Roger Federer: All you need to know about Roger Federer

 Who is Roger Federer? Twenty Grand Slam title holder

Who is Roger Federer, (born August 8, 1981, in Basel, Switzerland), is a Swiss professional tennis player who dominated the sport in the early Twenty-First Century through his exceptional all-around game. Federer won eight Wimbledon titles and was the first player to take 20 men's singles titles at Grand Slam tournaments.

Federer, who started playing tennis at the age of eight, then became the Swiss junior champion when he turned fourteen. The following year, Roger Federer made his debut in the Swiss Davis Cup team where he was the youngest tennis player (at the age of 18 years and 4 months) to finish the year among the top 100 tennis players in the world, finishing this season ranked 64th.

Roger Federer the champion

Federer competed at the 2000 Olympic Games in Sydney, Australia, and advanced to the bronze medal match. The following year at Wimbledon the defeated Pete Sampras reaches the quarterfinals, and by the end of 2002, he had reached sixth place in the world.

In 2003, Federer won his first Grand Slam title, at Wimbledon. The following year he took his first Australian Open tennis tournament and the first at the US Open tennis tournament and fiercely defended his Wimbledon tennis title.

Roger Federer is a talented shotmaker, known for his forehand, and also has a reputation for composure and sportsmanship. In 2004, Federer won 11 of the 17 tournaments he participated in and finished the year ranked first in the world. His numbers were somewhat identical in 2005, where he won 11 out of 15 tournaments, including the Wimbledon Tennis Championships and the US Open tennis. From July 2003 to November 2005, he also won 24 consecutive finals to set a record.

Roger Federer continues to win

In 2006, Federer continued to progress and compete to be the best player in the game. In addition to winning Wimbledon, he has triumphed at the Australian Open and the US Open, becoming the first player to win the last two tournaments in three consecutive years.

He also reached the finals at Roland Garros (known as the French Open Tennis Championship) but lost at the hands of Rafael Nadal from Spain. In total, Federer played in 17 tournaments in 2006, and he won 12 titles as he reached the finals in all but one tournament.

At the 2007 Australian Open tennis tournament, he won his tenth Grand Slam title. But later the same year, he was knocked out in his first attempt at the French Open where he lost at the hands of Nadal, who beat him in the final. The rivalry between Federer and Nadal at the Wimbledon tournament continued from the year 2007.

Federer beats Nadal in a thrilling five-set final to become the second male player (after Bjorn Borg) in more than 100 years to win five consecutive Wimbledon titles.

Roger Federer continues to make history in 2007 when he won this time for the fourth time in a row at the US Open tennis tournament, a new men's record in the Open era.

Federer loses the world tennis ranking

• In 2008, the unexpected happened as Federer's record of 65 consecutive grass-court matches ended when he lost at the hands of Nadal in the Wimbledon final. Later Federer teamed up with swissristan Wawrinka to win the gold medal in men's doubles at the 2008 Beijing Olympics.

• In June 2009, Federer won his first French championship, which gave him a championship in each of the four Grand Slam tournaments throughout his sports career. The following month at Wimbledon, Federer defeated American Andy Roddick in an exciting five-set marathon match (5-7 ، 7-6 ، 7-6 ، 3-6 ، 16-14) to win his sixth Wimbledon Tennis Championship and his 15th Grand Slam title; he subsequently regained the number one world ranking. In January 2010, he won the Australian Open tennis tournament, managing to beat Andy Murray from Great Britain. Federer again beat Murray in 2012 to win the Wimbledon title for the seventh time for him, which is a record. A month later, the two men met at the gold medal match at the London Olympics. But this time Federer lost at the hands of Murray and had to win a silver medal.

Roger Federer faces a year full of injuries

• Roger Federer has a difficult season as 2013 was full of injuries, and in 2014 he reached the Grand Slam final once (where he lost Wimbledon at the hands of Novak Djokovic ). He was still managing a career this year by leading Switzerland to its first-ever Davis Cup win. While in 2015 he appeared in the finals of Wimbledon and the US Open but lost at the hands of the player Djokovic both times. This was shortly after he lost in the semi-finals of the Wimbledon tournament in July 2016, where he withdrew from the remainder of the tennis season due to a persistent knee injury.

• Federer entered his first Grand Slam tournament in 2017, the Australian Open, but shocked the tennis world after winning the singles title in an epic five-set final against Nadal.

• Federer continued to shine at Wimbledon this year, not losing a set during the tournament, and won the Wimbledon title for the eighth time and that was a record. Federer's hot streak continued until 2018 when he won the Australian Open tennis singles title for the sixth time. With this win, Federer set a record for the most Grand Slam men's singles titles (20); these figures were later matched by players Nadal and Djokovic.

• Federer reached the semifinals of the French Open 2019 season and advanced to the final at Wimbledon that year, where he lost an epic match lasting 4 hours 57 minutes (the longest final match in the history of the Wimbledon tournament) against Djokovic. Due to knee surgeries, Federer missed most of the matches of the 2020 and 2021 seasons.

Roger Federer participates in charity

In addition to playing tennis, Federer was involved in many charitable works, and he had a special interest in South Africa, his mother's Homeland. In 2003, he founded the Roger Federer Charitable Foundation, which sought to interest and helps disadvantaged children in Switzerland and South Africa, mainly by participating in educational projects.