(Basel, 1981) Swiss professional Tennis. he was ranked as world number 1 player during 237 consecutive weeks, Some tennis critics, legendary players, and current players consider him to be among the greatest players in the modern era history of this sport.
Roger Federer was born on August 8, 1981 in Basel – Switzerland. Son of Robert and Lynette Federer, her mom is South African, his father is Swiss. His parent worked as representative of some pharmaceutical laboratories until becoming the manager of his son.
Roger grew up in an environment of ranchers and farmers on the outskirts of Basel. Hence he has an easy personality.
FIRST STEPS
He grew up with the image of two great champions in the All Tennis Club, Stefan Edberg and Boris Becker, when he saw on television the final of Wimbledon in 1989 that both disputed. He Grabbed his first racket at the age of six, but football and ice hockey make him undecided until the age of fourteen, when he was integrated into the Swiss Tennis Federation.
By then he had an impatient mood, when he was training in the centers of high-performance Ecubles at the German area, or Bienne, in French, he broke plenty of rackets that he threw to the ground when he was training.
Young Roger Federer angry
Then he met the Swedish technical Peter Lindgren, who helped him until he could control his anger. Thanks to this and thanks to its excellent service and volley, he soon began to win local and national tournaments. He closed his junior stage in 1997, winning the Orange Bowl against the Argentine Guillermo Coria. It was his first year at the ATP, which he began as the 700 th in the world, when he had been chosen the ‘Best Junior’ of the year.
In 1998, when he was only seventeen years old, he debuted as a professional of the ATP. That year, he only played five matches, but ended at number 302 of the ranking, which in a single year had advanced 398 seats. The following year can be considered as his real debut on the world circuit, because he played many of the major tournaments, including Roland Garros, Wimbledon, Miami and Monte Carlo. when the 1999 season was completed, he became the 64th in the ATP ranking.
UNSTOPPABLE ASCENT
In 2001, confirmed that his projection was unstoppable. Reached the quarter-finals of the tournament in which in 1999 did not pass the first round and also got his first ATP title of the Milan tournament, played indoors, and finished 13th in the ranking. He finished the season of 2002 as the revelation player, this year was considered the year of his consolidation after winning the tournament in Vienna and Sydney, as well as the Masters Series in Hamburg. He Reached also the final of Miami, but he failed in Wimbledon and Roland Garros, he was the sixth in the ATP ranking.
At the end of 2003, the Swiss star finished in second place in the Champions Race after winning seven ATP tournaments: his first Grand Slam (Wimbledon), and the Houston Open, Marseille, Dubai, Munich, Vienna and Halle That is, on all surfaces. In addition, he was proclaimed champion of the Masters Cup by defeating in the final to Andre Agassi by 6-3, 6-0 and 6-4.
On September 13, 2004 officially became the champion of the Race of Champions in the ATP ranking, which ranks the performance in the most important tournaments of the year. Since the inception of the Open era in 1968,he was the youngest tennis player who reached the first square of this classification.
