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The match took 4 hours and 17 minutes to complete, and the fifth set alone lasted 95 minutes. [3] It was a rematch of the 2004 and 2005 finals , where Federer also beat Roddick to win the title. This was Federer's 11th grass court men's singles title, surpassing the previous Open Era record held by Sampras (10).
The 2009 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 123rd edition of the Wimbledon Championships and was held from 22 June to 5 July 2009.
The 2009 Wimbledon Championships Men's Singles final was the championship tennis match of the Men's Singles tournament at the 2009 Wimbledon Championships.A significant part of the Federer–Roddick rivalry, it pitted five-time champion Roger Federer against American Andy Roddick for the third time in a Wimbledon final and the fourth time in a Grand Slam final.
The first day of Wimbledon 2009 saw the early withdrawal of defending champion and number 1 seed Rafael Nadal due to injury. [1] Instead, 2008 Men's Singles runner-up and five-time Wimbledon Champion Roger Federer opened on Centre Court, winning his first round match in straight sets.
Winning a Wimbledon title is a big deal — after all, it’s one of the most prestigious and difficult tennis tournaments in the world. The annual Wimbledon championships will begin on July 1 ...
Lists of champions of specific events. List of Wimbledon gentlemen's singles champions; List of Wimbledon ladies' singles champions; List of Wimbledon gentlemen's doubles champions; List of Wimbledon ladies' doubles champions; List of Wimbledon mixed doubles champions; Other Grand Slam tournament champions. List of Australian Open champions
The match has been called an "instant classic" by ESPN, [14] and received the highest TV ratings in the UK for any Wimbledon final since 2001. [15] With the win, he also became the fourth man in the open era to win both the French Open and Wimbledon in the same year (the "Channel Slam"), following Nadal in 2008, Borg in 1978–1980, and Laver ...
Daniel Nestor and Nenad Zimonjić successfully defended their title, defeating Bob and Mike Bryan in the final, 7–6 (9–7), 6–7 (3–7), 7–6 (7–3), 6–3, to win the gentlemen's doubles title at the 2009 Wimbledon Championships.