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Swiss tennis player. Roger Federer was born on August 8, 1981 on the banks of the Rhine, in the capital of the canton of Basel, in the mark that separates Switzerland from Germany. Son of Lynette and Robert Federer, she South African, he Swiss, its progenitor, until becoming its manager, made good the life like representative of a pharmaceutical laboratories.

 Roger grew up in an environment of farmers and farmers, on the outskirts of Basel. Hence he is a simple guy, who does not feel at ease between executives in suit and briefcase.

At 35 years old is not only one of the most talented athlete  the planet, but also the most profitable. Forbes named him the world`s highest paid tennis player in 2016, earning ($68 million) from professional wins and million pound sponsorship deals with companies from Nike to Credit Suisse.

In 2016, the London School of Marketing named him the world`s most marketeable athlete and while the Swisse sports start leads a relatively private life compared to wealthier athletes like Cristiano Ronaldo, Federer also spends his money on the finer things in life. He also owns his own charity, the Roger Federer Foundation, which supports educational projects in Southern Africa and Switzerland.

From tailored tennis rackets to Swiss mansions, here`s how Federer makes and spends his fortune - and his minimal spare time.

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Roger Federer has participated in nineteen seasons of the ATP World Tour, and in five of them he has finished as number one of the ATP ranking (in the seasons 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, and 2009), matching the Jimmy Connors brand alone Surpassed by Pete Sampras with six. He also finished five times as number two, (in the seasons 2003, 2008, 2010, 2012, 2014) making him the only tennis player to finish ten seasons between the top two places in the ranking. He also finished twice in third place (in 2011 and 2015) and twice in sixth place (in 2002 and 2013), completing fourteen consecutive seasons among the six best in the world. He is also the second-best player in ATP history (1099), only behind Jimmy Connors, but he is the absolute leader of wins in all elite tournaments such as the Grand Slam (314), ATP World Tour Finals (52), the Masters 1000 (341), and the Olympics (13), as well as rivals in the Top 10 (205), and in total on hard courts (679).