Roger Federer buys ball kids pizza after winning Basel Open

There is only one thing in the world that is better than a pizza party, adn that is a pizza party that is thrown by Roger Federer, which makes the ballkids at the Basel Open the luckiest kids in the world. Federer started buying pizzas for the kids at the end of the tournament in his hometown 11 years ago and has made it an annual tradition. The six-time Basel Open winner said the party was inspired by his time as a ball boy at the facility where the event is held.

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Publish date:
Oct 27, 2014

There is only one thing in the world that is better than a pizza party, and that is a pizza party that is thrown by Roger Federer, which makes the ball kids at the Basel Open the luckiest kids in the world.

Federer started buying pizzas for the kids at the end of the tournament in his hometown 11 years ago and has made it an annual tradition. The six-time Basel Open winner said the party was inspired by his time as a ball boy at the facility where the event is held, according to For The Win.

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"That’s how it all started with me. I would ride my bike from home – about five to 10 minutes away – and I was a ballboy here all day long and would go back home and do it again the next day. So I always have a tradition where everyone has a pizza with me after the final. It’s been 11 times now. I do it win or lose, regardless.”

Federer won this year's final 6-2, 6-2 over David Goffin after finishing in second the previous two years.

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Roger Federer makes a public appearance at Federation Square before the Davis Cup games in Melbourne, Australia, on Sept. 12, 2003.

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Roger Federer holds a tennis racquet like a guitar during an SI photo shoot in Sydney, Australia, on Dec. 21 2004.

Roger Federer poses like a statue during an SI photo shoot in Sydney, Australia, on Dec. 21 2004.

Roger Federer and Mirka Vavrinec arrive for the 6th Annual White Tie & Tiara Ball to Benefit the Elton John Aids Foundation in London on June 24, 2004.

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Pierce Brosnan meets Roger Federer during an interview for the BBC on day eleven of Wimbledon in London on July 6, 2007.

Roger Federer talks with WWE pro wrestler John Cena during the U.S. Open in the Queens borough of New York City on Aug. 25, 2007.

Roger Federer walks off the field before Super Bowl XLII between the New York Giants and the New England Patriots at the University of Phoenix Stadium in Glendale, Ariz., on Feb. 3, 2008.

Roger Federer is introduced before his match with the then-most decorated Grand Slam player ever, Pete Sampras, in the NetJets Showdown at Madison Square Garden in New York City on March 10, 2008.

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Roger Federer visits children at a school funded by his charity, the Roger Federer Foundation, in Kore Roba, Ethiopia, on Feb. 12, 2010.

Roger Federer plays table tennis with local school children during his visit to a school funded by his charity, the Roger Federer Foundation, in Kore Roba, Ethiopia, on Feb. 12, 2010.

Roger Federer laughs with Pete Sampras as they attend a game between the Charlotte Bobcats and the Los Angeles Lakers at Staples Center in Los Angeles on March 4, 2011.