Happy 40th Birthday To Roger Federer

The great Roger Federer celebrates his 40th birthday on Sunday, August 8. While the 20-time Slam winner is out injured with ongoing knee issues, the tennis community has wished the Swiss on his special day.

The ATP compiled a list of 40 great Roger Federer statistics, and here’s the Top 5:

5 – Year-end No. 1 finishes (2004-07, 2009)
4 – He is one of four players to finish at No. 1 in the year-end FedEx ATP Rankings in at least four consecutive years, joining Pete Sampras (6), Jimmy Connors (5) and John McEnroe (4)
3 – Won three Grand Slams in a calendar year on three occasions, in 2004, 2006 and 2007. Federer and Novak Djokovic are the only players to accomplish that feat
2 – Tournaments at which Federer has won 10 titles. He has done so at the Swiss Indoors Basel and the NOVENTI OPEN in Halle
1 – Federer has spent 310 weeks atop the FedEx ATP Rankings, including a record 237 consecutive weeks from 2004-08

And many other joined in the celebration:

Happy birthday to @rogerfederer – Grand Slam champion, Olympic Medalist and @DavisCup champion…

🇨🇭🎉 pic.twitter.com/B6f2Jfv1cj

— ITF (@ITFTennis) August 8, 2021

Nel 1993, un giovanissimo Federer vinceva il torneo di Bellinzona 🙂👍 Auguri per i tuoi 40 anni Roger pic.twitter.com/GtuJwcZvpq

— Sport RSI (@RSIsport) August 8, 2021

Happy Slam memories with @rogerfederer 🇦🇺 🐨 🤩

40-❤️ #AusOpen pic.twitter.com/mOousYI3tx

— #AusOpen (@AustralianOpen) August 8, 2021

Happy birthday @rogerfederer, I hope you have a great day and I look forward to catching up again soon in Boston for the @LaverCup. pic.twitter.com/oW6mNjVrDo

— Rod Laver (@rodlaver) August 8, 2021

Forty-love 🎉

Happy Birthday to an icon & champion of our sport, @rogerfederer! 🎊🎈 pic.twitter.com/b78UopQrja

— ATP Tour (@atptour) August 8, 2021