List of the longest winning streaks in men's tennis

With 46 matches in a row, Guillermo Vilas achieved the longest winning streak in men's tennis to date

The list of the longest winning streaks in men's tennis contains all tennis players who managed to win 25 or more matches in a row during the Open Era .

According to the official counting method, the ATP victories in the main field of the ATP World Tour and its predecessor series, the Grand Slam tournaments, the Olympic Games and the Davis Cup are taken into account .

The longest winning streaks on the individual rubbers and the longest winning streaks at the beginning of a calendar year can be found in further tables.

The record for the longest winning streak is held by the Argentine Guillermo Vilas , who remained unbeaten in 46 consecutive matches between July 11, 1977 and October 1, 1977. Among the active players, the Serbian Novak dieoković has the longest winning streak. Between December 3, 2010 and June 3, 2011 he achieved 43 victories in a row.

Victory streaks on all surfaces

Player: name of the player; The number in brackets indicates the number of players named in the list several times in such a series.
from: month and year in which the respective series began.
to: month and year in which the respective series ended.
Victories: Number of consecutive matches won during the respective series; The position in the table is also based on this value.

Note: Current series are shown in bold .
The list is sortable; by clicking on a column header it is sorted according to this column; clicking twice reverses the sorting.

	player	from	to	Victories
01.	Argentina Guillermo Vilas (1)	July 1977	Oct 1977	46
02.	Czechoslovakia Ivan Lendl (1)	Sep 1981	Feb 1982	44
03.	Serbia Novak Đoković (1)	Dec 2010	June 2011	43
04th	United States John McEnroe (1)	Jan. 1984	June 1984	42
05.	Sweden Bjorn Borg (1)	Oct 1979	May 1980	41
05.	Switzerland Roger Federer (1)	Aug 2006	March 2007	41
07th	SwedenBjorn Borg (2)	May 1978	Aug 1978	35
07th	SwitzerlandRoger Federer (2)	June 2005	Nov 2005	35
07th	Austria Thomas Muster	Apr 1995	June 1995	35
10.	Spain Rafael Nadal (1)	May 2008	Aug 2008	32
11.	SwedenBjorn Borg (3)	May 1979	Aug 1979	31
11.	CzechoslovakiaIvan Lendl (2)	Aug 1985	Nov 1985	31
13.	United States Jimmy Connors (1)	July 1978	Oct 1978	30th
14th	SwedenBjorn Borg (4)	Oct 1977	Nov 1977	29
14th	CzechoslovakiaIvan Lendl (3)	Jan. 1986	March 1986	29
14th	United States Pete Sampras	Feb 1994	May 1994	29
17th	Argentina José Luis Clerc	July 1981	Sep 1981	28
17th	United StatesJimmy Connors (2)	Feb 1974	Apr. 1974	28
17th	SerbiaNovak Đoković (2)	Sep 2013	Jan. 2014	28
17th	SerbiaNovak Đoković (3)	March 2015	June 2015	28
21st	United States Andre Agassi	July 1995	Aug 1995	26th
21st	SwitzerlandRoger Federer (3)	Aug 2004	Jan. 2005	26th
21st	CzechoslovakiaIvan Lendl (4)	Feb 1982	Apr. 1982	26th
21st	United StatesJohn McEnroe (2)	Sep 1982	Jan. 1983	26th
21st	SpainRafael Nadal (2)	Apr. 2006	June 2006	26th
21st	ArgentinaGuillermo Vilas (2)	Oct 1977	Jan. 1978	26th
27.	United States Jim Courier	Apr 1992	June 1992	25th
27.	SwitzerlandRoger Federer (4)	Feb. 2005	Apr. 2005	25th
27.	Romania 1965 Ilie Năstase	Apr 1973	May 1973	25th

As of June 7, 2015

Victory series on hard court

Legend see above .

	player	from	to	Victories
01.	Switzerland Roger Federer (1)	Jan. 2005	Feb 2006	56
02.	SwitzerlandRoger Federer (2)	Aug 2006	March 2007	36
03.	Serbia Novak Đoković (1)	Dec 2010	Aug 2011	35
04th	United States Pete Sampras (1)	Jan. 1994	July 1994	34
04th	United StatesPete Sampras (2)	Aug 1996	March 1997	34
06th	Czechoslovakia Ivan Lendl	Aug 1985	Aug 1986	31
07th	United States John McEnroe	Aug 1984	Sep 1985	29
08th.	SwitzerlandRoger Federer (3)	Aug 2004	Jan. 2005	27
09.	United States Andre Agassi	July 1995	Sep 1995	26th
09.	SerbiaNovak Đoković (2)	Oct. 2013	Jan. 2014	26th
09.	Spain Rafael Nadal	March 2013	Oct. 2013	26th

As of January 21, 2014

Victory streaks on sand

Legend see above .

	player	from	to	Victories
01.	Spain Rafael Nadal (1)	Apr. 2005	May 2007	81
02.	Argentina Guillermo Vilas	May 1977	Sep 1977	53
03.	Sweden Bjorn Borg (1)	Oct 1977	May 1979	46
04th	Austria Thomas Muster (1)	Feb 1995	June 1995	40
05.	AustriaThomas Muster (2)	Aug 1995	Apr 1996	38
05.	Romania 1965 Ilie Năstase (1)	May 1973	Oct 1973	38
07th	SpainRafael Nadal (2)	Dec 2009	May 2011	37
08th.	SwedenBjorn Borg (2)	May 1979	May 1980	34
09.	SpainRafael Nadal (3)	May 2008	May 2009	33
10.	Argentina Guillermo Coria	July 2003	May 2004	31
10.	Sweden Mats Wilander	Sep 1982	May 1983	31
12.	SpainRafael Nadal (4)	Apr. 2013	Apr. 2014	30th
13.	SwedenBjorn Borg (3)	May 1974	Oct 1974	28
14th	Romania 1965Ilie Năstase (2)	Apr 1973	May 1973	25th

As of April 18, 2014

Victory streaks on grass

Legend see above .

	player	from	to	Victories
01.	Switzerland Roger Federer	June 2003	July 2008	65
02.	Sweden Bjorn Borg	June 1976	June 1981	41

As of May 13, 2011

Victory series on carpet

Legend see above .

	player	from	to	Victories
01.	United States John McEnroe	Sep 1983	Apr 1985	66
02.	Czechoslovakia Ivan Lendl	Jan. 1982	Feb. 1983	49
03.	United States Arthur Ashe	Feb 1975	Nov 1975	32

As of May 13, 2011

Victory series in the hall

Legend see above .

	player	from	to	Victories
01.	Czechoslovakia Ivan Lendl	Oct 1981	Feb. 1983	66
02.	United States John McEnroe	Sep 1983	Dec 1984	53
03.	Serbia Novak Đoković	Nov. 2012	Nov 2015	38
04th	United States Arthur Ashe	Feb 1975	Nov 1975	33
	Switzerland Roger Federer			26th

As of November 17, 2015

Victory series on indoor hard courts

Legend see above .

	player	from	to	Victories
01.	Serbia Novak Đoković	Nov. 2012	Nov 2015	35
02.	Switzerland Roger Federer (1)	Apr. 2004	Oct 2007	33
03.	Czechoslovakia Ivan Lendl	Oct 1980	Oct 1983	30th
03.	SwitzerlandRoger Federer (2)	Nov 2010	Oct. 2012	30th

As of November 17, 2015

Victory streaks from the beginning of the calendar year

Legend see above .

	player	from	to	Victories
01.	United States John McEnroe	Jan. 1984	June 1984	42
02.	Serbia Novak Đoković	Jan. 2011	June 2011	41
03.	Sweden Bjorn Borg	Jan. 1980	May 1980	33
04th	Czechoslovakia Ivan Lendl	Jan. 1986	March 1986	29

As of June 3, 2011

Remarks

↑ The ATP officially lists Borg's winning streak in 1979/80 as 41. However, a comparison with the overview of the tournaments he played in 1979 and 1980 shows a series of 52 unbeaten games between September 1979 and May 1980. Within this period there is a walkover defeat, which is not recorded as a defeat in the player statistics. However, if you see a winning streak as ended with a walkover defeat, the overview shows a series of 43 matches. The number of 41 matches can be obtained by comparing it with the overview of the ITF here . Differences arise in the Davis Cup games against Romania (according to ATP in September 1979 and thus one day before the game against Czechoslovakia, which seems unlikely; according to ITF in July 1979) and Germany (according to ATP in March 1980 ; according to ITF in June 1980). If you follow the data from the ITF, which is the organizer of the Davis Cup, you get the figure of 41 given by the ATP. If you didn't see the winning streak through walkover defeats as ended, you would come up with the ITF overview 48 wins.
↑ The ATP officially lists Borg's winning streak in 1978 as 35. A comparison with the overview of the tournaments played by him , however, shows a series of 43 unbeaten games between March and August of that year. There are two walkover defeats within this period , but these are not recorded as defeats in the player statistics. However, if you consider a winning streak to be over with a walkover defeat, the overview shows a series of 31 matches. However, the ATP overview does not include the Davis Cup games in 1978. Including these (available at the ITF here ), you have 49 wins or 35 wins.
↑ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f These winning streaks are not listed in the ATP World Tour Guide 2012 (p. 194). In part, this is due to the fact that only winning streaks from 1975 onwards are taken into account and the streak in question was achieved earlier.
↑ According to the ITF overview , this winning streak comprised 31 wins. According to the ATP overview , only 29 victories can be proven. As above, the difference results from the differing specification of the date of the Davis Cup game against Romania.
↑ Source: CBS Sports / STATS LLC / AP and ITF . According to the ATP overview, there are 27 (including a walkover defeat to 28) wins. This depends on the order in which the matches were played in the group stage of the Masters , which cannot be clearly determined from the available sources. The information that has been assigned twice is therefore followed, especially since the ATP sequence appears alphabetically.
↑ If a winning streak is not seen as ended by a walkover defeat, this streak increases to 30 matches; the start is already in March 2012.
↑ Source: ITF overview . According to the ATP overview , the Davis Cup results that were not taken into account lead to a lower number
↑ Source: ITF overview . The ATP overview provides a different result due to the pre-dating of the Davis Cup game against Germany in 1980 from June to March
↑ Source: ITF overview . According to the ATP overview , the Davis Cup results that were not taken into account lead to a lower number
↑ According to other sources, this series extends to 75 victories. The indoor tournaments in Sydney 1983 and Stockholm 1984 are considered with 5 wins each. According to ATP overviews in 1983 and 1984 , however, these tournaments were played on hard courts.
↑ According to other sources, this series extends to 66 victories. The indoor tournaments in Cologne , Vienna and Basel in 1981, each with 5 wins and two wins from the Davis Cup game against Germany in 1982, are taken into account. The start of the series would be in October 1981. According to ATP overviews in 1981 and 1982 , however, these tournaments were played on hard courts.
↑ Source: ATP player profile. According to the ITF player profile, there are 33 victories in a row, since the indoor tournament in Paris was played on carpet according to information there; according to ATP, it was played on hard courts.
↑ Source: ATP player profile. According to another source , this series comprised only 37 victories without further details.
↑ Source: ATP player profile. According to another source , this series comprised 59 matches.
↑ According to the ATP , Federer has a winning streak of 26 matches in the hall. On the basis of the ATP player profile, however, only series of 23 (September 2006 to October 2007), 22 (April 2004 to November 2005) and 16 matches (November 2010 to February 2012) can be documented.
↑ At the ATP, after the tournament victory in Rotterdam, there is only talk of 24 wins . It only refers to the five tournaments won during this period (ATP World Tour Finals 2010, Basel 2011, Paris Masters 2011 and ATP World Tour Finals 2011 with 5 wins each, Rotterdam 2012 with 4 wins). The 26th victory comes from Switzerland's Davis Cup game (hosted by ITF) against Portugal in July 2011 (see here ), victories 27–30 from the Basel 2012 tournament.

Web links

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[Borg1-1] The ATP officially lists Borg's winning streak in 1979/80 as 41. However, a comparison with the overview of the tournaments he played in 1979 and 1980 shows a series of 52 unbeaten games between September 1979 and May 1980. Within this period there is a walkover defeat, which is not recorded as a defeat in the player statistics. However, if you see a winning streak as ended with a walkover defeat, the overview shows a series of 43 matches. The number of 41 matches can be obtained by comparing it with the overview of the ITF here . Differences arise in the Davis Cup games against Romania (according to ATP in September 1979 and thus one day before the game against Czechoslovakia, which seems unlikely; according to ITF in July 1979) and Germany (according to ATP in March 1980 ; according to ITF in June 1980). If you follow the data from the ITF, which is the organizer of the Davis Cup, you get the figure of 41 given by the ATP. If you didn't see the winning streak through walkover defeats as ended, you would come up with the ITF overview 48 wins.

[2] The ATP officially lists Borg's winning streak in 1978 as 35. A comparison with the overview of the tournaments played by him , however, shows a series of 43 unbeaten games between March and August of that year. There are two walkover defeats within this period , but these are not recorded as defeats in the player statistics. However, if you consider a winning streak to be over with a walkover defeat, the overview shows a series of 31 matches. However, the ATP overview does not include the Davis Cup games in 1978. Including these (available at the ITF here ), you have 49 wins or 35 wins.

[ATP-3] ↑ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f These winning streaks are not listed in the ATP World Tour Guide 2012 (p. 194). In part, this is due to the fact that only winning streaks from 1975 onwards are taken into account and the streak in question was achieved earlier.

[4] According to the ITF overview , this winning streak comprised 31 wins. According to the ATP overview , only 29 victories can be proven. As above, the difference results from the differing specification of the date of the Davis Cup game against Romania.

[5] Source: CBS Sports / STATS LLC / AP and ITF . According to the ATP overview, there are 27 (including a walkover defeat to 28) wins. This depends on the order in which the matches were played in the group stage of the Masters , which cannot be clearly determined from the available sources. The information that has been assigned twice is therefore followed, especially since the ATP sequence appears alphabetically.

[6] If a winning streak is not seen as ended by a walkover defeat, this streak increases to 30 matches; the start is already in March 2012.

[7] Source: ITF overview . According to the ATP overview , the Davis Cup results that were not taken into account lead to a lower number

[8] Source: ITF overview . The ATP overview provides a different result due to the pre-dating of the Davis Cup game against Germany in 1980 from June to March

[9] Source: ITF overview . According to the ATP overview , the Davis Cup results that were not taken into account lead to a lower number

[10] According to other sources, this series extends to 75 victories. The indoor tournaments in Sydney 1983 and Stockholm 1984 are considered with 5 wins each. According to ATP overviews in 1983 and 1984 , however, these tournaments were played on hard courts.

[11] According to other sources, this series extends to 66 victories. The indoor tournaments in Cologne , Vienna and Basel in 1981, each with 5 wins and two wins from the Davis Cup game against Germany in 1982, are taken into account. The start of the series would be in October 1981. According to ATP overviews in 1981 and 1982 , however, these tournaments were played on hard courts.

[12] Source: ATP player profile. According to the ITF player profile, there are 33 victories in a row, since the indoor tournament in Paris was played on carpet according to information there; according to ATP, it was played on hard courts.

[13] Source: ATP player profile. According to another source , this series comprised only 37 victories without further details.

[14] Source: ATP player profile. According to another source , this series comprised 59 matches.

[15] According to the ATP , Federer has a winning streak of 26 matches in the hall. On the basis of the ATP player profile, however, only series of 23 (September 2006 to October 2007), 22 (April 2004 to November 2005) and 16 matches (November 2010 to February 2012) can be documented.

[16] At the ATP, after the tournament victory in Rotterdam, there is only talk of 24 wins . It only refers to the five tournaments won during this period (ATP World Tour Finals 2010, Basel 2011, Paris Masters 2011 and ATP World Tour Finals 2011 with 5 wins each, Rotterdam 2012 with 4 wins). The 26th victory comes from Switzerland's Davis Cup game (hosted by ITF) against Portugal in July 2011 (see here ), victories 27–30 from the Basel 2012 tournament.