Navrátilová and Shriver
Martina Navrátilová and Pam Shriver will go down in history as the greatest doubles pair, the tennis world has ever seen. Together, they won 78 doubles titles, 20 of them at the Grand Slams. Their Grand Slam titles are divided between 7 at the Australian Open, 5 at Wimbledon, 4 at the US Open and 4 at the French Open.
They also have the longest match-winning streak in doubles in the Open Era, winning 109 straight doubles matches from April 1983 to July 1985. They played together from 1981 to 1989 and then again in 1991 and 1992. Through all that, they have remained good friends and play together on the Legends Tour.
The 109 Straight Match Wins for Navrátilová and Shriver
1983 Eastbourne, UK 1R Mould/Sayers 6-2 6-2
1983 Eastbourne, UK 2R Jolissaint/Mesker 6-1 6-2
1983 Eastbourne, UK QF Potter/Walsh 6-4 6-2
1983 Eastbourne, UK SF Jausovec/K.Jordan 6-4 4-6 6-3
1983 Eastbourne, UK F Durie/Hobbs 6-1 6-0
1983 Wimbledon 2R A.Minter/E.Minter 6-0 6-2
1983 Wimbledon 3R Nagelsen/Wade 6-2 6-4
1983 Wimbledon QF Jausovec/K.Jordan 3-6 6-3 6-3
1983 Wimbledon SF Durie/Hobbs 6-1 6-7 6-4
1983 Wimbledon F Casals/Turnbull 6-2 6-2
1983 Manhattan Beach, Calif., USA 1R Budarova/Skuherska 6-3 6-0
1983 Manhattan Beach, Calif., USA 2R Latham/Steinmetz 6-1 6-2
1983 Manhattan Beach, Calif., USA QF Moulton/Turnbull 6-1 7-5
1983 Manhattan Beach, Calif., USA SF Durie/Kiyomura 2-6 7-6 6-1
1983 Manhattan Beach, Calif., USA F Nagelsen/Ruzici 6-1 6-0
1983 US Open 1R Phelps/Solomon 6-1 6-1
1983 US Open 2R Holladay/O'Brien 6-1 1-6 6-2
1983 US Open 3R Bassett/Madruga-Osses 6-2 6-2
1983 US Open QF Hobbs/Jaeger 6-3 6-3
1983 US Open SF Jausovec/K.Jordan 6-3 6-2
1983 US Open F Fairbank/Reynolds 6-7 6-1 6-3
1983 Tampa, Fla., USA 1R Benjamin/Raschiatore 6-1 6-2
1983 Tampa, Fla., USA QF Foltz/Spence 6-0 6-1
1983 Tampa, Fla., USA SF Garrison/McNeil 6-1 7-6
1983 Tampa, Fla., USA F Gadusek/W.White 6-0 6-1
1983 Wightman Cup RR Croft/Durie 6-2 6-1
1983 Australian Open 1R Budarova/Skuherska 6-1 6-1
1983 Australian Open 2R B.Jordan/Sayers 6-2 6-1
1983 Australian Open QF Fairbank/Pfaff 6-3 6-3
1983 Australian Open SF K.Jordan/Potter 6-3 6-2
1983 Australian Open F Hobbs/Turnbull 6-4 6-7 6-2
1984 Oakland, Calif., USA 1R Teeguarden/Vermaak 6-1 6-4
1984 Oakland, Calif., USA QF Mandlikova/Sukova 6-3 6-1
1984 Oakland, Calif., USA SF Hobbs/Turnbull 6-2 3-6 7-5
1984 Oakland, Calif., USA F Casals/Moulton 6-2 6-3
1984 East Hanover, N.J., USA 1R K.Jordan/Pfaff 6-4 7-5
1984 East Hanover, N.J., USA QF Antonoplis/Temevari 6-0 6-2
1984 East Hanover, N.J., USA SF Casals/Russell 6-1 6-1
1984 East Hanover, N.J., USA F Durie/Kiyomura 6-4 6-3
1984 Virginia Slims Championships 1R Antonoplis/B.Jordan 6-3 6-0
1984 Virginia Slims Championships SF Fairbank/Reynolds 6-4 6-0
1984 Virginia Slims Championships F Durie/Kiyomura 6-3 6-1
1984 Dallas, USA 1R Monteiro/Vermaak 6-3 6-3
1984 French Open 1R Crowe/Steinmetz 6-2 6-1
1984 French Open 2R Bassett/Temesvari 6-4 6-2
1984 French Open 3R Collins/Moulton 6-2 6-4
1984 French Open QF Remilton/Sato 6-2 6-2
1984 French Open SF Horvath/Ruzici 6-0 7-6
1984 French Open F Kohde-Kilsch/Mandlikova 5-7 6-3 6-2
1984 Eastbourne, UK 1R Medrado/Remilton 6-4 6-3
1984 Eastbourne, UK 2R Fairbank/Rush 6-4 6-2
1984 Eastbourne, UK QF Casals/King 6-2 6-2
1984 Eastbourne, UK SF K.Jordan/Tanvier 6-3 6-2
1984 Eastbourne, UK F Durie/Kiyomura 6-4 6-2
1984 Wimbledon 1R Casale/Romanov 6-1 6-1
1984 Wimbledon 2R Louie/Ludloff 6-4 6-1
1984 Wimbledon 3R Bonder/Mascarin 6-0 6-0
1984 Wimbledon QF Kohde-Kilsch/Mandlikova 6-7 6-4 6-2
1984 Wimbledon SF Durie/Kiyomura 6-3 6-4
1984 Wimbledon F K.Jordan/A.Smith 6-3 6-4
1984 Mahwah, N.J., USA 1R Barker/Wright 6-1 6-2
1984 Mahwah, N.J., USA 2R Henricksson/R.White 6-2 6-4
1984 Mahwah, N.J., USA QF Collins/Sukova 6-1 6-2
1984 Mahwah, N.J., USA SF Fairbank/Potter 6-1 7-6
1984 Mahwah, N.J., USA F Durie/Kiyomura 7-6 3-6 6-2
1984 US Open 1R Mundel/Raschiatore 6-2 6-1
1984 US Open 2R Allen/Jones-Shaefer 6-1 7-6
1984 US Open 3R Scheuer-Larsen/Tanvier 6-3 6-3
1984 US Open QF Fairbank/Reynolds 6-3 6-4
1984 US Open SF Nagelsen/A.White 6-4 7-5
1984 US Open F Hobbs/Turnbull 6-2 6-4
1984 New Orleans, La., USA QF Holladay/Kuczynska 6-2 6-0
1984 New Orleans, La., USA SF Fairbank/Sayers 6-2 6-1
1984 New Orleans, La., USA F Turnbull/Walsh 6-4 6-1
1984 Brisbane, Australia 1R Quinlan/Van Nostrand 6-3 6-3
1984 Brisbane, Australia 2R Gregory/Whytcross 6-2 6-2
1984 Brisbane, Australia QF Jolissaint/Mesker 7-5 6-3
1984 Brisbane, Australia SF Kohde-Kilsch/Sukova 7-6 7-6
1984 Brisbane, Australia F Bunge/Pfaff 6-3 6-2
1984 Australian Open 1R Fairbank/Reynolds 7-6 6-4
1984 Australian Open 2R Mundel/Vermaak 6-2 6-1
1984 Australian Open QF Bassett/Garrison 6-2 6-0
1984 Australian Open SF Evert/Turnbull 6-4 6-3
1984 Australian Open F Kohde-Kilsch/Sukova 6-3 6-4
1985 Princeton, N.J., USA 1R Paradis/Ruzici 6-2 6-2
1985 Princeton, N.J., USA QF Temesvari/A.White 6-4 3-6 6-3
1985 Princeton, N.J., USA SF P.Smith/R.White 6-4 7-6
1985 Princeton, N.J., USA F Mesker/Sayers-Smylie 7-5 6-2
1985 Virginia Slims Championships 1R Horvath/Ruzici 6-3 6-1
1985 Virginia Slims Championships SF Fairbank/Reynolds 6-0 6-3
1985 Virginia Slims Championships F Kohde-Kilsch/Sukova 6-7 6-4 7-6
1985 Orlando, Fla., USA SF Leand/Temesvari 6-3 6-2
1985 Orlando, Fla., USA F Burgin/Horvath 6-3 6-1
1985 French Open 1R McDaniel/W.White 6-1 6-1
1985 French Open 2R Campos/Corsato 6-3 6-1
1985 French Open 3R Collins/Leand 6-1 6-0
1985 French Open QF Evert-Lloyd/Paradis 6-3 6-3
1985 French Open SF Nagelsen/A.White 6-3 6-4
1985 French Open F Kohde-Kilsch/Sukova 4-6 6-2 6-2
1985 Eastbourne, UK 1R Benjamin/Rush 6-0 6-3
1985 Eastbourne, UK 2R Holladay/Jausovec 6-4 6-2
1985 Eastbourne, UK QF Burgin/Moulton 6-3 6-4
1985 Eastbourne, UK SF Potter/Walsh 6-2 6-4
1985 Eastbourne, UK F Jordan/Sayers-Smylie 7-5 6-4
1985 Wimbledon 1R Golder/Nelson-Dunbar 6-1 6-0
1985 Wimbledon 2R Borneo/Tacon 6-1 6-2
1985 Wimbledon 3R Holladay/Jausovec 6-0 6-3
1985 Wimbledon QF Durie/Evert-Lloyd 6-4 6-2
1985 Wimbledon SF Mandlikova/Turnbull 6-4 6-2
After losing to Billie Jean King and Anne Smith in the final of the Sunbird Cup in Orlando in April 1983, Martina and Pam did
not lose a match until the finals of Wimbledon in 1985. In that final, the team of Kathy Jordan and Liz Smylie defeated them 5-7 6-3 6-4, ending their amazing, and as yet unbroken, streak at 109 consecutive matches.
Above pictures: Top left, courtesy of "We Have Come a Long Way" by Billie Jean King and Cynthia Starr; Above left and above, courtesy of "Passing Shots" by Pam Shriver, Frank Deford and Susan B. Adams