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Roger Federer defeated Andy Roddick in the final, 5–7, 7–6 (8–6), 7–6 (7–5), 3–6, 16–14 to win the gentlemen's singles tennis title at the 2009 Wimbledon Championships. [1] It was his sixth Wimbledon title and record-breaking 15th major title overall, surpassing Pete Sampras' all-time record.
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.
By defeating Ivo Karlović in the quarter-finals, Federer reached his 21st consecutive Grand Slam semi-final, having started the streak at Wimbledon in 2004. [20] He then defeated Tommy Haas in the semi-final to reach his seventh consecutive Wimbledon final and his twentieth Grand Slam final, both of these all-time records. [21]
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.
Federer and Roddick met for the 24th and final time in the 3rd round at Miami, with Federer leading the head-to-head 21–2. This was the first and only time they had met before the quarter-finals of any tournament. In the first set, both players held serve 6 times which led to a tiebreak in the first set, which Roddick won 7–6 (7–5).
2009: Roger Federer Serena Williams (x2) Anna-Lena Grönefeld Mark Knowles: 2010: Rafael Nadal Jürgen Melzer Philipp Petzschner: Vania King Yaroslava Shvedova: Cara Black Leander Paes: 2011: Novak Djokovic: Petra Kvitová: Bob Bryan Mike Bryan: Květa Peschke Katarina Srebotnik: Iveta Benešová Jürgen Melzer: 2012: Roger Federer Serena ...
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.
The most defining aspect of their rivalry was the three successive Wimbledon finals that they played. In the 1988 meeting , Becker was the huge favorite, and stormed to the first set 6–4. The second set was to be the most memorable, when in a fit of courage and tennis acumen Edberg won a tight set in a tiebreaker 7–2.