Federer's an athlete who's destined to feature in "greatest of all time" discussions for years to come. He's been playing at a top level for an amazingly long time, and the list of his career achievements is truly astounding. However, to speak of this amazing player in terms of mere trophies and victories is to ignore the many strange things that took him to the top of Tennis Mountain and have kept him there for two decades. Let's take a peek behind the scenes of his life. This is the untold truth of Roger Federer.

ROGER FEDERER'S WIFE AND CHILDREN ARE HIS ROCKS

Roger and Mirka Federer
They say that behind every great man there's a great woman, and the expression is certainly true in Roger Federer's case. As Heavy tells us, his wife Mirka Federer is a former tennis pro herself, and reached No. 74 in the world rankings before a nasty injury forced her into retirement. The two met at the Sydney Summer Olympics in 2000, and got together because an unnamed Olympic wrestler noticed their chemistry and prompted Federer to make a move. They've been together ever since. According to GQ, Federer describes his wife as "his rock," and not only in the "domestic goddess" sense: E! Online writes that Mirka has been a constant background presence in Federer's rise to the top, to the point that she acted as his "manager and commercial consultant" until 2013, and continues to wield great influence in his professional and (obviously) personal life.

Roger and Mirka Federer have four children: Twin daughters Myla and Charlene, and twin sons Lenny and Leo. The kids are all home-schooled, which allows the whole family to accompany Federer on his many travels.


ROGER FEDERER KEEPS WINNING DESPITE HIS AGE

Roger Federer
Tennis tends to be a young, spry person's game. This makes the very idea of a player reaching No. 1 ranking at the not-so-tender age of 36 borderline ludicrous, but as the BBC tells us, that's exactly what Roger Federer did in 2018 when he defeated Robin Haase in the Rotterdam Open. By doing this, Federer (who was born in 1981) managed to become the oldest top-ranked tennis player in history, surpassing Serena Williams (who was 35 when she held the women's number one rank in 2017) and men's previous record holder Andre Agassi (33, in 2003).

Federer's magnificent achievement came 14 years after he reached the number one spot for the first time, and as Sportskeeda notes, it wasn't even his first age-related achievement. In 2017, at 35 years and 174 days, the tennis ace became the second oldest player in history to win a Grand Slam title. However, to put things in context, the only older Grand Slam winner of the Open era is Ken Rosewall, who was 37 years, 2 months and 1 day old when he won the Australian Open way back in 1972. In fact, Federer is one of only two 21st century names in the top nine oldest players, along with Agassi, who won the Australian Open in 2003 when he was 32 years, 8 months and 28 days old.

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