Wimbledon 2004 Men's Final - Federer vs. Roddick

Roddick was the underdog, but he came out at his hard-serving best, with serves being clocked near 140 mph. He won the rain-interrupted first set, but Federer would even things up in the second set. Roddick looked to be in control of things in the third set and a break up, but the rain would come again for another, longer delay. When play resumed, Federer seemed revitalized and put his game into another gear. He would take the third set, with Roger making quick work of things in the 7-3 tiebreak. In the fourth and final set Federer took command of matters to lead 4-3, and kept serve on his way to his second Wimbledon title and third Grand Slam title, as he served an ace to punctuate the victory and dropped to his knees shedding tears of joy, winning 4-6, 7-5, 7-6 (7-3), 6-4.

There would be more Wimbledon finals for Roger Federer and Andy Roddick, as they would meet again a year later with Federer victorious once more in three sets, and then Federer would begin his rivalry with Spaniard Rafael Nadal.