Golden Set (tennis)

Jaroslawa Schwedowa, 2011

As a golden set ( German  golden sentence ) or golden bagel ( German  golden bagel ) a set win without loss points is referred to in tennis . To do this, the player must win 24 points in a row so that all games go over 40: 0 and are won to zero. The sentence must end with 6-0. In the history of professional tennis, only four players succeeded in this feat: in 1983 the American Bill Scanlon , in 2012 the Kazakh Yaroslawa Schwedowa , in 2013 the German Julian Reister and in 2015 the Italian Stefano Napolitano . Even before the professional era, however, the American Pauline Betz also managed a golden set in 1943.

• Pauline Betz versus Catherine Wolf (6: 0, 6: 2) in the final of the Western & Southern Open 1943 in Cincinnati , Ohio , United States . Betz achieved a total of 18 winning strokes.
• Bill Scanlon versus Marcos Hocevar (6: 2, 6: 0) on February 22, 1983 in the first round of the WCT Gold Coast Classics in Delray Beach , Florida , United States
• Jaroslawa Schwedowa versus Sara Errani (6: 0, 6: 4) on June 30, 2012 in the third round of the Wimbledon Championships in Wimbledon , London , United Kingdom . Schwedowa won the set after 15 minutes and 14 winning strokes and three breaks against the seeded Errani.
• Julian Reister versus Tim Puetz (6: 7 ³ , 6: 4, 6: 0) on August 20, 2013 in the first qualifying round of the US Open in New York City , United States . Reister won the third set after 22 minutes.
• Stefano Napolitano against Augusto Virgili (6: 0, 6: 3) on July 7, 2015 in the second qualifying round of the Challenger tournament in Todi , Italy . Napolitano won a total of 33 points in a row.

On February 22, 2006, the Kazakh Swedova had already won 23 consecutive points in the first set of the second round encounter at Memphis International against the American Amy Frazier . Despite this WTA record, Frazier won the match 1: 6, 6: 0, 6: 0.

See also

• Hole-in-one in golf
• Maximum break in snooker
• Nine dart finish in darts
• Perfect game in baseball

Individual evidence

1. ↑ ^{a b} From Club Court to Center Court 2010 Edition: The Evolution of Professional Tennis in Cincinnati ( English , PDF; 8.5 MB) In: assets.usta.com . Retrieved August 4, 2012.
2. ↑ Shvedova golden set at Wimbledon ( English ) In: barryanddistrictnews.co.uk . Retrieved August 4, 2012.
3. ↑ Golden Set! Shvedova doesn't leave Errani a point - now against Serena ( German ) In: kicker.de . Retrieved August 4, 2012.
4. ↑ "Golden Set": Reister creates a rare feat in US Open qualification ( German ) In: tennisnet.com . Retrieved August 21, 2013.
5. ↑ "Golden Set"! Stefano Napolitano plays in the record books at home game ( German ) In: tennisnet.com . Retrieved July 10, 2015.
6. ↑ Shvedova wins 'Golden Set' against Errani ( English ) In: tennis.com . Retrieved August 4, 2012.