Swatek's 37 straight wins, and Hingis's 37 straight wins

After losing to Cornet in the third round of Wimbledon, the 21-year-old Swatek extended her crazy winning streak to 37 matches this year. Although leaving Wimbledon earlier than expected, the 37-win streak is the longest so far this century, surpassing the Williams sisters who once dominated women's tennis.

In the history of women's tennis, Martina Navratilova, Daniele Eifert and Steffi Graf have all won more than 40 matches in a row multiple times. That's a long time ago. The longest WTA winning streak since the 1990s was set by Martina Hingis in 1997, when Swatek tied her with 37 matches. So what are the similarities and differences between the two 37 consecutive wins?

Hingis, born in 1980, was 17 in 1997. She burst onto the scene like Sharapova did when she won Wimbledon at 17, but the Swiss was unstoppable. She went on a 37-game winning streak from her first tournament of the year in Sydney to the French Open final.

Like Swatek, both achieved this feat early in their careers, building confidence and points along the way to climb to no. 1 in the world.

Before 1997, hingis's highest seed at a Grand Slam was no. 16. Hingis has held on to the top spot since she entered the 1997 Australian Open as the fourth seed. She has been seeded No. 1 in 18 of her 19 grand Slam tournaments and No. 2 once.

Swatek's 37 straight wins, and Hingis's 37 straight wins

Swatek had only beaten the world's top 10 once before she started her winning streak this year. But in Doha, she beat three of the world's top 10, including back-to-back victories over Sakari and Azarenka.

During her 37 straight wins, Swatek has won seven top-10 matches, while Hingis has 10. The Swiss's 10 victories include a victory over then-world Number one Steffi Graf in the Tokyo Pan Pacific final and three final or semi-final victories over world Number five Seles. In terms of the level of opponents, Hingis's 37 opponents have an average ranking of 30 in the world, while Swatek's opponents have an average ranking of 62.

Perhaps because of the standings, Swatek has more dominant wins in this streak. In 37 matches, Swatek has dropped just seven sets to Hingis's 12. Swatek gave up 5.4 games per game to Hingis's 6.8. As for the 6-0 egg, Swartek had 16 to Hingis' seven.

In Doha, Swatek dropped just one set in the first round and only two in the final against Kontaveit. Swatek dropped three sets in total at Indian Wells, all coming back from 1-0 down. In Miami, the Pole became the youngest winner of the sun double without dropping a set. With Barty's sudden retirement, Swatek is officially no. 1 in the world.

At Roland Garros, Swatek dropped just one set against Zheng Qinwen, and the rest of the match was relatively easy. The French joked that Swatek must have enjoyed eating baguettes and bagels. Because the baguette is shaped like a 1 and bagel is a 0, which means that Swattak often sends his opponents 6-0 and 6-1.

Hingis and Swatek have each won six titles through those 37 victories, including a Grand Slam. Meanwhile, swatek has won four WTA1000 races, while hingis has won three first class races (the equivalent of today's WTA1000). Sadly, hingis's winning streak ended in the 1997 French Open final, when she lost 2-0 to Croatia's Eva Marjorie.

Although the streak abruptly ended, but hingis has no impact on the momentum of the rise. Starting at Wimbledon in 1997, she went on a terrifying 26-game winning streak at Grand Slam tournaments, winning wimbledon, the U.S. Open and the Australian Open in 1998. Hingis's winning streak was once again ended on clay at the French Open, where she lost 2-0 to Seles in the semifinals and failed to win a career grand Slam at Roland Garros.
So the end of Swatek's winning streak isn't necessarily a bad thing. Let's see how the rest of her journey goes when the pressure is off.