Editing Roger Federer (section)

==Early life==
Federer was born on 8 August 1981 in [[Basel]], Switzerland.<ref name=suisse1>{{cite web |url=https://sponsorship.credit-suisse.com/app/article/index.cfm?fuseaction=OpenArticle&aoid=344692&coid=279860&lang=EN |title=Credit Suisse – Roger Federer, a Basel Boy Forever |publisher=Sponsorship.credit-suisse.com |access-date=22 January 2013 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130530045808/https://sponsorship.credit-suisse.com/app/article/index.cfm?fuseaction=OpenArticle&aoid=344692&coid=279860&lang=EN |archive-date=30 May 2013 }}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/sports/2022/09/15/roger-federer-career-timeline/ |title=A timeline of Roger Federer's glorious tennis career |newspaper=Washington Post |last=Boren |first=Cindy |access-date=17 September 2022 |archive-date=23 December 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221223110359/https://www.washingtonpost.com/sports/2022/09/15/roger-federer-career-timeline/ |url-status=live }}</ref> A member of the [[Federer family]], his Swiss father, Robert Federer, is from [[Berneck, St. Gallen|Berneck]] in the [[canton of St. Gallen]] and his [[Afrikaners|Afrikaner]] mother, Lynette Federer (née Durand), is from [[Kempton Park, Gauteng]], in [[South Africa]].<ref>{{Cite web|date=2 June 2021|title=Roger Federer [2021 Update]: Early Life, Family & Net Worth|url=https://playersbio.com/roger-federer/|access-date=15 September 2021|website=Players Bio|archive-date=15 September 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210915212642/https://playersbio.com/roger-federer/|url-status=live}}</ref> He has one sibling, his older sister, Diana,<ref>{{cite news |last=Dwyre |first=Bill |title=Roger Federer wants to show he can go from two to one |work=[[Los Angeles Times]] |date=12 March 2009 |url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2009-mar-12-sp-dwyre-roger-federer12-story.html|access-date=11 August 2013|archive-date=11 November 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131111142213/http://articles.latimes.com/2009/mar/12/sports/sp-dwyre-roger-federer12| url-status=live}}</ref> the mother of twins.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/tennis/rogerfederer/10828961/Roger-Federer-Birth-of-twins-makes-this-time-of-my-life.html |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220110/https://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/tennis/rogerfederer/10828961/Roger-Federer-Birth-of-twins-makes-this-time-of-my-life.html |archive-date=10 January 2022 |url-access=subscription |url-status=live |title=Roger Federer: Birth of twins makes this time of my life |date=13 May 2014 |last=Briggs |first=Simon |work=[[The Daily Telegraph]]}}{{cbignore}}</ref> Since Federer's mother is South African, he holds both Swiss and South African citizenship.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.blick.ch/sport/fussball/nati/roger-federer-hat-luxusproblem-128296 |title=Für wen schlägt Federers Fussball-Herz? |trans-title=Who does Federer's football heart beat for? |language=de |website=www.blick.ch |date=11 September 2009 |access-date=16 December 2023 |archive-date=14 September 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090914045531/http://www.blick.ch/sport/fussball/nati/roger-federer-hat-luxusproblem-128296 |url-status=live }}</ref><ref name=story>{{cite book|first=René|last=Stauffer|title=The Roger Federer Story: Quest for Perfection|publisher=New Chapter Press|year=2007|page=[https://archive.org/details/rogerfedererstor00rene/page/4 4]|isbn=978-0-942257-39-7|url-access=registration|url=https://archive.org/details/rogerfedererstor00rene/page/4}}</ref> He is related to Swiss prelate [[Urban Federer]] as well as Swiss politician and philanthropist [[Barbara Schmid-Federer]].<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.sportskeeda.com/tennis/news-roger-federer-switzerland-equivalent-royal-family-uk-swiss-abbot-related-tennis-superstar | title="Roger Federer in Switzerland would be equivalent to the royal family in the UK" – Swiss abbot who is related to the tennis superstar| date=26 March 2021|accessdate=14 April 2024 }}</ref>

As youngsters, Federer and his elder sister Diana used to accompany their parents, both of whom worked for [[Novartis#Ciba-Geigy|Ciba-Geigy Pharmaceuticals]], to the company's private tennis courts at the weekends, where he first played tennis at the age of three.<ref name=Making1>{{cite web |url=https://bleacherreport.com/articles/1237340-wimbledon-2012-roger-federer-the-making-of-a-champion-part-one |title=Roger Federer: The Making of a Champion, Part 1 |website=bleacherreport.com |date=27 June 2012 |access-date=16 December 2023 |archive-date=27 December 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121227232545/http://bleacherreport.com/articles/1237340-wimbledon-2012-roger-federer-the-making-of-a-champion-part-one |url-status=live }}</ref>

Soon after enrolling in school at the age of six, Federer became the best in his age group.<ref name=Fanletter>{{cite web |url=http://www.rogerfederer.com/data/downloads/en/newslettersep04_eng.pdf |title=Fanletter September 2004 |website=www.rogerfederer.com |date=13 September 2004 |accessdate=16 December 2023 |archive-date=26 September 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090926080608/http://www.rogerfederer.com/data/downloads/en/newslettersep04_eng.pdf |url-status=live }}</ref> Feeling that Federer had outgrown the Ciba club and needed to be amongst better juniors, his mother Lynette enrolled him at age eight in the elite junior programme of the [[TC Old Boys|Old Boys Tennis Club]] in [[Basel]], where he received his initial tennis instruction from veteran Czech coach Adolf Kacovsky.<ref name=Making1/> Federer began using a [[one-handed backhand]] from an early age not only because Kacovsky was a fan of it, but also because all of his childhood idols — [[Stefan Edberg]], [[Boris Becker]], and later [[Pete Sampras]] — used the stroke too.<ref name=Making1/> From ages 8 to 10, Federer received group and individual training from Kacovsky.<ref name=Making1/> At age 10, Federer began being taught at the club by Australian former tennis player [[Peter Carter (tennis)|Peter Carter]].<ref name=Making1/> Federer has credited Carter for his "entire technique and coolness".<ref name=Making1/>

Federer grew up playing many sports, such as [[badminton]], [[basketball]], [[Association football|football]], and tennis, but he was most taken by the latter two.<ref name=Making1/><ref name=London>{{cite web |url=https://www.mylondon.news/news/celebs/bbc-wimbledon-roger-federer-looks-20990940 |title=BBC Wimbledon: Roger Federer looks almost unrecognisable on first appearance at home of tennis 23 years ago |website=www.mylondon.news |date=7 July 2021 |access-date=16 December 2023 |archive-date=8 March 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230308144734/https://www.mylondon.news/news/celebs/bbc-wimbledon-roger-federer-looks-20990940 |url-status=live }}</ref> He also tried [[skiing]] and [[swimming]] and spent hours playing [[soft tennis]] on the street.<ref name=Fanletter/> He credits his [[Eye–hand coordination|hand–eye coordination]] to the wide range of sports he played as a child.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://straightsets.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/05/29/not-just-tennis/|title=How Badminton Helped Federer's Game|first=Thomas|last=Lin|publisher=Straight Sets|date=29 May 2009|access-date=29 July 2011|archive-date=2 April 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190402120108/https://straightsets.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/05/29/not-just-tennis/|url-status=live}}</ref> In 1993, Federer won the under-12 Swiss national junior championships in [[Lucerne]].<ref name=Making1/><ref name=lonely>{{Cite web |url=https://www.tennisworldusa.org/tennis/news/Roger_Federer/106800/roger-federer-opens-up-i-was-quite-lonely-at-national-tennis-centre-/ |title=Roger Federer opens up: 'I was quite lonely at National Tennis Centre' |website=www.tennisworldusa.org |date=24 December 2021 |access-date=16 December 2023 |archive-date=20 May 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220520143854/https://www.tennisworldusa.org/tennis/news/Roger_Federer/106800/roger-federer-opens-up-i-was-quite-lonely-at-national-tennis-centre-/ |url-status=live }}</ref> Becoming the best junior in the country helped him decide to become a professional tennis player, so he stopped playing football at age twelve to concentrate solely on tennis, where he felt he had more control over his victories or defeats, as opposed to team sports where he relied more on the performances of his teammates.<ref name=Making1/><ref name=London/><ref name=Fanletter/> Federer was also a [[Ball boy#Tennis|ball boy]] at his hometown Basel event, the [[Swiss Indoors]] in 1992 and 1993, and even received a medal after the 1993 final, together with the other ballboys, from tournament champion [[Michael Stich]].<ref name=story/><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.tennisworldusa.org/tennis/news/Roger_Federer/24505/blast-from-the-past-roger-federer-as-ball-boy-at-swiss-indoors/|title=Blast From The Past: Roger Federer as Ball Boy at Swiss Indoors|website=Tennis World USA|date=17 June 2015|access-date=26 July 2019|archive-date=22 February 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210222142948/https://www.tennisworldusa.org/tennis/news/Roger_Federer/24505/blast-from-the-past-roger-federer-as-ball-boy-at-swiss-indoors/|url-status=live}}</ref>

He was brought to train at the Swiss National Tennis Center, then located in [[Écublens, Vaud|Ecublens]] in the canton of [[Vaud]], between 1995 and 1997. It was in this new setting that he learned [[French language|French]] at the age of 14. He completed his compulsory education at La Planta secondary school in [[Chavannes-près-Renens]] and obtained his certificate in July 1997, in the upper division, commercial studies section.<ref>{{Cite magazine|author=Isabelle Musy|title="En classe, Roger Federer était un instinctif"|magazine=Le Temps|date=21 December 2012|url=https://www.letemps.ch/sport/2012/12/21/classe-roger-federer-etait-un-instinctif|pages=|access-date=17 January 2024|archive-date=9 December 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171209043926/https://www.letemps.ch/sport/2012/12/21/classe-roger-federer-etait-un-instinctif|url-status=live}}</ref>