Let's look at 5 of Federer's most significant wins, that shaped his illustrious career Entering as the 15th seed at the 2001 Wimbledon Championships ... and top seed Pete Sampras.

FRIBOURG, Switzerland (AP) Roger Federer hopes to recapture the emotion of Switzerland's 2001 Davis ... months later at Wimbledon he beat four-time defending champion Pete Sampras.

Two years earlier, Federer had declared himself as a possible successor to Sampras when he stunned the seven-time Wimbledon champion ... On that day in 2001, Federer, a former world No. 1 junior ...

A 19-year-old Federer earned his first Wimbledon victories during his run to the quarter-finals in 2001, including an epic five-set win against seven-time champion and world No 1 Pete Sampras in ...

But there are five champions who have marked the history of recent tennis: Tennis World USA offers this interesting analysis ...

Andre Agassi once drew a comparison between how Pete Sampras and Roger Federer's abilities had evolved over the years. The eight-time Grand Slam champion made the remarks after his devastating ...

Serial Grand Slam winner Chris Evert believes there is a tennis star more deserving of a statue at Wimbledon than Roger Federer ... with Novak Djokovic and Pete Sampras his nearest challengers ...

Patrick Rafter, a man who briefly shared the tennis spotlight with legends like André Agassi and Pete Sampras, and became world No. 1 in 1999, is now pursuing a new challenge in the world of padel.