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Section sizes in Roger Federer

Section size for Roger Federer (69 sections)
Section name	Byte count	Section total
(Top)	12,292	12,292
Early life	10,123	10,123
Tennis career	18	171,996
1990s and 2000s	22	66,495
1995–1998: Junior years	8,279	8,279
1998–2002: Early professional career	17,173	17,173
2003: Grand Slam breakthrough at Wimbledon	4,673	4,673
2004: Imposing dominance	4,824	4,824
2005: Consolidating dominance	3,890	3,890
2006: Career-best season	5,845	5,845
2007: Holding off young rivals	7,152	7,152
2008: Illness, Olympic gold, and fifth US Open	6,333	6,333
2009: Career Grand Slam and major title record	8,304	8,304
2010s	13	91,304
2010: Fourth Australian Open	8,546	8,546
2011: Tour Finals title record	4,713	4,713
2012: Wimbledon title, return to No. 1, and Olympic silver	8,344	8,344
2013: Injury struggles and fall in rankings	4,823	4,823
2014: Davis Cup glory	10,531	10,531
2015: 1,000th victory and finals at the US Open and Wimbledon	7,902	7,902
2016: Knee surgery, back injury, and long recovery hiatus	7,377	7,377
2017: Renaissance with Australian Open and Wimbledon titles	14,371	14,371
2018: 20th major title and oldest No. 1	11,306	11,306
2019: Record third Hopman Cup, 100th title, 1,200th match win and 12th Wimbledon final	13,378	13,378
2020s	13	14,179
2020–2022: Final years	14,166	14,166
Rivalries	47	17,179
Federer vs. Nadal	7,772	7,772
Federer vs. Djokovic	3,396	3,396
Federer vs. Murray	2,405	2,405
Federer vs. Roddick	924	924
Other rivalries	2,635	2,635
Legacy	15,740	15,740
Player profile	19	22,995
Playing style	7,708	7,708
Demeanor and attitude	3,249	3,249
Coaches	3,779	3,779
Equipment	4,526	4,526
Apparel	3,714	3,714
Off the court	18	33,119
In popular culture	15,513	15,513
Homages and tributes	4,782	4,782
Philanthropy	3,501	8,129
Charitable work	4,628	4,628
Sponsorships and endorsements	3,103	3,103
Involvement in football	1,574	1,574
Personal life	18	11,560
Family and children	4,427	4,427
Residences	593	593
Military service	1,753	1,753
Religion and Multilingualism	1,866	1,866
Diet and lifestyle	1,120	1,120
Health	1,783	1,783
Career statistics	64	12,035
Grand Slam tournament performance timeline	9,142	9,142
Slams Finals	76	76
Year–End Championships performance timeline	2,289	2,289
YEC Finals	73	73
Olympic gold medal matches	391	391
Records	67	24,732
All-time tournament records	2,871	2,871
Guinness World Records	724	724
Open Era records	21,070	21,070
See also	676	676
Notes	41	41
References	42	42
Further reading	462	929
Video	467	467
External links	3,081	3,081
Total	336,540	336,540

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"greatest and most successful Swiss sportsperson in history"

Currently in the lead: "In his home country, he is regarded as "the greatest and most successful" Swiss sportsperson in history."

Is this opinion really appropriate in the first paragraph of the lead? Divergence5 (talk) 01:57, 24 July 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Semi-protected edit request on 8 August 2023

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Should be changed from "is" a professional tennis player to "was" :(. Much sadness but the inspiration of my lifetime sadly retired last year... Pzonage (talk) 00:32, 8 August 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Not done: "Was" is only used when the subject is deceased. Troutfarm27 ^(Talk) 00:34, 8 August 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Legacy

Remove the text about him being the greatest tennis player of all time, as this is biased and out-of-date, even if there's a time span written. Are we gonna put that there for every player who gets called the greatest ever by the media? i hope not. 84.74.82.172 (talk) 23:09, 20 August 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Done---Wikaviani ^{(talk) (contribs)} 00:12, 21 August 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Lead: Include names of main rivals

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Change "Federer became the first man to win 20 major singles titles and shortly after the oldest ATP world No. 1 at the time, at age 36." to "Federer became the first man to win 20 major singles titles and shortly after the oldest ATP world No. 1 at the time, at age 36. This feat would later be surpassed by his other main rival, Novak Djokovic." 2600:1700:A410:C4E0:7559:6592:8AD3:D18 (talk) 23:34, 2 August 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Not done: please provide reliable sources that support the change you want to be made. —Sirdog (talk) 02:25, 3 August 2024 (UTC)[reply]