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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 qualifier of the ...
Advantage sets sometimes continue much longer than tie-break sets. The 2010 Wimbledon first-round match between John Isner and Nicolas Mahut, which is the longest professional tennis match in history, notably ended with Isner winning the fifth set by 70–68. The match lasted in total 11 hours and 5 minutes, with the fifth set alone lasting 8 ...
All-time tennis records – Men's singles; Open Era tennis records – Men's singles; Tennis male players statistics; World number 1 ranked male tennis players; Top ten ranked male tennis players; Top ten ranked male tennis players (1912–1972) Tennis Masters Series singles records and statistics; Tennis Masters Series doubles records and ...
(1971–89) The WCT Finals, as the YEC for the World Championship Tennis tour, was held in Dallas, Texas and played on indoor carpet courts. (1990–99) The Grand Slam Cup (GSC) was an ITF tournament for the top performers in the year's Grand Slam tournaments.
A "Boxed Set" refers to winning one of every possible major title in the singles, doubles, and mixed doubles disciplines throughout a player's career. [153] Only three players have completed a Boxed Set, all females: Doris Hart , Margaret Court , and Martina Navratilova . [ 154 ]
The Triple Crown refers to winning the singles, doubles, and mixed doubles titles at one event, in the same week. [4] [5] [6] This has become an increasingly rare accomplishment in the sport, partly because the final matches in all three disciplines often likely take place concurrently in the same day, and not in separate days.
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 play lower-ranked players, such as lucky losers or wild cards.
The ATP Tour is the modern top-level men's professional tennis circuit. It was introduced in 1990 and it's administered by the Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP). All the records listed here are only for the players who played most of their careers on the ATP Tour and they're based on official ATP data. [1]