Wimbledon 2017: 5 records that Roger Federer has bettered with Title No. 8

#1. The oldest male Wimbledon winner in the Open Era

35 – almost 36- years young!

Federer became the oldest male champion of Wimbledon in the Open Era with his 8^th title here, besting Arthur Ashe’s 42-year old record of 31 years and 360 days. Ashe was the holder of this record when he won the Wimbledon title in 1975 by defeating Jimmy Connors, thus becoming the first and till date, the only black man to have won the Wimbledon.

Before yesterday’s win, Federer had last won the tournament when he was a few weeks shy of 30 and had the chance of bettering Ashe’s record in 2014 and 2015 when he was 32 and 33 respectively.