5 Greatest Wimbledon finals of all time

3) Goran Ivanesevic over Patrick Rafter, 2001

In a rain-affected tournament even the final wasn't spared. Due to the many delays over the previous couple of weeks the final was scheduled on Monday, and around 10,000 tickets were sold on a first come first serve basis.

It was an unfamiliar Monday with a wild crowd and a wild card finalist. It was the most un-Wimbledon final ever. The BBC called it "the most raucous crowd a Wimbledon final has ever seen". The Aussies and the Croatians lit up Centre Court with chants matching a football game.

Both the 6-feet-plus giants did not disappoint and displayed tennis of supreme quality. The big serves were on show and the quality of the tennis matched the grandeur of the occasion. It was a hard fought battle with the pendulum swinging to either side from time to time.

The No. 3 seed Aussie and the wild card Croat shared the first four sets among themselves. In the fifth set, Rafter managed to save three match points, but after that his resolve gave in. Finally Ivanesevic converted his fourth match point and won the most dramatic Wimbledon final ever.

In the process, Ivanisevic became the first man to win the tournament as a wild card in the Open era.

Croatian Goran Ivanisevic returns a shot to his US

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