The World No.1 won 25 consecutive matches to finish out the season. Henin responded by losing only three sets for the rest of the year. The Frenchwoman snapped Henin's streak at 16 in the Wimbledon semifinals. She took a 16-match run, which included her fourth and final Roland Garros title, into the grass with an eye toward winning her first Wimbledon. The Belgian won 94% of her matches in 2017, embarking on multiple double-digit winning streaks. Justine Henin: 32 consecutive matches, 2007-2008īefore Serena posted a remarkable 95% winning percentage in 2013, it was Justine Henin's 2007 season that was the standard-bearer since 2000. She is the last player to have broken double-digits in titles in a single season. At 31-years-old and having overcome a life-threatening illness, she went 78-4 and won 11 titles, including two majors and the WTA Finals. Williams' 2013 season remains the benchmark of the past two-plus decades on the Hologic WTA Tour. She rebounded from Wimbledon by losing one match for the remainder of the season and winning 18 consecutive matches to finish her season. It wasn't long until Serena went back on her tear. Looking to equal her sister's mark for the longest streak since 2000, Serena fell one match short at Wimbledon, losing to Germany's Sabine Lisicki 6-2, 1-6, 6-4 in the quarterfinals. She followed up her Miami title with wins in Charleston, Madrid, Rome, and Roland Garros, at one point winning 33 of 34 sets. Williams finished the 2012 season on a 12-match win streak and would extend that to 20 before falling to Sloane Stephens in the 2013 Australian Open quarterfinals.īut after returning to No.1 for the first time since 2010 that February, Williams immediately reeled off 34 straight wins between Miami and Wimbledon, winning five consecutive titles along the way. No recent season has been as dominant as Serena Williams' 2013 campaign, which began with double-digit streaks sandwiching a 34-match run in the middle. Serena Wiliams: 34 consecutive matches, 2013 Davenport would eventually be the one to end the streak, defeating Williams 6-4 3-6 6-2 in the Linz final. Though she was never ranked higher than No.3 during her unbeaten streak, Williams tallied five wins against No.1 Martina Hingis and No.2 Lindsay Davenport, including three against Davenport in finals (Wimbledon, Stanford, US Open). But after losing to Arantxa Sanchez Vicario in the Roland Garros quarterfinals, Williams would not lose a match for the next five months. Nursing tendinitis in both wrists, she didn't start her season until April of that year, when she made her competitive return on the clay in Hamburg. Williams' unbeatable run was made even more impressive given the injury woes she endured at the beginning of the year. In all, Williams captured five consecutive titles on the WTA Tour: Wimbledon, Stanford, San Diego, New Haven and the US Open, before winning singles and doubles gold at the Sydney Olympics. Venus Williams: 35 consecutive matches, 2000ĭuring Venus Williams' remarkable 2000 season, she ran off 35 consecutive wins between Wimbledon and Linz, capturing two major titles and Olympic gold.
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