The stakes are always high at the Grand Slams and can seem even higher when a certain streak or record is on the line.
Here’s a look at some of the active streaks players are riding entering Wimbledon.
35 and counting
It is nearly July and Iga Swiatek has not lost a match since February.
The top seed, who will spend her 13th and 14th weeks as the world No.1 during The Championships, is on a 35-match winning streak, which is the joint longest unbeaten run on the WTA Tour this century, a record she shares with Venus Williams.
Only two players have put together longer winning streaks in the 2000s: Novak Djokovic (43) and Roger Federer (41).
Swiatek has won six successive tournaments and said after her most recent title triumph at Roland-Garros that she felt particularly proud she was able to surpass Serena Williams’ 34-match winning streak from 2013.
“Having that 35th win and kind of doing something more than Serena did, it's something special, because I always wanted to be, I don't know, to have some kind of a record. In tennis it's pretty hard after Serena's career,” she explained.
If she wins Wimbledon, she’ll pass Federer.
A second-week regular
Swiatek’s consistency at the Slams should not be overlooked either. The 21-year-old Pole has reached the fourth round or better at her last seven consecutive Grand Slams – the only player on the women’s Tour to have done so within that time span.
It’s fair to assume she’ll keep that streak going at Wimbledon.
Untouchable at SW19
If you’re struggling to remember the last time Djokovic lost a match at Wimbledon it was five years ago, and it wasn’t even a completed match; it was a retirement against Tomas Berdych in the 2017 quarter-finals.
The six-time champion is on a 21-match winning streak at the All England Club and looking to become the first man to take four Wimbledon titles in a row since Roger Federer claimed a fifth consecutive trophy in 2007.
Calendar-year Grand Slam
For the first time in his career, Rafael Nadal arrives at Wimbledon having won the first two Slams of the season.
The Spaniard is on a 14-match unbeaten streak at the Slams and, at the age of 36, is halfway to a calendar-year Grand Slam for the first time.
Nadal is also on another impressive run: he has reached the quarter-finals or better at his last 15 consecutive Slam outings.
The last time he lost before the last eight at a Grand Slam was against Gilles Muller 15-13 in the final set of their Wimbledon fourth round encounter in 2017.
Grass court master
The grass season occupies the shortest slot on the professional tennis calendar and players can sometimes struggle to get enough match wins under their belt ahead of Wimbledon. Not Matteo Berrettini though.
The Italian is on a nine-match winning streak during which he lifted back-to-back titles on the lawns of Stuttgart and Queen's.
A runner-up at Wimbledon last year, Berrettini has reached the final in his last four consecutive grass court events.
Honourable mention
Although her streak came to an end at the hands of Petra Kvitova in the Eastbourne semi-finals on Friday, Beatriz Haddad Maia deserves a shout-out for winning 12 consecutive matches on grass in the last three weeks, picking up titles in Nottingham and Birmingham.
The Brazilian will be seeded at a Grand Slam for the first time at these Championships.
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