(Basel, 1981) Swiss tennis player. Roger Federer was born on August 8, 1981 on the banks of the Rhine in the capital of the canton of Basel in the mark that separates Switzerland from Germany. Son of Robert and Lynette Federer, her South African, Swiss, his father, to become his manager, he earned a good living as a pharmaceutical representative. Roger however grew in an environment of ranchers and farmers, on the outskirts of Basel. Hence, it is a simple guy, who does not feel at ease among executives in a suit and briefcase.
Getting Started with
courts grew up with the image in memory of two great champions in the All Tennis Club, Stefan Edberg and Boris Becker, when he saw on television the Wimbledon final played in both 1989. He grabbed his first racket at eight years, but football and ice hockey kept him undecided until fourteen, when he joined the Swiss Tennis Federation, where he became quite sick because he was subjected to intense preparation on ground surface.
By then he had an unbearable character, therefore, that while training in high performance centers Ecublé, in the German or Bienne, in French, broke countless throwing rackets to the ground by missing a beat.
then crossed his path the Swede Peter Lindgren, who tamed until he could control his anger. Coming from that and thanks to his excellent serve and volley, he soon began to win local and national tournaments. Junior stage closed in 1997, winning the Orange Bowl against Argentina's Guillermo Coria. It was his first year on the ATP, which began as the 700 º of the world, having been voted the "Best Junior" of the year.
In 1998, only seventeen professional debut as all of the ATP. That year he played only five games, but finished at number 302 of the ranking, which in one year had moved 398 jobs. The following year may be considered its real debut on the world circuit, because he played for several major tournaments, including Roland Garros, Wimbledon, Miami and Monte Carlo. Completed, So the 1999 season, he became number 64 on the ATP.
The year 2000 was also learning, especially looking in the mirror of their modern idol, Pete Sampras, but Federer is a versatile player because it adapts better to any surface, including land. That season has already begun to exceed the earlier rounds, and even reached the second round of Roland Garros.
unstoppable ascent
in 2001 confirmed that the projection was unstoppable. Reached the quarter-finals of the tournaments in 1999 did not pass the first round and also won his first ATP title, the Milan tournament, played indoors, and finished 13 th in the ranking. He finished the season as a player following revelation of 2002, considered the year of consolidation after winning the tournament in Vienna and Sydney, and Hamburg Masters Series. Reached also the final of Miami, but failed at Wimbledon and Roland Garros, which prevented him from reaching second place in the ATP rankings. Placed sixth.
At the end of 2003, the Swiss star finished in second place in the Champions Race ATP after winning seven tournaments, his first Grand Slam (Wimbledon), and the Houston Open, Marseille, Dubai, Munich, Halle and Vienna, that is, on all surfaces. In addition, champion of the Masters Cup, defeating in the final to Andre Agassi 6-3, 6-0, 6-4.
On September 13, 2004 officially became the champion of the Champions Race ATP classification which grades the performance in the most important tournaments of the year. Since the creation of the Open was in 1968, was the player who soon reached the first place in this classification.
Thus, Federer, who humiliated the great Australian player Lleyton Hewitt in the final of U.S. Open (6-0, 7-6 (7-3) and 6-0), also grabbed first place in the world ranking (number one in the world) to U.S. Andy Roddick, perhaps the only two players, along with the English Juan Carlos Ferrero, who might overshadow him in this new decade of the century. In addition to winning the United States, won two Grand Slam (Australia and Wimbledon), five Masters Series (Indian Wells, Hamburg, Dubai, Gstaad and Toronto) and the Masters Cup in Houston.
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