 Novak Djokovic(1) vs. Roger Federer(2) | |||||||||||||||||||
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| Novak Djokovic (left) and Roger Federer (right) | |||||||||||||||||||
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| Date | Sunday, 14 July 2019 | ||||||||||||||||||
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| Tournament | The Championships, Wimbledon | ||||||||||||||||||
| Location | Centre Court,All England Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club,Wimbledon, London, England | ||||||||||||||||||
| Chair umpire | Damian Steiner | ||||||||||||||||||
| Duration | 4 hours 57 minutes | ||||||||||||||||||
The2019 Wimbledon Championships Men's Singles final was the championshiptennis match of themen's singles tournament at the2019 Wimbledon Championships. After 4 hours and 57 minutes, first seedNovak Djokovic defeated second seedRoger Federer in five sets to win the title in a repeat of the2014 and the2015 Wimbledon finals. It was the longest Wimbledon final in history,[1] and the lastmajor final of Federer's career. The match has been called the "War of 13–12".[2][3][4]
Novak Djokovic successfully defended his title by defeatingRoger Federer in 4 hours and 57 minutes, 7–6(5), 1–6, 7–6(4), 4–6, 13–12(3), the longest singles final in Wimbledon history[5] and the fourth longest major final in history behind the2012 Australian Open final (which Djokovic also won), the2022 Australian Open final and the2025 French Open final.
Djokovic became the first man sinceBob Falkenburg in the1948 Wimbledon Championships to win the title after being championship points down, having saved two when down 7−8 in the fifth set with Federer serving.[6] Djokovic also became the first man sinceGastón Gaudio at the2004 French Open to save championship points in order to win a Grand Slam tournament title, and the first time that any singles player, male or female, had saved a championship point to win a Grand Slam tournament title since the2005 Wimbledon Championships. He became the second man and third singles player overall to win multiple major titles after saving match point during the tournament, afterRod Laver andSerena Williams; he had previously done so against Federer in the 2011 US Open semi-finals, after which he defeatedRafael Nadal in the final.[7]
Federer lost the match despite statistically outplaying Djokovic in almost every category (see table below): having a better first- and second-serve percentage, more aces, fewer double-faults, more winners, more breaks of serve and a more efficient break-point conversion rate, more points won when returning serve and at a higher efficiency, and won a higher total number of points and service games. Besides the final scoreline, the only statistical categories Djokovic won were having fewer unforced errors and all the tiebreaks that occurred.[8]
This was the second Wimbledon where a final settie break rule was introduced. Upon reaching 12–all in the fifth set, a classic tie break would be played. The men's singles final was the first final, as well as the first singles match, in which the new rule came into effect, with Djokovic winning the tiebreak 7−3.[9][10] This match was named the greatest men's tennis match of the 2010s by Tennis Magazine.[11] A 2022 rule change meant that all tennis matches that are tied at six-all in the deciding set, even theOlympics, are decided by a ten-point tiebreak (instead of the usual seven-point tiebreak).
The umpire was Damian Steiner of Argentina.[12]
| Category | Djokovic | Federer |
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| Aces | 10 | 25 |
| Double faults | 9 | 6 |
| 1st serve % in | 136–83 | 127–76 |
| Winning % on 1st Serve | 101–35 | 100–27 |
| Winning % on 2nd Serve | 39–44 | 39–37 |
| Net points won | 24–14 | 51–14 |
| Break points won | 3–5 | 7–6 |
| Receiving points won | 64–139 | 79–140 |
| Winners | 54 | 94 |
| Unforced errors | 52 | 62 |
| Winners-UFE | +2 | +32 |
| Total points won | 204 | 218 |
| Total games won | 32 | 36 |
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