Who is Roger Federer?
A: Roger Federer is a Swiss former professional tennis player.
He was ranked world No. 1 by the Association of Tennis
Professionals (ATP) for how many weeks?
A: 310.
This included how many consecutive weeks?
A: A record 237.
How many times did he finish as the year-end No. 1?
A: Five times.
He won 103 ATP singles titles, the second most of all
time, including how many Grand Slam singles titles?
A: 20.
How many men's singles Wimbledon titles did he win?
A: A record eight.
He had an Open Era record-tying five men's what?
A: Singles US Open titles, and a record six year-end championships.
Federer played during an era where he dominated men's
tennis along with whom?
A: Rafael Nadal and Novak Djokovic as the Big Three.
They were collectively considered by some to be what?
A: The three most successful male tennis players of all time.
A Wimbledon junior champion in 1998 and former ball
boy, Federer won his first major singles title at Wimbledon in 2003 at what
age?
A: 21.
Between 2003 and 2009 Federer played in 21 out of how
many major singles finals?
A: 28.
He won three of the four majors and the ATP Finals in
what years?
A: 2004, 2006, and 2007 as well as five consecutive titles at both Wimbledon
and the US Open.
He completed the career Grand Slam at the 2009 French
Open after how many consecutive runner-up finishes to Nadal, his main rival
until 2010?
A: Three.
At age 27, he surpassed whose record of 14 major men's
singles titles at Wimbledon in 2009?
A: Pete Sampras.
Although Federer remained in the Top 3 during most of
the early 2010s, the success of Djokovic and Nadal ended his what?
A: His dominance over grass and hard courts, winning two majors between 2010
and 2016.
During this period of time, he and Stan Wawrinka led
the Switzerland Davis Cup team to their first what?
A: Title in 2014, following their Olympic doubles gold victory at the 2008
Beijing Olympics.
Federer also won a what in singles at the 2012 London
Olympics?
A: Silver medal
After a half-year hiatus in late 2016 to recover from
knee surgery, Federer made a stellar return to tennis, winning what?
A: Three more majors over the next two years, including the
2017 Australian
Open over Nadal and an eighth singles title at the 2017 Wimbledon
Championships.
At the 2018 Australian Open, Federer became the first
man to do what?
A: To win 20 major singles titles and shortly the oldest ATP world No. 1 at
age 36.
What did he do in September 2022?
A: He retired from professional tennis following the Laver Cup.
Originally, as a junior, he was lacking in what?
A: Self-control.
He then transformed his on-court demeanor to become
well-liked for his what?
A: His general graciousness, winning the Stefan Edberg Sportsmanship Award
13 times.
He has won the Laureus World Sportsman of the Year
award how many times?
A: A record five times.
Outside of competing, he played an instrumental role in
the creation of what?
A: The Laver Cup team competition.
He is also an active what?
A: Philanthropist.
He established the Roger Federer Foundation, which
targets whom?
A: Impoverished children in southern Africa and has raised funds in part
through the Match for Africa exhibition series.
He is routinely one of the top ten highest-paid
athletes in any sport and ranked where among all athletes with $100 million
in endorsement income in 2020?
A: First.