Roger Federer junior years

Swiss tennis player Roger Federer's main accomplishments as a junior player came at Wimbledon, where, in 1998, he won both the singles tournament over Irakli Labadze, in straight sets,[1] and the doubles with Olivier Rochus, over the team of Michaël Llodra and Andy Ram, also in straight sets.[2] In addition, Federer was a runner-up at the US Open Junior tournament in 1998, losing the final to David Nalbandian.[3] Federer would go on to win four other junior singles tournaments in his career.

As a junior, Federer was also known as a "hot head" on court which is distinct from his adult image of cool and calm, and being a great on-court role model.[4]

Junior career

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Background

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Federer was almost four years old when Boris Becker, his childhood idol, won his first Wimbledon title in 1985. From then on, Federer watched "tennis matches on television for hours on end."[5][6] Reflecting on his childhood, he said, "I liked tennis the best of all sports. It was always exciting and winning or losing was always in my hands."[5] Soon after enrolling in school at the age of six, Federer became the best in his age group and trained three times a week in and around Basel.[7] When he was eight, Federer joined a region-wide tennis group, where he first met Marco Chiudinelli, a "talented" boy who belonged to the nearby Basel Lawn Tennis Club; just a month younger than Federer.[5] They quickly became friends, playing squash, table tennis, and football together, but were soon the 'black sheep' of the group, with one or the other often forced to sit on the sidelines for disciplinary reasons.[5]

They first played each other at an official event called The Bambino Cup in Arlesheim when both were eight. "Back then we only played one long set of up to nine games", Chiudinelli recollects. "Things weren't going well for me at the beginning. I was behind 2–5 and I started to cry. We cried a lot back then even during the matches. Roger came up to me and tried to comfort me when we switched sides. He told me everything would be alright, and in fact, things got better. I took the lead 7–6 and noticed that the tide had turned. Then he began to cry and I ran up to him and give him encouragement and things went better for him. It was the only time I could beat him."[5]

When he was 10, Federer began weekly private coaching with Adolf Kacovsky, a tennis coach at The Old Boys Tennis Club. "I noticed right away that this guy was a natural talent", said Kacovsky. "He was born with a racquet in his hand." At first, Federer received lessons only while part of a group, although "the club and I quickly noticed he was enormously talented. We began giving him private lessons that were partly funded by the club. Roger was a quick learner. When you wanted to teach him something new, he was able to pick it up after three or four tries, while others in the group needed weeks."[5]

Federer began using the 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, fellow German Boris Becker, and later Pete Sampras, used the one-hander too.[8] From ages 8 to 10, Federer received group and individual training from Kacovsky.[8] At age 10, Federer began being taught at the club by Australian former tennis player Peter Carter.[8]

Swiss junior champion

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In 1993, Federer won the U12 Swiss national junior championships in Lucerne.[8][9] 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, rather than relying on the performances of his teammates.[8][7][10]

In 1995, at age 13, Federer won the U14 Swiss national junior championship and was chosen to train at the Swiss National Tennis Center in the French-speaking Écublens.[6][11] In January 1997, at age 15, Federer won the U18 Swiss national championship.[8]

ITF Junior Circuit

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Federer joined the ITF junior tennis circuit in mid-1996, at the age of 14, and played his first match there at a grade-2 tournament in Switzerland.[12] In May 1997, Federer won his first-ever ITF junior title in a second category tournament in Prato, defeating Luka Kutanjac in the final.[13]

Federer began the 1998 season by winning a second-category tournament in Victoria, defeating Julien Jeanpierre in the final.[13] This victory saw him become one of the favorites for the Australian Open junior event, but Federer was stopped in the semifinals by Jeanpierre.[13] He then won another second category tournament, this time in Florence, defeating Filippo Volandri in the final.[13]

His main accomplishments as a junior player came at Wimbledon in 1998, when he won both the boys' singles final over Irakli Labadze, in straight sets,[1] and the doubles with Olivier Rochus, over the team of Michaël Llodra and Andy Ram, also in straight sets.[2] Federer then reached the final of the US Open junior event, which he lost to David Nalbandian.[3] In November, Federer went on a tour in the United States, where he participated in the under 18s category at the prestigious Eddie Herr International Junior Championships in Florida, and in the Junior Orange Bowl in Miami, winning the later after beating Nalbandian in the semiinals and Guillermo Coria in the final.[13][14] By the end of 1998 he attained the No. 1 junior world ranking and was awarded ITF Junior World Champion.[15]

Despite having another year as a junior left to go (1999), Federer instead decided to play full-time on the ATP tour,[16] thus ending his ITF junior career at the end of 1998 with a high ranking of No. 1 in singles and No. 7 in doubles (both attained on 31 December 1998) and a win–loss record of 78–20 in singles and 36–21 in doubles.[17] In total, he won four ITF junior singles tournaments in his career.[13]

ITF Junior Circuit finals

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Singles: 6 (5 titles, 1 runner-up)

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2–1 Tier GA
0–0 Tier G1
3–0 Tier G2
Result W–L Date Tournament Tier Surface Opponent Score
Win 1–0 May 1997 Prato Junior Tournament, Italy G2 Clay   Luka Kutanjac 6–4, 6–0
Win 2–0 Jan 1998 Victoria Junior Championship, Australia G2 Hard   Julien Jeanpierre 6–4, 6–4
Win 3–0 Apr 1998 Florence International Tournament, Italy G2 Clay   Filippo Volandri 7–6, 6–3
Win 4–0 Jul 1998 Wimbledon, United Kingdom GA Grass   Irakli Labadze 6–4, 6–4
Loss 4–1 Sep 1998 US Open, United States GA Hard   David Nalbandian 3–6, 5–7
Win 5–1 Dec 1998 Orange Bowl, United States GA Hard   Guillermo Coria 7–5, 6–3

Doubles: 4 (2 titles, 2 runner-ups)

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1–0 Tier GA
1–0 Tier G1
0–2 Tier G2
Result W–L Date Tournament Tier Surface Partner Opponents Score
Loss 0–1 May 1997 Prato Junior Tournament, Italy G2 Clay   Jun Kato   Maxim Belski
  Tomas Hajek
2–6, 2–6
Loss 0–2 Apr 1998 Florence International Tournament, Italy G2 Clay   Jun Kato   Filippo Volandri
  Urus Vico
3–6, 1–6
Win 1–2 Jun 1998 LTA Junior Championships, United Kingdom G1 Grass   Olivier Rochus   Michaël Llodra
  Andy Ram
3–6, 6–4, 7–5
Win 2–2 Jul 1998 Wimbledon, United Kingdom GA Grass   Olivier Rochus   Michaël Llodra
  Andy Ram
6–4, 6–4

All matches

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Match Tournament Country Start
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Entry Type I/O Surface Round Opponent Result Score
1 Swiss Junior Tournament Switzerland 7/15/1996 WC JUN Outdoor Clay R64 Lukas Rhomberg (AUT) W 6–1, 6–0
2 Swiss Junior Tournament Switzerland 7/15/1996 WC JUN Outdoor Clay R32 Marc–Olivier Baron (FRA) W 7–6, 6–3
3 Swiss Junior Tournament Switzerland 7/15/1996 WC JUN Outdoor Clay R16 Nathan Healey (AUS) L 7–6, 4–6, 4–6
7 World Youth Cup Final Switzerland 9/10/1996 DA JUN Outdoor Clay RR Lleyton Hewitt (AUS) W 4–6, 7–6(7–3), 6–4
8 World Youth Cup Final Switzerland 9/10/1996 DA JUN Outdoor Clay RR Febi Widhiyanto (INA) L 5–7, 7–5, 5–7
9 World Youth Cup Final Switzerland 9/10/1996 DA JUN Outdoor Clay RR Vijay Kannan (IND) W 6–0, 7–6(7–4)
10 World Youth Cup Final Switzerland 9/10/1996 DA JUN Outdoor Clay RR Nahuel Fracassi (ITA) W 3–6, 6–3, 6–1
14 Sunshine Cup USA 12/12/1996 DA JUN Outdoor Clay RR Petr Kralert (CZE) L 6–1, 0–6, 1–6
15 Sunshine Cup USA 12/12/1996 DA JUN Outdoor Clay RR Adrián García (CHI) W 5–7, 6–2, 6–2
16 Sunshine Cup USA 12/12/1996 DA JUN Outdoor Clay RR Balazs Vaci (HUN) L 5–7, 2–6
17 Sunshine Cup USA 12/12/1996 DA JUN Outdoor Clay RR Han–Hui Tsai (TPE) W 6–3, 6–0
18 Casablance Cup Qualifying Mexico 12/18/1996 DA JUN Outdoor Hard R64 Angel Garcia–Lopez (MEX) W 6–0, 6–1
19 Casablance Cup Qualifying Mexico 12/18/1996 DA JUN Outdoor Hard R32 Jonathan Hauswaldt (MEX) W 6–1, 6–1
20 Casablance Cup Qualifying Mexico 12/18/1996 DA JUN Outdoor Hard R16 Gilberto Gutierrez (MEX) W 6–1, 6–1
21 Casablanca Cup Mexico 12/22/1996 QF JUN Outdoor Hard R64 Mathias Schwarzler (AUT) W 6–3, 4–2, RET
22 Casablanca Cup Mexico 12/22/1996 QF JUN Outdoor Hard R32 Sebastien Aickele (GER) L 6–7, 6–3, 5–7
23 Coffee Bowl Qualifying Costa Rica 12/28/1996 DA JUN Outdoor Hard R32 Bye W  
24 Coffee Bowl Qualifying Costa Rica 12/28/1996 DA JUN Outdoor Hard R16 Carlos Vargas (PAN) W 6–2, 2–6, 6–0
25 Coffee Bowl Costa Rica 12/30/1996 QF JUN Outdoor Hard R128 Bye W  
26 Coffee Bowl Costa Rica 12/30/1996 QF JUN Outdoor Hard R64 Federico Cardinali (ARG) W 6–1, 6–1
27 Coffee Bowl Costa Rica 12/30/1996 QF JUN Outdoor Hard R32 Diego Ayala (USA) L 4–6, 1–6
28 International Junior Championships of Venezuela Venezuela 1/6/1997 DA JUN Outdoor Clay R128 Goran Sterijovski (MKD) W 6–3, 4–6, 6–1
29 International Junior Championships of Venezuela Venezuela 1/6/1997 DA JUN Outdoor Clay R64 Jérôme Haehnel (FRA) L 2–6, 4–6
30 City of Florence International Tournament Italy 3/24/1997 DA JUN Outdoor Clay R64 Davide Bramanti (ITA) L 4–6, 6–3, 6–7
31 Prato International Junior Tournament Italy 5/5/1997 DA JUN Outdoor Clay R64 Giunior Ghedina (ITA) W 6–2, 6–0
32 Prato International Junior Tournament Italy 5/5/1997 DA JUN Outdoor Clay R32 Lovro Zovko (CRO) W 6–4, 6–2
33 Prato International Junior Tournament Italy 5/5/1997 DA JUN Outdoor Clay R16 Julien Jeanpierre (FRA) W 6–3, 6–0
34 Prato International Junior Tournament Italy 5/5/1997 DA JUN Outdoor Clay Q Haris Basalic (BIH) W 6–3, 7–6
35 Prato International Junior Tournament Italy 5/5/1997 DA JUN Outdoor Clay S Ivan Beroš (CRO) W 6–2, 6–3
36 Prato International Junior Tournament Italy 5/5/1997 DA JUN Outdoor Clay F Luka Kutanjac (CRO) W 6–4, 6–0
37 Italian Junior Championships, Qualifying Italy 5/17/1997 DA JUN Outdoor Clay R64 Diego de Vecchis (ITA) W 6–4, 1–6, 7–6
38 Italian Junior Championships, Qualifying Italy 5/17/1997 DA JUN Outdoor Clay R32 Davor Grgic (CRO) W 6–1, 3–6, 6–2
39 Italian Junior Championships, Qualifying Italy 5/17/1997 DA JUN Outdoor Clay R16 Tomas Zivincek (GER) W 3–6, 6–0, 6–3
40 Italian Junior Championships Italy 5/19/1997 QF JUN Outdoor Clay R64 Wesley Whitehouse (RSA) W 6–3, 6–3
41 Italian Junior Championships Italy 5/19/1997 QF JUN Outdoor Clay R32 Filip Aniola (POL) W 5–7, 6–4, 7–5
42 Italian Junior Championships Italy 5/19/1997 QF JUN Outdoor Clay R16 Nicolás Massú (CHI) W 6–2, 4–6, 6–2
43 Italian Junior Championships Italy 5/19/1997 QF JUN Outdoor Clay Q Rodolfo Rake (PER) L 1–6, 4–6
68 Eddie Herr International Junior Tennis Championships USA 12/8/1997 DA JUN Outdoor Clay R128 Bye W  
69 Eddie Herr International Junior Tennis Championships USA 12/8/1997 DA JUN Outdoor Clay R64 Edgardo Massa (ARG) L 3–6, 4–6
70 Victorian Junior Championships Australia 1/9/1998 DA JUN Outdoor Hard R64 Adam Carey (AUS) W 6–4, 6–2
71 Victorian Junior Championships Australia 1/9/1998 DA JUN Outdoor Hard R32 Mathias Rekate (GER) W 6–1, 6–0
72 Victorian Junior Championships Australia 1/9/1998 DA JUN Outdoor Hard R16 Sadik Kadir (AUS) W 7–5, 6–1
73 Victorian Junior Championships Australia 1/9/1998 DA JUN Outdoor Hard Q Olivier Rochus (BEL) W 6–3, 4–6, 6–3
74 Victorian Junior Championships Australia 1/9/1998 DA JUN Outdoor Hard S Kristian Pless (DEN) W 6–2, 6–2
75 Victorian Junior Championships Australia 1/9/1998 DA JUN Outdoor Hard F Julien Jeanpierre (FRA) W 6–4, 6–4
76 Australian Hardcourt Junior Championships Australia 1/18/1998 DA JUN Outdoor Hard R64 Dino Dattoli (AUS) W 6–4, 3–6, 6–3
77 Australian Hardcourt Junior Championships Australia 1/18/1998 DA JUN Outdoor Hard R32 David Martin (USA) W 6–4, 6–2
78 Australian Hardcourt Junior Championships Australia 1/18/1998 DA JUN Outdoor Hard R16 Olivier Rochus (BEL) W 6–1, 7–6
79 Australian Hardcourt Junior Championships Australia 1/18/1998 DA JUN Outdoor Hard Q Christian–Michael Straka (GER) W 6–1, 6–3
80 Australian Hardcourt Junior Championships Australia 1/18/1998 DA JUN Outdoor Hard S Julien Jeanpierre (FRA) L 1–6, 4–6
81 Australian Open Junior Championships Australia 1/26/1998 DA JUN Outdoor Hard R64 Nicholas McDonald (RSA) W 6–3, 6–3
82 Australian Open Junior Championships Australia 1/26/1998 DA JUN Outdoor Hard R32 Filippo Volandri (ITA) W 6–4, 6–4
83 Australian Open Junior Championships Australia 1/26/1998 DA JUN Outdoor Hard R16 Dino Dattoli (AUS) W 6–3, 6–3
84 Australian Open Junior Championships Australia 1/26/1998 DA JUN Outdoor Hard Q Olivier Rochus (BEL) W 7–5, 6–4
85 Australian Open Junior Championships Australia 1/26/1998 DA JUN Outdoor Hard S Andreas Vinciguerra (SWE) L 6–4, 5–7, 5–7
91 City of Florence International Tournament Italy 4/8/1998 DA JUN Outdoor Clay R64 Timo Nieminen (FIN) W 6–1, 6–1
92 City of Florence International Tournament Italy 4/8/1998 DA JUN Outdoor Clay R32 Dominik Meffert (GER) W 6–4, 6–7, 7–6
93 City of Florence International Tournament Italy 4/8/1998 DA JUN Outdoor Clay R16 Luben Pampoulov (AUT) W 6–2, 6–4
94 City of Florence International Tournament Italy 4/8/1998 DA JUN Outdoor Clay Q Stefan Wauters (BEL) W 6–2, 6–1
95 City of Florence International Tournament Italy 4/8/1998 DA JUN Outdoor Clay S Kristian Pless (DEN) W 7–6, 6–3
96 City of Florence International Tournament Italy 4/8/1998 DA JUN Outdoor Clay F Filippo Volandri (ITA) W 7–6, 6–3
98 Italian Junior Championships Italy 5/18/1998 DA JUN Outdoor Clay R64 Flávio Saretta (BRA) W 7–5, 6–1
99 Italian Junior Championships Italy 5/18/1998 DA JUN Outdoor Clay R32 Jérôme Haehnel (FRA) L 6–4, 5–7, 2–6
100 Belgian International Junior Championships Belgium 5/25/1998 DA JUN Outdoor Clay R64 Bye W  
101 Belgian International Junior Championships Belgium 5/25/1998 DA JUN Outdoor Clay R32 Andy Ram (ISR) W 6–1, 6–3
102 Belgian International Junior Championships Belgium 5/25/1998 DA JUN Outdoor Clay R16 Simone Amorico (USA) W 6–2, 6–3
103 Belgian International Junior Championships Belgium 5/25/1998 DA JUN Outdoor Clay Q Bob Borella (DEN) L 4–6, RET
104 International Junior Championships of France France 5/31/1998 DA JUN Outdoor Clay R64 Jaroslav Levinský (CZE) L 4–6, 7–5, 7–9
105 LTA International Junior Championships Great Britain 6/21/1998 DA JUN Outdoor Grass R64 Jakub Hasek (CZE) W 4–6, 7–6, 6–3
106 LTA International Junior Championships Great Britain 6/21/1998 DA JUN Outdoor Grass R32 Lee Childs (GBR) W 6–1, 6–4
107 LTA International Junior Championships Great Britain 6/21/1998 DA JUN Outdoor Grass R16 Edgardo Massa (ARG) W 6–4, 7–5
108 LTA International Junior Championships Great Britain 6/21/1998 DA JUN Outdoor Grass Q Philipp Müllner (AUT) W 6–1, 7–6
109 Italian Junior Championships Great Britain 6/21/1998 DA JUN Outdoor Grass S Taylor Dent (USA) L 6–7, 6–4, 3–6
110 The Junior Championships, Wimbledon Great Britain 6/27/1998 DA JUN Outdoor Grass R64 Philip Langer (AUT) W 6–0, 6–2
111 The Junior Championships, Wimbledon Great Britain 6/27/1998 DA JUN Outdoor Grass R32 Andrej Kračman (SLO) W 7–6, 6–3
112 The Junior Championships, Wimbledon Great Britain 6/27/1998 DA JUN Outdoor Grass R16 Jérôme Haehnel (FRA) W 6–4, 6–4
113 The Junior Championships, Wimbledon Great Britain 6/27/1998 DA JUN Outdoor Grass Q David Sherwood (GBR) W 7–6, 6–2
114 The Junior Championships, Wimbledon Great Britain 6/27/1998 DA JUN Outdoor Grass S Lovro Zovko (CRO) W 7–5, 6–2
115 The Junior Championships, Wimbledon Great Britain 6/27/1998 DA JUN Outdoor Grass F Irakli Labadze (GEO) W 6–4, 6–4
117 European Closed Junior Championships Switzerland 7/20/1998 DA JUN Outdoor Clay R128 Bye W  
118 European Closed Junior Championships Switzerland 7/20/1998 DA JUN Outdoor Clay R64 Florin Nedelcu (ROU) W 6–1, 6–1
119 European Closed Junior Championships Switzerland 7/20/1998 DA JUN Outdoor Clay R32 Philipp Müllner (AUT) W 6–2, 5–7, 6–3
120 European Closed Junior Championships Switzerland 7/20/1998 DA JUN Outdoor Clay R16 Lazar Magdinčev (MKD) W 6–2, 6–2
121 European Closed Junior Championships Switzerland 7/20/1998 DA JUN Outdoor Clay Q Kristian Pless (DEN) W 3–6, 6–2, 6–3
122 European Closed Junior Championships Switzerland 7/20/1998 DA JUN Outdoor Clay S Feliciano López (ESP) L 6–4, 2–6, 4–6
124 US Open Junior Championships USA 9/6/1998 DA JUN Outdoor Hard R64 Boris Bachert (GER) W 6–2, 6–2
125 US Open Junior Championships USA 9/6/1998 DA JUN Outdoor Hard R32 Philip Langer (AUT) W 6–3, 6–2
126 US Open Junior Championships USA 9/6/1998 DA JUN Outdoor Hard R16 Olivier Rochus (BEL) W 6–2, 7–5
127 US Open Junior Championships USA 9/6/1998 DA JUN Outdoor Hard Q Jérôme Haehnel (FRA) W 7–5, 3–6, 6–1
128 US Open Junior Championships USA 9/6/1998 DA JUN Outdoor Hard S Kristian Pless (DEN) W 6–3, 4–6, 6–3
129 US Open Junior Championships USA 9/6/1998 DA JUN Outdoor Hard F David Nalbandian (ARG) L 3–6, 5–7
130 Toulouse Qualifying France 9/26/1998 DA TE Indoor Hard R32 Marcello Wowk (ARG) W 7–6, 6–2
131 Toulouse Qualifying France 9/26/1998 DA TE Indoor Hard R16 Alex Rădulescu (GER) W 7–6, 7–6
132 Toulouse Qualifying France 9/26/1998 DA TE Indoor Hard Q Olivier Delaître (FRA) W 6–4, 6–4
153 Eddie Herr International Junior Tennis Championships USA 11/30/1998 DA JUN   Hard R64 Matías Boeker (ARG) W 6–0, 7–6
154 Eddie Herr International Junior Tennis Championships USA 11/30/1998 DA JUN   Hard R32 Andrew McDade (RSA) W 6–2, 6–2
155 Eddie Herr International Junior Tennis Championships USA 11/30/1998 DA JUN   Hard R16 Éric Prodon (FRA) L 4–6, 6–3, 3–6
156 Sunshine Cup USA 12/8/1998 DA JUN Outdoor Hard RR Juan Carlos Ferrero (ESP) W 6–2, 6–3
157 Sunshine Cup USA 12/8/1998 DA JUN Outdoor Hard RR Andreas Vinciguerra (SWE) W 7–6, 6–4
158 Orange Bowl Tennis Championships USA 12/13/1998 DA JUN Outdoor Hard R64 Raimonds Sproga (LAT) W 5–7, 7–6, 6–0
159 Orange Bowl Tennis Championships USA 12/13/1998 DA JUN Outdoor Hard R32 Jürgen Melzer (AUT) W 6–3, 6–1
160 Orange Bowl Tennis Championships USA 12/13/1998 DA JUN Outdoor Hard R16 Ivan Cinkuš (CRO) W 6–0, 6–1
161 Orange Bowl Tennis Championships USA 12/13/1998 DA JUN Outdoor Hard Q Ricardo Mello (BRA) W 7–5, 6–4
162 Orange Bowl Tennis Championships USA 12/13/1998 DA JUN Outdoor Hard S David Nalbandian (ARG) W 6–4, 6–2
163 Orange Bowl Tennis Championships USA 12/13/1998 DA JUN Outdoor Hard F Guillermo Coria (ARG) W 7–5, 6–3

See also

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