| Informations rapides sur Roger Federer | |
|---|---|
| Hauteur | 6 pi 1 po |
| Poids | 85 kilogrammes |
| Date de naissance | 8 août 1981 |
| Signe du zodiaque | Leo |
| Conjoint | Miroslava Federer |
Roger Federer est un phénomène du tennis suisse qui a remporté 20 titres en simple du Grand Chelem. Il a occupé la première place mondiale au classement de l'Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP) pour un total record de 310 semaines (dont un record de 237 semaines consécutives), a été le n ° 1 de fin d'année à cinq reprises (dont quatre consécutives) , et a été classé n ° 4 mondial du tennis simple masculin par l'ATP à partir de 2020. Connu pour son jeu sur tous les terrains, il est également la première personne à remporter quatre fois le prix BBC Overseas Sports Personality of the Year.
Nom de naissance
Roger Federer
Surnom
King Roger, Federer Express, Maestro, RF, El reloj suizo, Der Künstler
Signe du soleil
Leo
Lieu de naissance
Bâle, Suisse
Résidence
Bottmingen, Suisse
Nationalité
Éducation
Il a abandonné l'école à l'âge de 16 ans.
Occupation
Joueur de tennis professionnel
Pièces
Droitier
Tourné PRO
1998
Grand Chelem remporté
Federer a gagné -
- US Open - (2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008)
- Wimbledon - (2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012, 2017)
- Open d' Australie - (2004, 2006, 2007, 2010, 2017, 2018)
- Open de France - (2009)
Famille
- Père - Robert Federer
- Mère - Lynette Federer (née Durand)
- Frères et sœurs - Diana (sœur aînée)
- Autres - Benedikt Anton Federer (grand-père paternel), Maria Katharina Inauen (grand-mère paternelle), Jacobus Albertus Durand (grand-père maternel), Vera Meyer (grand-mère maternelle)
Directeur
L'agent de Roger est Tony Godsick.
Leur relation remonte à l'époque où Roger a commencé à jouer au tennis professionnel. Ils ont créé ensemble une société de gestion d'athlètes, appelée Team8.
Construire
Athlétique
Hauteur
6 pi 1 po ou 185 cm
Poids
187 lb ou 85 kg
Petite amie / conjoint
Roger Federer a daté -
- Miroslava Vavrinec (2000-Present) – Roger met Miroslava back in the year 2000, at the Olympics in Sydney. Both of them were competing for their country Switzerland. Miroslava is a former player of the Women’s Tennis Association who got injured in one of the tournaments and, hence, retired in 2002. Miroslava and Roger were in a relationship for 9 years until April 11, 2009, when they finally got married at Wenkenhof Villa in Riehen near Basel. On July 23, 2009, Miroslava gave birth to the couple’s first pair of twin girls, Myla Rose and Charlene Riva, and then on May 6, 2014, she gave birth to another pair of twins, this time boys, named, Leo and Lenny.
Race / Ethnicity
White
Roger is of Swiss-German descent on his father’s side and has Afrikaner (Dutch, German, French/French Huguenot, distant Scottish, Belgian Flemish, Swiss-German, Danish, and Portuguese) roots on his mother’s side.
Hair Color
Dark Brown
Eye Color
Dark Brown
Sexual Orientation
Straight
Distinctive Features
- Elegance
- Specific face
- Very calm
- Great sportsmanship
Shoe Size
12 (US) or 11 (UK) or 46.5 (EU)
Brand Endorsements
Roger has signed sponsorship contracts with brands like Nike, Rolex, Wilson, Gillette, Mercedes-Benz, Jura, Credit Suisse, Nationale Suisse, NetJets, and others.
Roger has appeared in many commercials; you can check the full list on this YouTube channel.
Religion
Roger was raised Roman Catholic.
He once met Pope Benedict XVI, while he was playing on the Internazionali BNL d’Italia tournament in Italy, back in the year 2006.
Best Known For
- He is considered to be the greatest tennis player who has ever lived.
- Roger has been known for holding the record of most weeks spent on the number 1 spot at the ATP list (302 weeks), and also for winning 17 Grand Slam titles in all.
Personal Trainer
In the period from 1991 until the present, Roger had been coached by various trainers, starting from Adolf Kacovsky back in 1991, then Peter Carter (1991-2000), Peter Lundgren (2000-2003), Tony Roche (2006-2007), Jose Higueras (2008), Paul Annacone (2010-2013), Severin Luthi (2013-2014) and the last one, Stefan Edberg, who coached Federer in 2014.
You can check Federer’s workout routine HERE.
Roger Federer Favorite Things
- Cuisine / Food – Italian, Japanese, Rosti, Fondue, Raclette
- Car – Mercedes – Benz
- City – Rome
- Movie – Good Will Hunting (1997)
- Number – Eight
- Vacation Place – Sardinia, Miami
- Pre-match Meal – Pasta, chicken salad, fruits
- Song – Fly Away (By Lenny Kravitz)
- Favorite Dubai Restaurant – LA Petite Maison
- Labels – Louis Vuitton
- Athlete – Zinedine Zidane
- Favorite Football Club – FC Basel
Source – Telegraph.co.uk, GotoTennis.com, DailyMail, Shortlist
Roger Federer Facts
- At the age of 11, Federer was among the top 3 junior tennis players in Switzerland.
- In 2003, he became the first Swiss tennis player to win a Grand Slam.
- He is the only player to win Wimbledon and U.S Open for three straight years.
- At the age of 8, he played soccer.
- Boris Becker and Stefan Edberg are Federer’s all-time favorite players.
- At the age of 14, Roger became the national junior tennis champion of Switzerland.
- Federer held the first spot on the ATP list from 2004 to 2008.
- Roger has his own Roger Federer Foundation, which helps with providing grants to poor countries, where the child mortality rates are more than 15 percent. His foundation is has donated to sports-based and education projects.
- He loves playing basketball and golf. In one of the interviews, he said that if he had the opportunity to play another sport, he would choose basketball.
- Roger is friends with golf star, Tiger Woods, and tennis fellow, Stan Wawrinka.
- He knows how to play the piano.
- Federer loves American professional wrestling.
- One of Roger’s best friends is the NHL star Ziggy Palffy.
- Roger has won a gold medal for Switzerland playing in doubles, during the 2008 Olympic Games in Beijing.
- He was a part of the Switzerland team that won the 2014 Davis Cup.
- Roger a remporté une médaille d'argent en simple lors des Jeux Olympiques de Londres en 2012.
- Il parle plusieurs langues dont le suisse allemand, l'allemand standard, l'anglais, le français, l'italien et le suédois.
- En 2020, l'un des rivaux de longue date de Federer, Rafael Nadal, a également réussi l'exploit d'avoir remporté un total de 20 tournois du Grand Chelem en battant Novak Djokovic à l'Open de France 2020.
- Avec 106,3 millions de dollars de revenus, Roger était la troisième célébrité la mieux payée de 2020 selon Forbes.
