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Roger Federer
Roger Federer
(born 8 August 1981,
Basel
) is a former
professional
Swiss
tennis
player.
Federer spent 310 weeks at the top spot in the world ranking, the second-most behind
Novak Djokovic
. He holds the record for most weeks at the top spot in a row, with 237 weeks. Many experts believe that Federer is among the greatest tennis players of all time.
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He won 20 Grand Slam singles titles: six at the
Australian Open
(2004, 2006, 2007, 2010, 2017 and 2018), one at the
French Open
(2009), eight at
Wimbledon
(2003 to 2007, 2009, 2012 and 2017) and five at the
U.S. Open
(2004 to 2008). In 2007, he equalled the record for the most titles in a row (five) at Wimbledon set by
Bjorn Borg
. He won a gold medal at the
2008 Summer Olympics
and a silver medal at the
2012 Summer Olympics
.
He was named the Laureus World Sportsman of the Year for a record four years in a row (2005?2008), and again in 2018.
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Federer's first language is
Swiss-German
and he speaks
English
,
German
and
French
very well. He also speaks some
Swedish
and
Italian
. His wife is former tennis player Mirka Vavrinec. After Wimbledon 2009, he became a father of twin girls who were named Charlene Riva and Myla Rose.
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In May 2014 he became a father again, to twin boys named Leo and Lenny.
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This table shows Federer's performance in each
Grand Slam
tournament in
singles
competition.
Year
|
Australian Open
|
French Open
|
Wimbledon
|
US Open
|
1999
|
Lost qualifier
|
Round 1
|
Round 1
|
Lost qualifier
|
2000
|
Round 3
|
Round 4
|
Round 1
|
Round 3
|
2001
|
Round 3
|
Quarter-final
|
Quarter-final
|
Round 3
|
2002
|
Round 4
|
Round 1
|
Round 1
|
Round 4
|
2003
|
Round 4
|
Round 1
|
Winner
|
Round 4
|
2004
|
Winner
|
Round 3
|
Winner
|
Winner
|
2005
|
Semi-final
|
Semi-final
|
Winner
|
Winner
|
2006
|
Winner
|
Final
|
Winner
|
Winner
|
2007
|
Winner
|
Final
|
Winner
|
Winner
|
2008
|
Semi-final
|
Final
|
Final
|
Winner
|
2009
|
Final
|
Winner
|
Winner
|
Final
|
2010
|
Winner
|
Quarter-final
|
Quarter-final
|
Semi-final
|
2011
|
Semi-final
|
Final
|
Quarter-final
|
Semi-final
|
2012
|
Semi-final
|
Semi-final
|
Winner
|
Quarter-final
|
2013
|
Semi-final
|
Quarter-final
|
Round 2
|
Round 4
|
2014
|
Semi-final
|
Round 4
|
Final
|
Semi-final
|
2015
|
Round 3
|
Quarter-final
|
Final
|
Final
|
2016
|
Semi-final
|
Absent
|
Semi-final
|
Absent
|
2017
|
Winner
|
Absent
|
Winner
|
Quarter-final
|
2018
|
Winner
|
Absent
|
Quarter-final
|
Round 4
|
2019
|
Round 4
|
Semi-final
|
Final
|
Quarter-final
|
2020
|
Semi-final
|
Absent
|
Not held
|
Absent
|
2021
|
Absent
|
Round 4
|
Quarter-final
|
Absent
|
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- ATP singles rankings incepted on August 23, 1973
- (year first held/year last held ? number of weeks (w))
- current No. 1 in bold, as of week of April 1, 2024
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