Longest Ever Wimbledon Final: Roger Federer vs Andy Roddick Sunday July 5, 2009

Andy Roddick and Roger Federer inserted the Wimbledon records on Sun, July five, 2009 while they succeeded the longest Wimbledon men’s Final set in championship history. Roger Federer got the best player in Grand Slam history as he beat Andy Roddick in 5 spectacular sets for a 6th Wimbledon and fifteenth major title. Roger Federer to become arguably the most extraordinary player of all time of Wimbledon tennis records.

Roger Federer won 5-7 7-6 (8-6) 7-6 (7-5) 3-6 16-14 to surpass Sampras’s fourteen Grand Slam wins and regain the title he lost to Nadal last yr. And Sampras was back at Wimbledon for the 1st time since 2002 to see from the Royal Box as Roger Federer created history. Federer, (twenty-seven), will today come back to the best of the world rankings ahead of Rafael Nadal.

GRAND SLAM TITLES

15 - Roger Federer
14 - Pete Sampras
12 - Roy Emerson
11 - Rod Laver
11 - Bjorn Borg
10 - Bill Tilden
8 - Ken Rosewall
8 - Ivan Lendl
8 - Andre Agassi
8 - Jimmy Connors
8 - Fred Perry