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In tennis, a bagel is when the set ends with a score of 6–0.[1] An extremely rare type of bagel, where no point is lost, is called a golden set. Most bagel sets occur in the early rounds of tennis tournaments where the favorites meet with lower ranked players such as a lucky loser or a wild card.

From 2004 to 2015, on the basis of the results of the tennis season, a special Golden Bagel Award was handed out to the male player who dealt the most bagels to his opponents.[2]

Surface disparity

Statistics of the men's singles Grand Slam tournaments from 2000 to 2016 are as follows: at Wimbledon (grass surface), 127 bagels were made; at French Open (clay surface), 267; at the US Open Tennis Championship (hard surface), 275, and at the Australian Open (hard surface), 238.[citation needed]. Björn Borg (five-time Wimbledon champion and six-time French Open champion) recorded 20 6–0 sets at the French Open, and only 5 at Wimbledon.

Double bagel

Men's singles

Grand Slam matches in the men's singles category are best of five sets. Thus, a kind of "inner double bagel" is possible, when a tennis player wins two consecutive 6–0 sets in a single match. The most recent occurrence is in 2018 when Gaël Monfils defeated Facundo Bagnis 7–6(7–4), 3–6, 6–0, 6–0.[3]

In the 1970s, first round matches at the French Open and US Open were only best of three sets. There are 3 cases of a double bagel Grand Slam victory:[citation needed]

Women's singles

For women in Grand Slam tournaments, a double bagel result is possible as the matches are best of three sets. In the Open Era, not a single Grand Slam tournament match ended with a double bagel in 1968 and 2005.[citation needed] The most double bagels were in the seasons of 1974 and 1993, when eight matches had a result of 6–0, 6–0.[citation needed]

The following players had at least five double-bagels in Grand Slam singles events: Suzanne Lenglen (France), Margaret Court (Australia) – 14; Chris Evert (United States) – 13; Helen Wills Moody (USA) – 10; Steffi Graf (Germany) – 7; Kim Clijsters (Belgium), Mary Pierce (France) – 6 each; Monica Seles (Yugoslavia / USA), Maria Sharapova (Russia) – on 5.[citation needed]

Between No. 1 ranked players

There are six cases when double-bagels ended with matches played by two tennis players who at different times were ranked No. 1 in the ATP and WTA:[citation needed]

Triple bagel

The triple bagel is very infrequent. In the Open Era, this has occurred five times in the men's singles Grand Slam tournaments so far:

In total, taking into account the preliminary rounds of Davis Cup in the Open Era, there have been 17 triple-bagels.[8]

Records

In Grand Slams

Men's singles

In the history of the Grand Slam tournaments in the men's single category, the largest number of 6–0 sets won is the following:[9]

# Player Nationality Bagels
1. Andre Agassi United States United States 50
2. Roy Emerson Australia Australia 47
Roger Federer Switzerland Switzerland
4. Jimmy Connors United States United States 44
5. Ivan Lendl Czechoslovakia Czechoslovakia / United States United States 42
6. John Bromwich Australia Australia 41
7. Bill Tilden United States United States 40
8. Rene Lacoste France France 35
Björn Borg Sweden Sweden
Rafael Nadal Spain Spain

At individual majors the players with the most 6–0 sets are:[citation needed]

  • Australian Championship: 1. R. Federer – 17; 2. Jack Crawford (Australia) – 16; 3. A. Agassi – 15.
  • French Open: 1–2. B. Borg, G. Vilas – 20 each; 3–5. Jaroslav Drobný (Czechoslovakia /Egypt), R. Lacoste, R. Nadal – 17 each.
  • Wimbledon: 1. R. Emerson – 15; 2–3. J. Connors, B. Tilden – to 12.
  • US Championship: 1. J. Connors – 22; 2–3. I. Lendl, B. Tilden – 20 each.

Australian Neale Fraser won at least 6–0 set in 16 Grand Slam tournaments in a row: starting with the 1957 Australian Championship and ending with the 1960 US championship.

Women's singles

In the women's singles, the largest number of 6–0 sets won:[citation needed]

1. Chris Evert (USA) – 106; 2. Margaret Court (Australia) – 89; 3. Martina Navratilova (Czechoslovakia / USA) – 72; 4. Steffi Graf (Germany) – 71; 5. Serena Williams (USA) – 64; 6. Helen Wills-Moody (USA) – 57; 7. Monica Seles (Yugoslavia / USA) – 54; 8. Maria Sharapova (Russia) – 49; 9. Arantxa Sánchez Vicario (Spain) – 46; 10. Gabriela Sabatini (Argentina) – 44.

In individual tournaments of the Grand Slam, the largest number of 6–0 sets won is:[citation needed]

  • Australian Championship: 1. M. Court – 25; 2. M. Sharapova – 16; 3. S. Williams – 14.
  • French Open: 1. C. Evert – 26; 2. A. Sanchez – 22; 3. G. Sabatini – 21.
  • Wimbledon: 1–2. Suzanne Lenglen (France), C. Evert – to 29; 3. M. Court – 25.
  • US Championship: 1. C. Evert – 43; H. Wills-Moody – 31; 3. M. Court – 27.

In career

Men

Bagels[10]

# Player Nationality Bagels
1. Bill Tilden United States United States 479
2. Josiah Ritchie United Kingdom Great Britain 464
3. Anthony Wilding New Zealand New Zealand 280
4. Frank Parker United States United States 266
5. Jaroslav Drobny Czechoslovakia Czechoslovakia 245
6. Roy Emerson Australia Australia 224
7. Ken Rosewall Australia Australia 216
8. John Bromwich Australia Australia 209
9. Jimmy Connors United States United States 197
10. Gardnar Mulloy United StatesUnited States 186

Double Bagels[11]

# Player Nationality Double Bagels
1. Bill Tilden United StatesUnited States 106
2. Josiah Ritchie United Kingdom Great Britain 87
3. Anthony Wilding New Zealand New Zealand 51
4. John Bromwich Australia Australia 42
5. Frank Parker United States United States 37
6. Jaroslav Drobny Czechoslovakia Czechoslovakia 32
7. George Worthington AustraliaAustralia 25
8. Wayne Sabin United StatesUnited States 24

Triple Bagels[12]

# Player Nationality Triple Bagels
1. Bill Tilden United States United States 11
2. Karel Kozeluh Czechoslovakia Czechoslovakia 5
3. Arthur Gore United Kingdom Great Britain 4
Josiah Ritchie United Kingdom Great Britain
Harry Parker New Zealand New Zealand
Gordon Lowe United Kingdom Great Britain
Bob Hewitt South Africa South Africa

Trivia

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