Brief summary Roger Federer was born on the 8th of August 1981 in Switzerland to Swiss father Robert Federer and South African mother Lynette Du Rand. He started playing tennis and soccer at the age 8, by age 11 he was voted junior top 3 in Switzerland for tennis. When Federer was 14 he was the national junior champ.
Success Roger has made: Roger Federer plays tennis and is commonly known as on the best players in history because of Roger's playing history as a child and for winning 17 grand slams.