FEDERATE. Absent for several months, Roger Federer will not be back to competition in his garden at Wimbledon.
Still no Roger Federer on the horizon. While a certain Rafael Nadal maintains his legend despite a recurring injury, the Swiss has still been sidelined for 1 year and will not even be ranked in the coming days. With the start of the Great Britain Open at Wimbledon, the memory of the Swiss on the grass resurfaced. Good news however, Roger Federer should be back on the tennis courts for the Laver Cup and especially the Basel tournament next October.
“The Laver Cup is a good start because I don’t have to play five games in six days. On the other hand, I have to be ready to do it in Basel. That’s why I have to prepare for it in practice. I’m curious myself to know what is yet to come. But I am hopeful, I have come a long way. I am not far away. The next three or four months will be extremely important. “
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Biography Roger Federer. Roger Federer was born on August 8, 1981 in Basel, Switzerland. Son of a Swiss father, Robert, and a South African mother of French and Dutch descent, Lynette, Roger grew up in Münchenstein in German-speaking Switzerland, not far from Basel and the German and French borders. He started playing tennis at the age of eight when he joined the club TC Old Bys, located in Basel, where he met Marco Chiudinelli, another Swiss professional player. If the Swiss takes time to decide between the yellow ball and football, he will eventually go to tennis where he manages to become national champion in the junior categories.
In 1995, Roger Federer joined the Swiss National Tennis Center where his beginnings were difficult. Away from his relatives, he must also learn French. The “Maestro” continued to progress and develop his game during his “junior” period where he finished world number one in 1998 after winning Wimbledon in boys’ singles and doubles. He ended the year by winning the Orange Bowl ahead of Guillermo Coria. He decides the same year to take the next step and go to the professionals where he will win a lot of trophies and build himself a legendary status.
Over the years, Roger Federer has been able to reinvent his game, as the greatest athletes can do. He surrounded himself with Stefan Edberg between 2014 and 2015 in order to develop his volleys, his climbs to the net and thus dominate the exchanges even more. A fruitful association for the Swiss whose technique is no longer to be demonstrated on the world circuit.
What is Roger Federer’s track record?
Since the beginning of his professional career, Roger Federer has won 103 ATP titles including 20 Grand Slam trophies (six Australian Open, one Roland Garros, eight Wimbledons and five US Opens). Six victories at the Masters at the end of the season, twenty-eight Masters 1000, a gold medal at the Olympic Games in doubles with Stan Wawrinka in Beijing in 2008, a silver medal in singles at the Olympic Games in London in 2012 and the Davis Cup in 2014 are added to his list. Since the beginning of his career, Roger Federer has played 1526 games for a total of 1251 wins for 275 defeats.
What is Roger Federer’s ranking?
World No. 1 for 310 weeks during his career, Roger Federer is one of five players to have finished at least five seasons in the place of No. 1 in the ATP rankings (with Rafael Nadal, Jimmy Connors, Pete Sampras and Novak Djokovic) . The first time the “Maestro” held the top spot was on February 2, 2004, and the last time was on June 18, 2018. The Basel native holds the record for the biggest gap between the first and last week instead of world n°1: 14 years and 4 months. For the first time since April 2001, Roger Federer is no longer the Swiss number 1. It was Henri Laaksonen who put an end to the twenty-one-year reign of the “Maestro”.
What is Roger Federer’s fortune?
Thanks in particular to the winnings of the 103 titles he has won, Roger Federer has amassed since the start of his career in 1998 more than 130 million dollars ($130,594,339 m) in prize money. In 2021, the Swiss became the first billionaire tennis player after being the highest paid tennis player of the year for the 16th season in a row.
Who is Mirka, Roger Federer’s wife?
Since April 11, 2009, Roger Federer has been married to Miroslava “Mirka” Vavrinec, a former Swiss tennis player of Slovak origin. They met during the Sydney Olympics in 2000. Besides being his girlfriend, Mirka manages Roger Federer’s career.
Together, they had twins on July 24, 2009: Charlene Riva and Myla Rose Federer, but also twins on May 6, 2014, Leo and Lenny.
Despite his success in tennis, Roger Federer has always known how to manage notoriety vis-à-vis his children: “For a long time my children had no idea of my successes. They found out from their friends that their father was once world No. 1. They were impressed and surprised. We never made my success an important topic at home.”
Roger Federer and his foundation.
It’s no secret that Roger Federer has always been involved in various humanitarian actions, especially those in favor of children. In 2003, he even created the Roger Federer Foundation which helps disadvantaged people around the world. His foundation, which promotes sport, supports projects in South Africa, Mali and Ethiopia in particular. International Ambassador of UNICEF, Roger Federer never hesitates to make donations to support the world’s populations during natural and health disasters.
On March 18, 2022, the Swiss announced on his social networks that he would donate $500,000 to assist Ukrainian children: “My family and I are horrified to see the photos from Ukraine and we are heartbroken for the innocent people who have been so terribly affected. About 6 million Ukrainian children are currently out of school and we know this is a very critical time to provide them with access to education and we would like to help them cope with this traumatic experience. Through the Roger Federer Foundation, we will support War Child Holland with a donation of $500,000 to promote access to education for Ukrainian children.”