Novak Djokovic

[Buzzo]

I think the point you are trying to make is this. And Djokovic's winning streak is only 2 games more than Federer managed, not quite the re-writing of the record books you are suggesting. Don't get me wrong I think Novak is a great talent, but not to the fact I will ignore all the phenomenal achievements which have gone before him. In no way is he 'dominating' in an unprecedented way. Not even close. And look who features twice on this list... Federer.

The following table is based on information maintained on the website of the Association of Tennis Professionals.

Longest match winning streaks during the open era (all surfaces)

# Player Matches Year
1 Guillermo Vilas (Argentina) 46 1977
2 Ivan Lendl (Czechoslovakia) 44 1981-82
3 Björn Borg (Sweden) 43 1978
= Novak Djokovic (Serbia) 43 2010-11
5 John McEnroe (U.S.) 42 1984
6 Roger Federer (Switzerland) 41 2006-07
7 Björn Borg (Sweden) 38 1979-80
8 Thomas Muster (Austria) 35 1995
= Roger Federer (Switzerland) 35 2005
10 Rafael Nadal (Spain) 32 2008

[Buzzo]

I hate myself when I have to resort to using facts to make a point.

[Fernandinho]

@Fernandinho.

I've just seen his arrogant swirl when saving *a* match point.

now you just need to check his post match dance.

[Fosterbloke]

Djokovic is great, but to say in anyway he has surpassed the genius of Federer is short sighted in the extreme. Look at Federers career achievements and ask yourself who has achieved more in the sport.

Djokovic is playing fantastically well at present and is having a great year, but as always Arn you are blinded from the facts by the undoubted passion you place behind an individual.

So here is exactly why you are wrong, and I will only use Federers Grand Slam Records

Singles championships

1 Federer has won 16 Grand Slam titles, breaking the previous all-time men's record of 14 by Pete Sampras (American). Federer won 16 majors in a span of 27 majors (2003 Wimbledon - 2010 Australian Open), while Sampras won 14 in 49 majors (1990 US Open - 2002 US Open).

2 Federer is sixth on all time Grand Slam singles list, preceded by Graf (German, 22), Navratilova (American, 18), Evert (American, 18), Court (Australian, 24) and Helen Moody (American, 19) in chronological order.

3 Federer won five consecutive men's titles at Wimbledon from 2003–07, matching a feat achieved only by Björn Borg (Swedish) in the open era. William Renshaw (British) won a men's-record six consecutive Wimbledon titles before the open era; this was during a time where the defending champion received a bye to the final.

4 Federer has won six Wimbledon titles (2003–07, 09), second only to Sampras and Renshaw's seven Wimbledon titles.

5 Federer holds the open-era record for most consecutive US Open titles at five (2004–08).[3][4] Richard Sears (American, 1881-87 US Open) and Bill Tilden (American, 1920-25 US Open) won seven and six consecutive titles respectively before the open era.

6 Federer is the only male player to defend the same Grand Slam 4 consecutive times at two different Grand Slams (2003-07 Wimbledon and 2005-08 US Open).

7 Federer, Jimmy Connors (American) and Sampras have won a men's open-era record five US Open titles. Sears, Bill Larned (American) and Tilden won 7 US Open titles prior to the open era.

8 Federer is the only male player in tennis history to win at least five consecutive titles at two different Grand Slam tournaments (2003–07 Wimbledon, 2004–08 US Open),[5] surpassing the old record of 4 consecutive grand slams at two different majors by Borg (1978-81 FO & 1976-80 Wim).

9 Federer is the only male player in tennis history to win the same two Grand Slam tournaments back to back for four consecutive years (2004–07 Wimbledon and US Open),[2] surpassing the previous record of Borg for 3
consecutive years (1978-80 FO and Wimbledon)

10 Federer's victory at the 2004 US Open marked the first time in the open era that any male had won his first four Grand Slam finals.[6] He eventually won his first seven Grand Slam finals before losing to Nadal in the 2006 French Open final.[7] Federer, Sears and Renshaw are the only male players in tennis history to win their first seven Grand Slam finals.[6]

11 At the 2007 Australian Open, Federer became the fourth man in the open era to win a Grand Slam title without dropping a set. The only players to do this before Federer were Ilie Nastase (Romanian) at the 1973 French Open and Borg at the 1978 and 1980 French Opens (Rafael Nadal subsequently achieved this feat at the 2008 and 2010 French Opens).[2] The only other man to win the Australian Open during the open era without dropping a set was Ken Rosewall (Australian) in 1971.[8]

12 At the 2006 Australian Open, Federer became the first man to win three consecutive Grand Slam titles since Sampras in 1993–94 (Nadal subsequently achieved this feat at the 2010 US Open).[2] Federer repeated this feat at the 2007 Australian Open, making him the only man to achieve this feat twice in the open era.[9]

13 By winning the 2010 Australian Open, Federer became the only male tennis player to win three different Grand Slam tournaments at least four times each (4 Australian Opens, 6 Wimbledons, and 5 US Opens).[10]

14 Federer is the only male player in tennis history to win at least two Grand Slam titles for four consecutive years and five years overall (2004–07 Wim and US Open, 2009 FO and Wim).[2]

15 Federer is the only male player in tennis history to win three Grand Slam tournaments in a calendar year three different times in his career ((2004 AO, Wim and USO), (2006 AO, Wim and USO) and (2007 AO, Wim and USO)).[2] During open era, only Rod Laver (Australian, 1969 AO, FO, Wim and USO), Connors (1974 AO, Wim and USO), Mats Wilander (Swedish, 1988 AO, FO and USO) and Nadal (2010 FO, Wim and USO) have won three or more Grand Slams in a calendar year.

16 Federer (2006 AO, Wim and USO) is the only player to defend successfully all three Grand Slams next year one time in his career (2007 AO, Wim and USO). The remaining three players (Laver, Connors and Wilander) who won 3 or more Grand Slam in a calendar year before Federer failed to defend even one Grand Slam next year in their career. Nadal who won 3 Grand Slams in 2010 (FO, Wim and USO) could only defend one Grand Slam in 2011 (FO).

17 Federer won his first 12 Grand Slam finals outside of the French Open, an all-time men's record. This streak included three titles at the Australian Open (2004, 2006-07), five consecutive titles at Wimbledon (2003-07), and four consecutive wins at the US Open (2004-07).[11] His first loss outside of the French Open came at Wimbledon in 2008 at the hands of Nadal.

18 Federer won his first eight hard court Grand Slam finals (2004, 2006-07 AO and 2004-08 US Open), an all-time men's record. His first loss in a hard court Grand Slam final came at the 2009 Australian Open against Nadal.

19 Only Federer (six Wimbledons and five US Opens), Sampras (seven Wimbledons and five US Opens), and Borg (six French Opens and five Wimbledons) have won two different Grand Slam tournaments at least five times.

20 By winning the 2007 Australian Open, Federer won his sixth Grand Slam title in his last seven attempts, an open era men's record. Federer's best streaks of 7 Grand Slam titles in 9 attempts, 8 in 10 attempts, 11 in 16 attempts, 12 in 18 attempts, 13 in 21 attempts, 14 in 23 attempts, 15 in 25 attempts and 16 in 27 attempts are all all-time men's records.[citation needed]

21 Federer is the only male player in tennis history to win 6 Grand Slam titles in two years (2006–07), 8 in three years (2004–06, 2005–07), 11 in four years (2004–07), 12 in five years (2003–07, 2004–08), 14 in six years (2004–09), 15 in seven years (2003–09) and 16 in eight years (2003–10). 11 Grand Slam titles in four years is an all-time record, men's or women's.[citation needed]

22 Federer has faced twelve different opponents and defeated eleven of them in Grand Slam finals (all except Del Potro), an all-time men's record, (1. Philippoussis, 2. Safin, 3. Roddick, 4. Hewitt, 5. Agassi, 6. Baghdatis, 7. Nadal, 8. Gonzalez, 9. Djokovic, 10. Murray, 11. Söderling). Pete Sampras has also faced twelve different opponents but defeated nine of them in Grand Slam finals (all except Edberg, Safin and Hewitt), (1. Agassi, 2. Courier, 3. Pioline, 4. Martin, 5. Ivansevic, 6. Becker, 7. Chang, 8. Moya, 9. Rafter). Björn Borg has faced and defeated all nine different opponents in Grand Slam finals, (1. Orantes, 2. Vilas, 3. Nastase, 4. Connors, 5. Pecci, 6. Tanner, 7. Gerulaitis, 8. McEnroe, 9. Lendl).

23 Federer is the sixth of seven men to win all four Grand Slam titles during his career, with Fred Perry (British), Don Budge (American), Laver, Emerson, Andre Agassi (American) and Nadal being the others. Federer is the third man to win all four in the open era after Laver and Agassi and the second man to win all four on three different surfaces (hard, clay, and grass) after Agassi.

24 Through the 2010 US Open, Federer's match record in Grand Slam tournaments is 208-30, giving him an 87.4 winning percentage. The only other[citation needed] male players in the open era with winning percentages over 80 are Borg (89.8), Nadal (87.6), Sampras (84.2), Connors (82.6), Ivan Lendl (Czech, 81.9), John McEnroe (American, 81.5), Agassi (80.9) and Boris Becker (German, 80.3).[12]

25 During the open era, only Federer (six Wimbledons), Sampras (seven Wimbledons) and Borg and Nadal (six French Opens each) have won the same Grand Slam tournament at least six times.

26 Federer in 2009 became the fourth male player in the open era to win the French Open and Wimbledon in the same calendar year after Laver (1969), Borg (three times: 1978–80), and Nadal (twice: 2008 and 2010).

27 Federer joined Nadal in 2009 as the only male players to simultaneously hold Grand Slam titles on clay, grass, and hard courts (2008 US Open, 2009 French Open and 2009 Wimbledon). Federer became the first player to do this twice in 2010 (2009 French Open, 2009 Wimbledon and 2010 Australian Open), before Nadal did it in 2010 (2010 French Open, 2010 Wimbledon and 2010 US Open).

28 Only Federer (2006–07 Australian Open, 2003-07 Wimbledon and 2004-08 US Open) and Lendl (1989-90 Australian Open, 1986-87 French Open, 1985-87 US Open) have won three different Grand Slam tournaments at least two consecutive times each.

29 Federer won the longest Grand Slam final in terms of games at 2009 Wimbledon (77 games). Federer also won the longest fifth set played at a Grand Slam final (16-14, 30 games) in 2009.

30 Federer is the only player to win at least one bagel set in three different Grand Slam finals (2004 US Open, 2006 Australian Open and 2006 Wimbledon). Federer is the only player to win two bagel sets in a Grand Slam final (2004 US Open).

31 Federer (2004, 2006–07, 2010) and Agassi (1995, 2000–01, 2003) are the only men players to win record 4 Australian Opens during the open era. Emerson won record 6 Australian Opens before the open era.

32 Federer's 16 Grand Slams in 8 years (2003–10) is an all time men's record. Sampras won 14 Grand Slams in the span of 13 years (1990–2002).

33 Federer (2003–10) now ties with Sampras (1993–2000) and Borg (1974–81) for winning at least one grand slam per year for eight consecutive years.

34 From 2004-2007, Federer won 11 of 12 non clay Grand Slams (except 2005 Australian Open).[13]

35 Federer won 8 consecutive non clay Grand Slams (2005 Wimbledon - 2007 US Open).[13]

36 From 2004-2007, Federer won 7 of 8 hardcourt Grand Slams (except 2005 Australian Open).[13]

37 From 2004 AO - 2010 USO, Federer has won 14 of 21 non-clay Grand Slam tournaments.[13]

38 Roger Federer is the only male player to win the Australian Open on both Rebound Ace and Plexicushion Prestige surfaces.

39 Federer has won 67 championships in his career, the fourth most singles championships won by a tennis player in open era history. In the open era only Connors (109), Lendl (94) and McEnroe (77) have won more titles than Federer in their career.

40 Federer is the only male player in the Open Era to reach the final of all four Grand Slam singles tournaments more than twice, with at least five times each (5 AO, 5 FO, 7 Wim and 6 USO).

41 As of the 2011 French Open, Federer has appeared in an all-time men's record 23 Grand Slam finals, beating the previous record of 19 by Ivan Lendl.[14] Federer reached 23 majors finals in a span of 32 majors (2003 Wimbledon - 2011 French Open), while Lendl reached 19 Grand Slam finals in span of 40 majors (1981 FO - 1991 AO).

42 Federer is the only male player in tennis history to reach the final of all four Grand Slam tournaments in back to back calendar years (2006–07) and only the second in the open era to reach all four finals in a single year after Rod Laver in 1969. In 2009, Federer again appeared in all four Grand Slam finals, becoming the only male player in tennis history to achieve this feat three times in his career (2006–07, 2009).

43 Federer is the seventh male player to reach the finals of all 4 Grand Slams, after Laver, Rosewall, Lendl, Edberg, Courier and Agassi, during the Open Era. Later, Nadal joined this elite men group as a eighth player.

44 Federer reached an all-time men's record ten consecutive Grand Slam finals (2005 Wimbledon - 2007 US Open), breaking the previous men's record of seven set by Jack Crawford in 1934 and won eight of them (except 2006 & 07 FO).[15][16] The previous open era record was four, shared by Laver (1969) and Agassi (2000). During this streak, Federer was never runner up in two consecutive Grand Slams finals.

45 At the 2008 French Open, Federer began another streak of eight consecutive Grand Slam finals (2008 French Open - 2010 Australian Open).

46 Federer is the only male player to appear in eight consecutive Grand Slam finals twice in his career (2005 Wimbledon - 2007 U.S. Open and 2008 French Open - 2010 Australian Open).

47 Federer is the only male player in tennis history to reach at least three Grand Slam finals for four consecutive calendar years and five overall (2004, 2006–09).[2]

48 Federer has reached an all-time record 18 finals out of 19 Grand Slam tournaments (2005 Wimbledon - 2010 Australian Open, excluding the 2008 Australian Open).[17] and won twelve of these.

49 Federer (2003–09) is the only man in tennis history to play in seven consecutive Wimbledon finals. During Open era, only Sampras (1993–95, 1997–2000), Becker (1985–86, 1988–90, 1991, 1995) and Federer have reached 7 Wimbledon finals.

50 Federer is the second male player to reach seven consecutive finals at the same Grand Slam tournament (2003–09 Wimbledon), after Lendl who appeared in a record eight consecutive US Open finals (1982–89).

51 Only Federer (7 Wim & 6 USO finals), Borg (6 FO & 6 Wim finals) and Sampras (7 Wim & 8 USO finals) have appeared in 6 or more finals of two different Grand Slams.

52 Federer (2004–09, 6 years) has appeared in six consecutive US Open men's finals, second only to Lendl eight consecutive US Open Finals (1982–89, 8 years).

53 Federer is the only male player to reach at least six consecutive finals at two different Grand Slam tournaments (2003–09 Wimbledon, 2004–09 US Open).[2]

54 During the open era, only Federer (2006–09), Rafael Nadal (2005–08), Lendl (1984–87), and Borg (1978–81) have reached four consecutive French Open men's finals. Federer is the only male player in the open era to be the French Open runner-up for three consecutive years (2006–08), and also the only male player in the open era to be the French Open runner-up four times in total.

55 Federer (2006–09 French Open, 2003–09 Wimbledon, 2004–09 US Open) is the only male player in tennis history to reach at least four consecutive finals at three different Grand Slam tournaments.

56 Federer, Lendl, Laver, Roy Emerson, and Fred Perry are the only male players in history to reach back to back finals of all four Grand Slam tournaments.

57 Federer (2006–09) and Borg (1978–81) are the only male players to reach the finals of the French Open and Wimbledon back to back for four consecutive years.

58 Federer is the first male player to appear in the French Open, Wimbledon, and US Open finals in a calendar year for four consecutive years (2006–09). Borg also reached the French Open, Wimbledon, and US Open finals in a calendar year but only for three years (1978, 1980–81).

59 Federer is the first male player to appear in three consecutive Grand Slam Finals (French Open, Wimbledon, and US Open) in a calendar year for four consecutive years (2006–09).

60 Federer is the first male player to appear in Australian Open, Wimbledon and US Open finals in a calendar year four times in his career (2004, 2006–07, 2009).

61 Federer is the first male player to appear in back to back Wimbledon and US Open finals in a calendar year for six consecutive years (2004–09).

62 Federer is the first male player to appear in two or more Grand Slam finals in a calendar year for six consecutive years (2004–09).[citation needed]

63 In appearing in two consecutive Australian Open finals, four consecutive French Open finals, seven consecutive Wimbledon finals, six consecutive US Open finals, except for French Open, Federer never lost two consecutive finals at the same Grand Slam.

64 In 23 Grand Slam final appearances, Federer has lost only to Nadal (six times) and Juan Martín del Potro (once).

65 In 2008, Federer played the longest Wimbledon final in terms of time (4 hours and 48 minutes).

66 2008 is the only year in which Federer lost two consecutive Grand Slam Finals (French Open and Wimbledon).

67 Federer, Lendl and Ken Rosewall are the only male players to be runner up at all four Grand Slams.

68 Federer is the only male player to be champion (2004 AO, 2009 FO, 2003 Wim, 2004 USO) and runner up (2009 AO, 2006 FO, 2008 Wim, 2009 USO) at all four Grand Slams.

69 From 2003-2010, 2008 (FO & Wim) and 2009 (AO & USO) are the only years in which Federer was runner up in two Grand Slams.

70 Federer has faced opponents from 10 different countries in Grand Slam Finals. (1. Australia (Philippoussis and Hewitt), 2. Russia (Safin), 3. USA (Agassi & Roddick), 4. Cyprus (Baghdatis), 5. Spain (Nadal), 6. Chile (Gonzalez), 7. Serbia (Djokovic), 8. Britain (Murray), 9. Sweden (Söderling), 10. Argentina (Del Potro)).

71 Federer has lost only one Australian Open final(2009) out of 5 final appearances (2004, 2006-7, 2009–10), one Wimbledon final (2008) out of 7 final appearances (2003–09) and one US Open final (2009) out of 6 final appearances (2004–09).

72 Federer is the first male player to appear in a record 5 AO finals (2004, 2006–07, 2009–10) during the open era.

73 Federer has appeared in at least one Grand Slam final for 9 consecutive years (2003-11), behind only Sampras's (1992–2002) and Lendl's (1981–91) record of 11 consecutive years.

74 Federer has reached 29 Grand Slam semifinals (2003 Wim - 2011 USO), which is second all-time. Jimmy Connors (1974 Wim - 1991 USO) holds the all-time men's record of 31 Grand Slam semifinals. The only other players to appear in more than 20 Grand Slam semifinals are Lendl (28, 1981 FO - 1991 USO), Agassi (26, 1988 FO - 2005 USO) and Sampras (23, 1990 USO - 2002 USO).

75 Federer reached 23 consecutive Grand Slam semifinals, (2004 Wimbledon - 2010 Australian Open) breaking the previous men's record of 10 consecutive Grand Slam semifinals shared by Rod Laver and Ivan Lendl.[19] During this streak he lost to only four different players in the majors: Juan Martín del Potro, Rafael Nadal, Novak Djokovic and Marat Safin,:all top 10 players at the time they defeated Federer[20] and all went on to win the competition in which they beat him. Robin Söderling brought the run to an end in the quarterfinals of the 2010 French Open[21]

76 Federer has reached seven consecutive Wimbledon semifinals (2003–09), which is an all-time men's record.

77 Federer has reached eight consecutive US Open semifinals (2004–11), tied for second with Lendl (1982–89), and trailing only Connors' twelve consecutive (1974–1985) US Open semifinals.

78 Federer is the first player to reach at least seven consecutive semifinals in three Grand Slams events (2004–11 AO, 2003-09 Wimbledon and 2004-11 US Open).

79 Federer is the only male player in the open era to reach five consecutive French Open semifinals (2005–09). In the history of tennis, René Lacoste (1925–29), Henri Cochet (1926–30), and Eric Sturgess (1947–52) are the only male players to have done this, with Sturgess holding the all-time record of six.[22]

80 Federer has reached eight consecutive Australian Open semifinals (2004–11), which is an open era men's record, two more than Lendl (1985–91, 1986 AO was not held due to change in month from Dec to Jan).

81 Federer is the only male player in tennis history to reach six semifinals at all four Grand Slam tournaments.

82 Federer is the only male player in tennis history to reach at least five consecutive semifinals at all four Grand Slam tournaments.

83 Federer went 450-75 (.857) in sets during his 23 consecutive Grand Slam semis streak.[23]

84 Federer played 16 consecutive hardcourt Grand Slam semifinals, from the 2004 Australian Open to the 2011 US Open.

Nice

[Norbs]

Have everyone really missed that I meant that Djokovic dominates at the moment more than Federer or Nadal ever did?

If you're nailing the point home on this fact alone then that's good because it clarifies the exact point with which you are wrong. You're wrong, close thread

[Pablo]

**** thread

It's no match for my Matteo Manassero one

[Darth Marty]

Another Arn classic

[Shaggy]

Can't wait for the final tonight.

[Harv]

Arn in bogus sweeping statement shock!!



Chokeabitch isn't near Feds class Arn you plum.

[Gaz]

What's going on with this crazy **** from the Womens Final

[ame="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PNMSMq9VxV8"]Serena Williams outburst @ US OPEN final 2011 - YouTube[/ame]

[Buzzo]

Can't wait for the final tonight.

Should be a classic. I fancy Nadal to win in 5 tonight. Thought he looked back to his powerful best against Murray.

I also think I want Nadal to win just to further prove Arn wrong though

[Chris]

Hopefully its competitive though it's hard to make a case for that on this years form.

[Neil Young]

What's going on with this crazy **** from the Womens Final

Serena Williams outburst @ US OPEN final 2011 - YouTube

Don't look at me. Don't look my way.

She sounds like Nigel Tufnel.

I think the umpire was quite right. I wish they would invoke the same rule when players grunt too as it masks the sound of the racket on the ball and therefore deprives the opponent of some information about the shot coming their way.

[Buzzo]

She sounds like Nigel Tufnel.

I think the umpire was quite right. I wish they would invoke the same rule when players grunt too as it masks the sound of the racket on the ball and therefore deprives the opponent of some information about the shot coming their way.

Williams is unbelievable.

"You are out of control. That is totally uncool.... You're a hater and you are totally unattractive................... on the inside..... we are in America "

We are in Amerrica..??????? Give me a break

[Norbs]

She sounds like Nigel Tufnel.

I think the umpire was quite right. I wish they would invoke the same rule when players grunt too as it masks the sound of the racket on the ball and therefore deprives the opponent of some information about the shot coming their way.

McEnroe confirmed that the decision was correct, Williams should be forced to apologise but methinks she will on reflection anyway