Tennis Records That Will Likely Never Be Broken

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TMF

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Roger Federer:
56 consecutive hardcourt wins
24 straight final won
24 consecutive victories vs. top ten players
237 consecutive weeks at #1

Rafael Nadal:
81 consecutive clay court wins
9 French Open Titles

Pete Sampras:
6 consecutive years #1

Rod Laver:
1 Calendar Year Grand Slam

Ivan Lendl:
5 seasons with at least 90 win-loss percentage
8 consecutive US Open finals

Novak Djokovic:
5 Australian Open Titles

Bjorn Borg:
3 consecutive Channel Slams


This is just a quick start. I'm sure there's more incredible records to be added.
 
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smoledman

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Roger Federer:
56 consecutive hardcourt wins
24 straight final won
24 consecutive victories vs. top ten players
237 consecutive weeks at #1

add:
23 consecutive GS semifinals
10 consecutive GS finals
3 3-slam seasons
 
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TMF

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jm1980 said:
The only record that will never be broken is Laver's CYGS. This one can only be equaled; all the others can be broken.
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If a future player wins 2 CYGS will break Laver's record. Of course that's likely never happened.
 
Doctor/Lawyer Red Devil

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Federer:
302 weeks as the world number 1
14 appearances at WTF (consecutive too)
Nadal:
Winning a Grand Slam event in all of your first 4 attempts
8 Monte Carlo titles (consecutive too)
Djokovic:
Masters sextuple
31 top 10 wins in one season
15 consecutive final appearances in one season
 
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Nachiket Nolefam

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Fed has 2 longest final streaks. 10 and 8. Stopped by Novak in 2008. Otherwise, he would be in 19 straight slam finals. Meaning for 5 years, no slam was there that didn't feature him.
 
Roddick85

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Records are meant to be broken. No one thought a player would touch Sampras's 14 slams yet 7 years later it was beaten.
I wouldn't be surprised to see Djokovic break 302 weeks as #1 because he's so consistent year after year.
Out of the current players, Djokovic is the one most likely to break a lot of Federer's record in terms of QF/SF top 10 wins etc... but I strongly doubt he will surpass 17 slams.
The only record that I really can't see anyone touching is Nadal's 9 FO.
 
mike danny

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Federer:

10 consecutive GS finals.
5 consecutive titles at 2 different majors
5 consecutive titles at a HC slams.

Djokovic:

31 wins against top 10 players.
6 masters in season
4 conseutive WTF titles

Nadal:

9 RG titles
8 conseuctive titles at a masters.
81 match winning streak on clay
 
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Nachiket Nolefam

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Those 9 RG, not happening again, maybe even 10 is possible.
 
ollinger

ollinger

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If recent history has taught us anything, it is that most of the records cited at the top of this thread are very breakable. Other than Cy Young's 511 wins as a baseball pitcher (the way pitchers are used now -- they sometimes pitched two complete games in one day in Cy Young's day -- makes approaching this record unimaginable), there are very few sports records that can't be eclipsed.
 
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mattosgrant

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5 Australian Opens will likely be broken by Djokovic himself as he extends that mark. In the event he were to stay at 5, that mark will definitely fall at some point. He would have to move it to around 7 to make it really hard to take down (and even then it probably will at some point). Never is a long time.

Laver has 2 Calendar Year Grand Slams which will be hard to ever match I agree. You will definitely see someone else win a Grand Slam in the Open Era if that is what you are referring to. There is no doubt it happens at some point even if Fed, Nadal, and Djokovic all end their careers never doing it (Djokovic still could but would have to be this coming year or next if he is ever going to).

6 consecutive Year End #1s will also for sure happen again someday, if not more. Djokovic probably would be on his way to doing it if he played just a few points better in the French and U.S Open finals. Given that he is ITF Champion of 2013 you could argue he has already done it if he is #1 again in 2016 anyway.
 
BrooklynNY

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Another way to look at Sampras 6 consecutive year ends is just Year End #1 finishes, which is also Sampras at 6.

This can almost be broken into 2 stats, similar to the way Weeks @ #1 is. Year End Finishes, and then Consecutive Year End #1 finishes

While I don't think Nole is going to take out 6 consecutive YE#1, he can certainly take the Total YE#1 record, I think he is at 4 currently? 4/5 in the last 5 yrs, only missing out to Nadal's unreal 2013.

I think Nole can put in 7 YE#1s
 
Backspin1183

Backspin1183

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I can see Federer's 24 consecutive victories vs top 10 getting broken in next few years. It isn't the toughest thing to do for a very dominant player.
Federer's Slam winning rate between 2004-2007 was mightily impressive. Will be very very to equal, let alone break that record.
 
metsman

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smoledman said:
Roger Federer:
56 consecutive hardcourt wins
24 straight final won
24 consecutive victories vs. top ten players
237 consecutive weeks at #1

add:
23 consecutive GS semifinals
10 consecutive GS finals
3 3-slam seasons
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10 straight and 18/19 GS final takes the cake
 
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Laurie

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Becker winning Wimbledon age 17 and then defending the title age 18, we surely won't see a 17 year old winning Wimbledon, he had the body of a man at the age of 17.

I've mentioned this somewhere before but I really like Sampras' record of night matches won at the US Open in his career. I think it ended 24 or 25 wins with no losses.
 
CYGS

CYGS

Legend
TMF said:
Roger Federer:
56 consecutive hardcourt wins
24 straight final won
24 consecutive victories vs. top ten players
237 consecutive weeks at #1

Rafael Nadal:
81 consecutive clay court wins
9 French Open Titles

Pete Sampras:
6 consecutive years #1

Rod Laver:
1 Calendar Year Grand Slam

Ivan Lendl:
5 seasons with at least 90 win-loss percentage
8 consecutive US Open finals

Novak Djokovic:
5 Australian Open Titles

Bjorn Borg:
3 consecutive Channel Slams


This is just a quick start. I'm sure there's more incredible records to be added.
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I feel like many of these records are breakable.
 
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timnz

Legend
TMF said:
Roger Federer:
56 consecutive hardcourt wins
24 straight final won
24 consecutive victories vs. top ten players
237 consecutive weeks at #1

Rafael Nadal:
81 consecutive clay court wins
9 French Open Titles

Pete Sampras:
6 consecutive years #1

Rod Laver:
1 Calendar Year Grand Slam

Ivan Lendl:
5 seasons with at least 90 win-loss percentage
8 consecutive US Open finals

Novak Djokovic:
5 Australian Open Titles

Bjorn Borg:
3 consecutive Channel Slams


This is just a quick start. I'm sure there's more incredible records to be added.
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Possibly worth mentioning that you are meaning Open era. I mean Nadal's 81 consecutive clay court wins isn't the record if you are meaning all time (Wildings is far in excess of that).
 
rossi46

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Laurie said:
Becker winning Wimbledon age 17 and then defending the title age 18, we surely won't see a 17 year old winning Wimbledon, he had the body of a man at the age of 17.

I've mentioned this somewhere before but I really like Sampras' record of night matches won at the US Open in his career. I think it ended 24 or 25 wins with no losses.
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Good post. In regards to Becker it wasn't just the body of a man it was also the mentality.

These days even at age 22 or 23 they still have the mentality of children. More interested in Twitter, social media etc.

When you look at past players such as Lendl, Sampras, Edberg, Becker and so many others they were much more mature at a much younger age. Compare them to guys like mummy's boy Murray these days, Federer crying like a 3 year old because he lost a final, Nadal with his ridiculous routines, sickening.
 
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ultradr

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TMF said:
Roger Federer:
56 consecutive hardcourt wins
24 straight final won
24 consecutive victories vs. top ten players
237 consecutive weeks at #1

Rafael Nadal:
81 consecutive clay court wins
9 French Open Titles

Pete Sampras:
6 consecutive years #1

Rod Laver:
1 Calendar Year Grand Slam

Ivan Lendl:
5 seasons with at least 90 win-loss percentage
8 consecutive US Open finals

Novak Djokovic:
5 Australian Open Titles

Bjorn Borg:
3 consecutive Channel Slams


This is just a quick start. I'm sure there's more incredible records to be added.
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9+ French Open - this gotta be immortal. This gotta be impossible to break unless there is divine intervention. ;)

6 year end #1 Sampras - open era record so far - not easy to break but possible.
There's 7-8 year end #1 by Pancho Gonzales, 6 straight #1 by Laver for example in pre-open era but it was not official ranking and there were co-#1's.

Laver - calendar slam, and Borg's channel slams - 2nd week of Wimbledon is now as slow as French since 2003 or so.
It is a matter of time someone will tie or break these records under current conditions, IMHO, once Nadal is retired.

But Borg's channel slam is special because he did so on classic, quick skidding grass courts...
 
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Aussie Darcy

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Jarko Nieminen- Fastest completed Masters ATP match won. 28 minutes defeating a newly returned Tomic from double hip surgery. Funnily enough Tomic did win a game, 6-0 6-1.

:) :p
 
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Dave1982

Professional
Whilst I'm sure in time all will be broken, my thoughts on those which I'm unlikely to see broken in my lifetime are (in no particular order):

Nadal - 9 x French Open Titles
Sampras - 6 x Consecutive YE#1
Federer - 237 x Consecutive weeks at #1
Federer - 10 x Consecutive GS Finals

I was keen to put Djokovic's 6 x M1000 titles in but whilst it's a phenomenally dominant achievement in reality it could be done next season (highly unlikely) - all the others require sustained dominance over extended periods which is far more difficult to achieve.
 
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ultradr

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TMF said:
Roger Federer:
56 consecutive hardcourt wins
24 straight final won
24 consecutive victories vs. top ten players
237 consecutive weeks at #1
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You should add # of consecutive slam quarter-finals (or better) records where David Ferrer is at #7(or 8?) in entire tennis history.
In fact, we have more of these type of records made in early years of post-2003 power baseline era on homogeneous surface conditions.
These won't be broken easily now that everybody is good at baseline game on all surfaces, IMHO.
 
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Tshooter

Tshooter

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It is extremely unlikely that anyone will ever again win the USO on three separate surfaces. JSC = USO GOAT.
 
Fiero425

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TMF said:
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Bjorn Borg:
3 consecutive Channel Slams (4 cons. finals; sans '81 Wimbledon win to McEnroe)


This is just a quick start. I'm sure there's more incredible records to be added.
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Borg's record should be updated from 3 consecutive Channel Slams to 4 since he made finals the following season; just didn't win Wimbledon title! ;-)
 
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