Andy Murray defeated Novak Djokovic in the final, 6–4, 7–5, 6–4 to win the gentlemen's singles tennis title at the 2013 Wimbledon Championships.

Murray became the first Briton to win the title since Fred Perry in 1936, ending a 76-year drought,[A 1] as well as the first British winner in singles since Virginia Wade won the women's event in 1977.

[3] Federer's loss marked the first time since the 2004 French Open that he failed to reach the quarterfinals at a major.

At 4 hours and 43 minutes this match was the then-longest semifinal ever contested at Wimbledon, breaking the previous record set by Boris Becker and Ivan Lendl in 1989.

[7] For the first time, a Polish man reached a major semifinal after Jerzy Janowicz defeated compatriot Łukasz Kubot in the quarterfinals.