Roger Federer - Streaks

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• Federer won his 28th consecutive match over American players when he defeated Robby Ginepri in a quarterfinal of the 2006 Madrid Masters. His last loss to an American was to Andy Roddick in a semifinal of the 2003 Canadian Masters.
• Federer's loss against Richard Gasquet in the 2005 Monte Carlo Masters brought his win-loss tally to 35-2 for 2005, the best start on the men's tour since John McEnroe, who holds the record with 39-0 in 1984.
• Federer has won four consecutive men's singles titles at Wimbledon, a feat accomplished only by Borg and Sampras in the open era. In the 28 matches Federer played at Wimbledon from 2003 through 2006, he dropped just five sets (winning 84). In comparison, Borg and Sampras lost 15 and 14 sets respectively over a similar four-year period.
• Federer has won at least 70 matches in four consecutive seasons (2003: 78-17, 2004: 74-6, 2005: 81-4, 2006: 80-5 (through Oct 20)).
• Federer is the fifth player in the history of the ATP computer rankings to rank No. 1 every week during a calendar year (others: Jimmy Connors, Lendl, Sampras, and Lleyton Hewitt), having accomplished this feat in both 2005 and 2006.
• Federer has held a record-tying four winning streaks of at least 20 matches. The first one was a 23-match winning streak in mid-2004. The second one was a 26-match streak spanning the latter half of 2004 and early 2005. The third was a 25-match streak in early 2005. The fourth streak counted 35 matches including tournament wins at Halle, Wimbledon, Cincinnati, the U.S. Open, one Davis Cup match, Bangkok, and four Tennis Masters Cup matches at the end of 2005. Sampras also had four such streaks in his entire career. Federer's win against Fabrice Santoro in New York allowed him to tie the record. The 35-match winning streak is the fifth longest in the men's game, at par with Thomas Muster's streak in 1995 and Borg's streak in 1978.
• By winning in Bangkok in September 2005, Federer had won his 24th straight final dating back to Vienna in October 2003. His undefeated streak in finals is a new open era record. The previous record was 12 straight final wins, shared by McEnroe and Borg. It marked also the first time Federer won five consecutive tournaments he entered. Nalbandian's win over Federer in the final of the Tennis Masters Cup meant the end of two records: his finals streak of 24 and his 35-match overall winning streak.
• With an 81-4 record in 2005, Federer's winning percentage of 95.3 was second only to McEnroe's open era record, who had a 96.5 percentage and an 82-3 record in 1984.
• With his victory over Marcos Baghdatis at the 2006 Australian Open, Federer became the first man to win three consecutive Grand Slam titles since Sampras in 1993-94.
• After Federer's third round win over Tommy Haas at the Nasdaq 100 Open in Key Biscayne, Florida, Federer broke the previous record for consecutive matches won in Masters Series events, held at 19 by Sampras. His streak reached 29 matches before he lost to Nadal.
• Federer holds the record for most consecutive singles wins in North America, winning 55 matches before losing to Andy Murray in August 2006.
• By winning the Nasdaq 100 Open title in Key Biscayne, Florida, on April 2, 2006, Federer became the only player in history to win the first two Masters Series events of the year two years in a row. It was also his 11th consecutive final and 10th Masters Series title.
• Federer currently owns 11 Masters Series shields, equalling Sampras. He is second to Andre Agassi, who has 17 Masters shields.
• Federer holds the longest winning streak on hard courts: 56 matches (2005-06). The streak was ended by Nadal in the Dubai final in March 2006.
• With his win against Richard Gasquet in the first round of the 2006 Wimbledon, Federer surpassed Borg's 41-match grass court winning streak record. Borg set this record from 1976 to 1981, while playing Wimbledon only. Federer then won his 4th consecutive Wimbledon title with a victory over Nadal, taking the streak to 48.