Roger Federer [3] bt Andy Murray [4] 4-6 7-5 6-3 6-4 | 2012 Wimbledon Men's Singles Final

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Seventh Wimbledon (equalling Pete Sampras's Open era record), seventeenth Grand Slam (extending his own record) and world number one (equalling Sampras's record of 286 weeks at the top). All at the age of thirty, exactly one month short of his next birthday. Only two other thirty-something men had won The Championships in the Open Era (Rod Laver in 1969 and Arthur Ashe in 1975). It isn't fair to compare eras (because much has changed from racquet technology to court surfaces) but few could argue against Roger Federer's claim to be the greatest ever.

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