Roger Federer won his record-tying seventh Wimbledon final Sunday, downing Andy Murray 4-6, 7-5, 6-3, 6-4 to pull even with Pete Sampras' career total.

The Swiss third seed recovered from a sluggish start to dominate the match, win his 17th Grand Slam title and return to the top of the world rankings, ending Murray's hopes of becoming the first British man to win the title on home soil for 76 years.


Murray started well, taking the first set and dictating the second until Federer conjured a brilliant break of serve out of the blue in the 12th game to clinch it.

Rain halted the match for 40 minutes early in the third set and when the players returned under the closed roof on Centre Court, Federer took control.

He made the decisive break in a marathon sixth game and broke for 3-2 in the fourth set before clinching victory on his second match point in three hours 24 minutes.