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It is considered by many to be the greatest.
It was dominant for many years, over two decades.
His rivalry with Rafael Nadal was epic and led to the greatest moments in tennis history.
Roger Federer is retiring and his legacy is amazing and historic.
After 24 years and more than 1,500 matches in his career, the 41-year-old Federer leaves behind a list of winners full of records.
The Swiss turned professional in 1998. Born in Basel, he is a right-handed tennis player with a one-handed backhand.
He is one of the best grass tennis players in history and holds the record for the most consecutive weeks as world number 1: that is just the tip of the iceberg of a career full of milestones.
Federer titles
Roger Federer won 103 singles titles and 8 doubles titles, according to the ATP.
He won 1,251 matches.
how many grand slams did he win
Federer won 20 Grand Slam titles.
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- 6 Australian Open
- 1 Roland Garros
- 6 Wimbledon
- 5 US Open
He holds the record for Grand Slam match wins: 369 wins.
Other notable titles
- 6 ATP Tour finals
- London 2012 Olympic Games silver medal
- Beijing 2008 doubles gold medal
- Davis Cup with Switzerland in 2014
- Hopman Cup 3 times
How much money did he earn for his championships
According to the ATP, Federer earned $130,594,339 in prize money from singles and doubles championships throughout his career.
According to Forbes, Federer has a fortune of US$90.7 million and is currently the seventh highest-paid athlete in the world (includes competition prize money and advertising revenue).
In 2020 he was the highest paid athlete in the world and the earnings for his image continue to be stratospheric.
Federer's records
He holds the record for the oldest tennis player in the world No. 1: 36 years old when he was the leader of the ranking in 2018.
He is the tennis player with the most consecutive weeks at No. 1 (237 weeks) in the history of the ATP rankings.
With his record of 103 titles and 1,251 wins, he is second in the Open Era of the ATP after Jimmy Connors' 109 titles and 1,274 wins.
Federer never retired from 1,526 singles and 223 doubles matches during his career.
He is the third player with the most Grand Slam titles: 20, behind Novak Djokovic's 21 and Rafael Nadal's 22.
In Grand Slam he had 369 wins, 27 in a row between 2005-06 and 2006-07.
Federer is the tennis player with the most titles at the championships in Basel (10), Halle (10), Wimbledon (8), ATP Masters 1000 Cincinnati (7) and Nitto ATP Finals (6).
In the 2006-07 season, he had a 41-game winning streak.
In 2005-06 he reached 17 consecutive finals.
He had a streak of 24 final victories between 2003 and 2005, a period in which he won 24 consecutive matches against the 10 best in the world.
In addition, he won 65 wins in a row on grass between 2003 and 2008.
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