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The 2008 Wimbledon Championships was a tennis tournament played on grass courts at the All England Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club in Wimbledon, London in the United Kingdom. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] It was the 122nd edition of the Wimbledon Championships and were held from 23 June to 6 July 2008.
The 2008 Wimbledon Championships Men's Singles final was the championship tennis match of the men's singles tournament at the 2008 Wimbledon Championships.A part of the storied Federer–Nadal rivalry, it pitted then-top ranked Roger Federer against then second-ranked Rafael Nadal.
Rafael Nadal defeated five-time defending champion Roger Federer in the final, 6–4, 6–4, 6–7 (5–7), 6–7 (8–10), 9–7 to win the gentlemen's singles tennis title at the 2008 Wimbledon Championships. [1] It was his fifth major title, and his first outside of the French Open.
No tournament due to the COVID-19 pandemic: 2021: Novak Djokovic (x2) Ashleigh Barty: Nikola Mektić Mate Pavić: Hsieh Su-wei Elise Mertens: Desirae Krawczyk Neal Skupski (x2) 2022: Elena Rybakina: Matthew Ebden Max Purcell: Barbora Krejčíková Kateřina Siniaková: 2023: Carlos Alcaraz (x2) Markéta Vondroušová: Wesley Koolhof Neal ...
Wimbledon Championships is an annual British tennis tournament created in 1877 and played on outdoor grass courts [a] [b] [3] at the All England Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club (AELTC) in the Wimbledon suburb of London, United Kingdom. [4] The Gentlemen's Singles was the first event contested in 1877. [2]
Defending champion Venus Williams defeated her sister Serena Williams in the final, 7–5, 6–4 to win the ladies' singles tennis title at the 2008 Wimbledon Championships. [1] It was her fifth Wimbledon title and seventh major singles title overall. [2] She did not lose a set during the tournament, the second time she did so at a major.
Five-time Wimbledon winner, defending champion and World No. 1 Roger Federer advanced to the tournament's quarterfinals for the seventh time in ten participations past former World No. 1 and 2002 Wimbledon titlist Lleyton Hewitt after less than two hours of play, on the score of 7–6(7), 6–2, 6–4, while second seed, 2006 and 2007 finalist ...
Serena and Venus Williams defeated Lisa Raymond and Samantha Stosur in the final, 6–2, 6–2 to win the ladies' doubles tennis title at the 2008 Wimbledon Championships. [1] It was their third Wimbledon title together and seventh major title together overall. They did not lose a set during the tournament.