Roger Federer is a Swiss professional tennis player who is currently ranked world No. 3 in men’s singles tennis by the Association of Tennis Professionals . He has been playing tennis since the age of 8. He has won 20 Grand Slam singles titles the most in history for a male player and has held the world No. 1 spot in the ATP rankings for a record total of 310 weeks, including a record 237 consecutive weeks. After turning professional in 1998, he was continuously ranked in the top ten from October 2002 to November 2016.
Beginning of his career
Roger was accepted by the national development programme of Swiss Tennis. It was a difficult step for the 14-year old to move from his home in Basel to the national tennis centre in Ecublens. After winning 2 national titles in 1993 in the category for 12-year olds, his parents suggested during end-1994, that he join the national development programme of Swiss Tennis. Although Roger initially showed no interest, he nevertheless decided in March 1995 to undergo the qualification. Roger is admitted into the programme and in August he moves to his host family, the Christinets, in Ecublens, which is located on the shore of Lake Geneva in French-speaking Switzerland. The first months are difficult for Roger; his French was not good and he was the youngest and weakest player in the training centre. Daily telephone conversations with his mother, Lynette, as well as his understanding host family and his “host brother”, Vincent, and finally his own will power, assisted him through these troubled times.
In 1998
Roger moved up to the number 1 junior and won the junior tournament at Wimbledon. He made his début on the professional circuit at the Swiss Open in Gstaad. In autumn he entered the tournament in Basel – his hometown – for the first time and that against no other than Andre Agassi. In the season of 1998, Roger takes up the challenge at the semi-finals of the junior tournament of the Australian Open. In June he was the winner in a town.
After many years of his practice and hard work he has achieved In majors, Federer has won a record eight Wimbledon titles, six Australian Open titles, five US Open titles (all consecutive, a record), and one French Open title.
Federer has won 8 Wimbledon titles, an all-time record. He is the only male player in history to reach 12 Wimbledon finals, a record shared by Nadal who reached 12 French Open finals. He is the only player to win three different Grand Slam tournaments at least 5 times (6 Australian Open, 8 Wimbledon, and 5 US Open titles) and is the only player to win two Grand Slams five consecutive times, at Wimbledon from 2003–07 and the US Open from 2004–08. Federer is the only player to win 2 different Grand Slams 6 or more times (6 Australian Open and 8 Wimbledon titles). Federer is the only male player to win 3 Grand Slams in a calendar year 3 times (2004, 2006–07)
His career highlights also include
- Holds the record for most Grand Slam men’s singles Championships with 20 titles and has been in 30 finals
- Has won a record 33 ATP World Tour Awards including ATP No. 1 five times from 2004-2007, 2009; won the Arthur Ashe Humanitarian of the Year twice in 2006 and 2013; won the Stefan Edberg Sportsmanship Award 12 times in 2004-2009 and 2011-2016; voted ATPWorldTour.com Fan Favorite for a record 14 consecutive years from 2003 to 2016
- Has spent a record of 302 weeks at No. 1; first reached No. 1 in 2004 after winning the Australian Open by beating Marat Safin in the Finals
- At 36 years old, he became the olders world No. 1
- Tied with Jimmy Connors for the 2nd most years at No. 1; Pete Sampras currently holds the record
- Finished 14 straight seasons in the Top 10 of the ATP from 2002-2015 which is the 2nd longest record; Jimmy Connors holds the No. 1 spot with 16 straight seasons in the Top 10
- Has 102 Career Singles Titles, which is the 2nd most in the Open Era just behind Jimmy Connors (who has 109 titles) and just ahead of Ivan Lendl (who has 94 titles)
Charity work
He strongly believes in educating children and empowering them to shape their future with their own hands. He has a foundation named the roger federer foundation in which he helps children in local communities, provides education and many more things. And his foundation has helped over 1 million children today. The Roger Federer Foundation is a professionally managed grant foundation which is committed to the rules of the Swiss Foundation Code. The organisation strictly follows a system of checks and balances and an efficient project management cycle. Transparency, measurability and evaluation of the activities are fundamental. As a learning institution, the Foundation seeks the advice of experts and stakeholders and is a member of SwissFoundations, an association of Swiss grant foundations
Deepshikha Katuri 