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The 2017 Australian Open Men's Singles final was the championship tennis match of the Men's Singles tournament at the 2017 Australian Open.Highly regarded as one of the greatest matches in tennis history, it was contested between Roger Federer and Rafael Nadal, ranked 17th and 9th in the world respectively.
Roger Federer defeated Rafael Nadal in the final, 6–4, 3–6, 6–1, 3–6, 6–3 to win the men's singles tennis title at the 2017 Australian Open. It was his fifth Australian Open title and record-extending 18th major title overall. Federer became the oldest men's singles major champion since Ken Rosewall at the 1972 Australian Open. It was ...
In January 2017, after Federer, then 35 years of age and returning to competitive play after a 6-month layoff due to injury, triumphed over Nadal in 5 sets to win the record-breaking 18th major at the 2017 Australian Open, McEnroe remarked that Federer had cemented his status as being the best tennis player of all time, but also left open the ...
He became the third man after Mats Wilander (1982 French Open) and Federer (2017 Australian Open) to defeat four Top-10 players en route to a major title. [156] The 2022 Wimbledon Championships marked the event's first edition since 1998 Wimbledon in which Federer did not compete. Nadal returned to Wimbledon for the first time in three years ...
Roger Federer defeated Rafael Nadal, 6–4, 3–6, 6–1, 3–6, 6–3; This was a rematch of the 2009 Australian Open final, which Rafael Nadal won to become the first (and to date, only) Spaniard to win the Australian Open title. The final saw the two holding service for six games of the first set, whilst during the seventh game was the ...
With Rafael Nadal now joining Roger Federer in retirement, leaving 24-time major champion Novak Djokovic as the lone remaining member of the Big Three on tour, it appears as though Alcaraz and Sinner have separated themselves from the rest of the next generation, each taking two of the four Slam singles trophies in 2024.
29 January 2017 Grand Slam Australian Open, Australia Hard Roger Federer: 4–6, 6–3, 1–6, 6–3, 3–6: Runner-up 34. 4 March 2017 500 Series Mexican Open, Mexico Hard Sam Querrey: 3–6, 6–7 (3–7) Runner-up 35. 2 April 2017 Masters 1000 Miami Open, United States Hard Roger Federer 3–6, 4–6 Winner 70. 23 April 2017 Masters 1000
This Australian Open will mark the fourth consecutive major tournament that Nadal has sat out since he got injured during a second-round loss in Melbourne in January 2023 — he hadn't played at ...