Claim: Roger Federer is a professional award-winning tennis player.
Evidence: He was named the Laureus World Sportsman of the Year for a record four consecutive years from 2005 to 2008.
This is a list of winners and nominees of the Laureus World Sports Awards : Sportsman of the Year.
Roger Federer defeated Andre Agassi 6 -- 3 , 2 -- 6 , 7 -- 6 -LRB- 7 -- 1 -RRB- , 6 -- 1 in the final to win the Men 's Singles tennis title at the 2005 US Open.