Born: August 8, 1981 in Basel, Switzerland [ Images ]

Age: 22

Residence: Oberwil, Switzerland

Height: 1.85 m

Weight: 80 kg

Turned professional: 1998

Plays: Right-handed

Grand Slam titles: Two (Wimbledon [ Images ] 2003, Australian Open 2004)

1998 - Reaches Toulouse quarter-final in second ATP event.

1999 - Youngest player to finish year in Top 100.

2000 - Reaches first final losing to countryman Marc Rosset in Marseille [ Images ].

Loses bronze medal match at Sydney Olympics [ Images ] to Arnaud Di Pasquale of France [ Images ].

2001 - Finishes year as number one Swiss player.

Wins first title at Milan.

Reaches first grand slam quarter-final at French Open [ Images ]. Follows up by reaching quarter-final at Wimbledon after ending Pete Sampras's [ Images ] 31-match winning streak at the All England [ Images ] Club in fourth round.

2002 - Wins titles at Sydney, Hamburg and Vienna [ Images ].

Suffers shock first-round defeat at Roland Garros [ Images ] and Wimbledon.

Helps Switzerland back into Davis Cup World Group with wins over Hicham Arazi and Younes El Aynaoui in Morocco.

Reaches semi-final of Tennis Masters Cup losing to eventual winner Lleyton Hewitt [ Images ].

2003 - Loses in the first round of the French Open for the second year in a row.

Becomes first Swiss man to win a Grand Slam after beating Mark Philippoussis to lift Wimbledon crown.

Wins an ATP-high seven titles during the season, including the season-ending Masters Cup to finish the year ranked second.

Splits from Swedish coach Peter Lundgren in December.

2004: Becomes 23rd man, and first Swiss, to top the ATP rankings after reaching the Australian Open final.

Wins his second Grand Slam title with victory over Safin in the Melbourne [ Images ] Park final.