Defending champion

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defeated

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in the final, 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 was the first man since Bob Falkenburg in

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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 2004 French Open 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 major titles after saving a 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

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in the

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and Djokovic in the 2011 US Open. At this tournament, Federer reached his 31st and last men's singles major final, an all-time record (later surpassed by Djokovic in

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). Aged , Federer was the oldest man to reach a major final since

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in the 1974 US Open. Federer's semifinal match against

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marked their 40th and final professional meeting, with Federer winning in four sets to end their head-to-head at 24–16 in Nadal's favor. This was the last tournament in which all of the Big Three reached the semifinals. This was the first edition of Wimbledon in which a final-set tiebreak rule was introduced. Upon reaching 12–12 in the fifth set, a classic tiebreak 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 tiebreak 7–3. Additionally, it was the first men's singles final at any major to feature a final-set, championship-deciding tiebreak. This tournament marked the final professional appearance of

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finalist

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; he lost in the second round. Stan Wawrinka was attempting to complete the career Grand Slam, but he lost to

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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

3.329 million on

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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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