Swiss
tennis maestro Roger Federer is celebrating his 40th birthday today.
The 20-time Grand Slam winner is among the immortals of the sport and is still
among the top players in the world, despite his age. He is the only 40-year-old
inside the top 100 of the ATP Rankings and is one of the most decorated tennis
players of all time.

Here are
some stats and memories to remember the Swiss great’s incredible career so far:

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1. Roger
Federer has been part of the Top 100 of the ATP Rankings since 11, October
1999. He is now the only 40-year-old in that elite list of players.

2. He has 39
combined wins against fellow ‘Big Three’ rivals Novak Djokovic (23) and Rafael Nadal
(16), both of whom are currently tied with Federer on 20 Grand Slam singles titles
each.

3. Federer
was 38-years-old when he won his last title – the 2019 Swiss Indoors Basel. His
hometown tournament is among his favourite titles, having won it 10 times. He
has also lifted the Noventi Open title in Halle 10 times.

4. Federer
has won his 100th tour-level title at the 2019 Dubai Duty Free Tennis
Championships. He was 37-years-old when he reached the milestone, joining Jimmy
Connors (109) as the only tennis players to have at least 100 titles. Federer
has a total of 103 titles, for which he has defeated players of 51 different
nationalities.  

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5. He is the
oldest world no 1 player in history. On 18 June, 2018 at the age of 36, Federer
topped the ATP rankings to achieve that feat. He has spent a total of 310 weeks
at the summit of the rankings, including a record 237 consecutive weeks from
2004-08.

6. Federer
has 34 combined wins against former top 10 players David Ferrer (17-0) and Mikhail
Youzhny (17-0) without losing a match.

7. Federer
was 32-years-old when on May 6, 2014, his second set of twins – sons Leo and
Lenny – were born. He also has a set of twin daughters – Myla and Charlene – with
his wife Mirka.

8. He has played
in a total of 30 different countries since making his ATP Tour debut in 1998. Overall,
he has won 31 titles in 19 different countries.

9. His longest
Grand Slam winning run, of 27 matches, was twice broken by Rafael Nadal in 2006
and 2007 at Roland Garros finals.

10. He
reached 10 consecutive Grand Slam finals from the 2005 Wimbledon to the 2007 US
Open
, winning eight of those events. In 262 matches played from 2004 to 2006,
he lost a combined total of just 15 matches.