REVEALED: Top 20 Wimbledon classics since 2000, including three Novak Djokovic ‘big three’ epics
The All England Club has witnessed some tremendous battles during the Wimbledon fortnight, and with the dawn of a new decade, now seems like a good time to cast our gaze back over those familiar manicured lawns and review the best encounters in recent memory.
Here tennishead contributor Ronnie McCluskey helps to relive 20 classic men’s Wimbledon matches from the 21st century. Just click the links to relive these incredible encounters, including video from the match…
Federer vs Sampras, fourth round, 2001
Rafter vs Agassi, semifinal, 2001
Ivanisevic vs Henman, semifinal, 2001
Ivanisevic vs Rafter, semifinal, 2001
Gasquet vs Roddick, quarterfinal, 2007
Djokovic vs Baghdatis, quarterfinal, 2007
Murray vs Gasquet, fourth round, 2008
Roddick vs Hewitt, quarterfinal, 2009
Federer vs Roddick, final, 2009
Isner vs Mahut, first round, 2010
Cilic vs Querrey, third round, 2012
Murray vs Verdasco, quarterfinal, 2013
Djokovic vs Del Potro, semifinal, 2013
Djokovic vs Federer, final, 2014
Gasquet vs Wawrinka, quarterfinal, 2015
Muller vs Nadal, fourth round, 2017
Nadal vs Del Potro, quarterfinal, 2018
Djokovic vs Nadal, semifinal, 2018
Djokovic vs Federer, final, 2019
Best of the rest:
Agassi vs Martin, second round, 2000
Sampras vs Cowan, second round, 2001
Nadal vs Federer, final, 2007
Cilic vs Querrey, second round, 2009
Tsonga vs Querrey, second round, 2014
Nieminen vs Hewitt, first round, 2015
Djokovic vs Federer, final, 2015
Raonic vs Federer, semifinal, 2016
Anderson vs Federer, quarterfinal, 2018
Anderson vs Isner, semifinal, 2018
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