10 Things You Never Knew About Roger Federer

1) Roger Federer was born in Basel, Switzerland on 8^th August 1981.

2) He started playing tennis and soccer at the age of 8 and by age 11, he was among the Top 3 junior tennis players in Switzerland.

3) At the age of 14, he started playing 2-3 tournaments per month and practiced for 6 hours a week alongwith 3 hours of conditioning.

4) His role models are Boris Becker and Stefan Edberg.

5) In 2003, he became the first Swiss man to win a Grand Slam title and Wimbledon Singles Championship.

6) In 2004, he won the Australian Open, U.S. Open, ATP Masters, retained the Wimbledon Singles title and had a world ranking of No. 2.

7) From 2005 to 2008, he held on to his No. 1 ranking and dominated the sport with great enthusiasm.

8) He married Mirka Vavrinec who is a former professional tennis player in 2009.

9) The couple became parents of identical twin girls in 2009 and identical twin boys in 2014.

10) He is the founder of Roger Federer Foundation which helps to provide grants to poor countries that have child mortality rates of more than 15% – for education and sports-related projects.