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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.

7 Responses to “Records that may never be broken. From Somebody else. Good work. Thanks.”

  1. BANTI said

    OK after seeing this who can sa roger is not the goat?

  2. 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.

  3. Mattowpe said

    What about this:

    Roger Federer — 18 consecutive grand-slam semifinals or better (and counting)

    This one’s pretty amazing as well!

  4. 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?

  5. Jenny said

    Thanks, Somebody else – interesting.

  6. Claire said

    Thanks Schop :)

  7. 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... ]

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