Roger Federer, one of the greatest players of all time, will retire from top-level tennis after the Laver Cup in London next week.
Roger Federer Photo: AFP
The 20-time Grand Slam champion has not played since Wimbledon 2021, after which he had a third knee operation.
Federer made his professional debut aged 16 in 1998 and won his first Grand Slam title at Wimbledon in 2003.
The Swiss ends his career with a record total of eight men's singles victories at the All England Club.
List of records and milestones achieved by Roger Federer after the Swiss great said he would retire from tennis following this month's Laver Cup:
* Won 20 Grand Slam titles, only behind Rafa Nadal (22) and Novak Djokovic (21).
* Claimed 103 titles, second only to Jimmy Connors' Open Era record of 109.
* Won 1,251 singles matches, second in the Open Era behind Connors' 1,274.
* Most consecutive weeks at world number one (237).
* Oldest player to hold the number one ranking (36 years, 320 days).
* Most Wimbledon titles for a men's singles player (8).
* Oldest men's player to win Wimbledon (35 years, 342 days in 2017).
* Never retired from a match in his career, having played 1,526 singles (W 1,251) and 223 doubles (W 131) matches.
* Only player to win two Grand Slams five consecutive times - Wimbledon from 2003-07 and the U.S. Open from 2004-08.
* Only player to reach 10 straight men's Grand Slam finals (2005-06). He played 31 finals in all, one behind Novak Djokovic's record tally of 32.
* Only player to reach all four Grand Slam finals in the same calendar year three times (2006, 2007 and 2009).
* Holds the Open Era record for the longest winning streak on grass (65) and the all-time record on hard courts (56).
* Only men's player to win at least 10 titles on clay, grass and hard courts.
* Won 24 straight finals on the ATP Tour (2003-05).
* Holds the record for most titles (6) at the year-end Tour Finals, which only features players ranked in the top eight.
Federer wins 2004 Wimbledon title Photo: PHOTOSPORT
Federer's timeline:
2001: Burst onto the scene, ending American Pete Sampras' 31-match winning streak at Wimbledon in the fourth round before losing in the quarter-finals to Tim Henman.
2002: Became the first Swiss man to finish in the top 10 and appear in the season-ending ATP Finals since Jakob Hlasek was number eight in 1988.
2003: Made his Grand Slam breakthrough the following year at Wimbledon, beating Mark Philippoussis in the final for the first of his eight titles at the grasscourt major.
2004: The Swiss flexed his muscles by winning three majors -- the Australian Open, Wimbledon and the U.S. Open, making him the first man to do so in a season since Mats Wilander in 1988.
He also became the first player in the Open Era to win his first four Grand Slam finals.
2005: Defended Wimbledon and U.S. Open titles after failing to reach the finals in the first two majors of the year.
2006: Reached all four Grand Slam finals, winning in Australia, Wimbledon and the U.S. among a haul of 12 titles and a 92-5 win-loss record. Finished top of the ATP rankings for a third straight year.
2007: Became the first player in history to reach all four Grand Slam finals in back-to-back years, winning at Melbourne Park, Wimbledon and Flushing Meadows.
2008: Extended his run of winning at least one Grand Slam title to six straight years by capturing the U.S. Open crown in a season hampered by illness and injury.
Won an Olympic men's doubles gold medal with Stan Wawrinka at the Beijing Games.
2009: Captured his only French Open crown after great rival Rafa Nadal's 31-match winning streak at Roland Garros ended in the fourth round. Won his 15th major at Wimbledon, surpassing Sampras' record tally.
2010: Started the year by winning the Australian Open for a fourth time before a lean spell on the big stage.
2012: Won a record-extending 17th major at Wimbledon and also claimed the silver medal in men's singles at the 2012 London Games, losing to Andy Murray.
2013: Struggled with a back injury and failed to add to his Grand Slam tally until 2017.
2017: Came back from a six-month injury layoff to win the Australian Open and at 35, became the oldest player to claim a Grand Slam title since Australia's Ken Rosewall won at Melbourne Park in 1972 at the age of 37.
Became the first man to win Wimbledon eight times with victory over Marin Cilic in the final.
2018: Won his sixth Australian Open to become only the fourth player after Margaret Court, Serena Williams and Steffi Graf to win 20 or more major singles titles.
Victory helped him equal Rod Laver's record of claiming four majors after turning 30.
2022: After multiple knee surgeries in recent years, Federer announced that he will retire from competitive tennis.