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
1994 Wimbledon Championships – Women's Singles last appearance in a Grand Slam singles final. Navratilova became the oldest player to reach a Grand Slam singles final, at 37 years, 8 months and 14 days old. It was also Navratilova's 12th appearance in the Wimbledon singles final, an Open Era record. Steffi Graf "(First round)" Mary Pierce withdrew due to personal reasons. She was replaced in the draw by the highest-ranked non-seeded player Helena Suková, who became the #17 seed. 1994 Wimbledon Championships – Women's Singles Steffi Graf was the three-time defending champion but lost in the first round to Lori McNeil, ending her streak of thirty-one