Roger Federer captured his 101st career singles title on Sunday, defeating defending champion American John Isner 6-1, 6-4 in the final of the Miami Open.
It was a battle between the 2017 and 2018 Miami Open champions with the big-serving American gunning to overcome Federer, who was playing his second straight Masters final. But it was the 37-year-old Swiss who raced through the first set, breaking Isner’s serve three times to take it 6-1. He needed only 63 minutes to lift his fourth title at Miami and 28th Masters trophy, before the start of the clay season.
With this vintage win, Federer also became the first player, male or female, to win multiple titles in 2019. The 14 WTA events and 19 ATP events before Miami were all won by different players. The Swiss had won the Dubai Championship in early March for his 100th career title.
To no one’s surprise, fans and observers were full of praise for the consistently dominant performances from Federer in the last three tournaments, with the Indian Wells final loss to Dominic Thiem being the only blip.
Here’s what the Twitterverse had to say about #RF101:
The numbers say it all
The Master in Miami 👏
— ATP Tour (@ATP_Tour) March 31, 2019
That’s now 4 #MiamiOpen 🏆 for @rogerfederer! 🙌
🎥: @TennisTV pic.twitter.com/klhslMQasq
.@rogerfederer 4-1 in finals @MiamiOpen and since losing to @AndreAgassi in 2002 championship, #Federer captured titles in 2005 (d. #Nadal), 2006 (d. @theljubicic), 2017 (d. #Nadal) and this year (d. #Isner). #Federer 16-1 lifetime vs. Americans in finals.
— ATP Media Info (@ATPMediaInfo) March 31, 2019
Roger Federer is #1 in the race, 22-2 (incl. Hopman Cup) in 2019, has 2 titles and 1 final, has started his journey to 200 titles and just played his best tennis over 2 weeks since Wimbledon 2017. Fairly decent.
— Tumaini Carayol (@tumcarayol) March 31, 2019
"The only man to win multiple titles in 2019 and it is 37 year old Roger Federer."
— Nusi (@NusiP8) March 31, 2019
33 different players had won 33 ATP and WTA titles this year.
— The Tennis Podcast (@TennisPodcast) March 31, 2019
Of course it had to be Roger Federer to spoil it ...
• 3 consecutive tournament finals
— TeJaL (@FedfanTejal) March 31, 2019
• 2 consecutive Masters 1000 finals
• 50th Masters 1000 final
• 28 Masters 1000 titles
• 💯 + 1 ATP titles
ALL HAIL THE ONCE AND TRUE KING 🙌🏼🙌🏼🙌🏼🙌🏼@rogerfederer #MiamiOpen
a 37 year old at the Top of the ATP Race, after the 1st quarter of @ATP_Tour
— Roger Laver (@DonaldTendulkar) March 31, 2019
Federer: 2280 points
Djokovic: 2225
Nadal: 1605
Tsitsipas: 1460
Thiem: 1145
Isner: 1060
Monfils: 995
Medvedev: 895
Agut: 890
Nishikori: 890#ATP #Rankings
The tennis community was all praise
Nice work @rogerfederer 101. Always a pleasure to watch you play. Rocket. @MiamiOpen champion. https://t.co/z3LiWJCmyL
— Rod Laver (@rodlaver) March 31, 2019
What an event for @rogerfederer and @JohnIsner John, great effort and get well soon. Roger, your mastery of this game never gets old. And seemingly, neither do you. Congrats and many more. @MiamiOpen
— James Blake (@JRBlake) March 31, 2019
Congrats @rogerfederer !! #101 @MiamiOpen i cannot stress to you how gracious and amazing this guy is! he is a 🦄!!!
— Rennae Stubbs (@rennaestubbs) March 31, 2019
😜😂👍@UNIQLO_JP @UniqloUSA #UniqloFamily pic.twitter.com/OnuVqbpKBb
— Kei Nishikori (@keinishikori) March 31, 2019
Bummer for the big man. Helluva run again. Congrats @rogerfederer Goooooood for you. Again.
— Mardy Fish (@MardyFish) March 31, 2019
@rogerfederer #101 no words just awe 👏👏👏👏a terrific tournament for @JohnIsner let’s hope it’s a quick recovery @JRBlake congrats @MiamiOpen is growing and off to a great start @HardRockStadium
— Paul Annacone (@paul_annacone) March 31, 2019
Even the guy who lost...
"Roger, you were entirely too good today. You were entirely too good this whole tournament. You were entirely too good your whole career. It's absolutely incredible what you are doing" - John Isner after losing Miami Open final 6-1, 6-4 to 37-year-old Roger Federer
— Christopher Clarey (@christophclarey) March 31, 2019
