At 35 years and 342 days, Roger Federer becomes the oldest men's singles champion at Wimbledon in the open era.
Not since Bjorn Borg in 1976 has a men's champion come through all seven rounds of the singles without dropping a set. Federer matched that feat on Sunday.
The Swiss was challenged early on by Cilic but once he broke the Croatian in the fifth game of the opening set the match became a no-contest.
The no.3 seed quickly wrapped up the first set before breaking Cilic to lead 3-0 in the second and reduce his opponent to tears.
An unrelenting Federer broke again in the seventh game of the third set and served at 5-4 to regain the title.
He missed a first match point when a forehand went wide but sealed a record-breaking eighth SW19 title with his eighth ace of the match and just 101 minutes on the clock.
Scroll through the gallery above to relive Federer's historic route to Wimbledon glory...
