5 tennis records that would be nearly impossible to break

Roger Federer

3. Roger Federer - Longest consecutive run as World No. 1

The ATP has a system which ranks its players on the basis of points accumulated. Since 1973, 26 men have been ranked World No.1.

Roger Federer is a household name among people who follow the sport. There are several records to his name. But we are dealing with only one aspect of his dominance in tennis here.

Federer holds the record for being the Word No. 1 in the rankings for the most number of weeks in a row. He was No. 1 for 237 consecutive weeks! This amounts to 1659 days between February 2, 2004 and August 17, 2008.

Federer surpassed the previous record of 160 weeks (1120 days) held by Jimmy Connors, and went on to add so many more weeks to it that it now seems impossible to ever be accomplished again.