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After more than five years without reaching the quarter-finals of a Grand Slam tournament, and thirteen consecutive Grand Slam tournaments without advancing past the second round, Schüttler also reached his first Wimbledon semi-final, [36] where he was defeated in straight sets by the eventual champion Rafael Nadal. [37]
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. It was also the first time Federer lost a major final ...
WTA No. 6 and sixth seed, 2002 and 2003 Wimbledon Champion Serena Williams and WTA No. 7 and seventh seed, 2000, 2001, 2005 and 2007 champion Venus Williams met for the third time in a Wimbledon final, and for the seventh time overall in Grand Slam finals, with Serena winning five of the six previous encounters. Serena made the stronger start ...
He reached an all-time record 7 consecutive Wimbledon finals from 2003 to 2009. Federer has the longest grass court winning streak in the Open Era as he won 65 consecutive matches on grass from 2003 to 2008 where he was beaten by Nadal in the 2008 Wimbledon final. Due to his success on grass courts, Federer is considered by many as the greatest ...
Roger Federer and Andy Roddick met for a seventh time in a Grand Slam in the semi-finals of the 2009 Australian Open. It marked their first Grand Slam contest in over a year. Roddick had beaten the defending champion Novak Djokovic in the quarter-finals, and was having relative success under his new head coach Larry Stefanki. Despite Roddick's ...
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 won the title without losing a set, the second time she did so at a major.
Pages in category "2008 Wimbledon Championships" The following 20 pages are in this category, out of 20 total. ... Men's singles final; 2008 Wimbledon Championships ...