Roger Federer factbox

Eurosport - Sun, 07 Jun 17:25:00 2009

Factbox on Switzerland's Roger Federer, who became only the sixth man to win all four majors in his career after claiming the French Open title with a 6-1 7-6(1) 6-4 win over Swede Robin Soderling.

Roger Federer of Switzerland plays a shot during the men's final against Robin Soderling of Sweden at the French Open REUTERS - 0

MAKING HIS NAME

* Born August 8, 1981 in Basel, Switzerland

* Bursts on to the scene in 2001 when he ends Pete Sampras's 31-match winning streak at Wimbledon in the fourth round before losing in the quarter-finals.

FOURTEEN GRAND SLAM TITLES

French Open 2009; Wimbledon, 2003-2007; US Open 2004-2008; Australian Open 2004, 2006, 2007

* In 2003, becomes the first Swiss man to win a Grand Slam after beating Mark Philippoussis in the Wimbledon final.

* By winning 2009 French Open crown he becomes only the sixth man - after Fred Perry, Don Budge, Rod Laver, Roy Emerson and Andre Agassi - to have won all four Grand Slam titles during their careers.

* The 2009 Roland Garros crown also gives him a record equalling 14th Grand Slam crown, drawing him level with Pete Sampras.

* Is the only man to win five consecutive titles at two different Grand Slams - Wimbledon and US Open.

* Is the first man to win Wimbledon-US Open double four years in a row.

* Is the only man in the professional era to win three consecutive majors twice in his career when he captured the 2007 Australian Open title.

* Equalled Bjorn Borg's record of five consecutive Wimbledon titles in 2007.

* His run of reaching 10 consecutive Grand Slam finals is snapped by Djokovic in the 2008 Australian Open semi-finals.

* The 2008 five-set epic at Wimbledon is regarded by many as the best ever tennis match. He lost the match to Rafael Nadal.

* Has reached a record 20 consecutive Grand Slam semi-finals.

OTHER CAREER MILESTONES

* Becomes the 23rd man to top the ATP rankings in 2004, and keeps the ranking for a record 237 consecutive weeks.

* Holds a record run of 24 consecutive final victories, which was snapped when he loses 2005 Masters Cup final to David Nalbandian. Finished the season with an 81-4 win-loss record.

* In 2006 when he reached all four Grand Slam finals, winning in Australia, Wimbledon and the US among a haul of 12 titles and a 92-5 win-loss record.

* Has a professional era record of 65 consecutive wins on grass, which was finally snapped by Nadal in the 2008 Wimbledon final.

PERSONAL LIFE

* Suffered from a bout of glandular fever at the start of the 2008 season which affected his form.

* Married long-time girlfriend Mirka Vavrinec in April 2009.

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  1. To SAMPRAS and AGASSI FEDERER IS THE BEST EVER. No need­ for discution.

    From joaohenr, on Fri 12 Jun 2:23AM

  2. to all federer haters "eat ur heart out".­ he's d best, played d best and defeated d best.­ he's beaten sampras, agassi,hewitt,safin, roddick(­ all glam slam winners). djokovic,murray,nadal all­ played at RG 09.if dey were so good, y did dey crash­ out be4 d quaterfinals? whether u accept it or not­ FEDEXPRESS has made HISTORY!!! and will continue making­ history. Get used to it, FEDERER is a LIVING LEGEND.­ his style of play,mental toughness, agility,­ fluidity,grace, humility ( need i say more?) he is a­ joy to watch.only mental toughness will see a player­ get to d finals of RG 4 yrs in a row and eventually win­ it. he's been consistent as a champion. getting to­ 20 grand slam semi's and winning 14 of those­ slams.the facts and statistics re there. guys pls give­ d guy a break!

    From ande e, on Thu 11 Jun 2:59AM

  3. Roger Federer is the best tennils player in Tennis­ History

    From hanli1231, on Wed 10 Jun 6:00PM

  4. Well,sorry,my bad,lol,it was indeed Philipoussis.tss­ tss

    From coolworld, on Tue 9 Jun 7:53AM

  5. is this a joke ? Federer won his first Wimbledon­ against Philipoussis in the final ? it was against Andy­ Roddick,his first AND second Wimbledon.i'm gonna­ check if i can and apologize here if i'm wrong

    From coolworld, on Tue 9 Jun 7:45AM

  6. 23.Who is this LOOSER!!( robertxxx11) on comment 17 to­ talk about­ Federer not being a great? Firstly you must­ be ASHAMED ­ of your God forsaken, miserable, lonely­ and self @#$%­ sucking self to say you are a tennis­ player and you­ have not even won a pin. Then­ castigating some one who­ has won it all, you are for­ real a BIG FOOL. Its people­ like you that should be­ eating from the toilet with­ your family because you­ envy and castigate true Champs­ instead of focusing on­ how to make something out of­ your miserable, bad luck­ filled,low and stench filled­ life. I have nothing to­ say but you should go and read­ Roger Federer's­ profile, learn and and make­ something outta your dead­ life!

    From emmanuel k, on Mon 8 Jun 9:25PM

  7. Who is this LOOSER!!( robertxxx11) to talk about­ Federer not being a great? Firstly you must be ASHAMED ­ of your God forsaken, miserable, lonely and self @#$%­ sucking self to say you are a tennis player and you­ have not even won a pin. Then castigating some one who­ has won it all, you are for real a BIG FOOL. Its people­ like you that should be eating from the toilet with­ your family because you envy and castigate true Champs­ instead of focusing on how to make something out of­ your miserable, bad luck filled,low and stench filled­ life. I have nothing to say but you should go and read­ Roger Federer's profile, learn and and make­ something outta your dead life!

    From emmanuel k, on Mon 8 Jun 9:20PM

  8. When I see outraged comments about Legendary Roger­ Federer yesterdays win becomes way more brilliant and­ gives me way more pleasure:)

    From AvtoT, on Mon 8 Jun 8:45PM

  9. wulfnoth, there are only 4 GS event.. idiot..not­ five..
    Thank you for correcting me Ican79,
    I will­ sleep a lot better knowing there are people like you in­ the world correcting my mistakes. It might not be a­ Grand slam event but Federer still has not won it.

    From wulfnoth, on Mon 8 Jun 8:25PM
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    There are no words to express how much I hate this­ crying S.O.B., especially after winning RG, goddammit,­ the crying pu$..$y finally made it and he only did it­ because Rafa crashed in the worst possible moment. Yet­ again I've learned something very important: never­ say never...

    From Ferrrrrrr, on Mon 8 Jun 7:00PM

  11. Don't Bother To Read The LOOONG Comments­ Below...

    Federer IS Great.

    From Quinland, on Mon 8 Jun 4:50PM

  12. I THANK GOD YOU FINALLY HAD WHAT YOU HAVE BEEN WAITING­ FOR.
    NOT EVERYONE GETS THE CHANCE TO ACHIEVE THEIR­ DREAMS.
    I HAVE ALWAYS SUPPORTTED YOU. LAST YEAR'S­ DEFEAT AFFECTED ALL YOUR FANS BUT WE ACCEPTED IT AND­ HOPED FOR THIS DAY TO COME AND IT REALLY DID FINALLY.AM­ SO PROUD OF YOU MR.GENTLEMAN.

    From Lilian, on Mon 8 Jun 3:31PM

  13. sudos to ROGER FEDERER.
    I LOVE U MAN.

    From emeche, on Mon 8 Jun 1:53PM

  14. What an absolutely amazing factbox! I guess there is no­ need to say anything else...

    From Skiff3r, on Mon 8 Jun 8:17AM

  15. roger federer king of tennis
    hakeem gbadamosi

    From Adebayo, on Mon 8 Jun 6:40AM

  16. finally roger federer became the best tennis­ ever.congratulations.go roger

    From Adebayo, on Mon 8 Jun 6:38AM

  17. FEDERER IS THE BEST!

    From deea_loves_tennis, on Mon 8 Jun 6:02AM

  18. Next target Olympic Singles Gold

    From Saurabh Datta, on Mon 8 Jun 5:43AM
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    Fed is the GOAT.

    From Totometria, on Mon 8 Jun 5:04AM

  20. HE IS THE GREATEST PLAYER EVER,I am so happy for him.­ now he can ashieve more & more without any­ pressure. finally he got Rollan Garros. yessssssss

    From Nick, on Mon 8 Jun 4:38AM
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