5 Grand Slams, 7 Masters and 2 Year-End Championships: Throwback to when Roger Federer won a record 24 consecutive tournament finals

Roger Federer won 24 consecutive tournament finals between October 2003 and October 2005

Rafael Nadal defeated Cameron Norrie on Saturday to win his 11th consecutive ATP tour final, but the Spaniard has some way to go before catching up with Roger Federer. Between October 2003 and October 2005, the Swiss contested 24 finals and won every single one of them.

Federer, then 22 years old and a one-time Grand Slam champion, reached the final of the 2003 Vienna Open to begin his streak. He'd lost the previous final against Jiri Novak at the Swiss Open, but the former World No. 1 defeated Carlos Moya in straight sets in Vienna to win the 10th ATP title of his career.

From there, the World No. 29 went to the year-end championships as the third seed. He won all five matches, including a victory over top seed Andy Roddick in the semifinals and fifth seed Andre Agassi in the final, to win his first-ever ATP Finals crown.

#OnThisDay in 2004 👀

No. 1 at the @AustralianOpen for @rogerfederer 🔥 https://t.co/cSz0qxQdjd

The 20-time-Grand Slam champion began 2004 by winning the Australian Open, vanquishing Marat Safin in the final in straight sets. He followed it up with his second title in Dubai with a victory over Feliciano Lopez.

The Dubai title was backed up by two Masters crowns, Federer's first Indian Wells title and second Hamburg title. As the top seed, the Swiss defeated Tim Henman in Indian Wells and Guillermo Coria in Hamburg.

The current World No. 29 began the grass season with a title at Halle, where he defeated Mardy Fish in the final. From there, it was a trip to Wimbledon, where he won his third Grand Slam and second title at SW19 by ousting Roddick in a tight four-setter.

Federer then returned to his home country to win his first Swiss Open title, beating Igor Andreev on the claycourts of Gstaad in straight sets. The North American swing followed, where the 20-time Grand Slam champion won the Canadian Masters and the US Open.

In Toronto, he defeated Roddick for the second time in a final that year, whereas he dispatched former World No. 1 Lleyton Hewitt in the US Open. The Swiss former World No. 1 repeated the set before the end of the year, this time beating Roddick in the final of the Thailand Open and Hewitt in the final of the Year-End Championships (his second title).

Roger Federer ended the year with 11 titles to his name, including three Grand Slams. He also became the first man in the Open Era to win at least three Majors and the Year-End Championships. He also became the first player since Mats Wilander in 1988 to win three Majors in a year.

Roger Federer defeated Rafael Nadal for the first time in a final at the 2005 Miami Masters

Roger Federer began the 2005 season by defeating Ivan Ljubicic in three consecutive finals -- the Qatar Open, Rotterdam Open and Dubai Tennis Championship (third title in Dubai).

The Swiss then defended his titles at Indian Wells and Hamburg with victories over Lleyton Hewitt and Richard Gasquet respectively in the finals. The two Masters titles were interjected by another ATP 1000 title in Miami.

Seeded first in the tournament, Federer defeated 29th seed Rafael Nadal in a marathon five-setter in the final after overturning a two-set deficit. It was the first ever meeting between the pair in a final and they would go on to play 23 more times in title clashes.

When one of the greatest rivalries of modern sport met in a final for the first time ⚔️

Federer. Nadal. Miami. 2005.... https://t.co/b5kiZfwYih

The former World No. 1 also defended his title at Halle by defeating Marat Safin in the final. He won his third Wimbledon on the trot the following month, vanquishing Andy Roddick in the final in straight sets. Federer crushed Roddick in yet another final in August, this time at the Cincinnati Masters.

The 20-time Grand Slam champion proceeded to defeat Andre Agassi at Flushing Meadows to win his second Major of the year. He defended his title at the Thailand Open, prevailing over Andy Murray in the final. Incidentally, this tournament marked Murray's entry into the top 100 for the first time in his career.

🏆 #OTD in 2005...

The one and only @rogerfederer won his 3️⃣rd straight @Wimbledon title 🎾

#Federer 🇨🇭 went on to win five consecutive championships at SW19, six in seven years and holds the record for most men's singles titles with 🎱

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#Wimbledon #JoinTheStory https://t.co/1elqSeBHtQ

At the Year-End Championships, however, Federer suffered his first loss in a final in almost two years. After winning all three of his round-robin matches (against Guillermo Coria, Ivan Ljubicic and David Nalbandian) and the semifinal encounter (against Gaston Gaudio), the defending champion fell in the final to Nalbandian in an epic five-setter.

The defeat brought to an end a streak of 24 ATP final wins on the trot, the longest ever in tennis history.