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 in the final 7-6 6-2 7-6.

Loses Swiss Open 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: Defeats Marat Safin in the Australian Open final to win his second Grand Slam.

Takes over as world number one.

Further ATP Tour wins follow at Indian Wells, Hamburg and Dubai.

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

Successfully defends grass-court title in Halle.

July 4: Beats Roddick in four sets in final to retain Wimbledon title.