 He got his first top-10 win when he defeated seven-time winner and defending champion Roger Federer at Wimbledon in four sets in the second round, 6–7 (5), 7–6 (5), 7–5, 7–6 (5) to give Federer his earliest Grand Slam defeat since the 2003 French Open.This ended Federer's run of 36 consecutive Grand Slams where he had reached at least the quarterfinals.Stakhovsky was ranked 116 at the time, and Federer was ranked 3.