King Rafael & Queen Venus

The 122nd Championships came to the most magnificent of conclusions in near-darkness on Centre Court as Spain's Rafael Nadal brought the five-time champion Roger Federer crashing to earth in the longest, and quite possibly the finest, men's final in the history of The All England Club.

2008 Gentlemen's Singles champion Rafael Nadal
and 2008 Ladies' Singles champions Venus Williams.

King Rafa

Wimbledon has a new king. Rafael Nadal dethroned Roger Federer after a five-year reign by winning the longest-ever Wimbledon men's final. The consistently heartstopping 6-4, 6-4, 6-7 (5-7), 6-7 (8-10), 9-7 classic began at 2.35pm and thanks to a couple of breaks for rain (surely necessary for the spectators to catch their breath), it ended at 9.15pm with the 22-year-old from Mallorca dropping to the ground with his arms outstretched in celebration.

Destiny awaits!

Nadal in heaven

Opposite emotionsA true Champion, A true KING

A delighted Rafael Nadal checks that his trophy is real

Electrifying Final!

Queen Venus

Venus Williams claimed her fifth Wimbledon singles crown after ending her losing run against sister Serena in Grand Slam finals to win 7-5, 6-4 in a riveting match which wonderfully lived up to the occasion.

Blooming sistersVenus and the Rosewater Dish
Britain's pride

British tennis's shining new star Laura Robson became the first home player since Annabel Croft in 1984 to win the girls' singles title with a nerveless three-set victory against third seed Noppawan Lertcheewakarn of Thailand - and then served notice that she's after Venus Williams' crown as the queen of Wimbledon.

Future Queen of Wimbledon

2008 WIMBLEDON CHAMPIONS

Men's Singles - Rafael Nadal (Spain)
Ladies' Singles - Venus Williams (United States)
Men's Doubles - Daniel Nestor (Canada) & Nenad Zimonjic (Serbia)
Ladies Doubles - Serena Williams (United States) & Venus Williams (United States)
Mixed Doubles - Bob Bryan (United States) & Samantha Stosur (Australia)

Boys' Singles - Grigor Dimitrov (Bulgaria)
Girls' Singles - Laura Robson (Great Britain)
Boys' Doubles - Hsieh Cheng-peng (Taiwan) & Yang Tsung-hua (Taiwan)
Girls' Doubles - Polona Hercog (Slovenia) & Jessica Moore (Australia)

Ladies' Invitation Doubles - Jana Novotna (Czech Republic) & Kathy Rinaldi (United States)
Men's Invitation Doubles - Donald Johnson (United States) & Jared Palmer (United States)
Senior Men's Invitation Doubles - Ken Flach (United States) & Robert Seguso (United States)

Wheelchair Doubles: Robin Ammerlaan (Netherlands) & Ronald Vink (Netherlands)