2009 Wimbledon Championships – Men's Singles final
 Andy Roddick (6) vs.  Roger Federer (2)
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| Date | Sunday July 5, 2009 | ||||||||||||||||||
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| Tournament | Wimbledon | ||||||||||||||||||
| Location | Wimbledon, England | ||||||||||||||||||
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| Roger Federer broke the all-time record with his 15th Grand Slam championship | |||||||||||||||||||
The 2009 Wimbledon Men's Singles final was the championship tennis match of the Men's Singles tournament at the 2009 Wimbledon Championships. It pitted five-time champion Roger Federer against American Andy Roddick for the third time in a Wimbledon final and the fourth time in a Grand Slam final. After 4 hours and 17 minutes, Federer won 5–7, 7–6(8–6), 7–6(7–5), 3–6, 16–14. This match was historic as it saw Federer capture his fifteenth major title, breaking the all-time Grand Slam record held by Pete Sampras. The victory caused Federer to reclaim the world number 1 ranking from his rival Rafael Nadal.
The championship set a record for longest match played in Grand Slam final history (in terms of games), due particularly to the unprecedented thirty games contested in the ultimate set.
Roger Federer had tied Sampras with fourteen major singles titles a month earlier at the 2009 French Open and was seeking to set a new standard of excellence in the men's game by capturing an unprecedented fifteenth championship. Former world number 1 Andy Roddick was looking to capture his first Wimbledon title and second Grand Slam, having won the 2003 US Open.
The 2009 Wimbledon Men's Singles final was the fourth Grand Slam final that Federer and Roddick had contested and by far the most competitive. Federer had won all of the previous finals at the 2004 Wimbledon Championships, the 2005 Wimbledon Championships and the 2006 US Open.
Federer had cruised through the bottom half of the draw only dropping a single set en route to his seventh consecutive Wimbledon final. Roddick, however, had survived a grueling five set quarterfinal against former Wimbledon champion Lleyton Hewitt where he won 6–3, 6–7(10–12), 7–6(7–1), 4–6, 6–4. Roddick then defeated British hope Andy Murray, the world number 3, in the semifinals 6–4, 4–6, 7–6(9–7), 7–6(7–5) to book a spot in his third Wimbledon final.
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