2008 Wimbledon Championships – Men's singles final Wimbledon in terms of time played, and was the longest in any Grand Slam Final until the 2012 Australian Open final. By winning the match, Nadal achieved the rare French Open–Wimbledon double, joining Rod Laver and Björn Borg as the only men to do so in the Open Era. Federer achieved the same feat the following year. Nadal won the double again in 2010. Two months later, in August, Nadal finally overtook Federer in the ATP Rankings, on which Federer had reigned as world no. 1 for a record 237 consecutive weeks. Many tennis analysts wondered whether this was the
2003 Wimbledon Championships – Women's Singles Graf or Arantxa Sánchez Vicario. Serena Williams (Champion) Amélie Mauresmo withdrew due to a rib injury. She was replaced in the draw by the highest-ranked non-seeded player Svetlana Kuznetsova, who became the #33 seed. 2003 Wimbledon Championships – Women's Singles Serena Williams successfully defended her title, defeating her older sister Venus in the final for the second year in a row, 4–6, 6–4, 6–2 to win the Ladies' Singles tennis title at the 2003 Wimbledon Championships. This was the first Wimbledon appearance of future World No. 1 and five-time Grand Slam champion Maria Sharapova. She made it to the fourth