Consecutive points won on 1st serve

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Nadal_Power

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krosero said:
You cannot be serious man. Do you know when the streak ended, presuming it ended?
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Actually, it was 33, Craig O'Shannessy made mistake in ATP's Brain game. He won 19 from 19 in first set, and went all the way until first point of his 6th serve game of second set, when he made UE. For an hour and a half he won every point on first serve
 
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krosero

Legend
Nadal_Power said:
Actually, it was 33, Craig O'Shannessy made mistake in ATP's Brain game. He won 19 from 19 in first set, and went all the way until first point of his 6th serve game of second set, when he made UE. For an hour and a half he won every point on first serve
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Great, thanks for checking.

BTW Djokovic made his first serve successfully on the first 19 points that he served against Dimitrov in the semis.
 
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Nadal_Power

Semi-Pro
2014 Newport R1 : Karlovic just won 32 consecutive points on 1st serve against Ginepri, from the start of the match (24/24 in first) 'til his 4th service game in second set

I watched the match, so it is confirmed
 
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krosero

Legend
Nadal_Power said:
2014 Newport R1 : Karlovic just won 32 consecutive points on 1st serve against Ginepri, from the start of the match (24/24 in first) 'til his 4th service game in second set

I watched the match, so it is confirmed
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Brilliant, again, keep 'em coming.

Two others I found a while back:

20 by Lendl against McEnroe in a 1989 AO quarterfinal

14 at least by Lendl against Agassi to close RR match at 1988 Masters (all 14 in last set)
 
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Romismak

Rookie
I was counting Ivo today too- Newport vs Ginepri, he was like 33 from 33 1st serves won and than he was like 34/37 out of nowhere was facing BP hold his serve, but he lost 3 1st serves out of nowhere in 1 service game:D

You should add Ivo to your list No.3 i think bellow Sampras and KYrgios
 
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Nadal_Power

Semi-Pro
I'm sorry again, 36 for Kyrgios is the true number, please put him at top with Sampras :D

23 from 23 for Kyle Edmund vs Blaz Kavcic in Astana 2 Challenger, he didn't lose point on first serve in entire match
 
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Moose Malloy

G.O.A.T.
Zivojinovic had 18 straight to begin his Davis Cup SF vs Becker in '88

I have at least 16 by Sampras to end his QF vs Philippoussis at '98 Wimbledon(watched what was on youtube)
 
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Nadal_Power

Semi-Pro
2014 Washington R2 :

19 from Querrey at the start of the match against Russell
16 from Karlovic at the start of the match against Paire
 
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Moose Malloy

G.O.A.T.
came across this stat on Sampras-Calleri '00 USO. looks like there may have been a long streak by one or both players.

Stat of the day: 21--The number of consecutive points scored on serve during the second set of the Pete Sampras-Agustin Calleri match.
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newmark401

Professional
From "Pastime", January 9, 1889: "Playing in a 'mixed handicap' at Cannes last week, William Renshaw met in the final a lady to whom he gave forty in fifty. Playing with great steadiness, he won without allowing his opponent to gain a stroke. Fifty successive strokes must surely be a record 'break'."
 
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Nadal_Power

Semi-Pro
27 for Pierre-Hugues Herbert (24/24 in first two sets) against Adrien Bossel in final round of qualifying for Metz 2014, since start of the match until 4th game of third set

Bossel saved first 14 break points!
 
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Nadal_Power

Semi-Pro
New record!!

Tokyo 2014 1/4 : Milos Raonic served 38/39 in entire match against Istomin. 22/22 in first and 37 in a row since start of the match, until last game
 
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krosero

Legend
Nadal_Power said:
New record!!

Tokyo 2014 1/4 : Milos Raonic served 38/39 in entire match against Istomin. 22/22 in first and 37 in a row since start of the match, until last game
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Great work. Here's a news item:

The way Raonic was dealing, it was unlikely he would be broken when he served for the match. Until that point, he was a perfect 34-for-34 when his first serve went in. The only real suspense centered around whether the Canadian would be able to shake hands with that perfect slate intact.

He very nearly did. A 227 km/h ace. a 219 km/h delivery and a winning forehand. A 225 km/h ace. He was 37-for-37, and he was at match point.

After just missing an ace to close it out Raonic had a momentary lapse of sanity and went for a 210 km/h second serve, which landed halfway up the net.

Istomin had one more chance to break the streak. He took a 229 km/h delivery – one of Raonic's fastest of the match – got it in play, and hit a forehand winner.

But it was only a momentary reprieve. One more big serve, and Raonic was through.​
https://ca.sports.yahoo.com/blogs/e...makes-the-semi-finals-in-tokyo-055920467.html

You'd have to doubt that Raonic himself knew he was surpassing Sampras, in that last game -- but nevertheless a "statistically dramatic" moment there, for us stats nerds. :)
 
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krosero

Legend
Moose Malloy said:
Curren won 15 straight vs Harmon at '83 Wimbledon.
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At the time only these performances, that we know of, were better:

27 by Borg to close his 1979 Wimbledon semifinal against Connors
21 by Tanner against Lendl at the 1983 Wimbledon
20 by Borg against Gerulaitis at the 1981 Wimbledon
19 by McEnroe against Lendl at the 1983 Wimbledon
18 by Ashe against McEnroe in the 1978 Masters final
17 by Rosewall against Smith in a 1974 Wimbledon semifinal
17 by McEnroe against Borg at the 1980 USO
16 by Newcombe to open the 1971 Wimbledon final against Smith

Lot of good serving at '83 Wimb.
 
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Moose Malloy

G.O.A.T.
Tomic won at least 20 straight vs isner in Davis cup(won first 20 first serve points of the 4th set)
 
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krosero

Legend
These streaks are often as much about poor returning as great serving.

Really impressive are Borg's streaks against Connors. And Becker against Pernfors on clay.
 
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krosero

Legend
Moose Malloy said:
@krosero
I came across a rather remarkable streak: Tanner won 33 straight on 1st serve vs Vilas in the 77 AO final. He dropped his first point on first serve when he was serving for the match. He finished 36/37 for the match.
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That really is astounding. Hard to compare against others from the time period because we have so little data. If I'm not mistaken the only two streaks we've listed from before Tanner/Vilas are:


17 by Rosewall against Smith in a 1974 Wimbledon semifinal

16 by Newcombe to open the 1971 Wimbledon final against Smith

I didn't take my own stats for Tanner-Vilas but I noted that Tanner won his first 14 service points of the third set, ending a run of 19 straight service points overall.
 
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krosero

Legend
Just to be clear, the Rosewall-Smith and Newk-Smith streaks are not the only 1st-serve data that we HAVE, prior to Tanner/Vilas. We have 1st-serve data for a number of matches before Tanner/Vilas, just not nearly as much as we have afterward.

Before Tanner/Vilas, I think we've tracked first-serve success and streaks in:

Wimb finals of 1969-72, 74-76
USO finals of 1969-70, 73, 75-76

Plus some other GS semis here and there.

Moose can tell me if any of the matches he did from before Tanner/Vilas have longer streaks on 1st serve than the 17 by Rosewall and 16 by Newk, but I think those are the highest.

So our sample before Tanner/Vilas is not huge but in what we have, Tanner's streak kills it.
 
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Moose Malloy

G.O.A.T.
Came across a pretty impressive one(confirmed from articles on the match and ATP tennis)

1992 Key Biscayne - Bryan Shelton was 30 for 30 on first points won vs Agassi

@krosero looks like the OP needs some updating
 
jaggy

jaggy

Talk Tennis Guru
If Tomic hangs around (unlikely) he may appear quite a few times in the against side.
 
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abmk

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