Born on August 8 in Basel, Switzerland in the early eighties to a Swiss father and a South African mother, Roger Federer has grown up to become a tennis legend.
He turned professional in 1998 and in 2003 won his first major at Wimbledon - the tournament he has gone on to win a record 8 times.
He currently holds the record for the most grand slam titles in the men's category after winning the Wimbledon on Sunday - his 19th grand slam titles.
The Swiss maestro won 6-3, 6-1, 6-4 as Croatian Marin Cilic struggled with a blister on his left foot and broke down in tears during the second set.
Federer, 35, finished the contest in one hour and 41 minutes to claim his first Wimbledon title since 2012 and with it becomes the oldest man in the Open era to win at the All England Club.
He has won all the four majors; a record eight Wimbledon titles, five Australian Open titles, a record five consecutive US Open titles and one French Open title. He is among eight men to have captured a career Grand Slam and has reached a record 29 men's singles Grand Slam finals, including ten in a row from the 2005 Wimbledon Championships to the 2007 US Open.
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 2001 winning Hopman Cup team and the 2014 winning Davis Cup team. He was named the Laureus World Sportsman of the Year for a record four consecutive years from 2005 through 2008.
Federer is regarded as the best player in history having amassed 93 single titles, which made him 3rd in career titles wins in the open era behind Ivan Lendl (94) and Jimmy Connors (109).
He got married to former WTA player Mirka Federer on April 11, 2009. They both met while they were competing for Switzerland in the 2000 Sydney Olympics. And later in July 2009, Mirka gave birth to identical twin girls, Myla Rose and Charlene Riva. The Federers had another pair of identical twins in 2014, this time boys whom they named Leo and Lennart.
Respect to the legendary Swiss maestro!
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