2008 Wimbledon Championships – Men's singles final Wimbledon Championships, the two men had combined to win 14 of the previous 16 Grand Slam titles. The 2008 Wimbledon Men's Singles final was the third consecutive year in which Federer and Nadal had met in the finals of Wimbledon. Federer had won not only both previous meetings, but had also been the Wimbledon champion five years in a row and was now trying to become champion for a sixth consecutive year. Nadal, on the other hand, had just won the French Open for the fourth time in a row and was trying to achieve the rare French Open-Wimbledon double.
2013 Wimbledon Championships – Women's Singles Slam winner. Sabine Lisicki was the first German finalist of either sex in a Grand Slam since Rainer Schüttler at the 2003 Australian Open, while Marion Bartoli was the first French female player to appear in a major final since her own 2007 Wimbledon final. The 2013 Wimbledon final marked the first time since 1998 that none of the finalists were former Grand Slam champions, and also only the second Wimbledon final in the Open Era that none of the former Grand Slam champions have reached a Wimbledon final. Serena Williams "(Fourth round)" 2013 Wimbledon Championships – Women's Singles Serena