10 amazing facts about Roger Federer

#5 Multi-talented sportsman as a child

Federer is quite the footballer

Roger Federer has attributed his quick reflexes as a tennis player to the fact that he played multiple sports as a child. The man from Switzerland is said to be an accomplished swimmer and enjoys water sports.

He also used to play football keenly as a youngster and has said that he used to play as a striker for Concordia Basel in their age-group teams. However, at the age of 12, he stopped playing other sports due to a very busy tennis schedule.

Federer is a huge fan of his hometown football club, FC Basel, and follows both them, and the Swiss national team quite closely.

#6 A career full of unique records

The 35-year-old is undoubtedly a unique tennis player, who has set a plethora of records that will possibly stand the test of time. A couple of ones that really stand out are that he has won 19 Grand Slam singles titles, the most by a male player and four more than rival Rafael Nadal.

Another record that he now holds after winning the 2017 Wimbledon is that he has the most number of men's singles titles at The Championships, eight, ahead of Pete Sampras and Ken Rosewall, who both won seven titles.

His recent triumph also saw him win without dropping a set, making him only the second man after Bjorn Borg in 1976 to win Wimbledon without dropping a set.