Borg beats McEnroe in 1980 in one of the greatest finals ever

Rafael Nadal has claimed his first Wimbledon title with an epic five-set victory over Roger Federer. Here we look back at five classic men's singles finals.

Borg beats McEnroe in 1980 in one of the greatest finals ever

1980: BJORN BORG BEATS JOHN McENROE

With Borg going for his fifth successive Wimbledon crown, 21-year-old McEnroe, with his famous sliced serve, raced into an early lead.

The American seemed to be out of juice when Borg came steaming back at him claiming the next two sets with a minimum of fuss, before going a break up in the fourth.

But McEnroe broke back to take the set into the now legendary tie-breaker, in which the left-hander saved five match points before finally prevailing 18-16.

A tiring McEnroe scrapped through set five, but the Swede finally broke him in game 14 to seal a truly epic 1-6 7-5 6-3 6-7 (16/18) 8-6 victory.

1984: JOHN McENROE BEATS JIMMY CONNORS

Not a classic in the traditional sense - the match was barely a contest, but McEnroe's display is still considered to be the finest exhibition of grass-court tennis ever witnessed.

He broke in Connors' first service game to sprint into a 3-0 lead, then again in game six for 5-1 before serving out the first set.

Before Connors had time to regroup he was 4-0 down in the second, with McEnroe in complete control of his serve-volley game, and though he battled he could manage just two games in the third with a final score of 6-1 6-1 6-2.

1990: STEFAN EDBERG BEAT BORIS BECKER

This was the great comeback that never was in a display of wonderful attacking tennis on Centre Court.

Becker revealed in his autobiography he had taken too many sleeping pills the night before and played the first two sets "like a sleepwalker".

Perhaps things would have been different had Becker been wide awake, but Edberg was flawless at the net as he strolled into a two-set lead.

But Becker stormed back with some thrilling tennis in the final three sets - though the third consecutive final between the pair, the previous two of which had been split, was edged by the Swede in the fifth. He ran out the winner 6-2 6-2 3-6 3-6 6-4.

2001: GORAN IVANISEVIC BEAT PAT RAFTER

The People's Final was the first to begin on the third Monday after rain had disrupted the Championships and ended as one of the great sporting fairy tales.

Ivanisevic had made three finals at the All England Club, losing in five sets to Andre Agassi and Pete Sampras in 1992 and 1998 and in three to Sampras in 1994, but, having entered as a wild card in 2001, nobody expected much from the big-serving Croat.

In front of an unusually raucous Centre Court crowd the players rose to the occasion, pumping themselves up in five topsy-turvy sets, the first four of which were split between the two.

And Ivanisevic claimed an epic fifth to ensure he would not be remembered as one of the sport's nearly men, winning 6-3 3-6 6-3 2-6 9-7.

2007: ROGER FEDERER BEAT RAFAEL NADAL

One of the greatest Wimbledon finals, Federer was made to work all the way to equal Borg's five straight titles at the All England Club.

Federer started the match like he had the previous year, racing into a 3-0 lead, but Nadal broke back, forcing him to take the first on a tie-break.

Nadal took the second with a break in game 10 before the third went the way of the first, but Nadal, with the help of a Hawk-Eye over-rule that clearly upset Federer, took the fourth with two breaks.

Federer saved four break points in the fifth, but took his game to another level to claim his fifth title 7-6 (9/7) 4-6 7-6 (7/3) 2-6 6-2.