Goran Ivanisevic v Pat Rafter: Wimbledon Final 2001 (Extended Highlights) 

Pat Rafter seems like a really good bloke! He handled his loss with strength, respect and good humour! A true sportsman!

Goran was waiting all his life for this moment, it was a test for his determination, patience and perseverance. He was a wild card entrant in this tournament. What a server he was !!. Thanks Wimbledon for bringing back the memories

All my friends liked Sampras or Agassi back then. Goran’s emotional, temperamental and fun personality made him my favorite. He had always come so close to winning the big one it was maddening! I remember being about 22 years old, crying with my teary-eyed father watching this amazing victory. I’ll never forget it.

This is my favorite moment in tennis, ever.

The atmosphere was electric. I was over the moon when Goran finally won, but watching this 20 years later I feel so bad for Pat Rafter..great player and an even better man. A true gentleman in what must've been a heart breaking defeat.

As an Australian and a massive Pat Rafter fan this still hurts almost 20 years on. So proud of him!!

Always crying ..such a strong story! To get a wild card and win tournement,one he wished the most! The atmosphere I think that this will not repeat for a long time!

One of the most spectacular match in tennis history!

For me, the greatest moment in sports history. The passion, the determination, the mental strength to come back from 3 previous Wimbledon final losses and multiple set backs in the final itself. No one will ever forget peoples Monday, 2001

Serve and volley galore, these guys kept coming in no matter what the score was, no matter if it was 1st of 2nd serve, absolutely the most epic pure Wimbledon Final ever. Also with the best crowd ever!

I've followed and watched Goran ivaniservic for all his career in tennis, but this one made me so so happy that he finally won the Wimbledon title.

Nema danas vise takvog navijanja ni na jednom turniru...svaka cast ovim ljudima...bravo Croatia...bravo Goran🙌🙌🙌💖💖

For me the most beautiful finale ever. I am a big Goran Ivanisevic fan, so also one of my best moments in my life

My favourite tennis match of all time brilliant tension the crowd on both sides were fantastic unlike all the other boring quiet please finals ,this was like a rock concert well done goran ivanisevic

He finally won the only Grand Slam before he retired! Congratulation to Goran Ivanis!

My favourite tennis match of all time....

This match was peak Wimbledon personally. There have been great finals over the years but the story behind 2001 puts it on another level.

ГОРАН- КЭЛКО Е ИСТИНСКИ, КОЛКО Е ВЕЛИЧАВ И СТРАХОТНО БОРБЕН!! БОГ Е С НЕГО!!!❤❤❤🎉🎉

To me. This remains the greatest grand slam final...the greatest drama ever! I love them both, but I wanted Ivanisevic to win. Not sure why...and what a gentleman was Rafter

One of my favorite matches, well done Goran!

Most dramatic final I have ever seen with Ivanisevic in the autumn of his career still be capable of pulling this off after numerous failed attempts before.

Not the best final, but the best ending of a great tale.

I watched this live I was crying all the way I watched him since he started tennis this was definitely the icing on the 🍰

What an atmosphere....never saw it again......

Even with all the great finals of the Big 4 I grew up watching .... this being the first tennis match I watched is still in my top 4 favorite finals ever

To some I think this final and 1998 woman's final was THE most emotional in modern-day so far... because I cried so hard and happy for the results!!

I was there... camped overnight in Wimbledon common and then it was a mad dash to Centre Court after getting through the turnstiles!

Most deserved victory ever.

its just not a another final of wimbledon. This final reflects how hungry , how much one guy craved for this title, how much he gave in . A wild card entry went on to win the title. Goran ivanisevic the man who made tennis lovable those days. This final symbolises how much a wimbledon title mean to a tennis player, and how much success means to oneself.

My favourite Wimbledon mens final of all time growing up.

I bless the rains down in Wimbledon! Happy 20th anniversary! July 9, 2001. After all these years I'm still happy watching Goran collapse onto center court!

The one of the best tennis matches of all time.

One of the best Wimbledon finals! Classic match. Very suspenful.

The only bitter part of this final was that I loved both players so much. Goran needed to win this, and I'm glad he did. But I wish he had beaten somebody like Sampras, who had won so many times before. It would have been more satisfying. I feel bad for Patrick here, he's such a nice guy.

Ono kad padne na travu nakon 4.mec lopte i pocne plakat, nema druge, places s njim.. Uvijek, svaki put kad gledas ovo.. Gorane, uzeo si mi zivaca u karijeri za sto zivota, ali vrijedilo je ovoga.. Hvala ti Gorane..

I remember Goran career was over at that time. He was under 100 ranking and when he was at his prime he was second. In this match he put all that he has left.

Best Final Ever! Goran is the genius love him player with big heart

2 primary serve and volley players in the same match is definitely rare in today's game! Very rare and golden match!

Anyone who can fathom the importance of a Wimbledon title for tennis players especially someone like Ivanisevic who looked like he was born to win it..and having come so close..is bound to cry..

Какви ЧУТОВНИ СЕРВИЗИ!! БРАВО ГОРАН!! НЕПОВТОРИМ!! СТРАХОТНИ СРЕЩИ С РАФТЪР!! ПРЕВЪЗХОДСТВОТО НА ГОРАН Е ДОМИНАНТНО!!НЕСПАСЯЕМИ!!!ЗДРАВ И СИЛЕН ДА БЪДЕ ГОРАН И ЗАНАПРЕД!!!❤❤❤🎉

The last game was stressful to watch.. even in highlights :D

I was 12 years old that summer and still remember every moment of it. It was crazy being Croatian that day

So happy Ivan won! After that, he lived happily ever Rafter.

BEST Wimbledon EVER !!!!

Tennis was all about Nadal and fedrer as i grew watching it .This one match and struggles of Goran ivanisevic attempting 4 th time makes him special player of all time.. His winning in semis against Henman and rain ...makes one feel ,that God was indeed by his side that year.

It’s crazy to think that Federer taking out Sampras opened the door for Ivanisevic. It’s like when Soderling defeated Nadal at the French 8 years later.

words cannot explain the class of Patrick - being gracious in defeat may be most difficult but after a match such as this he was incredible ... Goran's victory was - struggling for a word - SUBLIME (still seems inappropriate) ... all was/is beyond brilliant !!!

The 2001 Wimbledon has so much drama: beginning with the 19-year old Federer defeating Pete Sampras, marking the beginning of a new era. Then Fed lost to Tim Henman, who went on to have that epic semifinal with Goran. Tim's lost there marked the end of England's Wimbledon hopes for another decade until the emergence of Murray. Finally there's that epic Wimbledon Rafter-Ivanisevic final. 3 historic matches in one Wimbledon, the beginning of one era and the ending of many eras in men's tennis. Truly special.

So well deserved!! Maybe not for the match, but for his Wimbledon career performance!! 💪💪💪💪Goran!! ...And i still like Pat Rafter!! Tennis History at its finest

Look at the crowd. Untypical Wimbledon Crowd🔥

Every time tears in my eyes ❤

Up until 2008,This was the greatest final I ever watched.

What a strange and wonderful year for tennis. Federer cements his place on the world stage by beating Sampras in a match that later becomes remembered as a 'passing of the torch'. He then loses to home favourite Tim Henman, who made it to the semi-finals FOUR times but could never quite reach the final; this time being beaten in the semis by Ivanisevic, who made it to the *final* four times and finally, finally got the trophy in this incredibly tense match. One of the stories for the ages

It was a very emotional moment for goran and the best final witnessed

What a match it was. Saw it live on tv. Nerve wrecking.

Still the greatest final ever

Man, they should really open up the final to the public, the crowd here is just incredible. It's like a world cup final.

How time flies 🇭🇷🇭🇷

WOW to handle the nerves in the last points. Double faults after double faults. Huge pressure and internal tension so hard to handle. From a wild card to the title. Impressive!

Esa final fue una locura, un partido increíble !

The best final ever!

Pat Rafter a most amazing player, but who didn’t like Goran - it was definitely his time!

Goran's lesson 4 me is never give in life or ON LIFE!

This was a year before I religiously started following an up and coming player who donned a kinda ridiculous ponytail, btw I was rooting for Ivanisevic like crazy during this match.

It's a shame the centre court crowds aren't like this anymore. These days they are too reserved and most just sit there with no passion for the tennis !

Rafter deserved a Wimbledon title. But winning two grand slam titles, two US Open titles back to back at that, is a feat on its own.

Best final ever

This was a turning point in the history of tennis.

Patrick Rafter was such a superb volleyer at the net. Great dude!

Glad he won. He should have won more gs tbh. Seems like a really nice guy

20:19 "And one can only guess at the turmoil raging in the mind of Gran Ivanisevic at this moment"

Finally the history was fair enough. If someone reaches 4 Wimbledon final, then he deserves to win. So this title for Goran was just fair and no one deserved it more.

what a crowd, what a players, what a final

I WAS THERE-FANTASTIC !!!

What a sportsman Pat Rafter was.

Goran ivanisevic should apply in Guinness book of world records. He probably takes the least amount of seconds to serve

Took 8 years with 3 losing finals, injuries and aged Goran to win the most elusive tennis title!

Has a player ever kicked the net like Ivanisevic did at 11:00? I love it!

This is like the miracle on icefor the tennis world.

Father and son, that’s what I remember from this match

Just imagine the homecoming Goran had in Split Croatia.....unbelievable 200,000 people came..

This ranks right up there with Greece winning Euro 2004 and Leicester City winning the EPL

Goran Legend 👍

The one shot of another player that Sampras said he would have liked to have...Goran's serve. Wasnt always reliable when the pressure was on but it was an unreturnable when it was on

Goran's serve is still record in Wimbledon

Amazing atmosphere!

So emotional...

And for sure Ivanisevic would have won more than just the one Wimbledon title if it had not been for his eternal Nemesis- Pete Sampras!!

Zbog ovog meca sam dao odkaz u firmi,sef me nije pustio da gledam finale ali sam ga zeznuo 😄

goran a great player... but patrick a great gentleman.....

If Goran Ivanisevic had won either 1992 final against Agassi or 1994 final against Sampras, Goran Ivanisevic would have come out his mental barrier of doubting himself in Grand slams. Moreover, Goran Ivanisevic would have played his natural game at critical points in subsequent Grand slam tours, if he had won 1 Grand slam in early 1990s . Unfortunately, that did not happen for him. If that was the case, 1990s Wimbledon era would have been even more interesting . who knows Sampras would have been curtailed to 4 Wimbledon titles Early retirement of Edberg, Clueless grass court specialist Becker, inconsistent Richard Krijack and Stitch, mental barrier of Goran Ivanisevic etc. made almost a one sided finals in 1990s for Pete Sampras in Wimbledon. However, Pete Sampras' game was supreme in 1990s (One important Caveat: Goran Ivanisevic beat Sampras in 1992 Wimbledon SF)

rafter 2000 + 2001 RUNNER UP OF THE YEAR

18:32 shows how much this man craved for that Wimbledon title all those years.

"Extended highlights". Video starts at the middle of the 3rd set. K

How can anybody dislike this.

Рафтер - Иванишевич СУПЕРФИНАЛ! Это классика тенниса.

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este wimbledon es especiales todo sentido, porque el campeon fue un LL (Lucky Loser) que es Goran Ivanisevic!!! que grande

as a fan of Rafter every time watch this is a pain, by the way it was the best final ever and Ivanisevic is a great champion but Rafter is in the discussion of the top 3 serve and volley of all time

8:33 Badass look followed by an ace!