His record on the green top is spectacular

Sportpunter are a sports gambling website, and we've done quite well betting on and sometimes against some of the top 10 players that we have picked. If you enjoyed our top 10 players of the last decade, or enjoy gambling on sports, then head to sportpunter to view all the mathematically based professional sports tips. Now....onto the number one player of the year:The number one sportsperson of the last ten years is none other than Swiss champion Roger Federer. Its taken a lot of research and heated discussion amongst friends, but sportpunter believes that the Fed is well deserved of the number one position. Let me tell you why.Roger Federer has won a record 15 Grand Slams, breaking the record of 14 held by Pete Sampras at Wimbledon in 2009.

He is only one of six tennis players to achieve a career grand slam which is winning at least one of every major tennis tournament He achieved this after winning the French Open this year. Federer and Agassi are the only two players to achieve this feat in the open era.Since 2003 Federer has won at least one grand slam in every single year. He has reached the grand slam final 21 times, more than any other player, and is currently on a roll of reaching the semi-finals or better in his last 22 grand slams That roll goes back to the Wimbledon in 2004. He has reached the final in 17 of the last 18 grand slams.Federer is currently ranked number one in the world, and held that status for an all time record of 237 weeks from February 2004 to August 2008.

Steffi Graf has the next longest streak with 186 consecutive weeks.His record on the green top is spectacular. He equalled Bjorn Borgs record of winning the most consecutive Wimbledons in the open era from 2003 to 2007 From 2002 to 2008 Federer did not lose a game in grass. Sixty-five matches in a row.Along with the success comes the money and awards. He has made the most prize money than any other tennis player, and has been awarded the Laurens Sportsman of the year four times since the year 2000 (other winners were Tiger Woods and Michael Schumacher twice, Lance Armstrong and Usain Bolt once).Every one of his grand slam victories were in the last decade. Will Head Capital Markets GroupLOS ANGELES(Business Wire)Ares Management LLC today announced the appointment of Greg Margolies as aSenior Partner and head of the firms Capital Markets Group Commenting on Mr. Margolies appointment, Managing Partner Tony Ressler said:"We are delighted that Greg will be joining Ares. Margolies: "I am very excited to be joining Ares and becoming a partof such a dynamic and respected company.

Ares outstanding growth and investmentperformance present a unique opportunity for me to help continue to build whathas become one of the most admired platforms across the leveraged financemarket." Mr. Margolies joins Ares from Merrill Lynch, where he served as a ManagingDirector, head of Global Leveraged Finance and Capital Commitments as well as amember of the Executive Committee of the Investment Banking group. Prior tojoining Merrill Lynch in 2003, held senior positions investing in leveragedfinance products at both Deutsche Banks DB Capital unit and the Carlyle Group.Mr. Margolies began his career in career in finance in 1989 at Citibank Mr Margolies earned his B.A. in International Economics and Finance at theUniversity of Michigan and his M.B.A from University of Pennsylvanias WhartonSchool. ABOUT ARES MANAGEMENT LLC: Ares Management LLC is an alternative asset manager that focuses its investmentactivities in private equity, capital markets (principally leveraged loans,high-yield bonds, and distressed debt), and private debt (primarily through AresCapital Corporation Nasdaq: ARCC, a publicly-traded specialty financecompany).