2008 Wimbledon Championships

Date

23 June – 6 July

Edition

122nd

Category

Grand Slam (ITF)

Surface

Grass

Location

Church Road
SW19, Wimbledon,
London, United Kingdom

Attendance

475,812

Champions

Daniel Nestor /

Serena Williams /

Bob Bryan /

Polona Hercog /

Gentlemen's Invitation Doubles

Donald Johnson /

Jared Palmer

Ladies' Invitation Doubles

Jana Novotná /

Kathy Rinaldi

Senior Gentlemen's Invitation Doubles

Ken Flach /

Robert Seguso

Wheelchair Men's Doubles

Robin Ammerlaan /

Ronald Vink

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The 2008 Wimbledon Championships was a tennis tournament played on grass courts. It was the 122nd edition of the Wimbledon Championships, and the third Grand Slam event of the year. It took place at the All England Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club in Wimbledon, London, England, United Kingdom, from 23 June to 6 July 2008.

Spanish player Rafael Nadal won the first Wimbledon title of his career; the first Grand Slam tournament he had won other than the French Open. Nadal defeated five-time defending champion Roger Federer in the final in what many regard as the greatest tennis match of all time. In the women's singles, Venus Williams claimed her fifth title, and first win over her sister Serena in a Wimbledon final (she had lost the previous two). The performances of Britons Andy Murray in the men's singles and Laura Robson in the girls' singles were able to arouse significant interest from the home crowd.

Following the completion of the 2007 Championships, the new fixed roof was put in place, in time for the 2008 Championships. The retractable section of the new roof was completed for the 2009 Championships.

Rafael Nadal def. Roger Federer, 6–4, 6–4, 6–7(5), 6–7(8), 9–7

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