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= Roger Federer = Roger Federer, born on 8 August 1981 is a Swiss professional tennis player who is ranked world No. 3 in men's singles tennis by the Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP). He has won 20 Grand Slam singles titles—the most in history by a male player—and has held the world No. 1 spot in the ATP rankings for a record total of 310 weeks (including a record 237 consecutive weeks) and was the year-end No. 1 five times, including four consecutive. Federer, who turned professional in 1998, was continuously ranked in the top ten from October 2002 to November 2016.

Overview
Roger Federer holds several ATP records and is considered to be one of the greatest tennis players of all time. The Swiss player has proved his dominance on court with 20 Grand Slam titles and 102 career ATP titles. In 2003, he founded the Roger Federer Foundation, which is dedicated to providing education programs for children living in poverty in Africa and Switzerland. His views over the organisation is: "For me, it is important to give back some of the luck that I am able to experience in life. The Roger Federer Foundation helps children in the poorest regions of our world. It is very close to my heart and to my family.

I want to thank you for buying products in order to help us with this cause. By purchasing our articles, you are making a direct contribution towards making our planet a better place for the most vulnerable children.

I am very grateful to have my fans, sponsors and friends on board who support me tremendously on my exciting philanthropic journey."

The RF Foundation
The Founder says:"'I believe in the power of people. They might only need some initial empowerment. We know that a good education empowers children by allowing them to take their future into their own hands and play an active part in shaping it. And we trust in the best will of parents that they want to ensure the best possible opportunities for their children. For 15 years my Foundation has therefore been committed to enable parents and local communities in providing these children with the opportunity for a good education. We have reached one million children by today'" The Roger Federer Foundation enhances a world where children living in poverty are able to take control of their future and actively shape it. There is sufficient evidence that proves that education is a prerequisite for reducing poverty, improving preventive healthcare and creating a committed civil society. In particular, access to quality early education is crucial as it is the foundation of all learning. In low-income countries, more than 80% of children do not have access to early education. They thus aim to give children the best start on their educational path through life by establishing and further develop existing early educational services in a sustainable way. Their guiding principle in this endeavour is that children should be ready for school and schools ready for the children. This means that not only should children be prepared to start school, but also that the schools should provide a child-friendly environment, especially for the youngest. They believe there should be healthy and develop their skills accordingly, enabling them to enjoy a happy childhood.

The foundation believes in the potential of all people and do everything possible to empower them to improve their situation on their own. Therefore, the Roger Federer Foundation only works with carefully selected local organisations in long-term partnerships. They support the development of skills and ensure that the community accepts responsibility in solving its problems. They do not deliver equipment to people but empower them to organise resources needed on their own. The Organisation follows this approach strictly because they believe that this is the only way to achieve sustainable systemic change and resultant improvement of the situation. To be both cost-efficient and cost-effective we limit our engagement to one region in Africa and are conducting programmes in six countries in southern Africa as well as Switzerland.

The Roger Federer Foundation is a professionally managed grant foundation which is committed to the rules of the Swiss Foundation Code. The organisation strictly follows a system of checks and balances and an efficient project management cycle. Transparency, measurability and evaluation of the activities are fundamental. As a learning institution, the Foundation seeks the advice of experts and stakeholders and is a member of SwissFoundations, an association of Swiss grant foundations.

Playing Style
Federer's versatility has been described by Jimmy Connors as: "In an era of specialists, you're either a clay court specialist, a grass court specialist, or a hard court specialist... or you're Roger Federer."

Dominik Hrbaty described what it was like to play Federer in the Scoop Malinowski book "Facing Federer": “Roger is different. He’s the new generation. He was comparable to Marcelo Rios, very talented, he has great hands, but the difference was Roger had the big serve, big return. He could make winners out of anything. And even out of defence. And Roger is just one of a kind."

An elite athlete, Federer is an all-court, all-around player known for his speed, fluid style of play, and exceptional shot-making. Federer mainly plays from the baseline but is also comfortable at the net, being one of the best volleyers in the game. He has a powerful, accurate smash and very effectively performs rare elements of professional tennis, such as the backhand smash and skyhook, half-volley, jump smash (slam dunk) and an aggressive serve return known affectionately as SABR (Sneak Attack By Roger, a half-volley attack on an opponent's second serve).

Equipment
Federer plays with his signature Wilson Pro Staff RF97 Autograph racquet. It has a 97 square inch head, 16x19 string pattern, 366 gram strung weight, 340 gram swing weight, 68 RA stiffness, and 9 point head light balance. Federer strings his racquets using Wilson Natural Gut 16 gauge for his main strings and Luxilon Big Banger ALU Power Rough 16L gauge (polyester) for his cross strings. In an interview in November 2017, Federer stated his favorite stringing tension is 26.5 kilograms (58.4 lb) mains & 25 kilograms (55.1 lb) crosses.

As a junior player, Federer played with a Wilson Pro Staff 6.0 85 square inch head racquet. He switched to a bigger custom-built Wilson 90 square inch head racquet in 2003. His grip size was ​4 3⁄8 inches (L3). When asked about string tensions,

Federer stated: "'this depends on how warm the days are and with what kind of balls I play and against who I play. So you can see – it depends on several factors and not just the surface; the feeling I have is most important.'"

== Career Statistics [2017-2019] ==