Who Won the 2008 Wimbledon Men's Singles Title?
Date:
Jul 6, 2008
Winner:
Rafael Nadal
Score:
6-4, 6-4, 6-7, 6-7, 9-7
Runner Up:
Roger Federer
Venue:
All England Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club It was a match for the ages at the 2008 Wimbledon Men's Final. The longest men's final in Wimbledon history saw Rafael Nadal win his first Wimbledon championship and deny Roger Federer his sixth consecutive Wimbledon title.
Federer was two points from victory, but couldn't pull it out and lost 6-4, 6-4, 6-7 (5), 6-7 (8), 9-7.
Nadal, who became the first since Bjorn Borg to win Wimbledon and the French Open in the same year, stopped Federer's streaks of 40 consecutive matches at Wimbledon and 65 overall on grass.
| Roger Federer | |||
| Lleyton Hewitt | Roger Federer | ||
| (7-6,6-2,6-4) | Roger Federer | ||
| Fernando Verdasco | Mario Ancic | (6-1,7-5,6-4) | |
| Mario Ancic | (3-6,4-6,6-3,6-4,13-11) | ||
| Roger Federer | |||
| Marat Safin | (6-3,7-6,6-4) | ||
| Stanislas Wawrinka | Marat Safin | ||
| (6-4,6-3,5-7,6-1) | Marat Safin | ||
| Marcos Baghdatis | Feliciano Lopez | (3-6,7-5,7-6,6-3) | |
| Feliciano Lopez | (5-7,6-2,3-6,7-6,8-6) | ||
| RAFAEL NADAL 2008 Wimbledon Champion 6-4, 6-4, 6-7 (5), 6-7 (8), 9-7 |
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| Janko Tipsarevic | |||
| Rainer Schuettler | Rainer Schuettler | ||
| (6-4,3-6,6-4,7-6) | Rainer Schuettler | ||
| Marin Cilic | Arnaud Clement | (6-3,5-7,7-6,6-7,8-6) | |
| Arnaud Clement | (6-3,7-5,6-2) | ||
| Rafael Nadal | |||
| Richard Gasquet | (6-1,7-6,6-4) | ||
| Andy Murray | Andy Murray | ||
| (5-7,3-6,7-6,6-2,6-4) | Rafael Nadal | ||
| Mikhail Youzhny | Rafael Nadal | (6-3,6-2,6-4) | |
| Rafael Nadal | (6-3,6-3,6-1) | ||