Roger Federer (German pronunciation: [ˈfeːdərər]; born 8 August 1981) is a Swiss professional tennis player who, as of November 2013, is ranked world no. 6 by the ATP.
Numerous commentators, pundits, former and current players of the sport
regard Federer as the greatest tennis player of all time.
He holds several men's world records of the Open Era: holding the world no. 1 position for 302 weeks overall; including a 237-consecutive-week stretch at the top from 2004 to 2008; winning 17 Grand Slam singles titles; reaching the finals of each Grand Slam tournament at least five times (an all-time record); and reaching the Wimbledon final eight times. He is one of seven men, and one of four in the Open Era, to capture the career Grand Slam. Federer also shares the Open Era record for most titles at the Australian Open with Agassi and Novak Djokovic (4), at Wimbledon with Pete Sampras (7) and at the US Open with Jimmy Connors and Sampras (5).
Federer has appeared in 24 men's Grand Slam finals, with 10 in a row, both records, and appeared in 18 of 19 finals from the 2005 Wimbledon Championships through to the 2010 Australian Open. He is the only man to reach at least the semifinals of 23 consecutive Grand Slam tournaments, from the 2004 Wimbledon Championships through the 2010 Australian Open. At the 2013 Australian Open, he reached a record 33rd Grand Slam semi-final, and at the 2013 French Open a record 36th consecutive Grand Slam quarter-final. He has also won the most matches, 260, in men's Grand Slam tournaments.
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Federer's ATP tournament records include winning six ATP World Tour Finals,
playing in the finals at all nine ATP Masters 1000 tournaments (a
record shared with Djokovic and Nadal), and having won the most prize
money of any player in history, with over $78,000,000. He also won the Olympic gold medal in doubles with his compatriot Stanislas Wawrinka at the 2008 Summer Olympic Games and the Olympic silver medal in singles at the 2012 Summer Olympic Games.
He spent eight years (2003–2010) continuously in the top 2 in the
year-end men's rankings and ten (2003–2012) in the top 3. Federer is the
first tennis player, male or female, to earn more than 50 Million US
Dollars in prize money.
Federer has won the ATPWorldTour.com Fans' Favourite Award a
record eleven times straight (2003–2013) and the Stefan Edberg
Sportsmanship Award (voted for by the players) a record nine times
(2004–2009, 2011–2013),
both being awards indicative of respect and popularity. He also won the
Arthur Ashe Humanitarian of the Year Award twice in 2006 and 2013. He
was named the Laureus World Sportsman of the Year for a record four consecutive years (2005–2008). Federer is at times referred to as the Federer Express, shortened to Fed Express or FedEx, and the Swiss Maestro, or just Maestro. Federer is the first Swiss male player to win a grand slam tournament.
Roger Federer
Roger federer
Federer at the 2009 Wimbledon Championships
Country
Switzerland
Residence
Wollerau, Switzerland and Dubai, United Arab Emirates
Born
8 August 1981 (age 32)
Basel, Switzerland
Height
1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)
Turned pro
1998
Plays
Right-handed (one-handed backhand)
Coach(es)
Peter Carter (10-14 & 16-20)
Peter Lundgren (2000-2003)
Tony Roche (2006-2007)
Jose Higueras (2008)
Paul Annacone (2010-2013)
Prize money
€ 57,641,609
1st all-time leader in earnings
Official website
rogerfederer.com
Singles
Career record
923–215 (81.11% in ATP World Tour and Grand Slam main draw matches, and in Davis Cup)
Career titles
77 (tied 3rd in the Open Era)
Highest ranking
No. 1 (2 February 2004)
Current ranking
No. 6 (11 November 2013)
Grand Slam Singles results
Australian Open
W (2004, 2006, 2007, 2010)
French Open
W (2009)
Wimbledon
W (2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012)
US Open
W (2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008)
Other tournaments
Tour Finals
W (2003, 2004, 2006, 2007, 2010, 2011)
Olympic Games
Silver Medal (2012)
Doubles
Career record
121-82 (59.61% in ATP World Tour and Grand Slam main draw matches, and in Davis Cup)
Career titles
8
Highest ranking
No. 24 (9 June 2003)
Current ranking
No. 562 (4 November 2013)
Grand Slam Doubles results
Australian Open
3R (2003)
French Open
1R (2000)
Wimbledon
QF (2000)
US Open
3R (2002)
Other Doubles tournaments
Olympic Games
Gold Medal (2008)
Team competitions
Davis Cup
SF (2003)
Hopman Cup
W (2001)
Olympic medal record
Competitor for Switzerland
Men's Tennis
Gold
2008 Beijing
Doubles
Silver
2012 London
Singles
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Childhood and early life
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Federer was born at the Basel Cantonal Hospital in Basel, Switzerland. His father, Robert Federer, is Swiss, from Berneck, near the borders between Switzerland, Austria and Germany, and his mother, Lynette Federer (born Durand), from Kempton Park, Gauteng, is a South African whose ancestors were Dutch and French Huguenots. Federer has one sibling, his older sister Diana. He holds both Swiss and South African citizenship. He grew up in nearby Birsfelden, Riehen and then Münchenstein, close to the French and German borders and speaks (Swiss) German, French and English fluently, German being his native language.
Federer 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 because
of a long-standing back problem and was subsequently not required to
fulfill his military obligation. He grew up supporting F.C. Basel and the Swiss National Football Team.
Federer also credits the range of sports he played as a child—he also
played badminton and basketball—for his hand-eye coordination. Federer
has stated in various interviews that he is an "avid cricket fan" having
met Sachin Tendulkar
twice. "I was always very much more interested if a ball was involved,"
he says. Most tennis prodigies, by contrast, play tennis to the
exclusion of all other sports. In later life, Federer has been friends with the golfer Tiger Woods.
Family
Federer's family watching him in Indian Wells, 2012.
Federer's signature in 2013.
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Roger federer
Federer is married to former Women's Tennis Association player Mirka Vavrinec. He met her while both were competing for Switzerland in the 2000 Sydney Olympics. Vavrinec retired from the tour in 2002 because of a foot injury. They were married at Wenkenhof Villa in Riehen near Basel on 11 April 2009, surrounded by a small group of close friends and family. On 23 July 2009, Mirka gave birth to identical twin girls, Myla Rose and Charlene Riva.
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