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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    (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...