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Roger Federer

Switzerland's Roger Federer gestures during a training session on the eve of the start of the French Tennis Open tournament at the Roland Garros stadium in Paris, on May 25, 2013.

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  • Nadal to play at Federer's hometown Swiss Indoors

    -- Rafael Nadal is scheduled to play at Roger Federer's hometown tournament for the first time in nine years.Organizers of the Swiss Indoors announced their star attractions for the Oct. 19-27 event in Basel. The field is headed by five-time champion Federer,   Read more »

  • Federer advances to 2nd round in Dubai

    -- Roger Federer rallied past Tunisian wild card Malek Jaziri 5-7, 6-0, 6-2 Tuesday to reach the second round of the Dubai Championships.The second-ranked Federer is looking for his sixth title in Dubai. He next faces Albert Montanes or Marcel Granollers.Federer   Read more »

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About Roger Federer

Roger Federer (German pronunciation: [ˈfeːdəʁɐ]) (born 8 August 1981) is a Swiss professional tennis player who held the ATP No. 1 position for a record 237 consecutive weeks from 2 February 2004 to 18 August 2008. He had been ranked number 1 for a total of 285 weeks, second only by a week to Pete Sampras' 286 weeks. As of 16 April 2012, he is ranked World No. 3 by the Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP). Federer has won a men's record 16 Grand Slam singles titles. He is one of seven male players to capture the career Grand Slam and one of three (with Andre Agassi and Rafael Nadal) to do so on three different surfaces (clay, grass, and hard courts). He is the only male player in tennis history to have reached the title match of each Grand Slam tournament at least five times and also the final at each of the nine ATP Masters 1000 Tournaments. Many sports analysts, tennis critics, and former and current players consider Federer to be the greatest tennis player of all time.

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