2008 Wimbledon Championships – Men's singles final and threatened to delay the match until the next day. During the deciding set, Federer was two points away (and at one point, a break point up) from claiming his sixth consecutive Wimbledon crown, but Nadal ultimately held serve and eventually broke Federer's serve in the 15th game of the set. Nadal would then serve out the match in the following game, and in the process, won the final set 9-7. During the match, Federer only converted one of thirteen break points on Nadal's serve. At 4 hours and 48 minutes, the match was the longest singles final at a
2004 Wimbledon Championships – Women's Singles 2004 Wimbledon Championships – Women's Singles Maria Sharapova defeated the two-time defending champion Serena Williams in the final, 6–1, 6–4 to win the Ladies' Singles tennis title at the 2004 Wimbledon Championships. This victory was hailed by the media as "the most stunning upset in memory". Serena Williams was attempting to become the first player to win the women's singles tournament three consecutive times since Steffi Graf was champion in 1991, 1992 and 1993. With this win, Sharapova, who was to become a future world No. 1, entered the top ten for the first time in her career. She also