Commencement Address by Roger Federer

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At Dartmouth College, the retired tennis champion offered his thoughts on winning and losing.

"In the 1,526 singles matches I played in my career, I won almost 80 percent of those matches," Federer said. "Now, I have a question for all of you. What percentage of the points do you think I won in those matches?"

The answer was 54 percent.

"In other words," he said, "even top-ranked tennis players win barely more than half of the points they play. When you lose every second point on average, you learn not to dwell on every shot."

He went on, "The truth is, whatever game you play in life, sometimes you’re going to lose. A point, a match, a season, a job….The best in the world are not the best because they win every point. It's because they know they'll lose again and again, and have learned how to deal with it."

MATCH CENTRE—THE ONLINE SCORING SYSTEM

What is Match Centre?

Match Centre is run by Tennis Australia and is where you can:

enter match results for your team
confirm (or dispute) match results entered by your opposition
see your previous and upcoming matches
see results and ladders for any match and section (by doing a search for 'MEMRLTA')
edit your details (email address, password, spelling of name, etc)

To use Match Centre, you must have:

a Match Centre login account AND
your Match Centre login account linked to your Player Profile

We highly encourage and recommend that each team member have a Match Centre login with a linked Player Profile so that any team member can enter match results for your team.

GO TO MATCH CENTRE

How-To Instructions

General Instructions

Adding a new Emergency

When adding a new Emergency to a team list in Match Centre, if the player does not exist in the database, then she will be required to register herself via Match Centre to obtain a Tennis ID before she can be added to the team's player list and match results. See:
How to Create a New Match Centre Login Account & Obtain a Tennis ID
and see:
How to add a new player in match results

Missing Match Records / Unable to Enter Match Results

If there are matches missing from your profile, especially from the current season, this may be due to duplicate profiles existing for you. See:
How to get your match records linked to your profile

Support

Tennis Australia help line: 1800 752 983 (option 2: Tennis Support Systems)
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