He has impressed throughout his exceptional career and his fans are hoping that Roger Federer will be back on court and able to lift the Wimbledon trophy at least once more. The Swiss star turns 41 on Monday, and the moment when he will return to the field is getting closer.

Roger Federer at the Laver CupPhoto: CLIVE BRUNSKILL / Getty images / Profimedia

Having reached the age of 41, Fedex has not played an official match for more than a year (since Wimbledon-2021), health problems cause him a lot of trouble (three operations on his knee).

Roger Federer has already announced that he will return to the court, although at his age many tennis greats have long since retired.

The Swiss will take part in the Laver Cup alongside Rafael Nadal, Novak Djokovic or Andy Murray on September 23-25, 2022 in London.

In October, Federer will perform at his “home” tournament in Basel, which he has won at least 10 times.

Who is Roger Federer?

He first climbed to number one in the world on February 2, 2004 and held the number one spot for 310 weeks throughout his career.

He has 1251 wins, 275 losses and 103 ATP titles. Of them, 20 Grand Slam tournaments (an old record for world tennis).

He has amassed $130,594,339 in tennis prize money alone, and in terms of popularity, he is likely the most beloved player in the history of the white sport.

Finished the year at number 1 five times: 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007 and 2009.

Roger Federer, one of the great tennis world champions: