roger federer – the best of great
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ROGER FEDERER – THE BEST OF GREAT
INDEX
• Childhood and early life
• Tennis professional career
• Marriage, outreach and charitable efforts
Childhood and early life
• He was born in 1981, Basel, Switzerland.
• Tennis was Federer’s passion when he was young.
• In 1994, he accept an invitation to Switzerland’s national training center.
• In 1998, he captured the Wimbledon junior and double title, gained the ITF,no 1 World ranking.
Tennis professional career
Playing style Calm, evolutionary, stable and
beautiful Forehand is one strongest point of
Federer His serve is powerful Federer uses only one hand to hit
backhand. Moving of Federer is so quickly,
flexible. He plays equally well on all types of
course.
Achievement
Grand Slam
• Federer become the first Swiss a Grand Slam champion.
• He was 17 grand slam titles.
• He was reach a record 32 Grand Slam semifinals.
• He is a first male player to be seeded first at 18 consecutive Grand Slam tournaments.
Olympic• Federer is the first player to be ranked and
seeded No.1 at threes Olympics (consecutive as well as overall)
• He and Stanislas Wawrinka won the gold medal in doubles at Beijing 2008 and reached the silver medal in singles at London 2012.
• Federer had the honor of carrying his country’ s flag at opening ceremony for the Athens 2004 and Beijing 2008.
ATP ranking
Federer has been ranked World No.1 for a record total of 302 weeks.
He is the first player to rank No.1 for more than 200 consecutive weeks.
Federer is the first player to finish the year as a top two player in the world for eight consecutive years (2003-2010).
Marriage, outreach and charitable efforts
Marriage• Federer is married to Women’s tennis
Association player Mirka Vavrinec.
• She has been working as Federer’s public relations manager.
• Mirka gave birth to indentical twin girls, Myla Rose and Charlene Riva.
• Their relationship is said to be one of the most enduring in the temptation-filled world of competitive sport.
Outreach and charitable efforts• Federer supports a number of charities.
• He established the Roger Federer Foundation in 2003.
• Federer organized and participated in charity match.
• Federer is currently number 31 on Forbes top 100 celebrities as of May 2012.