Media playback is not supported on this device Wimbledon: Roger Federer's record eight Wimbledon titles

Federer - the standout statistics

Most successful men in singles Grand Slams 19 titles - Roger Federer 15 - Rafael Nadal 14 - Pete Sampras 12 - Novak Djokovic, Roy Emerson 11 - Bjorn Borg, Rod Laver 10 - Bill Tilden 8 - Ken Rosewall, Fred Perry, Jimmy Connors, Andre Agassi, Ivan Lendl Capping a marvelous fortnight in which he never dropped a set, Federer won his eighth Wimbledon trophy and 19th Grand Slam championship overall by overwhelming Marin Cilic 6-3, 6-1, 6-4 in merely 1 hour, 41 minutes Sunday. Federer, 35, finished the contest in one hour and 41 minutes to claim his first Wimbledon title since 2012. While Cilic will be contesting his first final at the All England Club, this will be a record 11th appearance for Federer and, less than a month short of his 36th birthday, he is the oldest Wimbledon finalist since Ken Rosewall finished runner-up in 1974 aged 39. The Swiss, level with Britain's William Renshaw and American Pete Sampras on seven titles, is rejuvenated after taking a six-month break last year and enters the final as the clear favorite having not dropped a set in the tournament. Add in the fact he has been almost unstoppable this season, winning four of the six events he had entered - including an 18th grand slam title at the Australian Open in January - many pundits and rivals believe Federer is playing some of his best tennis this year. Media playback is not supported on this device 'Whole of Croatia was crying with him'

'It's a wonderful moment for the family'

Cilic later revealed that it was emotional rather than physical pain at that stage, but he was clearly in some distress and there was little he could do to stop Federer racing into a two-set lead after just 61 minutes. In last year’s quarter-finals at the All England Club, Federer saved three match points before edging out Cilic in five sets and the closeness of that match is comforting for the Croat. “I gave my best today and that’s all I could do.”



Coming into the match with seven Wimbledon singles championships, Federer was tied with Pete Sampras and William Renshaw in that category. At one point, with Federer leading in the second set, 3-0, Cilic spent an extended period in his courtside chair, was talked to by a medical team, then, red-faced and clearly upset, he pulled a towel over his head and sat there for several moments.
In tennis, Roger Federer of Switzerland defeats Marin Čilić of Croatia 6–3, 6–1, 6–4 to win the men's singles tournament. Federer wins his eighth Wimbledon singles title, surpassing William Renshaw and Pete Sampras for the most by a male player; becomes the oldest player in the Open Era to win the Wimbledon men's singles; becomes the first player to win the men's singles at Wimbledon without losing a set since Björn Borg in 1976; and extends his Open Era record for Grand Slam men's singles titles to 19.