Roger Federer

Roger Federer (born 8 August 1981, Basel) is a former professional Swiss tennis player. 

Federer spent 427 weeks at the top spot in the world ranking, the most before 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 by far the greatest tennis players of all time."Roger Federer is greatest player of all time says Australian tennis legend Rod Laver". Fox Sports. Retrieved 20 July 2012Federer the best of all time, says Agassi. The Age. Retrieved 20 July 2012Federer the best of all time, says Ivan Lendl. BBC. Retrieved 20 July 2012Federer greatest of all time, says Laver" . tennis.com/au. Retrieved 20 July 2012 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 Björn 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.

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.
In May 2014 he became a father again, to twin boys named Leo and Lenny.

 Grand Slam record 
This table shows Federer's performance in each Grand Slam tournament in singles competition.

 Year Australian Open French Open Wimbledon US Open 1999Lost qualifier Round 1 Round 1Lost 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 Winner2005 Semi-final Semi-final Winner Winner2006 Winner Final Winner Winner2007 Winner Final Winner Winner2008 Semi-final Final Final Winner2009 Final Winner Winner Final2010 Winner Quarter-final Quarter-final Semi-final2011 Semi-final Final Quarter-final Semi-final2012 Semi-final Semi-final Winner Quarter-final2013 Semi-final Quarter-final Round 2 Round 42014 Semi-final Round 4 Final Semi-final2015 Round 3 Quarter-final Final Final2016 Semi-finalAbsent Semi-finalAbsent2017 WinnerAbsent Winner Quarter-final2018 WinnerAbsent Quarter-final Round 42019 Round 4 Semi-final Final Quarter-final2020 Semi-finalAbsentNot heldAbsent2021Absent Round 4 Quarter-finalAbsent

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