Roger Federer (Switzerland)
Roger Federer is currently riding on a 59-match unbeaten streak on grass -- that includes 10 titles, including five straight at Wimbledon.
The Swiss had his first brush with glory at the All England Club as a junior.
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A 6-4, 6-4 win over Irakli Labadze of Georgia in the boys' singles final in 1998 gave him his first Wimbledon title of any magnitude.
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His first appearance in the men's singles came a year later (1999) and ended with an opening round defeat to Czech Jiri Novak.
However, in 2001, Federer shocked everyone with a five-set fourth round win over defending champion Pete Sampras. He would go on to lose to Tim Henman in the quarters and get beaten by Mario Ancic in the opening round in 2002.
Then started a run of victories, which is enviable (well, that is an understatement).
The Swiss has won five straight titles (only the second player after Bjorn Borg in the Open Era to do so) and compiled a 35-0 singles record.
Borg has predicted that Rafael Nadal has it in him to end that streak. Whether the Spaniard actually manages to do it remains to be seen.
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