Roger Federer

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Roger Federer
Roger Federer, a Swiss tennis player born on August 8, 1981 s held the world number one anking for 237 consecuive weeks, trailing Pete Sampras by one week. He is currently ranked No. 2 in the world, behind his rival, Rafael Nadal. The two of them together have held the World Number One position since June of 2005. Federer is greatly known as the greates tennis player of all time, with a record breaking 16 grand slams and counting.

Tennis Career
Federer's first proffesional tournament was in Gstaad, where he lost in Round 2 to Lucas Arnold Ker, a player from Argentina. He played in small tournaments, then got to the finals of the Marseille Open, but lost to a Swiss man named Mark Rosset, 6–2, 3–6, 6–7(5). Later on, he made it to two Grand Slam quarterfinals, of the Wimbledon and the French Open. He played an intense match with Pete Smapras in the Wimbledon fourth round, which he ended up winning 7-6(7), 5-7, 6-4, 6-7(2), 7-5. That sae year, Federer won his first tournament in London at the Milan Cup.

Federer also played doubles, and his partner was Max Myrni. They reached many finals together. Togeer they even won the Rotterdam tournament, even with some tough opponents.

In 2003, Federer made a grea surprise for tennis fans all over the world as he appered in the finals of Wimbledon, a Grand Slam tournament. He was playing Mark Philippousses, who he eventually defeated, to win his first Grand SLam, and Wimbledon. He also won some doubles events with Max Myrni including the tournament in Indian Wells. In the year end championships in 2003, Federer defeated Andre Agassi. This was just the beginning of a Roger Federer breakthrough.

The Grand Slams kept coming and going for Roger Federer, with the trophies in his hands. In 2004, Federer won 3 Grand Slams in the same year. First he wonhe Australian Open against Marat Safin 7–6(3), 6–4, 6–2. Then he won his second Wimbledon trophy over Andy Roddick 4–6, 7–5, 7–6(3), 6–4, then winning agains Lleyton Hewitt of Australia.