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10 Facts You Didn’t Know About Roger Federer

Roger Federer is a Swiss professional tennis player.

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Roger Federer was born in Basel, Switzerland in 1981 to Lynette and Robert Federer. 

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Roger Federer has won the Grand Slam 20 times, and is poised to go down in history as one of the best tennis players.

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Federer started playing tennis when he was 8 years old, although at the time he also dabbled in other sports such as badminton and basketball. 

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Roger Federer Holds Dual Citizenship In Switzerland and South Africa as his mother is South African and his father is Swiss. 

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In 2003, He Founded The ‘Roger Federer Foundation’ To Help Disadvantaged Children By Imparting Them Access To Sports And Education.  

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He Is Also UNICEF’s brand ambassador and is currently working with the government of Haiti to provide water and sanitation facilities. 

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In 2003, Federer landed his first luxury watch endorsement deal with Maurice Lacroix.

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As of 2019 Federer holds the third highest number of Guinness World Records within one discipline, a total of 30, which include 18 performance based records. 

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On 15 September 2022, Roger Federer has announced he's retiring from competition, saying that at age 41, his body is telling him the time has come.

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