john mcenroe won the 1980 men's wimbledon final.
john mcenroe won the 1980 men's wimbledon final.
who won the 1980 men's wimbledon final?
john mcenroe
pete sampras successfully defended his title, defeating andre agassi in the final, 6–3, 6–4, 7–5 to win the gentlemen's singles tennis title at the 1999 wimbledon championships. with this win, his sixth at wimbledon, sampras broke björn borg's then open era record of five wimbledon titles, and equalled roy emerson's then record of twelve grand slam titles. sampras' victory over agassi in the final is often cited as one of the greatest performances in a wimbledon final. however, despite his victory, sampras lost his no. 1 ranking when the atp rankings were updated a day later to agassi, who in addition to his run to the wimbledon final, had recently won the 1999 french open.
1999 wimbledon championships – men's singles
nadal then played federer in the final of wimbledon for the third consecutive year, in the most anticipated match of their rivalry. nadal entered the final on a 23-match winning streak, including his first career grass-court title at the artois championships staged at the queen's club in london prior to wimbledon. federer had won his record fifth grass-court title at the gerry weber open in halle, and then reached the wimbledon final without losing a set. unlike their previous two wimbledon finals, though, federer was not the prohibitive favorite, and many analysts picked nadal to win. they played the longest (in terms of time on court, not in terms of numbers of games) final in wimbledon history, and because of rain delays, nadal won the fifth set 9–7 in near-darkness. (the 2019 final later broke the record of longest wimbledon final.) the match was widely lauded as the greatest wimbledon final ever, with some tennis critics even calling it the greatest match in tennis history.
rafael nadal