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In tennis, a golden set is a set which is won without losing a single point. This means scoring the 24 minimum points required to win the set 6–0, without conceding any points.

In professional tennis, this has occurred twice in the main draw of top-level events. It has also happened a number of times in the pre-tournament qualifiers of the lowest-level events. Bill Scanlon had a golden second set in his win over Marcos Hocevar at the 1983 Delray Beach WCT event. Yaroslava Shvedova had a golden first set in her win over Sara Errani at the 2012 Wimbledon Championships.[1] Steffi Graf came close to achieving the feat in the finals of the 1989 Virginia Slims of Washington tournament, winning the first five games to love against Zina Garrison, before winning the match 6–1, 7–5.[2] At the 2023 Western & Southern Open, Taylor Fritz won the first five games to love in his round of sixteen match before his opponent, Dusan Lajovic, retired.

A golden match is when a player does not lose a single point in the entire match. There are five documented cases of this at low-level events. Hazel Hotchkiss Wightman did so in the 1910 Washington State Championships, defeating a Miss Huiskamp (first name unknown).[3] Later it happened twice in France in the qualifiers of lowest-level professional events, two of them in the span of two months, both against the same 55-year-old man, Tomas Fabian.[4] A golden match occurred in the qualifiers of an ITF Men's World Tennis Tour event in Doha in 2019, where Krittin Koaykul beat Artem Bahmet.[5][6] Bahmet was a professional sports bettor who had entered the tournament without having played tennis before; his associate bet against him and won roughly €3,000.

List of occurrences

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Key
W F SFQF#RRRQ#DNQANH
(W) winner; (F) finalist; (SF) semifinalist; (QF) quarterfinalist; (#R) rounds 4, 3, 2, 1; (RR) round-robin stage; (Q#) qualification round; (DNQ) did not qualify; (A) absent; (NH) not held; (SR) strike rate (events won / competed); (W–L) win–loss record.

Main draws of top-level professional events are in boldface.

PlayerEventRoundOpponentFinal scoreDateNotes
United States Hazel Hotchkiss1910 Washington State Championships, Seattle, WashingtonSFUnited States Mrs. Huiskamp (first name unknown)6–0, 6–312 Aug 1910[7]
United States Pauline Betz1943 Tri-State tournament, Cincinnati, OhioFUnited States Catherine Wolf6–0, 6–21943[8]
United States Bill Scanlon1983 Delray Beach WCT1RBrazil Marcos Hocevar6–2, 6–022 Feb 1983Recorded in the Guinness Book of World Records.
Denmark Tine Scheuer-Larsen1995 Fed Cup Europe/Africa ZoneRRBotswana Mmaphala Letsatle6–0, 6–09 May 1995[9]
Kazakhstan Yaroslava Shvedova2012 Wimbledon Championships3RItaly Sara Errani6–0, 6–430 Jun 2012Only golden set in main draw of a Major.[1]
Germany Julian Reister2013 US Open qualifyingQ2Germany Tim Pütz6–7(3–7), 6–4, 6–020 Aug 2013Only golden set in third set.[10][11]
Italy Stefano Napolitano2015 Distal & ITR Group Tennis Cup qualifyingQ2Italy Augusto Virgili6–0, 6–37 Jul 2015[12][13]
Ukraine Katarina Zavatska2015 Chang ITF Pro Circuit – Bangkok $25,000 qualifyingQ2Thailand Thanyathorn Putthaun6–0, 6–012 Dec 2015
China He Yecong2016 Qingdao ATP Challenger qualifyingQ2China Wang Honghan6–0, 6–07 Aug 2016[14]
France Benjamin Tullou2016 France F17 Futures qualifying, Bagnères-de-Bigorre, FranceQ1Czech Republic Tomáš Fabián6–0, 6–03 Sep 2016Golden match.[15]
France Joffrey de Schepper2016 France F23 Futures qualifying, Rodez, FranceQ1Czech Republic Tomáš Fabián6–0, 6–015 Oct 2016Amateur opponent. Fabián won one point, avoiding another golden match against him.[16]
Venezuela Luis David Martínez2017 Morelos Open qualifyingQ1Mexico Manfred Brandes Vogt6–1, 6–018 Feb 2017[17]
France Dan Added2018 France F5 Futures qualifying, Poitiers, FranceQ2France Freddy Prioton6–0, 6–011 Mar 2018Golden match.[18][19]
Thailand Krittin Koaykul2019 Doha M15 qualifying, Doha, QatarQ1Ukraine Artem Bahmet6–0, 6–08 Dec 2019Golden match.[19][20]
United States Jessie Aney2021 W60 San Bartolomé de Tirajana qualifying, SpainQ1France Heranne Excellent6–0, 6–015 Aug 2021In the first set.[21]
Anastasia Sysoeva2022 W25 Naples, Florida qualifying, USAQ2China Fenni Lian6–0, 6–017 May 2022In the second set.[22]
Germany Emily Seibold2024 W15 Krško main draw, Slovenia1RCzech Republic Denise Hrdinkova6–3, 6–016 Jul 2024

References

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  1. ^ a b "Yaroslava Shvedova joins the exclusive 'golden set'". BBC Sport Sport.
  2. ^ "Graf Trounces Garrison". The New York Times. 20 February 1989.
  3. ^ All-Time Records, Tennis Magazine, February 1981, page 72
  4. ^ "Joffrey De Schepper beat 55-year-old Tomas Fabian 6–0 6–0 in one of the fastest matches in tennis history!". 17 October 2016.
  5. ^ Niktin, Pavel (11 December 2019). "Украинец заявил друга на теннисный турнир, поставил против него и заработал. Удивительно, но им за это ничего не будет" [The Ukrainian invited a friend to a tennis tournament, bet against him and made money. Surprisingly, they won't be punished for it] (in Russian). Archived from the original on 2 June 2024. Retrieved 2 June 2024.
  6. ^ Sport Ukraine (10 December 2019). Worst Tennis televised performance of all time.. (0-6,0-6 golden match lost 48/48) (video). YouTube. Retrieved 2 June 2024.
  7. ^ "Miss Hotchkiss and Divine Star". The Spokesman-Review. 1910-08-13. p. 11.
  8. ^ S. Smith, Phillip (2010). From Club Court to Center Court (PDF) (2010 ed.). p. 22. ISBN 978-0-9712445-8-0.
  9. ^ Politiken, 10 May 1995, 1st Section, p.10
  10. ^ "Tennis: Julian Reister réalise un historique "golden set"". 23 August 2013.
  11. ^ "Match Stats". Archived from the original on 2013-09-01.
  12. ^ "Stefano Napolitano's Golden Set (Italian)".
  13. ^ Josh Meiseles (2015-07-09). "Thirty-Three Points Won In A Row? It Happened". Retrieved 2015-07-10.
  14. ^ tennisnet (8 August 2016). "Ein perfekter Satz – 2 Chinesen sorgen für historisches Ereignis".
  15. ^ tennisnet (3 September 2016). "Weltpremiere! Franzose Benjamin Tullou spielt "Golden Match"".
  16. ^ "Rodez (ITF) – Joffrey de Schepper pas loin du golden match". www.tennisactu.tv.
  17. ^ "ATP Challenger Tour on Twitter".
  18. ^ "Golden match alert! Dan Added writes history against Freddy Prioton". 12 March 2018.
  19. ^ a b https://www.itftennis.com/en/tournament/france-f5-futures/fra/2018/m-fu-fra-05a-2018/draws-and-results/ [bare URL]
  20. ^ "El peor tenista del mundo: El despropósito de Artem Bahmet en Catar". 9 December 2019.
  21. ^ "W60 San Bartolome de Tirajana (Gran Canaria) 2021 | ITF".
  22. ^ "W25 Naples, FL 2022 Tennis Tournament | ITF".
Retrieved from "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Golden_set&oldid=1309787043"

    In tennis, a golden set is a set which is won without losing a single point. This means scoring the 24 minimum points required to win the set 6–0, without conceding any points.

    In professional tennis, this has occurred twice in the main draw of top-level events. It has also happened a number of times in the pre-tournament qualifiers of the lowest-level events. Bill Scanlon had a golden second set in his win over Marcos Hocevar at the 1983 Delray Beach WCT event. Yaroslava Shvedova had a golden first set in her win over Sara Errani at the 2012 Wimbledon Championships.[1] Steffi Graf came close to achieving the feat in the finals of the 1989 Virginia Slims of Washington tournament, winning the first five games to love against Zina Garrison, before winning the match 6–1, 7–5.[2] At the 2023 Western & Southern Open, Taylor Fritz won the first five games to love in his round of sixteen match before his opponent, Dusan Lajovic, retired.

    A golden match is when a player does not lose a single point in the entire match. There are five documented cases of this at low-level events. Hazel Hotchkiss Wightman did so in the 1910 Washington State Championships, defeating a Miss Huiskamp (first name unknown).[3] Later it happened twice in France in the qualifiers of lowest-level professional events, two of them in the span of two months, both against the same 55-year-old man, Tomas Fabian.[4] A golden match occurred in the qualifiers of an ITF Men's World Tennis Tour event in Doha in 2019, where Krittin Koaykul beat Artem Bahmet.[5][6] Bahmet was a professional sports bettor who had entered the tournament without having played tennis before; his associate bet against him and won roughly €3,000.

    List of occurrences

    Key
    W F SFQF#RRRQ#DNQANH
    (W) winner; (F) finalist; (SF) semifinalist; (QF) quarterfinalist; (#R) rounds 4, 3, 2, 1; (RR) round-robin stage; (Q#) qualification round; (DNQ) did not qualify; (A) absent; (NH) not held; (SR) strike rate (events won / competed); (W–L) win–loss record.

    Main draws of top-level professional events are in boldface.

    PlayerEventRoundOpponentFinal scoreDateNotes
    United States Hazel Hotchkiss1910 Washington State Championships, Seattle, WashingtonSFUnited States Mrs. Huiskamp (first name unknown)6–0, 6–312 Aug 1910[7]
    United States Pauline Betz1943 Tri-State tournament, Cincinnati, OhioFUnited States Catherine Wolf6–0, 6–21943[8]
    United States Bill Scanlon1983 Delray Beach WCT1RBrazil Marcos Hocevar6–2, 6–022 Feb 1983Recorded in the Guinness Book of World Records.
    Denmark Tine Scheuer-Larsen1995 Fed Cup Europe/Africa ZoneRRBotswana Mmaphala Letsatle6–0, 6–09 May 1995[9]
    Kazakhstan Yaroslava Shvedova2012 Wimbledon Championships3RItaly Sara Errani6–0, 6–430 Jun 2012Only golden set in main draw of a Major.[1]
    Germany Julian Reister2013 US Open qualifyingQ2Germany Tim Pütz6–7(3–7), 6–4, 6–020 Aug 2013Only golden set in third set.[10][11]
    Italy Stefano Napolitano2015 Distal & ITR Group Tennis Cup qualifyingQ2Italy Augusto Virgili6–0, 6–37 Jul 2015[12][13]
    Ukraine Katarina Zavatska2015 Chang ITF Pro Circuit – Bangkok $25,000 qualifyingQ2Thailand Thanyathorn Putthaun6–0, 6–012 Dec 2015
    China He Yecong2016 Qingdao ATP Challenger qualifyingQ2China Wang Honghan6–0, 6–07 Aug 2016[14]
    France Benjamin Tullou2016 France F17 Futures qualifying, Bagnères-de-Bigorre, FranceQ1Czech Republic Tomáš Fabián6–0, 6–03 Sep 2016Golden match.[15]
    France Joffrey de Schepper2016 France F23 Futures qualifying, Rodez, FranceQ1Czech Republic Tomáš Fabián6–0, 6–015 Oct 2016Amateur opponent. Fabián won one point, avoiding another golden match against him.[16]
    Venezuela Luis David Martínez2017 Morelos Open qualifyingQ1Mexico Manfred Brandes Vogt6–1, 6–018 Feb 2017[17]
    France Dan Added2018 France F5 Futures qualifying, Poitiers, FranceQ2France Freddy Prioton6–0, 6–011 Mar 2018Golden match.[18][19]
    Thailand Krittin Koaykul2019 Doha M15 qualifying, Doha, QatarQ1Ukraine Artem Bahmet6–0, 6–08 Dec 2019Golden match.[19][20]
    United States Jessie Aney2021 W60 San Bartolomé de Tirajana qualifying, SpainQ1France Heranne Excellent6–0, 6–015 Aug 2021In the first set.[21]
    Anastasia Sysoeva2022 W25 Naples, Florida qualifying, USAQ2China Fenni Lian6–0, 6–017 May 2022In the second set.[22]
    Germany Emily Seibold2024 W15 Krško main draw, Slovenia1RCzech Republic Denise Hrdinkova6–3, 6–016 Jul 2024

    References

    1. ^ a b "Yaroslava Shvedova joins the exclusive 'golden set'". BBC Sport Sport.
    2. ^ "Graf Trounces Garrison". The New York Times. 20 February 1989.
    3. ^ All-Time Records, Tennis Magazine, February 1981, page 72
    4. ^ "Joffrey De Schepper beat 55-year-old Tomas Fabian 6–0 6–0 in one of the fastest matches in tennis history!". 17 October 2016.
    5. ^ Niktin, Pavel (11 December 2019). "Украинец заявил друга на теннисный турнир, поставил против него и заработал. Удивительно, но им за это ничего не будет" [The Ukrainian invited a friend to a tennis tournament, bet against him and made money. Surprisingly, they won't be punished for it] (in Russian). Archived from the original on 2 June 2024. Retrieved 2 June 2024.
    6. ^ Sport Ukraine (10 December 2019). Worst Tennis televised performance of all time.. (0-6,0-6 golden match lost 48/48) (video). YouTube. Retrieved 2 June 2024.
    7. ^ "Miss Hotchkiss and Divine Star". The Spokesman-Review. 1910-08-13. p. 11.
    8. ^ S. Smith, Phillip (2010). From Club Court to Center Court (PDF) (2010 ed.). p. 22. ISBN 978-0-9712445-8-0.
    9. ^ Politiken, 10 May 1995, 1st Section, p.10
    10. ^ "Tennis: Julian Reister réalise un historique "golden set"". 23 August 2013.
    11. ^ "Match Stats". Archived from the original on 2013-09-01.
    12. ^ "Stefano Napolitano's Golden Set (Italian)".
    13. ^ Josh Meiseles (2015-07-09). "Thirty-Three Points Won In A Row? It Happened". Retrieved 2015-07-10.
    14. ^ tennisnet (8 August 2016). "Ein perfekter Satz – 2 Chinesen sorgen für historisches Ereignis".
    15. ^ tennisnet (3 September 2016). "Weltpremiere! Franzose Benjamin Tullou spielt "Golden Match"".
    16. ^ "Rodez (ITF) – Joffrey de Schepper pas loin du golden match". www.tennisactu.tv.
    17. ^ "ATP Challenger Tour on Twitter".
    18. ^ "Golden match alert! Dan Added writes history against Freddy Prioton". 12 March 2018.
    19. ^ a b https://www.itftennis.com/en/tournament/france-f5-futures/fra/2018/m-fu-fra-05a-2018/draws-and-results/ [bare URL]
    20. ^ "El peor tenista del mundo: El despropósito de Artem Bahmet en Catar". 9 December 2019.
    21. ^ "W60 San Bartolome de Tirajana (Gran Canaria) 2021 | ITF".
    22. ^ "W25 Naples, FL 2022 Tennis Tournament | ITF".
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