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Federer: Twelve Final Days
Federer: Twelve Final Days is a 2024 Prime Video documentary by Asif Kapadia and Joe Sabia on Roger Federer's last 12 days, from his 2022 retirement announcement to his Laver Cup farewell with Nadal.
Federico Cinà
Federico Cinà (born 2007, Palermo) is an Italian tennis player, former world No. 4 junior, first player born 2007 or later to win an ATP Masters 1000 match (Miami 2025), 2026 Pune Challenger champion, and 2026 Roland Garros Grand Slam debutant, ranked No. 147.
Feliciano López
Feliciano López (Feliciano López Díaz-Guerra), Spanish left-handed tennis player born in Toledo, record 79 consecutive Grand Slam main draws, 2016 French Open doubles champion, Madrid Open tournament director since 2019, co-director with Muguruza from 2026.
Felicisimo Ampon
Felicisimo "Mighty Mite" Ampon (1920-1997), Filipino tennis player; first Filipino Grand Slam quarterfinalist (French Open 1952, 1953), 1948 Wimbledon Plate winner, 1958 Asian Games doubles gold, Davis Cup Eastern Zone champion.
Félix Auger-Aliassime
Félix Auger-Aliassime, Canadian tennis player (born 2000, Montreal), career-high ATP No. 4 in June 2026, 2022 Davis Cup champion with Canada, first player born in the 2000s to earn an ATP ranking.
Felix Balshaw
Felix Balshaw, French tennis player born 2006 in Leeds, right-handed, 191 cm. Won 2026 Rafa Nadal Open Challenger; career-high ATP singles No. 193 (September 2026).
Fernando Verdasco
Fernando Verdasco, Spanish left-handed tennis player (Madrid), pro 2001-2025; career-high No. 7, seven ATP titles, 559 wins, three Davis Cups, and the 2009 Australian Open five-set semifinal loss to Nadal.
Flavia Pennetta
Flavia Pennetta (born 1982, Brindisi) is an Italian former tennis player, 2015 US Open singles champion and first Italian woman to win it, retiring at the ceremony; 2011 Australian Open doubles winner, doubles No. 1, four Fed Cups.
Frances Tiafoe
Frances Tiafoe, "Big Foe," American tennis player born 1998 to Sierra Leonean immigrants; career-high No. 10 (2023), 2018 Delray Beach and 2026 Halle titles, three US Open semifinals (2022, 2024, 2026), beat Nadal at 2022 US Open.
Frances Tiafoe career statistics
Frances Tiafoe career statistics: American tennis player, born 1998, four ATP titles including Halle 2026, three US Open semifinals, career-high ATP ranking No. 8, record 279-232.
Frank Hunter
Frank Hunter, born Francis Townsend Hunter, was an American tennis player who won Olympic doubles gold in 1924 and five major doubles titles in the 1920s.
Frank Sedgman
Frank Sedgman (born 29 October 1927, Mont Albert, Victoria) is an Australian tennis great who won 22 majors from 1948 to 1952, the 1951 doubles Grand Slam with Ken McGregor, and the 1952 Wimbledon triple crown.
Fred Perry
Fred Perry (1909-1995), English tennis champion; first man to complete a Career Grand Slam (1935), three-time Wimbledon winner 1934-36, 1929 world table tennis champion, and founder of the Fred Perry clothing brand.
French Open
French Open (Roland-Garros, Internationaux de France): Grand Slam clay-court tennis tournament held each May–June at Stade Roland Garros, Paris; founded 1891, opened internationally 1925; Nadal holds 14 men's titles.
Gabriela Sabatini
Gabriela Sabatini, Argentine tennis player (born 1970, Buenos Aires), pro 1985-1996; 27 WTA titles, 1990 US Open champion over Graf, Seoul 1988 silver, world No. 3, Hall of Fame.
Gaël Monfils
Gaël Monfils (La Monf, Sliderman), French tennis player born 1986 in Paris; career-high ATP No. 6 (2016), 13 titles, 586 wins, 2008 Roland Garros and 2016 US Open semifinalist; retired October 2026.
Garbiñe Muguruza
Garbiñe Muguruza Blanco, Spanish-Venezuelan tennis player, two-time Grand Slam champion (Roland Garros 2016, Wimbledon 2017), world No. 1 from 11 September 2017, 10 WTA titles, retired April 2024.
Gastón Gaudio
Gastón Gaudio, "El Gato", Argentine tennis player, 2004 French Open champion who beat Guillermo Coria 0-6, 3-6, 6-4, 6-1, 8-6 saving two match points; career-high No. 5, eight ATP titles.
George Hillyard
George Whiteside Hillyard (1864-1943), British tennis player, 1908 Olympic men's doubles gold medalist with Reginald Doherty, first-class cricketer, and All England Club secretary 1907-1925 who oversaw Wimbledon's move to Church Road; husband of Blanche Bingley.
Gigi Fernandez
Gigi Fernandez, Beatriz Cristina Fernandez, Puerto Rican-born American tennis player; 17 Grand Slam doubles titles, 14 with Natasha Zvereva, two Olympic doubles golds with Mary Joe Fernandez, doubles world No. 1, Hall of Fame 2010.
Gilles Müller
Gilles Müller, Luxembourgish tennis player (born 1983), left-handed serve-and-volleyer; career-high No. 21 (2017), two ATP titles (Sydney, 's-Hertogenbosch 2017), 2008 US Open and 2017 Wimbledon quarterfinalist, 2001 US Open junior champion, later Luxembourg Davis Cup captain.
Gilles Simon
Gilles Simon, French tennis player (born 1984, Nice), counter-puncher nicknamed "Le Professeur"; career-high ATP No. 6 (January 2009), 14 titles, 898 matches, retired November 2022; not the FFT administrator of the same name's earlier career.
Gladys Eastlake-Smith
Gladys Eastlake-Smith (Gladys Shirley Eastlake-Smith, later Lamplough, 1883–1941), British tennis player; won gold in women's indoor singles at the 1908 London Olympics, beating Alice Greene, plus All-England covered court titles.
Glossary of tennis terms
Glossary of tennis terms: reference list of tennis vocabulary, including love (zero), deuce, advantage, ace, let, break point, court lines, and shot names, per ITF and USTA definitions.
Goran Ivanišević
Goran Ivanišević (Горан Иванишевић), Croatian tennis player born 1971 in Split; 2001 Wimbledon champion as a wildcard ranked 125, the only Open Era wildcard to win a Grand Slam singles title; later coached Djokovic.
Gordon Reid (tennis)
Gordon Reid, born 1991, is a Scottish wheelchair tennis player, Rio 2016 Paralympic singles gold medallist, inaugural Wimbledon wheelchair singles champion 2016, and record doubles partner of Alfie Hewett.
Grand Prix tennis circuit
The Grand Prix tennis circuit, also known as the ILTF Grand Prix Circuit, was a series of professional men's tennis tournaments run from 1970 until 1990, when the ATP Tour replaced it.
Grand Slam (tennis)
Grand Slam (tennis): the four majors, Australian Open, Roland Garros, Wimbledon, and US Open, plus the calendar-year sweep first achieved by Don Budge in 1938; 2000 ranking points, equal prize money since 2007.
Grand Slam draw structure and seeding
Grand Slam draw structure and seeding explains how the four majors fill their 128-player singles draws with direct entries, qualifiers, and wild cards, and place 32 seeds.
Grand Slam qualifying competition
Grand Slam qualifying is a single-elimination tennis tournament held in the days before each of the four Grand Slams, where 128 players outside direct entry range play three rounds for 16 places in the main draw.