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Personal life Childhood and early life Federer was born at the Basel Cantonal Hospital in  Basel ,  Switzerland . [21]  His father, Robert Federer, is Swiss, from  Berneck , near the borders between Switzerland, Austria and Germany, and his mother, Lynette Federer (born Durand), from  Kempton Park ,  Gauteng , is a South African whose ancestors were  Dutch  and  French   Huguenots . [22] [23] [24] Federer has one sibling, his older sister Diana, [25]  who is the mother of a set of twins. [26]  He holds both Swiss and South African citizenship. [27]  He grew up in nearby  Birsfelden , Riehen  and then  Münchenstein , close to the French and German borders and speaks  Swiss German ,  Standard German , English and French fluently, Swiss German being his native language.                                                                                                                         Roger Federer's sign  Federer was raised as a Roman Catholic and met  Pope Benedi

Roger Federer    (born 8 August 1981) is a Swiss professional  tennis  player who is currently ranked world No. 2 by the  Association of Tennis Professionals  (ATP). [3]  Most commentators and players regard Federer as  the greatest tennis player of all time . [a]  He has been ranked inside the top 10 since October 2002 and the top 20 since April 2001. Federer holds several records of the  Open Era : holding the  world No. 1 position  for 302 weeks [17] [18]  (including  237-consecutive-week ),  [19]  winning 17  Grand Slam  singles titles; reaching each Grand Slam Final at least five times (an all-time record); and reaching the  Wimbledon  final nine times. He is among the seven, (and among the four in Open Era), to capture a  career Grand Slam . Federer also shares an Open Era record for most titles at the  Australian Open  with  Andre Agassi  and  Novak Djokovic  (4), at Wimbledon with  Pete Sampras  (7) and at the  US Open  with  Jimmy Connors  and Sampras (5).