1981: Born August 8 in Basle, Switzerland.

1998: Wins junior singles and doubles title at Wimbledon in the year he turns professional.

1999: Wins first ATP Challenger title with victory over Max Mirnyi in Brest.

Youngest player, at 18 years and 14 months, to finish season in top 100.

2000: Loses in last 16 of French Open to Alex Corretja. Loses in first round of Wimbledon to Yevgeny Kafelnikov.

2001: Loses to Corretja again in quarter-final of the French Open at Roland Garros.

Ends champion Pete Sampras' 31-match winning streak at Wimbledon with five-set victory on Centre Court before losing to Britain's Tim Henman in the quarter-finals.

2002: Wins ATP Masters Series title in Hamburg, but loses to Hicham Arazi in the first round at Roland Garros.

June - Seeded number seven at Wimbledon, but beaten by qualifier Mario Ancic in the first round.

2003: Loses in last 16 of the Australian Open to David Nalbandian.

June - Loses in first round of French Open to Luis Horna of Peru.

Wins grasscourt ATP International Series event in Halle, Germany.

Wins Wimbledon singles title, beating Mark Philippoussis in straight sets in the final.

Beaten in fourth round at US Open by David Nalbandian.

Ends season by winning Tennis Masters Cup and is ranked number two in the world.

2004: January - Defeats Marat Safin in the Australian Open final to win his second grand slam.

Takes over as world number one.

June - Beaten by Gustavo Kuerten in the third round of the French Open.

July - Beats Andy Roddick in four sets to retain Wimbledon title.

September - Thrashes Leyton Hewitt 6-0 7-6 (7/3) 6-0 to win first US Open.

2005: January - Loses Australian Open semi-final to Safin after five-set epic.

June - French Open semi-final exit to Rafael Nadal.

July - Beats Roddick in straight sets to retain Wimbledon title.

September - Beats Andre Agassi in four sets to retain US Open crown.

2006: January - Wins second Australian Open title.

June - Loses in French Open final to Nadal.

July - Wins fourth consecutive Wimbledon title with four-set defeat of Nadal.

Extends unbeaten run on grass to a record 49 matches.

September - Wins third straight US Open title with four-set defeat of Roddick.

2007: January 28 - Does not drop a set on the way to winning third Australian Open and 10th grand slam title. Bjorn Borg was the last man to complete such a feat in 1980.

February 26 - Sets new record of 161 consecutive weeks as world number one, beating the 30-year-old mark of Jimmy Connors.

March 12 - Bid to break Guillermo Vilas' ATP Tour record 46 straight victories ends with an injury-hit defeat to Guillermo Canas at the Masters Series event in Indian Wells. Federer had won 41 straight matches to that point.

May 12 - Parts company with coach Tony Roche after his longest tournament drought since becoming world number one.

May 20 - Finally beats Nadal on clay at the sixth attempt to win the Hamburg Masters, ending the Spaniard's record 81-match winning streak on the surface.

June 8 - Reaches French Open final, beating Jack Crawford's 73-year-old record of seven consecutive grand slam finals. He also breaks McEnroe's record of 35 consecutive sets won in grand slam events by winning 36.

June 10 - Loses French Open final to Nadal for second straight year.

July 8 - Beats Nadal in five-set epic to win fifth consecutive Wimbledon title, equalling the record of Borg.

September 10 - Beats Novak Djokovic in straight sets to win fourth successive US Open crown.

2008: January 25 - Loses in straight sets to Djokovic in the Australian Open semi-finals ending his record streak of grand slam final appearances at 10.

June 8: Thrashed 6-1 6-3 6-0 by Nadal in the French Open final, Federer's heaviest grand slam defeat and the first time he had lost a set 6-0 since 1999.

July 6: Denied a sixth consecutive Wimbledon title by Nadal, who beats him 6-4 6-4 6-7 (5/7) 6-7 (8/10) 9-7 in a Centre Court classic.

August 18 - Knocked off world number one spot by Nadal, ending his 237-week reign at the top.

September 8 - Beats Andy Murray 6-2 7-5 6-2 in the US Open final to claim his 13th grand slam title.

2009: February 1 - Loses 7-5 3-6 7-6 (7/3) 3-6 6-2 in classic Australian Open final to Nadal.

February 17 - Pulls out of ATP event in Dubai and Switzerland's upcoming Davis Cup tie against USA with back injury.

April 16 - Suffers first career defeat to countryman Stanislas Wawrinka in third round of Monte Carlo Masters - an event in which he has lost in final to Nadal in each of last three years.

June 7 - Moves level with Sampras' record of 14 majors and becomes only sixth man to complete career Grand Slam by beating Robin Soderling 6-1 7-6 (7/1) 6-4 in French Open final.