Roger Taylor
El Shafei defeated Bjorn Borg in the 3rd round at Wimbledon in 1974.
Bjorn Borg.He beat Jimmy Connors in the final.
McEnroe defeated Bjorn Borg in 1981 for his first Wimbledon singles title.
Bjorn Borg defeated Ilie Nastase in the 1976 Wimbledon championship. To get to that final match he also beat (in order) David Lloyd, Marty Riessen, Colin Dibley, Brian Gottfried, Guillermo Vilas and Roscoe Tanner.
1980 - Bjorn Borg 1981 - John McEnroe 1982 - Jimmy Connors 1983 - John McEnroe 1984 - John McEnroe 1985 - Boris Becker 1986 - Boris Becker 1987 - Pat Cash 1988 - Stefan Edberg 1989 - Boris Becker
Roger Taylor beat Rod Laver in the fourth round at Wimbledon in 1970.
Nadal beat Federer in 2008.
As of May 2011, Fred Perry is the last British male to win the Wimbledon Singles Championship, his last of three Wimbledon crowns was in 1936, when he beat the German ace, Gottfried von Cramm 6-1,6-1,6-0.
John mcenroe
Rafael Nadal beat Tomas Berdych in the final of Wimbledon 2010.
llie nastase
If by '2008 men's single' you mean Wimbledon, then Rafael Nadal. Nadal also beat Federer in the French Open.