Roger Federer Biography
The ‘Awesome’ Swiss and ace tennis player Roger Federer dominated the sport with his impeccable abilities of playing the game. With 17 grand slam in men’s singles there’s no beating it (as least not now). The tennis genius started playing the game from a tender age of 8. The announcement was loud and clear of the arrival of a legend on the world stage when the 14 year old Federer exhibited exceptional tennis abilities and won the junior championship of Switzerland when he was just 14.
It was in 1998 when the young Federer clenched the junior singles championship Wimbledon and got the Orange Bowl Junior tournament crown in Miami. It was only glory that followed after that as Federer made his debut in the Swiss Davis Cup team and became the youngest player ever to finish within the top 100. He was at no. 64 and was only 18 years and 4 months old then.
In 2000 Roger Federer took part in the Olympic Games that was held in Sydney and there he went through to the bronze medal match. The next year, Federer defeated the mighty Pete Sampras and made his way to the quarter finals. He won his first Grand Slam title in 2003 at the Wimbledon. The next year after that was also quite eventful as Roger Federer got his first US and Australian open that year. He was noted as one of the finest in business and his shots were not just a result of immense practice but something that was naturally gifted to him. Out of the 17 tournaments that he played in 2004, Roger Federer won 11 and he made it to the numero uno position that year.
If 2004 was amazing, 2005 was no less by means of Federer’s achievement as the master won 11 out of the total 15 tournaments that he played. This included the Wimbledon and the US open. Till the November of 2005 from mid of 2003, this remarkable tennis player made a record of winning 24 straight finals.
In 2006 Federer took part in a total of 17 tournaments, out of which he won 12 titles. He won the Australian and the U.S. Open and also made his way through to the finals in the Roland Garros. However, there he was defeated by another legend – Rafael Nadal. The battle of the court continued between the two legends of the sport at the Wimbledon of 2007 where Federer got the better of the Nadal and became the 2nd male tennis player in a hundred years to have won five grand slams consecutively. In 2008, Federer eventually lost his numero uno position to Nadal and his record streak of 237 weeks of staying number 1 came to an end. However, the master had a successful stint right after that as he won the U.S. Open right next month.
In 2009, Roger Federer clenched his first French open which gave him a championship in all the four grand slams. That year he defeated America’s Andy Roddick in a nail biting five-set match and regained his number one position. In 2012 Federer defeated Andy Murray of Great Britain to claim his 7th Wimbledon title.
This year during the Rio Olympics the ace tennis star will be celebrating his 35th birthday. He is still going strong and has no plans for retirement. He was quoted as saying “I’ve planned all of 2016, all the way through the Rio Olympics and beyond,” Federer said.