2007 Wimbledon Championships – Men's Singles final
| Roger Federer (1) vs. Rafael Nadal (2) | |||||||||||||||||||
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| Date | Sunday 8 July 2007 | ||||||||||||||||||
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| Tournament | Wimbledon | ||||||||||||||||||
| Location | Wimbledon, England | ||||||||||||||||||
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Roger Federer: 1 Rafael Nadal: 2 |
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| Federer serves at the 2007 Championships | |||||||||||||||||||
The 2007 Wimbledon Men's Singles final was the championship tennis match of the Men's Singles tournament at the 2007 Wimbledon Championships. A part of the storied Federer-Nadal rivalry, it pitted then-World No. 1 Roger Federer against the World No. 2 Rafael Nadal. After 3 hours and 45 minutes, Federer defeated Nadal 7–6(9–7), 4–6, 7–6(7–3), 2–6, 6–2.
Upon its conclusion it was almost universally praised as the greatest Wimbledon final since Borg-McEnroe in 1980.
Roger Federer and Rafael Nadal have a storied rivalry that many consider to be the greatest in tennis history. As they entered the 2007 Wimbledon Championships, the two men had collectively won the last nine consecutive Grand Slam titles.
The 2007 Wimbledon Men's Singles final was a rematch of the previous year's Championships final. Federer had won not only that match, but had also been the Wimbledon champion four years in a row and was on a quest of tying Bjorn Borg's record of five consecutive Wimbledon Championships.
Nadal, on the other hand, had just won the French Open for the third time in a row and was trying to achieve the rare French Open-Wimbledon double. Additionally, Nadal had denied Federer from completing the Career Grand Slam, and becoming the first man since 1968 to win all four Grand Slams consecutively.
The hype preceding the match was enormous because although Federer was the four-time defending champion, Nadal entered the match with a 8-4 lead in their head-to-head record.
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