2012 Wimbledon Championships – Men's singles final to avoid being the first male player since his coach Ivan Lendl to lose his first four finals. The 2012 Wimbledon Men's Singles final was the third Grand Slam final that Federer and Murray had contested. Federer had won both previous finals, at the 2008 US Open and the 2010 Australian Open. Since Federer's victory at the 2010 Australian Open, Rafael Nadal and Novak Djokovic had combined to win nine consecutive major tournaments, and had competed head-to-head in the last four consecutive finals. Nadal, however, had suffered a second round defeat to world no. 100 Lukas Rosol. Federer, on the
2014 Wimbledon Championships – Men's Singles defeat the World No. 1 at a Grand Slam by defeating Rafael Nadal in the fourth round since 1992, when Andrei Olhovskiy defeated then World No. 1 Jim Courier in the third round of the 1992 Wimbledon Championships. The final was the first Grand Slam men's singles final since the 2009 US Open to feature neither Murray nor Nadal. Although Nadal was World No. 1 entering the tournament the Spaniard was seeded second behind Novak Djokovic due to his recent poor performances on grass (as well as his early exits at Wimbledon the previous two years). After claiming the title