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Men's singles
Men's singles
2008 Wimbledon Championships
Final
Champion	Rafael Nadal
Runner-up	Roger Federer
Score	6-4, 6-4, 6-7(5-7), 6-7(8-10), 9-7
Details
Draw	128 (16 Q / 4 WC )
Seeds	32
Events

Rafael Nadal defeated the five-time defending champion Roger Federer in the final, 6-4, 6-4, 6-7^(5-7), 6-7^(8-10), 9-7 to win the gentlemen's singles tennis title at the 2008 Wimbledon Championships.^[1] It was his fifth major title, and his first outside of the French Open. It was also the first time Federer lost a major final outside the French Open. It would be Federer's only loss at Wimbledon between 2003 and 2009. The final marked the third of three consecutive Wimbledon finals contested by Federer and Nadal, with Federer emerging victorious in the two prior encounters. It was the second-longest championship match in Wimbledon history with play lasting 4 hours and 48 minutes, and with two rain delays. The event stretched over seven hours ending just before nightfall,^[2] and is considered by many to be the greatest match in tennis history.^[3]^[4]^[5]^[6]

Seeds

01.

Roger Federer (final)

02.

Rafael Nadal (champion)

03.

Novak Djokovic (second round)

04.

Nikolay Davydenko (first round)

05.

David Ferrer (third round)

06.

Andy Roddick (second round)

07.

David Nalbandian (first round)

08.

Richard Gasquet (fourth round)

09.

James Blake (second round)

10.

Marcos Baghdatis (fourth round)

11.

Tomá? Berdych (third round)

12.

Andy Murray (quarterfinals)

13.

Stan Wawrinka (fourth round)

14.

Paul-Henri Mathieu (third round)

15.

Fernando González (second round)

16.

Radek ?t?pánek (third round)

17.

Mikhail Youzhny (fourth round)

18.

Ivo Karlovi? (first round)

19.

Nicolás Almagro (second round)

20.

Lleyton Hewitt (fourth round)

21.

Juan Carlos Ferrero (second round, retired due to a neck injury)

22.

Fernando Verdasco (fourth round)

23.

Tommy Robredo (second round)

24.

Jarkko Nieminen (second round)

25.

Dmitry Tursunov (third round)

26.

Ivan Ljubi?i? (first round)

27.

Nicolas Kiefer (third round)

28.

Gilles Simon (third round)

29.

Andreas Seppi (third round)

30.

Gaël Monfils (withdrew)

31.

Feliciano López (quarterfinals)

32.

Michaël Llodra (first round, retired due to a left arm injury)

Click on the seed number of a player to go to their draw section.

Gaël Monfils withdrew due to a shoulder injury. He was replaced in the draw by lucky loser Ilija Bozoljac.

Qualifying

Draw

Key

Finals

Quarterfinals							Semifinals					Final

1	Roger Federer	6	7	6

	Mario An?i?	1	5	4
							1	Roger Federer	6	7⁷	6

								Marat Safin	3	6³	4
	Marat Safin	3	7	7⁷	6

31	Feliciano López	6	5	6¹	3
												1	Roger Federer	4	4	7⁷	7¹⁰	7

												2	Rafael Nadal	6	6	6⁵	6⁸	9
	Rainer Schüttler	6	5	7⁸	6⁷	8

	Arnaud Clément	3	7	6⁶	7⁹	6
								Rainer Schüttler	1	6³	4

							2	Rafael Nadal	6	7⁷	6
12	Andy Murray	3	2	4

2	Rafael Nadal	6	6	6

Top half

Section 1

First round							Second round							Third round					Fourth round

1	Roger Federer	6	6	6
PR	Dominik Hrbatý	3	2	2			1	R Federer	6	6	7⁷
	Robin Söderling	7	0	6	6			R Söderling	3	4	6³
Q	Kevin Kim	5	6	3	4									1	R Federer	6	6	6
	Marc Gicquel	4	7	0											M Gicquel	3	3	1
	Kei Nishikori	6	5	0^r				M Gicquel	4	5	7⁷	7⁷	6
	Chris Guccione	6	4	4	3		LL	I Bozoljac	6	7	6¹	6⁰	3
LL	Ilija Bozoljac	3	6	6	6														1	R Federer	7⁹	6	6
20	Lleyton Hewitt	6⁴	6	6	6¹	6													20	L Hewitt	6⁷	2	4
	Robin Haase	7⁷	3	3	7⁷	2	20	L Hewitt	7⁷	6	6
	Albert Montañés	6	7⁷	6				A Montañés	6⁴	0	2
	Carlos Berlocq	3	6²	4										20	L Hewitt	6	6	7⁷
WC	Alex Bogdanovic	6⁴	6	3	6⁴										S Bolelli	1	3	6²
	Simone Bolelli	7⁷	4	6	7⁷			S Bolelli	7¹⁰	7⁹	3	7⁷
	Robby Ginepri	6³	5	5			15	F González	6⁸	6⁷	6	6⁴
15	Fernando González	7⁷	7	7

Section 2

First round							Second round							Third round						Fourth round

11	Tomá? Berdych	4	6	6	3	7
	Evgeny Korolev	6	1	4	6	5	11	T Berdych	6⁵	7⁸	6	6
	Victor H?nescu	6	6²	6	6			V H?nescu	7⁷	6⁶	1	2
	Alejandro Falla	3	7⁷	0	4									11	T Berdych	4	4	0
	Dudi Sela	4	5	4										22	F Verdasco	6	6	6
	Olivier Rochus	6	7	6				O Rochus	6⁴	7⁷	1	1
	Philipp Kohlschreiber	4	3	2			22	F Verdasco	7⁷	6⁵	6	6
22	Fernando Verdasco	6	6	6																22	F Verdasco	6	6	3	4	11
32	Michaël Llodra	4	6⁷	0^r																	M An?i?	3	4	6	6	13
	Mario An?i?	6	7⁹	2				M An?i?	6	6	6¹	4	6
	Hyung-taik Lee	7⁷	1	4	0^r		Q	P Petzschner	1	4	7⁷	6	3
Q	Philipp Petzschner	6⁴	6	6	0										M An?i?	6	6	6⁵	7⁷
	Igor Andreev	6⁶	7⁷	6	6									5	D Ferrer	4	4	7⁷	6³
	Ji?í Van?k	7⁸	6²	2	2			I Andreev	6	3	4	2
Q	Sergiy Stakhovsky	6⁶	3	3^r			5	D Ferrer	3	6	6	6
5	David Ferrer	7⁸	6	1

Section 3

First round						Second round							Third round						Fourth round

3	Novak Djokovic	7	2	6	6
	Michael Berrer	5	6	3	0	3	N Djokovic	4	6³	2
	Marat Safin	6	6	7⁷			M Safin	6	7⁷	6
	Fabio Fognini	1	2	6³										M Safin	7⁷	3	7⁷	6
	Florent Serra	6	6	6³	6								29	A Seppi	6⁵	6	6³	4
	Yen-hsun Lu	4	4	7⁷	3		F Serra	3	7⁷	2	7⁷	4
LL	Tobias Kamke	7	3	2	4	29	A Seppi	6	6⁴	6	6⁵	6
29	Andreas Seppi	5	6	6	6															M Safin	6	6	5	6
21	Juan Carlos Ferrero	2	6	6	6														13	S Wawrinka	4	3	7	1
	Sam Querrey	6	4	4	4	21	JC Ferrero	4	4	1^r
Q	Alexander Peya	3	4	4			M Zverev	6	6	2
	Mischa Zverev	6	6	6										M Zverev	5	1	0^r
	Juan Martín del Potro	6	6	6									13	S Wawrinka	7	6	0
Q	Pavel ?nobel	4	2	3			JM del Potro	6⁵	3	5
	Marcos Daniel	3	2	5		13	S Wawrinka	7⁷	6	7
13	Stan Wawrinka	6	6	7

Section 4

First round							Second round							Third round						Fourth round

10	Marcos Baghdatis	6	6	6⁵	6
	Steve Darcis	3	2	7⁷	3		10	M Baghdatis	6	6	6
	Thomas Johansson	6⁸	6⁵	6	6	6		T Johansson	4	4	4
	Vince Spadea	7¹⁰	7⁷	3	4	3								10	M Baghdatis	7⁷	6	6
	Thomaz Bellucci	7⁷	7⁷	3	6									Q	S Stadler	6²	4	2
	Igor Kunitsyn	6⁵	6⁵	6	2			T Bellucci	6	3	1	7⁷	6
Q	Simon Stadler	4	7⁷	6	7		Q	S Stadler	3	6	6	6⁵	8
18	Ivo Karlovi?	6	6⁴	3	5															10	M Baghdatis	7	2	6	6⁴	6
31	Feliciano López	7⁷	3	6	6															31	F López	5	6	3	7⁷	8
	Brian Dabul	6¹	6	3	4		31	F López	6	6	6
	Roko Karanu?i?	7⁷	6	6				R Karanu?i?	3	3	4
	Luis Horna	6⁴	3	1										31	F López	6	7	4	6
	Filippo Volandri	2	2	0^r											B Reynolds	4	5	6	4
	Bobby Reynolds	6	6	0				B Reynolds	4	7¹²	6	6
	Frank Dancevic	6	6	6				F Dancevic	6	6¹⁰	4	4
7	David Nalbandian	4	2	4

Bottom half

Section 5

First round							Second round							Third round					Fourth round

6	Andy Roddick	7	6	7⁷
	Eduardo Schwank	5	4	6⁰			6	A Roddick	7⁷	5	4	6⁴
	Janko Tipsarevi?	7⁷	6	6				J Tipsarevi?	6⁵	7	6	7⁷
	Thierry Ascione	6⁴	4	2											J Tipsarevi?	7⁷	7⁷	6
	Boris Pa?anski	3	6⁶	4										25	D Tursunov	6¹	6³	3
Q	Chris Eaton	6	7⁸	6			Q	C Eaton	6²	2	4
	Nicolas Mahut	4	7¹⁰	6⁷	6	5	25	D Tursunov	7⁷	6	6
25	Dmitry Tursunov	6	6⁸	7⁹	3	7														J Tipsarevi?	4	6	4	6⁴
19	Nicolás Almagro	4	6	7	6															R Schüttler	6	3	6	7⁷
	Marcel Granollers	6	3	5	2		19	N Almagro	3	6	7	1	2
	Guillermo García López	7	6	6				G García López	6	3	5	6	6
Q	Izak van der Merwe	5	2	2											G García López	2	3	4
	Santiago Ventura Bertomeu	3	2	4											R Schüttler	6	6	6
	Rainer Schüttler	6	6	6				R Schüttler	6	6⁸	4	6	6
Q	Christophe Rochus	6	3	1	4		9	J Blake	3	7¹⁰	6	4	4
9	James Blake	3	6	6	6

Section 6

First round							Second round							Third round						Fourth round

14	Paul-Henri Mathieu	3	6	6	6
	Óscar Hernández	6	2	0	2		14	P-H Mathieu	6	7	7⁷
WC	Jérémy Chardy	7	6¹	4	6	6	WC	J Chardy	3	5	6¹
Q	Frederico Gil	5	7⁷	6	4	3								14	P-H Mathieu	7⁷	3	4	6⁷
Q	Édouard Roger-Vasselin	4	3	6⁴											M ?ili?	6⁵	6	6	7⁹
	Marin ?ili?	6	6	7⁷				M ?ili?	6	3	6	6⁶	7
	Wayne Odesnik	3	0^r				24	J Nieminen	4	6	3	7⁸	5
24	Jarkko Nieminen	6	0																		M ?ili?	3	5	2
26	Ivan Ljubi?i?	4	6⁷	6	6	3															A Clément	6	7	6
	Jürgen Melzer	6	7⁹	4	2	6		J Melzer	4	6	3	6	6
Q	Jesse Levine	4	6	6	6		Q	J Levine	6	2	6	4	1
	Donald Young	6	2	3	4										J Melzer	6	3	4	4
	Jonas Björkman	6	6²	4	6⁴										A Clément	4	6	6	6
	Arnaud Clément	4	7⁷	6	7⁷			A Clément	7⁹	7⁷	6
	Benjamin Becker	6	6	6				B Becker	6⁷	6³	3
4	Nikolay Davydenko	4	4	4

Section 7

First round						Second round						Third round						Fourth round

8	Richard Gasquet	6	6	6
	Mardy Fish	3	4	2		8	R Gasquet	6	6	0
	Sébastien Grosjean	6	7	6			S Grosjean	2	2	0^r
	Potito Starace	2	5	1								8	R Gasquet	6	6	6³	6
	Kevin Anderson	6	5	5	1							28	G Simon	3	3	7⁷	3
	Agustín Calleri	4	7	7	6		A Calleri	7	2	3	4
Q	Dawid Olejniczak	3	4	2		28	G Simon	5	6	6	6
28	Gilles Simon	6	6	6														8	R Gasquet	7	6	6³	2	4
23	Tommy Robredo	6	6	6⁴	6													12	A Murray	5	3	7⁷	6	6
	Kristof Vliegen	1	3	7⁷	4	23	T Robredo	4	4	3
	Guillermo Cañas	6	4	4	4		T Haas	6	6	6
	Tommy Haas	3	6	6	6								T Haas	4	7⁷	3	2
WC	Xavier Malisse	6	6	6								12	A Murray	6	6⁴	6	6
	Denis Gremelmayr	3	4	2		WC	X Malisse	4	2	2
	Fabrice Santoro	3	4	6⁵		12	A Murray	6	6	6
12	Andy Murray	6	6	7⁷

Section 8

First round							Second round							Third round							Fourth round

16	Radek ?t?pánek	6	7	6
Q	Jan Hernych	3	5	0			16	R ?t?pánek	6¹	6³	6	6	6
	Viktor Troicki	6	4					V Troicki	7⁷	7⁷	3	1	2
	Nicolás Lapentti	3	0^r											16	R ?t?pánek	5	7⁷	4	7⁷	3
WC	Jamie Baker	4	2	3										17	M Youzhny	7	6⁵	6	6⁴	6
Q	Stefano Galvani	6	6	6			Q	S Galvani	6	4	3	6	3
	Sergio Roitman	1	4	0			17	M Youzhny	4	6	6	3	6
17	Mikhail Youzhny	6	6	6																	17	M Youzhny	3	3	1
27	Nicolas Kiefer	6	7	6																	2	R Nadal	6	6	6
	Julien Benneteau	1	5	3			27	N Kiefer	6	6	6
	Martín Vassallo Argüello	6	2	2	6	6		M Vassallo Argüello	0	3	1
	Ivo Miná?	4	6	6	2	2								27	N Kiefer	6³	2	3
	John Isner	5	5	7⁷	6⁶									2	R Nadal	7⁷	6	6
	Ernests Gulbis	7	7	6³	7⁸			E Gulbis	7	2	6²	3
Q	Andreas Beck	4	4	6⁰			2	R Nadal	5	6	7⁷	6
2	Rafael Nadal	6	6	7⁷

References

^ Barrett, John (2014). Wimbledon: The Official History (4th ed.). Vision Sports Publishing. ISBN 9-781909-534230.
^ Nadal outlasts Federer in epic final to halt streak at five
^ Jenkins, Bruce (7 July 2008). "The Greatest Match Ever". San Francisco Chronicle. Archived from the original on 11 February 2009. Retrieved 2009.
^ Alleyne, Richard (7 July 2008). "Wimbledon 2008: John McEnroe hails Rafael Nadal victory as greatest final ever". The Telegraph. London. Archived from the original on 4 February 2009. Retrieved 2009.
^ Wertheim, Jon (9 July 2008). "Without a doubt, it's the greatest". Tennis Mailbag. Sports Illustrated. Archived from the original on 4 February 2009. Retrieved 2009.
^ Tignor, Steve (8 July 2008). "W: Report Cards". Concrete Elbow. Tennis.com. Archived from the original on 3 February 2009. Retrieved 2009.

External links

Source for the draw at Wimbledon.com
"Wimbledon 2008 - Singles Draw". atpworldtour.com. ATP World Tour. Retrieved 2018.
2008 Wimbledon Championships - Men's draws and results at the International Tennis Federation

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[Barrett-1] Barrett, John (2014). Wimbledon: The Official History (4th ed.). Vision Sports Publishing. ISBN 9-781909-534230.

[2] Nadal outlasts Federer in epic final to halt streak at five

[greatestmatchever-3] Jenkins, Bruce (7 July 2008). "The Greatest Match Ever". San Francisco Chronicle. Archived from the original on 11 February 2009. Retrieved 2009.

[McEnroe-greatestmatch-4] Alleyne, Richard (7 July 2008). "Wimbledon 2008: John McEnroe hails Rafael Nadal victory as greatest final ever". The Telegraph. London. Archived from the original on 4 February 2009. Retrieved 2009.

[wertheim-greatestmatch-5] Wertheim, Jon (9 July 2008). "Without a doubt, it's the greatest". Tennis Mailbag. Sports Illustrated. Archived from the original on 4 February 2009. Retrieved 2009.

[tignor-greatestmatch-6] Tignor, Steve (8 July 2008). "W: Report Cards". Concrete Elbow. Tennis.com. Archived from the original on 3 February 2009. Retrieved 2009.

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