ThrowbackTimes Halle: Roger Federer tops Marat Safin for third straight title

Roger Federer debuted in Halle in 2000 at 18, finding the perfect test ground for Wimbledon and becoming the ultimate legend of this event in the past two decades. In 2003, the Swiss won the first ATP title on grass in Halle before confirming the supremacy on the fastest surface at Wimbledon, earning the first Major at the All England Club and repeating the Halle-Wimbledon double in 2004.