Roger Federer

Federer interest in sports at an early age in the 8-year-old, playing tennis and football. Specializes in the movement of young athletes, 11 years old, he is a former three young tennis players in Switzerland. At the age of 12, he decided to resign, other sports and focus his efforts on the tennis, he felt that he specializes in more natural. 14 years old, he is completely immersed in the game, playing a 2-3 game, monthly, weekly practice six hours of the game, as well as up to three hours of air conditioning. In order to perfect his technique, he often imitate his idol, Boris Becker and Edberg Stefan.

The 14-year-old Federer became the Swiss National Junior champion, and select Ecublens a training at the Swiss National Tennis Center, and his 16-year-old his first sponsorship. In July 1996, he joined the International Tennis Federation (ITF) Junior Tennis Tour. In 1998, shortly before he turned professional, Federer won the junior Wimbledon title and the Orange Bowl. He was identified as the ITF World Junior Tennis Championship year.

Tennis Star

Federer won the Wimbledon men's singles and doubles champion, turned professional in 1998, this year. Eliminated the defending singles champion Pete Sampras in the 2001 Wimbledon, he caused a sensation, in the fourth round. In 2003, a successful season on the grass, Federer became the first Swiss man to win a Grand Slam title, when he became a Wimbledon singles title.

In early 2004, Federer ranked No. 2, and in the same year, he won the Australian Open, U.S. Open, ATP Masters, and retain the Wimbledon singles title. In 2005, he was ranked in the first year of his success, including at Wimbledon singles titles (third consecutive year) and the U.S. Open.

Federer held his world ranking from 2004 to 2008. In 2006, he won the Australian Open, his fourth consecutive Wimbledon singles title and his third consecutive U.S. Open. Continues to dominate the sport, the right-handed champion won the women's singles champion at Wimbledon and the U.S. Open and the Australian Open in 2007. # 1 on the ATP Tour, Federer three times in 2005, 2006 and 2007, was named Laureus World Sportsman of the Year Award.

In 2008, Federer beat Scotland's Andy Murray at the U.S. Open, his fifth U.S. Open victory. This year, however, proved to be a difficult time Federer's career, he lost to old rival Rafael Nadal in the French Open and Wimbledon, losing to another opponent, tennis star De Yueke Popovich, in the 2008 Australian Open. His ranking slipped to two. Federer in the sixth of the finals of the U.S. Open victory option the 2009nd with the victory to the possibility of breaking several records, but lost to Juan Martin del Potro.

In 2009 to regain the world number one Rafael Nadal No. 1 has spanned the better part of a decade, between 2010 and ranked specify two opponents in recent years, the tennis succession star Novak GermanyYuekeweiqi Andy Murray was thrown into the first-class mixed. Later, in 2010, Federer lost to Djokovic in the U.S. Open semifinals. He then completed a year victory against Nadal at the ATP World Tour year-end championship.

In 2011, Federer won his 18th Masters Series, and won his first Paris Masters, and vicotry French professional tennis player Jo-Wilfried Tsonga. In the same year, he beat 2009 U.S. Open champion Juan Martin del Potro defeated Andy Murray in the Dubai Open.

Federer career escalated once again in 2012, when he defeated defending champion Novak Djokovic in the Wimbledon semi-final defeat Murray in the Wimbledon final to Roger Federer seventh Wimbledon victory. Wimbledon victory in 2012 to recapture the first position of the 30-year-old tennis star, with the world record of 286 weeks (Pete Sampras).

Personal Life

In 2009, Roger Federer and Mirka Vavrinec married a former professional tennis player. In July of the same year, the couple became parents of identical twin daughters, Mira and Charlene. Federer and his family lived in Switzerland Oberwil.

In 2003, Federer has established the Roger Federer Foundation, which helps provide funding in poor countries, more than 15% of child mortality, education and sports-related projects, and so on.