Roger+Federer

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Federer was born in Binningen, near Basel. Federer himself also credits the range of sports he played as a child—he also played badminton and basketball—for his hand-eye coordination. "I was always very much more interested if a ball was involved," he says. Most tennis prodigies, by contrast, play tennis to the exclusion of all other sports Federer is married to former Women's Tennis Association player Mirka Vavrinec

Professional life
Federer's main accomplishments as a junior player came at Wimbledon in 1998, where he won both the boys' singles tournament over Irakli Labadze. In 2003, Federer won his first Grand Slam singles title at Wimbledon, beating Mark Philippoussis. He won the Australian Open over Fernando González, Wimbledon over Rafael Nadal