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The 2019 Wimbledon Championships Men's Singles final was the championship tennis match of the men's singles tournament at the 2019 Wimbledon Championships.After 4 hours and 57 minutes, first seed Novak Djokovic defeated second seed Roger Federer in five sets to win the title in a repeat of the 2014 and the 2015 Wimbledon finals.
Federer won 20 Grand Slam men's singles titles, third behind Novak Djokovic (24) and Rafael Nadal (22). He was the first male player to win more than 14 Grand Slams. He reached 31 Grand Slam singles finals, second-most behind Djokovic (10 consecutive, and another 8 consecutive—the two longest streaks in men's tennis history), a record 23 consecutive semifinal appearances, and a record 36 ...
Federer has won 11 hard court Grand Slam titles (6 at the Australian Open and 5 at the US Open), which is second behind Djokovic (14). He is the only player to win 5 consecutive titles at the US Open (2004–08). [1] Federer has won an all-time record of 71 hard court titles, shared with Djokovic.
Federer won both his singles matches against Sam Querrey and Nick Kyrgios, defeating the latter in the champion's tiebreak (saving a match point) to seal the cup for Europe. [223] The tournament was also notable for Federer playing doubles with long-time rival Rafael Nadal for the first time, defeating the Team World duo of Querrey and Jack ...
In 2014, the match ended when Federer netted a backhand hit from an awkward position. [22] With this win, Djokovic became the only man to beat Federer at least once at every Grand Slam tournament. Likewise, Federer is the only player who has beaten Djokovic at every Grand Slam event, having achieved that feat at the 2012 Wimbledon Championships.
From 2004 to 2007, Federer won 315 of the 339 matches he played (315–24 record, 92.9% matches won). Nadal was the only player to have a positive record against Federer (with more than 2 matches played) in that time span (8–6) In his 2006 season, Federer won 92 of 97 matches he played (92–5 record, 94.9% matches won). Nadal was the only ...
In 2009, Federer won the semifinal match in straight sets, hitting a memorable tweener shot to set up match point. It was Federer's 40th straight win at the venue as he advanced to his sixth straight US Open final. [34] Their next two meetings at the tournament in 2010 and 2011 were five-set matches.
Additionally, Nadal had denied Federer from completing the Career Grand Slam, and becoming the first man since 1968 to win all four Grand Slams consecutively. The hype preceding the match was enormous because although Federer was the four-time defending champion, Nadal entered the match with an 8-4 lead in their head-to-head record.