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8th August not an ordinary day for world

But some thing special about this date is ...

On this date not only the superstar tennis player was born but a perfect sportsman was born on this day ...

And we all know he is none other than

"ROGER FEDERER"

A wonderful player

The record setter on the tennis court ...

The king of grass court Wimbledon

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Roger Federer born 8 August 1981) is a Swiss professional tennis player who is currently ranked world no. 2 by the Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP).Many commentators and players regard Federer as the greatest tennis player of all time.^[a] Federer turned professional in 1998 and has been ranked inside the top 10 since October 2002.

Federer holds several records of the Open Era: holding the world no. 1 position for 302 weeks including 237 consecutive weeks);winning 17 Grand Slam singles titles; reaching each Grand Slam final at least five times (an all-time record); and reaching the Wimbledon final ten times. He is among the seven men (and among the four in Open Era) to capture a career Grand Slam. Federer shares an Open Era record for most titles at Wimbledon with Pete Sampras (7) and at the US Open with Jimmy Connors and Sampras .

Federer has reached 26 men's singles Grand Slam finals, including 10 in a row from the 2005 Wimbledon Championships to the 2007 US Open, both statistics being records. He also appeared in 18 of 19 finals from the 2005 Wimbledon through to the 2010 Australian Open. He reached the semifinals at 23 consecutive Grand Slam tournaments, from the 2004 Wimbledon Championships through the 2010 Australian Open.^[20] At the 2015 Wimbledon Championships, he played in a record 63rd consecutive Grand Slam tournament, reached a record 45th Grand Slam quarterfinal, a record 37th Grand Slam semifinal and a record 26th Grand Slam final. Earlier at the 2013 French Open, Federer reached a record 36th consecutive Grand Slam quarterfinal. Federer has won the most matches in Grand Slams (291) and is the first to record 65+ wins each at each Grand Slam tournament.

Federer's ATP tournament records include winning a record six ATP World Tour Finals, playing in the finals at all nine ATP Masters 1000 tournaments (a record shared with Djokovic and Nadal), and having won the most prize money of any player in history. He also won the Olympic gold medal in doubles with his compatriot Stan Wawrinka at the 2008 Summer Olympic Games and the Olympic silver medal in singles at the 2012 Summer Olympic Games. Representing Switzerland, he was a part of the 2014 winning Davis Cup team. He spent eight years (2003-2010) continuously in the top 2 in the year-end men's rankings and ten (2003-2012) in the top 3. He was named the Laureus World Sportsman of the Year for a record four consecutive years (2005-2008).

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Glance at early life ...

He was born at the Basel Cantonal Hospital in Basel, Switzerland.His father, Robert Federer, is Swiss, from Berneck, near the borders between Switzerland, Austria and Germany; and his mother, Lynette Federer (born Durand), from Kempton Park, Gauteng, is a South African whose ancestors were Dutch and French Huguenots.Federer has one sibling, his older sister Diana,who is the mother of a set of twins. He holds both Swiss and South African citizenship.He grew up in nearby Birsfelden, Riehen, and then Mnchenstein, close to the French and German borders and speaks Swiss German, Standard German, English and French fluently, Swiss German being 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 RomeLike 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.He grew up supporting F.C. Basel and the Swiss National Football Team Federer also credits the range of sports he played as a child"he also played badminton and basketball"for his hand-eye coordination

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"His glorifying records "

Record accomplishedPlayers matchedGrand Slam187717 men's Major titles overallStands aloneGrand Slam18773 men's Major titles per-year 3 times 2004, 2006-07Stands aloneGrand Slam18772 men's Major titles per-year 5 times 2004-07, 2009Stands aloneGrand Slam187726 men's Major finals overallStands aloneGrand Slam187737 men's Major semifinals overallStands aloneGrand Slam187745 men's Major quarterfinals overallStands aloneGrand Slam187710 consecutive men's Major finalsStands aloneGrand Slam187723 consecutive men's Major semifinalsStands aloneGrand Slam187736 consecutive men's Major quarterfinalsStands aloneGrand Slam187763 consecutive men's Major tournament appearancesStands aloneGrand Slam1877291 Major match wins overallStands aloneGrand Slam1877147 Major hard court wins overallStands aloneGrand Slam1877Reached all 4 Major finals 3 times (2006-07, 2009)Stands alone

Open Era records

These records were attained in the Open Era of tennis.
Records in bold indicate peerless achievements.
Records in italics are currently active streaks.

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Time span	Selected Grand Slam tournament records	Players matched
2003 Wimbledon " 2009 French Open	Career Grand Slam^[195]^[196]	Rod Laver Andre Agassi Rafael Nadal
2003 Wimbledon " 2012 Wimbledon	17 titles^[197]	Stands alone
2003 Wimbledon " 2015 Wimbledon	26 finals^[198]	Stands alone
2005 Wimbledon " 2007 US Open	10 consecutive finals^[199]	Stands alone
2003 Wimbledon " 2015 Wimbledon	37 semifinals^[200]^[201]	Stands alone
2004 Wimbledon " 2010 Australian Open	23 consecutive semifinals^[202]^[203]	Stands alone
2001 French Open " 2015 Wimbledon	45 quarterfinals^[204]^[205]	Stands alone
2004 Wimbledon " 2013 French Open	36 consecutive quarterfinals^[206]	Stands alone
2000 Australian Open " 2015 Wimbledon	63 consecutive appearances^[207]^[208]	Stands alone
2004 & 2006-2007	3 years winning 3+ titles	Stands alone
2004-2007 & 2009	5 years winning 2+ titles	Stands alone
2006-2007	2 consecutive years winning 3+ titles	Stands alone
2004-2007	4 consecutive years winning 2+ titles	Stands alone
2004-2011	8 consecutive years winning 20+ matches	Stands alone
2003 Wimbledon " 2012 Wimbledon	5+ titles at 2 different Majors	Bjrn Borg Pete Sampras
2003 Wimbledon " 2012 Wimbledon	4+ titles at 3 different Majors	Stands alone
2003 Wimbledon " 2014 Wimbledon	5+ finals at all 4 Majors	Stands alone
2003 Wimbledon " 2015 Wimbledon	7+ semifinals at all 4 Majors	Stands alone
2001 French Open " 2015 Wimbledon	10+ quarterfinals at all 4 Majors	Stands alone
2003 Wimbledon " 2008 US Open	5 consecutive titles at 2 different Majors^[203]	Stands alone
2003 Wimbledon " 2007 French Open	2+ consecutive finals at all 4 Majors	Ivan Lendl
2003 Wimbledon " 2009 French Open	5+ consecutive semifinals at all 4 Majors	Stands alone
2003 Wimbledon " 2013 French Open	9+ consecutive quarterfinals at all 4 Majors	Stands alone
2003 Wimbledon " 2006 Australian Open	First 7 finals won^[209]^[210]	Stands alone
2004 Australian Open " 2010 Australian Open	9 hard court titles	Stands alone
2008 US Open " 2009 Wimbledon	Simultaneous holder of Majors on clay, grass and hard court^[211]	Rafael Nadal
2006-2007 & 2009	All 4 Major finals in 1 season^[212]	Rod Laver
2006 French Open " 2009 US Open	Runner-up finishes at all four majors	Ivan Lendl
2000 Australian Open " 2015 Wimbledon	291 match wins^[213]^[214]	Stands alone
2000 Australian Open " 2015 Wimbledon	65+ match wins at all 4 Majors^[215]	Stands alone
2000 Australian Open " 2015 Wimbledon	70+ match wins at 3 different Majors	Stands alone
2000 Australian Open " 2015 Australian Open	147 hard court match wins	Stands alone
2006	27 match wins in 1 season	Stands alone
2004-2007 & 2009	5 years with match winning percentage of 90%+	Bjrn Borg
2004 French Open " 2012 US Open	23 top seeds	Stands alone
2004 French Open " 2008 Wimbledon	18 consecutive top seeds	Stands alone
2006 US Open " 2007 French Open	36 consecutive sets won	Stands alone
2007 US Open	35 consecutive service points won	Stands alone
2009 Wimbledon	50 aces in a final	Stands alone
2005 Wimbledon " 2007 French Open	2 winning streaks of 25+ matches	Stands alone
2005 Wimbledon " 2009 US Open	3 winning streaks of 20+ matches	Stands alone
2004 Wimbledon " 2009 US Open	5 winning streaks of 15+ matches

Grand Slam tournamentsTime SpanRecords at each Grand Slam tournamentPlayers matchedRefsAustralian Open2004-20105 finals overall Stefan Edberg
Novak Djokovic^[216]Australian Open2004-201411 semifinals overallStands aloneAustralian Open2004-201411 consecutive semifinalsStands alone^[217]Australian Open2007Won title without losing a set Ken Rosewall^[218]Australian Open2000-201575 match wins overallStands alone^[218]Australian Open2006-200830 consecutive sets wonStands alone^[219]French Open2005-20095 consecutive semifinalsRafael Nadal
Novak DjokovicFrench Open"Wimbledon2009Accomplished a "Channel Slam": Winning both tournaments in the same yearRod Laver
Bjrn Borg
Rafael Nadal^[220]Wimbledon2003-20127 titles overall Pete Sampras^[197]^[221]Wimbledon2003-20075 consecutive titlesBjrn Borg^[222]Wimbledon2003-201510 finals overallStands alone^[223]^[224]Wimbledon2003-20097 consecutive finalsStands alone^[225]Wimbledon2003-20097 consecutive semifinalsStands aloneWimbledon2005-200634 consecutive sets wonStands alone^[226]US Open2004-20085 titles overall Jimmy Connors
Pete Sampras^[227]US Open2004-20085 consecutive titlesStands alone^[227]US Open2004-200940 consecutive match winsStands alone

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Other selected recordsPlayers matchedYear-End Championship^[b] records2003-20116 titles overall^[229]Stands alone2003-20149 finals overallIvan Lendl2002-201412 semifinals overall^[230]Ivan Lendl2002-201448 match wins overall^[229]Stands alone2003-200514 consecutive match wins^[231]Ivan Lendl
Novak Djokovic2002-201413 appearances overallAndre Agassi2002-201413 consecutive appearances^[232]Stands aloneATP Masters 1000 records2002-201541 combined Championship Masters Series^[c] finalsRafael Nadal2000-2015321 match wins overall^[233]Stands alone2004-201417 hard court titlesNovak Djokovic2005-20062 consecutive years winning 4+ titlesNovak Djokovic2002-20119 different finalsNovak Djokovic
Rafael Nadal20066 finals in 1 seasonNovak Djokovic
Rafael Nadal2004-20124 Indian Wells Masters titles^[234]Novak Djokovic2002-20074 Hamburg Masters titlesStands alone2005-20146 Cincinnati Masters titles^[235]^[236]Stands alone2012Won title without having serve broken or losing a set
(Cincinnati Masters)^[235]Stands aloneOther records2004-2012302 total weeks at No. 1^[237]^[238]Stands alone2 February 2004 "
17 August 2008237 consecutive weeks at No. 1^[203]Stands alone2003-200524 consecutive match victories vs. top 10 opponents^[239]Stands alone1999-2015633 hard court match victories overallStands alone2005-200656 consecutive hard court match victories^[239]Stands alone2003-200865 consecutive grass court match victories^[203]Stands alone2003-200524 consecutive tournament finals won^[203]Stands alone2001-201510+ titles on grass, clay and hard courtsStands alone2003-201515 grass court titles^[240]Stands alone2002-201558 hard court titles^[241]Stands alone2002-201565 outdoor titles^[242]Stands alone2003-201516 500 Series titlesStands alone2001-201522 500 Series finalsStands alone2000-201532 250 Series finalsThomas Muster
Andy Roddick20069 hard court titles in 1 seasonJimmy Connors2000-201411 finals at a single tournament (Swiss Indoors)Stands alone2001-201515 consecutive years winning 1+ title^[243]Stands alone1998-2015382 tiebreaks won^[244]Stands alone1999-201587.65% (142-20) grass court match winning percentage^[240]Stands alone200694.12% of tournament finals reached in 1 seasonStands alone2005-20073 consecutive calendar years as wire-to-wire No. 1Stands alone2005-20073 calendar years as wire-to-wire No. 1Jimmy Connors2003-2012Ended 10 years ranked inside the top 2Stands alone2007$10 million prize money earned in a seasonRafael Nadal
Novak Djokovic2005-20072 winning streaks of 35+ matchesBjrn Borg1999-201438 Davis Cup singles wins for Switzerland^[245]Stands alone1999-201450 Davis Cup singles and doubles wins for SwitzerlandStands alone2001-2015Titles won in 19 different countriesStands alone

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"He's the most gifted player that I've ever seen in my life. I've seen a lot of people play. I've seen the (Rod) Lavers, I played against some of the great players - the Samprases, Beckers, Connors', Borgs, you name it. This guy could be the greatest of all time. That, to me, says it all." - John McEnroe, winner of 7 Grand Slams.

"But there's probably " I don't think there's anyone that hits the ball like that. Sure, if you take Roddick's serve and Agassi's returns and my volleys and Hewitt's speed and tenacity, then you've probably got a good chance against Federer (laughter). That's a lot of people involved in, you know, one player."

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"He moves like a whisper and executes like a wrecking ball. It is simply impossible to explain how he does what he does."-Nick Boll

"I don't think, that you can always - you can ever - get your game to perfection, you know. Only if you're Federer." - Novak Djokovic

"The guy is a legend and now he's an icon. He's got 15 Grand Slams, that's a lot of majors, that's a lot of work. He's a credit to the game. In my book he is (the greatest)." - Pete Sampras.

"It's amazing what sort of shots he can come up with from impossible positions. It's an unbelievable effort to have 15 grand slam titles. Yes man he's the greatest player in history" -- Rod Laver, the only player in the modern era to have claimed all four grand slam titles in a calendar year...

"The consistency in the big tournaments is ridiculous. No one will ever match that." -- British number one Andy Murray talking about Federer's achievements.

"The guy is the greatest male athletes of all time." -Serena Williams