A 21-year-old Roger Federer sheds the first of many victory tears as he wins Wimbledon in 2003 [GALLO/GETTY]
Published On 7 Jun 20097 Jun 2009
The rising star collects his first Australian Open crown in February 2004 [GALLO/GETTY]
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The London crowd applaud their new favourite as he wins Wimbledon for the second year running against Andy Roddick in 2004 [GALLO/GETTY]
The 2004 US Open trophy gets stashed in Fed's limo after Lleyton Hewitt loses to the Swiss at Flushing Meadows [GALLO/GETTY]
Is Fed getting tired of these Wimbledon wins? That's a hat-trick in 2005 [GALLO/GETTY]
A beaten Andre Agassi looks on as Federer lifts the 2005 US Open [GALLO/GETTY]
The Fed Express rumbles on with a second Australian Open in 2006 [GALLO/GETTY]
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Federer beats Spaniard Rafael Nadal at Wimbledon '06 in the early days of an intense rivalry [GALLO/GETTY]
Relentless Roger downs Andy Roddick again at the 2006 US Open [GALLO/GETTY]
A fifth-straight Wimbledon crown comes Federer's way in 2007 against Nadal - but the Spaniard will have his revenge in an epic 2008 final [GALLO/GETTY]
'Alas poor Fernando Gonzalez, I knew him well.' Fed does his Hamlet with the 2007 Aussie Open pot after beating the Chilean [GALLO/GETTY]
New Yorkers take to the streets to see Federer parade his fourth-straight US Open title [GALLO/GETTY]
Andy Murray isn't too happy to see Federer pick up his fifth at Flushing Meadows in 2008 [GALLO/GETTY]
What the world's been waiting for: In Clay King Nadal's reign, Fed finally bags the French Open on June 7, 2009 [AFP]
