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Roger FedererFrom Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia(Redirected from Federer)Jump to: navigation, search"Federer" redirects here. For other uses, see Federer (disambiguation).Roger Federerat the 2007 Cincinnati MastersNickname(s) The Swiss Maestro[1][2][3][4]The Federer Express[5][6][7][8]The Fed Express (FedEx) [9][10]Country SwitzerlandResidence Oberwil, SwitzerlandDate of birth August 8, 1981 (1981-08-08) (age 27)Place of birth Basel, SwitzerlandHeight 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)Weight 85.0 kg (187 lb; 13.39 st)[11]Turned pro 1998Plays Right-handed; one-handed backhandCareer prize money US$48,072,634* All-time leader in earningsSinglesCareer record: 650155 (80.7%)
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Career titles: 59Highest ranking: No. 1 (February 2, 2004)Grand Slam resultsAustralian Open W (2004, 2006, 2007)French Open W (2009)Wimbledon W (2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007)US Open W (2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008)Major tournamentsTour Finals W (2003, 2004, 2006, 2007)Olympic Games SF (2000)DoublesCareer record: 11272
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Career titles: 8Highest ranking: No. 24 (June 9, 2003)Grand Slam Doubles resultsAustralian Open 3R (2003)French Open 1R (2000)Wimbledon QF (2000)US Open 3R (2002)Major doubles tournamentsOlympic Games Gold Medal (2008)Infobox last updated on: June 8, 2009.Olympic medal recordCompetitor for SwitzerlandTennisGold 2008 Beijing Men's DoublesFor additional information on Roger Federer, please see Roger Federer careerstatistics and List of career achievements by Roger FedererRoger Federer (pronounced /'r?d?? 'f?d?r?r/;[12] born on August 8, 1981) is aSwiss professional tennis player. He is a former World No. 1 ranked player, aposition he held for a record 237 consecutive weeks. A number of sports analysts,tennis critics and former players say Federer is the greatest tennis player of the
 
Open Era, and possibly of all time.[13][14][15][16]Federer holds numerous records in men's singles competition, including 14 GrandSlam titles (3 Australian Open, 1 French Open, 5 Wimbledon, 5 US Open), equallingthe all-time record of the American great Pete Sampras, who also won 14 GrandSlams. Federer is the sixth player in history to achieve a career Grand Slam.Federer also shares the career record of 19 Grand Slam finals with Ivan Lendl. Asof June 2009, Federer has reached the semifinals or better of the last 20 GrandSlam tournaments, a streak spanning nearly five years.[17] As a result ofFederer's successes in tennis, he was named the Laureus World Sportsman of theYear for four consecutive years (200508).[18]
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Contents[hide]* 1 Childhood and personal lifeo 1.1 Marriage* 2 Junior tennis* 3 Early career in the ATP (19982002)
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* 4 Top 10 and Grand Slam success (2003present)
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o 4.1 2003o 4.2 2004o 4.3 2005o 4.4 2006o 4.5 2007o 4.6 2008o 4.7 2009* 5 Grand Slam performance timelineo 5.1 Singles* 6 Records* 7 Rivalry with Rafael Nadal* 8 Technique* 9 Equipment, apparel, and endorsements* 10 See also* 11 References* 12 Further reading* 13 Video* 14 External links[edit] Childhood and personal lifeFederer was born in Binningen, near Basel, to Swiss national Robert Federer andSouth Africa-born Lynette Durand.[19]He grew up in suburban Mnchenstein, near Basel, close to the French and German
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 borders.[19] Federer speaks Swiss German with his family.[20] He also speaksGerman, French and English fluently,[21] and conducts press conferences in allthree. He was raised Catholic and met Pope Benedict XVI while playing the 2006Internazionali BNL d'Italia tournament in Rome.[22]In addition to tennis, he also played football as a boy and considered becoming aprofessional footballer before deciding to pursue a tennis career. He remains afervent supporter of his hometown club FC Basel. Federer also appears to besomewhat of a cricket fan, and played the game in 2006 with children displaced bythe 2004 Tsunami in Tamil Nadu.[23]Federer supports various charities. He established the Roger Federer Foundation in2003 to help disadvantaged people and to promote sports. He was appointed aGoodwill Ambassador by UNICEF in 2006. Since then, he has visited South Africa and
 
Tamil Nadu, one of the worst tsunami-affected areas in India. He has also appearedin UNICEF public messages to raise public awareness of AIDS.In 2007, Federer was photographed by Annie Leibowitz as King Arthur. This was partof a series of photographs of celebrities for Disney's Year of a Million Dreamsproject.[edit] MarriageFederer is married to former Women's Tennis Association player Miroslava "Mirka"Vavrinec. They met while competing for Switzerland in the 2000 Sydney Olympics.Vavrinec retired from the tour in 2002 because of a persistent foot injury and hassince been working as Federer's public relations manager.[24] They were married inBasel on 11 April 2009, surrounded by a small group of close friends and family atWenkenhof Villa (municipality of Riehen),[25] and are expecting their first child,which is rumoured to be a boy.[26] Federer stated that he chooses not to wear awedding ring while he is playing professional tennis for fear of losing it.[edit] Junior tennisFederer started playing tennis at the age of eight.[27] He began participating ingroup lessons aged nine and began weekly private coaching the following year. Heplayed football until the age of twelve when he decided to focus solely ontennis.[28] At fourteen, he became the national champion of all groups inSwitzerland and was chosen to train at the Swiss National Tennis Center inEcublens. He joined the ITF junior tennis circuit in July 1996.[29] In 1998, hisfinal year as a junior, Federer won the junior Wimbledon title and the prestigiousyear-ending Orange Bowl. He was recognized as the ITF World Junior Tennis championof the year.[30][edit] Early career in the ATP (19982002)
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In July 1998, Federer joined the ATP tour at Gstaad, where he lost to Lucas Arnoldin straight sets. Although he played two more ATP tournaments in 1998, themajority of his matches were still at the Junior level.[31]In April 1999, he debuted for the Swiss Davis Cup team against Italy[32] andfinished the year ranked World No. 66.[33] During that time, he was the youngestplayer in the top 100. He also competed in his first Grand Slam tournament at theFrench Open, but lost to Patrick Rafter in the first round after a 4 setbattle.[31] He also had his first appearance in Wimbledon, where he entered as awildcard. After a 5 set battle, he lost in the first round to Czech player, JiriNovak, who was then ranked 59th.[31] In January of 2000, Federer competed for thefirst time in the Australian Open, losing to 49th ranked Arnaud Clement of Francein the third round.[34] He then equaled this achievement in his very first USOpen, losing in the third round to 12th ranked Juan Carlos Ferrero of Spain.[31]After reaching the semifinals at the 2000 Sydney Olympics,[34] Federer reached hisfirst ATP final in Marseille, where he lost to compatriot Marc Rosset, and wasalso the runner-up in his home tournament at Basel.[34] He did, however, win theHarry Hopman Cup in Australia defeating Jan-Michael Gambill in the final instraight sets.[34] Even though he failed to make an impression at Grand Slams, itwas the first year he played in all four.[31] Federer would then end the yearranked World No. 29.(All results and ranking history from ATP).[35]Federer during the 2002 US Open.Federer's first ATP tournament victory came in February, 2001 where he defeatedArgentine player Julien Boutter in the final of the Milan Indoor.[36] During the
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