Novak's 17 consecutive finals in Grand Slams/Year End/ATP Masters 1000 is insane

[Cortana]

Tennis history has never seen such a domination in tennis.

 

[nolefam_2024]

It's very stupid if someone doesn't know what 'consecutive' means.

con·sec·u·tive
kənˈsekyədiv/
adjective

1. following continuously.
   "five consecutive months of serious decline"
   synonyms: successive, succeeding, following, in succession, running, in a row, one after the other, back-to-back, continuous, straight, uninterrupted
   "share prices fell for three consecutive days"
   • in unbroken or logical sequence.
   • GRAMMAR
     expressing consequence or result.
     "a consecutive clause"

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Stop the ignorance.

Stop commenting. He won consecutive 17. No arguments.

 

[I am the Greatest!]

Stop commenting. He won consecutive 17. No arguments.

Why should I stop commenting? Lol

 

[falstaff78]

I'm looking forward to watching Pennetta make a comeback in some years' time to win her second consecutive US Open title. Sampras may win his second consecutive USO once he makes a comeback this year as well.

Brilliant

 

[falstaff78]

@NatF

I literally can't even believe how reasonable, patient and right you are.

Winning X consecutive > winning x consecutive entered > not winning x consecutive entered.

//end thread

 

[NatF]

@NatF

I literally can't even believe how reasonable, patient and right you are.

Winning X consecutive > winning x consecutive entered > not winning x consecutive entered.

//end thread

Have you not read any of my posts before?

 

[falstaff78]

Have you not read any of my posts before?

Maybe I should have!

How was this even a discussion?!?!?

 

[Deleted member 688153]

It's definitely the best streak I know of.

 

[Deleted member 688153]

Stop commenting. He won consecutive 17. No arguments.

He did not reach 17 consecutive finals of GS, WTF, and MS1000 tournaments.
He reached 17 consecutive finals of GS, WTF, and MS1000 tournaments that he played.

Madrid is rubbish, but they're definitely a MS1000 and they definitely had a final which Mr. Djokovic did not reach.
I even have video evidence:

No Djokovic.
Why he isn't there is utterly immaterial - the simple fact is that he did not qualify for that match.

He reached 11 consecutive finals of GS, WTF, and MS1000 tournaments. End of.
That's still the record anyway lol, so well done to him.

 

[uscwang]

18 now and counting. During the same time period, the 2nd longest finals streak is what? Fed's 3 from 2015 Win by to USO?

 

[mike danny]

What @NatF is saying makes perfect sense. Ask yourself this: did Nadal win 2 consecutive Wimb titles when he won in 2008 and 2010 but skipped it in 2009?

 

[Cortana]

What @NatF is saying makes perfect sense. Ask yourself this: did Nadal win 2 consecutive Wimb titles when he won in 2008 and 2010 but skipped it in 2009?

Yes.

 

[GabeT]

What @NatF is saying makes perfect sense. Ask yourself this: did Nadal win 2 consecutive Wimb titles when he won in 2008 and 2010 but skipped it in 2009?

Come on guys. You are talking past each other. A player can reach consecutive finals but not participate in consecutive tournaments. They are two different things. Although closely related.

 

[mike danny]

Come on guys. You are talking past each other. A player can reach consecutive finals but not participate in consecutive tournaments. They are two different things. Although closely related.

Then a person should just say consecutive finals in consecutive participations. How you say these things is important.

 

[mellowyellow]

Then a person should just say consecutive finals in consecutive participations. How you say these things is important.

No it's not, when talking about a players record or streak "participated in" is implied...

 

[mellowyellow]

I don't understand the argument any way. Nobody plays every week of the year, Djoko played the Monte Carlo that is optional... Decided against Madrid which under the rules he qualifies to skip anyway, assuming "it's mandatory" being the only argument?

 

[mike danny]

I don't understand the argument any way. Nobody plays every week of the year, Djoko played the Monte Carlo that is optional... Decided against Madrid which under the rules he qualifies to skip anyway, assuming "it's mandatory" being the only argument?

The point is that one of the posters was right. If for example Federer won Wimb in 2003 and then for some reason does not play another Wimb until 2012, when again he wins the title, would you still say he won 2 consecutive Wimb titles?

 

[Djokovic2011]

The point is that one of the posters was right. If for example Federer won Wimb in 2003 and then for some reason does not play another Wimb until 2012, when again he wins the title, would you still say he won 2 consecutive Wimb titles?

In fairness there's a huge difference between skipping a tournament for one year and skipping it for nine!

 

[mellowyellow]

your comparing 2 different scenarios, and defining the tournament more so than the player. It's no different than Nadals clay streak, he had a tournament or 2 he skipped in there, but it still holds true.

 

[mellowyellow]

So is the argument simply because it's a mandatory?

 

[dadadas]

Just put the word "consecutive" out and replace it with the word "last". Problem solved.

 

[jm1980]

95% of the posts whining that it's not consecutive

Call it 17 consecutive finals in tournaments entered then.

It's still very impressive. Even extending the same statistical courtesy to Federer or Nadal neither of them come close

 

[GabeT]

95% of the posts whining that it's not consecutive

Call it 17 consecutive finals in tournaments entered then.

It's still very impressive. Even extending the same statistical courtesy to Federer or Nadal neither of them come close

Exactly. The level of consistency required is mind boggling. After all, all it takes is for him to have a day off and even a low ranked player on a good day could take him out of a tournament. To be able to reach so many finals, over and over and over, is incredible.

 

[ductrung3993]

not really, this generation of tennis is just that pathetic

 

[Romismak]

Really not important how we call this streak. Everyone who follows tennis and is on this forum knows that by consecutive we mean those he played, btw it was only Madrid and people overreacting here like he skipped 5 from 15 or so. Yes if we want to be 100% correct than we should say those he played/entered. Anyway by far the most amazing streak from all and this will remain unbroken for few decades i think

 

[PinShot]

Safin, Nalbandian, Davydenko (FO 2007 semifinal), to some degree Hewitt ...

You serious?

I believe that bunch could show up on court to play present-day Novak together ... and still they would have trouble beating him.

 

[TheMaestro1990]

You serious?

I believe that bunch could show up on court to play present-day Novak together ... and still they would have trouble beating him.

I am. Have you even watched the Safin - Federer semifinal of AO 2005 and the Federer - Davydenko semifinal of RG 2007? Easy to find 20-30 minutes highlights of those matches. Watch it and you won't ask me the same question again.

 

[Hyde]

People say Federer played in a weak era, but 2015 was just insanely poor. Wawrinka showed up and played his best tournament in the later stages of one (!) tournament, while Federer, still great, can't keep the consistency in best of five matches like he could in his prime.

During Federer's greatest years he still had to contend with high capable players like Safin, Nalbandian, Davydenko (FO 2007 semifinal), to some degree Hewitt and of course peak Nadal on clay...

How is that comparing with 2015 years Berdych, Ferrer, Murray and 1 tournament week hot Wawrinka?

Safin and the other players you mentioned where inconsistent players. How many years had Safin in top-five ranking in his whole career? Three? Four? Now compare that with Murray...

I like Federer, but no need to hype and overexaggerate players like Safin, Davydenko etc just to move Fed into better light.

 

[I am the Greatest!]

Novak has most ridiculous finals streak based on the tournaments he played and it is going to stay that way.
Rest is just overthinking.

Sorry dude, Federer got 24 consecutive finals win.

Just like Federer once won 24 finals consecutively: the finals themselves were not consecutive, nor were the tournaments, but the wins were; every time he reached the final, he won.

Yes, those are finals won. Which is very much different from a tournament.

 

[TheMaestro1990]

Safin and the other players you mentioned where inconsistent players. How many years had Safin in top-five ranking in his whole career? Three? Four? Now compare that with Murray...

I like Federer, but no need to hype and overexaggerate players like Safin, Davydenko etc just to move Fed into better light.

Safin's peak was higher than Murray's. I named them because they have performed in ways in the biggest matches that Djokovic hasn't faced in 2015 and 2016 (so far). That's why it's relevant, not their entire careers.