BIOGRAPHY
Born on August 8, 1981 is a Swiss tennis professional, currently ranked World No. 1 since February 2, 2004 for a record 194 consecutive weeks. Widely regarded as the best player of his generation, he is considered among the elite group of all-time great male tennis players. Federer is the first living Swiss to be pictured on a postage stamp, issued in April 2007 depicting Federer with the Wimbledon trophy. In 2007, he was named Laureus World Sportsman of the Year for a record third consecutive time.
Federer has won 12 Grand Slam singles titles (second-most of any male player, tied with Roy Emerson), three Tennis Masters Cup titles, and 14 ATP Masters Series titles. He has won three Grand Slam singles titles in a calendar year a record three times (in 2004, 2006 and 2007). He holds the record of ten consecutive Grand Slam singles final appearances and the only male player to have played in the finals of all four Grand Slam tournaments for two consecutive years.
In 2007, by winning his third Australian Open title, he is the only male player to have won three separate Grand Slam tournaments at least three times. By winning Wimbledon in 2007, Federer tied Björn Borg’s open era record of five consecutive Wimbledon championships. By winning the 2007 U.S. Open, Federer became the first player in the Open era to win four consecutive U.S. Open titles and the only player ever to win back-to-back Wimbledon and U.S. Open titles for four consecutive years (from 2004). He is also the first male player in the Open era to win at least ten singles tournaments in three consecutive years (from 2004 to 2006).
Rafael Nadal broke Federer’s streak at Wimbledon in 2008, beating him in a five-set thriller for the men’s singles championship… Federer’s father is Swiss, but his mother is from South Africa… Federer had no coach during 2004, the year he was first ranked as the world’s best tennis player… Nike first approached Federer with a sponsorship deal in 1996, two years before he turned pro… Federer has never won the French Open, but has won each of the other three tennis majors at least three times: the Australian Open in 2004, 2006 and 2007, the U.S. Open from 2004-2007, and Wimbledon in 2003-2007.
Tags: ROGER FEDERER, Tennis
