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In 1993, Federer won the U12 Swiss national junior championships in Lucerne. [8] [9] Becoming the best junior in the country helped him decide to become a professional tennis player, so he stopped playing football at age twelve to concentrate solely on tennis, where he felt he had more control over his victories or defeats, rather than relying on the performances of his teammates.
Roger Federer (/ ˈ f ɛ d ər ər / FED-ər-ər, Swiss Standard German: [ˈrɔdʒər ˈfeːdərər]; born 8 August 1981) is a Swiss former professional tennis player. He was ranked world No. 1 in singles by the Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP) for 310 weeks, including a record 237 consecutive weeks, and finished as the year-end No. 1 five times.
Mirka married Roger Federer on 11 April 2009. [5] They were married at Wenkenhof Villa in Riehen near Basel, surrounded by a small group of close friends and family. [6] In 2009, Mirka gave birth to identical twin girls, Myla and Charlene. [7] The Federers had another set of twins in 2014, this time fraternal twin boys, Leo and Lenny. [8] [9]
Twin girls Myla and Charlene, 14, and twin boys Lenny and Leo, 10, frequently traveled with Mirka to Roger's tournaments while growing up. Roger and Mirka Federer with their family in 2023. (Clive ...
The chance to be coached by Roger Federer would surely be a dream come true for any young tennis player. Apart from the Swiss tennis great’s own children, it would seem. Federer’s twin ...
Per footage shared via X, fans spotted Roger and his wife, Mirka Federer, at Swift’s show on Tuesday with their four children: twin girls Myla and Charlene, 15, and twin boys Leo and Lenny, 10.
Roger Federer defeated Irakli Labadze in the final, 6–4, 6–4 to win the boys' singles tennis title at the 1998 Wimbledon Championships. [1] It was Federer's fourth juniors singles title. He would go on to win a record eight senior Wimbledon titles between 2003 and 2017 .
Roddick reached four other major finals (Wimbledon in 2004, 2005, and 2009, and the US Open in 2006), losing to rival Roger Federer each time. Roddick was ranked in the year-end top 10 for nine consecutive years (2002–2010), first reaching the world No. 1 spot in 2003, while also winning five Masters titles in that period.