7 most one-sided tennis rivalries in the Open Era

#4 Ivan Lendl vs Tim Mayotte (17-0)

Ivan Lendl just didn't give an inch to his opponents, did he? Making his third appearance on the list, Lendl had an even better record of 17 wins against a player named Tim Mayotte.

The players were actually pitted against each other 18 times, but Lendl got a walkover in the final of Philadelphia (USA) in 1986, so that match is not counted. Mayotte got very close to the line many times but just didn't know how to cross it.

The pair played out 11 tie-breakers, with Lendl winning them all, and two epic five-setters: one at the US Open (1982) in which Lendl won 6-4, 3-6, 4-6, 7-6, 6-4, and the other in the quarterfinal of Wimbledon in 1986 where Lendl scrapped through 6-4, 4-6, 6-4, 3-6, 9-7.

The pair first met in the 1st round of the US Open in 1980, and ended their rivalry in the 1990 Toronto Indoor (Canada) final. If not for Lendl, Mayotte may well have reached greater heights; he lost to Lendl in five finals (including the W/O) in addition to suffering several quarterfinal and semifinal losses.

#3 Roger Federer vs Mikhail Youzhny (17-0)

Youzhny trying to find the solution since 2000

Arguably the Greatest of All Time (G.O.A.T), Roger Federer not making it to this list was just not possible.

The Federer-Youzhny rivalry began with a lot of expectations in the year 2000 in Stockholm (Sweden), where the Swiss prevailed over Youzhny in three sets for a 5-7, 6-4, 6-3 win. The rivalry has produced some hard-fought matches, but lady luck has always smiled on Federer.

The closest Youzhny came to beating Federer was in the round of 64 at the 2017 US Open where he led two sets to one, before Federer came back to win the match 6-1, 6(3)-7, 4-6, 6-4, 6-2.

Such has been the mastery of Federer that Youzhny has not been able to find a solution in 18 long years.