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Novak Djokovic beat Rafael Nadal 6-4, 6-1, 1-6, 6-3 in the Wimbledon final, 2011 on grass It was Djokovic's first Wimbledon title and first win over Nadal at a Slam (5 previous losses) or in best of 5. Djokovic also became world number 1 for the first time by reaching the final. He would...

Andy Murray beat Roger Federer 7-5, 6-4 in the Cincinnati second round, 2006 on hard court Murray was 19 years old and this was his first win over Federer. Starting with this match, he would win 6 of the pair's 7 successive matches. Federer was the world number 1 and defending champion. This...

Andre Agassi beat Roger Federer 6-3, 6-3, 3-6, 6-4 in the Miami final, 2002 on hard court Agassi was the defending champion and it was his record extending 5th title at the event. He would go onto add a 6th the following year. Novak Djokovic would go onto match the mark of 6 titles in 2016...

Novak Djokovic beat Rafael Nadal 7-5, 6-4 in the Madrid final, 2011 on clay It was Djokovic's first win over Nadal on clay, with Nadal having won the first 9. Djokovic had beaten Nadal in finals of both Indian Wells and Miami earlier in the year. Nadal had recently Monte Carlo and would...

Ivan Lendl beat John McEnroe 3-6, 2-6, 6-4, 7-5, 7-5 in the French Open final, 1984 on clay It was Lendl's first Slam title in his fifth final. McEnroe had been unbeaten in the year going into the match and this would turn out to be his only final at the event Previously posted -...

Mats Wilander beat Ivan Lendl 6-4, 4-6, 6-3, 5-7, 6-4 in the US Open final, 1988 on hard court The win gave Wilander his only US Open title, third Slam title of the year and moved him to number one in the ranking. Lendl had won the event the previous 3 years and was playing in his 7th...

Novak Djokovic beat Rafael Nadal 4-6, 6-3, 6-2 in the Indian Wells final, 2011 on hard court Djokovic, ranked 2, had recently won the Australian Open. Nadal ranked 1, was the reigning US Open champion, having beaten Djokovic in the final. This was the first of what would turn out...

Ivan Lendl beat Mats Wilander 6-7(7), 6-0, 7-6(4), 6-4 in the US Open final, 1987 on hard court It was Lendl's third title and third in a row at the event and would turn out to be his last. Wilander was playing his first US Open final, and would go onto win the title, beating Lendl...

Roger Federer beat James Blake 7-5 6-3, 6-0 in the Indian Wells final, 2006 on hard court Federer had recently won the Australian Open and was the two time defending champion at this event. Blake was playing his first Masters final and the result saw him enter the top 10 for the...

Ivan Lendl beat John McEnroe 6-3, 6-3, 6-4 in the US Open quarter-final, 1987 on hard court Lendl would go onto win the event, beating Mats Wilander in the final. This was the 5th and last meeting between the pair at the event - Lendl had won in '82 and '85, McEnroe in '80 and '84...

John McEnroe beat Ivan Lendl 6-3, 6-4, 6-1 in the US Open final, 1984 on hard court The win would turn out to be McEnroe's last Slam title. Earlier in the year, he'd lost the French Open final to Lendl and won Wimbledon. For Lendl, it was his 3rd straight runner-up showing at the event...

tremendous recap; would like to go re-watch this one on You Tube. I recall Connors playing pretty aggressively...and having his chances. Boris seemed a bit off, but as you say, Connors was clobbering the returns. It was a lot of fun to watch and a reminder of what Connors could do...Boris was...

Roger Federer beat Mark Philippoussis 7-6(5), 6-2, 7-6(3) in the Wimbledon final, 2003 on grass It was Federer' first Slam title and the first time he'd been as far as the semi-finals. He would go onto win the next 4 Wimbledons and reach the final of the next 6. Philippoussis was...

Ivan Lendl beat Jimmy Connors 6-2, 6-3, 7-5 in the US Open semi-final, 1985 on hard court Lendl would go onto beat John McEnroe in the final to claim his first Slam title. Connors was playing in his 12 consecutive semi at the event - a record for a Slam event. The two had...

Ivan Lendl beat John McEnroe 6-1, 6-3 in the Canadian Open final, 1989 on hard court in Montreal It was Lendl's sixth title at the event, which remains a record. McEnroe would go onto finish the year ranked 4. This was the last final the two played Lendl won 60 points, McEnroe 39 McEnroe...

John McEnroe beat Ivan Lendl 7-6(4), 6-2 in the Stratton Mountain final, 1985 on hard court The two would also go onto meet in the finals of the next two tournaments, the Canadian Open (McEnroe win) and US Open (Lendl win) McEnroe won 69 points, Lendl 52 McEnroe serve-volleyed off...

Last GS final where serve&volley was used as main tactics, and from both players. I had these stats before, but just recently counted how much Federer used S&V in this match (there was no need to count for Scud, he used it every point). This match is not so old, i believe most still remember...

Rafael Nadal beat Novak Djokovic 7-5, 2-6, 6-2 in the Hamburg semi-final, 2008 on clay under a roof It was the last year that the event was played as a Masters 1000 event. Nadal would go onto win his first title at the event, beating Roger Federer in the final in a reverse of the...

Roger Federer beat Andy Roddick 4-6, 7-5, 7-6(3), 6-4 in the Wimbledon final, 2004 on grass Federer was the defending champion and reigning Australian Open champion. He would go onto win the US Open to become the first man in 16 years to win 3 Slam events in a calendar year. Roddick was...

Rafael Nadal (Spain) beat Novak Djokovic (Serbia) 6-4, 1-6, 6-4 in the Olympic Games semi-final, 2008 on hard court in Beijing, China Nadal would go onto beat Fernando Gonzalez (Chile) to win the Gold medal. Djokovic would win the bronze medal by beating James Blake (USA). Nadal...

Todd Martin beat Pete Sampras 7-6(4), 7-6(4) in the Queen's Club final, 1994 on grass It was Martin's only grass court title and Tim Henman, Greg Rusedski and Stefan Edberg were among those he beat in route to the final. Sampras was playing his first final at the event. He would go onto...

Rafael Nadal beat Novak Djokovic 7-5, 6-4, 6-2 in the French Open semi-final, 2007 on clay Nadal was the defending champion and would go onto beat Roger Federer in the final to win his second title at the event. He had beaten Djokovic the previous year in the quarters and would...

Mats Wilander beat Kevin Curren 6-7(5), 6-4, 7-6(3), 6-2 in the Australian Open final, 1984 on grass Wilander was the defending champion and this was his second title at the event. He would go on to add a then Open Era record third title in 1988. It was Curren's first Slam final, and he...

Novak Djokovic beat Rafael Nadal 7-5, 6-3 in the Canadian Open semi-final, 2007 on hard court in Montreal Djokovic would go onto win the title, beating Roger Federer in the final. His title run saw him beat the top 3 ranked players in the world (Andy Roddick 3, Nadal 2 and Federer 1) in...

Stefan Edberg beat John McEnroe 7-5, 7-6(2), 7-6(5) in the Wimbledon semi-final, 1989 on grass Edberg, the defending champion, would go onto lose the final to Boris Becker in a reversal of the previous years final. It was McEnroe's first Slam semi in 4 years and he would go onto finish the...

Becker d Connors 6-7(3), 6-3, 6-4 my stats Becker served at 54%(54 of 105) Connors served at 77%(74 of 96) Becker won 41 of 54 points on 1st serve(76%) He won 20 of 51 on 2nd(39%) Connors won 40 of 74 points on 1st serve(54%) He won 12 of 22 on 2nd(54%) Becker had 28 non...

Rafael Nadal beat Novak Djokovic 6-2, 7-5 in the Indian Wells final, 2007 on hard court This was the pairs second match. It was Nadal's first title since the 2006 French Open (where he had beaten Djokovic in quarter-final), first at the venue and he did not drop a set all tournament...

John Newcombe beat Jimmy Connors 7-5, 3-6, 6-4, 7-6(7) in the Australian Open final, 1975 on grass It was Newcombe's second Australian Open title and the last of his 5 Open Era Slam titles. Connors was the defending champion, having entered the event for the first time the previous...

Boris Becker beat Goran Ivanisevic 6-3, 6-4, 6-4 in the Grand Slam Cup final, 1996 on carpet in Munich, Germany It was Becker's only title at the event. Ivanisevic had been the defending champion Becker won 83 points, Ivanisevic 63 Becker serve-volleyed off all first serves and rarely...

Jimmy Connors beat Roscoe Tanner 6-4, 6-1, 6-4 in the Wimbledon semi-final, 1975 on grass Connors, the defending champion, would go onto lose the final to Arthur Ashe. The following year, Tanner would beat Connors in the quarter-final - the only Slam out of 12 from 1974-1978 that...