By Chris Oddo | Saturday May 26, 2018
Keeping up with the game of tennis, by the numbers. Each day at Tennis Now we’ll give you a fresh set—without any further ado, here’s what’s happening on the day before Roland Garros kicks off.
65
Number of consecutive Grand Slams that Feliciano Lopez has played. The Spaniard ties Roger Federer’s record for consecutive majors played and will pass the Swiss at Wimbledon.
6
Number of players that have a shot at the WTA’s top ranking in Paris. Caroline Wozniacki, Garbiñe Muguruza, Elina Svitolina, Karolina Pliskova and Caroline Garcia will have a chance to overtake Simona Halep atop the WTA Rankings. Halep needs to reach at least the semifinals to stay on top.
79-2
The overall record of Rafael Nadal at Roland Garros, which is utterly ridiculous. The Spaniard also owns a 104-2 record in best-of-five matches played on clay. Below are the all-time Roland Garros active win leaders.
65-1
The record of three-time champion Serena Williams in first-round matches at Grand Slams. The American has only lost to Virginie Razzano at Roland Garros in 2012. She’ll meet Kristyna Pliskova in round one at Paris. Williams is also in this year’s doubles draw, ICYMI.
3
Number of players that have won Roland Garros without winning a clay-court title previously in the season since 2000. Stan Wawrinka is the only active player to have achieved the feat.
76
The number of consecutive Grand Slams that the Bryan Brothers played together as a team. That ends this year at Roland Garros as Bob withdraws with a hip injury and Mike pairs with Sam Querrey.
46
Due to Agnieszka Radwanska's withdrawal from Roland Garros, Alizé Cornet now has the longest active run of consecutive Grand Slams played on the WTA side. Here are the longest streaks of all-time…