However, Federer himself opened up on his greatest matches on court, in a recent interview with Eurosport Spain. "The first one I would like to remember is clear: Wimbledon 2001 and my match ...

Federer’s fourth-round victory over Sampras proved to be his breakthrough match, with a then 19-year-old Federer handing his idol a first defeat at Wimbledon since 1996.