{"id":17224,"date":"2019-07-08T13:44:48","date_gmt":"2019-07-08T17:44:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/tennis\/?p=17224"},"modified":"2026-03-24T17:50:54","modified_gmt":"2026-03-24T21:50:54","slug":"roger-federers-top-5-wimbledon-matches","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/tennis\/2019\/07\/08\/roger-federers-top-5-wimbledon-matches\/","title":{"rendered":"Roger Federer\u2019s Top 5 Wimbledon Matches"},"content":{"rendered":"

Roger Federer has been in a lot of top matches throughout his career, and many of his most famous took place at Wimbledon<\/a>, a Grand Slam he has won a record eight times. With the Championships taking place right now, let\u2019s take a look at the Swiss maestro\u2019s five best matches at the All England Club in London.<\/p>\n

Federer vs. Pete Sampras, 2001 4th Round<\/strong><\/h4>\n

In a passing of the torch<\/a>, a 19-year-old Roger Federer outdueled the legendary Pete Sampras in the 4th round of the 2001 tournament. Federer was the young upstart, while Sampras was Wimbledon\u2019s golden boy. Federer came through, stunning Sampras in a 5-set thriller, 7-6, 5-7 6-4, 6-7, 7-5. It would be the only time the two tennis greats would go head-to-head on the ATP tour. At the time, nobody could have guessed that Federer would be the one to break Sampras\u2019 Wimbledon record.<\/p>\n