2008 Wimbledon Championships – Men's Singles


defeated the five-time defending champion Roger Federer in the final, 6–4, 6–4, 6–7, 6–7, 9–7 to win the Gentlemen's Singles tennis title at the 2008 Wimbledon Championships. Nadal won his fifth Grand Slam title, and his first outside of the French Open. It was also the first time Federer had ever lost a Grand Slam final outside of the French Open. 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, and is considered to be one of the greatest matches in tennis history.
This was also the last Grand Slam tournament for 2006 Wimbledon Semifinalist and former World No. 4 Jonas Björkman and the last Wimbledon appearance for 2004 Wimbledon Semifinalist and former World No. 7 Mario Ančić.

Seeds

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Rafael Nadal
Novak Djokovic '
Nikolay Davydenko '
David Ferrer '
Andy Roddick '
David Nalbandian '
Richard Gasquet '
James Blake '
Marcos Baghdatis '
Tomáš Berdych '
Andy Murray '
Stan Wawrinka '
Paul-Henri Mathieu '
Fernando González '
Radek Štěpánek '
Mikhail Youzhny '
Ivo Karlović '
Nicolás Almagro '
Lleyton Hewitt '
Juan Carlos Ferrero '
Fernando Verdasco '
Tommy Robredo '
Jarkko Nieminen '
Dmitry Tursunov '
Ivan Ljubičić '
Nicolas Kiefer '
Gilles Simon '
Andreas Seppi '
Gaël Monfils '
Feliciano López '
Michaël Llodra
Gaël Monfils withdrew due to a shoulder injury. He was replaced in the draw by Lucky Loser Ilija Bozoljac.

Qualifying

Draw

Finals

Top half

Section 1

Section 2

Section 3

Section 4

Bottom half

Section 5

Section 6

Section 7

Section 8