put the achievement in perspective, out of 207 Grand Slam tournaments in the Open Era (52 each at the French Open, Wimbledon and US Open; 51 at the Australian Open), there have only been 9 instances of a player going all the way without dropping a set.

Bjorn Borg (3 - twice at the French Open, once at Wimbledon), Rafael Nadal (3 - 2008, 2010, 2017 French Open), and Roger Federer (2 - 2007 Australian Open, 2017 Wimbledon) are the only players other than Rosewall to win a Slam in the Open Era without conceding a set in the tournament.