Federer wins 4th Masters Cup

Federer beat David Ferrer convincingly, 6-2 6-3 6-2 to win the year end championship. Federer was in the zone for the whole match and broke Ferrer twice in each set.

Some stats for the records:

- This is Federer’s fourth Masters cup in the last 5 years. He is one away from most tiles record (Sampras and Lendl have 5 titles each)

- Highest ever prize-money in a calendar year, $8.6 million. He beats his own record (2007 – $8.4 million)

- Federer keeps the Number-1 ranking for the fourth consecutive year

- Federer keeps the record for most titles in the season for fifth consecutive year — 2007 (8 titles), 2006 (12 titles), 2005 (11 titles), 2004 (11 titles), 2003 (7 titles)

- This is Federer’s 53rd career title