Wife, Mirka Vavrinec, reached WTA career-high No. 76. Shared 1st kiss at 2000 Sydney Olympics, where Federer finished 4th. Teamed at 2002 Hopman Cup and went 1-2 in mixed doubles.
Father to 2 sets of twins: Myla & Charleneand Leo & Lenny.
Mother, Lynette, is South African; father, Robert, is Swiss; sister, Diana.
Idols growing up were Stefan Edberg, Boris Becker and Pete Sampras.
Served as ballboy from 1993-94 at hometown tournament in Basel, where he has gone on to win 10 titles and 75 matches.
Enjoys spending time with family, skiing, relaxing on the beach, table tennis and playing cards.
When home in Switzerland, enjoys hiking, cycling, visiting museums and eating (chocolate, fondue,raclette, rosti with cordon bleu, basler lackerli, bundnerfleisch, Bundner Nusstorte, Zurcher Geschnetzeltes).
Supports FC Basel (football).
Speaks English, French, German and Swiss German.
Winner of a record 40ATP Tour Awards: ATP Tour No. 1 (2004-07, 2009), Arthur Ashe Humanitarian of Year (2006, 2013), Comeback Player of the Year (2017), Stefan Edberg Sportsmanship (2004-09, 2011-17) and Fans' Favourite (2003-21).
Most decorated athlete in history of Laureus World Sports Awards, winning Sportsman of the Year 5 times (2005-08, 2018) and Comeback of the Year in 2018.
Seven-time Swiss Sportsman of the Year was also named Swiss Sportsman of the Past 70 Years at 70th Anniversary of Swiss Sports Awards in 2020.
Other Awards: Swiss of the Year (2003, 2017); ITF Player of the Year (2004-2007, 2009); ITWA Player of Year and Ambassador for Tennis (2004-06); BBC Sports Overseas Personality of Year (2004, 2006-07); L'Equipe's Champion of Champions (2005-07); ESPY's Best Male International Athlete Award (2007); U.S. Academy Outstanding Athlete presented by USA Today and MSNBC (2005-06); GQ Germany International Man of the Year (2005); Swiss Team of the Year with Stan Wawrinka (2008) and the Swiss Davis Cup Team (2014); US Open Sportsmanship Award (2014) and GQ Most Stylish Man (2016).
Founded the Roger Federer Foundation in 2003, reaching more than 1 million children and investing more than $50 million in support of community-driven initiatives to improve education in Southern Africa (Zambia, Namibia, Zimbabwe, Malawi, Botswana, South Africa) and Switzerland.
Partnered with Rafael Nadal to donate $250,000 towards Australian bushfire relief in January 2020.
Also in 2020, donated$1million to vulnerable families in Switzerland. Also donated$1 millionto vulnerable families in South Africa duringCOVID-19 pandemic, providing nutritious meals for 64,000 people.
Recognized by Forbesin 2020 as highest-paid athlete in world with $106.3 million in annual earnings. First tennis player to finish No. 1 in 30-year history of Forbes list.
Played for2 largest crowdsin tennis history, winning exhibition matches againstRafael Nadal in Cape Town, South Africa on 7 February 2020 (51,954 fans) and Alexander Zverevin Mexico City, Mexico on 23 November 2019 (42,517 fans). Match against Nadal marked his tennis debut in his mother's native country and raised $3.5 million for Roger Federer Foundation.
Named 1 of 100 Most Influential People of 2018 by Time Magazine, appearing on cover of 30 April / 7 May 2018 issue.
Awarded an honourary doctorate degree by University of Basel Faculty of Medicine on 24 November 2017.
Ranked No. 2 on the Reputation Institute's 2011 study of world's most respected, admired and trusted personalities. Finished behind Nelson Mandela and ahead of Bill Gates, Steve Jobs, Oprah Winfrey and Bono.
Pictured on official Swiss stamps (2007) and coins (2020). First person to receive those honours while still living.
Honoured in 2021 with "The Federer Express,"a tram named after him in his hometown of Basel.
President of ATP Player Council from 2008-14. Rejoined council from 2019-22.
Underwentleft knee surgery in February 2016 andright knee surgeries inFebruary 2020,May2020 and August 2021.
Missed 6 months from July 2016-January 2017 and limited to 5 tournaments from February 2020-August 2022.
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Holds records as oldest World No. 1 (36 in 2018) and for most consecutive weeks at No. 1 (237) in Pepperstone ATP Rankings history (since 1973).
Owns 103 titles and 1,251 wins – 2nd in Open Era to Connors’ 109 and 1,274 – and never retired in 1,526 singles and 224 doubles matches during his career.
Twenty-time Grand Slam champion owns all-time Grand Slam records with 369 wins, 46 SFs and 58 QFs, as well as 10 finals, 23 SFs and 36 QFs in a row.
Boasts tournament records for most championships at Basel (10), Halle (10), Wimbledon (8), ATP Masters 1000 Cincinnati (7) and Nitto ATP Finals (6).
Enjoyed 41-match win streak (2006-07), reached 17 straight finals (2005-06), posted 24-final win streak (2003-05), won 24 straight matches vs. Top 10 (2003-05) and earned 65 straight wins on grass (2003-08).
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