Only three men have won more matches (Jimmy Connors, Ivan Lendl and Guillermo Vilas).
The victory means Federer is now just one away from Ivan Lendl's all-time record of 19 grand slam final appearances.
He joins Roger Federer, Ivan Lendl and Boris Becker as the only men to accomplish the feat in the Open era.
Berdych becomes the first Czech man to reach the last four of Wimbledon since Ivan Lendl in 1990 and he fully deserves to be there following this historic triumph.
Late last year, Mr. Murray took a surprise step to rev up his game in those crucial moments: He hired Ivan Lendl, long retired and never a coach, as his mentor.
In the bowels of Madison Square Garden Ivan Lendl, once the best tennis player in the world, sits in a small, windowless room that, one imagines, the CIA occasionally borrows for interrogations.
Having also won the Rogers Cup title in 2007, Djokovic became only the third Open era player to win the event at least three times, following in the footsteps of Ivan Lendl and Andre Agassi.
The French Open and Wimbledon champion, looking to join Ivan Lendl and Pete Sampras as the only men to win the season-ending championships five times, powered through the set to win in one hour and 59 minutes.
But not long ago, Murray paired with the former champion Ivan Lendl as a coach, and he has become a more aggressive player, as he was today, jumping on Federer's serve and pushing him around the court.
Both players will now return to Europe for the clay court season where Djokovic will be searching for his first French Open title, while Murray will continue his quest for a first grand slam title under new coach Ivan Lendl.
When Andre Agassi won Wimbledon 20 years ago, he showed that this tournament could be won from the baseline, something that wasn't thought possible when even backcourt sluggers like Ivan Lendl would adopt a serve-and-volley game at the All England Club.
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Much has been made of the impact Ivan Lendl has had on Murray since becoming his coach in December 2011, but Bollettieri suggested Paul Annacone, who began working with Federer in August 2010, also deserves credit for persuading the four-time Laureus World Sportsman of the Year to adopt a more aggressive approach.
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