Only six men have put together winning streaks of at least 25 matches at Grand Slam events, and just one has reached 30 straight victories. Below are the nine longest streaks in men’s singles Grand Slam history during the Open Era featuring only the best run for each player.
=4. Rafael Nadal – 25 matches (2010–2011)
Rafael Nadal’s longest winning streak at the majors began at the 2010 French Open, where he dominated the field without dropping a set. He cruised past Gianna Mina, Horacio Zeballos, Lleyton Hewitt, Thomaz Bellucci, Nicolas Almagro, Jurgen Melzer, and Robin Soderling to lift the trophy.
He followed that with a Wimbledon title, defeating Kei Nishikori, Robin Haase, Philipp Petzschner, Paul-Henri Mathieu, Robin Soderling, Andy Murray, and Tomas Berdych.
At the 2010 US Open, Nadal secured the Career Grand Slam by overcoming Teymuraz Gabashvili, Denis Istomin, Gilles Simon, Feliciano Lopez, Fernando Verdasco, Mikhail Youzhny, and Novak Djokovic.
He extended the streak to 25 matches at the 2011 Australian Open, with wins over Marcos Daniel, Ryan Sweeting, Bernard Tomic, and Marin Cilic, before losing to David Ferrer in the quarter-finals.
=4. Pete Sampras – 25 matches (1993–1994)
Sampras’ best Grand Slam run started at Wimbledon in 1993, where he defeated Neil Borwick, Jamie Morgan, Byron Black, Andrew Foster, Andre Agassi, Boris Becker, and Jim Courier to win the title.
He then claimed the US Open that year by beating Fabrice Santoro, Daniel Vacek, Arnaud Boetsch, Tomas Enqvist, Michael Chang, Alexander Volkov, and Cedric Pioline.
In Australia in 1994, Sampras again went all the way, taking down Joshua Eagle, Yevgeny Kafelnikov, Stephane Simian, Ivan Lendl, Magnus Gustafsson, Jim Courier, and Todd Martin.
He extended the streak to 25 at the French Open with victories over Albert Costa, Marcelo Rios, Paul Haarhuis, and Mikael Tillstrom before falling to Courier in the quarters.
=4. Jimmy Connors – 25 matches (1974–1975)
Connors’ run started at the 1974 Australian Open, where he beat Jean-Louis Haillet, Graeme Thomson, Syd Ball, Vladimir Zednik, John Alexander, and Phil Dent to win the title.
After skipping the French Open, he continued his streak at Wimbledon with wins over Ove Bengtson, Dent, Adriano Panatta, Jaime Fillol, Jan Kodes, Dick Stockton, and Ken Rosewall.
He then claimed the US Open, overcoming Jeff Borowiak, Bengtson, Alexander, Kodes, Alex Metreveli, Roscoe Tanner, and Rosewall again.
Connors’ streak ended in the 1975 Australian Open final, where he was defeated by John Newcombe after earlier wins over Chris Kachel, Ulrich Pinner, Raz Reid, Kim Warwick, and Dick Crealy.
3. Roger Federer – 27 matches (2005–2006)
Federer began his longest streak with wins at the 2005 Wimbledon, defeating Paul-Henri Mathieu, Ivo Minar, Nicolas Kiefer, Juan Carlos Ferrero, Fernando Gonzalez, Lleyton Hewitt, and Andy Roddick to defend his title.
He continued at the 2005 US Open, dispatching Ivo Minar, Fabrice Santoro, Nicolas Massu, David Nalbandian, Lleyton Hewitt, Nikolay Davydenko, and Andre Agassi.
In 2006, Federer captured the Australian Open by overcoming Denis Istomin, Florian Mayer, Max Mirnyi, Tommy Haas, Nikolay Davydenko, Nicolas Kiefer, and Marcos Baghdatis.
At the French Open, he added six more wins Diego Hartfield, Alejandro Falla, Nicolas Massu, Tomas Berdych, Mario Ancic, and Nalbandian before losing the final to Nadal, stopping just short of a non-calendar-year Grand Slam.
2. Rod Laver – 29 matches (1969–1970)
Laver’s epic 29-match run began at the 1969 Australian Open with wins over Massimo Di Domenico, Roy Emerson, Fred Stolle, Tony Roche, and Andres Gimeno.
He then claimed the French Open by beating Koji Watanabe, Richard Crealy, Pietro Marzano, Stan Smith, Gimeno, Tom Okker, and Ken Rosewall.
At Wimbledon, Laver kept rolling with victories over Nicola Pietrangeli, Premjit Lall, Jan Leschly, Smith, Cliff Drysdale, Arthur Ashe, and John Newcombe.
He completed the historic Calendar Slam at the US Open with wins against Luis-Augusto Garcia, Jaime Pinto Bravo, Jaime Fillol, Dennis Ralston, Emerson, Ashe, and Roche.
His run continued into 1970 at Wimbledon, where he beat Butch Seewagen, John Alexander, and Frew McMillan before losing to Roger Taylor in the fourth round.
1. Novak Djokovic – 30 matches (2015–2016)
Djokovic holds the all-time record for most consecutive Grand Slam match wins at 30, a run that started at Wimbledon 2015. He defeated Philipp Kohlschreiber, Jarkko Nieminen, Bernard Tomic, Kevin Anderson, Marin Cilic, Richard Gasquet, and Roger Federer to win the title.
At the US Open that year, he continued with victories over Joao Souza, Andreas Haider-Maurer, Andreas Seppi, Roberto Bautista Agut, Feliciano Lopez, Cilic, and Federer.
Djokovic then dominated the 2016 Australian Open, beating Hyeon Chung, Quentin Halys, Seppi, Gilles Simon, Kei Nishikori, Federer, and Andy Murray.
He completed the Career Grand Slam by winning the 2016 French Open, overcoming Lu Yen-hsun, Steve Darcis, Aljaz Bedene, Bautista Agut, Tomas Berdych, Dominic Thiem, and Murray.
At Wimbledon that year, Djokovic extended his streak to 30 with wins over James Ward and Adrian Mannarino, before his shock third-round loss to Sam Querrey ended the run.
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