Roger Federer

By:Muhammad Syamil bin Razali (A153173)

      PERSONAL INFO:

• Full name: Roger Federer
• Profession: Tennis player
• Religion: Christian (Roman Catholic)
• Birth Place:Basel Cantonal Hospital, Basel, Switzerland
• Birth Date:8 August 1981
• Nationality:Switzerland

Roger Federer is a swiss player and is currently ranked No. 3 player in the world by the Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP). Roger was born on August 8th 1981 at the Basel Cantonal Hospital in Basel,Switzerland and started playing tennis at the age of 3.He is considered the best tennis player of all time by many commentators and great players including his rivals, Novak Djokovic and Rafael Nadal.

At the age of 3,Federer started playing tennis and football at the same time.However, at the age of 10 or 12,he made a decision to play tennis solely to focus on the sport more.Federer said, "I had more success in tennis.In tennis I felt like everything was in my control.In football I could blame it on the goalkeeper,I could blame it on whatever.In tennis I didn't have that problem.It was only myself to blame.When he was 10,Federer began weekly private coaching with Adolf Kacovsky,a tennis coach at The Old Boys Tennis Club.He joined the ITF junior tennis circuit in July 1996.In 1998,his final year as a junior,Federer won the junior Wimbledon title and was recognised as the ITF World Junior Tennis champion of the year.He also won the under 18s category at the Orange Bowl.

Federer was raised as a Roman Catholic and met Pope Benedict XVI while playing the 2006 Internazionali BNL d'Itali tournament in Rome.Like every male Swiss citizen,he was subject to compulsory military service in the Swiss Armed Force.However,he was deemed unfit because of a long-standing back problem and was subsequently not required to fulfill his military obligation in 2003.

During the peak of his career,Federer hold the No. 1 ranking for 302 weeks (237 consecutive weeks).He also won 17 Grand Slam singles titles; reaching each Grand Slam final at least five times (an all-time record); and reaching the Wimbledon final ten times.He won the most Grand Slam titles in men's tennis history.He also won the Olympic gold medal in doubles with his compatriot Stan Wawrinka at the 2008 Summer Olympic Games and the Olympic silver medal in singles at the 2012 Summer Olympic Games.Federer is at times referred to as Federer Express,shortened to Fed Express or FedEx,and the Swiss Maestro or simply as Maestro.

Awards:

• Grand Slam Australian Open (2004,2006,2007,2010)
• Grand Slam French Open (2009)
• Grand Slam US Open (2004,2005,2006,2007,2008)
• Grand Slam Wimbledon Open (2003,2004,2005,2006,2007,2009,2012)
• Summer Olympics Single (2012 silver)
• Summer Olympics Double (2008)
• ATPWorldTour.com Fan's Favourite Award(2003-2015)
• Stefan Edberg Sportsmanship Award(2004-2009,2011-2015)