BIOGRAPHY ROGER FEDERER
ROGER FEDERER born 8 August 1981is a Swiss professional Tennis player who, as of January 2014, is ranked world no. 8 by the ATP. He has been ranked inside the top 10 continuously since May 2002. Numerous commentators, pundits, and former and current players of the sport regard Federer as the greatest tennis player of all time.
He holds several men's world records of the Open Era: holding the world no. 1 position for 302 weeks overall;including a 237 - consecutive - week stretch at the top from 2004 to 2008; winning 17 Grand Slam singles titles; reaching the finals of each Grand Slam tournament at least five times (an all-time record); and reaching the Wimbledon final eight times. He is one of seven men, and one of four in the Open Era, to capture the career Grand Slam. Federer also shares the Open Era record for most titles at the Australian Open with Agassi and Novak Djokovic, at Wimbledon with Pete Sampras and at the US Open with Jimmy Connors and Sampras.