Defending champion

Novak Djokovic Novak Djokovic ( sr-Cyrl, Новак Ђоковић, translit=Novak Đoković, ; born 22 May 1987) is a Serbian professional tennis player. He has been ranked world No. 1 for a record total 373 weeks, and has finished as the year-end No. 1 ...

defeated

Roger Federer Roger Federer (; born 8 August 1981) is a Swiss former professional tennis player. He was ranked List of ATP number 1 ranked singles tennis players#Weeks at No. 1, world No. 1 by the Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP) for 310 weeks, in ...

in the

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, 7–6^(7–5), 1–6, 7–6^(7–4), 4–6, 13–12^(7–3) to win the gentlemen's singles tennis title at the 2019 Wimbledon Championships. At four hours and 57 minutes in length, it was the longest singles final in Wimbledon history. It was Djokovic's fifth

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title and 16th

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title overall. Djokovic became the first man since

Bob Falkenburg Robert Falkenburg (January 29, 1926 – January 6, 2022) was an American amateur tennis player and entrepreneur. He is best known for winning the Men's Singles at the 1948 Wimbledon Championships and for introducing soft ice cream and American f ...

in 1948 to win the title after being championship points down, having saved two when down 7–8 in the fifth set. This was the first time since the

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that a man saved championship points in order to win a major. Djokovic became the second man and third singles player overall to win multiple Grand Slam titles after saving match point during the tournament, after

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and

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. Conversely, this was the third time that an opponent of Federer saved match points and went on to win the major, following

Marat Safin Marat Mubinovich Safin ( rus, Мара́т Муби́нович Са́фин, , mɐˈrat ˈsafʲɪn, Ru-Marat-Safin.ogg; tt-Cyrl, Марат Мөбин улы Сафин; born 27 January 1980) is a Russian retired world No. 1 tennis player an ...

in the

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and Djokovic in the 2011 US Open. At this event, Federer reached his 31st and last major final. His semifinal meeting with

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also marked their 40th and final professional meeting; Federer won in four sets to end their head-to-head at 24–16 in Nadal's favor. This was the first Wimbledon where a final set tie break rule was introduced. Upon reaching 12–12 in the fifth set, a classic tie break would be played. The men's singles final was the first singles match at Wimbledon, in which the new rule came into effect, with Djokovic winning the tie break 7–3. Additionally, it was the first men's singles final at any major to feature a final-set, championship-deciding tiebreak.

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was attempting to complete the career Grand Slam but lost to

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in the second round. This tournament also marked the final professional appearance for former

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finalist

Marcos Baghdatis Marcos Baghdatis ( el, Μάρκος Παγδατής, ar, ماركوس بغداتيس; ; born 17 June 1985) is a Cypriot former professional tennis player. He was the runner-up at the 2006 Australian Open and a semifinalist at the 2006 Wimble ...

; he lost in the second round.

Seeds

All seedings per modified ATP rankings.

Qualifying

Draw

Finals

Top half

Section 1

Section 2

Section 3

Section 4

Bottom half

Section 5

Section 6

Section 7

Section 8

Championship match ratings

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, in the USA

References

External links

Gentlemen's Singles draw

2019 Wimbledon Championships – Men's draws and results
at the

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