Roger Federer was born at the Basel Cantonal Hospital in Basel, Switzerland on August 8, 1981.
His father, Robert Federer, is Swiss and his mother, Lynette Federer (born Durand), is a South African whose ancestors were Dutch and French Huguenots. Roger Federer holds both Swiss and South African citizenship.
Federer peaks Swiss German, Standard German, English and French fluently, Swiss German is his native language.
Federer was raised as a Roman Catholic and met Pope Benedict XVI while playing the 2006 Internazionali BNL d'Italia tournament in Rome.
Like all male Swiss citizens, Federer was subject to compulsory military service in the Swiss Armed Forces. However, in 2003 he was deemed unfit because of a long-standing back problem and was subsequently not required to fulfill his military obligation.
Federer met former Women's Tennis Association player Mirka Vavrinec when both were competing for Switzerland in the 2000 Sydney Olympics. They were married at Wenkenhof Villa in Riehen near Basel on April 11, 2009.
On 23 July 2009, Mirka gave birth to identical twin girls, Myla Rose and Charlene Riva. On May 6, 2014. the Federers had another set of twins, this time boys whom they named Leo and Lennart, called Lenny.
After winning his first-ever Wimbledon title, Federer was gifted a milking cow, which he named ‘Juliette’.
Federer became the #1 ranked men's singles player on February 2, 2004, a position he would hold for a record 237 weeks.
In 2009 Federer won a then-record 15th Grand Slam title in tennis, when he beat Andy Roddick at Wimbledon.
His father, Robert Federer, is Swiss and his mother, Lynette Federer (born Durand), is a South African whose ancestors were Dutch and French Huguenots. Roger Federer holds both Swiss and South African citizenship.
Federer peaks Swiss German, Standard German, English and French fluently, Swiss German is his native language.
Federer was raised as a Roman Catholic and met Pope Benedict XVI while playing the 2006 Internazionali BNL d'Italia tournament in Rome.
Like all male Swiss citizens, Federer was subject to compulsory military service in the Swiss Armed Forces. However, in 2003 he was deemed unfit because of a long-standing back problem and was subsequently not required to fulfill his military obligation.
Federer met former Women's Tennis Association player Mirka Vavrinec when both were competing for Switzerland in the 2000 Sydney Olympics. They were married at Wenkenhof Villa in Riehen near Basel on April 11, 2009.
On 23 July 2009, Mirka gave birth to identical twin girls, Myla Rose and Charlene Riva. On May 6, 2014. the Federers had another set of twins, this time boys whom they named Leo and Lennart, called Lenny.
After winning his first-ever Wimbledon title, Federer was gifted a milking cow, which he named ‘Juliette’.
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Federer became the #1 ranked men's singles player on February 2, 2004, a position he would hold for a record 237 weeks.
In 2009 Federer won a then-record 15th Grand Slam title in tennis, when he beat Andy Roddick at Wimbledon.
On December 12, 2004, Jesus Aparicio – a huge Federer fan – was seriously injured in a car crash. The accident would leave him in a coma, one he’d remain in for nearly 11 years. When he woke up in August 2015, he was shocked to learn that Roger Federer was still among the best in the world.
Federer won a record eighth Wimbledon title and 19th Grand Slam a few weeks before his 36th birthday on July 16, 2017. Statistically, the 2017 season was his best since 2007.
Roger Federer was the first living person to be celebrated on a coin in Switzerland. The government produced a 20 franc silver coin with the 20-time Grand Slam champion's face on it in January 2020.
Federer won a record eighth Wimbledon title and 19th Grand Slam a few weeks before his 36th birthday on July 16, 2017. Statistically, the 2017 season was his best since 2007.
Roger Federer was the first living person to be celebrated on a coin in Switzerland. The government produced a 20 franc silver coin with the 20-time Grand Slam champion's face on it in January 2020.
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