Points won by each set: | 43-42, 27-31, 43-36, 20-28, 32-20 |
Points won directly behind the serve:
36 % Federer – 57 of 156
19 % Nadal – 33 of 167

The second consecutive Wimbledon final between them. Nadal [2] was two points away from winning 1st & 3rd sets in that 3-hour 45-minute duel. In the 5th set, he squandered a double break point twice: at 1-all & 2-all [also during the 1998 Wimbledon final, Sampras won the last four games vs Ivanisevic to beat him 6-7, 7-6, 6-4, 3-6, 6-2]. Federer’s [1] fifth straight Wimbledon title, for the first time he needed to win six matches instead of seven because Haas gave him a walkover.

Federer’s route to the 49th title:
1 Teymuraz Gabashvili 6-3, 6-2, 6-4
2 Juan Martin del Potro 6-2, 7-5, 6-1
3 Marat Safin 6-1, 6-4, 7-6(4)
4 Tommy Haas w/o
Q Juan Carlos Ferrero 7-6(2), 3-6, 6-1, 6-3
S Richard Gasquet 7-5, 6-3, 6-4
W Rafael Nadal 7-6(7), 4-6, 7-6(3), 2-6, 6-2