ROGER FEDERER FACTFILE
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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.
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.
Loses in first round of French Open to Luis Horna of Peru.
Wins grass-court ATP International Series event in Halle, Germany.
Reaches first Grand Slam final at Wimbledon by thrashing Andy Roddick in three
sets in the semi-finals.
Wins Wimbledon singles title, beating Mark Philippoussis 7-6 (7-5) 6-2 7-6
(7-3).
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