In sports, a coach is an individual involved in the direction, instruction and training of the operations of a sports team or of individual sportspeople.

Staff

A coach, particularly in a major operation, is traditionally aided in his/her efforts by one or more assistant coaches known as the assistant coaching staff and team. The staff may include coordinators, strength and fitness specialists, and trainers.

Coaching in association football

In football, the duties of a coach can vary depending on the level they are coaching at and the country they are coaching in, amongst others. In youth football, the primary objective of a coach is to aid players in the development of their technical skills, with emphasis on the enjoyment and fair play of the game rather than physical or tactical development. In recent decades, efforts have been made by governing bodies in various countries to overhaul their coaching structures at youth level with the aim of encouraging coaches to put player development and enjoyment ahead of winning matches.

In professional football, the role of the coach or trainer is limited to the training and development of a club's "first team" in most countries. The coach is aided by a number of assistant coaches, one of which carries the responsibility for the training and preparation of the goalkeepers. The coach is also assisted by medical staff and athletic preparators.

The medium to long term strategy of a football club, with regard to transfer policies, youth development and other sporting matters, is not the business of a coach in most footballing countries. The presence of a sporting director is designed to give the medium term development of a club the full attention of one professional, allowing the coach to focus on improving and producing performances from the players under their charge. The system also provides a certain level of protection against overspending on players in search of instant success. In British football, the director of a professional football team is more commonly awarded the position of manager, a role that combines the duties of coach and sporting director.

The responsibilities of a European football (soccer) manager tend to be divided up in North American professional sports, where the teams usually have a separate general manager and head coach, although occasionally a person may fill both roles of general manager and head coach. While the first team coach in football (soccer) is usually an assistant to the manager who actually holds the real power, the American style general manager and head coach have clearly distinct areas of responsibilities. For example, a typical European football manager would have the final say on player lineups and contract negotiations, while in American sports these duties would be handled separately by the head coach and general manager, respectively.

Coaching in baseball

Baseball, at least at the professional level in North America, is unique in that the individual who heads the coaching staff does not use the title of "head coach", but is instead called the field manager. Baseball "coaches" at that level are members of the coaching staff under the overall supervision of the manager, with each coach having a specialized role. The baseball field manager is essentially equivalent to head coaches in other American professional sports leagues; player transactions are handled by the general manager. The term "manager" used without qualification almost always refers to the field manager, while the general manager is often called the GM.

At amateur levels, the terminology is more similar to that of other sports. The person known as the "manager" in professional leagues is generally called the "head coach" in amateur leagues; this terminology is standard in U.S. college baseball.

Coaching in the United States

All major U.S. collegiate sports have associations for their coaches to engage in professional development activities, but professional coaches tend to have less formal associations, and have never developed into a group resembling a union in the way that athletic players in many leagues have.

Many coaching contracts allow the termination of the coach with little notice and without specific cause, usually in the case of high-profile coaches with the payment of a financial settlement. U.S. collegiate coaching contracts require termination without the payment of a settlement if the coach is found to be in serious violation of named rules, usually with regard to the recruiting or retention of players in violation of amateur status.

Coaching is a very fickle profession, and a reversal of the team's fortune often finds last year's "Coach of the Year" to be seeking employment in the next.

Many coaches are former players of the sport themselves, and coaches of professional sports teams are sometimes retired players.

On some teams, the principal coach (usually referred to as the head coach) has little to do with the development of details such as techniques of play or placement of players on the playing surface, leaving this to assistants while concentrating on larger issues such as recruitment and organizational development.

Successful coaches often become as well or even better-known than the athletes they coach, and in recent years have come to command high salaries and have agents of their own to negotiate their contracts with the teams. Often the head coach of a well-known team has his or her own radio and television programs and becomes the primary "face" associated with the team.

Preparation for coaching

Coaching courses and training seminars are increasingly available. One important role of coaches, especially youth coaches, is establishing safety for school-age athletes. This requires knowledge of CPR, prevention of dehydration, and following current concussion management guidelines.

See also

Coaches (American football)

Manager (association football)

Coach (baseball)

Manager (baseball)

Coach (basketball)

Coach (ice hockey)

Player-coach

Player-manager

Coaching staff

Coaching tree

Coach of the Year

Personal trainer

Personal trainer accreditation

Sports trainer

National Alliance for Youth Sports

References

Cassidy, Jones and Potrac, Understanding Sports Coaching: The Social, Cultural and Pedagogical Foundations of Coaching Practice, Routledge, 2008, ISBN 978-0-415-44272-5

Jones, Hughes and Queenston, An Introduction to Sports Coaching, Routledge, 2007, ISBN 978-0-415-41131-8

External links

Soccer coaching blog

Soccer coaching tips and resources

Category:Education and training occupations

be-x-old:Трэнэр ca:Entrenador cv:Тренер cs:Trenér de:Trainerassistent es:Entrenador fa:مربی (ورزش) fr:Entraîneur ga:Traenálaí gl:Adestrador id:Pelatih it:Allenatore he:מאמן la:Exercitor lt:Treneris hu:Szövetségi kapitány nl:Trainer ja:コーチ pl:Trener pt:Treinador ru:Тренер simple:Coach (sport) sl:Trener sr:Тренер fi:Valmentaja sv:Tränare th:ผู้ฝึกสอน tr:Antrenör zh:教练

The Coachman (), also known as The Little Man (L'Omino), is a fictional character who appears in Carlo Collodi's book The Adventures of Pinocchio (Le avventure di Pinocchio).

Role

The coachman is introduced in chapter XXXI, and is described as thus:

The coachman’s name is never revealed, though he identifies himself in Chapter XXXII as merely “The Little Man” (L’Omino). He drives to Busy Bee Island (Isola delle Api Industriose) on a coach pulled by twenty four donkeys which mysteriously wear white shoes on their hooves. By the time he arrives to take Pinocchio and Candlewick to the Land of Toys (Il Paese dei Balocchi), his carriage is completely packed, leaving Candlewick to sit in front with him and Pinocchio to ride one of the donkeys. The donkey throws Pinocchio off, and is reproached by the coachman, who bites half its right ear off. When Pinocchio remounts the donkey, the animal begins to weep like a human, and warns Pinocchio of the impending danger he faces. The coachman again reproaches the animal by biting off half its other ear. The coachman proceeds to take the children to the Land of Toys, whilst singing to himself:

“All night they sleep And I never sleep…”

In chapter XXXII, the coachman visits Pinocchio and Candlewick five months later, when they have finally become donkeys due to their idleness. He violently breaks into their house, meticulously waxes their fur, and puts them on sale. Candlewick is bought by a farmer, while Pinocchio is bought by a circus ringleader.

In Disney version

The Coachman appears in the 1940 Disney film adaptation, where he is voiced by Charles Judels, who also voiced Stromboli. Unlike L'Omino who worked alone, Disney's Coachman enlists Honest John and Gideon to help him lure wayward boys to take to "Pleasure Island" and ultimately turn them into donkeys to sell. It is also shown that he has numerous silent, black, ape-like henchmen working for him on the island. Unlike the book's "Little Man", Disney's Coachman is large, physically imposing, and has a harsh, rather than alluring voice along with a Cockney accent. Though physically and verbally abusive toward the children-turned donkeys, he does not go as far as mutilating them as in the book. Like all the villains of the film, the Coachman's ultimate fate is never revealed.

Other appearances

In Giuliano Cencis 1972 adaptation Un burattino di nome Pinocchio, the Coachman, voiced by Gianni Bonagura, is portrayed much more closely to the book than his Disney counterpart. Like the Omino of the book, Cenci's Coachman works alone, and he is portrayed as an effeminate and alluring character with a high pitched voice, who easily tricks Pinocchio and Candlewick to come to the Land of Toys. However, he is not portrayed as violently as in the book.

In Steve Barrons 1996 live action film The Adventures of Pinocchio, the Coachman's role is fused with that of Mangiafuoco (renamed Lorenzini), who is played by Udo Kier. After Pinocchio accidentally sets Lorenzini's theatre on fire, Lorenzini changes career and begins luring unruly children to pleasure island, taking on the role originally filled by The Coachman. There, the children inevitably drink cursed water which turns them into donkeys. Lorenzini, during a struggle with Pinocchio, falls into the water and turns into The Terrible Dogfish.

In Geppetto, the Coachman is renamed the Ringleader and is played by Usher.

In the 1999 live action film "Pinocchio" The coachman is renamed Mr. Gypsy. He is very similar to the coachman in the 1940 Walt Disney film with a rough hoarse voice and tricks Pinocchio into being transformed into a donkey until he is rescued by the Magic Fairy.

References

Collodi, Le Avventure di Pinocchio 1883, Biblioteca Universale Rizzoli

Category:Pinocchio characters Category:Fictional businesspeople Category:Italian characters in written fiction Category:Fictional characters introduced in 1883

es:El cochero (Disney) it:Il Cocchiere

{{infobox football biography | playername	Dragan StojkovićДраган Стојковић | image | height | dateofbirth March 03, 1965 | cityofbirth Niš | countryofbirth SFR Yugoslavia | position Attacking Midfielder, Striker | years1 1981–1986 | clubs1 FK Radnički Niš | caps1 70 | goals1 8 | years2 1986–1990 | clubs2 Red Star Belgrade | caps2 116 | goals2 54 | years3 1990–1994 | clubs3 Marseille | caps3 29 | goals3 5 | years4 1991–1992 | clubs4 → Hellas Verona (loan) | caps4 19 | goals4 1 | years5 1994–2001 | clubs5 Nagoya Grampus Eight | caps5 183 | goals5 57 | totalcaps 417 | totalgoals 125 | nationalyears1 1983–2001 | nationalteam1 SFRY / FRY | nationalcaps1 84 | nationalgoals1 15
manageryears1	2001-2005 | managerclubs1 Yugoslav Football Association(President)
manageryears2	2005-2008 | managerclubs2 FC Red Star(President)
manageryears3	2008- | managerclubs3 Nagoya Grampus(Head Coach)
medaltemplates	}}

}} Dragan Stojković (; (born March 3, 1965 in Niš, Serbia, SFR Yugoslavia), also known under the nickname Piksi () is a Serbian former footballer and current manager of J. League side Nagoya Grampus.

Stojković was long time captain of the Yugoslavia national football team and Red Star Belgrade, and is considered one of the best players in the history of Yugoslavian and Serbian football. He is one of the five players to be awarded the title Star of the Red Star. He is widely considered to have never shown his true potential in Europe as injury prevented him from establishing himself at Marseille and at European level despite being considered Red Star's greatest player of a squad that went on to great heights, such as winning the European Cup, with players some of their players becoming stars at AC Milan, Juventus and Real Madrid.

Early life

Born to father Dobrivoje and mother Desanka, Stojković took to football very early while growing up in Pasi Poljana community near Niš. He has been nicknamed Piksi after Pixie, one of the characters from the cartoon Pixie & Dixie and Mr. Jinks.

Club career

Radnički Niš

A 175 cm, 73 kg midfielder and occasional forward, Stojković began his professional playing career with Yugoslav First League and hometown side Radnički Niš in 1981-82 when he made one first-team appearance. The next four seasons, Stojković appeared in 69 matches for Radnički and scored eight goals.

Red Star Belgrade

With top Yugoslav teams chasing his signature in the summer of 1986, twenty-one-year-old Stojković moved to Red Star Belgrade where he would spend the next four illustrious seasons, scoring 54 times in 120 appearances and developing into the best player in the league. He was the Yugoslav League MVP in 1988 and '89 season and on 3 May 1989 his stellar performances with Red Star earned him the title of Zvezdina Zvezda only given out to the very best players in the club's storied history.

Olympique de Marseille

In the summer of 1990, twenty-five-year-old Stojković made the much publicized move to Olympique de Marseille for a transfer fee of £5.5 million, joining the star-laden squad bankrolled by French businessman/politician Bernard Tapie, featuring the likes of Jean-Pierre Papin, Abédi Pelé, and Chris Waddle as well as newly arrived head coach Franz Beckenbauer fresh off winning the 1990 FIFA World Cup with Germany.

Early into his debut season Stojković sustained a knee injury for which he had to have surgery in Germany, forcing him to the sidelines for months. In fact, the entire 1990-91 league season was injury riddled for the Serb and he ended up making only eleven league appearances. Beckenbauer left the coaching post during the winter break to be replaced by Raymond Goethals. In the final of the UEFA European Champions' Cup, Marseille played against Stojković's former team Red Star. Stojković, a penalty kick specialist, entered the game late during the extra-time as a substitute, but as the match eventually went to penalty shootout, he informed head coach Goethals that he doesn't want to take a penalty shot against his former team. Red Star won the European Cup in the shootout.

He would remain Marseille player for the next four seasons with a half-season loan move to Hellas Verona sandwiched in-between his stints in Marseille.

Nagoya Grampus Eight

In the spring of 1994 Stojković signed with Japanese J-League team Nagoya Grampus Eight, then managed by Arsène Wenger and featuring Gary Lineker. He spent seven seasons with the Grampus Eight, retiring as a player in 2001. Stojković played 183 matches for the club, scoring 57 times. He was named J-League MVP for the 1995 season.

National team

Youth level

Stojković made his under-21 debut on 11 October 1983 versus Norway in Pančevo as part of qualifying for the 1984 UEFA European Under-21 Football Championship. Playing under head coach Ivan Toplak, the youngster from Radnički Niš scored on his debut as Yugoslavia won 6-2.

Full squad

Stojković made 84 career international appearances, scoring 15 times, those split between the SFR Yugoslavia national team and the FR Yugoslavia national team. He played for the former in Euro 84 and the 1990 FIFA World Cup and for the latter in the 1998 FIFA World Cup and Euro 2000. He made his international debut on November 12, 1983 in a scoreless draw against France. His final international match was against the country he spent much of his playing career in, Japan, on July 4, 2001.

Career statistics

|- |1981-82||rowspan="5"|Radnički Niš||rowspan="4"|First League||1||0|||||||||||| |- |1982-83||17||1|||||||||||| |- |1983-84||27||3||6||2|||||||| |- |1984-85||0||0|||||||||||| |- |1985-86||||25||4|||||||||||| |- |1986-87||rowspan="4"|Red Star Belgrade||rowspan="4"|First League||32||17||6||0|||||||| |- |1987-88||28||15||3||1|||||||| |- |1988-89||29||12||4||3|||||||| |- |1989-90||31||10||6||0|||||||| |- |1990-91||Olympique Marseille||Division 1||11||0||4||0|||||||| |- |1991-92||Hellas Verona||Serie A||19||1||2||1|||||||| |- |1992-93||rowspan="2"|Olympique Marseille||rowspan="2"|Division 1||0||0|||||||||||| |- |1993-94||18||5||1||0|||||||| |- |1994||rowspan="8"|Nagoya Grampus Eight||rowspan="8"|J. League Division 1||14||3||2||1||1||0||17||4 |- |1995||40||15||5||2||colspan="2"|-||45||17 |- |1996||19||11||1||0||10||3||30||14 |- |1997||18||2||0||0||6||1||24||3 |- |1998||28||7||4||1||1||0||33||8 |- |1999||24||11||5||2||5||2||34||15 |- |2000||26||5||1||0||6||2||33||7 |- |2001||15||3||colspan="2"|-||2||1||17||4 190||62|||||||||||| 29||5|||||||||||| 19||1||2||1|||||||| 184||57||18||6||31||9||233||72 422||125|||||||||||| |}

|- |1983||1||0 |- |1984||5||2 |- |1985||2||0 |- |1986||0||0 |- |1987||5||2 |- |1988||6||2 |- |1989||11||1 |- |1990||9||2 |- |1991||1||0 |- |1992||1||0 |- !Total||41||9 |} |- |1994||2||0 |- |1995||3||0 |- |1996||8||3 |- |1997||7||0 |- |1998||10||1 |- |1999||4||2 |- |2000||7||0 |- |2001||2||0 |- !Total||43||6 |}

Administrative career

FA president

Upon retiring in 2001, 36-year-old Stojković immediately became the Yugoslav Football Association president, succeeding Miljan Miljanić. Though Stojković's appointment initially received wide public approval, his 4-year tenure will be remembered for some of the worst results in the national team's history, culminating in June 2003 with a humiliating Euro 2004 qualifier loss to minnows Azerbaijan.

Hiring freshly retired former teammate and good personal friend Dejan Savićević to the position of national team head coach despite not having any coaching experience was amongst Stojković's first orders of business in 2001. Initially considered bold and daring, the move quickly turned sour as the squad began faltering in Euro 2004 qualifying while Savićević feuded with many of the players.

Throughout the summer of 2003, in the wake of the Azerbaijan fiasco that prompted Savićević's resignation, Stojković unsuccessfully courted Bora Milutinović for the national team head coaching role, only to eventually hire Ilija Petković.

Red Star Belgrade president

In July 2005, Stojković became the president of Red Star Belgrade. Similar to his FA appointment 4 years earlier, Stojković again became a successor to another long term, larger than life figure, Dragan Džajić who occupied various leading positions within the club's administration during previous 26 years. This transfer of power was full of controversy with plenty of lobbying behind the scenes and at times open feuding in the press.

2005-06 season

One of Stojković's first orders of business ahead of the 2005-06 season was firing the head coach he inherited, Ratko Dostanić, and bringing Walter Zenga who thus became the first foreigner ever to coach Red Star. Calling on his Japan connections, Stojković also got Toyota Motor Corporation to invest in the club through a shirt sponsorship deal. Additionally, he also opened the club's doors to various prominent Serbian companies like Delta Holding and Telekom Srbija thus creating a pool of sponsors.

On the player personnel front, Stojković initially more-or-less continued the existing "buy low sell high" policy that meant players were mostly recruited from Red Star's own youth system or smaller clubs throughout Serbia and Montenegro, and then sold abroad as soon as they gained some exposure on the European scene. Stojković's most prominent initial move was loaning out striker Marko Pantelić to Hertha Berlin for €250,000 on the last day of the summer 2005 transfer window (Pantelić was eventually sold to Hertha for additional €1.5 million in April 2006). On the other hand, 20-year-old striker Milan Purović and 22-year-old keeper Vladimir Stojković were brought to the club from Budućnost Podgorica and FK Zemun, respectively. Additionally, by bringing in Ghanaian midfielder Haminu Dramani, president Stojković indicated he was also interested in affordable foreign imports, which would soon become a staple of his transfer policy. All three new arrivals gelled well with the existing squad (featuring the likes of Nikola Žigić, Boško Janković, Milan Biševac, Dušan Basta, Nenad Kovačević, Aleksandar Luković, and Milan Dudić), as Red Star won the domestic double in impressive fashion. The club also played some impressive football in UEFA Cup where on last group matchday only a late goal by RC Strasbourg's Kevin Gameiro prevented them from progressing to the eight-finals.

2006-07 season

Winning the double combined with some fine European outings during previous season raised the fans' expectations considerably as they now wanted the existing Red Star squad to be kept intact (especially Nikola Žigić who reportedly at the time became a target of some high profile English Premiership clubs) in order to make a serious run at qualifying for the UEFA Champions League. However, the first move came as a complete shock - president Stojković sold goalkeeper Vladimir Stojković to FC Nantes, reportedly for €3 million. Trying to deal with the angry fan reaction, he attempted to explain that the move had been necessary to cover the club debt that grew to alarming levels following years of mismanagement and unpaid commitments of some key sponsor pool members. The wholesale continued with Nenad Kovačević, Milan Dudić, Haminu Dramani, Aleksandar Luković, and Boško Janković also leaving, but their departures caused comparatively less angry fan reaction. However most were still disappointed to see the winning team disassembled and sold-off so quickly.

On October 12, 2007 Stojković announced that he was stepping down as the president of Red Star Belgrade.

Coaching career

Stojković returned to Japan to take over as manager of his former club, Nagoya Grampus, on 22 January 2008. On 15 March 2008 the former J.League MVP won his first game as manager as Nagoya Grampus stunned AFC Champions League 2007 Champions Urawa Reds 2-0 at Urawa's home, the Saitama Stadium. Despite his glorious playing career at Nagoya, some Nagoya fans were initially worried about his lack of experience as a coach; however, his team finished in 3rd place and he led the club to AFC Champions League for the first time in his debut season.

In a 2009 J.League match between Yokohama F. Marinos and Nagoya Grampus, Stojković amazed everyone by scoring a goal from his technical area. One of the players had just been injured, so the goalkeeper kicked the ball out of play to stop the game. Stojković got out of his seat in the dugout and volleyed the ball, which went high into the air before dipping into goal. For this action he was sent off by the referee.

On November 20, 2010, Stojković led Grampus to the J. League title, the club's very first. Stojković has stated that he had learnt a lot about football from former manager Arsène Wenger, who had led the club to their previous best showing in 1995 when they finished runners-up and Emperor's Cup champions, and had kept regular contact with him, with Wenger giving him advice and congratulating him on the club's success. Stojkovic has been named by Wenger as the person he would like to take over Arsenal when he has gone. Arsène Wenger also mentioned that he would love Stojković to be his successor at Arsenal, stating "Our ideas are the same and we both strive for perfect football," After the successful 2010 season, Stojković was awarded the J. League Manager of the Year.

Honours

Player

UEFA Champions League: 1993

Yugoslav League MVP: 1988, 1989

Emperor's Cup: 1995, 1999

J. League MVP: 1995

J. League Best Eleven: 1995, 1996, 1999

Japanese Footballer of the Year: 1995

Manager

J. League Division 1: 2010

J. League Manager of the Year: 2010

TV ad

Toyota Corolla Touring Wagon (1995)

Transportation Bureau City of Nagoya Stored-value card :ja:ユリカ (1998)

Circle K Soba(2001)

References

External links

Serbian national football team website

Club Career Stats

Category:1965 births Category:Living people Category:1990 FIFA World Cup players Category:1998 FIFA World Cup players Category:Expatriate footballers in France Category:Expatriate footballers in Italy Category:Expatriate footballers in Japan Category:Expatriate football managers in Japan Category:Association football midfielders Category:Footballers at the 1984 Summer Olympics Category:Footballers at the 1988 Summer Olympics Category:Serbia and Montenegro expatriate footballers Category:Serbia and Montenegro international footballers Category:Hellas Verona F.C. players Category:J. League MVPs Category:J. League players Category:Ligue 1 players Category:Nagoya Grampus managers Category:Nagoya Grampus Eight players Category:Olympic bronze medalists for Yugoslavia Category:Olympic footballers of Yugoslavia Category:Olympique de Marseille players Category:People from Niš Category:Yugoslav footballers Category:Yugoslavia international footballers Category:FK Radnički Niš players Category:Red Star Belgrade footballers Category:Serbian expatriate footballers Category:Serbian expatriates in France Category:Serbian expatriates in Japan Category:Serbian footballers Category:Serbian football managers Category:Serie A footballers Category:Yugoslav expatriate footballers Category:UEFA Euro 1984 players Category:UEFA Euro 2000 players Category:Yugoslav expatriates in France Category:Yugoslav expatriates in Italy Category:Yugoslav expatriates in Japan Category:Olympic medalists in football

ar:دراغان ستويكوفتش bg:Драган Стойкович de:Dragan Stojković es:Dragan Stojković fr:Dragan Stojković gl:Dragan Stojković ko:드라간 스토이코비치 hr:Dragan Stojković it:Dragan Stojković ja:ドラガン・ストイコビッチ no:Dragan Stojković pl:Dragan Stojković pt:Dragan Stojković ru:Стойкович, Драган simple:Dragan Stojković sk:Dragan Stojković sl:Dragan Stojković sr:Драган Стојковић fi:Dragan Stojković sv:Dragan Stojković zh:德拉甘·斯托伊科维奇

name	Mike Krzyzewski
sport	Basketball
current title	Head coach
current team	Duke
current conference	ACC
current record	827–225 ()
birth date	February 13, 1947
birth place	Chicago, Illinois
player years	1966–1969
player teams	Army
player positions	Point guard, shooting guard
coach years	1974–19751975–198019791980–present19841987199019922006–present
coach teams	Indiana (assistant)ArmyUSA (assistant)DukeUSA (assistant)USAUSAUSA (assistant)USA
overall record	900–284 ()
tournament record	79–23 (NCAA)2–2 (NIT)54–18 (ACC)
championships	4 NCAA Tournament Championships (1991, 1992, 2001, 2010)11 Regional Championships – Final Four (1986, 1988, 1989, 1990, 1991, 1992, 1994, 1999, 2001, 2004, 2010)13 ACC Tournament Championships (1986, 1988, 1992, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2009, 2010, 2011)12 ACC Regular Season Championships (1986, 1991, 1992, 1994, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2004, 2006, 2010)Gold medal – Men's Basketball (2008 Summer Olympics) Gold medal – FIBA World Championship (2010)Accomplishments8 NCAA Championship Games: (1986, 1990, 1991, 1992, 1994, 1999, 2001, 2010) 12 Elite Eights: (1986, 1988, 1989, 1990, 1991, 1992, 1994, 1998, 1999, 2001, 2004, 2010)
awards	2x Basketball Times National Coach of the Year (1986, 1997)3x Naismith College Coach of the Year (1989, 1992, 1999)NABC Coach of the Year (1991)5x ACC Coach of the Year (1984, 1986, 1997, 1999, 2000)
baskhof year	2001
baskhof id	michael-mike-krzyzewski
cbbaskhof year	2006 }}

Michael William "Mike" Krzyzewski ( ; ; born February 13, 1947) is the men's college basketball coach of the Duke Blue Devils. He is also the coach of the United States men's national basketball team, whom he led to a gold medal at the 2008 Summer Olympics and the 2010 FIBA World Championship.

Nicknamed "Coach K", Krzyzewski has led the Blue Devils to four NCAA Championships, 11 Final Fours (tied for second most in history), 12 ACC regular season titles, and 13 ACC championships over 30 seasons at Duke. Krzyzewski has amassed an NCAA-record 79 NCAA tournament victories, while averaging more than 25 wins per season. On March 1, 2008, Krzyzewski became the sixth men's basketball coach in NCAA history to reach the 800-win plateau. Krzyzewski has totaled 900 career victories (as of March 20, 2011), making him the most winning active coach, and putting him three wins away from being the most winning men's basketball coach in NCAA Division I history. He was elected to the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame following the 2001 season.

Early years

Krzyzewski was born in Chicago, Illinois, the son of Polish-American parents Emily M. (née Pituch) and William Krzyzewski. He has roots in the Pittsburgh area, as his maternal grandparents emigrated from Poland to Keisterville, Pennsylvania. Up until he was 10 or 12, he visited there every summer; Krzyzewski had stated that he suspects the purpose of such trips was to "teach you to know where you came from and to be proud of it."

Krzyzewski attended (Archbishop) Weber High School in Chicago. He graduated from the United States Military Academy at West Point, New York, in 1969, and played basketball under Bob Knight while training to become an officer in the Army. In 2005 he was presented West Point's Distinguished Graduate Award. He was captain of the Army basketball team in his senior season, 1968–69, leading his team to the National Invitation Tournament (NIT) at Madison Square Garden in New York City. From 1969 to 1974, Krzyzewski served in the Army and directed service teams for three years, and then followed that up with two years as head coach of the U.S. Military Academy Prep School at Fort Belvoir, Virginia.

Tenure at Duke

On March 18, 1980, Krzyzewski was named the head coach at Duke University after five seasons at Army. After a few rebuilding seasons, he and the Blue Devils became a fixture on the national basketball scene with 27 NCAA Tournament berths in the past 28 years and 16 consecutive from 1996 to 2011, which is the second-longest current streak of tournament appearances behind Kansas, which has appeared in the tournament in 22 consecutive seasons. Overall, he has taken his program to postseason play in 28 of his 31 years at Duke and is the most winning active coach in men's NCAA Tournament play with a 79–23 record for a .775 winning percentage. His Duke teams have won 13 ACC Championships, been to 11 Final Fours, and won four NCAA tournament National Championships. On February 13, 2010, Krzyzewski coached in his 1000th game as the Duke head coach. On March 20, 2011, Krzyzewski won his 900th game, becoming only the second head coach with at least 900 wins, the other being his head coach at Army, Bobby Knight.

Coaching awards/recognition

1986, Basketball Times, CBS/Chevrolet, UPI National COY awards

1989, Naismith National COY

1991, United States Sports Academy awarded Kryzewski the Amos Alonzo Stagg Coaching Award.

2001, Victor Award

1984, ACC COY

1986, ACC COY

1997, ACC COY

1999, ACC COY

2000, ACC COY

2010, Chris Phillips Award

2001, Inducted into the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall Of Fame.

2001, Time magazine and CNN named Krzyzewski "America's Best Coach"; the award was not limited to any particular sport.

2008, United States Sports Academy awarded Krzyzewski the Amos Alonzo Stagg Coaching Award.

2011, 900 career wins (2nd Coach in Division 1 Basketball to win 900 plus games)

Krzyzewski has totaled 900 career victories (as of March 20, 2011 against the Michigan Wolverines), making him the most winning active coach and the second most winning all time coach in the Men's NCAA Division I ranks. Only Krzyzewski's mentor, Bob Knight, has more NCAA Division I wins (902). Other coaches with 800 or more wins include Dean Smith, Adolph Rupp, Jim Boeheim, Jim Calhoun and Eddie Sutton. His Duke Basketball team won more games (291) in a decade, beginning in the year 2000, than any other team in any one decade in men's NCAA Basketball history.

During his long tenure at Duke, Krzyzewski has been given the opportunity to coach in the NBA four times. The first time came after the 1990 season when he led the Blue Devils to their third straight Final Four appearance. The Boston Celtics offered a coaching position to Krzyzewski, but he soon declined their offer. The next season, Krzyzewski proceeded to lead the Blue Devils to the first of two straight national championships. In 1994, he was pursued by the Portland Trail Blazers, but again he chose to stay with Duke. In 2004, Krzyzewski was also interviewed by the Los Angeles Lakers following the departure of high-profile coach Phil Jackson. He was given a formal offer from Lakers general manager Mitch Kupchak, reportedly for five years, $40 million and part ownership, but again turned down the NBA. In 2010, the New Jersey Nets were reportedly willing to pay Krzyzewski between $12 million and $15 million per season to coach the Nets. Krzyzewski again declined the offer and stayed at Duke.

Duke has named the floor at its basketball venue, Cameron Indoor Stadium, "Coach "K" Court" in his honor. Similarly, the grassy area outside of Cameron has been named Krzyzewskiville or "K-Ville." On February 28, 2007, Duke named its new basketball practice facility the "Michael W. Krzyzewski Center" — Dedicated to Academic & Athletic Excellence. The building was dedicated on February 8, 2008, and also houses the Academic Support Center for all of Duke's 600 student-athletes and an expanded Sports Hall of Fame and event center.

His alma mater inducted him into its sports hall of fame on September 11, 2009, the night before the Army vs. Duke football game. Additionally, West Point annually awards the "Coach K Teaching Character Through Sports" award each spring to cadets and coaches who display superior ethics and character through sport.

International career

Krzyzewski has been the head coach of several USA men's national teams, winning a silver medal at the 1987 World University Games, a bronze medal at the 1990 FIBA World Championship, a silver medal at the 1990 Goodwill Games, a bronze medal at the 2006 FIBA World Championship, and gold medals at the 2007 FIBA Americas Championship, the 2010 FIBA World Championship, and 2008 Summer Olympics.

He was also an assistant coach to the USA teams which won gold medals at the 1984 and 1992 Olympics as well as the 1979 Pan American Games Team and 1992 Tournament of the Americas.

In 2005, he was appointed coach of the national team through the Beijing Olympics. In the 2006 FIBA World Championship, the USA won the bronze medal after losing in the semifinals to Greece and then beating defending Olympic gold medalist Argentina for third place.

On August 24, 2008, Krzyzewski's U.S. team won the gold medal at the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games. "The Redeem Team" finished the tournament with a perfect 8–0 record.

Despite initially only being appointed for four years, Krzyzewski agreed to lead the U.S. through another Olympic cycle. He coached the U.S. team for the 2010 FIBA World Championship and led Team USA to a perfect 8-0 record, defeating host Turkey in the gold medal game, 81-64.

Krzyzewski has amassed a total record of 35-1 (.972) as head coach of the USA National Team through the 2010 FIBA World Championship. The team has captured three golds (FIBA Americas Championship 2007, 2008 Summer Olympics, and the 2010 FIBA World Championship) and one bronze (2006 FIBA World Championship). His teams have yet to lose in pool play.

Coaching tree

Many of Krzyzewski's assistants or players have become head coaches at other schools:

Tommy Amaker (Seton Hall (1997-2001), Michigan (2001-2007), Harvard (2007-present))

Bob Bender (Washington (1993-2002))

Mike Brey (Delaware (1995-2000), Notre Dame (2000-present))

Jeff Capel (VCU (2002-2006), Oklahoma (2006-2011))

Johnny Dawkins (Stanford (2008-present))

Mike Dement (UNC Greensboro (1991-1995, 2005-present), SMU (1995-2004))

David Henderson (Delaware (2000-2006))

Tim O'Toole (Fairfield (1998-2006))

Quin Snyder (Missouri (1999-2006), NBDL Austin Toros (2007-2010))

Three former players (Steve Wojciechowski, Chris Collins and Jeff Capel) currently work under him as assistants at Duke. Another former player and assistant, Nate James, works under him as a special assistant. Former player Chris Carrawell, has been on staff since the 2007-08 season and is currently employed as assistant video coordinator and strength & conditioning coach.

No team coached by one of Krzyzewski's former players has beaten the Blue Devils. However, during the 2007 NCAA tournament (1st round) the Blue Devils fell to Virginia Commonwealth University, whose core players had been recruited by former VCU coach Jeff Capel before he left for the head coaching position at Oklahoma.

Krzyzewski has also coached NBA general managers: Danny Ferry, formerly of the Cleveland Cavaliers, and Billy King, of the New Jersey Nets.

Former player and captain Chip Engelland has served as assistant coach and shooting specialist to the San Antonio Spurs since 2005.

Notable players coached

Alaa Abdelnaby

Mark Alarie

Tommy Amaker

William Avery

Shane Battier

Jay Bilas

Carlos Boozer

Elton Brand

Jeff Capel III

Chris Carrawell

Chris Collins

Andre Dawkins

Johnny Dawkins

Luol Deng

Taymon Domzalski

Chris Duhon

Mike Dunleavy, Jr.

Daniel Ewing

Danny Ferry

David Henderson

Gerald Henderson, Jr.

Grant Hill

Greg Koubek

Nick Horvath

Bobby Hurley

Kyrie Irving

Nate James

Dahntay Jones

Billy King

Taylor King

Christian Laettner

Trajan Langdon

Reggie Love

Corey Maggette

Roshown McLeod

Josh McRoberts

DeMarcus Nelson

Martin Nessley

Greg Newton

Cherokee Parks

Greg Paulus

Shavlik Randolph

J. J. Redick

Jon Scheyer

Kyle Singler

Nolan Smith

Jason Williams

Shelden Williams

Steve Wojciechowski

Brian Zoubek

Head coaching record

See also

List of college men's basketball coaches with 600 wins

NCAA Men's Division I Final Four appearances by coaches

NCAA Men's Division I Elite Eight appearances by coaches

NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament Consecutive Appearances

Notes

References

External links

Official site

Category:1947 births Category:Living people Category:American people of Polish descent Category:American basketball coaches Category:American basketball players Category:Army Black Knights men's basketball coaches Category:Army Black Knights men's basketball players Category:Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame inductees Category:Basketball players from Illinois Category:College men's basketball head coaches in the United States Category:Duke Blue Devils men's basketball coaches Category:Indiana Hoosiers men's basketball coaches Category:National Collegiate Basketball Hall of Fame inductees Category:Olympic coaches Category:People from Chicago, Illinois Category:Point guards Category:Shooting guards Category:United States Army officers

de:Mike Krzyzewski es:Mike Krzyzewski fr:Mike Krzyzewski it:Mike Krzyzewski lv:Maiks Kšiževskis ja:マイク・シャシェフスキー pl:Mike Krzyzewski pt:Mike Krzyzewski ru:Кржижевски, Майк simple:Mike Krzyzewski fi:Mike Krzyzewski tr:Mike Krzyzewski zh:迈克·沙舍夫斯基

Name	Roger Federer
Country
Residence	Bottmingen, Switzerland
Birth date	August 08, 1981
Birth place	Basel, Switzerland
Height
Turnedpro	1998
Plays	Right-handed (one-handed backhand)
Careerprizemoney	US$63,657,721
Singlesrecord	786–185 (80.95%)
Singlestitles	67
Highestsinglesranking	No. 1 (2 February 2004)
Currentsinglesranking	No. 3 (22 August 2011)
Australianopenresult	W (2004, 2006, 2007, 2010)
Frenchopenresult	W (2009)
Wimbledonresult	W (2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009)
Usopenresult	W (2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008)
Othertournaments	Yes
Masterscupresult	W (2003, 2004, 2006, 2007, 2010)
Olympicsresult	4th place (losing bronze-finalist) ()
Doublesrecord	119–76 (61%)
Doublestitles	8
Othertournamentsdoubles	yes
Grandslamsdoublesresults	yes
Australianopendoublesresult	3R (2003)
Frenchopendoublesresult	1R (2000)
Wimbledondoublesresult	QF (2000)
Usopendoublesresult	3R (2002)
Olympicsdoublesresult	20px Gold Medal ()
Highestdoublesranking	No. 24 (9 June 2003)
Currentdoublesranking	No. 133 (15 August 2011)
Updated	29 August 2011}}

}}

Roger Federer () (born 8 August 1981) is a Swiss professional tennis player who held the ATP number one position for a record 237 consecutive weeks, and 285 weeks overall. As of 29 August 2011, he is ranked World No. 3 by the Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP). Federer has won a men's record 16 Grand Slam singles titles. He is one of seven male players to capture the career Grand Slam and one of three (with Andre Agassi and Rafael Nadal) to do so on three different surfaces (clay, grass and hard courts). He is the only male player in tennis history to have reached the title match of each Grand Slam tournament at least 5 times. Many sports analysts, tennis critics, and former and current players consider Federer to be the greatest tennis player of all time.

Federer has appeared in an unprecedented 23 career Grand Slam finals, of which 10 were consecutive appearances, and appeared in 18 of 19 finals over the four and a half years from the 2005 Wimbledon Championships through the 2010 Australian Open, the lone exception being the 2008 Australian Open. He holds the record of reaching the semifinals or better of 23 consecutive Grand Slam tournaments over five and a half years from the 2004 Wimbledon Championships through the 2010 Australian Open. At the 2011 Wimbledon Championships he reached his 29th consecutive Grand Slam quarterfinal, breaking the record set by Jimmy Connors.

Federer has won a record five ATP World Tour Finals (shared with Ivan Lendl and Pete Sampras) and 17 ATP Masters Series tournaments (tied second all-time). He also won the Olympic gold medal in doubles with his compatriot Stanislas Wawrinka at the 2008 Summer Olympic Games. For the past eight years (2003–2010) he has been in the top two in the year-end rankings.

As a result of Federer's successes in tennis, he was named the Laureus World Sportsman of the Year for a record four consecutive years (2005–2008). He is often referred to as The Federer Express or abbreviated to Fed Express, the Swiss Maestro or simply Maestro. In 2011, Federer was ranked No. 25 in Forbes Celebrity 100 List.

Early life

Childhood and personal life

Federer was born in Binningen, near Basel, to Swiss national Robert Federer and South African-born Lynette. He holds both Swiss and South African citizenships. He grew up in suburban Münchenstein, near Basel, close to the French-German borders and Federer speaks Swiss German, German, French and English fluently, Swiss German being his native language. He was raised as a Roman Catholic and met Pope Benedict XVI while playing the 2006 Internazionali BNL d'Italia tournament in Rome. Like all male Swiss citizens, Federer was subject to compulsory military service in the Swiss Armed Forces. However, in 2003 he was deemed unfit due to a long-standing back problem and was subsequently not required to fulfill his 'obligations'. 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 at the exclusion of pretty much everything else. "Having first played tennis, then badminton, and now back to tennis, I have an appreciation for how certain skills translate from one sport to another. I’ve lost some youthful vigor but am in some ways a better tennis player now because of the badminton years, when I learned how to construct points and control space with chess-like strategy (I used to play a little chess too), the importance of proper footwork, and the creative use of the hand and wrist for finesse shots."

Marriage and family

Federer is married to former Women's Tennis Association player Mirka Vavrinec. They met while both competing for Switzerland in the 2000 Sydney Olympics. Vavrinec retired from the tour in 2002 because of a foot injury and has since been working as Federer's public relations manager. They were married in Basel on 11 April 2009, surrounded by a small group of close friends and family at Wenkenhof Villa (municipality of Riehen). On 23 July 2009, Mirka gave birth to twin girls, Myla Rose and Charlene Riva.

Outreach and charitable efforts

Federer supports a number of charities. He established the Roger Federer Foundation in 2003 to help disadvantaged people and to promote sports. In 2005, he auctioned his racquet from his US Open championship to aid victims of Hurricane Katrina. He was appointed a Goodwill Ambassador by UNICEF in 2006. At the 2005 Pacific Life Open in Indian Wells, Federer arranged an exhibition involving several top players from the ATP tour and WTA tour called Rally for Relief. The proceeds from the event went to the victims of the tsunami caused by the 2004 Indian Ocean earthquake. Since then, he has visited South Africa and Tamil Nadu, one of the areas in India most affected by the tsunami. He has also appeared in UNICEF public messages to raise public awareness of AIDS. In response to the 2010 Haiti earthquake, Federer responded by arranging a collaboration with fellow top tennis players Rafael Nadal, Novak Djokovic, Andy Roddick, Kim Clijsters, Serena Williams, Lleyton Hewitt and Sam Stosur to forgo their final day of preparation for the 2010 Australian Open to form a special charity event called Hit for Haiti, in which all proceeds will go to the Haiti earthquake victims. He was named as a 2010 Young Global Leader by the World Economic Forum in recognition of his leadership, accomplishments and contributions to society.

Similar to the 2010 event, Hit for Haiti, Federer organized and participated in a charity match called Rally for Relief on 16 January 2011, to benefit those that were affected in the 2010-2011 Queensland floods. Federer is currently number 25 on Forbes top 100 celebrities.

Tennis career

Pre-1998: Junior years

Federer's main accomplishments as a junior player came at Wimbledon in 1998, where he won both the boys' singles tournament over Irakli Labadze 6–4, 6–4 and in doubles teamed up with Olivier Rochus, in which they defeated the team of Michaël Llodra and Andy Ram 6–4, 6–4. In addition, Federer lost the US Open Junior tournament in 1998 to David Nalbandian in 3–6, 5–7. He won four other ITF junior singles tournaments in his career, including the prestigious Orange Bowl where he defeated Guillermo Coria 7–5, 6–3 in the finals. He ended 1998 as the junior World Number One.

1998–2002: Early career in the ATP

Roger Federer's first tournament as a professional was Gstaad in 1998 (12th grade), where he faced Lucas Arnold Ker in the Round of 32, and he lost 4–6, 4–6. Federer's first final came at the Marseille Open, which was in 2000, and he lost to fellow Swiss Marc Rosset 6–2, 3–6, 6–7. Federer won the 2001 Hopman Cup representing Switzerland along with Martina Hingis. The duo defeated the American pair of Monica Seles and Jan-Michael Gambill in the finals. Federer's first win was at the 2001 Milan Indoor tournament, where he defeated Julien Boutter by a score of 6–4, 6–7, 6–4. In 2001, Federer made his first Grand Slam quarterfinal at the French Open, and at Wimbledon that same year defeated four-time defending champion Pete Sampras to reach the quarterfinals. The most prestigious event final he reached during this period was the 2002 Miami Masters event, where he lost to Andre Agassi in 3–6, 3–6, 6–3, 4–6 on hard court. In addition, Federer won his first Master Series event at the 2002 Hamburg Masters on clay in 6–1, 6–3, 6–4 over Marat Safin; the victory made him a top-10 player for the first time. Federer made ten singles finals during this time in his career between 1998 and 2002, of which he won four and lost six. From 1998 to 2002, Federer made six finals in doubles. Of note are Federer and partner Max Mirnyi's defeat in the final of the Indian Wells Masters in 2002, and their victory in the same year in the final of the Rotterdam 500 series event. Federer had won the latter the year earlier with partner Jonas Björkman.

2003–2006: Breakthrough and dominance

In 2003, Federer won his first Grand Slam singles title at Wimbledon, beating Mark Philippoussis 7–6, 6–2, 7–6. Federer won his first and only doubles Masters Series 1000 event in Miami with Max Mirnyi, and made it to one singles Masters Series 1000 event in Rome on clay, which he lost. Federer made it to nine finals on the ATP Tour and won seven of them, including the 500 series events at Dubai and Vienna. Lastly, Federer won the year-ending championships over Andre Agassi.

During 2004, Federer won three Grand Slam singles titles for the first time in his career, and became the first person to do so since Mats Wilander in 1988. His first Grand Slam hard court title came at the Australian Open over Marat Safin 7–6, 6–4, 6–2. He then won his second Wimbledon crown over Andy Roddick 4–6, 7–5, 7–6, 6–4. Federer defeated the 2001 US Open champion, Lleyton Hewitt, at the US Open for his first title there 6–0, 7–6, 6–0. Federer won three ATP Masters Series 1000 events. One was on clay in Hamburg, and the other two were on hard surfaces in Indian Wells and Canada. Federer took the ATP 500 series event at Dubai, and wrapped up the year by winning the year-ending championships for the second time.

In 2005, Federer failed to reach the finals of the first two Grand Slam tournaments, losing the Australian Open semifinal to eventual champion Safin and the French Open semifinal to champion Rafael Nadal. However, Federer quickly reestablished his dominance on grass, winning the Wimbledon Championships over Andy Roddick 6–2, 7–6, 6–4. At the US Open, Federer defeated Andre Agassi in the latter's last Grand Slam final 6–3, 2–6, 7–6, 6–1. Federer would also take four ATP Masters Series 1000 wins: Indian Wells, Miami, and Cincinnati (on hard court) and Hamburg (on clay). Furthermore, Federer won two ATP 500 series events at Rotterdam and Dubai. Federer lost the year-ending championships to David Nalbandian in the final.

In 2006, Federer won three Grand Slam singles titles and reached the final of the other, with the only loss coming against Nadal in the French Open 1–6, 6–1, 6–4, 7–6. This was the two men's first meeting in a Grand Slam final. Federer defeated Nadal in the Wimbledon Championships final 6–0, 7–6, 6–7, 6–3, which was the start of their storied rivalry. In the Australian Open, Federer defeated Marcos Baghdatis 5–7, 7–5, 6–0, 6–2 and at the US Open, Federer defeated Roddick (2003 champion) 6–2, 4–6, 7–5, 6–1. In addition, Federer made it to six ATP Masters Series 1000 finals, winning four on hard surfaces and losing two on clay to Nadal. Federer won one ATP 500 series event in Tokyo, and captured the year-end championships for the third time in his career.

2007 to present

In 2007, Federer reached all four Grand Slam singles finals, winning three of them. He won the Australian Open over Fernando González 7–6, 6–4, 6–4, the Wimbledon Championships over Rafael Nadal for the second time 7–6, 4–6, 7–6, 2–6, 6–2, and the US Open over Novak Djokovic 7–6, 7–6, 6–4. Federer lost the French Open to Nadal 6–3, 4–6, 6–3, 6–4. Federer made five ATP Masters Series 1000 finals in 2007, winning the Hamburg and Madrid titles. Federer won one 500 series event in Dubai and won the year-ending championships.

In 2008, Federer won one Grand Slam singles title, which came at the US Open over Briton Andy Murray 6–2, 7–5, 6–2. Federer was defeated by Nadal in two Grand Slam finals, at the French Open 6–1, 6–3, 6–0 and at Wimbledon 6–4, 6–4, 6–7, 6–7, 9–7, when he was going for six straight wins to break Björn Borg's record. In the Australian Open, Federer lost in the semifinals to Djokovic, which ended his record of 10 consecutive finals. Federer lost twice in Master Series 1000 finals on clay to Nadal at Monte Carlo and Hamburg. However, Federer captured two titles in 250 level events at Estoril, Halle and one title in 500 level events in Basel. In doubles, Federer and Stanislas Wawrinka won the gold medal at the Olympic Games.

In 2009, Federer won two Grand Slam singles titles, which were the French Open over Robin Söderling 6–1, 7–6, 6–4 and the Wimbledon Championships over Andy Roddick 5–7, 7–6, 7–6, 3–6, 16–14. Federer reached two other Grand Slam finals, losing to Nadal at the Australian Open 7–5, 3–6, 7–6, 3–6, 6–2 and to Juan Martín del Potro at the US Open 3–6, 7–6, 4–6, 7–6, 6–2. Federer won two more events, the first at the Madrid Masters over Nadal in the final, which was on clay, 6–4, 6–4. The second was in Cincinnati over Djokovic 6–1, 7–5, although Federer lost to Djokovic in Basel 6–4, 4–6, 6–2 later in the year. Federer completed a career Grand Slam by winning his first French Open title and won a men's record fifteenth Grand Slam singles title, which is one more than Pete Sampras's mark of fourteen.

In 2010, Federer continued to reach milestones and achievements. He won the Australian Open. Later in the same year his peak performance started coming down. In the final, Federer defeated Andy Murray 6–3, 6–4, 7–6, whom he also beat in the 2008 US Open final. At the French Open, Federer failed to reach a Grand Slam semifinal for the first time since the 2004 French Open, losing to Söderling 3–6, 6–3, 7–5, 6–4 in the quarterfinals, and losing his number 1 ranking. Since Söderling eventually lost in the final to Nadal, this tournament also marked first time since the 2004 French Open that Federer was defeated in a Grand Slam tournament by someone other than the eventual champion. However, at the French Open Federer won his 700th tour match and 150th tour match on clay. Federer was just one week away from equalling Pete Sampras's record of 286 weeks as World No. 1. This is the first time since 2001 that Federer has entered Wimbledon having won only one title for the year. In a big surprise, Federer lost in the quarterfinal to Tomáš Berdych 6–4, 3–6, 6–1, 6–4, and fell to World No. 3 in the rankings for the first time in nearly seven years, but he did win his 200th Grand Slam match in the first round. At the 2010 US Open, Federer reached the semifinals, avenging his French Open loss to Söderling in the quarterfinals. Federer lost a five-set match to number three seed and 2008 Australian Open champion Novak Djokovic 7–5, 1–6, 7–5, 2–6, 5–7. Federer made it to four Masters 1000 finals, losing three of them and winning one. At the Madrid Open, he lost to Nadal 6–4, 7–6. At the Canadian Masters, Federer lost to Murray. At the Cincinnati Masters, Federer won his first title in eight months as he became the first player since Agassi to retain the title, as he beat Fish in the final. He also equaled Agassi for the number of Masters wins at 17 and tied Borg's mark for number of total titles won and moved to just one behind Sampras. His next appearance was in Shanghai, where he lost to Andy Murray for the second time this year in a Masters' Series final. Towards the middle of July, Federer hired Pete Sampras' old coach Paul Annacone to put his tennis game and career on the right path on a trial period basis. Federer won two straight titles at the Stockholm Open, an ATP-250 level event, and in Basel, an ATP-500 level contest, which brought his tally to 65 career titles, equaling and surpassing Pete Sampras' total of 64 titles on the ATP Tour. Lastly, Federer won the Year-End Championships (now known as the World Tour Finals) by beating rival Rafael Nadal, for his fifth title at the event. He showed much of his old form, beating all contenders except Nadal in straight sets. After hiring Paul Annacone as his coach, Federer has entered nine tournaments, won five of them, was runner up in two, and reached the semifinals of the other two. Since Wimbledon 2010, Federer has a win loss record of 34–4, and has had multiple match points in two of his losses: to Novak Djokovic in the semifinal of the US Open, and Gael Monfils in the semifinal of the Paris Masters. Federer did not play in the 2010 Davis Cup.

At the start of the 2011 season, Federer defeated Nikolay Davydenko 6–3 6–4 to win the 2011 Qatar Open without dropping a set, it was his third title following wins in 2005 and 2006. Federer was defeated in straight sets during the semifinals of the 2011 Australian Open by Novak Djokovic, marking the first time since July 2003 that he did not win any four of the Grand Slams he appeared in consecutively. He went on to make it to the final in Dubai, losing 3–6 3–6 to Djokovic. Federer then entered the first Masters 1000 event of the year, the 2011 BNP Paribas Open, receiving a first round bye, he faced Igor Andreev of Russia in the first round 7–5 7–6, he blitzed 29th seed Juan Ignacio Chela in the third round 6–0 6–2, in the fourth round, he beat American qualifier Ryan Harrison 7–6, 6–3, in the quarterfinals, he beat compatriot Stanislas Wawrinka 6–3 6–4. He then fell to world number 3, Novak Djokovic, 6–3, 3–6, 6–2 relinquishing the number 2 ranking. Federer also reached the doubles final alongside Swiss compatriot Stanislas Wawrinka, beating rival Rafael Nadal along the way. Federer and Wawrinka lost to Alexandr Dolgopolov and Xavier Malisse 6–4, 6–7, 10–7 in the doubles final. Federer then entered the 2011 Sony Ericsson Open in Miami. He defeated Radek Stepanek in the second round 6–3, 6–3. He beat Juan Monaco 7–6, 6–4 and then Olivier Rochus 6–3, 6–1. He then beat Gilles Simon 3–0 retired due to Simon's neck injury. This set up a 23rd match up with arch-rival, Rafael Nadal. Nadal dominated the match and beat Federer 6–3, 6–2 which made the hard court head to head between Federer and Nadal 4–4. Roger Federer then moved on to the 2011 Monte-Carlo Rolex Masters in Monte Carlo, Monaco; after receiving a first round bye Federer played an impressive match showing his intent on winning this event by defeating world number 34 Philipp Kohlschreiber 6–2, 6–1 in the second round of the tournament. Federer then moved onto the third round of the tournament where he faced world number 22 Marin Cilic, and again played an outstanding match defeating the Croat 6–4, 6–3. Federer faced world number 9 Jürgen Melzer in the quarterfinals of the Monte-Carlo Rolex Masters but suffered a surprise straight sets loss, 4–6, 4–6, giving Melzer his first victory against Federer in 4 meetings. His next appearance was at the Madrid Masters. He struggled through his opening match and barely came out with a win against Feliciano Lopez after three tiebreak games, finishing with a score of 7–6, 6–7, 7–6. He then flew through the next two rounds, defeating Xavier Malisse and Robin Söderling with tallies of 6–4, 6–3, and 7–6, 6–4, respectively. He met Rafael Nadal in the semifinals and fought to advance to the final, winning the first set, but Nadal took control of the rest of the game, defeating Federer 5–7, 6–1, 6–3. Federer then moved to compete in the Rome Masters, where he opened with a victory over Frenchman Jo-Wilfried Tsonga, 6–4, 6–2. He faced Frenchman Richard Gasquet in the third round, but lost a very close match in the third set tiebreak, 6–4, 6-7, 6-7. Federer then competed in the 2011 French Open, expressing relief that some pressure was off of him and more on Novak Djokovic, who had not yet lost to that point in 2011. He won the first round with 6–3, 6–4, 7–6 on Feliciano Lopez. He faced Maxime Teixeira on the second round and achieved a straight set victory 6–3, 6–0, 6–2. He defeated Janko Tipsarević of Serbia 6–1, 6–4, 6–3 in the third round to reach the last 16. He then defeated his fellow countryman, Stanislas Wawrinka 6–3,6–2,7–5 to reach his 28th consecutive Grand Slam quarterfinal. In the corresponding quarterfinal, he beat the only French remaining in the tournament Gael Monfils 6–4, 6–3, 7–6 to setup a semifinal with Novak Djokovic. In the semifinal, he ended Novak Djokovic's streak of 43 consecutive wins and hopes of attaining the number 1 ranking by winning 7–6, 6–3, 3–6, 7–6 to setup a final with Rafael Nadal, which he lost 5–7, 6–7, 7–5, 1–6. At Wimbledon, Federer advanced to the quarterfinal where he lost to Jo-Wilfried Tsonga after leading 2 sets to love, 3–6, 6–7, 6–4, 6–4, 6–4. It marked the first time Federer had lost a Grand Slam match after winning the first two sets. After Wimbledon, Federer played the Davis Cup match-up between Switzerland and Portugal. The World No. 3 won in singles, against Rui Machado and in doubles with Stanislas Wawrinka, helping the Swiss team move on to the World Group Play-offs with a sweep of Portugal, 5–0.

After receiving a bye in the first round of the 2011 Rogers Cup, Federer beat Vasek Pospisil 7–5, 6–3 in the second round. In the third round Federer lost 6–7, 6–4, 1–6 to Jo-Wilfried Tsonga, his second straight defeat at the hands of the Frenchman. He begun the Western&Southern; Financial Masters in Cincinnati where he was the two time defending champion with a 6–3, 7–5 win over Juan Martin Del Potro snapping a 2 match losing streak to the Argentine.

Rivalries

Federer vs. Nadal

Federer and Nadal have been playing each other since 2004, and their rivalry is a significant part of both men's careers.

They held the top two rankings on the ATP Tour from July 2005 until 14 September 2009, when Nadal fell to World No. 3 (Andy Murray became the new No. 2). They are the only pair of men to have ever finished four consecutive calendar years at the top. Federer was ranked number 1 for a record 237 consecutive weeks beginning in February 2004. Nadal, who is five years younger, ascended to No. 2 in July 2005 and held this spot for a record 160 consecutive weeks before surpassing Federer in August 2008.

Nadal leads their head-to-head 17–8. However, most of their matches have been on clay, which is Nadal's best surface. Federer has a winning record on grass (2-1) and indoor hard courts (3-0) while Nadal leads the outdoor hard courts by 4-1 and clay by 12-2. Because tournament seedings are based on rankings, 19 of their matches have been in tournament finals, including an all-time record 8 Grand Slam finals. From 2006 to 2008 they played in every French Open and Wimbledon final, and then they met in the 2009 Australian Open final and the 2011 French Open final. Nadal won six of the eight, losing the first two Wimbledons. Three of these matches were five set-matches (2007 and 2008 Wimbledon, 2009 Australian Open), and the 2008 Wimbledon final has been lauded as the greatest match ever by many long-time tennis analysts. They have also played in a record 9 Masters Series finals, including their lone five hour match at the 2006 Rome Masters which Nadal won in a fifth-set tie-break having saved two match points.

Until 14 September 2009, when Juan Martín del Potro beat Nadal in the US Open semifinal on his way to defeating Federer in the final itself, no player had beaten both Nadal and Federer in the same Grand Slam. Federer was undefeated in US Open finals until losing in five sets to del Potro (5). Both Federer and Nadal have won Grand Slam events on three different surfaces successively (2008 French Open, 2008 Wimbledon, 2009 Australian Open for Nadal and 2008 US Open, 2009 French Open, 2009 Wimbledon for Federer). Federer lost to Nadal on 5 June 2011 in the French Open final 5-7, 6-7, 7-5, 1-6.

Federer vs. Hewitt

Federer and Lleyton Hewitt have played each other on 25 occasions. Early in their careers, Hewitt dominated Federer, winning seven of their first nine meetings, including a victory from two sets down in the 2003 Davis Cup semifinal which allowed Australia to defeat Switzerland. However, from 2004 onward, Federer has dominated the rivalry, winning 15 of the last 16 meetings to emerge with a 17–8 overall head-to-head record. This is Federer's longest rivalry as these two first played each other as juniors in 1996. They have met in one Grand Slam final, the 2004 US Open final, where Federer won 6–0, 7–6, 6–0 to win his first US Open title. Federer is 9–0 against Hewitt in Grand Slams, and has won six of the Grand Slams in which he has defeated Hewitt.

Federer vs. Nalbandian

David Nalbandian was Federer's biggest rival earlier in his career. Both players had an outstanding junior career, Federer won the Wimbledon junior title and Nalbandian won the US Open junior title (beating Federer). Even though Federer has a narrow advantage against Nalbandian, leading their meetings 11–8, Nalbandian beat Federer in their first five meetings after turning professional, including the fourth round of both the Australian Open and US Open in 2003. Their most impressive match was in the 2005 Shanghai Tennis Master Cup, where Nalbandian came back from being two sets to love down against Federer and ultimately prevailed in a fifth set tiebreak. The loss prevented Federer from tying John McEnroe's 82–3 all-time single year record, set in 1984. Nalbandian, Lleyton Hewitt and Andy Murray have beaten Federer 8 times, with only Rafael Nadal and Novak Djokovic recording more victories over Federer.

Federer vs. Djokovic

The two have met 23 times with Federer leading 14–9, and 5–3 in Grand Slam events. Djokovic is the only player besides Nadal to have defeated Federer more than once in a Grand Slam tournament since 2004, and the only player besides Nadal to defeat Federer in consecutive grand slam tournaments (2010 US Open and 2011 Australian Open). Djokovic is one of two (the other again being Nadal) players currently on tour to have defeated Federer in straight sets at a Grand Slam (2008 Australian Open and 2011 Australian Open).

Because of the continuously improving game and general rise of Djokovic in the last 3 years, many experts include Djokovic when talking about Nadal and Federer (all 3 have played each other more than 22 times) and Federer has cited his rivalry with Djokovic as his second favorite after his rivalry with Nadal. Experts such as John McEnroe have said that this is the beginning of a new change in tennis and have coined the current situation "The Trivalry" between Djokovic, Nadal, and Federer. Djokovic's recent back-to-back-to-back wins against Federer at the Australian Open, Dubai and Indian Wells tournament have made this rivalry even more intense. During that span, Djokovic had gone on a 43–0 winning streak dating back to the Davis Cup final the previous year. Federer ended Djokovic's perfect 41–0 season defeating him in the semifinals of the 2011 French Open 7-6, 6-3, 3-6, 7-6.

Federer vs. Murray

These two have met 14 times, all hard courts, with Murray leading 8–6. Federer has won each of their Grand Slam matches (both were in the final) in straight sets at the 2008 US Open and 2010 Australian Open, but Murray leads 5–1 in ATP 1000 tournaments. They have met three times in the ATP World Tour Finals, with Murray winning in Shanghai in 2008 and Federer in London in 2009 and 2010. Apart from Nadal, Murray is the only other current top ten player to have a positive head to head record against Federer.

Federer vs. Roddick

One of Federer's longest rivalries is with Andy Roddick. Having met on many occasions, including four Grand Slam finals (three at Wimbledon and one at the US Open), Federer leads 20–2. Federer's dominance on the tour emerged as Roddick rose to World No. 1 ranking in 2003.

In the 2009 Wimbledon final Roddick took Federer to five sets. It included a fifth-set made up of 30 games (a Grand Slam final record) with the match lasting over 4 hours with the final match score of 5-7, 7-6, 7-6, 3-6, 16-14. With that victory, Federer broke Pete Sampras' record of 14 major titles.

Playing style

Federer's versatility was summarized by Jimmy Connors: "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."

Federer is an all-court, all-round player known for his style of play and shot making. Federer mainly plays from the baseline but is also comfortable at the net being one of the best volleyers in the game today. He has a very effective smash and very effectively performs rare elements in today's tennis, such as backhand smash, half-volley and jump smash (slam dunk). David Foster Wallace described Federer's exceptional speed, fluidity and brute force of this forehand motion as "a great liquid whip," while John McEnroe has referred to Federer's forehand as "the greatest shot in our sport." Federer plays with a single-handed backhand which gives him great variety. He employs the slice, occasionally using it to lure the opponent to the net and pass him. Federer can also fire topspin winners and possesses a 'flick' backhand where he can generate pace with his wrist; this is usually used to pass the opponent at the net. His serve is difficult to read because he always uses a similar ball toss regardless of what type of serve he is going to hit and where he aims to hit it, and turns his back to his opponents during his motion. He is often able to produce big serves on key points during a match. His first serve is typically around 200 km/h (125 mph), however, he is capable of serving at 220 km/h (137 mph). Federer is accomplished at serve and volleying, and used this tactic especially frequently in his early career. His speciality is a half-volley from the baseline which enables him to play very near to the baseline and to pick up balls (even deeper ones) very early after their bounce, thus giving his opponents less time to react on his shot. Late in his career Federer also added the drop shot to his game and utilizes a well-disguised one off of both wings. He sometimes uses a between-the-legs shot, which is colloquially referred to as a "tweener." His most notable use of the tweener was in the semifinals of the 2009 US Open against Novak Djokovic, bringing him match point.

Equipment, apparel, endorsements

Federer currently plays with a customised Wilson Six.One Tour BLX tennis racquet, which is characterised by its smaller hitting area of 90 square inches, heavy strung weight of , and thin beam of 17 millimeters. His grip size is 4 3/8 inches (sometimes referred to as L3). Federer strings his racquets at 24 to 28 kilograms (52.9 to 61.7 pounds) tension utilizing Wilson Natural Gut 16 gauge for his main strings and Luxilon Big Banger ALU Power Rough 16L gauge (polyester) for his cross strings. 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."

Federer is one of the highest-earning athletes in the world. He has a contract with Nike footwear and apparel. For the 2006 championships at Wimbledon, Nike designed a jacket emblazoned with a crest of three tennis racquets, symbolising the three Wimbledon Championships he had previously won, and which was updated the next year with four racquets after he won the Championship in 2006. In Wimbledon 2008 and again in 2009, Nike continued this trend by making him a personalised cardigan. He also has his own logo, an R and F joined together. Federer endorses Gillette, Jura, a Swiss-based coffee machine company, as well as Mercedes-Benz and NetJets. Federer also endorses Rolex watches, although he was previously an ambassador for Maurice Lacroix. Also in 2009 Federer became brand ambassador for Swiss chocolate makers Lindt. In 2010 his endorsement by Mercedes-Benz China was extended into a global Mercedes-Benz partnership deal.

Grand Slam tournament performance timeline

{|class=wikitable style=text-align:center;font-size:98% !Tournament!!1998!!1999!!2000!!2001!!2002!!2003!!2004!!2005!!2006!!2007!!2008!!2009!!2010!!2011!!width=65|Career SR!!width=65|Career W-L!!width=65|Career % |- |colspan=18 align=left|'''Grand Slam Tournaments |- |bgcolor=#efefef align=left|Australian Open |A |LQ |bgcolor=#afeeee|3R |bgcolor=#afeeee|3R |bgcolor=#afeeee|4R |bgcolor=#afeeee|4R |bgcolor=lime|'''W |bgcolor=yellow|SF |bgcolor=lime|'''W |bgcolor=lime|'''W |bgcolor=yellow|SF |bgcolor=thistle|F |bgcolor=lime|'''W |bgcolor=yellow|SF |bgcolor=#efefef|4 / 12 |bgcolor=#efefef|59–8 |bgcolor=#efefef|88.06 |- |bgcolor=#efefef align=left|French Open |A |bgcolor=#afeeee|1R |bgcolor=#afeeee|4R |bgcolor=#ffebcd|QF |bgcolor=#afeeee|1R |bgcolor=#afeeee|1R |bgcolor=#afeeee|3R |bgcolor=yellow|SF |bgcolor=thistle|F |bgcolor=thistle|F |bgcolor=thistle|F |bgcolor=lime|'''W |bgcolor=#ffebcd|QF |bgcolor=thistle|F |bgcolor=#efefef|1 / 13 |bgcolor=#efefef|49–12 |bgcolor=#efefef|80.33 |- |bgcolor=#efefef align=left|Wimbledon |A |bgcolor=#afeeee|1R |bgcolor=#afeeee|1R |bgcolor=#ffebcd|QF |bgcolor=#afeeee|1R |bgcolor=lime|'''W |bgcolor=lime|'''W |bgcolor=lime|'''W |bgcolor=lime|'''W |bgcolor=lime|'''W |bgcolor=thistle|F |bgcolor=lime|'''W |bgcolor=#ffebcd|QF |bgcolor=#ffebcd|QF |bgcolor=#efefef|6 / 13 |bgcolor=#efefef|59–7 |bgcolor=#efefef|89.39 |- |bgcolor=#efefef align=left|US Open |A |LQ |bgcolor=#afeeee|3R |bgcolor=#afeeee|4R |bgcolor=#afeeee|4R |bgcolor=#afeeee|4R |bgcolor=lime|'''W |bgcolor=lime|'''W |bgcolor=lime|'''W |bgcolor=lime|'''W |bgcolor=lime|'''W |bgcolor=thistle|F |bgcolor=yellow|SF | |bgcolor=#efefef|5 / 12 |bgcolor=#efefef|57–6 |bgcolor=#efefef|90.48 |-bgcolor=#efefef |align=left|Win–Loss |0–0 |0–2 |7–4 |13–4 |6–4 |13–3 |22–1 |24–2 |27–1 |26–1 |24–3 |26–2 |20–3 |16–3 |16 / 50 |224–33 |87.16 |}

;Finals: 23 (16 titles, 7 runner-ups) {|class="sortable wikitable" !width=100|Outcome !width=50|Year !width=200|Championship !width=75|Surface !width=200|Opponent in the final !width=210|Score in the final |-bgcolor=#ccffcc |bgcolor=98FB98|Winner||2003||Wimbledon (1)||Grass|| Mark Philippoussis||7–6^(7–5), 6–2, 7–6^{(7–3) |-bgcolor=#ffffcc |bgcolor=98FB98|Winner||2004||Australian Open (1)||Hard|| Marat Safin||7–6(7–3), 6–4, 6–2 |-bgcolor=#ccffcc |bgcolor=98FB98|Winner||2004||Wimbledon (2)||Grass|| Andy Roddick||4–6, 7–5, 7–6(7–3), 6–4 |-bgcolor=#ccccff |bgcolor=98FB98|Winner||2004||US Open (1)||Hard|| Lleyton Hewitt||6–0, 7–6(7–3), 6–0 |-bgcolor=#ccffcc |bgcolor=98FB98|Winner||2005||Wimbledon (3)||Grass|| Andy Roddick||6–2, 7–6(7–2), 6–4 |-bgcolor=#ccccff |bgcolor=98FB98|Winner||2005||US Open (2)||Hard|| Andre Agassi||6–3, 2–6, 7–6(7–1), 6–1 |-bgcolor=#ffffcc |bgcolor=98FB98|Winner||2006||Australian Open (2)||Hard|| Marcos Baghdatis||5–7, 7–5, 6–0, 6–2 |-bgcolor=#ebc2af |bgcolor=FFA07A|Runner-up||2006||French Open (1)||Clay|| Rafael Nadal||6–1, 1–6, 4–6, 6–7(4–7) |-bgcolor=#ccffcc |bgcolor=98FB98|Winner||2006||Wimbledon (4)||Grass|| Rafael Nadal||6–0, 7–6(7–5), 6–7(2–7), 6–3 |-bgcolor=#ccccff |bgcolor=98FB98|Winner||2006||US Open (3)||Hard|| Andy Roddick||6–2, 4–6, 7–5, 6–1 |-bgcolor=#ffffcc |bgcolor=98FB98|Winner||2007||Australian Open (3)||Hard|| Fernando González||7–6(7–2), 6–4, 6–4 |-bgcolor=#ebc2af |bgcolor=FFA07A|Runner-up||2007||French Open (2)||Clay|| Rafael Nadal||3–6, 6–4, 3–6, 4–6 |-bgcolor=#ccffcc |bgcolor=98FB98|Winner||2007||Wimbledon (5)||Grass|| Rafael Nadal||7–6(9–7), 4–6, 7–6(7–3), 2–6, 6–2 |-bgcolor=#ccccff |bgcolor=98FB98|Winner||2007||US Open (4)||Hard|| Novak Djokovic||7–6(7–4), 7–6(7–2), 6–4 |-bgcolor=#ebc2af |bgcolor=FFA07A|Runner-up||2008||French Open (3)||Clay|| Rafael Nadal||1–6, 3–6, 0–6 |-bgcolor=#ccffcc |bgcolor=FFA07A|Runner-up||2008||Wimbledon (1)||Grass|| Rafael Nadal||4–6, 4–6, 7–6(7–5), 7–6(10–8), 7–9 |-bgcolor=#ccccff |bgcolor=98FB98|Winner||2008||US Open (5)||Hard|| Andy Murray||6–2, 7–5, 6–2 |-bgcolor=#ffffcc |bgcolor=FFA07A|Runner-up||2009||Australian Open (1)||Hard|| Rafael Nadal||5–7, 6–3, 6–7(3–7), 6–3, 2–6 |-bgcolor=#ebc2af |bgcolor=98FB98|Winner||2009||French Open (1)||Clay|| Robin Söderling||6–1, 7–6(7–1), 6–4 |-bgcolor=#ccffcc |bgcolor=98FB98|Winner||2009||Wimbledon (6)||Grass|| Andy Roddick||5–7, 7–6(8–6), 7–6(7–5), 3–6, 16–14 |-bgcolor=#ccccff |bgcolor=FFA07A|Runner-up||2009||US Open (1)||Hard|| Juan Martín del Potro||6–3, 6–7(5–7), 6–4, 6–7(4–7), 2–6 |-bgcolor=#ffffcc |bgcolor=98FB98|Winner||2010||Australian Open (4)||Hard|| Andy Murray||6–3, 6–4, 7–6(13–11) |-bgcolor=#ebc2af |bgcolor=FFA07A|Runner-up||2011||French Open (4)||Clay|| Rafael Nadal||5–7, 6–7(3–7), 7–5, 1–6 |}}

Year-End Championship performance timeline

{|class=wikitable style=text-align:center;font-size:98% !Tournament!!1998!!1999!!2000!!2001!!2002!!2003!!2004!!2005!!2006!!2007!!2008!!2009!!2010!!2011!!width=65|Career SR!!width=65|Career W-L!!width=65|Career % |- |colspan=18 align=left|'''Year-End Championship tournaments |- |bgcolor=#efefef align=left|YEC |NQ |NQ |NQ |NQ |bgcolor=yellow|SF |bgcolor=lime|'''W |bgcolor=lime|'''W |bgcolor=thistle|F |bgcolor=lime|'''W |bgcolor=lime|'''W |bgcolor=#afeeee|RR |bgcolor=yellow|SF |bgcolor=lime|'''W | |bgcolor=#efefef rowspan=2|5 / 9 |bgcolor=#efefef rowspan=2|34–7 |bgcolor=#efefef rowspan=2|82.93 |-bgcolor=#efefef |align=left|Win–Loss |0–0 |0–0 |0–0 |0–0 |3–1 |5–0 |5–0 |4–1 |5–0 |4–1 |1–2 |2–2 |5–0 | |}

;Finals (5 titles, 1 runner-up)

{|class="sortable wikitable" !width=100|Outcome !width=50|Year !width=200|Championship !width=75|Surface !width=200|Opponent in the final !width=200|Score in the final |-bgcolor=#ffffcc |bgcolor=98FB98|Winner||2003|| Houston||Hard|| Andre Agassi||6–3, 6–0, 6–4 |-bgcolor=#ffffcc |bgcolor=98FB98|Winner||2004|| Houston||Hard|| Lleyton Hewitt||6–3, 6–2 |-bgcolor=#ffffcc |bgcolor=#FFA07A|Runner-up||2005|| Shanghai||Carpet (i)|| David Nalbandian||7–6^(7–4), 7–6^(13–11), 2–6, 1–6, 6–7^{(3–7) |-bgcolor=#ffffcc |bgcolor=98FB98|Winner||2006|| Shanghai||Hard (i)|| James Blake||6–0, 6–3, 6–4 |-bgcolor=#ffffcc |bgcolor=98FB98|Winner||2007|| Shanghai||Hard (i)|| David Ferrer||6–2, 6–3, 6–2 |-bgcolor=#ffffcc |bgcolor=98FB98|Winner||2010|| London||Hard (i)|| Rafael Nadal||6–3, 3–6, 6–1 |}}

Olympic games

;(1 gold medal) {|class="sortable wikitable" !width=100|Outcome !width=50|Year !width=200|Championship !width=75|Surface !width=95|Partner !width=100|Opponents !width=200|Score in the final |-bgcolor=gold |bgcolor=#98fb98|Winner||2008 | Beijing |Hard | Wawrinka | Aspelin Johansson |6–3, 6–4, 6–7^(4–7), 6–3 |}

Records

These records were attained in the Open Era of tennis.

Records in bold indicate peer-less achievements.

Records in italics are currently active streaks.

{|class="wikitable collapsible collapsed" !Time span !Selected Grand Slam tournament records !Players matched |- |Wimbledon 2003 — Australian Open 2010||16 titles||'''Stands alone |- |Wimbledon 2003 — French Open 2009||Career Grand Slam||Rod Laver Andre Agassi Rafael Nadal |- |Wimbledon 2003 — French Open 2011||23 finals||'''Stands alone |- |Wimbledon 2005 — US Open 2007||10 consecutive finals||'''Stands alone |- |Wimbledon 2004 — Australian Open 2010||23 consecutive semifinals||'''Stands alone |- |Wimbledon 2004 — Wimbledon 2011||29 consecutive quarterfinals||Stands alone |- |2006–2007||2 consecutive years winning 3+ titles||'''Stands alone |- |2004 & 2006–2007||3 years winning 3+ titles||'''Stands alone |- |2004–2007||4 consecutive years winning 2+ titles||'''Stands alone |- |2004–2007 & 2009||5 years winning 2+ titles||'''Stands alone |- |2003–2010||8 consecutive years winning 1+ title||Björn Borg Pete Sampras |- |Australian Open 2004 — Australian Open 2010||9 hard-court titles||'''Stands alone |- |Wimbledon 2003 — Australian Open 2006||First 7 finals won||'''Stands alone |- |Australian Open 2004 — US Open 2010||7 consecutive years winning 20+ matches||Ivan Lendl |- |French Open 2006 — US Open 2009||Runner-up finishes at all 4 grand slams||Ivan Lendl |- |US Open 2006 — French Open 2007||36 consecutive sets won||'''Stands alone |- |US Open 2007||35 consecutive service points won||'''Stands alone |- |US Open 2007||$2.4 million earned at one event||'''Stands alone |- |Wimbledon 2009||50 aces in a final||'''Stands alone |- |French Open 2004 — Wimbledon 2008||18 consecutive No. 1 seeds||'''Stands alone |- |Wimbledon 2003 — Australian Open 2010||4+ titles at 3 different grand slams||'''Stands alone |- |2003 Wimbledon - 2011 French Open||5+ finals at all 4 grand slams||'''Stands alone |- |2003 Wimbledon - 2011 French Open||6+ semifinals at all 4 grand slams||'''Stands alone |- |2005 Wimbledon — 2007 French Open||2 winning streaks of 25+ matches||'''Stands alone |- |2005 Wimbledon — 2009 US Open||3 winning streaks of 20+ matches||'''Stands alone |- |2004 Wimbledon — 2009 US Open||5 winning streaks of 15+ matches||'''Stands alone |}

{|class="wikitable collapsible collapsed" !Grand Slam tournaments !Time Span !Records at each Grand Slam tournament !Players matched |- |Australian Open||2004–2010||4 titles overall||Andre Agassi |- |Australian Open||2006–2007||2 consecutive titles||Ken Rosewall Guillermo Vilas Johan Kriek Mats Wilander Stefan Edberg Ivan Lendl Jim Courier Andre Agassi |- |Australian Open||2004–2010||5 finals overall||Stefan Edberg |- |Australian Open||2004–2011||8 consecutive semifinals||''Stands alone |- |Australian Open||align=center|2007||Won without dropping a set||Ken Rosewall |- |Australian Open||2000–2011||59 singles match wins||Stands alone |- |French Open||2006–2009||4 consecutive finals||Björn Borg Ivan Lendl Rafael Nadal |- |French Open||2006–2008, 2011||4 runner-ups||'''Stands alone |- |French Open||2006–2008||3 consecutive runner-ups||Stands alone |- |French Open||2005–2009||5 consecutive semifinals||Stands alone |- |French Open—Wimbledon||2009||1 "Channel Slam": Winning both tournaments in the same year||Rod Laver Björn Borg Rafael Nadal |- |Wimbledon||2003–2007||5 consecutive titles||Björn Borg |- |Wimbledon||2003–2009||7 finals overall||Boris BeckerPete Sampras |- |Wimbledon||2003–2009||7 consecutive finals||Stands alone |- |Wimbledon||2003–2009||7 consecutive semifinals||Stands alone |- |US Open (Tennis)|US Open||2004–2008||5 titles overall||Jimmy ConnorsPete Sampras |- |US Open|| 2004–2008||5 consecutive titles||Stands alone |- |US Open|| 2004–2009||40 consecutive match victories||Stands alone |}

{|class="wikitable collapsible collapsed" !Time span !Other selected records !Players matched |- |2 February 2004 — 17 August 2008||237 consecutive weeks at No.1||'''Stands alone |- |October 2003 — January 2005||26 consecutive match victories vs. top 10 opponents||'''Stands alone |- |2005–2006||56 consecutive hard-court match victories||'''Stands alone |- |2003–2008||65 consecutive grass-court match victories||'''Stands alone |- |2003–2005||24 consecutive tournament finals won||'''Stands alone |- |2006||9 hard court titles in 1 season||Jimmy Connors |- |2006||94.12% of tournament finals reached in 1 season||'''Stands alone |- |2005–2006||2-season match winning percentage of 95.05%||'''Stands alone |- |2004–2006||3-season match winning percentage of 94.27%||'''Stands alone |- |2004–2007||4-season match winning percentage of 92.92%||'''Stands alone |- |2002–2010||29 Masters 1000 finals reached||Rafael Nadal |- |2004–2008||2 consecutive Olympic games as wire-to-wire No. 1||'''Stands alone |- |2005–2007||3 consecutive calendar years as wire-to-wire No. 1||'''Stands alone |- |2005–2007||3 calendar years as wire-to-wire No. 1||Jimmy Connors |- |2003–2010||5 ATP World Tour Finals titles||Ivan LendlPete Sampras |- |2007||$10 million earned in a season||Rafael Nadal |- |2005–2007||2 winning streaks of 35+ matches||Björn Borg |- |2004–2009||6 winning streaks of 20+ matches||'''Stands alone |}

See also

Roger Federer career statistics

List of career achievements by Roger Federer

List of Grand Slam Men's Singles champions

List of male tennis players

Switzerland Davis Cup team

2008 Summer Olympics national flag bearers

References and notes

Further reading

Video

Wimbledon Classic Match: Federer vs Sampras Standing Room Only, DVD Release Date: 31 October 2006, Run Time: 233 minutes, ASIN: B000ICLR98.

Wimbledon 2007 Final: Federer vs. Nadal (2007) Kultur White Star, DVD Release Date: 30 October 2007, Run Time: 180 minutes, ASIN: B000V02CU0.

Wimbledon — The 2008 Finals: Nadal vs. Federer Standing Room Only, DVD Release Date: 19 August 2008, Run Time: 300 minutes, ASIN: B001CWYUBU.

External links

Official Site

Roger Federer Foundation

Roger Federer – Grand Slam History

Sortable list of Grand Slam opponents and stats

Profiles

{{navboxes|title=Roger Federer in Grand Slam Tournaments |list1= }} {{navboxes|title=Roger Federer's Achievements |list1= }}

Category:1981 births Category:Living people Category:Australian Open (tennis) champions Category:French Open champions Category:Laureus World Sports Awards winners Category:Olympic gold medalists for Switzerland Category:Olympic medalists in tennis Category:Olympic tennis players of Switzerland Category:People from Basel-Stadt Category:Münchenstein Roger Federer Category:Swiss-German people Category:Swiss male tennis players Category:Swiss people of South African descent Category:Swiss Roman Catholics Category:Tennis players at the 2000 Summer Olympics Category:Tennis players at the 2004 Summer Olympics Category:Tennis players at the 2008 Summer Olympics Category:UNICEF people Category:United States Open champions (tennis) Category:Wimbledon champions Category:Wimbledon junior champions Category:World No. 1 tennis players

af:Roger Federer als:Roger Federer ar:روجر فيدرير ast:Roger Federer az:Rocer Federer bn:রজার ফেদেরার zh-min-nan:Roger Federer bs:Roger Federer br:Roger Federer bg:Роджър Федерер ca:Roger Federer cv:Роджер Федерер ceb:Roger Federer cs:Roger Federer cy:Roger Federer da:Roger Federer de:Roger Federer et:Roger Federer el:Ρότζερ Φέντερερ es:Roger Federer eo:Roger Federer eu:Roger Federer fa:راجر فدرر fr:Roger Federer ga:Roger Federer gl:Roger Federer gu:રોજર ફેડરર ko:로저 페더러 hi:रोजर फ़ेडरर hr:Roger Federer io:Roger Federer id:Roger Federer it:Roger Federer he:רוג'ר פדרר jv:Roger Federer kn:ರೋಜರ್ ಫೆಡರರ್ ka:როჯერ ფედერერი kk:Роджер Федерер la:Rogerius Federer lv:Rodžers Federers lt:Roger Federer hu:Roger Federer mk:Роџер Федерер ml:റോജർ ഫെഡറർ mr:रॉजर फेडरर arz:روجر فيديرار ms:Roger Federer mn:Рожер Федерер my:ရော်ဂျာ ဖက်ဒရာ nl:Roger Federer ja:ロジャー・フェデラー no:Roger Federer nn:Roger Federer oc:Roger Federer pl:Roger Federer pt:Roger Federer ro:Roger Federer rm:Roger Federer ru:Федерер, Роджер sq:Roger Federer scn:Roger Federer si:රොජර් ෆෙඩරර් simple:Roger Federer sk:Roger Federer sl:Roger Federer sr:Роџер Федерер sh:Roger Federer fi:Roger Federer sv:Roger Federer tl:Roger Federer ta:ரொஜர் ஃபெடரர் te:రోజర్ ఫెడరర్ th:โรเจอร์ เฟเดอเรอร์ tr:Roger Federer uk:Роджер Федерер ur:روجر فیڈرر vi:Roger Federer zh-yue:費達拿 zh:罗杰·费德勒