Roger Federer by numbers: How the Swiss great has won 100 tennis titles
The 37-year-old joined only Jimmy Connors in amassing a century of tour-level tournament wins in the open era and gained a measure of revenge for his defeat to Tsitsipas in this year's Australian Open
Federer did not look back after breaking in the opening game as he sealed a comfortable 6-4 6-4 victory in 70 minutes for his eighth title in this event
The Swiss great had had been stuck on 99 titles since triumphing at his hometown tournament in Basel in October
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"It was all very, very worthwhile, the sacrifice," Federer said in quotes on the ATP Tour website
"We'll see how much I've got left in the tank, but reaching 100 is definitely an absolute dream come true for me
"I'm so happy I'm still playing. It's been a long, wonderful journey and it all started as a junior world champion
It's been great. I wouldn't do it any differently. I've loved every minute." Federer overcame Stefanos Tsitsipas in the final of the Dubai Duty Free Tennis Championships (Image: Getty Images) Read More Tennis legend Goran Ivanisevic thinks he knows date Roger Federer will retire Federer's career in numbers 20 - Grand slam titles, an all-time record
27 - Masters titles. 8 - Wimbledon titles, an all-time record. 5 - Federer has won both Wimbledon and the US Open on five consecutive occasions
6 - Australian Open titles, second only to Novak Djokovic . 9 - Titles at the Gerry Weber Open in Halle and the Swiss Indoors in his home town of Basel
69 - Titles on hard courts. Federer of Switzerland celebrates after defeating Tsitsipas of Greece (Image: ALI HAIDER/EPA-EFE/REX/Shutterstock) Read More Dan Evans blows three match points as he misses out on first ATP Tour title 18 - Titles on grass
11 - Titles on clay. 2 - Titles on carpet. 6 - ATP Finals titles, an all-time record
12 - Titles won in 2006, Federer's most prolific season. 24 - Consecutive finals won between October 2003 and November 2005
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