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Roger Federer
Roger Federer in Paris in 2006
Country (sports) Switzerland
ResidenceOberwil, Switzerland
Height1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)
Turned pro1998
PlaysRight; One-handed backhand
Prize money$28, 576, 458
Singles
Career record483-125
Career titles45 (10th in overall rankings)
Highest rankingNo. 1 (February 2, 2004)
Grand Slam singles results
Australian OpenW (2004, 2006, 2007)
French OpenF (2006)
WimbledonW (2003, 2004, 2005, 2006)
US OpenW (2004, 2005, 2006)
Doubles
Career record102-64
Career titles7
Highest rankingNo. 24 (June 9, 2003)
Last updated on: November 20, 2006.

Roger Federer (born August 8, 1981) is a Swiss tennis professional, currently ranked World No. 1, whose achievements rank him among the most successful players of all time. Many, including from among his peers, believe he may prove to be the greatest player ever. [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6]

In 2004, Federer became the first man since Mats Wilander in 1988 to win three out of the four Grand Slam singles tournaments in the same year. In 2006, Federer repeated this feat and became the first man in the open era to win at least ten singles championships in three consecutive years. He has won nine Grand Slam men's singles titles in 30 appearances, three Tennis Masters Cup, and 12 ATP Masters Series singles titles. He is the only player to have won both the Wimbledon and U.S. Open singles titles in three consecutive years (2004-2006).

He has been ranked No. 1 since February 2, 2004. His current lead in the rankings guarantees that on February 26, 2007, he will break the record for most consecutive weeks as the top-ranked male player. [7]

Personal life

Federer was born in the small town of Binningen (near Basel, Switzerland), to Swiss-German Robert Federer and South African Lynette Federer. He grew up 10 minutes from Basel proper, in suburban Münchenstein. Federer has an older sister and brother. He considers his main language German, but he also speaks French and English fluently.[8] He conducts press conferences in all three. Federer spends his off-court time playing card games, table tennis, and other sports and sitting on the beach. He currently resides in Oberwil, Switzerland and is dating former WTA player and fellow Swiss Miroslava Vavrinec (Mirka), who retired from the game in 2002 after a foot injury. The two met at the 2000 Sydney Olympics.

He co-established the Roger Federer Foundation in December 2003. Its goals include funding projects that benefit disadvantaged children, primarily in South Africa. In January 2005, he encouraged efforts from tennis players for the people affected by the 2004 Indian Ocean tsunami, saying he would play as many matches as possible in tournaments organized to raise funds for the tsunami victims and auctioned off his autographed rackets to raise funds for UNICEF's relief operations.

Federer also launched a fragrance and cosmetics line called RF Cosmetics in October 2003.

On April 3, 2006, Federer was appointed a Goodwill Ambassador to UNICEF, [9] which helps poor children from all parts of the world. He made his first official trip as Goodwill Ambassador on December 23, 2006, when he visited children in the Indian state of Tamil Nadu, a region devastated by the December 26, 2004 tsunami. "It's amazing to see how young people are using the rebuilding process as an opportunity to improve their lives and strengthen their community, " said Federer. "The way these children are bouncing back from even the toughest tragedy is a testament to their resiliency."[10]

Career through 2006

Federer at the 2004 Summer Olympics.
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Federer at Wimbledon, 2005.

Federer started playing tennis at the age of six.[11] He started having tennis group practice at the age of nine and weekly private coaching when he was ten. He also practiced football (soccer in the US) until he decided to focus on tennis at age 12. At fourteen, he became the national champion for all age groups in Switzerland and was chosen to train at the Swiss National Tennis Center at Ecublens. He joined the ITF junior tennis circuit in July 1996.[12]

In 1998, his last year as a junior, Federer won the Wimbledon juniors title and the year-ending Orange Bowl. He was recognized as the ITF World Junior Tennis champion for the year. In July 1998, he joined the ATP tour.

Federer debuted for the Swiss Davis Cup team in 1999 and finished the year as the youngest player inside the ATP's top 100 ranked players.

In 2000, Federer reached the semifinals at the Sydney Olympics and lost the bronze medal match to Arnaud Di Pasquale of France. Federer was also the runner-up in Basel and Marseille.

Federer's first ATP tournament victory came in Milan in February 2001. During the same month, he won three matches for his country in 3-2 Davis Cup victory over the United States. He later reached the quarterfinals at Wimbledon, defeating four-time defending champion and seven-time Wimbledon champion Pete Sampras in the fourth round, a victory that many consider to be a turning point of his career. He finished the year ranked 13th.

In 2002, Federer reached his first ATP Masters Series (AMS) final at the Miami Masters, where he lost to Andre Agassi. He won his next AMS final in Hamburg. He also won both his Davis Cup singles matches against former world number ones (Russians Marat Safin and Yevgeny Kafelnikov). Despite early-round exits at the French Open, Wimbledon, and the U.S. Open, and the untimely loss of his long-time Australian coach and mentor Peter Carter in a car crash in August, Federer reached No. 6 in the ATP Champions Race by the end of 2002 and qualified for the first time in the year-ending Tennis Masters Cup. Federer lost in the semifinals of that tournament to Lleyton Hewitt.

Federer started 2003 by winning consecutive tournaments in Dubai and Marseille. He won in Munich without losing a set, but suffered a first-round loss at the French Open. On July 6, 2003, he defeated Mark Philippoussis and won his first Grand Slam title at Wimbledon as the first Swiss male player to do so. He dropped only one set during the entire tournament. He also won four Davis Cup matches during the year to lead Switzerland to the semifinals of the World Group. He finished 2003 by winning the Tennis Masters Cup at Houston and ranking second in the ATP tour race. In December, he parted ways with Peter Lundgren, his coach for four years.

In 2004, Federer had one of the most dominating and successful years in the open era of modern men's tennis. He won three of the four Grand Slam singles tournaments, lost to no one ranked in the top ten, and won every final he reached. He won his first Australian Open title by defeating Marat Safin in straight sets, successfully defended his Wimbledon title by defeating Andy Roddick, and won his first U.S. Open title by defeating Hewitt. He finished the year by taking the Tennis Masters Cup at Houston for the second consecutive year. His win-loss record for the year was 74-6 with 11 titles. Federer was named the ITF Tennis World Champion and Laureus World Sportsman of the Year in early 2005, edging out the likes of Michael Schumacher, Valentino Rossi, Lance Armstrong, and Michael Phelps.

Throughout 2004, Federer did not have a coach, relying instead on his fitness trainer Pierre Paganini, physiotherapist Pavel Kovac, and a management team composed of his parents, his girlfriend Mirka Vavrinec (also his manager), and a few friends. In 2005, Federer hired former Australian tennis player Tony Roche to coach him on a limited basis.

Federer reached the 2005 Australian Open semifinals before falling to eventual winner Safin in a five-set night match that lasted more than four hours. He rebounded to win the year's first two AMS titles: Indian Wells (by defeating Hewitt) and Miami (by defeating Rafael Nadal of Spain). He won his third Hamburg clay court title in May by defeating Richard Gasquet, to whom he had earlier lost in Monte Carlo. He then entered the French Open as one of the favorites, losing in the semifinals in four sets to eventual winner Nadal. Federer successfully defended his Wimbledon title for the third consecutive year by defeating Roddick in a rematch of the previous year's final. Federer also defeated Roddick in Cincinnati to take his fourth AMS title of the year (and sweep all the American AMS events) and become the first player in AMS history to win four titles in one season. He then dropped only two sets en route to his second consecutive U.S. Open title, defeating Andre Agassi in four sets in the final. He became the first man in the open era to win Wimbledon and the U.S. Open back-to-back in consecutive years (2004 and 2005). He failed to defend his Tennis Masters Cup title, however, losing to David Nalbandian of Argentina in a four-and-a-half hour, five-set match. Had he won the match, he would have finished the year 82-3, tieing John McEnroe's 1984 record for the highest yearly winning percentage in the open era.

Federer playing in Basel against Paradorn Srichaphan at the Swiss Indoors, 2006.

In January 2006, Federer won the Australian Open by defeating the Cypriot Marcos Baghdatis. In March, he successfully defended his titles at the Indian Wells and Miami Masters to become the first player ever to win the Indian Wells-Miami double in consecutive years.

At the French Open in 2006, Federer pursued the only Grand Slam tournament he had not yet won. He entered the tournament as the top seed and had the goal of winning not only a career Grand Slam, but also to become the first man since Rod Laver to hold all four Grand Slam singles titles at the same time, although he would have done so in a two-year schedule. He lost the final to defending champion Rafael Nadal in four sets. Although the title eluded him, he became one of only two then-active players who had reached the finals of all four Grand Slam singles tournaments, the other being Andre Agassi.

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Federer serving against Nicolas Mahut on Number One Court, Wimbledon Championships, 2006

Federer entered Wimbledon as the top seed and moved through a draw containing Richard Gasquet, Tim Henman, Nicolas Mahut, Tomáš Berdych, Mario Ancic (who was the last man to beat him on grass at Wimbledon in 2002), and Jonas Björkman, to reach the final without dropping a set.[13] There, Federer beat Nadal to win the championship 6-0, 7-6, 6-7, 6-3. This was Federer's fourth consecutive Wimbledon title (2003-2006), matching the achievement of Pete Sampras (1997-2000). He is still one behind Björn Borg, who won five straight Wimbledon titles from 1976-80.

Federer also won the 2006 Rogers Cup, defeating Richard Gasquet of France in the final 2-6, 6-3, 6-2.

At the U.S. Open, Federer defeated seventh seeded Nikolay Davydenko in a semifinal, after beating James Blake in four sets. In the final, he defeated Andy Roddick 6-2, 4-6, 7-5, 6-1 for his third consecutive title at Flushing Meadows-Corona Park. Along with Justine Henin-Hardenne, who lost the women's final of the U.S. Open, it was the first time in the history of tennis that both a man and a woman had reached all four Grand Slam singles finals within a calendar year.

At the Tennis Masters Cup, Federer defeated defending champion David Nalbandian in one of his three round robin victories and beat Nadal 6-4, 7-5 in a semifinal. Federer then defeated Blake 6-0, 6-3, 6-4 in the final to win his third career singles title there and U.S. $1.52 million.

In 2006, Federer lost to only two players: Nadal in the French Open final, Rome final, Monte Carlo final, and Dubai final; and Andy Murray in the second round of the Cincinnati Masters. The loss to Murray was Federer's only straight-sets loss of the year. The Cincinnati tournament was the only tournament of the year in which he did not reach the final.

Career in 2007

Federer began 2007 by losing in the final of the Kooyong Classic, an exhibition tournament, to Andy Roddick 6-2, 3-6, 6-3.

At the 2007 Australian Open, Federer has reached the final without dropping a set, defeating sixth seeded Roddick in the semifinals 6-4, 6-0, 6-2. Federer lost only six points and made just one unforced error in the second set. Federer is now 13-1 against Roddick.

Coaches

  • 1989–1994: Seppli Kacovsky (Switzerland). Kacovsky was the head coach of the Old Boys’ Tennis Club[14] in Federer’s home town of Basel. Roger joined Old Boys' when he was eight years old.
  • 1991–1995, 1997–1998: Peter Carter (Australia). Carter gave Federer weekly private coaching, from the age of 10 to 14. They reunited in a new training facility in Biel in 1997, and Carter coached Federer on and off until he turned pro.
  • 1995–1997: After Federer became the Swiss junior champion, he was selected to join the Swiss National Tennis center in Ecublens, Vaud, and trained there until he finished school.
  • 1999–2003: Peter Lundgren (Sweden). When Federer entered the professional circuit, he chose former top-25 player Lundgren, whom he met in Biel, as his coach. He still consulted frequently with Carter.
  • 2005–present: Tony Roche (Australia). Roche is a former Australian tennis champion who coached Patrick Rafter and Ivan Lendl to the world number one ranking. He helps Federer for a few weeks before Grand Slam and Tennis Master Series tournaments.

Playing style

Federer has a versatile, all-court playing style and can hit all of the fundamental shots very well. He is an adept volleyer and an excellent baseliner who can dictate play with precise groundstrokes from both wings.

Federer uses an extreme eastern grip for his forehand with occasional use of a semi-western grip. He hits through his forehand on a straighter plane than nearly any other player and finishes his swing underneath his left armpit, which is not the typical technique of following through after contact and "scratching your back" with the elbow pointing skyward and the racquet coming over the shoulder. He also can generate extreme top-spin with the shot, allowing him to open up cross-court angles while still hitting the ball with pace. David Foster Wallace has described the exceptional speed, fluidity and brute force of this forehand motion as "a great liquid whip" [1], while John McEnroe has referred to it as "the greatest shot in our sport" on numerous occasions. His forehand has been clocked as high as 192 km/h (120 mph).[citation needed] Federer plays with a one-handed backhand, which has improved over the last few years. Although critics and coaches consider his backhand to have been his weaker side, it has developed into one of the best in the game. Federer tends to hit his groundstrokes early, while the ball is still on the rise, much like Andre Agassi did. While this requires excellent reactions and footwork, it means that Federer hits his groundstrokes closer to the net than most of his opponents. This reduces the reaction time of his opponents and allows him to hit the sharply angled winners that are a trademark of his game.

His serve is difficult to read because he tosses the ball in the same spot no matter where he intends to serve it and because he turns his back to his opponents during his motion. His first serve is typically around 200 km/h (125 mph) (although he is capable of serving into the 210 km/h (130 mph) range). His second serve usually has a heavily kicked delivery. Federer generally serves with placement and precision, but on occasion he will hit a powerful serve to keep his opponents off balance.

His footwork, balance, and court coverage are exceptional, and he is considered to be one of the fastest movers in the game. Unlike most players who take many small steps when approaching the ball in order to maintain balance (exemplified by the classic footwork of Jimmy Connors), Federer takes long fluid strides. He can hit a strong shot on the run or while backpedaling, allowing him to switch from defense to offense as well as any player on tour.

Federer's relaxed, smooth playing style belies his aggressive and opportunistic tactics. He constructs points to get in a position that allows him to hit winners with his groundstrokes. Federer has mentioned that he has been able to "read" his opponents' moves, which helps him to construct these plays.

One overlooked aspect of his game is his stamina. This is compounded by the fact that opponents will often run and serve much more than he during a game. Rafael Nadal is one player that can cope with this, while most other players cannot. For example, Andy Roddick was visibly tired in the fourth set of the 2006 U.S. Open final.

Equipment

Roger Federer currently uses a Wilson KSix-One Tour 90 . He has used various racquets throughout his career. There is speculation as to whether his racquet is a custom mold of the ps85 used by the legendary Pete Sampras.

In addition, Federer is known to string his racquet at a remarkably loose tension (54-58 pounds depending on his opponent and surface).[citation needed] This allows his hits to return at higher velocity with less effort, but it becomes much more difficult to accurately direct the ball.

Records and trivia

Grand Slam tournaments

  • By winning Wimbledon in 2003, Federer joined Stefan Edberg, Pat Cash, and Björn Borg as the only players to win both the juniors' and men's Wimbledon championships.
  • Federer's victory at the 2004 U.S. Open marked the first time in the open era that anyone had won his first four Grand Slam finals. He eventually won his first seven Grand Slam finals before losing to Rafael Nadal in the 2006 French Open final. Only Federer, American Richard Sears, and Briton William Renshaw won their first seven Grand Slam singles finals. As of the end of 2006, Federer had won nine of ten Grand Slam singles finals, the highest percentage among the twelve players with at least eight career Grand Slam singles titles.
  • Federer lost in a semifinal of both the 2005 Australian Open and 2005 French Open tournaments to the eventual winner: Marat Safin in Melbourne and Nadal in Paris. Both Safin and Nadal were celebrating their respective birthdays on the day they defeated Federer.
  • With his victory over Marcos Baghdatis at the 2006 Australian Open, Federer became the first man to win three consecutive Grand Slam titles since Sampras in 1993-94.
  • Federer is the only male tennis player to have won eight Grand Slam singles titles in three years (2004-2006).
  • By reaching the final of the 2007 Australian Open, Federer became the first man in the open era to reach seven consecutive Grand Slam finals.
  • By reaching the semifinals at the 2007 Australian Open, Federer broke Ivan Lendl's previous record of ten consecutive Grand Slam semifinal appearances with his eleventh semifinal appearance.
  • By winning the 2006 U.S. Open, Federer became the only male player (and the only player in the open era) to win both Wimbledon and the U.S. Open in the same year for three consecutive years.
  • Federer has won four consecutive men's singles titles at Wimbledon (2003-2006), a feat accomplished only by Borg and Sampras in the open era. In the 28 matches Federer played at Wimbledon during those years, he dropped just five sets. In comparison, Borg and Sampras lost fifteen and fourteen sets respectively over a similar four-year period.

Tennis Masters Cup

  • In 2004, Federer became the first player since Ivan Lendl in 1986-87 to win back-to-back Tennis Masters Cup titles without losing a match.
  • In 2006, Federer became the first man since Lendl to reach the final of four consecutive Tennis Masters Cups. Lendl reached a record nine consecutive finals at that event.
  • Federer extended his run as the only person to remain unbeaten in the round robin stage of the Tennis Masters Cup 2006 for a record five years. He went on to win the tournament, defeating James Blake in three sets 6-0, 6-3, 6-4, winning his third Masters Cup in 2006.

ATP Masters Series tournaments

  • In 2005, Federer became the first player to win four Tennis Masters Series titles in one year. He repeated this feat in 2006.
  • Federer is only the third player to have won all four North American Masters Series events in a career (along with Agassi and Michael Chang).
  • By winning the 2006 Nasdaq 100 Open title, Federer became the only player in history to win the first two Tennis Masters Series events of the year two years in a row.[15]

Ranking and points

  • In 1999, Federer became the youngest player (18 years, 4 months) in the ATP ranking's year end top 100.
  • Federer is the fifth player in the history of the ATP computer rankings to be the top ranked player every week during a calendar year (2005 and 2006). The others are Jimmy Connors, Ivan Lendl, Pete Sampras, and Lleyton Hewitt.
  • With his tournament victory at the 2006 Tennis Masters Cup, Federer set a new record of 1, 674 ATP Race points, eclipsing his 2005 record of 1, 345. He had also held the previous record of 1, 267 points in 2004, which had broken Andy Roddick's 907-point total in 2003.
  • With year-end ATP tour ranking points of 6, 335 in 2004, 6, 725 in 2005, and 8, 370 in 2006, Federer finished with the highest number of year-ending ATP tour ranking points since the ATP circuit began in 1990, although the points breakdown changed slightly in 2000. The previous year-ending high was Sampras' 5, 097 points in 1994.
  • Federer holds the record for the highest ranking points at any time of the year: 8, 370 points on November 20, 2006.
  • As of January 22, 2007, Federer has held the top spot on the ATP rankings for 156 consecutive weeks. Federer's win at the 2006 Tennis Masters Cup mathematically guaranteed that he will surpass Connors' all-time record for most consecutive weeks atop the men's rankings—160 weeks—on February 26, 2007. Only John McEnroe (170 weeks), Connors (268 weeks), Lendl (270 weeks), and Sampras (286 weeks) have spent more weeks in total as the top ranked player than Federer.

Individual match records

Match winning streaks

  • In 2006, with his first round victory over Richard Gasquet at Wimbledon, Federer surpassed Björn Borg's 41-match grass court winning streak record. Borg set this record from 1976 to 1981, while playing Wimbledon only. Federer took the streak to 48 consecutive matches by defeating Rafael Nadal in the final.
  • On 26 October 2006, Federer became only the second player in the open era, the other being Borg [citation needed], to have held five winning streaks of more than twenty matches. Federer's first streak was a 23 matches in mid-2004. The second streak was 26 matches spanning the latter half of 2004 and early 2005. The third streak was 25 matches in early 2005. The fourth streak was 35 matches at the end of 2005. (This streak was the fifth longest in the men's game, on par with Thomas Muster's streak in 1995 and Borg's streak in 1978.) The fifth streak started at the 2006 U.S. Open and has reached 35 matches as of 25 January 2007, including tournament victories at the U.S. Open, Tokyo, ATP Masters Series in Madrid, Davidoff Swiss Indoors in Basel, and Tennis Masters Cup in Shanghai.
  • Federer won a record 26 consecutive matches against top ten ranked opponents. The streak lasted from October 2003 to January 2005, when he lost to Marat Safin in a semifinal of the Australian Open.
  • Federer holds the record for most consecutive singles wins in North America, winning 55 straight matches before losing to Andy Murray in August 2006. (This loss also stopped Federer’s streak of 17 consecutive finals reached, just one shy of Ivan Lendl's record 18 consecutive finals in 1981 and 1982.)
  • Federer holds the longest winning streak on hard courts: 56 matches (2005-06). The streak was ended by Nadal in the Dubai final in March 2006. At the 2006 U.S. Open, Federer started another hard court streak, which reached 30 consecutive wins as of 25 January, 2007 (including tournament victories at the U.S. Open, Tokyo, ATP Masters Series in Madrid, Tennis Masters Cup in Shanghai, and two Davis Cup matches in Geneva against Serbia-Montenegro).

Tournament winning streaks

  • In 2004, Federer became the first player since Björn Borg in 1979 to win consecutive tournaments on three different surfaces, having captured titles at Wimbledon (grass), Gstaad (clay), and Toronto (hard).
  • Federer won 24 straight finals from the tournament in Vienna in October 2003 through the tournament in Bangkok in September 2005. This streak was a new open era record, breaking the previous record of twelve straight final wins, shared by John McEnroe and Borg. It marked also the first time Federer won five consecutive tournaments he entered. David Nalbandian broke the streak in the final of the 2005 Tennis Masters Cup.
  • Federer won four consecutive titles at one event for the first time on June 18, 2006, at the Gerry Weber Open. He repeated this feat by winning his fourth consecutive Wimbledon championship in 2006, beating Rafael Nadal in the final.

Yearly excellence

  • With an 81-4 record in 2005, Federer's winning percentage of 95.3 was second only to McEnroe's open era winning record of 96.5 percent (82-3) in 1984.
  • During the 2006 ATP Masters Series tournament in Madrid, Federer reached the 80 win plateau for the second straight year. The last player to win at least 80 matches in consecutive years was Ivan Lendl, who went 106-26 in 1980, 96-14 in 1981, and 106-9 in 1982. Federer has won at least seventy matches in four consecutive years (2003: 78-17; 2004: 74-6; 2005: 81-4; 2006: 92-5).
  • In 2006, Federer reached the final in 16 of the 17 tournaments he played, setting a new record[citation needed] of 94.1 percent finals appearances. This eclipsed McEnroe's 93.3 percent set in 1984.[citation needed]
  • In 2006, Federer earned U.S. $8, 343, 885 in prize money, breaking the previous record of U.S. $6, 498, 311 earned by Pete Sampras in 1997.
  • In 2004, Federer became the tenth different player in the open era to win at least eleven singles titles in a year. He is the first year-end No. 1 to win eleven titles since Lendl in 1985. In addition, Federer is the only player to win at least ten titles in a season without losing in a final. Federer in 2006 became the first man since Thomas Muster in 1995 to win twelve titles in one year.
  • By winning the 2006 ATP Masters Series tournament in Madrid, Federer became the only player in the open era to have won at least ten singles titles in each of three consecutive years. He won at least eleven titles during each of 2004, 2005, and 2006.

Career excellence

  • From 2004 through 2006, Federer had the best three-year match and tournament winning percentages since the inception of the ATP rankings in 1973. Federer won 94.3 percent of his singles matches (247-15) and 69.4 percent of the singles tournaments he entered (34 titles in 49 tournaments, including eight of twelve Grand Slam tournaments). The three-year match winning percentage record was previously owned by Ivan Lendl, who won 92.1 percent of his singles matches from 1985 through 1987.
  • Winning the 2005 Halle doubles title with fellow Swiss Yves Allegro marked the fact that Federer has now won singles and doubles titles on all four surfaces: hardcourt, clay, carpet, and grass. (Singles: Sydney 2002 (hard), Hamburg 2002 (clay), Milan 2001 (carpet), and Halle 2003 (grass); Doubles: Rotterdam 2001 (hard), Gstaad 2001 (clay), Moscow 2002 (carpet), and Halle 2005 (grass).

Awards

2003

  • ATP European Player of the Year.
  • Swiss Sportsman of the Year.
  • Swiss of the Year.
  • Michael-Westphal Award.

2004

2005

  • Ambassador of United Nations' Year of Sport and Physical Education.
  • Goldene Kamera Award.
  • ATP Player of the Year (for the year 2004).
  • Stefan Edberg Sportmanship Award.
  • ATPTennis.com Fan's Favourite.
  • Laureus World Sportsman of the Year.
  • Michael-Westphal Award.
  • International Tennis Writers Association (ITWA) Player of the Year.
  • International Tennis Writers Ambassador for Tennis.
  • Most Outstanding Athlete by the United States Sport's Academy.
  • Freedom Air People’s Choice Sports Awards International Sportsperson of the Year.[16]
  • ITF World Champion.
  • European Sportsman of the Year.
  • ESPY Best Male Tennis Player.

2006

2007

  • L'Equipe Magazine's Champion of Champions (for the year 2006).

Grand Slam singles finals

Wins (9)

Year Championship Opponent in Final Score in Final
2003 Wimbledon Australia Mark Philippoussis 7-6(5), 6-2, 7-6(3)
2004 Australian Open Russia Marat Safin 7-6(3), 6-4, 6-2
2004 Wimbledon (2) United States Andy Roddick 4-6, 7-5, 7-6(3), 6-4
2004 U.S. Open Australia Lleyton Hewitt 6-0, 7-6(3), 6-0
2005 Wimbledon (3) United States Andy Roddick 6-2, 7-6(2), 6-4
2005 U.S. Open (2) United States Andre Agassi 6-3, 2-6, 7-6(1), 6-1
2006 Australian Open (2) Cyprus Marcos Baghdatis 5-7, 7-5, 6-0, 6-2
2006 Wimbledon (4) Spain Rafael Nadal 6-0, 7-6(5), 6-7(2), 6-3
2006 U.S. Open (3) United States Andy Roddick 6-2, 4-6, 7-5, 6-1

Runners-up (1)

Year Championship Opponent in Final Score in Final
2006 French Open Spain Rafael Nadal 1-6, 6-1, 6-4, 7-6(4)

Tennis Masters Cup singles finals

Wins (3)

Year Venue Opponent in Final Score in Final
2003 Houston United States Andre Agassi 6-3, 6-0, 6-4
2004 Houston Australia Lleyton Hewitt 6-3, 6-2
2006 Shanghai United States James Blake 6-0, 6-3, 6-4

Runners-up (1)

Year Venue Opponent in Final Score in Final
2005 Shanghai Argentina David Nalbandian 6-7(4), 6-7(11), 6-2, 6-1, 7-6(3)

Masters Series singles finals

Wins (12)

Year Championship Opponent in Final Score in Final
2002 Hamburg Russia Marat Safin 6-1, 6-3, 6-4
2004 Indian Wells United Kingdom Tim Henman 6-3, 6-3
2004 Hamburg (2) Argentina Guillermo Coria 4-6, 6-4, 6-2, 6-3
2004 Toronto United States Andy Roddick 7-5, 6-3
2005 Indian Wells (2) Australia Lleyton Hewitt 6-2, 6-4, 6-4
2005 Miami Spain Rafael Nadal 2-6, 6-7(4), 7-6(5), 6-3, 6-1
2005 Hamburg (3) France Richard Gasquet 6-3, 7-5, 7-6(4)
2005 Cincinnati United States Andy Roddick 6-3, 7-5
2006 Indian Wells (3) United States James Blake 7-5, 6-3, 6-0
2006 Miami (2) Croatia Ivan Ljubičić 7-6(5), 7-6(4), 7-6(6)
2006 Toronto (2) France Richard Gasquet 2-6, 6-3, 6-2
2006 Madrid Chile Fernando González 7-5, 6-1, 6-0

Runners-up (4)

Year Championship Opponent in Final Score in Final
2002 Miami United States Andre Agassi 6-3, 6-3, 3-6, 6-4
2003 Rome Spain Félix Mantilla 7-5, 6-2, 7-6(10)
2006 Monte Carlo Spain Rafael Nadal 6-2, 6-7(2), 6-3, 7-6(5)
2006 Rome (2) Spain Rafael Nadal 6-7(0), 7-6(5), 6-4, 2-6, 7-6(5)

All finals

Singles wins (46)

Legend
Grand Slam (10)
Tennis Masters Cup (3)
ATP Masters Series (12)
ATP Tour (21)
Titles by Surface
Hard (31)
Grass (8)
Clay (5)
Carpet (2)
No. Date Tournament Surface Opponent in the final Score
1. 4 February, 2001 Milan, Italy Carpet (i) France Julien Boutter 6-4, 6-7(7), 6-4
2. 13 January, 2002 Sydney, Australia Hard Argentina Juan Ignacio Chela 6-3, 6-3
3. 19 May, 2002 Hamburg, Germany Clay Russia Marat Safin 6-1, 6-3, 6-4
4. 13 October, 2002 Vienna, Austria Hard (i) Czech Republic Jiří Novák 6-4, 6-1, 3-6, 6-4
5. 16 February, 2003 Marseille, France Hard (i) Sweden Jonas Björkman 6-2, 7-6(6)
6. 2 March, 2003 Dubai, UAE Hard Czech Republic Jiří Novák 6-1, 7-6(2)
7. 4 May, 2003 Munich, Germany Clay Finland Jarkko Nieminen 6-1, 6-4
8. 15 June, 2003 Halle, Germany Grass Germany Nicolas Kiefer 6-1, 6-3
9. 6 July, 2003 Wimbledon, London, United Kingdom Grass Australia Mark Philippoussis 7-6(5), 6-2, 7-6(3)
10. 12 October, 2003 Vienna, Austria Hard (i) Spain Carlos Moyà 6-3, 6-3, 6-3
11. 16 November, 2003 Tennis Masters Cup, Houston, USA Hard United States Andre Agassi 6-3, 6-0, 6-4
12. 1 February, 2004 Australian Open, Melbourne, Australia Hard Russia Marat Safin 7-6(3), 6-4, 6-2
13. 7 March, 2004 Dubai, UAE Hard Spain Feliciano López 4-6, 6-1, 6-2
14. 21 March, 2004 Indian Wells, USA Hard United Kingdom Tim Henman 6-3, 6-3
15. 16 May, 2004 Hamburg, Germany Clay Argentina Guillermo Coria 4-6, 6-4, 6-2, 6-3
16. 13 June, 2004 Halle, Germany Grass United States Mardy Fish 6-0, 6-3
17. 5 July, 2004 Wimbledon, London, United Kingdom Grass United States Andy Roddick 4-6, 7-5, 7-6(3), 6-4
18. 11 July, 2004 Gstaad, Switzerland Clay Russia Igor Andreev 6-2, 6-3, 5-7, 6-3
19. 1 August, 2004 Toronto, Canada Hard United States Andy Roddick 7-5, 6-3
20. 12 September, 2004 U.S. Open, New York, USA Hard Australia Lleyton Hewitt 6-0, 7-6(3), 6-0
21. 3 October, 2004 Bangkok, Thailand Hard (i) United States Andy Roddick 6-4, 6-0
22. 21 November, 2004 Tennis Masters Cup, Houston, USA Hard Australia Lleyton Hewitt 6-3, 6-2
23. 9 January, 2005 Doha, Qatar Hard Croatia Ivan Ljubičić 6-3, 6-1
24. 20 February, 2005 Rotterdam, Netherlands Hard (i) Croatia Ivan Ljubičić 5-7, 7-5, 7-6(5)
25. 27 February, 2005 Dubai, UAE Hard Croatia Ivan Ljubičić 6-1, 6-7(6), 6-3
26. 20 March, 2005 Indian Wells, USA Hard Australia Lleyton Hewitt 6-2, 6-4, 6-4
27. 3 April, 2005 Miami, USA Hard Spain Rafael Nadal 2-6, 6-7(4), 7-6(5), 6-3, 6-1
28. 15 May, 2005 Hamburg, Germany Clay France Richard Gasquet 6-3, 7-5, 7-6(4)
29. 13 June, 2005 Halle, Germany Grass Russia Marat Safin 6-4, 6-7(6), 6-4
30. 3 July, 2005 Wimbledon, London, United Kingdom Grass United States Andy Roddick 6-2, 7-6(2), 6-4
31. 21 August, 2005 Cincinnati, USA Hard United States Andy Roddick 6-3, 7-5
32. 11 September, 2005 U.S. Open, New York, USA Hard United States Andre Agassi 6-3, 2-6, 7-6(1), 6-1
33. 2 October, 2005 Bangkok, Thailand Hard (i) United Kingdom Andy Murray 6-3, 7-5
34. 8 January, 2006 Doha, Qatar Hard France Gaël Monfils 6-3, 7-6(5)
35. 29 January, 2006 Australian Open, Melbourne, Australia Hard Cyprus Marcos Baghdatis 5-7, 7-5, 6-0, 6-2
36. 19 March, 2006 Indian Wells, USA Hard United States James Blake 7-5, 6-3, 6-0
37. 2 April, 2006 Miami, USA Hard Croatia Ivan Ljubičić 7-6(5), 7-6(4), 7-6(6)
38. 18 June, 2006 Halle, Germany Grass Czech Republic Tomáš Berdych 6-0, 6-7(4), 6-2
39. 9 July, 2006 Wimbledon, London, United Kingdom Grass Spain Rafael Nadal 6-0, 7-6(5), 6-7(2), 6-3
40. 13 August, 2006 Toronto, Canada Hard France Richard Gasquet 2-6, 6-3, 6-2
41. 10 September, 2006 U.S. Open, New York, USA Hard United States Andy Roddick 6-2, 4-6, 7-5, 6-1
42. 8 October, 2006 Tokyo, Japan Hard United Kingdom Tim Henman 6-3, 6-3
43. 22 October, 2006 Madrid, Spain Hard (i) Chile Fernando González 7-5, 6-1, 6-0
44. 29 October, 2006 Basel, Switzerland Carpet (i) Chile Fernando González 6-3, 6-2, 7-6(3)
45. 19 November, 2006 Tennis Masters Cup, Shanghai, China Hard (i) United States James Blake 6-0, 6-3, 6-4

Singles runners-up (13)

No. Date Tournament Surface Opponent in the final Score
1. 13 February, 2000 Marseille, France Carpet (i) Switzerland Marc Rosset 2-6, 6-3, 7-6(5)
2. 29 October, 2000 Basel, Switzerland Carpet (i) Sweden Thomas Enqvist 6-2, 4-6, 7-6(4), 1-6, 6-1
3. 25 February, 2001 Rotterdam, Netherlands Hard (i) France Nicolas Escudé 7-5, 3-6, 7-6(5)
4. 28 October, 2001 Basel, Switzerland Carpet (i) United Kingdom Tim Henman 6-3, 6-4, 6-2
5. 3 February, 2002 Milan, Italy Carpet (i) Italy Davide Sanguinetti 7-6(2), 4-6, 6-1
6. 31 March, 2002 Miami, USA Hard United States Andre Agassi 6-3, 6-3, 3-6, 6-4
7. 11 May, 2003 Rome, Italy Clay Spain Félix Mantilla 7-5, 6-2, 7-6(10)
8. 13 July, 2003 Gstaad, Switzerland Clay Czech Republic Jiří Novák 5-7, 6-3, 6-3, 1-6, 6-3
9. 20 November, 2005 Tennis Masters Cup, Shanghai, China Carpet (i) Argentina David Nalbandian 6-7(4), 6-7(11), 6-2, 6-1, 7-6(3)
10. 5 March, 2006 Dubai, UAE Hard Spain Rafael Nadal 2-6, 6-4, 6-4
11. 23 April, 2006 Monte Carlo, Monaco Clay Spain Rafael Nadal 6-2, 6-7(2), 6-3, 7-6(5)
12. 14 May, 2006 Rome, Italy Clay Spain Rafael Nadal 6-7(0), 7-6(5), 6-4, 2-6, 7-6(5)
13. 11 June, 2006 French Open, Paris, France Clay Spain Rafael Nadal 1-6, 6-1, 6-4, 7-6(4)

Doubles wins (7)

No. Date Tournament Surface Partnering Opponents in the final Score
1. 25 February, 2001 Rotterdam, Netherlands Hard (i) Sweden Jonas Björkman Czech Republic Petr Pála
Czech Republic Pavel Vízner 		6-3, 6-0
2. 15 July, 2001 Gstaad, Switzerland Clay Russia Marat Safin Australia Michael Hill
United States Jeff Tarango 		0-1 Retired
3. 24 February, 2002 Rotterdam, Netherlands Hard (i) Belarus Max Mirnyi The Bahamas Mark Knowles
Canada Daniel Nestor 		4-6, 6-3, 10-4
4. 6 October, 2002 Moscow, Russia Carpet (i) Belarus Max Mirnyi Australia Joshua Eagle
Australia Sandon Stolle 		6-4, 7-6(0)
5. 30 March, 2003 Miami, USA Hard Belarus Max Mirnyi India Leander Paes
Czech Republic David Rikl 		7-5, 6-3
6. 12 October, 2003 Vienna, Austria Hard (i) Switzerland Yves Allegro India Mahesh Bhupathi
Belarus Max Mirnyi 		7-6(7), 7-5
7. 12 June, 2005 Halle, Germany Grass Switzerland Yves Allegro Sweden Joachim Johansson
Russia Marat Safin 		7-5, 6-7(6), 6-3

Doubles runners-up (4)

No. Date Tournament Surface Partnering Opponents in the final Score
1. 29 October, 2000 Basel, Switzerland Carpet (i) Slovakia Dominik Hrbatý United States Donald Johnson
South Africa Piet Norval 		7-6(11), 4-6, 7-6(4)
2. 17 March, 2002 Indian Wells, USA Hard Belarus Max Mirnyi The Bahamas Mark Knowles
Canada Daniel Nestor 		6-4, 6-4
3. 23 February, 2003 Rotterdam, Netherlands Hard (i) Belarus Max Mirnyi Australia Wayne Arthurs
Australia Paul Hanley 		7-6(4), 6-2
4. 3 October, 2004 Bangkok, Thailand Hard (i) Switzerland Yves Allegro United States Justin Gimelstob
United States Oliver Graydon 		5-7, 6-4, 6-4

Team competition

Singles performance timeline

To prevent confusion and double counting, information in this table is updated only after a tournament or the player's participation in the tournament has concluded. Davis Cup matches are included in the statistics. This table is current through the Tennis Masters Cup, which concluded on November 19, 2006.

Tournament 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 Career SR Career win-loss
Australian Open A A 3R 3R 4R 4R W SF W 2 / 7 29-5
French Open A 1R 4R QF 1R 1R 3R SF F 0 / 8 20-8
Wimbledon A 1R 1R QF 1R W W W W 4 / 8 32-4
U.S. Open A A 3R 4R 4R 4R W W W 3 / 7 31-4
Grand Slam SR 0 / 0 0 / 2 0 / 4 0 / 4 0 / 4 1 / 4 3 / 4 2 / 4 3 / 4 0 / 0 9 / 30 N/A
Grand Slam Win-Loss1 0-0 0-2 7-4 13-4 6-4 13-3 22-1 24-2 27-1 0-0 N/A 112-21
Tennis Masters Cup A A A A SF W W F W 3 / 5 22-2
Indian Wells Masters A A A 1R 3R 2R W W W 3 / 6 21-3
Miami Masters A 1R 2R QF F QF 3R W W 2 / 8 25-6
Monte Carlo Masters A 1R 1R QF 2R A A QF F 0 / 6 12-6
Rome Masters A A 1R 3R 1R F 2R A F 0 / 6 13-6
Hamburg Masters A A 1R 1R W 3R W W A 3 / 6 20-3
Canada Masters A A 1R A 1R SF W A W 2 / 5 16-3
Cincinnati Masters A A 1R A 1R 2R 1R W 2R 1 / 6 8-5
Madrid Masters (Stuttgart) A A 2R 2R QF SF A A W 1 / 5 11-4
Paris Masters A A 1R 2R QF QF A A A 0 / 4 4-4
Total Titles 0 0 0 1 3 7 11 11 12 0 N/A 45
Hardcourt Win-Loss 2-2 4-5 21-15 21-9 30-11 46-11 46-4 50-1 59-2 0-0 N/A 279-60
Grass Win-Loss 0-0 0-2 2-3 9-3 5-3 12-0 12-0 12-0 12-0 0-0 N/A 64-11
Carpet Win-Loss 0-0 9-5 10-5 10-4 11-4 5-2 0-0 4-1 5-0 0-0 N/A 54-21
Clay Win-Loss 0-1 0-5 3-7 9-5 12-4 15-4 16-2 15-2 16-3 0-0 N/A 86-33
Overall Win-Loss 2-3 13-17 36-30 49-21 58-22 78-17 74-6 81-4 92-5 0-0 N/A 483-125
Year End Ranking 301 64 29 13 6 2 1 1 1 N/A N/A

A = did not participate in the tournament.

SR = the ratio of the number of singles tournaments won to the number of those tournaments played.

1The win total does not include walkovers.

ATP Tour career earnings

Year Majors ATP wins Total wins Earnings ($) Money list rank
1999 0 0 0 225, 139[17] 97[17]
2000 0 0 0 623, 782[18] 27[18]
2001 0 1 1 865, 425[19] 14[19]
2002 0 3 3 1, 995, 027[20] 4[20]
2003 1 6 7 4, 000, 680[21] 1[21]
2004 3 8 11 6, 357, 547[22] 1[22]
2005 2 9 11 6, 137, 018[23] 1[23]
2006 3 9 12 8, 343, 885[24] 1[24]
2007
Career 9 36 45 28, 576, 458[24] 3[24]
*As of November 20, 2006.

Trivia

  • Federer was presented the inaugural "Golden Bagel Award" in 2004, a light-hearted award given to the men's professional tennis player who serves up the most "bagels" (sets won 6-0) in any given year. Federer gave out 12 "bagels" in 2004. His 6-0, 6-0 win over Gastón Gaudio in a semifinal of the 2005 Tennis Masters Cup was the first time a Masters Cup match had been won with a "double bagel." Since turning 18, Federer has not been bagelled himself.
  • Federer won the "Golden Bagel Award" again in 2006, surpassing his previous record with 18 "bagels." [25]
  • Federer has won singles tournaments in 16 different countries: Australia, Austria, Canada, People's Republic of China, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, The Netherlands, Qatar, Spain, Switzerland, Thailand, United Arab Emirates, United Kingdom, and the United States.
  • Answering a frequently asked question about the proper pronunciation of his first name, Federer said: "As my mother comes from South Africa, my name has always been pronounced the English way."[26]
  • Roger carries a "Tweety" dressed as a ladybird for good luck.
  • In Spanish speaking countries media he is sometimes referred to as "El reloj suizo" ("The Swiss watch").[27][28]
  • Favorite vacation spots are Maldives, Dubai, and the Swiss mountains.
  • Plays the piano.
  • Likes classic rock and classical music.
  • In an interview with Eurosport during the 2006 US Open, he said that he grew up with dance music and first started to like rock music while travelling with his former coach Peter Lundgren.
  • Shows interest in football and cricket. Supports FC Basel, his hometown club [29], as well as A.S. Roma. [citation needed]
  • As a boy, Roger was very emotional on the court and threw many tantrums, in contrast to his cool, calm playing style he has today. He admits to being kicked off the practice courts very often.
  • An image of Roger at Wimbledon was on the cover of The ITF Year 2005.[30]
  • Plays squash and table tennis. [citation needed]
  • When he was younger, he liked to watch Marcelo Ríos in action. [31]
  • Is close friends with golfer Tiger Woods.[citation needed]

See also

References

External links

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Notes

  1. ^ http://www.usatoday.com/sports/tennis/wimb/2005-07-03-roddick-marvels_x.htm
  2. ^ http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2004/tennis/specials/us_open/2004/09/12/bc.ten.stevewilstein.ap/index.html
  3. ^ http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2006/07/09/sportsline/main1786534.shtml
  4. ^ http://www.rediff.com/sports/2005/jul/04wimb1.htm
  5. ^ http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/8455431
  6. ^ http://www.thesportstruth.com/2006/11/the-top-ten-tennis-players-of-all-time.html
  7. ^ http://sports.espn.go.com/sports/tennis/news/story?id=2668156
  8. ^ http://www.rogerfederer.com/en/fanzone/askroger/index.cfm
  9. ^ http://www.atptennis.com/charity/federer/
  10. ^ http://www.atptennis.com/en/news/2006/federer_tsunami4.asp
  11. ^ http://www.rogerfederer.com/data/downloads/en/newslettersep04_eng.pdf
  12. ^ http://www.itftennis.com/juniors/players/activity.asp?player=10019424
  13. ^ http://www.wimbledon.org/en_GB/news/articles/2006-07-05/200607051152119683187.html
  14. ^ http://www.tcob.ch
  15. ^ http://sports.espn.go.com/sports/tennis/news/story?id=2394167
  16. ^ http://www.peopleschoice.co.nz/
  17. ^ a b http://www.stevegtennis.com/rankings/1999/$$112999.txt
  18. ^ a b http://www.stevegtennis.com/rankings/2000/$$121800.txt
  19. ^ a b http://www.stevegtennis.com/rankings/2001/$$111901.txt
  20. ^ a b http://stevegtennis.com/rankings/2002/$$120902.txt
  21. ^ a b http://stevegtennis.com/rankings/2003/$$121503.txt
  22. ^ a b http://stevegtennis.com/rankings/2004/$$121304.txt
  23. ^ a b http://stevegtennis.com/rankings/2005/$$121905.txt
  24. ^ a b c d http://www.atptennis.com/en/media/rankings/Current_Prize.pdf
  25. ^ http://www.prweb.com/releases/2006/12/prweb494088.htm
  26. ^ http://www.rogerfederer.com/en/fanzone/askroger/index.cfm
  27. ^ http://www.clarin.com/diario/2005/04/04/deportes/d-02201.htm
  28. ^ http://mensual.prensa.com/mensual/contenido/2006/01/28/hoy/deportes/483425.html
  29. ^ http://www.tennis-x.com/fun/federerfile.php
  30. ^ http://www.itftennis.com/abouttheitf/publications/itfyear.asp
  31. ^ http://www.sportsmediainc.net/tennisweek/index.cfm?func=showarticle&newsid=12629
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