7 most one-sided tennis rivalries in the Open Era

#2 Bjorn Borg vs Vitas Gerulaitis (17-0)

Bjorn Borg

One-sided rivalries started way back in the 70s, with Bjorn Borg making Vitas Gerulaitis his bunny for seven long years. The latter just couldn't find an answer to the questions asked by the former.

The pair were pitted against each other 18 times, with Borg winning 17 of them. The Swede did concede a match to Gerulaitis, in Dallas, WCT (USA) in 1978, but that was through a walkover - which doesn't count in the head-to-head.

No matter the type of court (grass, clay, hard or carpet) they played on, Borg had the better of his good friend every single time. Their rivalry included an epic Wimbledon semifinal too, where Borg again won 6-4, 3-6, 6-3, 3-6, 8-6.

The pair played their last match at Wimbledon in 1981 where the 11-time Slam champion won in straight sets 7-6, 7-5, 7-6.

#1 Roger Federer vs David Ferrer (17-0)

David Ferrer (L) and Roger Federer

This is the most unexpected one-sided rivalry of them all, with the master taming one of the best players outside the Big 4 on 17 consecutive occasions.

David Ferrer, a former World No. 3 who has won 27 ATP Titles including one Masters 1000, has just not been able to find a way to beat the Swiss Maestro since their first match in 2003.

The pair has mostly met in the quarters or semis or finals of tournaments, highlighting the fact that if not for Federer, Ferrer could have achieved a lot more than what he has in his career.

Interestingly, Ferrer couldn't even take advantage of his preferred surface i.e. clay to score at least one win over Federer; five matches out of the 17 that the two have played, have been on clay.

The pair last met in the Round of 16 at the 2017 ATP World Tour Masters 1000 Canada, where Federer won in a hard-fought battle 4-6, 6-4, 6-2.