Which record in tennis will least likely be broken?

I'd have to go with Federer winning two different slams 5 times in a row (US Open from 2004-2008, and Wimbledon from 2003-2007). Then there's Rafa's winning a Masters Series title 8 years in a row (Monte Carlo). But with this upcoming RG, we could see someone win the same Grand Slam 9 times, which would be just outrageous.
 

reaper

Legend
The Matosevic record of most consecutive first round grand slam defeats without ever having won a Grand Slam match. (To clarify).
 

reaper

Legend
Bernard Tomic's record for losing the shortest ever completed best of 3 set ATP tour match should stand the test of time.
 

piece

Professional
Federer reaching 18 finals out of 19 Grand Slam tournaments from 2005 WM to 2010 AO, only missing out on the 2008 AO, where he was knocked out in the semi-final by eventual champion Djokovic.

I know this is a somewhat contrived record, but I doubt it'll be going anywhere anytime soon.
 

Nickzor

Semi-Pro
Roger Federer

- 5 consecutive Us Open wins
- 7 consecutive Wimbledon Finals
- 33 consecutive finals won in a row (slams, masters & other tourneys)

Rafael Nadal

8 French Open wins
81 consecutive clay court match wins

Novak Djokovic

7 consecutive finals matches won against Nadal lol
 

Mainad

Bionic Poster
Who was the youngest to win a major… wasn't it Wilander at 17.2 or something. Yeah, that ain't gonna be broken any time soon LOL

Michael Chang is the youngest ever male player to win a Slam. He was 17 years and 4 months when he won the 1989 French Open.

Martina Hingis is the youngest person of either sex to win a Slam. She was 15 years and 9 months when she won the women's doubles with Helena Sukova at 1996 Wimbledon. The following year she became the youngest person in the Open Era to win the Australian Open and Wimbledon and become world #1.

IMO those records are unlikely ever to be broken.
 

piece

Professional
Roger Federer

- 5 consecutive Us Open wins
- 7 consecutive Wimbledon Finals
- 33 consecutive finals won in a row (slams, masters & other tourneys)

Rafael Nadal

8 French Open wins
81 consecutive clay court match wins

Novak Djokovic

7 consecutive finals matches won against Nadal lol

Think this should be 24 in a row, from Vienna 2003 through Bangkok 2005.
 

MonkeyBoy

Hall of Fame
In other sports:

Donald Bradman: 20 year career 99.94% batting average
Jahangir Khan: 555 consecutive match wins

Those two sure as **** aren't being broken in the next conceivable five centuries. They make Nadal's 81 consecutive clay wins look like child's play.
 

TMF

Talk Tennis Guru
Weeks at number 2 from the second greatest player ever.

160 consecutive weeks at #2 is also the least likely to be broken, because the best player would have to sustain at least 160 consecutive weeks at #1. Two players have to be consistently be ahead of the entire field.
 

Goosehead

Legend
rocket rod laver achieving the grand slam twice 1962, 1969,

also he won 3 pro majors in 1967 plus the Wimbledon pro so that's 3 grand slams in amateur/pro/open era.
 

TMF

Talk Tennis Guru
I think Rod Laver's ~200 titles deserves a mention.

But most of his wins was before the open era, or non-ATP events.

It's not possible to win 200 ATP events today. There's too many matches per event, and too physically demanding.
 

Supertegwyn

Hall of Fame
But most of his wins was before the open era, or non-ATP events.

It's not possible to win 200 ATP events today. There's too many matches per event, and too physically demanding.
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Vensai

Professional
But most of his wins was before the open era, or non-ATP events.

It's not possible to win 200 ATP events today. There's too many matches per event, and too physically demanding.
Which is why it'll probably never be broken. The era wasn't specified.
 

TheMusicLover

G.O.A.T.
Well, the record of 'most-lost-TB's-in-a-row' appears to be on the verge of getting equalled. Just a very short matter of time and it will get broken. ;)

EDIT: oops, it's already broken. Wow what an achievement. Haase will reach at least a streak of 20+ I predict. :lol:
 

Bobby Jr

G.O.A.T.
akind, of course. We even could claim that Laver won three Grand Slams in adding his 1967 Pro Grand Slam (more worthy than his 1962 amateur GS).
Equally we could claim he only won one "true" CYGS since the pre open era ones can often be discounted for a number of reasons which people often omit to consider (lame competition, small draws, half the best players not even playing etc).
 

bluescreen

Hall of Fame
I think the records least likely to be broken are the ones that won't be able to be broken due to changes in the tennis schedule or general landscape of the sport.

For example, I think Rafa's Masters 1000 record (whatever it ends at) will not be broken because the levels of tennis tournaments change all the time. Masters tournaments didn't exist until 1990. I wouldn't be surprised to see them replaced with another type of tournament shortly after the current round of players retire.

Conversely, I think the record for grand slam singles titles (whether that ends up being with Federer or Nadal after they retire) is the most likely to be broken. Given how the surfaces are rapidly being homogenized and with all the talk of a 5th slam being added, it won't take much more than a player who's game is conducive to the homogenized surface to beat 17, 18, or 20ish majors.
 

timnz

Legend
Suzanne Lenglen

Michael Chang is the youngest ever male player to win a Slam. He was 17 years and 4 months when he won the 1989 French Open.

Martina Hingis is the youngest person of either sex to win a Slam. She was 15 years and 9 months when she won the women's doubles with Helena Sukova at 1996 Wimbledon. The following year she became the youngest person in the Open Era to win the Australian Open and Wimbledon and become world #1.

IMO those records are unlikely ever to be broken.

Remembering that the current 4 majors have only been the majors of tennis since 1924/1925..... the youngest winner of a Tennis Major was Suzanne Lenglen who won the World Hard Court Championship (WHCC) in 1914 - she turned 15 during the tournament. The WHCC was one of the officially recognized majors by the ILTF. Lenglen's achievement I think will stand the test of time.
 

Candide

Hall of Fame
Apparently some lunatic's gone on a tear and won himself 17 grand slam titles. Can't see that one ever being broken.
 

SystemicAnomaly

Bionic Poster
Well as we saw today, all records can break :(

One record that will probably NEVER be broken is held by Jimmy Connors. He has the unique distinction of winning the US Open singles on three different surfaces: grass ('74), clay ('76), & hardcourt ('78, '82, '83). Unlikely that the USO will go back to either grass or clay. Highly unlikely that the court surface will change twice (again) in a short time period.
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