Roger Federer is a Swiss
tennis professional, ranked World No. 1 since
February 2, 2004, for a record 216 consecutive
weeks. He is widely regarded as the best player of
his generation and among the elite group of all-time
great male tennis players. In 2008, he was named
Laureus World Sportsman of the Year for a record
fourth consecutive time.
Federer has won twelve Grand Slam singles titles
(three Australian Open, five Wimbledon, four US
Open), four Tennis Masters Cup titles, and fourteen
ATP Masters Series titles.
He appeared in a record ten consecutive Grand Slam
men's singles finals (2005 Wimbledon Championships
through to 2007 U.S. Open), before this streak ended
at the 2008 Australian Open.
Roger Federer was born in Basel, Switzerland, to
Swiss-German Robert Federer and South African
Lynette Federer. He grew up in suburban
Münchenstein, ten minutes from Basel and close to
the borders with France and Germany. As a boy,
Federer was very emotional and was kicked off
practice courts occasionally. Federer was also a
talented football player. He had considered becoming
a professional footballer but instead decided to
pursue tennis. He continues to support FC Basel, his
hometown club and is a fan of Italian club AS Roma.
When he was younger, he liked to watch Marcelo Ríos
in action. Federer especially liked Stefan Edberg
and Boris Becker and has cited them as idols.
Federer currently resides in Oberwil, Switzerland
and is dating former WTA player and Slovakia-born
Miroslava Vavrinec (Mirka), who retired from tennis
in 2002 after a foot injury. The two met at the 2000
Sydney Olympics. Federer launched a fragrance called
RF Cosmetics in October 2003. He considers Swiss
German his first language, but also speaks German,
French, and English fluently and conducts press
conferences in all three. His favorite vacation
spots are the Maldives, Dubai, and the Swiss
mountains. He is also a good friend of golf
superstar Tiger Woods. Federer is Roman Catholic,
and met Pope Benedict XVI while playing the Rome
Masters in 2006.
Roger Federer is highly involved in various
charities. He established the Roger Federer
Foundation in 2003 to help disadvantaged people and
to promote sports to young people. He was appointed
a Goodwill Ambassador of UNICEF from 2006. Since
then, he has visited Tamil Nadu, one of the worst
tsunami-affected areas in India, and South Africa.
He has also appeared in UNICEF public messages to
raise public awareness of AIDS.
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santosh :
Posted 321 days ago
this was really great..... u r a hero in d world of sports as well as in real life
