Monday's Round 4 exit at the US Open meant Swiss ace has gone through a year without entering a grand slam final for the first time since 2002. Here's how...
Australian Open (January 14-27)
Britain’s Andy Murray (right) with Switzerland’s Roger Federer after beating him in the semi-finals of the Australian Open in Melbourne
> Round 1: bt Benoit Paire (Fra)
>u00a0Round 2: bt Nikolay Davydenko (Rus)
>u00a0Round 3: bt Bernard Tomic (Aus)
> Round 4: bt Milos Raonic (Can)
>u00a0Quarter-finals: bt Jo-Wilfried Tsonga (Fra)
> Semi-finals: lost to Andy Murray (GBR) 4-6, 7-6, 3-6, 7-6, 2-6
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French Open (26 May-June 9)
France’s Jo-Wilfried-Tsonga (right) with Federer after beating him in the quarter-finals of the French Open in Paris earlier this year
> Round 1: bt Pablo Carreno-Busta (Spa)
> Round 2: bt Somdev Devvarman (Ind)
>u00a0Round 3: bt Julien Benneteau (Fra)
>u00a0Round 4: bt Gilles Simon (Fra)
> Quarter-finals: lost to Jo-Wilfried Tsonga (Fra) 5-7, 3-6, 3-6
Wimbledon (24 June-July 7)
Ukraine’s Sergiy Stakhovsky (left) shakes hands with Federer after beating him in the second round of Wimbledon at the All-England Club in London earlier this year
> Round 1: bt Victor Hanescu (Rom)
> Round 2: lost to Sergiy Stakhovsky (Ukr) 7-6, 6-7, 5-7, 6-7.
US Open (26 aug-sep 9)
Spain’s Tommy Robredo (left) with Federer after beating him in the US Open’s fourth round at Flushing Meadows on Monday
> Round 1: bt Grega Zemlja (Slovenia)
> Round 2: bt Carlos Berlocq (Arg)
> Round 3: bt Adrian Mannarino (Fra)
> Round 4: lost to Tommy Robredo (Spa) 6-7, 3-6, 4-6
How Roger Federer fared at the other tournaments in 2013
Rotterdam Open
Entered as the defending champ, but lost in the quarter-finals to Frenchman Julien Benneteau.
Dubai Tennis C’ships
Entered as the defending champ, but lost in the semi-finals to Tomas Berdych of Czech Republic.
BNP Paribas Open
Entered as the defending champ, but lost in the quarter-finals to Spaniard Rafael Nadal.
Mutua Madrid Open
Entered as the defending champ, but lost in the third round to Japan’s Kei Nishikori.
Internazionali BNL d’Italia
Having lost in the semi-finals here in 2012, reached the year’s first final, but lost to Spain’s Rafael Nadal.
Gerry Weber Open
Having lost in the 2012 final, won the year’s first title beating Mikhail Youzhny in the final.
German Tennis C’ships
Entered as a wildcard, but lost in the semi-finals to Argentine qualifier Federico Delbonis.
Swiss Open Gstaad
Played here for the first time since 2004, only to lose in the first round to Daniel Brands.
Cincinnati Open
Entered as the defending champ, only to lose to Spain’s Rafael Nadal in the quarter-finals.u00a0
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