Roger Federer was born on August 8, 1981 in Switzerland. He is known for his calm and composed way of playing tennis. He was the first tennis player to who held rank number 1 for 310 weeks which included 237 straight weeks.
He has won 103 ATP singles titles which also contains 20 Grand Slam singles titles which is also the third most number of titles won by a player.
Roger Federer has eight Wimbledon men’s singles trophies, the most won by a player and also five US Open men’s singles titles and an unprecedented six year-end titles.
| Name | Roger Federer |
| Birthday | 08-Aug-81 |
| Birthplace | Basel, Switzerland |
| Country | Switzerland |
| Siblings | Diana Federer |
| Height | 6 feet 1 inch |
| Game Style | Right Handed |
| Net Worth | $550 million (£448.3m) |
Roger Federer – Early Life
Federer was born on August 8th, 1981 in Basel, Switzerland. His mother, Mrs. Lynette Federer belong to Gauteng, South Africa, and his father Mr. Robert Federer is from Canton of St. Gallen.
He only has one sibling, Diana, his older sister, who is also the mother of twins. Therefore Federer holds dual nationality of that of Switzerland as well as South Africa.
He could speak different languages as well and is well efficient in speaking Swiss German, Standard German, English, and French. He could also speak Italian and Swedish language.
He grew up in the nearby towns of Birsfelden, Riehen, and later Münchenstein, not far from the French and German borders.
In the year 2003, as a Swiss citizen, he was asked to join the military forces but later was declared not fit which was a blessing in disguise for him as well as for the tennis world and his military career was over.
However as an alternative, the government asked him to pay % of his income as tax and therefore he joined the civil protection force. He was a Basel FC and Swiss national football team fan growing up.
The numerous activities he participated in as a child, such as basketball and badminton, are also credited with helping him develop his hand-eye coordination.
He met his love of his life, Miroslava, in the Sydney Olympics, 2000 where they both were representing Switzerland. They got married in the year, 2009.
However Miroslava had to retire from the tennis world due to a foot injury in the year 2002. In the year 2009, the duo was blessed with twin identical daughters and in the year 2014, they were blessed with second set of boy twins.
Roger Federer – Tennis Career
At the peak of his tennis career, the tennis world was being dominated by the Big Three namely Rafael Nadal, Novak Djokovic, and him who completely demolished the opponents and were also said to be the greats of Tennis history and later were called the greatest of all time or commonly named “Goats”.
Their income in total was more than $1 billion in earnings. In the year 2003, he won his first Major singles title at the age of 21 when he defeated Mark Phillippoussis to win the singles championship at Wimbledon and announced the world of his arrival.
He reached 21 of 28 major singles finals from 2003 to 2009, out of a possible 28. After which he had acheived five straight Wimbledon and US Open championships during this time, along with three of the four majors, the ATP Finals in 2004, 2006, and 2007.
After three straight second-place finishes to Nadal, who was his major competition until 2009, he completed the career Grand Slam at the French Open.
The rise of Djokovic and Nadal put a stop to his dominance on grass and hard courts, and between 2010 and 2016, he won two majors while remaining in the Top 3.
After winning the Olympic doubles gold at the 2008 Beijing Olympics, he and Stan Wawrinka oversaw this time as they led Switzerland to their first Davis Cup victory of 2014 for the nation.
At the 2012 London Olympics, Federer not only placed second to Andy Murray but also took home a silver medal in the singles competition.
After taking a break to recover from knee surgery in late 2016, made a stunning comeback to tennis, defeating Rafael Nadal to win the 2017 Australian Open and capturing his eighth singles championship at the 2017 Wimbledon.
Roger Federer – Achievements
He has won the third-most Grand Slam tournament titles, behind only Rafael Nadal and Novak Djokovic. He is the first male singles player to have made it to 31 Grand Slam finals overall and ten consecutive Grand Slam finals.
He also won gold in the Men’s doubles and also won silver in men’s singles at the Olympic games of the year 2008 and also repeated the feat in the year 2012. The second-most time has been spent by him at the top of the ATP rankings (310 weeks).
The year-end championships, in which only the top eight players from the previous year compete, are another event in which he holds the record for most victories (six). For 14 years, Federer consistently held one of the top eight positions in the world.
He has won five ATP Player of the Year awards (2004–2007, 2009) and five ITF World Championship titles (2004–07, 2009).
He has earned the Stefan Edberg Sportsmanship Award (chosen for by the players) a record 13 times (2004-09, 2011-17) and the ATP Fans’ Favorite award a record 18 times consecutively (2003-20), both honours indicating respect and popularity.
In addition, he received five Laureus World Sportsman of the Year awards (2005–08, 2018), the Arthur Ashe Humanitarian of the Year Award twice (2006, 2013), the Laureus World Comeback of the Year Award once (following his 2017 comeback season), and the Laureus World Humanitarian of the Year Award once.
Additionally, he helped found the Laver Cup, an annual team tennis competition that puts Europe against the rest of the world, through his management business TEAM8. The first edition of the tournament, which he co-founded in Rod Laver’s memory, was held in 2017.
He is one of the eight men overall and one of just five in the Open Era to have won a Grand Slam in his career. With Pete Sampras and Jimmy Connors, He was the first tennis player to who held rank number 1 for 310 weeks which included 237 straight weeks.
He has won 103 ATP singles titles which also contains 20 Grand Slam singles titles which is also the third most number of titles won by a player.
Roger Federer has eight Wimbledon men’s singles trophies, the most won by a player and also five US Open men’s singles titles and an unprecedented six year-end titles.
Roger Federer-Income Source
| Annual Income: | ₹ 7,24,18,70,570.00 |
| Monthly Income | ₹ 60,34,89,214.17 |
| Weekly Income | ₹ 13,92,66,741.73 |
| Daily | ₹ 2,78,53,348.35 |
Final Words
Consider as one of the masters in the game who brought a revolution in the world of tennis has bid adios to his professional career.
As said, he moves like a whisper and executes like a wrecking ball. It is simply impossible to explain how he does what he does.
However he will always be remembered in the tennis world as the maestro who changed the concept of tennis.
His attitude of never to lose hope even in tough situations has shown us that a man with grit attitude can do anything. We have seen a lot of epic matches of which Roger Federer is a part of.
However his retirement news has come as a shock to all of us but as said it may be the beginning of another part of his life. We wish the legend all the best for his future endeavoring.
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