10 Things you don’t know about Roger Federer

1. Roger Federer was born 8 August 1981 in Basel, Switzerland

2.  Roger Federer’s father is a Swiss, from Berneck and his mother is a South African from Kempton Park, Gauteng.

3.  Roger Federer has one sibling, his older sister Diana

4.  Roger Federer grew up in nearby Birsfelden, Riehen and then Münchenstein, close to the French and German borders and speaks (Swiss) German, French and English fluently.

5.  Roger Federer was raised as a Roman Catholic and met Pope Benedict XVI while playing the 2006 Internazionali BNL d’Italia tournament in Rome.

6.  Roger Federer grew up supporting F.C. Basel and the Swiss National Football Team.

7.  Roger Federer has been friends with the golfer Tiger Woods.

8.  The tennis federation regard Roger Federer as the greatest tennis player of all time.

9.  Roger Federer is the first Swiss male player to win a grand slam tournament.

10.  Roger Federer has won the ATPWorldTour.com Fans’ Favourite Award a record eleven times straight (2003–2013) and the Stefan Edberg Sportsmanship Award (voted for by the players) a record nine times (2004–2009, 2011–2013), both being awards indicative of respect and popularity. He also won the Arthur Ashe Humanitarian of the Year Award twice in 2006 and 2013. He was named the Laureus World Sportsman of the Year for a record four consecutive years (2005–2008)