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John McEnroe beat Bjorn Borg 4-6, 6-2, 6-4, 6-3 in the US Open final, 1981 on hard court The win gave McEnroe his third consecutive title at the event and was Borg's 4th runner-up finish. McEnroe had recently also beaten Borg in the Wimbledon final. This would turn out to be...

John McEnroe beat Vitas Gerulaitis 7-5, 6-3, 6-3 in the US Open final, 1979 on hard court It was McEnroe's first Slam title and he would go onto win the next 2 US Opens also. It was Gerulaitis' sole US Open final and he would go onto be runner-up at the next French Open McEnroe won...

Bjorn Borg beat Roscoe Tanner 6-7(4), 6-1, 3-6, 6-3, 6-4 in the Wimbledon final, 1979 on grass It was Borg's 4th consecutive title at the event. Tanner was the 5th seed and this would be his sole final Previously posted -...

Roger Federer beat David Ferrer 6-2, 6-3, 6-2 in in the Year End Championship (Tennis Masters Cup) final, 2007 on indoor hard court in Shanghai, China Federer was the defending champion and this was his 4 title in 5 years. Ferrer had topped his group with wins over Rafael Nadal, Novak Djokovic...

Michael Chang beat Pete Sampras 6-4, 6-4 in the Year End Championship semi-final, 1995 on carpet in Frankfurt, Germany Chang would go onto lose the final to Boris Becker. Sampras was the defending champion Chang won 64 points, Sampras 55 Sampras serve-volleyed off all first serves...

Stefan Edberg beat Pat Cash 6-7(7), 7-6(4), 6-3 in the Queen's Club quarter-final, 1992 on grass Edberg was the defending champion and would go onto lose in the semis to Shuzo Matsuoka. Cash was a wild card, ranked 214 at the time and would finish the year with a 5-4 win loss record...

Novak Djokovic beat Nikolay Davydenko 6-1, 7-5 in the Year End Championship (Tennis Masters Cup) final, 2008 on indoor hard court in Shanghai, China It was Djokovic's first of to date 5 titles at the event. Davydenko would go onto win the following year. This was the last edition of the...

Roger Federer beat Pete Sampras 7-6(7), 5-7, 6-4, 6-7(2), 7-5 in the Wimbledon fourth round, 2001 on grass Federer was 19 years old, seeded 15th and would go onto lose in the next round to Tim Henman. Sampras had won the title the previous 4 years and 7 of the last 8. Federer won190 points...

Stefan Edberg beat Goran Ivanisevic 7-6(3), 6-3 in the Long Island final, 1990 on hard court It was the recently #1 crowned Edberg's 4th title in a row following Wimbledon, Cincinnati and Los Angeles, but he would lose in the first round of the US Open, which started the following day...

Pete Sampras beat Andre Agassi 6-2, 6-2, 3-6, 3-6, 6-4 in the Wimbledon quarter-final, 1993 on grass Sampras would go onto win his first title at the event, beating Jim Courier in the final. Agassi had been the defending champion Sampras won 146 points, Agassi 129 Sampras...

Lleyton Hewitt beat Pete Sampras 6-4, 6-4 in the Queen's Club final, 2000 on grass It was Hewitt's first win over Sampras and first of 3 titles in a row at the event. Sampras was the defending champion would go onto win his 7th Wimbledon immediately after. The two had met in the semis the...

Stefan Edberg beat Pat Cash 6-3, 6-4, 3-6, 5-7, 6-3 in the Australian Open final, 1987 on grass This was the last edition of the tournament to be played on grass. The two had recently played a Davis Cup final rubber at the same venue with Cash winning. Edberg was the defending champion...

Andy Murray beat Roger Federer 7-5, 7-5 in the Canadian Open final, 2010 on hard court in Toronto Murray was the defending champion. Earlier in the year, Federer had beaten Murray in the Australian Open final. The result took the head-to-head between the two to 7-5 in Murray's favour Murray...

Stefan Edberg beat Ivan Lendl 6-7(3), 7-5, 6-1, 4-6, 9-7 in the Australian Open semi-final, 1985 on grass Edberg would go onto beat double defending champion Mats Wilander in the final to win his first Slam title. Lendl had recently won the US Open and was the world #1 Edberg won 209...

Pete Sampras beat Andre Agassi 6-3, 6-4, 7-5 in the Wimbledon final, 1999 on grass It was Sampras' 6th Wimbledon title and second time winning 3 in a row. Agassi had recently completed his career Grand Slam by winning the French Open, would go onto win the upcoming US Open and finish the year...

Jim Courier beat Pete Sampras 7-6(5), 7-6(4) in the Year End Championship semi-final, 1992 on carpet in Frankfurt, Germany Courier would go onto lose the final to Boris Becker. Courier had finished second in his group (wins over Michael Chang and Richard Krajicek, loss to the unbeaten Goran...

Roger Federer beat Lleyton Hewitt 6-3, 6-2 in in the Year End Championship (Tennis Masters Cup) final, 2004 on hard court in Houston, USA Federer was the defending champion and it was his second title at the event. Hewitt had won the two editions before that in 2001 and 2002, including with a...

Pete Sampras beat Boris Becker 6-7(5), 6-2, 6-4, 6-2 the Wimbledon final, 1995 on grass It was Sampras' 3rd straight title and would turn out to be the last of Becker's 7 finals at the event Previously posted -...

Pete Sampras beat Jim Courier 7-6(3), 7-6(6), 3-6, 6-3 in the Wimbledon final, 1993 on grass This was Sampras first Wimbledon title, while with the result, Courier completed reaching finals of all 4 Slams. Sampras was ranked 1, Courier 2 and Courier had won Australian Open and been...

Michael Stich beat Boris Becker 6-4, 7-6(4), 6-4 in the Wimbledon final, 1991 on grass It would turn out to be Stich's sole Slam title. Becker was playing his 4th straight final at the event, having met Stefan Edberg in the previous 3 finals. To win the title, the 6th seeded Stich...

Stefan Edberg beat Boris Becker 6-2, 6-2, 3-6, 3-6, 6-4 in the Wimbledon final, 1990 on grass The two had played the previous two finals at the event, Edberg having won in '88, Becker in '89. The following year, Michael Stich would beat Edberg in the semis and Becker in the final...

Roger Federer beat Andre Agassi 6-3, 6-0, 6-4 in in the Year End Championship (Tennis Masters Cup) final, 2003 on hard court in Houston, USA Federer had won his first Slam at Wimbledon earlier in the year, Agassi had won what turned out to be his last at the Australian Open. This was the first...

Boris Becker (West Germany) beat Stefan Edberg (Sweden) 6-2, 6-2, 6-4 in a Davis Cup final rubber, 1989 on carpet in Stuttgart, West Germany This rubber evened the match at 1-1, after Mats Wilander had won the opener against Carl-Uwe Steeb Becker won 98 points, Edberg 66 Becker...

Boris Becker beat Ivan Lendl 7-5, 6-7(2), 2-6, 6-4, 6-3 in the Wimbledon semi-final, 1989 on grass Becker would go onto beat Stefan Edberg in the final for his third Wimbledon title. It was the third time in 4 years Becker had bested Lendl at the event (also '86 final and '88 semi) and...

Roger Federer beat Rafael Nadal 6-4, 7-5 in the Year End Championship (Tennis Masters Cup) semi-final, 2006 on indoor hard court in Shanghai, China Federer would go onto beat James Blake in the final to win the title. Federer had topped his group unbeaten, Nadal had finished second in his with...

Boris Becker beat Stefan Edberg 6-0, 7-6(1), 6-4 in the Wimbledon final, 1989 on grass It was Becker's third and as it would turn out, last Wimbledon title. He would go onto win the US Open later in the year as well as play a leading role in West Germany's Davis Cup victory (including...

Roger Federer beat Alexander Zverev 6-1, 6-3 in the Halle final, 2017 on grass It was Federer's 9th title at the event and he would follow up by winning Wimbledon for a record breaking 8th time shortly after. Zverev had beaten Federer in the semi finals the previous year and would go onto...

Pete Sampras beat John McEnroe 6-2, 6-4 in the Philadelphia semi-final, 1991 on carpet Sampras was the defending champion and would go onto lose the final to Ivan Lendl in 5 sets. McEnroe was a former 4 time champion. The two had met not long ago at the previous years US Open semi, with...

Andre Agassi beat Stefan Edberg 7-6(7), 6-2 in the Miami quarter-final, 1994 on hard court Agassi would go onto lose the final to Pete Sampras. Edberg was world #3 and would have moved to #2 by winning this match. He had recently won titles in Doha and Stuttgart Agassi won 70 points...

Rafael Nadal beat Novak Djokovic 6-4, 3-6, 6-1, 6-7(3), 9-7 in the French Open semi-final, 2013 on clay Nadal would go onto beat David Ferrer in the final to claim his record extending 8th title and for the second time, 4th in a row at the event. Djokovic had won the Australian Open...