{"id":1379013,"date":"2021-06-29T15:20:17","date_gmt":"2021-06-29T19:20:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sports7.us\/?p=1379013"},"modified":"2021-06-29T16:33:39","modified_gmt":"2021-06-29T20:33:39","slug":"roger-federer-serena-williams-could-make-history-wimbledon","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sports7.us\/news\/roger-federer-serena-williams-could-make-history-wimbledon\/","title":{"rendered":"Both Roger Federer and Serena Williams Could Make History at Wimbledon"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Roger Federer<\/a> and Serena Williams<\/a> are easily two of the greatest tennis players of all time. Truth be told, I call each the GOAT in every conversation I'm ever in about either. But that's obviously just one man's opinion. With an incredible 43 Grand Slam singles titles between them, Federer and Williams, both of whom will be 40 soon, are both looking to add to their respective legacies as the 2021 edition of Wimbledon<\/a> gets underway. Both have obviously had quite a bit of success at the All England Club over the years and both are in a position to make some tennis history. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Roger Federer and Serena Williams have 15 Wimbledon singles titles between them<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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Serena Williams and Roger Federer at the 2019 Miami Open | TPN\/Getty Images<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Counting only singles titles, Federer and Williams have 15 Wimbledon titles between them. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Of the two, Serena was the first to capture a singles title at the All England Club, doing so as the second seed in 2002, defeating sister Venus in the final, which she did again the following year. Following a five-year drought, Williams then won back-to-back Wimbledon titles, again beating Venus in 2009 and then knocking off Vera Zvonareva in 2010. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

In 2012, Serena defeated Agnieszka Radwanska to capture Wimbledon singles titles number five, and then again went back-to-back in 2015 and 2016, beating Garbine Muguruza and Angelique Kerber, respectively. Williams' seven titles are good for a tie for the second-most in the Open Era and the third-most all-time.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

As for Federer, his first title at Wimbledon came a year after Williams' first in 2003, capturing his first-ever Grand Slam title with a victory over Mark Philippoussis. It was the first of five consecutive titles at the All England Club for the Swiss superstar as he defeated Andy Roddick in 2004 and 2005 and Rafael Nadal<\/a> in 2006 and 2007. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Following a loss to Nadal in 2008, Federer captured a sixth title with a victory over Roddick in an instant-classic, 77-game final, the longest in history. He earned title number seven in 2012 with a win over Andy Murray and captured a record eighth victory in 2017 with a straight-set win over Marin Cilic.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

A Wimbledon win gives Federer the solo lead in Grand Slam men's singles titles<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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