Tennis is one of the most popular racket sports along with great entertaining elements. There are many players in this sport with their great & longest winning streak records. These records are not only filled with a huge entertainment quotient but also created some magical moments.
1. Guillermo Vilas - 46
This Argentine tennis player is a 35-year-old record holder for his continuous victories in every surface of men’s tennis. Just after being defeated in the third round at Wimbledon, he achieved his longest winning streak in tennis history of 46 matches. At first, he won the Kitzbuhel clay tournament in Austria. Then he tore through the matches of the US circuit. Here he won Washington, DC, Louisville, South Orange, and Columbus. After that, he defeated Jimmy Connors by played on clay for the title at the US Open. In that row, he also won the Davis Cup semifinals in Argentina and another in Paris. Finally, ilie Nastase brought an end to this awesome streak in Aix en Provence.
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2. Ivan Lendl - 44
Between 1981 and 1982 Ivan Lendl made a record of a longest winning streak of 44 matches. In 1981 he won titles in Madrid, Barcelona, Basel, Vienna, Cologne, and Buenos Aires. In the year 1982, he started with a title at the Masters Tournament. Before losing the clay tournament to Yannick Noah at La Quinta he won the match in Delray Beach in 1982.
3. Bjorn Borg - 43
Bjorn Borg defeated Rod Laver, Tony Roche, Cliff Drysdale, and Vitus Gerulaitis in Las Vegas in the beginning. He won titles in Milan and Rome in a row. After that, he grabbed titles in Roland Garros and Wimbledon. Before losing to Jimmy Connors in the US Open Finals he won Basted very smoothly.
The streak also featured two played events that didn’t culminate in titles. In Rotterdam and Dallas, he pulled out of the tournament in between the matches. Hence we can’t include those matches in the list.
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4. Novak Djokovic - 43
This Serbian professional tennis player is a five-time Internazionali BNL d’Italia champion. He has plenty of winning records along with six winning streaks of 20 matches. Novak Djokovic beats Federer’s longest streak by his longest one. His 43 sequent wins are the third longest men’s winning streak. Before him, Guillermo Vilas and Ivan Lendl won 46 and 46 matches in a row respectively.
After losing the 2010 ATP Finals’ semifinal he won two Davis Cup Matches. Afterward, in 2011 he won seven titles back-to-back, including the Australian Open. He also won four Masters 1000 crowns at Rome, Miami, Madrid, and Indian Wells. In the semifinal surprise at the French Open Roger Federer snapped his streak.
5. John McEnroe - 42
In 1983 in the Australian Open Semifinals McEnroe lost the match to Mats Wilander. Within a short span of time, he overcame this walloping when he won the Masters tournament in 1984. Then he won several indoor tournaments in Philadelphia, Richmond, Madrid, Brussels, and Dallas. In between that, he also won a couple of Davis Cups. After that, he proceeded to conquer Forest Hills and the World Team Cup before falling to Ivan Lendl in the French Open Final. His 42 back-to-back wins still stand as an all-time record of the particular calendar year.
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