Residence Wollerau, Switzerland andDubai, United Arab Emirates
Born 8 August 1981 (age 31)
Basel, Switzerland
Height 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)
Weight 85 kg (187 lb)
Turned pro 1998
Plays Right-handed (one-handed backhand) Roger Federer fought back from two-sets-to-one down to beat the Frenchman 6-1, 4-6, 2-6, 6-2, 6-3 to record his 900th tour-level match win and set a Roland Garros quarter-final clash with Jo-Wilfried Tsonga.
“I knew 900 was on the line,” said Federer. “I'm just happy I have been able to win a lot of matches throughout my career, giving myself an opportunity over and over again. I love this game.”
In becoming the fourth player in the Open Era to reach the 900 wins milestone, 17-time Grand Slam champion Federer won a record-tying 58th match at Roland Garros (Nicola Pietrangeli, Guillermo Vilas) and reached his 36th consecutive Grand Slam quarter-final. Federer has not lost prior to the quarter-finals of a major since 2004 Roland Garros, when he was beaten in the third round by Gustavo Kuerten.
“The number is unbelievable. I probably would have been happy with one at one point in my career, when I was younger,” Federer said. “Eventually you raise the bar and say, ‘Okay, hopefully I can reach my first semi-final’, like in 2003 at Wimbledon. I went on to win the tournament and the rest we know. It's been an amazing run and I'm happy I'm still on it.”
Federer goes into the clash with Tsonga with a 9-3 lead in their Head2Head series. He has won their past five meetings, but did lose to the Frenchman in the 2011 Wimbledon quarter-finals. The 31-year-old Federer is looking to lift the trophy at Roland Garros for the second time, following victory in 2009 (d. Soderling), when he completed the career Grand Slam.
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