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In 2005, Nalbandian advanced to the quarterfinals of the Australian Open, Wimbledon, and the U. S. Open.

He also won the Tennis Masters Cup, becoming only the second Argentine tennis player in history ( after Guillermo Vilas in 1974 ) to win the year-end tournament.

Having replaced American Andy Roddick, Nalbandian won two of his three group matches ( to Roger Federer, Ivan Ljubičić, and Guillermo Coria ).

In the semifinals, he defeated Russian Nikolay Davydenko, and in the final, he beat world no.

1 Roger Federer in a fifth-set tiebreak.

Nalbandian also became the first player to win the cup without previously attaining a Grand Slam or Masters Series title.