By Jürgen Fritz, Mo 10. Jan 2022, Cover picture: Tennis TV-Screenshot

Rafael Nadal breaks his own world record, winning at least one ATP tournament every season for the 19th year in a row. In the final in Melbourne, the 35-year-old beat US-American Maxime Cressy 7-6, 6-3. This was the Spaniard’s 89th tournament victory. He won at least one ATP tournament every year from 2004 to 2022, 19 years non-stop. That has never happened before.

Next world record

In December, Nadal had already broken another world record of his own when he finished a year as one of the top ten players in the world for the 17th time in a row. Now the next record.

Years in a row with at least one tournament win in the Open Era since 1968:

• Rafael Nadal: 19
• Novak Djokovic: 16
• Roger Federer: 15 (+3)
• Ivan Lendl: 14
• Jimmy Connors: 13 (+2)
• Boris Becker: 12
• Stefan Edberg: 12
• Pete Sampras: 11 (+1)
• Andre Agassi: 10 (+8)
• John McEnroe: 9 (+4)
• Björn Borg: 8

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