“Mirka doesn’t get enough credit,” Paul Annacone highlights how Mirka Federer played a crucial role in the success of Roger Federer

Roger and Mirka Federer tied the knot in 2009 and have four kids together.

“Mirka doesn’t get enough credit,” Paul Annacone highlights how Mirka Federer played a crucial role in the success of Roger Federer

Paul Annacone (L), Roger Federer and Mirka Federer (R) (Sources: Wikipedia, Olympics)

Roger Federer’s former coach, Paul Annacone, said in a recent interview that the Swiss international’s wife, Mirka Federer, had a great role to play in his career. He said that Mirka does not get enough credit for how she supported Federer throughout his career. 

Paul Annacone said that Roger Federer always had many great guys on his team. Tony Godsick, Severin Luthi, and Pierre Paganini were all vital cogs in his team, without whom it would not have been possible for the Swiss to attain such great heights in his career.

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Downplaying his own credit, Annacone said that he was just a small part of a very well-oiled machine that led to Roger’s success, and Mirka contributed to it as well. He said that she had a great understanding of tennis, having been a former player herself. 

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He had a great team around him. Tony [Godsick] was awesome. Mirka doesn’t get enough credit. She’s amazing. She really is someone that understood tennis & understands her husband so well. Not only with the tennis, but also with who he became as an icon.
He said via H/T: Rock n Roll Tennis Podcast

Paul Annacone coached Roger Federer from 2010 to 2013. During this period, Federer won the 2012 Wimbledon and two ATP Finals in 2010 and 2011 consecutively. Roger Federer finally retired from the 2022 Laver Cup as a legend of the sport. 

She’s incredible that she managed all that. Without Severin Luthi & Pierre [Paganini], it would’ve been tough. I was just lucky. I was just one granule of salt in that big whole shaker of ingredients.
He further added

He won 20 Grand Slam titles in his much-decorated career and is hands-down one of the greatest tennis players of all time.

Mirka Federer opens up about her support for Roger Federer 

Back in 2004, when Roger Federer had just won Wimbledon and was still on the rise, Mirka Federer said in an interview that when Roger won, it felt like she was winning as well. Mirka was herself a tennis player and had a career-high ranking of World No. 214.

Roger Federer and Mirka Federer
Roger Federer and Mirka Federer (Source: The Telegraph)
When Roger wins, it’s as if I were winning too. I feel it so intensely & I know what it means. He shares everything with me. On some level, Roger gives me back my tennis life. I enjoy being back on tour. And now everything is even more intense than in the time when I played myself, since he’s number one.
She said

Roger and Mirka got married in 2009 and have four kids together: daughters Myla and Charlene (twins) and sons Lenny and Leo (also twins). 

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