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wollam11

Anyone know the modern record for consecutive Grand Slam tennis titles won on the men's side? With Djoker going for his fourth in a row, I was wondering ...
18 Days ago

snp2985

Does Roger ever enter a match with no chance of breaking or tying a record?
18 Days ago

joepah51

Isner match starting now.
18 Days ago

Sasa Jelisavac

When is Tsonga Sebbe playing today? Or are they playing today?
18 Days ago

Thetennisplayer1

They already played; Tsonga won.
18 Days ago

Sasa Jelisavac

Can somebody please write us all the records Roger have..???
18 Days ago

tennisobserver

Kidding? Why? Just look down the page at my post and you'll see the "Most" list of Roger's records.
18 Days ago

tennisobserver

See the list below that I have already provided. You can also find it in Wikipedia.
18 Days ago

Thetennisplayer1

Direct TV is the best thing; watching six matches at the same time!
18 Days ago

Alessandra1399

Lucky you! ESPN 2 has the Spelling Bee on now...
18 Days ago

tennisobserver

Six at the SAME TIME. Wow! But how do you follow them all?
18 Days ago

Thetennisplayer1

There are six screens. You can click either one and listen to the commentators. You can see all their scores on each screen also. No! Kirilenko lost.
18 Days ago

tennisobserver

More Roger Records. Yeah!!! Most finals at each of the Majors: 5. Most ATP World Tour Finals singles titles: 6. Most hard court men's singles titles in a career: 51. Most different ATP Masters Series singles titles: 7 (shared with Andre Agassi). Most combined Championship Masters Series finals: 32 Most Masters 1000 series titles on hard courts: 14. Most different ATP Masters Series singles finals : 9/9 (20072011). Most consecutive match wins in singles at the US Open (20042009): 40. Most consecutive Wimbledon men's singles titles: 5 (shared with Borg). Most consecutive Wimbledon men's singles finals: 7. Most tournament singles finals won in succession: 24 (200305). Most consecutive years with a tour match winning percentage over 92% (20042006): 3. Longest winning streak in singles on hard courts: 56 (200506). Longest winning streak in singles on grass courts: 65 (200308). Most aces served in a Grand Slam final (Wimbledon, 2009): 50. Best grass court match winning percentage: 87.18% (10215). Best hard court match winning percentage: 83.31% (14103). The only player to win 3 Grand Slams and reach the final of the fourth in the same calendar year twice (2006, 2007). Most Major sets played in one calendar year (2009): 101. Most Major games played in a year (2009): 1042. Best winloss record (sets) at a single Grand Slam tournament (2007) Australian Open overall at 100% (210) (shared with Ken Rosewall). Most singles finals played against the same player Rafael Nadal: 19 (shared with Ivan Lendl and John McEnroe
18 Days ago

luciusETRUR

Roger can compete at Wimbledon for years to come. He'll retire when he can't do that anymore.
18 Days ago

Sasa Jelisavac

Is he finally retiring???
18 Days ago

tennisobserver

Roger you are simply the best - Thanks for another great win!!!! Amazing Accomplishment breaking connor's record and also I think closing in on another record for most french open wins!!!! What a champion! What an Artist! What a tennis player!!!!!! Gonna post you records here. You're simply unbelievable!!!! Most consecutive weeks at World No. 1: 237 (200408). Most Major singles titles: 16. Most Major singles finals: 23. Most consecutive Major men's singles finals: 10 (2005 Wimbledon Championships2007 US Open). Most consecutive Major singles semifinals: 23 (2004 Wimbledon Championships2010 Australian Open). Most consecutive Major quarterfinals: 31 (2004 Wimbledon Championships2012 Australian Open). Most career Majors match wins: 234. Most times winning at least three Major's in a calendar year: 3 (2004, 2006, 2007). Most consecutive years winning at least one Major men's singles title: 8 (tied with Bj�rn Borg and Pete Sampras). Federer and Rafael Nadal are the only male players to have held three Grand Slam singles titles on three different surfaces at the same time. Most Major singles finals (62) between the same players (Rafael Nadal): 8. Federer, Andre Agassi, and Rafael Nadal have won all four Majors on three different surfaces. Most Australian Open singles titles: 4 (tied with Agassi). Most consecutive French Open singles finals: 4 (shared with Borg, Ivan Lendl, and Nadal). Most US Open singles titles: 5 (shared with Sampras and Jimmy Connors). Most consecutive US Open singles titles: 5.
18 Days ago

teebass123

Brian Baker is pretty good..i'd expect him to get into the top 50 by the end of the year.
18 Days ago

KentAZ58

Great to see another of Connors' records fall, especially to the classy Federer. Jimbo was a great player but one of the biggest egomaniac jerks to ever pick up a racket.
19 Days ago

cctsbuddy

Remember with Connors and Nastase they were trying to build interest in the pro tour so a lot of what they did was to draw fans to the game. As an example does anybody remember that Connors and Nastase once showed up at a slam I think to play doubles wearing rugby jerseys. They snarled and cursed everybody but after the match they were an entirely diiferent act. Nastase once was basically booed off the courts in Salisbury Maryland for cursing his opponent and cursing the chair and giving the fans the finger. The crowd loved it booed him mercilessly and then booed him when he refused to shake hands after he won the match. An hour later Nastase was in Ocean City maryland with the umpire and the guy he beat having dinner at a restaurant. A lot of the stuff was to hype the game nobody was interested in all bland guys you needed personalities to compete with the other professional sports. McEnroe took it to another level but he was also entertaining and fans came to see if he would go crazy. A lot of people got into tennis because of the "bad boys". None of the truly "bad boys" were nearly as offensive off the courts as most of the pro basketball and pro football players are today. Other than Roscoe Tanner I don't remember anybody ever getting jailed for "making it rain" or for carrying a gun into the locker room etc.
19 Days ago

KentAZ58

Jeff Tarango or perhaps Greg Rusedski. McEnroe was awful ON the court but is decent off of it. Tarango and Rusedski are jerks on and off the court apparently.
19 Days ago

RTG CRUZ EP7 ARE MY HEROES.

Vamos Rafa!
19 Days ago

tedw406

some interesting speculation on matchups. Very tough to call Rafa/Borg because they played with such different equipment. You guys know what I think of Laver but I don't think that even his power/attacking game could challenge Sampras on grass. The only player to beat Pete on grass in his prime was Kraeijik who had a huge game. The toughest matchup for Pete would be a big power player rather than a Fed who is much more finess. I don't believe that Rafa would have much of a chance vs a Sampras on grass even though he has turned himself into an excellent grasscourt player.
19 Days ago

tedw406

You are right in that Fed's variety of shots is completely underrated. Some people foolishly do not believe that he has a great forehand. Fed has one of the best forehands in history. What it lacks in pace it more than makes up fo in GREAT variety. He can hit it from anywhere on the court to anywhere and in a number of different ways. In some ways I ever prefer it to pete's cannon on the run.
19 Days ago

tedw406

You may be right. Overall they may be equal. I would favor Pete on any fast surface and Fed on any slow.
19 Days ago

Thetennisplayer1

Maria Kirilenko, a beautiful rainbow of colors outfit for the FO. https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?pid=9681125&l=ef12877863&id=137446361120
19 Days ago

joepah51

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19 Days ago

red star czns

c`mon Fed, to the semi, There is ......
19 Days ago