Roger is a Swiss tennis professional, currently ranked World No. 1 since February 2, 2004 for a record 189 consecutive weeks. Widely regarded as the best player of his generation, he is considered among the elite group of all-time great male tennis players. Federer is the first living Swiss to be pictured on a postage stamp, issued in April 2007 depicting Federer with the Wimbledon trophy. In 2007, he was named Laureus World Sportsman of the Year for a record third consecutive time.
Federer has won 12 Grand Slam singles titles (second-most of any male player, tied with Roy Emerson), three Tennis Masters Cup titles, and 14 ATP Masters Series titles. He has won three Grand Slam singles titles in a calendar year for a record three times (in 2004, 2006 and 2007). He holds the record of ten consecutive Grand Slam singles final appearances and the only one to have played in finals of all four Grand Slam tournaments for two consecutive years.
In 2007, by winning his third Australian Open title, he is the only male player to have won three separate Grand Slam tournaments at least three times.[11] By winning Wimbledon in 2007, Federer tied Björn Borg's open era record of five consecutive Wimbledon championships. By winning the 2007 U.S. Open, Federer became the first in Open era to win four consecutive U.S. Open titles and the only one with back-to-back Wimbledon and U.S. Open titles for four consecutive years (from 2004). He is also the first in Open era to win at least ten singles tournaments in three consecutive years (from 2004 to 2006).