Roger Federer’s Record-Breaking Grand Slam Win Streak
Roger Federer’s Record-Breaking Grand Slam Win Streak: Federer has accomplished a feat that other tennis players have never been able to. He was the only player to win 100 matches at two different Grand Slam events.
We’ll be highlighting one of Roger Federer’s records that may never be broken all week, on the Laver Cup later this week.
He’s the only player to ever win two different major tournaments five years consecutively, a men’s Open Era record of 65 straight wins on grass courts and 24 consecutive final victories. His amazing record is not just successful but year after year, after year, after year… again and again.
After winning at Wimbledon, Federer became the first man in tennis history to record 100 wins in one Grand Slam tournament by winning against Kei Nishikori. A fan reminded me on court when I was signing autographs, and Federer replied, “It’s nice to be owning my moment.”
It was such a big match. I have been coming to Wimbledon all my life. It has given me the accomplishment of winning a lot, even though this is just one. I didn’t really think about it while playing today; not once did I consider it. When I signed for my win, the next thing I knew he said, ‘Congrats on your 100th win!’ Hey, I forgot all about my hundredth win at Wimbledon! Winning a hundred matches here at Wimbledon is an achievement. Who would’ve thought? No one would have ever imagined something like this happening to me.
At the 2020 Australian Open, Roger Federer made history by winning his 100th career match. He came back from 8-4 down to win 10-7 in the fifth set of a third-round match against John Millman.
While the best players may have over 100 career wins at a single event, some of the best include: Martina Navratilova with 120 career wins at Wimbledon, Rafael Nadal with 112 career wins at Roland Garros, Serena Williams with 108 career wins at the US Open, Roger Federer with 105 career wins at Wimbledon and Roger Federer with 102 career wins at the Australian Open.
Serena Williams is closing in on achieving something never before accomplished by Roger Federer – 100 wins at a single Grand Slam. She has already surpassed 100 wins. Serena also has 92 victories and 70 ATP victories. With the US Open, she evolved away from tennis.
Golf Digest recently ran a list of U.S. professional player’s career major-title counts at different Grand Slams and showed that both Novak Djokovic and Rafael Nadal have the best shot at matching or surpassing Roger Federer by winning a couple more slams. Novak Djokovic is currently in the low-to-mid 80s for career wins at all four majors (82 at the Australian Open, 85 at Roland Garros, 86 at Wimbledon, 81 at the US Open), so not many more years like this will do it. Rafael Nadal—who’s already surpassed 100 wins at Roland Garros—currently has 76 at the Australian Open, but he’s a bit further back in terms of his other two Majors (58 at Wimbledon, 67 at the USOpen).
Federer only won 20 Grand Slam titles, but he set a number of records during his illustrious career. The Swiss legend played 102 tournaments at the Australian Open, 105 at Wimbledon, 73 at Roland Garros, 89 at the US Open, and ended his career with over 300-10 at Laver Cup.
He is the only tennis player to win both the French Open and US Open five years in a row each, as well as holding the record for winning 65 matches in a row on grass, in the Open Era.
With a ridiculous streak, Serena Williams won 24 tour-level finals in a row. Winning one tournament final is an incredible achievement- you’re playing someone who has been unstoppable all week with confidence that keeps growing and the tension is at its highest with the international trophy within reach. Imagine winning 24 tournament final matches in a row.
Federer had a two-year span in which he won a Slam, lost in the final of another, and won back the title at Wimbledon one week later. In 2003, Federer was crowned champion in Gstaad, Switzerland, to Jiri Novak, 5-7, 6-3, 6-3, 1-6, 6-3.
Nadal’s streak of final victories in 2005 was the longest in Open Era tour-level finals, where he had a 4 hour and 33 minutes victory against David Nalbandian in Shanghai. The Spaniard still lost the match, but his amazing winning streaks will always be remembered by tennis enthusiasts everywhere.