About Roger Federer
ROGER FEDERER’S PROFILE
Date/place of Birth: August 08, 1981 in Basel Switzerland
Age: 30 years
Residence: Bottmingen, Switzerland
Current World Ranking: No. 3
Plays: Right-handed (with a single-handed backhand)
Turned Pro: 1998
Highest ranking: No. 1 (for 285 weeks since February 2004)
Weight: 187lbs (85kg)
Height: 6’1” (185cm)
Eye Colour: Brown
Hair Colour: Brown
Interested in: Sports (golf, soccer, skiing), Music, etc.
Career Prize money (to date): US$66,804,935.
Career titles: 73
Grand Slam Major Titles: 16
a tennis player with class, great talent, amazing personality, and just simply the greatest tennis player of all time.
On the 11th of April 2009, Roger Federer married Mirka Vavrinec in Basel, after the two had been together for over 9 years. On the 23rd of July 2009 Mirka gave birth to two twin girls, Myla Rose and Charlene Riva.
Since 2003, Federer has won 16 Grand Slam titles. Federer currently holds more records and awards then any other player on the ATP World Tour, they can all be viewed here.
He is the only male player in tennis history to have reached the title match of each Grand Slam tournament at least five times and also the final at each of the nine ATP Masters 1000 Tournaments. Many sports analysts, tennis critics, and former and current players consider Federer to be the greatest tennis player of all time.
Federer has won a record 6 ATP World Tour Finals and 19 ATP Masters Series tournaments (second all-time). He also won the Olympic gold medal in doubles with his compatriot Stanislas Wawrinka at the 2008 Summer Olympic Games. he was voted the second most trusted and respected human in the world, second only to Nelson Mandela.
Federer supports a number of charities. He established the Roger Federer Foundation in 2003 to help disadvantaged people and to promote sports.
ABOUT THE BLOG:
This is a Roger Federer appreciation blog to embrace his greatest moments through out his career. I sometimes post other tennis player such as Andy Murray cause I have a soft spot for him.
I also run another blog, a personal blog where I just post pictures and reblog stuff I like. It’s not personal at all, mostly contains of football(soccer), actors, movies, Coldplay and a bit of F1 and tennis. Yes I support Real Madrid, Spain NT and many more so if you love football too, follow my other blog (oliviavh) and I will follow you back.
I do not own most of the posts, mostly I reblog picture from federerblog.tumblr.com, federerroger.tumblr.com and other fans’ blogs. (here’s the list of Federer fanblogs)
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