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Section size for Roger Federer (66 sections)
Section name	Byte count		Prose size (words)
Section name	Header	Total	Header	Total
(Top)	14,210	14,210	593	593
Early life	10,296	10,296	499	499
Tennis career	18	172,980	0	7,221
1990s and 2000s	22	66,951	0	2,788
1995–1998: Junior years	8,276	8,276	488	488
1998–2002: Early professional career	17,188	17,188	186	186
2003: Grand Slam breakthrough at Wimbledon	4,723	4,723	227	227
2004: Imposing dominance	4,841	4,841	216	216
2005: Consolidating dominance	3,892	3,892	220	220
2006: Career-best season	6,127	6,127	413	413
2007: Holding off young rivals	7,188	7,188	414	414
2008: Illness, Olympic gold, and fifth US Open	6,359	6,359	286	286
2009: Career Grand Slam and major title record	8,335	8,335	338	338
2010s	13	91,771	0	3,915
2010: Fourth Australian Open	8,599	8,599	308	308
2011: Tour Finals title record	4,731	4,731	202	202
2012: Wimbledon title, return to No. 1, and Olympic silver	8,357	8,357	326	326
2013: Injury struggles and fall in rankings	4,867	4,867	210	210
2014: Davis Cup glory	10,542	10,542	423	423
2015: 1,000th victory and finals at the US Open and Wimbledon	7,902	7,902	355	355
2016: Knee surgery, back injury, and long recovery hiatus	7,424	7,424	352	352
2017: Renaissance with Australian Open and Wimbledon titles	14,372	14,372	599	599
2018: 20th major title and oldest No. 1	11,405	11,405	579	579
2019: Record third Hopman Cup, 100th title, 1,200th match win and 12th Wimbledon final	13,559	13,559	561	561
2020s	13	14,240	0	518
2020–2022: Final years	14,227	14,227	518	518
Rivalries	47	16,596	0	925
Rafael Nadal	7,636	7,636	317	317
Novak Djokovic	3,243	3,243	247	247
Andy Murray	2,400	2,400	203	203
Andy Roddick	918	918	78	78
Other rivalries	2,352	2,352	80	80
Legacy	18,941	18,941	730	730
Player profile	19	26,352	0	1,513
Playing style	7,716	7,716	510	510
Demeanor and attitude	3,264	3,264	249	249
Coaches	3,794	3,794	339	339
Equipment	7,834	7,834	234	234
Apparel	3,725	3,725	181	181
Off the court	18	32,655	0	1,629
In popular culture	14,833	14,833	787	787
Homages and tributes	4,783	4,783	298	298
Philanthropy	8,144	8,144	355	355
Sponsorships and endorsements	3,303	3,303	121	121
Involvement in football	1,574	1,574	68	68
Personal life	18	10,907	0	661
Family and children	4,453	4,453	193	193
Residences	571	571	85	85
Military service	1,763	1,763	87	87
Religion and multilingualism	1,882	1,882	84	84
Health	2,220	2,220	212	212
Career statistics	63	12,612	0	0
Grand Slam tournament performance timeline	9,189	9,189	0	0
Year–end championship performance timeline	2,335	2,335	0	0
Olympic gold medal matches: 1 (singles silver medal)	430	430	0	0
Other achievements	595	595	0	0
Records	67	22,956	0	26
All-time tournament records	2,471	2,471	0	0
Guinness World Records	724	724	26	26
Open Era records	19,694	19,694	0	0
See also	715	715	0	0
Notes	41	41	0	0
References	42	42	0	0
Further reading	462	929	0	0
Video	467	467	0	0
External links	3,569	3,569	0	0
Total	343,801	343,801	13,797	13,797

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Latest comment: 1 year ago2 comments2 people in discussion

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

Federer records which were surpassedSemi-protected edit request on 6 September 2025

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Federer record "13+ semifinals at 2 different tournaments (Australian Open, Wimbledon)" have been surpassed by Novak Djokovic who holds "14+ semifinals at 2 different tournaments (Wimbledon,US Open)" Federer record "18 quarterfinals at a single tournament (Wimbledon)" have been surpassed by Novak Djokovic who holds "18 quarterfinals at a single tournament (French open)" 149.62.207.234 (talk) 09:38, 6 September 2025 (UTC) https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Novak_Djokovic_career_statistics https://www.atptour.com/en/news/djokovic-roland-garros-2025-history#:~:text=By%20defeating%20Norrie%20and%20reaching,eight%20at%20Wimbledon%2018%20times.Reply

Note: I attempted to implement this request but had to self-revert because it was breaking the table formatting. If another editor could please assist it would be appreciated. Day Creature (talk) 14:46, 6 September 2025 (UTC)Reply

Done By the way, Djokovic has 19 quarterfinals at the French Open. Gap9551 (talk) 18:34, 6 September 2025 (UTC)Reply

Semi-protected edit request on 18 November 2025

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Add: "Widely regarded as one of the greatest tennis players of all time" in the first few lines/paragraph. Kleptoon (talk) 20:53, 18 November 2025 (UTC)Reply

Not done: please provide reliable sources that support the change you want to be made. NotJamestack (✉️|📝) 21:18, 18 November 2025 (UTC)Reply

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Remove "image_upright = .8" from the infbox, there's no reason to downsize the image ~2026-29785-65 (talk) 09:37, 30 May 2026 (UTC)Reply

Done –Deacon Vorbis (carbon • videos) 14:07, 30 May 2026 (UTC)Reply

standard tennis project infobox size for years and years per Help:Infobox/picture imagesize says nothing about .8. This is standard project size. Fyunck(click) (talk) 19:26, 30 May 2026 (UTC)Reply

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Talk:Roger Federer

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Federer records which were surpassedSemi-protected edit request on 6 September 2025

Semi-protected edit request on 18 November 2025

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