Roger Federer

Background

• Tennis player

Insights

• http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2009/tennis/06/08/federer.iocpresident.ap/index.html - IOC president declares Federer world's all-time best player- 06/08/09 - IOC president Jacques Rogge says Roger Federer is now arguably "the best ever player in the world of all time.

• Federer, Ivanovic to play at Olympics - 07/02/08 - Roger Federer and 16 of the other top 20 men and Ana Ivanovic and 17 other top 20 women have entered the tennis tournament at next month's Beijing Olympics.

• Federer, Nadal look forward to Olympic showdown - 05/12/08 -HAMBURG, Germany (AP) -- Roger Federer's birthday is on the opening day of the Beijing Olympics, and the top-ranked tennis player hopes to be bearing the Swiss flag Switzerland (also known as SUI) when the athletes march in at the opening ceremony.