Records that may never be broken. From Somebody else. Good work. Thanks.
Posted by tennisplanet on December 6, 2008
SOMEBODY ELSE
MEN’s singles:
Ivan Lendl — 9 consecutive Tennis Masters Cup finals
Roy Emerson — 5 consecutive Australian Open titles
Ivan Lendl — 18 consecutive tournaments reaching the final
Don Budge — 6 consecutive grand-slam titles
Roger Federer — 3 career “small slams”
Rod Laver — 2 career calendar slams
Bjorn Borg — 3 consecutive back-to-back FrenchOpen-Wimbledon titles
Roger Federer — 4 consecutive back-to-back Wimbledon-U.S.Open titles
Pete Sampras — 6 consecutive year-end no.1 rankings (open era)
Roger Federer — 24 consecutive finals won
John McEnroe — 82-3 season win-loss record (open era)
Rafael Nadal — 4 consecutive Monte Carlo titles
Roger Federer — 10 consecutive grand-slam finals
Rafael Nadal — 81 consecutive matches won on clay
Roger Federer — 65 consecutive matches won on grass
Ivan Landl — 8 consecutive U.S. Open finals
Bjorn Borg/Roger Federer — 5 consecutive Wimbledon titles (open era)
Roger Federer — 56 consecutive matches won on hardcourts
Guillermo Vilas — 46 consecutive matches won
Roger Federer — 237 consecutive weeks ranked no.1 (all time)
Jimmy Connors — 109 career titles (open era)
Roger Federer — 3 consecutive 11+title seasons
Jaroslav Drobny — won Monte Carlo, Rome, and Hamburg in the same year
Roger Federer — 2 consecutive years reaching all 4 grand-slam finals
Roger Federer — 3 titles won at 3 separate grand-slam events
Roger Federer — 5 consecutive titles won at 2 separate grand-slam events
etc.etc.etc.
BANTI said
OK after seeing this who can sa roger is not the goat?
qp said
what about Roger Federer: win-lose as 92-5 in 2006, which IMO should be more impressive than 82-3. this is not because the ratio but because of the total match difference: 97 vs 85. with the season goes longer, it is just harder to keep on winning.
Mattowpe said
What about this:
Roger Federer — 18 consecutive grand-slam semifinals or better (and counting)
This one’s pretty amazing as well!
Schop said
TP, thanks for posting this fascinating list!
On the other hand you poorly missed to put it in the right order! Huh!
01: Roger Federer — 10 consecutive grand-slam finals
02: Roger Federer — 2 consecutive years reaching all 4 grand-slam finals
03: Roger Federer — 237 consecutive weeks ranked no.1 (all time)
03: Roger Federer — 24 consecutive finals won
04: Roger Federer — 3 career “small slams”
05: Roger Federer — 3 consecutive 11+title seasons
06: Roger Federer — 3 titles won at 3 separate grand-slam events
07: Roger Federer — 4 consecutive back-to-back Wimbledon-U.S.Open titles
08: Roger Federer — 5 consecutive titles won at 2 separate grand-slam events
09: Roger Federer — 56 consecutive matches won on hardcourts
10: Roger Federer — 65 consecutive matches won on grass
11: Roger Federer / Bjorn Borg — 5 consecutive Wimbledon titles (open era)
01: Ivan Landl — 8 consecutive U.S. Open finals
02: Ivan Lendl — 18 consecutive tournaments reaching the final
03: Ivan Lendl — 9 consecutive Tennis Masters Cup finals
01: Bjorn Borg — 3 consecutive back-to-back FrenchOpen-Wimbledon titles
02: Bjorn Borg/Roger Federer — 5 consecutive Wimbledon titles (open era)
01: Rafael Nadal — 4 consecutive Monte Carlo titles
02: Rafael Nadal — 81 consecutive matches won on clay
01: Pete Sampras — 6 consecutive year-end no.1 rankings (open era)
02: Pete Sampras — 14 grand-slams (TP missed this one, GEeEeEeZ!)
01: Don Budge — 6 consecutive grand-slam titles
01: Jimmy Connors — 109 career titles (open era)
01: Jaroslav Drobny — won Monte Carlo, Rome, and Hamburg in the same year
01: Roy Emerson — 5 consecutive Australian Open titles
01: John McEnroe — 82-3 season win-loss record (open era)
01: Rod Laver — 2 career calendar slams
01: Guillermo Vilas — 46 consecutive matches won
Any more questions?
Jenny said
Thanks, Somebody else – interesting.
Claire said
Thanks Schop
boxingary said
Schop, I think here’s another one for your Fed-List:
Isn’t Roger the only player in the Open Era
to win a Slam after having lost in the final
of both of the two immediately-preceding Slams?
[ Not too many players have even been able to win the
very next Slam held after losing ONE Slam final... ]