Roger Federer has a long history at Wimbledon. It is by far his favorite Grand Slam. So much so that the first time he played there he asked the line umpire if the net was too high. He was so nervous the net appeared enormous, however he got over his nerves and proceeded to win the junior Wimbledon title.

In 2001 he showed a glimpse of what was to come later in his career, sublime aggressive tennis with nerves of steel. He played Pete Sampras, his childhood idol, in the 4th round of Wimbledon. Sampras was riding a 30 match winning streak at the All England Club, and was looking to tie the all time record for most consecutive Wimbledon's won. However Roger Federer prevailed in the only encounter between the two, in 5 very tight sets.

In 2003 he won the Wimbledon championship, his first Grand Slam. The moment was so euphoric for him he cried once the match was over. Over the next 4 years he proceeded to dominate tennis's most important tournament.

However in 2008 while on a bad slump he faced his greatest rival, Rafael Nadal, in the final. Chasing 6 Wimbledon's in a row, an all time open era record, he faced Nadal in what had been called by many the greatest match ever played. Federer started badly and went two sets down. Then a rain delay offered Roger the chance to regroup. He took that chance and went on to take the next two sets in tiebreak's. In the 5th however Rafael Nadal triumphed after over 7 hours since the start of the match, and nearly 5 hours of actual play.

But redemption came next year as Federer proceeded to make the final for the 7th consecutive year. The stakes were high. Not only regaining the number 1 ranking he lost, but also breaking the all time Grand Slam record with 15 wins. His opponent was Andy Roddick, a man Federer had vanquished 18 previous occasions, and on 3 previous occasions on center court Wimbledon. However Roddick fought with the poise and confidence not of a man who had a record of 18/2 against his opponent, but of a man with nothing to lose. Despite numerous chances to take leads in the match, Federer this time prevailed in 5 sets in the longest Wimbledon final ever in terms of games. Wimbledon poetically began Federer's career as a legend, and sealed it is there that he sealed his reputation of GOAT (greatest of all time) with 15 Grand Slam victories.