The 2009 Wimbledon Championships was the 123rd edition of the tournament, held from June 22 to July 5, 2009 at the All England Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club. The tournament was notable for Roger Federer's record-breaking 15th Grand Slam title, the debut of the Centre Court retractable roof, and Rafael Nadal's withdrawal as defending champion.
Rafael Nadal, the defending men's singles champion, withdrew from the 2009 Wimbledon Championships due to knee tendinitis, becoming the first men's champion not to defend his Wimbledon title since Goran Ivanišević in 2002.
The 2009 Wimbledon Championships began at the All England Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club, with Roger Federer and Dinara Safina as the top seeds in men's and women's singles respectively.
The retractable roof on Centre Court was used for the first time in competitive play during Andy Murray's fourth-round match against Stanislas Wawrinka. Murray won the match 2-6, 6-3, 6-3, 5-7, 6-3, with the match finishing at 10:39 PM local time, the latest finish in Wimbledon history at that point.
Serena and Venus Williams won the women's doubles title, defeating Rennae Stubbs and Samantha Stosur 7-6(4), 6-4 in the final, completing a Williams family sweep of the women's titles at the 2009 Championships.
Serena Williams defeated her sister Venus Williams 7-6(3), 6-2 to win the women's singles title, claiming her third Wimbledon crown and 11th Grand Slam singles title.
By winning the 2009 Wimbledon men's singles title, Roger Federer captured his 15th Grand Slam singles title, surpassing Pete Sampras's all-time record of 14. Sampras was in attendance at Centre Court for the final.
Roger Federer defeated Andy Roddick 5-7, 7-6(6), 7-6(5), 3-6, 16-14 in the longest men's singles final at Wimbledon in terms of games played (77 games), with the fifth set alone lasting 30 games. Federer served a personal record 50 aces in the match.