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Swiss tennis great Roger Federer retires as player

On Sept. 23, Swiss great Roger Federer played the last professional tennis match of his historic career. For 24 years, Federer graced tennis courts, bringing joy to millions of fans around the world. Throughout his career, he played 1,526 singles matches, winning 1,251 of them, and claimed 103 Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP) singles titles. He amassed 20 Grand Slam titles including a record eight Wimbledon titles, a record six ATP Tour year-end titles, 28 Masters 1000 titles and an Olympic

Gold Medal in doubles. He also spent 310 weeks as World No. 1 across two decades.

Federer was born in 1981 in Basel, Switzerland to Swiss and South African parents.