Roger Federer Wiki & Beautiful Pics
Roger Federer was born in August 8, 1981. He is a Swiss professional tennis player who held the ATP No. 1 position for a record 237 weeks in a row, and 285 weeks in total. At 16 January 2012, he ranked as the world's No. 3 by the Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP). Federer has won the men have 16 Grand Slam singles titles. He is one of seven male players to capture the career Grand Slam, one of three (with Andre Agassi and Rafael Nadal) to do it on three different surfaces (clay, grass and hard courts). He is the only male player in tennis history to have reached the title match of each Grand Slam tournament at least five times and also at the end of each of the nine ATP Masters 1000 tournaments. Many sports analysts, tennis critics, and former and current players consider Federer to be the greatest tennis player of all time.
Federer has appeared in an unprecedented 23 career Grand Slam tournament finals, including men record ten in a row, and appeared in 18 of 19 finals in the 2005 Wimbledon Championships through the 2010 Australian Open, the lone exception in the 2008 Australian Open. He holds the record for reaching the semi-finals or better of 23 consecutive Grand Slam tournaments over five and a half years, from 2004 Wimbledon Championships through the 2010 Australian Open. At the 2012 Australian Open, he reached a record 31st Consecutive Grand Slam quarterfinal.
Roger Federer was born in August 8, 1981. He is a Swiss professional tennis player who held the ATP No. 1 position for a record 237 weeks in a row, and 285 weeks in total. At 16 January 2012, he ranked as the world's No. 3 by the Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP). Federer has won the men have 16 Grand Slam singles titles. He is one of seven male players to capture the career Grand Slam, one of three (with Andre Agassi and Rafael Nadal) to do it on three different surfaces (clay, grass and hard courts). He is the only male player in tennis history to have reached the title match of each Grand Slam tournament at least five times and also at the end of each of the nine ATP Masters 1000 tournaments. Many sports analysts, tennis critics, and former and current players consider Federer to be the greatest tennis player of all time.
Federer has appeared in an unprecedented 23 career Grand Slam tournament finals, including men record ten in a row, and appeared in 18 of 19 finals in the 2005 Wimbledon Championships through the 2010 Australian Open, the lone exception in the 2008 Australian Open. He holds the record for reaching the semi-finals or better of 23 consecutive Grand Slam tournaments over five and a half years, from 2004 Wimbledon Championships through the 2010 Australian Open. At the 2012 Australian Open, he reached a record 31st Consecutive Grand Slam quarterfinal.
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