Roger Federer born 8 August 1981) is a Swiss professional tennis player who is c

urrently ranked world No. 3 by the Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP).[3]

Many commentators and players regard Federer as the greatest tennis player of a
ll time.[a] Federer turned professional in 1998 and has been continuously ranked
inside the top 10 since October 2002.
Federer holds several records of the Open Era: holding the world No. 1 position
for 302 weeks[17][18] (including 237 consecutive weeks);[19] winning 17 Grand Sl
am singles titles; reaching each Grand Slam final at least five times (an all-ti
me record); and reaching the Wimbledon final ten times. He is among the seven me
n (and among the four in Open Era) to capture a career Grand Slam. Federer share
s an Open Era record for most titles at Wimbledon with Pete Sampras (7) and at t
he US Open with Jimmy Connors and Sampras (5).
Federer has reached 27 men's singles Grand Slam finals, including 10 in a row fr
om the 2005 Wimbledon Championships to the 2007 US Open, both statistics being r
ecords. He also appeared in 18 of 19 finals from the 2005 Wimbledon through to t
he 2010 Australian Open. He reached the semifinals at 23 consecutive Grand Slam
tournaments, from the 2004 Wimbledon Championships through the 2010 Australian O
pen.[20] At the 2015 US Open, he played in a record 64th consecutive Grand Slam
tournament, reached a record 46th Grand Slam quarterfinal, a record 38th Grand S
lam semifinal and a record 27th Grand Slam final. Earlier at the 2013 French Ope
n, Federer reached a record 36th consecutive Grand Slam quarterfinal. Federer ha
s won the most matches in Grand Slams (297) and is the first to record 65+ wins
at each Grand Slam tournament.
Federer's ATP tournament records include winning a record six ATP World Tour Fin
als, playing in the finals at all nine ATP Masters 1000 tournaments (a record sh
ared with Djokovic and Nadal), and having won the most prize money of any player
in history. He also won the Olympic gold medal in doubles with his compatriot S
tan Wawrinka at the 2008 Summer Olympic Games and the Olympic silver medal in si
ngles at the 2012 Summer Olympic Games. Representing Switzerland, he was a part
of the 2014 winning Davis Cup team. He spent eight years (2003 2010) continuously
in the top 2 in the year-end men's rankings and ten (2003 2012) in the top 3. He w
as named the Laureus World Sportsman of the Year for a record four consecutive y
ears (2005 2008).