Who has won a Slam as a Parent? I was reading somewhere that it either never happens, or almost never happens...does anybody have any actual facts on this?

well, thefanchild, federer was born to break records and trends
hopefully this is another one he breaks
because i want to to keep watching him play!

It has happened before ,thefanchild: to Becker ,Agassi and some other guys unfortuenately I don't know!!!!!!

maybe the previous players became a father at a higher age,so u don't know it's really age or baby affecting the career?(maybe cause I don't know!!) and I think Mirka's really devoted as Roger said...

we've had so much discussion on this! let's wait and see!!

thefanchild....sampras's wife was carrying their first child when he won his last slam (so depending on when you think life begins for the baby?).......agassi had a young son.....when he won a slam......at the age of 35......

there are other players playing who have kids and are still winning titles or getting to the business end of tournys....Hewitt (2 kids)....won two titles this year...tho' people write him off....Lubejkic...playing the tennis of his life....two small children under age of 3.....there are plenty of facts out there....but i don't think (imho) that if a player has the passion to play the game, still wants to win, and has the backing of a very supportive wife...then...no problem....at least for federer anyway.....

i think people are making too big a deal of this and not in a positive way for his career...it can only be the icing on the cake...and make him want to play even better for his soon awaited son.....it can only be positive for him......he said said that he wants to play at the London Olympics....this being the case..his son will be 4 years old and will be able to watch his father play....what could be more uplifting than that? I'll try and get some more facts on the father status for you.....

Cheers.

thefanchild....here you go...from reuters...(very reliable...)..it doesn't include sampras...tho' his wife was pregnant (7 months) when he won his last slam..so I recckon this can be counted as well!

April 2 (Reuters) - The following is a list of men who have won grand slam singles titles since 1980 after becoming fathers:

Player Majors won after becoming a father Jimmy Connors (U.S.) Wimbledon (1982), U.S. Open (1982, 1983)
Pat Cash (Australia) Wimbledon (1987)
Andres Gomez (Ecuador) French Open (1990)
Boris Becker (Germany) Australian Open 1996
Petr Korda (Czech) Australian Open 1998
Yevgeny Kafelnikov (Russia) Australian Open 1999
Albert Costa (Spain) French Open 2002
Andre Agassi (U.S.) Australian Open 2003

Ahh, that's interesting news Malteser! Feddy and Mirka and are in good company. Jimmy Conners had 3 gslams as a father, wow.

Federer will make a wonderful father. I say that based on his family values and commitment to Mirka. He could be a player with his looks and money but RF is the absolute best, inside and out.

Yeah by reading the short article, one could get the impression he was a bit too old-fashioned, "Any pressure from Mirka is non-existent. She tries to make things as easy as possible for me and she enjoys her role behind the scenes." Mirka does not appear unhappy with Roger. If that were true, the press would jump all over it.

Press is hard-pressed to criticize Federer and has resorted to picking apart his every pressor and posting sentences out of context. And it will ramp up, closer to Wimbledon.

Fatherhood will be GREAT for "our" FED. It will give him more incentive IMAGINE!! ( as if more is needed...) LOL I believe it will make the FED STRONGER! More FOCUSED, and more DETERMINED than EVER!!! He will want to make his SON STRONG by example. This is my feeling in the matter. LOL In the end he is and will continue to be Roger Federer!!! LOL :) But I still believe he will be BETTER than EVER!!! Possible!?! Inevitable!! LOL Cheers FEDfans! CHEERS! :)

I second that sky!

As long as he has been with Mirka? No cheating , no scandel. Federer is just a great Family man. It's his wording that can be misconstrued to sound chauvinist. Mirka appears no nonsense. She would not put up with that. What Federer is saying is that they are a TEAM.

Roger federer is an exceptional man , hope he becomes more motivated as he say

thats really lovely , :)