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v Winning streaks:

Woman

pre-open

at least 171 Suzanne Lenglen (1922 default to Molla Mallory Bjurstedt; to 1926)

at least 158 Helen Wills (1926; to 1932 default to Helen Jacobs; 27 titles)

111 Alice Marble (1938 64-64 loss to Helen Jacobs; top 1940; 18 tournaments)

open

74 Martina Navratilova (1984)

66 Stefanie Graf (1989-1990)

58 Martina Navratilova (1986-1987)

57 Margaret Smith-Court (1972-1973)

55 Chris Evert (1974)

54 Martina Navratilova (1983-1984)

Men

pre-open

estimated around 95 Bill Tilden (1924 loss to Alonso at Buffalo; to 1925 loss to V. Richards at Orange; 19 tournaments)

92 Don Budge (jan. 1937 loss to Bitsy Grant; to 1938 loss to Adrian Quist at the Pacific Southwest; 14 tournaments)

55 Roy Emerson (1955)

around 50? Bill Tilden (1930; 11 tournaments)

open

46 Guillermo Vilas (1977; 7 tournaments)

44 Ivan Lendl (1981-1982; 8 tournaments)

43 Bjorn Borg (1978; 8 tournaments)

42 John McEnroe (1984; 7 tournaments)

41 Roger Federer (2006-2007; 7 tournaments)

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