Roger Federer (Personal life)

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 Benedict XVI while playing the 2006 Internazionali BNL d'Italia tournament in Rome.[30] Like all male Swiss citizens, Federer was subject to compulsory military service in the Swiss Armed Forces. However, in 2003 he was deemed unfit because of a long-standing back problem and was subsequently not required to fulfill his military obligation.[31] He grew up supporting F.C. Basel and the Swiss National Football Team.[32] Federer also credits the range of sports he played as a child—he also played badminton and basketball—for his hand-eye coordination.

Family


Federer's family watching him in Indian Wells, 2012
Federer is married to former Women's Tennis Association player Mirka Vavrinec. He met her while both were competing for Switzerland in the 2000 Sydney Olympics. Vavrinec retired from the tour in 2002 because of a foot injury.[34] They were married at Wenkenhof Villa in Riehen near Basel on 11 April 2009, surrounded by a small group of close friends and family.[35] On 23 July 2009, Mirka gave birth to identical twin girls, Myla Rose and Charlene Riva.[36] The Federers had another set of twins on 6 May 2014, this time boys whom they named Leo and Lennart,[37] called Lenny.[38]

Philanthropy and outreach

In 2003, he established Roger Federer Foundation to help disadvantaged people and to promote sports.[39][40] In 2005, he auctioned his racquet from his US Open championship to aid victims of Hurricane Katrina.[41] He was appointed a Goodwill Ambassador by UNICEF in 2006.[42] At the 2005 Pacific Life Open in Indian Wells, Federer arranged an exhibition involving several top players from the ATP tour and WTA tour called Rally for Relief. The proceeds went to the victims of tsunami caused by 2004 Indian Ocean earthquake. Since then, he has visited South Africa and Tamil Nadu, one of the areas in India most affected by the tsunami.[43]
Federer has also appeared in UNICEF public messages to raise public awareness of AIDS. In response to the 2010 Haiti earthquake, Federer arranged a collaboration with fellow top tennis players for a special charity event during the 2010 Australian Open called 'Hit for Haiti', in which proceeds went to Haiti earthquake victims.[44][45] He participated in a follow-up charity exhibition during the 2010 Indian Wells Masters which raised $1 million.





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