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Wimbledon 2017: Roger Federer wins historic eighth Wimbledon title
July 17 , 2017
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• Roger Federer of Switzerland won the championship for the 8th time in gentlemen's singles of the Wimbledon tennis tournament.
• The Championships, Wimbledon, commonly known simply as Wimbledon, was held in London. In gentlemen’s singles final event, Roger Federer of Switzerland defeated Marin Čilićof Croatia .
• This makes him a male player with most Wimbledon trophies going past Pete Sampras and William Renshaw, who have 7 trophies.
Senior Wimbledon player
• At his 35 years of age, Roger Federer became the senior most player to win Wimbledon Champion in “Open Era”.
• Previously, America’s Arthur Ashe won Wimbledon when he was 32 years old.
• Federer had won Wimbledon without dropping a set, becoming the first player to win Wimbledon with straight sets since, since 41 years.
• In 1976, Björn Borg had won Wimbledon without ceding a set.
Five Years
• Federer, who won Wimbledon earlier in 2012, did not win the titleafter that, despite having progressed to the final round twice.
• He was defeated both the times by Novak Djokovic.
• This year, Federer was concentrating only on important tournaments.
• He won Australian Open earlier this year
19th Grand Slam
• Roger Federer had won 19 Grand Slam titles - 5 Australian Open, 1 in French Open, 8 in Wimbledon, and 5 in US Open. By this, Federer also holds the record for the highest Grand Slam titles by a player in the men's singles category.
Wimbledon So far
Runner-up in Wimbledon, which Roger Federer won,
- 2003 - Mark Philippoussis (Australia)
- 2004 - Andy Roddick (USA)
- 2005 - Andy Roddick (USA)
- 2006 - Rafael Nadal (Spain)
- 2007 - Rafael Nadal (Spain)
- 2009 - Andy Roddick (USA)
- 2012 - Andy Murray (Great Britain)
- 2017 - Marin Čilić (Croatia)
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