Roger Federer Trivia Questions

Federer dominated Roddick, leading their head-to-head 21–3. He beat Roddick in four Wimbledon finals, including the epic 2009 16–14 fifth set.

He won Olympic gold in men's doubles with Stan Wawrinka in 2008, but only a silver in singles (2012). Many fans mistakenly think he has a singles gold.

His mother Lynette is from South Africa, and Federer has dual citizenship, often visiting and supporting South African tennis.

Federer won 11 ATP singles titles on clay and 19 on grass (including 8 Wimbledon titles, 10 Halle titles, and 1 Stuttgart title). The statement is false because he has fewer clay titles than grass titles.

Federer won 8 Wimbledon titles on grass, but he actually won multiple hard court and clay court Slams—so grass is his specialty, not his miss.

At the 2009 Wimbledon final against Roddick, Federer saved 4 set points and won 16-14 in the fifth set, lasting 4 hours 16 minutes.

Federer won only their 2012 semifinal; Djokovic beat him in the 2014, 2015, and 2019 finals, giving Federer a 1-3 losing record at Wimbledon.

At the 2019 US Open, he wore one white and one black shoe due to a kit malfunction. He said he didn't notice until after the match.

Federer won his first Grand Slam singles title at Wimbledon 2003 on July 6, 2003, at age 21. He turned 22 on August 8, 2003, so the victory came before his 22nd birthday.

His first ATP title was the 2001 Milan Indoor, played on carpet, not clay. The first clay title came later.

Djokovic holds the all-time record with 24 Grand Slam titles, while Federer retired with 20. Federer's 20 is third behind Djokovic and Nadal.

Roger Federer and his wife Mirka have twin daughters (Myla and Charlene, born 2009) and twin sons (Leo and Lenny, born 2014). This is a well-documented fact.

Roger Federer won his only French Open title in 2009, defeating Robin Söderling in the final. This completed his career Grand Slam.

Roger Federer won the US Open men's singles title five years in a row from 2004 through 2008, a record in the Open Era.

Roger Federer's mother, Lynette Federer (née Durand), was born in Krugersdorp, South Africa. She later moved to Switzerland.

Roger Federer won a silver medal in men's singles at the 2012 London Olympics and a gold medal in men's doubles in 2008, but never a singles gold.

Roger Federer was born in Basel, Switzerland. His mother is South African, which sometimes leads to the misconception that he was born there.

Roger Federer won the ATP Finals 6 times (2003, 2004, 2006, 2007, 2010, 2011). The record of 7 is held by Novak Djokovic.

Federer won the French Open in 2009, beating Robin Söderling in the final. He also reached the final in 2006, 2007, 2008, and 2011, but lost to Nadal four times.

Federer has 6 ATP Finals titles, but Novak Djokovic holds the record with 7 as of 2023.

The famous incident of Federer wearing mismatched shoes (one blue, one red) occurred during a practice session at the 2013 Australian Open, not in an official match he won.

Federer grew up speaking Swiss German and German, learned English from his South African mother and at school, and became fluent in French through his Swiss upbringing and tennis career.

He lost from two sets up at Wimbledon 2011 (to Tsonga) and the US Open 2011 (to Djokovic).

Federer has won multiple French Open matches after dropping the first set. Notably, he rallied from two sets down to beat Tommy Haas in 2009 and Juan Martín del Potro in 2012.

Federer won 20 of 31 finals (64.5%), but Bjorn Borg won 11 of 16 (68.75%) and Nadal has a higher percentage too.

Remarkably, Federer played over 1,500 matches and never once retired mid-match. He always finished, even when injured or ill.

Federer made his ATP main draw debut in July 1998 at age 16, a few weeks before his 17th birthday. He was already 16, so he did not play before turning 16.

He used an 85 sq. inch racquet early in his career, then switched to 90 sq. inch in 2002, but later used a 97 sq. inch frame from 2014 onward.

In the 2007 Tennis Masters Cup semifinal against Rafael Nadal, Federer won 100% of points on his first serve (35 of 35), an astonishing statistical anomaly.

After entering the top 100 in September 1999, Federer stayed there continuously for over 22 years until July 2022, when he fell to No. 174. That was his only drop out of the top 100 after first breaking in.

Roger Federer defeated Rafael Nadal twice on clay: the 2007 Hamburg final and the 2009 Madrid final. Many fans assume Nadal never lost to Federer on clay, but he did.

Federer's first mid-match retirement due to injury occurred at the 2008 Paris Masters against James Blake, when he was 27 years old, well before age 30.