Longest Streak of Consecutive Finals

The longest streak of consecutive ATP tournament finals reached in the Open Era belongs to Ivan Lendl, with 18 consecutive finals between October 1981 and May 1982. The run began at Madrid 1981, where Lendl reached and won the final against Pablo Arraya 6-3, 6-2, 6-2, and continued through Forest Hills 1982, where he beat Eddie Dibbs 6-1, 6-1. The streak was interrupted at Roland Garros 1982, when Mats Wilander defeated Lendl 4-6, 7-5, 3-6, 6-4, 6-2 in the fourth round. That run is anchored by Madrid 1981, Forest Hills 1982 and Roland Garros 1982.

Second are Roger Federer and Novak Djokovic, both with 17 consecutive finals reached. Federer’s streak ran from Halle 2005 to Toronto/Canada Masters 2006; it began with his title at Halle 2005, where he beat Marat Safin 6-4, 6-7(6), 6-4, and ended at Cincinnati 2006, when Andy Murray defeated him 7-5, 6-4 in the second round. That streak also runs through Halle 2005, Canada Masters 2006 and Cincinnati 2006.

Djokovic’s streak ran from the 2015 Australian Open to the 2016 Australian Open, covering 17 straight tournament finals. It began with his title in Melbourne, where he defeated Andy Murray 7-6(5), 6-7(4), 6-3, 6-0, and was stopped at Dubai 2016, when he retired against Feliciano López after losing the first set 6-3 in the quarter-finals. That run also includes 2015 Australian Open, 2016 Australian Open and Dubai 2016.

Behind them are Guillermo Vilas and Björn Borg, both with 13 consecutive finals reached. Vilas’ run came in 1977, starting at Kitzbühel and extending through Johannesburg, while Borg’s streak ran from Tokyo Indoors 1979 to Basel 1980. Vilas’ and Borg’s paths also run through Kitzbühel 1977, Johannesburg 1977, Tokyo Indoor 1979 and Basel 1980.

John McEnroe follows with 11 consecutive finals in 1984. His run began with the Masters Grand Prix 1984 at the start of the year and reached its 11th final at the Canadian Open 1984, before being interrupted at Cincinnati 1984, where Vijay Amritraj beat him 6-7, 6-2, 6-3 in the first round.

The hierarchy for consecutive ATP finals reached is therefore led by Lendl at 18, followed by Federer and Djokovic at 17, Vilas and Borg at 13, and McEnroe at 11. This ranking counts consecutive tournaments entered in which the player reached the singles final.