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Tennis
Quiz: How much do you know about Roger Federer?
Game. Set. Match.
IT’S ROGER FEDERER’S birthday tomorrow, so we’re celebrating the way he would want: a quiz.
Arguably the greatest tennis player of all time, Federer has achieved a lot of records over the course of his career.
But how well do you know him?
It's his birthday on 8 August, but what year was he born?
1980
1981
1982
2005 - he's an overachiever
How many children does he have?
Four, including one set of twins
Four, two sets of twins
Four, but no twins
A record 250
He has won the most Grand Slam singles titles of any male player. How many?
18
19
20
100
How many of these titles have been at Wimbledon? (It's another record)
7
8
9
1,000
How long was last year's Wimbledon final, where he lost to Novak Djokovic in an epic five-set match?
Four hours and 37 minutes
Four hours and 57 minutes
Five hours and 22 minutes
175 hours (they both retired afterwards)
In the one French Open men singles final he won, who did he beat?
Rafael Nadal
Robin Söderling
Stanislas Wawrinka
Roy Keane
What is his current ATP world ranking?
2
3
4
39
How many weeks has been ranked number 1 in the world over the course of his career? (Yes, it's another record)
250
310
350
10
How many Olympics medals does he have?
1
2
3
All of them
How much prize money has he made?
€80 million
€95 million
€110 million
€5 (tennis does not pay well)
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