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Section size for Roger Federer (68 sections)
Section name	Byte count	Section total
(Top)	12,901	12,901
Early life	10,296	10,296
Tennis career	18	172,628
1990s and 2000s	22	66,632
1995–1998: Junior years	8,276	8,276
1998–2002: Early professional career	17,183	17,183
2003: Grand Slam breakthrough at Wimbledon	4,721	4,721
2004: Imposing dominance	4,837	4,837
2005: Consolidating dominance	3,890	3,890
2006: Career-best season	5,845	5,845
2007: Holding off young rivals	7,175	7,175
2008: Illness, Olympic gold, and fifth US Open	6,359	6,359
2009: Career Grand Slam and major title record	8,324	8,324
2010s	13	91,738
2010: Fourth Australian Open	8,588	8,588
2011: Tour Finals title record	4,731	4,731
2012: Wimbledon title, return to No. 1, and Olympic silver	8,346	8,346
2013: Injury struggles and fall in rankings	4,867	4,867
2014: Davis Cup glory	10,531	10,531
2015: 1,000th victory and finals at the US Open and Wimbledon	7,902	7,902
2016: Knee surgery, back injury, and long recovery hiatus	7,424	7,424
2017: Renaissance with Australian Open and Wimbledon titles	14,372	14,372
2018: 20th major title and oldest No. 1	11,405	11,405
2019: Record third Hopman Cup, 100th title, 1,200th match win and 12th Wimbledon final	13,559	13,559
2020s	13	14,240
2020–2022: Final years	14,227	14,227
Rivalries	47	16,857
Rafael Nadal	7,767	7,767
Novak Djokovic	3,376	3,376
Andy Murray	2,398	2,398
Andy Roddick	917	917
Other rivalries	2,352	2,352
Legacy	16,319	16,319
Player profile	19	23,056
Playing style	7,724	7,724
Demeanor and attitude	3,264	3,264
Coaches	3,798	3,798
Equipment	4,526	4,526
Apparel	3,725	3,725
Off the court	18	32,789
In popular culture	14,730	14,730
Homages and tributes	4,776	4,776
Philanthropy	8,107	8,107
Sponsorships and endorsements	3,584	3,584
Involvement in football	1,574	1,574
Personal life	18	10,885
Family and children	4,451	4,451
Residences	572	572
Military service	1,758	1,758
Religion and multilingualism	1,866	1,866
Health	2,220	2,220
Career statistics	64	12,637
Grand Slam tournament performance timeline	9,142	9,142
Slams Finals	76	76
Year–End Championships performance timeline	2,289	2,289
YEC Finals	73	73
Olympic gold medal matches	391	391
Other achievements	602	602
Records	67	24,745
All-time tournament records	2,849	2,849
Guinness World Records	724	724
Open Era records	21,105	21,105
See also	676	676
Notes	41	41
References	42	42
Further reading	462	929
Video	467	467
External links	3,413	3,413
Total	338,214	338,214

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One of GOATS

Why there's no mention of his status as ONE of the greatest tennis players of all time in the lead section ? 109.224.54.43 (talk) 19:00, 26 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Usually because it's water cooler stuff that is not encyclopedic. It's in the legacy section. Fyunck(click) (talk) 06:08, 27 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Lol that is not water cooler stuff. He is the GOAT and called that by tennis players, other pros, experts, journalists, pretty much everyone that exists in the domain of tennis. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 2601:2C6:4000:4F90:F8A7:DF57:E72B:D498 (talk) 08:28, 2 February 2025 (UTC) Nevermind, you're full of it. All of these sportsperson articles mention 'one of the greatest' or something similar in their lead sections. Tom Brady, LeBron James, Lionel Messi, Cristiano Ronaldo, etc. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 2601:2C6:4000:4F90:F8A7:DF57:E72B:D498 (talk) 08:33, 2 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]

ESC 2025

Die Moderatorinnen des ESC 2025 aus der Schweiz sangen das Lied "Made in Switzerland", in dem mehrmals immer abwertend vorkam "aber nicht Roger Federer". Ich weiß nicht warum und mußte den Namen auch erst googeln. Hier scheint jedes kleine Spiel dokumentiert zu sein. Klio (talk) 11:21, 2 June 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Lots of incorrect grammar and misspellings

since this page is locked you may want to have Google read the article out loud so you can correctly edit it. Ellecfin (talk) 12:12, 14 June 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Not done: Please mention specific changes that you’d like to be made. GOAT Bones231012 (talk) 14:01, 14 June 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Mistake in the history

this part is wrong: it was Roland Garros 2009, not wimbledon.

Career Grand Slam: The feat achieved by a tennis player when winning the four majors in either singles, doubles or mixed doubles, throughout his career at least one time each. Federer secured the Career Grand Slam when winning the Wimbledon championships singles title in the 2009 season. 84.220.228.17 (talk) 23:48, 29 June 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Done Thanks for catching that. GOAT Bones231012 (talk) 23:55, 29 June 2025 (UTC)[reply]