Roger Federer29 (born 8 August 1981) is a Swiss professional tennis player who held the ATP number one position
for a record 237 consecutive weeks. As of 9 January 2011, he is ranked World No. 2 by the Association of Tennis Professionals
(ATP). Many sports analysts, tennis critics, former and current players consider Federer to be the greatest tennis player ever.
Federer has won a male record 16 Grand Slam singles titles. He is one of seven male players to capture the career Grand Slam and one of three (with Andre Agassi and Rafael Nadal) to do so on three different surfaces (clay, grass and hard courts). Federer has appeared in an unprecedented 22 career Grand Slam finals. He holds the record of reaching the semi-finals or better of 23 consecutive Grand Slam tournaments over five and a half years from the 2004 Wimbledon Championships through the 2010 Australian Open. Federer has appeared in an unprecedented 22 career Grand Slam finals.Federer also holds the record of reaching 10 consecutive Grand Slam finals and appeared in 18 of 19 over four and a half years from the 2005 Wimbledon Championships through the 2010 Australian Open, excluding the 2008 Australian Open. Federer has won a record 5 ATP World Tour Finals (shared with Ivan Lendl and Pete Sampras) and 17 ATP Masters Series As a result of Federer's successes in tennis, he was named the Laureus World Sportsman of the Year for a record four consecutive years (2005-2008). He is often referred to as The Federer Express or abbreviated to Fed Express, the Swiss Maestro or simply Maestro.
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CONTENTS
CHILDHOOD AND PERSONAL LIFE
Federer was born in Binningen, near Basel, to Swiss national Robert Federer and South African-born Lynette Du Rand. He holds both Swiss and South African citizenships.He grew up in suburban Munchenstein, near Basel, close to the French-German borders and Federer speaks Swiss German, German, French and English fluently.He was raised as a Roman Catholic and met Pope Benedict XVI while playing the 2006 Internazionali BNL d'Italia tournament in Rome. Like all male Swiss citizens, Federer was subject to compulsory military service in the Swiss Armed Forces. However, in 2003 he was deemed unfit due to a long-standing back problem and was subsequently not required to fulfill his obligations.
Federer is married to former Women's Tennis Association player Mirka Vavrinec. They met while competing for Switzerland in the 2000 Sydney Olympics. Vavrinec retired from the tour in 2002 because of a foot injury and has since been working as Federer's public relations manager. They were married in Basel on 11 April 2009, surrounded by a small group of close friends and family at Wenkenhof Villa (municipality of Riehen).On 23 July 2009, Mirka gave birth to twin girls, Myla Rose and Charlene Riva.
TENNIS CAREER
Pre-1998: Junior years (main article : Roger Federer juniors years)
1998-2002: Early career in the ATP (main article : Roger Federer's early career)
2003-2006: Breakthrough and dominance (main article :Roger Federer in 2003, 2004, 2005 AND 2006)
2007 to present: Becoming the greatest (main article :Roger Federer in 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010 AND 2011)
STATISTICS
| TOURNAMENT | 1999 | 2000 | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AUSTRALIAN OPEN | LQ | 3R | 3R | 4R | 4R | W | SF | W | W | SF | F | W | |
| FRENCH OPEN | 1R | 4R | QF | 1R | 1R | 3R | SF | F | F | F | W | QF | |
| WIBLEDON | 1R | 1R | QF | 1R | W | W | W | W | W | F | W | QF | |
| US OPEN | LQ | 3R | 4R | 4R | 4R | W | W | W | W | W | F | SF | |
| WIN-LOSS | 0-2 | 7-4 | 13-4 | 6-4 | 13-3 | 22-1 | 24-2 | 27-1 | 26-1 | 24-3 | 26-2 | 20-3 |
LQ - lost in qualifying round...
W - Winner...
F - Finalist...
SF - Semifinalist...
QF - Quarter finalist...
R - Rounds...
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TITLES
AUSTRALIAN OPEN : 4 (2004,2006,2007,2010)
FRENCH OPEN : 1 (2009)
WIMBLEDON : 6 (2003,2004,2005,2006,2007,2009)
US OPEN : 5 (2004,2005,2006,2007,2008)
FURTHER READING
- Bowers, Chris (2007). Fantastic Federer: The Biography of the World's Greatest Tennis Player. John Blake
- Stauffer, Rene (2007). The Roger Federer Story: Quest for Perfection. New York, N.Y: New Chapter Press.
EXTERNAL LINKS
- OFFICIAL WEBSITE
- PORTRAIT OF THE CHAMPION -- ROGER FEDERER
- ROGER FEDERER FOUNDATION
- ROGER FEDERER ON FACEBOOK
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