With 26 bids over an 18-day period, Federer’s racquet became the fifth item to sell for six figures, and tied Rafael Nadal’s Roland Garros-winning racquet sale.
A piece of Roger Federer’s legacy went home with a lucky bidder who had more than $100,000 to spare after an 18-day bidding period on TheTennisAuction.com offered one of his Wimbledon-winning racquets up for grabs.
The recently-sold Federer memento is the exact racquet he used during his second Wimbledon-winning run in 2004, the first time in his career that he defended a major title. In the final, he defeated American Andy Roddick in four sets—sealing the match with an ace, in Federer fashion.
Signed for Anna Wintour and her daughter, the neck of the keepsake reads, “To Anna + Bee, Roger Federer.”
The bidding started at $10,000, and the racquet sold for $118,206 by the end of the bidding period, typing Rafael Nadal’s 2007 Roland Garros-winning racquet, used to beat the Swiss in a four-set final.
Two of Nadal’s sticks, in fact, have sold for six figures, with his 2022 Australian Open racquet once netting a record at $139,700.
Tennis racquets from Novak Djokovic and Billie Jean King have also broken $100,000 at auction. The Serb’s 2016 Roland Garros racquet sold for $107,482 and King’s 1973 Battle of the Sexes racquet went for $125,000
Also sold in this bidding period was a signed shirt from Federer’s 2020 match in Africa with Nadal, Nadal’s French Open “Mario” match-worn shoes, and the racquet Nadal used at the 2023 ATP Cup.
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