PLAYER NEWS 2012
FEDERER CELEBRATES 15 YEARS WITH ATP RANKING
by ATP Staff
|24.09.2012
On this Monday 15 years ago, Roger Federer appeared in the South African Airways ATP Rankings for the first time.
The Swiss debuted at joint World No. 803 on 22 September 1997 after a solid showing at a four-week satellite circuit, culminating in a semi-final appearance at the Switzerland 1 Masters in Bossonnens to earn 12 ATP points. In the first week of the Satellite, Federer lost to future contemporary Yves Allegro, a countryman and friend he would later partner to two ATP World Tour doubles titles and a round of 16 showing at the 2004 Athens Olympics.
A member of Federer's coaching team,Severin Luthi, also competed at the same satellite circuit, reaching one final to jump 374 places to equal No. 753. Luthi is the current Davis Cup captain for Switzerland.
Among the players ranked around Federer at the time of his rankings debut was future two-time Grand Slam singles champion Lleyton Hewitt, who coincidentally dropped five spots to No. 808, but held the same number of points as his rival. Other notable names near Federer included future fellow World No. 1 Juan Carlos Ferrero (No. 756), Juan Ignacio Chela (No. 762),Paradorn Srichaphan (No. 769), Bjorn Phau (No. 830), Xavier Malisse (No. 854) and Simon Aspelin (No. 857).
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