Consecutive points won on 1st serve

[krosero]

Here's a list I have, more info is welcome.

(See http://tt.tennis-warehouse.com/showthread.php?t=138638 for streaks of consecutive service points of every kind).

36 by Sampras against Becker at 1995 Wimbledon
32 by Sampras against Courier at 1993 Wimbledon
31 by K. Anderson against Tomic at 2013 Sydney
27 by Borg to close his 1979 Wimbledon semifinal against Connors
27 by Raonic to close his win over Nalbandian at 2012 Madrid
26 by Lendl against McEnroe in the 1985 USO final
26 by Agassi against Rafter at the 1995 AO
26 by Federer against Lopez at the 2007 USO
26 by G. Dimitrov against Raonic at 2013 Brisbane (spanned entire match)
24 by Sampras during his 1990 USO semifinal against McEnroe
24 by Sampras to open the 1990 USO final against Agassi
24 by Becker to open a 1993 Wimbledon quarterfinal against Stich
23 at least by Lopez against Federer at 2011 Madrid
22 by Ivanisevic against Agassi in the 1992 Wimbledon final
22 by Becker against Sampras in the 1996 ATP Championships final
21 by Tanner against Lendl at the 1983 Wimbledon
20 by Borg against Gerulaitis at the 1981 Wimbledon
20 by Becker against Leconte at the 1985 Wimbledon
19 by McEnroe against Lendl at the 1983 Wimbledon
19 by Lendl against Connors at the 1992 USO
19 by Chang against Sampras in the 1996 USO final
19 by Sampras against Agassi at the 1996 ATP Champs., round robin (spanned entire match)
18 by Ashe against McEnroe in the 1978 Masters final
18 by Becker against Sampras in the 1996 Stuttgart final
17 by McEnroe against Borg at the 1980 USO
17 by Becker against McEnroe in Davis Cup in ‘87
17 by Ivanisevic against Sampras in a 1995 Wimbledon semifinal
17 by Sampras against Becker in the 1996 Stuttgart final
16 by Newcombe to open the 1971 Wimbledon final against Smith
15 by Courier against Edberg in the 1993 AO final
15 by Ivanisevic against Sampras in a 1995 Wimbledon semifinal
15 by Becker against Sampras at the 1996 ATP Champs. round robin
14 by Lendl against Wilander in the 1987 USO final
14 by Kafelnikov to close his semifinal against Sampras at the 1996 French
14 by Sampras against Agassi in a 1993 Wimbledon quarterfinal
14 by Sampras against Becker at the 1996 ATP Champs. round robin
14 by Sampras against Agassi in the 1999 Wimbledon final
13 by Becker against Sampras in the 1996 ATP Championships final
13 by Borg against McEnroe at the 1980 Wimbledon
12 by McEnroe against Wilander in a January 1984 Masters semifinal
12 by Agassi against Sampras in a 1993 Wimbledon quarterfinal
12 by Rezai against V. Williams in Madrid 2010
11 by McEnroe against Connors in the 1984 Wimbledon final

[Moose Malloy]

thanks for posting. I admit, I'm not great at tracking this stat. Usually I only notice a long streak when it begins a set(then I go back & see if they ended the previous set with a streak)

If they have a long streak in the middle of a long set, I'm less likely to see it or bother counting.

I would imagine Martina had a long streak at some point, do you know what her highest 1st serve pts won % was in matches we did?

That Chang one is pretty surprising, I don't recall that match as being close at any point.

I wonder if Stich had a long streak vs Sampras at '93 Masters, think he served 7 straight aces at one point.

Federer vs Lopez at '07 USO is another possible long streak, since he won 35 straight points on serve.

[Limpinhitter]

It's interesting to see Agassi up there twice. I think his serve has been very underrated.

[krosero]

Originally Posted by Moose Malloy

I would imagine Martina had a long streak at some point, do you know what her highest 1st serve pts won % was in matches we did?

We only have that stat for one of her matches -- 79% in the 1987 W semi vs Evert.

She had streaks of 12 and 15 in that match.

Originally Posted by Moose Malloy

That Chang one is pretty surprising, I don't recall that match as being close at any point.

That streak occurred during the third set which went to 7-6. He won his last 19 points on 1st serve, starting with the last point of the second set.

Chang's success on 1st serve for the match was actually a little higher than Sampras' (86% vs 85%).

Perhaps indicative of how well Chang returned.

[Moose Malloy]

Goran had streaks of 17 & 15 vs Sampras at '95 Wimbledon.

We only have that stat for one of her matches -- 79% in the 1987 W semi vs Evert.

I took that stat in several of her matches. '85 USO F, '86 W F, '81 AO F, '82 AO F, '81 USO F, '84 AO SF

had 80% 1st serve pts won in the '84 USO final.

[krosero]

Originally Posted by Moose Malloy

I took that stat in several of her matches. '85 USO F, '86 W F, '81 AO F, '82 AO F, '81 USO F, '84 AO SF

had 80% 1st serve pts won in the '84 USO final.

Had a brain cramp there. Yup, that's the highest one in that group.

[Moose Malloy]

Federer vs Lopez at '07 USO is another possible long streak, since he won 35 straight points on serve.

can confirm he had a streak of 26 on 1st serve.

[djokovicgonzalez2010]

The Davydenko one is wrong, I think
I think Davydenko served 100% IN, not won 100% on 1st serve

[pc1]

Actually does anyone have record of most consecutive times in holding serve? I believe Sampras did it more than 100 times in a row at Wimbledon.

[Moose Malloy]

^Sampras' longest streak was 97 games at '97 Wimbledon.

Wayne Arthurs had a streak of 111 at '99 Wimbledon(but it included qualifying matches)

[pc1]

Originally Posted by Moose Malloy

^Sampras' longest streak was 97 games at '97 Wimbledon.

Wayne Arthurs had a streak of 111 at '99 Wimbledon(but it included qualifying matches)

Thanks Moose. Do you or anyone else know of any records for consecutive hold over a period of time?

[krosero]

Originally Posted by djokovicgonzalez2010

The Davydenko one is wrong, I think
I think Davydenko served 100% IN, not won 100% on 1st serve

Yeah I heard that wrong. Found this by Federer: "In Doha when I played him, he hit 27 out of 27 first serves into the court." (http://www.nj.com/sports/index.ssf/2...rer_seren.html)

[hoodjem]

Originally Posted by krosero

Here's a list I have, more info is welcome.

(See http://tt.tennis-warehouse.com/showthread.php?t=138638 for streaks of consecutive service points of every kind).

36 by Sampras against Becker at 1995 Wimbledon
32 by Sampras against Courier at 1993 Wimbledon
27 by Borg to open his 1979 Wimbledon semifinal against Connors
26 by Lendl against McEnroe in the 1985 USO final
26 by Agassi against Rafter at the 1995 AO
24 by Sampras during his 1990 USO semifinal against McEnroe
24 by Sampras to open the 1990 USO final against Agassi
24 by Becker to open a 1993 Wimbledon quarterfinal against Stich
23 at least by Lopez against Federer at 2011 Madrid
22 by Ivanisevic against Agassi in the 1992 Wimbledon final
22 by Becker against Sampras in the 1996 ATP Championships final
21 by Tanner against Lendl at the 1983 Wimbledon
20 by Borg against Gerulaitis at the 1981 Wimbledon
20 by Becker against Leconte at the 1985 Wimbledon
19 by McEnroe against Lendl at the 1983 Wimbledon
19 by Lendl against Connors at the 1992 USO
19 by Chang against Sampras in the 1996 USO final
18 by Ashe against McEnroe in the 1978 Masters final
17 by McEnroe against Borg at the 1980 USO
17 by Becker against McEnroe in Davis Cup in ‘87
17 by Ivanisevic against Sampras in a 1995 Wimbledon semifinal
16 by Newcombe to open the 1971 Wimbledon final against Smith
15 by Ivanisevic against Sampras in a 1995 Wimbledon semifinal
14 by Lendl against Wilander in the 1987 USO final
14 by Kafelnikov to close his semifinal against Sampras at the 1996 French
14 by Sampras against Agassi in a 1993 Wimbledon quarterfinal
14 by Sampras against Agassi in the 1999 Wimbledon final
13 by Becker against Sampras in the 1996 ATP Championships final
13 by Borg against McEnroe at the 1980 Wimbledon
12 by McEnroe against Wilander in a January 1984 Masters semifinal
12 by Agassi against Sampras in a 1993 Wimbledon quarterfinal
12 by Rezai against V. Williams in Madrid 2010
11 by McEnroe against Connors in the 1984 Wimbledon final

Where's Greatest Of All-Time fill-in-the-blank (aka Fed) on this list?

[krosero]

Originally Posted by hoodjem

Where's Greatest Of All-Time fill-in-the-blank (aka Fed) on this list?

I haven't noted any streaks for Fed, maybe others can provide some.

Moose and I have plenty of streaks from older matches because we did all the stats for those matches ourselves. We've rarely done service stats for matches in the Federer era, because nowadays most service stats are available online (though streaks of points on 1st serve are not usually provided).

[krosero]

Originally Posted by hoodjem

Where's Greatest Of All-Time fill-in-the-blank (aka Fed) on this list?

Post #7 has one.

[pc1]

Obviously when Bill Scanlon won his Golden set he had to have won at least 12 consecutive points on serve.

[Moose Malloy]

Raonic was 27/27 on 1st serve vs Nalbandian in Madrid today

[piece]

44 by Raonic against Federer R2. Madrid 2012

[Moose Malloy]

^it was 17 straight vs Federer. 44 consecutive over the 2 matches(Nalbandian & Federer)

[krosero]

Good stuff, guys, keep it coming.

Looks like the streaks by Borg and Raonic are the longest unbroken streaks on the list (by 'unbroken' I mean the streak was still alive when the match ended).