There are tennis players and then there is Federer.Considered by critics and current players as the greatest player ever of thesport, he writes his own scripts. He in the words of Jimmy Connors in a leagueall his own. He owns several world records of the open era. He has entered thefinals of 10 Glam slams on the trot and in total 24 men’s Grand Slam finals.
He is one of seven men and one of four in the Open era, tocapture the career grand slam. Not bad you would say for a guy who admits tobeing interested in any sport that involves a ball. He has spent eight yearsbetween 2003-2010 in the top 2 and ten in the top three. His rivalries withNadal and Djokovic are considered some of the greatest of all time.
His popularity can be gauged by the fact that he has won theATP Wourld Tour.com fans favorite award a record ten times. He is at timesreferred to as the Federer Express shortened to FedExpress or FedEx and the SwissMaestro. His performance on court has made him one of the highest earningathletes in the world. Forbes listed him as number four in their list of top 50highest paid athletes.
