After her second-round victory over Sloane Stephens in Madrid, Serena Williams has now won 25 straight dating back to the WTA Finals last year in Singapore. That ties her with her second-longest streak of all time, which as snapped at last year’s Australian Open by Ana Ivanovic.
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In 2013 Serena Williams 34-match winning streak became the longest of her career. It was ended by Sabine Lisicki at Wimbledon in dramatic fashion, but Williams is getting closer to topping that in 2015.
No matter what happens in the next two months, the fact remains that Williams has a lot of work to do if she plans on coming anywhere near Martina Navratilova's WTA-best winning streak of 74 matches, accomplished in 1984.
Here is a list of the top ten winning streaks in WTA Tour history:
74 Martina Navratilova: 1984
66 Graff 88-89
58 Navratilova, 87
57 Court, 72
55 Chris Evert: 1974
54 Navratilova: 1983
46 Steffi Graf: 1988
45 Steffi Graf: 1987
41 Evert 1975-76
41 Navratilova, 1982
Serena has had six unbeaten streaks of 20 or more matches in her career, four of which have happened since 2013.
Here are Serena’s seven best unbeaten streaks, career:
34 Ended by Sabine Lisicki at Wimbledon, 2013
25 still active!!!!!
25 Ended by Ana Ivanovic at Australian Open, 2014
21 Ended by Justine Henin in Charleston in 2003
21 Ended in Los Angeles by Chanda Rubin in 2002
20 Ended in Australia by Sloane Stephens in 2013
19 Ended in Cincinnati by Angelique Kerber in 2012
18 Ended at U.S. Open by Sam Stosur in 2011
18 Ended by Kim Clijsters at WTA Championships in 2002
Stats courtesy of WTA Media