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Roger Federer has announced he will retire at the age of 41.
The Swiss great secured eight of his 20 grand slam titles at Wimbledon.
Federer suffered first-round defeats in 1999 and 2000 at SW19 before reaching the quarter-finals in 2001, losing to former British number one Tim Henman.
Here, the PA news agency tracks Federer’s remarkable Wimbledon journey in pictures.
2001
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2002
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2003
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2004
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2005
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2006
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2007
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2008
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2009
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2010
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2011
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2012
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2013
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2014
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2015
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2016
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2017
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2018
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2019
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2021
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