Navratilova\u2019s streak was eventually ended by Helena Sulkova in the Australian Open<\/a> semifinals, and that run has never been beaten since.<\/p>\n While the longest losing streak has come nowhere near to 74 matches, one WTA player did lose 29 matches in a row.<\/p>\n The person who has the most consecutive matches in WTA history is Madeleine Pegel, the Swedish player who competed in the 1960s and 1970s.<\/p>\n At 24 years old, Pegel made her WTA Tour debut at her home tournament in Bastad, losing in the first round to a fellow Swede player.<\/p>\n While many players lose their debut match on tour, what Pegel did not know at the time is that she would go on to lose 29 consecutive matches.<\/p>\n These losses for Pegel included her being beaten by many different players including Billie Jean King<\/a>.<\/p>\n After continued failed attempts to win her first match, Pegel would finally make her breakthrough in 1972, but this did not appear to spark into a blockbuster career as there is very little public information about the Swedish woman.<\/p>\n One losing streak that did spawn into an impressive run came last year, when Shuai Zhang ended her 24-match losing streak<\/a>.<\/p>\n Zhang<\/a> has been ranked as high as world number 22, but just could not find any sort of confidence after losing 24 consecutive matches.<\/p>\n That all changed at the China Open<\/a> in Beijing last year, where Zhang beat McCartney Kessler to end her losing run.<\/p>\n It did not end there, with Zhang also beating Emma Navarro<\/a>, Greet Minnen and Magdalena Frech to reach the quarterfinals of the WTA 1000 tournament.<\/p>\n WTA Player\u2019s with longest losing streaksMatches they lost in a rowPeriod that the losing streak took place1. Madeleine Pegel29 1968-19722. Shuai Zhang24 2023-20243. Aranxta Rus17 2012-20133. Sandy Collins171984-19875. Kristina Mladenovic152017-2018Former US Open champion extends losing streak to 11 matches<\/p>\n While there is no player currently near the losing streaks of Pegel and Zhang at the moment, former US Open champion Sloane Stephens<\/a> is still searching for a win after 11 consecutive defeats.<\/p>\n After returning to the WTA Tour in Guadalajara after a foot injury, Stephens<\/a> lost her first round match to Lucrezia Stefanini.<\/p>\n This means that the former world number three has now lost 11 matches in a row, dating back to Wimbledon<\/a> in 2024.<\/p>\n TournamentResultWimbledon (2R)Diana Shnaider beat Stephens, 6-1 6-1Washington Open (1R)Amanda Anisimova beat Stephens, 6-3 7-5Canadian Open (1R)Greet Minnen beat Stephens, 6-2 6-2US Open (1R)Clara Burel beat Stephens, 0-6 7-5 7-5Guadalajara Open (1R)Olivia Gadecki beat Stephens, 6-4 6-3Korea Open (1R)Hailey Baptiste beat Stephens, 7-6(4) 6-2Auckland Open (1R)Ann Li beat Stephens, 5-7 6-4 6-4Hobart International (1R)Ann Li beat Stephens, 7-5 6-1Australian Open (1R)Aryna Sabalenka beat Stephens, 6-3 6-2Merida Open (1R)Petra Martic beat Stephens, 6-2 6-3Guadalajara Open (1R)Lucrezia Stefanini beat Stephens, 6-4 4-6 6-1<\/p>\n![\"A](\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/GettyImages-2233605741-1024x683.jpg\")
Photo by MANDEL NGAN\/AFP via Getty ImagesMadeleine Pegel: The WTA player with the longest losing streak in history<\/p>\n