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By Nick Georgandis

- With her first three wins, Serena Williams has moved from sixth place to fourth in all-time Grand Slam match wins in WTA history with 214, surpassing sister Venus and Arantxa Sanchez-Vicario, who both have 212.

Serena Williams' three wins improved her all-time record at Wimbledon to 63-8, a winning percentage of 0.887 - good for third all-time behind just Steffi Graf (0.914) and Martina Navratilova (0.896). Also winning thrice was Maria Sharapova, who increased her record at the All England Club to 37-8 (0.822), the eighth-best winning percentage in WTA history.

- With three wins apiece, Serena Williams, Maria Sharapova and Kim Clijsters all strengthened their Top 10 career positions in all-time winning percentage on grass. Williams enters Monday 66-10 on the surface, an 0.868 winning percentage, good for third all-time. Sharapova is now 68-13, an 0.840 winning percentage good for sixth all-time. And Clijsters is now 53-14, moving from 10th to eighth all-time with a win percentage of 0.791, surpassing Tracy Austin (0.782) and Jana Novotna (0.790).

- By reaching the fourth round, Roger Federer extended his record for most career Grand Slam match wins to 240, eight ahead of Jimmy Connors (232). With two wins, Rafael Nadal is now at 158, good for ninth place and just five behind No. 8 Boris Becker (163).

- Rafael Nadal's third-round loss snapped his streak of five consecutive Grand Slam finals which dated back to the French Open in 2011, and was the third-longest streak of consecutive finals reached in Open Era history on the ATP tour. Novak Djokovic has reached four straight Slam finals, which ties him for the fourth-longest streak with Andre Agassi.

- Nadal also saw the end of his streak of five consecutive Grand Slam semifinals end. That streak ties him for fifth all-time with several players, including himself. Djokovic has reached eight consecutive Grand Slam semis, the third-longes streak in ATP history.

- Nadal's run of 11 straight Grand Slam quarterfinals also ended. It is the fourth-longest of its kind in Open Era history. Djokovic has reached 12 straight Grand Slam quarterfinals, good for third all-time, and Roger Federer 32 in a row, the most in history. Andy Murray's consecutive streak of six is tied for eighth all-time.

- Wimbledon 2012 is the 52nd straight Grand Slam tournament that Roger Federer has played in -- the third-most all-time behind Wayne Ferreira's 56 and Stefan Edberg's 51. Feliciano Lopez has appeared in 42 in a row, sixth all-time, and David Ferrer 39, eighth all-time.

- Roger Federer's three wins in the first week give him 62 for his career at Wimbledon, breaking a tie for fourth place with John McEnroe and moving him within one victory of Pete Sampras for third place. Jimmy Connors leads all players with 84 wins at Wimbledon.


- With his three first-week wins, Novak Djokovic improved his career Grand Slam winning percentage to 0.834 (126-25), moving him ahead of Jimmy Connors (0.823) into fifth place in that category in the Open Era. Despite his early loss, Rafael Nadal remains in second at 0.878 (158-22) with Roger Federer third at 0.870 (240-36).

- With three wins, Roger Federer has tied Phil Dent for sixth place on the all-time wins on grass list at 108. Lleyton Hewitt won twice, moving into sole possession of eighth place with 107, two ahead of Mark Edmondson (105).

- Federer is 108-16 on grass in his career, a winning percentage of 0.871 - the best in history. 

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