Re-living Federer's 6 title triumphs at the Australian Open

#3 2007: Beats Fernando Gonzalez 7-6(2), 6-4, 6-4

Federer lifts his third Australian Open title in 2007

Federer whizzed through the first four rounds of the 2007 Australian Open without dropping a set. He did the same in the quarterfinals and semifinals against Tommy Robredo and Andy Roddick respectively, to arrive in his third Australian Open final in four years.

In the process, Federer equalled Jack Crawford's 73-year-record of reaching 7 consecutive Major title matches.

The other finalist was Chilean Fernando Gonzalez. He had beaten reigning Roland Garros champion Rafael Nadal in straight sets in the quarterfinals and taken out Tommy Haas for the loss of just five games in the semis to reach his maiden Grand Slam final.

It was a cagey opening set by Federer's staggering standards, and the Swiss' potent groundstrokes lacked the usual venom. Gonzalez pounced on a loose Federer game at 4-4 to arrive at two set points on serve in the next game, only for the defending champion to break back at the first time of asking.

Federer squandered four set points on the Gonzalez serve at 5-6 before taking the opener on a tiebreak.

A single break of serve sufficed for Federer in each of the next two sets as the Swiss maestro became the first player to win three consecutive Major titles on multiple occasions, and extended his match-win streak to 36.

In the process, Federer became the first player since Bjorn Borg (1980 Roland Garros) to win a Grand Slam title without dropping a set, and the first to do so at the Australian Open since Ken Rosewall in 1971.

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Federer's third title at the Australian Open marked his first successful title defence at the tournament. Andre Agassi (2000-01) was the last of 8 players to successfully defend their Australian Open title before Federer joined the exclusive group.