2001 Wimbledon Championships – Men's Singles 2001 Wimbledon Championships – Men's Singles Pete Sampras was a record seven-time (and four-time defending) champion, but he lost in the fourth round to 19-year-old Roger Federer. The Sampras-Federer match was the only time the two tennis legends ever competed against each other in any ATP event as active tour players. This was the first Grand Slam tournament at which Federer was seeded. Sampras was also attempting to equal Björn Borg's 5 consecutive Wimbledon titles. Goran Ivanišević defeated Pat Rafter in the final, 6–3, 3–6, 6–3, 2–6, 9–7 to win the Wimbledon title. Ivanišević became the first unseeded player to
2011 Wimbledon Championships – Men's Singles in contention for the ATP no. 1 singles ranking at the start of the tournament for the second time. By winning his semifinal match against Jo-Wilfried Tsonga to reach the final, Djokovic gained the World No. 1 ranking for the first time, which marked the first time that neither Federer nor Nadal was ranked No. 1 since 2 February 2004. This Grand Slam was two-time French Open finalist Robin Söderling's last Grand Slam before being diagnosed with mononucleosis and eventually retiring from tennis. Rafael Nadal "(Final)" 2011 Wimbledon Championships – Men's Singles Novak Djokovic defeated the defending champion Rafael Nadal