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| Birth Name(s) : Roger Federer |
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Full Roger Federer Biography
Roger Federer (IPA pronunciation: ; born August 8, 1981) is a Swiss tennis professional, currently ranked World No. 1 since February 2, 2004 for a record 196 consecutive weeks. Widely regarded as the best player of his generation and among the elite group of all-time great male tennis players, he is considered by many as having the potential to become the greatest male tennis player ever. In 2007, he was named Laureus World Sportsman of the Year for a record third consecutive time.
Federer's first ATP tournament victory came in Milan in February 2001. During the same month, he won three matches for his country in its 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 in a closely fought match, a victory that many consider to be the turning point of his career and thus ending Sampras' 31-match winning streak in the tournament. He then lost to Tim Henman in the quarterfinal but finished the year ranked 13th.(All results in 2001)
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 the year and qualified for the first time in the year-ending Tennis Masters Cup. Federer lost in the semifinals of that tournament to Lleyton Hewitt despite saving a matchpoint in the second set.(All results in 2002)
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, the win allowing him to succeed Andy Roddick as the World No. 1, a ranking which he has maintained as of October 2007. He successfully defended his Wimbledon title by defeating Andy Roddick, and won his first U.S. Open title by defeating Lleyton Hewitt. He finished the year by taking the Tennis Masters Cup at Houston for the second consecutive year, defeating Hewitt in the final. 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.(All results in 2004)
Federer won his third Australian Open and tenth Grand Slam singles title when he, as defending champion, won the tournament without dropping a set, defeating Fernando González of Chile in the final 7-6(2), 6-4, 6-4. Björn Borg at the 1980 French Open was the last man to win a Grand Slam singles title without dropping a set . In February Federer won his fourth Dubai Duty Free Men's Open title, defeating Russian Mikhail Youzhny in the final 6-4, 6-3. His winning streak of 41-consecutive matches ended when he lost to Guillermo Cañas in the second round of the Pacific Life Open in Indian Wells, California, after winning this tournament three consecutive years (2004-2006). At the Sony Ericsson Masters in Miami, Florida, Federer again lost to Cañas, this time in the fourth round in three sets. He was awarded four ATP Awards during a ceremony at the tournament, making him the first player to receive four awards during the same year.
It was announced in May that Federer and former World #1 Pete Sampras will compete in three exhibition matches between November 20 and 24, 2007. The best-of-three-sets matches will be held in Kuala Lumpur, Macau, and Seoul.
Federer won numerous awards during his tennis career. His most significant achievement was winning his third consecutive Laureus World Sportsman of the Year award, in 2007. |
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