OFF COURT - FOURTH LAUREUS TITLE!

Roger has won his fourth straight Laureus Sportsman of the Year Award!

Roger has won the Laureus Award for the fourth time! This makes his the first athlete ever to have received the trophy four times - and he even did so in consecutive years. This is a tribute to another fantastic Roger-tennis-season, winning three Grand Slam titles, four further tournaments as well as the Masters Cup - the inofficial tennis world championship - for the fourth time.

Roger personally attended the ceremony this year, flying directly to St. Petersburg from Dubai, where he is currenty preparing for the tournament there. "He is an amazing sportsman and above that a most likeable person. He has without doubt deserved this award," Franz Beckenbauer (German football icon) praised our number one. "I always enjoy watching him play as his game is very harmonic".

The other nominees were golfer Tiger Woods (USA), sprinter Tyson Gay (USA), soccer player Kaká (BRA), swimmer Michael Phelps (USA) and race car driver Kimi Räikkönen (FIN).

The winners over the years are:

2008 Roger Federer
2007 Roger Federer
2006 Roger Federer
2005 Roger Federer
2004 Michael Schumacher
2003 Lance Armstrong
2002 Michael Schumacher
2001 Tiger Woods
2000 Tiger Woods


Terrific, Roger!

**The Laureus Sportsman Awards is equivalent to the Oscars Awards for Hollywood actors and actresses.**