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Djokovic won after closing out the match in the third set. [10] Djokovic defeated Andy Murray in the final to win his second Australian Open title. [11] Djokovic and Federer met once again in the semifinals of the 2016 Australian Open. Djokovic easily won the first two sets but Federer rallied to win the third.
Novak Djokovic was the defending champion and successfully defended his title, defeating Roger Federer in 4 hours and 57 minutes, 7–6 (5), 1–6, 7–6 (4), 4–6, 13–12 (3), the longest singles final in Wimbledon history [5] and the third longest Grand Slam final in history behind the 2012 Australian Open final (which Djokovic also won) and the 2022 Australian Open final.
The 2015 Wimbledon Championships Men's Singles final was the championship tennis match of the Men's Singles tournament at the 2015 Wimbledon Championships.. A significant part of the Djokovic–Federer rivalry, it pitted defending champion Novak Djokovic and Roger Federer against each other in a Grand Slam final for the third time, a rematch of the Wimbledon final a year earlier in which ...
The 2014 Wimbledon Championships Men's Singles final was the championship tennis match of the Men's Singles tournament at the 2014 Wimbledon Championships.A significant part of the Djokovic–Federer rivalry, it pitted Novak Djokovic and Roger Federer against each other in a Grand Slam final for the second time.
Federer, on the other hand, had to battle through an epic five-set encounter in the third round against Frenchman Julien Benneteau where he survived 4–6, 6–7, 6–2, 7–6, 6–1. [2] Federer would go on to beat the world no. 1 and defending champion Djokovic in the semifinals to reach the Wimbledon final for a record eighth appearance. [3]
The Big Three is a common nickname in tennis for the trio of Novak Djokovic, Rafael Nadal and Roger Federer, each considered to be among the greatest players of all time. [2] [3] The trio dominated men's singles tennis for two decades, collectively winning 66 major singles tournaments; Djokovic leads with an all-time record of 24 titles, followed by Nadal with 22 and Federer with 20.
At the French Open he reached the quarter-finals but fell to Federer for the fifth time in the year despite leading two sets to love he lost. [72] At Wimbledon he was handily defeated by David Ferrer in the fourth round. [73] He bounced back at the Olympics winning the Bronze Medal match over Novak Djokovic after losing to Federer in the ...
It was Djokovic's fifth Wimbledon title and 16th major title overall. Djokovic became the first man since Bob Falkenburg in 1948 to win the title after being championship points down, having saved two when down 7–8 in the fifth set. [2] This was the first time since the 2004 French Open that a man saved championship points in order to win a ...