Roger Federer surprised even himself with how well he played in the 2006 season, which he rounded off in some style by winning the Masters Cup today.
The 25-year-old's dominance of men's tennis is such that the Swiss could extend his holiday into March and would still break Jimmy Connors's record of 160 consecutive weeks as world number one on Feb 26.
"I think that is definitely one of the big records I've broken, maybe the biggest so far in my career," Federer said.
"I'm waiting for that date to come along and then I'll celebrate it, not right now."
The 25-year-old thrashed American James Blake 6-0 6-3 6-4 today in his last competitive game of 2006 to win his 12th title of the year, a feat no player has achieved since Thomas Muster in 1995.
"To come to this point in my career where I feel so happy with my game, it's come such a long way that I am out of words really to describe this performance," he said.
"It was the perfect end to an incredible season. There's not much more I could have done (this year). I gave myself the best possible chance basically at every event. To come out like this, on top, I surprised even myself, no doubt."
Federer said the pick of his dozen titles this year had been the Australian Open and Wimbledon titles, which along with another US Open triumph took him to nine grand slams.