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
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