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What Roger Federer spoke about with the Queen at Wimbledon in 2010

Originally posted on HITC | By Callum Davies | Last updated Dec 27, 2025 6:03 PM ET

Roger Federer is regarded by many as the greatest tennis player of all time and is justifiably seen as tennis royalty.

After all, he blended incredible hard work with a level of talent that the game had seldom seen before.

He used to dance around the tennis court with unparalleled grace, yet enjoyed incredibly tangible success to go alongside his aesthetic brand of tennis.

In 2010, during arguably the peak of his powers, his rise to the top of the sport even earned him a meeting with the Queen.

What Roger Federer said to the Queen in 2010

Speaking in 2022 after her death, Federer sent out a touching tribute to Her Majesty as well as his condolences to the Royal Family.

And, in doing so, he reminisced on chatting with her in 2010, remarking on how relaxed and easygoing she was during their Wimbledon meeting.

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Federer wrote: “I was lucky enough to have lunch with her. I was sitting right next to her, with my wife.

“It was a very nice lunch for us. We spent an hour together talking about the London Olympics, she knew about my scores. She was very relaxed. It was a pleasure talking to her.”

Why Roger Federer is the King of Grass

Whilst he may not be real-life royalty like the Queen, in the tennis world, he’s certainly regarded as such.

And, for many, the title of the King of Grass is certainly a valid one for Federer.

After all, the Swiss superstar boasts a record 19 Open Era titles on the surface, and currently has the most Wimbledon triumphs of any man in history.

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Not only that, but at one point in time, he held a 48-match grass-court winning streak, highlighting unprecedented dominance over a surface sometimes typified by its unpredictability.

Federer meeting the Queen marked the union of real-life nobility with sporting royalty.

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