一位出色的網球員的祥細資料(english)

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Name : Maria Sharapova

Birthdate : April 19, 1987

Birthplace : Nyagan, Russia (Siberian Region)

Height : 6' (1.83 m)

Weight : 130 lbs. (59 kg)

Nationality : Russia

Plays : Right-handed

Career Prize Money : $23,800

Best Known As : 17-year-old singles champion of Wimbledon 2004

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Nadal was born in Manacor, Mallorca to Sebastián Nadal and Ana María Parera; he also has a younger sister named María Isabel Nadal Parera. His father owns a restaurant and a glass-making business. His uncle, Miguel Ángel, is a retired professional soccer player, having played for RCD Mallorca, FC Barcelona, and the Spanish national team.[2] Nadal remains an avid supporter of RCD Mallorca, as well as Real Madrid.[3] His other uncle, Toni Nadal, introduced him to the sport when Rafael was three years old, he has been coaching him ever since.[4]

Nadal is good friends with fellow Mallorcan Carlos Moyà, regularly using him as a practice partner. The venerable Moyà has also acted as a mentor to Nadal in his still burgeoning career. Off-court, Nadal relaxes by playing video games and fishing.[5]


Nadal's playing style is best tailored for clay courts. Playing with a strong two-handed backhand, well-angled topspin strokes, fast mobility on the court, excellent defense, and a preference to play from the deep court, he has developed into one of the best clay court players. He uses an extreme western grip forehand, which allows him to hit heavy topspin forehands giving him a small margin of error because of the height he clears the net. He is naturally right-handed, but he plays left-handed, and uses his dominant hand as an anchor for his two-handed backhand which he can flatten out. Known for his excellent defense, Nadal hits on the run well and creates many winners from seemingly defensive positions. Nadal is extremely athletic, and tends to go after every shot, even apparent winners from his opponents.[23]

While Nadal's serve is not considered one of his strengths because of the lack of pace and variety compared to other players, it has become more of a weapon over the years. Employing usually a hard lefty slice towards most of his opponent's backhand, his serve can be relied upon for consistency and also for some short-point wins (aces, serve-return errors, and serve-return sitters).[23] With excellent accuracy, power, and consistency, his topspin groundstroke is one of his assets. He incorporates a defensive-playing style most of the time by not going for outright winners, but often becomes offensive as well, especially on a fast surface.[24]

Overall, Nadal is an aggressive counterpuncher, forcing his opponents to make errors with his powerful topspin, his speed, and his athleticism.


[edit] Equipment
Nadal uses a Babolat AeroPro Drive with Cortex racquet and his string of choice is Babolat Pro Hurricane Tour. This model's handle is a little thinner (L2 grip) to increase spin potential, and the racket more tightly strung than most other players. His clothing sponsor is Nike. Nadal is known for wearing Capri (3/4) pants. He wears the Nike Air Max Breathe Cage shoes [25] and has "Vamos Rafa" written on the side of them, a common exhortation by his fans.[26]


Nickname(s) Rafa, The King of Clay, El Matador, Superman, Nadalek, Rafita, El toro, the Majorcan Minotaur
Country Spain
Residence Manacor, Mallorca
Date of birth June 3, 1986 (1986-06-03) (age 21)
Place of birth Manacor, Mallorca
Height 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)
Weight 86 kg (190 lb/13.5 st)
Turned Pro 2001
Plays Left-handed; two-handed backhand
Career Prize Money $13,983,874[1]
Singles
Career record: 253 - 66
Career titles: 23
Highest ranking: No. 2 (July 25, 2005)
Grand Slam results
Australian Open QF (2007)
French Open W (2005, 2006, 2007)
Wimbledon F (2006, 2007)
U.S. Open QF (2006)
Doubles
Career record: 58-38
Career titles: 3
Highest ranking: No. 26 (August 8, 2005)

Roger Federer (pronounced /ˈrɒdʒər ˈfɛdərər/[1]; born August 8, 1981) is a Swiss tennis professional, ranked World No. 1 since February 2, 2004 for a record 207 consecutive weeks.[2] He is widely regarded as the best player of his generation and among the elite group of all-time great male tennis players.[3] In 2007, he was named Laureus World Sportsman of the Year for a record third consecutive time.

Federer has won 12 Grand Slam singles titles (three Australian Open, five Wimbledon, four US Open), 4 Tennis Masters Cup titles, and 14 ATP Masters Series titles. He has made and surpassed numerous records over the years, including winning three Grand Slam singles titles in a calendar year three times (in 2004, 2006, and 2007).



[edit] Personal life
Roger Federer was born in Basel, Switzerland,[4] to Swiss-German Robert Federer and South African Lynette Federer. He grew up in suburban Münchenstein, 10 minutes from Basel and borders France and Germany. As a boy, Federer was very emotional and admits to being kicked off practice courts occasionally. Federer was also a talented soccer player. He had considered becoming a professional soccer player but instead decided to choose tennis. He continues to support FC Basel, his hometown club and is a fan of Italian club AS Roma.[5] [6] When he was younger, he liked to watch Marcelo Ríos in action.[7] Federer especially liked Stefan Edberg and Boris Becker and has cited them as idols.[4]

Federer currently resides in Oberwil, Switzerland and is dating former WTA player and Slovakia-born Miroslava Vavrinec (Mirka), who retired from tennis in 2002 after a foot injury. The two met at the 2000 Sydney Olympics. Federer launched a fragrance called RF Cosmetics in October 2003.[8] He considers Swiss German his first language, but also speaks German, French and English fluently[5] and conducts press conferences in all three. His favorite vacation spots are the Maldives, Dubai, and the Swiss mountains.[5] [9] He is also a good friend of golf superstar Tiger Woods. Federer is Roman Catholic, and met Pope Benedict XVI while playing the Rome Masters in 2006.[10]

Roger Federer is highly involved in various charities. He established Roger Federer Foundation in 2003 to help disadvantaged people and to promote sports to young people. He is appointed as a Goodwill Ambassador of UNICEF from 2006. Since then, he has visited Tamil Nadu, one of the most tsunami-affected areas in India, and South Africa. He has also appeared in UNICEF public messages to raise the public awareness of AIDS.


[edit] Career
Federer started playing tennis at the age of six.[11] He began having group lessons at the age of nine and weekly private coaching when he was ten. He also played football until the age of 12 when he decided to focus solely on tennis.[12] At 14, he became the national champion of all groups in Switzerland and was chosen to train at the Swiss National Tennis Center in Ecublens. He joined the ITF junior tennis circuit in July 1996.[13] In 1998, in his final year as a junior, Federer won the junior Wimbledon title and the prestigious year-ending Orange Bowl. He was recognized as the ITF World Junior Tennis champion of the year.[14] In July 1998, Federer joined the ATP tour at Gstaad. The following year he debuted for the Swiss Davis Cup team against Italy and finished the year as the youngest player (for the year) inside ATP's top 100 ranking. In 2000, Federer reached the semifinals at the Sydney Olympics and lost the bronze medal match to Arnaud di Pasquale of France. Federer reached his first final in Marseille which he lost to Marc Rosset and was also the runner-up in Basel. He failed to make an impression at Grand Slams and Masters Series tournaments but still ended the year ranked 29th.
(All results and ranking history from ATP)[15]