This was only her third match victory ever in the Open.

It was Lendl's 11th straight match victory since coming back last month after a two-month layoff with a foot injury.

All three of his match victories have turned on that hole.

In 1977, his 50 successive match victories set a record that has not been broken.

Although she later denied it, Graf might have been feeling the pressure of her string of 37 match victories in 1987.

"That was the turning point," said Woods, whose record in the Amateur is now 15-2, with 13 straight match victories.

He had won the first tiebreak game and needed only a draw to nail down the match victory.

This win saw Queensland claim three consecutive match victories for the first time since 1995's shock whitewash.

At one point in the match, Kasparov opened a three-point lead and looked well on his way to a decisive match victory.

Soon, Williams had the championship trophy in her hands following her 26th match victory in a row.