August 8, 1981 - Federer is born in Basel, Switzerland.

July 15, 1996 - Federer plays his first ITF world junior tournament in Davos, Switzerland at the age of 14 and defeats Lakas Rhomberg of Austria 6-1, 6-0 in the first round.

May 11, 1997 - At the age of 15, Federer wins his first ITF world junior tournament in Prato, Italy, defeating Luka Kutanjac of Croatia 6-4, 6-0 in the final.

September 22, 1997 - Federer, less than two months after turning 16 years old, debuts on the ATP computer with a world ranking of No. 803.

July 5, 1998 - A 16-year-old Federer defeats Irakli Labaze of the Republic of Georgia 6-4, 6-4 to win the Wimbledon junior boys title.

July 7, 1998 - Federer plays his first ATP tour match, losing to lucky-loser Lucas Arnold of Argentina 6-4, 6-4 in the first round of the Swiss Open in Gstaad.

September 30, 1998 - Federer defeats Guillaume Raoux of France 6-2, 6-2 in the first round in Toulouse for his first ATP singles match victory.

Dec. 20, 1998 - Federer ends his career as a junior tennis player by winning the prestigious singles title at the Orange Bowl in Key Biscayne, Fla., defeating Guillermo Coria of Argentina, 7-5, 6-3 in the final.

April 2, 1999 - In the 100th year of Davis Cup play, Federer makes his Davis Cup debut, defeating Davide Sanguinetti 6-4, 6-7 (3), 6-3, 6-4 in the opening day of play in Switzerland's defeat of Italy in Neuchatel. The match was the first for the 17-year-old Federer in a best-of-five-set match. ''At first I was nervous but then I calmed down,'' said Federer. ''I didn't do very well in the tie-break and took too many risks. But I think in the end taking a lot of risks combined with the public's support helped me win.''

May 25, 1999 - Ranked No. 111 in the world, 17-year-old Federer plays in his first main draw match at a Grand Slam tournament at the French Open, losing to two-time reigning US Open champion Patrick Rafter of Australia 5-7, 6-3, 6-0, 6-2.

June 22, 1999 - Federer makes his main draw debut at Wimbledon and loses in the first round to Jiri Novak of the Czech Republic 6-3, 2-6, 4-6, 6-3, 6-4.

January 18, 2000 - Federer plays and wins his first main draw match at the Australian Open, defeating Michael Chang 6-4, 6-4, 7-6 (5), en route to the third round.

February 13, 2000 - Federer plays his first ATP Tour singles final but loses to countryman Marc Rosset 2-6, 6-3, 7-6 (5) in the final of the Marseille Open in France - the first ATP singles final played between two players from Switzerland.

June 2, 2000 - Federer defeats fellow Swiss Michel Kratochvil 7-6 (5), 6-4, 2-6, 6-7 (4), 8-6 to reach the fourth round at Roland Garrois - his first visit into the round of 16 at a Grand Slam tournament.

September 27, 2000 - Federer loses the bronze medal match at the Olympic Games in Sydney, falling to France's Arnaud DiPasquale by a 7-6 (5), 6-7 (7), 6-3 margin.

February 4, 2001 - Federer, at age 19, wins the first ATP title of his career, defeating Julien Boutter of France 6-4, 6-7, 6-4 in Milan, Italy. "What a relief," he said after the match. "I'm really happy to have won my first title here in Milan. As a kid you always dream of winning your first title."

Feb. 11, 2001 - Federer defeats Jan-Michael Gambill of the United States 7-5, 6-2, 4-6, 6-2 to clinch Switzerland's 3-2 upset victory over U.S. Davis Cup team and become only the seventh - and youngest - player to win three live points against a US Davis cup team in the history of the competition. Federer joins tennis legends Laurie Doherty, Henri Cochet, Frank Sedgman, Neale Fraser, Nicola Pietrangeli and Raul Ramirez to win three live points against the most successful Davis Cup nation. .

June 5, 2001 - Federer advances in the quarterfinals of a Grand Slam event for the first time in his career, defeating 30-year-old Wayne Arthurs of Australia 3-6, 6-3, 6-4, 6-2 in the round of 16 at the French Open.

June 25, 2001 - In his third appearance in the main draw at Wimbledon, Federer finally wins his first match in the gentlemen's singles competition, defeating Christophe Rochus of Belgium 6-2, 6-3, 6-2 in the first round.

July 2, 2001 -Federer registers a stunning 7-6 (7), 5-7, 6-4, 6-7 (2), 7-5 Centre Court upset of seven-time Wimbledon champion Pete Sampras in the round of 16 at Wimbledon, ending the 31-match wining streak at the All England Club for Sampras as well as his quest for a record-tying fifth straight title.

May 19, 2002 - Federer dominates Marat Safin to win his first Tennis Masters Series title at the German Open in Hamburg, defeating the Russian 6-1, 6-3, 6-4 in the final. Said Federer, "I played really well. It has been a wonderful tournament for me, really incredible. I have played well all week and it gives me great confidence going into the French Open." Federer cracks the top 10 in the rankings the next day by virtue of his effort.

June 25, 2002 - Tagged as a pre-tournament dark horse favorite to win Wimbledon, Federer is beaten badly on Centre Court at the All England Club in the first round, losing to 18-year-old qualifier Mario Ancic of Croatia 6-3, 7-6, 6-3.

July 6, 2003 - Federer wins a Grand Slam tournament for the first time, defeating Mark Philippoussis 7-6 (5), 6-2, 7-6 (3) in the gentlemen's singles final at Wimbledon. The 21-year-old Federer becomes the first Swiss man in 117 editions of The Championships to win the title. Federer hits 21 aces and 50 winners against only nine unforced errors in the one hour and 56-minute final. "It's an absolute dream for me coming true," said Federer after the victory.

Oct. 12, 2003 - Federer wins his 10th career title and successfully defends a title for the first time in his career when he defeats Carlos Moya of Spain 6-3, 6-3, 6-3 to win the CA Trophy in Vienna, Austria. Said Federer of successfully defending a title for the first time, "I'm over the moon about that."

Nov. 16, 2003 - Federer routs Andre Agassi 6-3, 6-0, 6-4 to win the year-end Tennis Masters Cup for the first time in his career. Playing at the West Side Tennis Club in Houston, Texas, Federer fires 11 aces in the 88-minute match delayed two-and-a-half hours due to rain. "It was one of the best matches for me this season," said Federer. "I'm very happy how the whole year went, especially this tournament. I worked hard this year. You always have ups and downs but I feel this season has been complete."

February 1, 2004 - Federer wins his first Australian Open crown and his second career Grand Slam singles title with a 7-6 (3), 6-4, 6-2 win over Marat Safin in the men's singles final at the Australian Open. Federer's Australian Open result propels him into the No. 1 ranking the day after the final. "What a great start to the year for me, to win the Australian Open and become No. 1 in the world," Federer said. "To fulfill my dreams, it really means very much to me."

July 4, 2004 - Federer wins Wimbledon for a second consecutive time, defeating first-time finalist Andy Roddick 4-6, 7-5, 7-6 (3), 6-4 in the men's singles final.

July 11, 2004 - Federer wins his first pro singles title on Swiss soil at the Swiss Open in Gstaad, defeating Igor Andreev of Russia 6-2, 6-3, 5-7, 6-3 in the final.

August 1, 2004 - On Switzerland's national holiday and on the second anniversary of the death of his coach Peter Carter, Federer defeats Andy Roddick 7-5, 6-3 in the final of the Canadian Open in Toronto. Federer also becomes the first player since Bjorn Borg in 1979 to win three consecutive tournaments on three different surfaces - grass, clay and hard courts. Said Federer, "I hope to be able to have coffee with Borg sometime and have a talk about these series."

August 17, 2004 - In a self-described "terrible day," Federer's Olympic dreams come to an end in a matter of hours as he is eliminated from both the singles and doubles competitions at the Athens Olympics. In singles, Federer is dismissed in the second round by No. 74 Tomas Berdych 4-6, 7-5, 7-5, then, with partner Yves Allegro, he loses to Mahesh Bhupathi and Leander Paes of India 6-2, 7-6 (7). "What can I say? It's a terrible day for me, losing singles and doubles," Federer said. "Obviously, I was aiming for a better result than this, but that's what I got. So I have to live with it."

September 12, 2004 - A 23-year-old Federer wins the US Open for the first time, overwhelming Lleyton Hewitt 6-0, 7-6, 6-0 in one hour and 51 minutes in the men's singles final. The US Open title adds to his Australian and Wimbledon titles also won in 2004 making Federer the first player since Mats Wilander in 1988 to win three Grand Slam tournament titles in the same year.

October 3, 2004 - Federer defeats Andy Roddick 6-4, 6-0 to win the Thailand Open in Bangkok and join Bjorn Borg and John McEnroe as the only players to win 12 consecutive tournament finals on the ATP Tour.

November 21, 2004 - Roger Federer wins an Open Era record 13th singles final in a row, defeating Lleyton Hewitt 6-3, 6-2 in the final of the year-end Tennis Masters Cup in Houston, Texas. The tournament victory, his 11th during the calendar year, caps a fantastic season for the Swiss world No. 1, who also won the Australian Open for the first time, Wimbledon for a second time and the US Open for a first time. Said Federer, "It's just an unbelievable end to a fantastic season for me."

January 27, 2005 - Federer lets a match point slip away in his titanic 5-7, 6-4, 5-7, 7-6 (6), 9-7 loss to Marat Safin in the semifinals of the Australian Open.

February 27, 2005 - Federer wins his 25th career singles title, defeating Ivan Ljubicic 6-1, 6-7 (6), 6-3 in the final of Dubai Open in the United Arab Emirates. The title is Federer's third in a row in the oil-rich middle eastern city. Said Federer, "To win three times here is fantastic. It's the first time to have achieved that anywhere."

April 3, 2005 - Two-points from defeat in the third-set tie-break, Federer rallies from two-sets-to-love down to defeat Spain's Rafael Nadal 2-6, 6-7 (4), 7-6 (5), 6-3, 6-1 in three hours and 43 minutes to win the NASDAQ-100 Open in Key Biscayne, Fla. Federer trails 4-2 in the third set and 5-3 in the third-set tie-break before rallying to win his 22nd consecutive match and his 18th consecutive final.

June 3, 2005 - Rafael Nadal from Spain celebrates his 19th birthday, defeating Federer 6-3, 4-6, 6-4, 6-3 in the semifinals of the French Open. Said Nadal, "Federer, for me, is the best player wherever. Not only No. 1 for tennis, but the No. 1 for the person, and for sportsmanship."

July 3, 2005 - Federer wins Wimbledon for a third straight year, defeating Andy Roddick, 6-2, 7-6 (2), 6-4 in the championship match. Says Roddick of the match in an entertaining post-match press conference, "I feel like I played decent, the statistics are decent and I got straight-setted. But I am not going to sit around and sulk and cry. I did everything I could. I tried playing different ways. I tried going to his forehand and coming in. He passed me. I tried to go to his backhand and coming in. He passed me. Tried staying back, he figured out a way to pass me, even though I was at the baseline. Hope he gets bored or something." Said Roddick of his personal feelings for Federer, "I have loads of respect for him as a person. I told him, I've told him before, 'I'd love to hate you, but you're really nice'."

September 11, 2005 - Andre Agassi calls Federer to best player he has ever faced in losing to Federer 6-3, 2-6, 7-6 (1), 6-1 in the finals of the US Open. "Pete (Sampras) was great, no question," Agassi said. "But there was a place to get to with Pete. It could be on your terms. There's no such place with Roger. I think he's the best I've played against." Said Federer of Agassi's comments, "It's fantastic to be compared to all the players he's played throughout his career. We're talking about the best - some are the best in the world of all time. And it's still going and I still have chances to improve." The title is Federer's sixth Grand Slam tournament victory and second in Flushing Meadows.

November 20, 2005 - David Nalbandian of Argentina stuns Federer 6-7 (4), 6-7 (11), 6-2, 6-1, 7-6 (3) in four hours and 33 minutes to win the year-end Tennis Masters Cup. Nalbandian's win snapps the 35-match win streak for Federer and ends his streak of 24 straight victories in singles finals. Said Nalbandian to Federer in the post-match ceremony, "After knowing you a long time, don't worry, you'll win a lot more trophys. Let me keep this one." Federer finishes his 2005 season with an 81-4 record.

January 29, 2006 - Federer gets emotional, cries and hugs all-time great Rod Laver during the post-match ceremony following his 5-7, 7-5, 6-0, 6-2 win over upstart Cypriot Marcos Baghdatis in the final of the Australian Open. Federer has difficulty putting to words the emotions he feels during the post-match ceremony and sobs after receiving the trophy from Laver. "I hope you know how much this means to me," he said as he wiped away tears. Federer becomes the first player to win three consecutive Grand Slam tournaments since Pete Sampras won at the 1994 Australian Open. The title is his seventh career Grand Slam title, tying him with John McEnroe, John Newcombe and Mats Wilander.

March 4, 2006 - In a battle of the No. 1 and No. 2 players in the world, No. 2-ranked Rafael Nadal defeats world No. 1 Federer 2-6, 6-4, 6-4 in the final of the Dubai Open in the United Arab Emirates. Nadal's win ends Federer's 56-match hard court winning streak. Said Nadal, "I think it is unbelievable to win against the best player in the world - perhaps the best in history of the game."

May 14, 2006 - In an epic match that officially cements the rivalry between Federer and Rafael Nadal as one of the greatest in the sport, Nadal defeats the man from Basel 6-7 (0), 7-6 (5), 6-4, 2-6, 7-6 (5) in five hours and six minutes in the final of the Italian Open in Rome. Federer leads by 4-1 in the fifth set and holds two match points, before he lets the 19-year-old from Mallorca back into the match to successfully defend his Italian title. Said Federer, "I'm on the right track, a step closer with this guy, just got caught at the finish line, but I should have won."

June 11, 2006 - Federer fails in his quest to win a fourth consecutive Grand Slam title, losing to Rafael Nadal 1-6, 6-1, 6-4, 7-6 (4) in the final of the French Open. Federer, appearing in the French final for the first time in his career, nearly joins Don Budge and Rod Laver as the only men to hold all four Grand Slam titles at the same time. The loss also marked Federer's first defeat in eight career Grand Slam finals. Said Federer of his lost opportunity to win four straight majors, "Obviously, it's a pity, but it goes on, right?"

June 27, 2006 - Federer wins his 42nd consecutive match on a grass court, defeating Richard Gasquet of France 6-3, 6-2, 6-2 in the first round of Wimbledon, breaking the record for consecutive match victories on grass courts held by Bjorn Borg.

July 9, 2006 - Federer ends a five-match losing streak to Rafael Nadal, defeating his Spanish rival 6-0, 7-6 (5), 6-7 (2), 6-3 to win his fourth consecutive Wimbledon title, joining Bjorn Borg and Pete Sampras as the only players to win four straight men's singles titles at the All England Club. Said Federer, "I'm very well aware how important this match was for me. If I lose, it's a hard blow for me. It's important for me to win a final against him for a change and beat him for a change. Wimbledon I knew was going to be the place for me to do it the easiest way and it turned out to be tough."

August 13, 2006 - Federer wins his 40th career title, defeating Richard Gasquet of France 2-6, 6-3, 6-2 in the final of the Canadian Open in Toronto. Said Federer of his slow start against the Frenchman, "'I just always believe that I can turn any match around. That's what happened today. I know that once I turn it around, once I would take the lead then it would be very difficult for my opponent. That's what I always tell myself. Maybe it's an illusion sometimes, but it definitely works.''

August 16, 2006 - Federer's 55-match winning streak in North America comes to an end in a 7-5, 6-4 loss to Andy Murray of Britain in the second round of Cincinnati. "The streaks? I don't care about those now that they're over," said Federer, who had not lost in straight sets in his last 194 matches. "It's going to be a relief for everybody and now we can move on." Said Murray, "I know Federer didn't play his best match, but how many guys beat him when he's playing badly anyway?"

September 10, 2006 - With golfing great Tiger Woods sitting in his box, Federer wins the US Open for a third consecutive year, defeating Andy Roddick 6-2, 4-6, 7-5, 6-1 in the final. "I can relate to what he's going through ... with the success I've had over the years now," Federer said of Woods. "I follow him a lot. I'm always happy when he wins…More and more often, over the last year or so, I've been kind of compared to Tiger," Federer said. "I asked him how it (is) for him (and) it's funny because many things (are) similar. He knew exactly how I kind of felt out on the court. That's something I haven't felt before, a guy who knows how it feels to be invincible at times, when you just have the feeling there's nothing going wrong any more. In the fourth set, for instance, it's I guess (like) him in the final round. He knows exactly how it feels."

January 28, 2007 - Federer becomes the first man since Bjorn Borg at the 1980 French Open to win a Grand Slam title without losing a set with a 7-5, 6-4, 6-4 win over Chilean Fernando Gonzalez in the final of the Australian Open. The title is Federer's 10th in a Grand Slam tournament.

February 26, 2007 - Federer begins his 161st consecutive week as the No. 1 player in the world, breaking the all-time record held by Jimmy Connors. Said Federer, "This record is something special to me. Even if I lost it tomorrow it would still take somebody more than three years to beat it."

June 10, 2007 – For the second straight year, Federer falls one match short of French Open title, a fourth consecutive major championship and a career Grand Slam as he falls to Rafael Nadal 6-3, 4-6, 6-3, 6-4 in the men’s singles final at Roland Garros. Federer only convernts one of 17 break point opportunities on Nadal’s serve, allowing Nadal to win his third straight French title. Said Federer, "Spin it any way you want — I'm disappointed to have lost. I couldn't care less how I played the last 10 months or the last 10 years. At the end of the day, I wanted to win that match. I couldn't do it. It's a shame. But life goes on."

July 8, 2007 – Roger Federer is crowned men’s singles champion at Wimbledon for a fifth-straight year – equaling the open era record of Bjorn Borg – defeating Spain’s Rafael Nadal 7-6 (9-7), 4-6, 7-6 (7-3), 2-6, 6-2 in one of the most dramatic and well-played Wimbledon finals. Wrote Liz Clarke of the Washington Post “(the victory) assumed its own place in Federer's heart because he had been tested so mightily, depleted physically, mentally and emotionally. And it will assume its own place in the sport's history because of the quality of tennis it produced.”

Sept. 9, 2007 – Roger Federer defeats Novak Djokovic of Serbia 7-6(7-4) 7-6(7-2) 6-4 to win his fourth straight US Open men’s singles title and his 12th career Grand Slam singles title, tying him with Australian Roy Emerson for second place behind Pete Sampras and his 14 Grand Slam singles titles.