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Roger Federer is born in Binningham to a Swiss-German family.
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Federer becomes Swiss Junior champion and is chosen to train at the Swiss National Tennis Centre at Ecublens.
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Joins the International Tennis Federation (ITF) junior tennis circuit.
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Becomes the Swiss under-18s champion.
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Joins the Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP) tour and wins Junior Wimbledon. Ends year as the ITF World Junior Tennis champion.
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Debut for Swiss Davis Cup team and ginishes the year as the youngest player inside the ATP's top 100.
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Meets future girlfriend Miroslava "Mirka" Vavrinec at the Sydney Olympics, where he finishes fourth.
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Wins first ATP tournament in Milan.
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reaches the quarterfinals at Wimbledon, defeating seven-time Wimbledon champion Pete Sampras in the fourth round. But gets beaten by Tim Henman a few days later.
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Wins his first ATP Masters Series title in Hamburg.
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Defeats Mark Philippousis at Wimbledon, becoming the first Swiss male to win a grand slam title.
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Wins the Tennis Masters Cup for the first time.
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Establishes the Roger Federer Foundation.
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Wins three of the four grand slam tournaments, loses to no one ranked in the top ten and wins every final he reaches. Named Laureus Wolrd Sportsman of the Year.
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Roger Federer becomes world ranked number 1.
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Becomes the first man in the open era to win the Wimbledon and the US Open back-to-back. But loses to Rafael Nadal in the semifinals of the French Open and Marat Safin in the semifinals of the Australian Open.
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Wins three of the four Grand Slam tournaments. Over the entire year Federer loses to only two players: Nadal and Andy Murray. Named Laureus World Sportsman of the Year.
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Appounted a Unicef Goodwill Ambassador.
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Wins his tenth grand slam singles title,the Australian Open. Becomes the first male to win a grand slam title without dropping a set since Bjorn Borg at the French Open in 1980.
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Loses to Argentine Guillermo Canas in the econd round of the Indian Wells Masters, ending a 41-match winning streak, five shy of the record. Loses to Canas again 16 days later at the Miami Masters.
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Becomes the first living person to feature on a Swiss stamp.
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Wins the fourth consecutive Laureus World Sportsman of the Year award.
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Beaten by Nadal in epic Wimbledon final.
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Loses number one ranking to Nadal after a record 237 consecutive weeks.
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Winds Olympic gold in the doubles with Stanislas Wawrinka.
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Marries Mirka.
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Wins the French Open for the first time, completing a Career Grand Slam.
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Wins a sixth Wimbledon and record 15th grand slam title. Regains world number one ranking.
