federer last won a grand slam in 2008.
federer last won a grand slam in 2008.
when did federer last won a grand slam?
2008
federer became the highest seed for wimbledon, after defending champion nadal withdrew from the tournament due to tendinitis. federer defeated lu yen-hsun in the first round. he moved safely into the third round with a win over guillermo garcía-lópez. in the third round, federer defeated philipp kohlschreiber. federer then booked a place in the quarterfinals by defeating söderling. in the quarterfinals, federer cruised past ivo karlović, to extend his all-time record of consecutive grand slam semifinals to 21. in the semifinals, federer defeated tommy haas to reach his seventh consecutive wimbledon final, an all-time record. with this win, he also reached his 20th grand slam final, surpassing the previous record of 19 set by lendl. in a match that took 4 hours and 17 minutes to complete, he beat roddick in the final in the latest chapter of their long, though lopsided rivalry, regaining the world no. 1 spot from rafael nadal. the 30 total games in the fifth set was a new grand slam record. the match was also the longest men's singles final (in terms of games played) in grand slam history, with 77 games played, and the fifth set alone lasted 95 minutes. the match has been called an "instant classic" by espn, and received the highest tv ratings in the uk for any wimbledon final since 2001. with the win, he also became the fourth man in the open era to win both the french open and wimbledon in the same year (the "channel slam"), following nadal in 2008, borg in 1978–1980, and laver in 1969. he also joined nadal as the only players to simultaneously hold grand slams on clay, grass, and hard court (2008 us open, 2009 french open, 2009 wimbledon).
2009 roger federer tennis season
novak djokovic began the year by winning the australian open, his second grand slam title, defeating 2010 runner-up andy murray, 6–4, 6–2, 6–3, in the final. in february, he successfully defended his title for the second time at the barclays dubai tennis championships, defeating roger federer, 6–3, 6–3. the serb closed the following month by clinching the "american double" (both hard-court masters title in indian wells and miami) for the first time since roger federer last did so in 2006. he defeated rafael nadal in both those finals in three sets, 4–6, 6–3, 6–2, and 4–6, 6–3, 7–6, respectively. it was the first time since 1995 that indian wells and miami featured the same two finalists and the top 2 ranked players. his flawless season start continued onto the clay circuit with his successful defense of the 2011 serbia open trophy against feliciano lópez, 7–6, 6–2. djokovic went on to win his seventh title of the year in the madrid masters, ending defending champion nadal's clay dominance in straight sets. at the rome masters, he repeated this achievement by defeating the spaniard, 6–4, 6–4, in their fourth consecutive masters final. his 43-match winning streak ended in the 2011 french open, when roger federer—whom he had beaten three times in 2011 and who was the last to beat him in the 2010 atp world tour finals—overcame him in four sets, 6–7, 3–6, 6–3, 6–7in the semifinal. djokovic then won his first grass title and first non-australian grand slam at wimbledon, defeating rafael nadal, 6–4, 6–1, 1–6, 6–3, in the final. djokovic became the 25th world no. 1, after reaching the final of wimbledon. in the 2011 us open series, djokovic finished second, after winning the 2011 rogers cup over american mardy fish, 6–2, 3–6, 6–4, and being runner-up to andy murray, 4–6, 0–3, after djokovic retired due to a sore shoulder at the 2011 western & southern open. he then won his third grand slam of the year at the 2011 us open, after finishing runner-up twice at the open, defeating rafael nadal, 6–2, 6–4, 6–7, 6–1, after defeating roger federer in the semifinals, coming back from two sets down and saving two match points. djokovic also recorded the highest prize money in a single season of $11.2 million.
2011 atp world tour finals