In tennis, a golden set is a set which is won without dropping a single point. This means scoring the 24 minimum points required to win a set 6–0, without conceding any points. In professional, top-tier tennis, this has only been accomplished seven times.
History
Only three men and four women in the history of top-tier professional tour tennis are known to have achieved a golden set. In 1910, the four-time grand slam singles winner Hazel Wightman achieved a golden match in which she did not lose a point the entire match.
| Player |
Tournament |
Opponent |
Final score |
Comments |
 Hazel Wightman |
Washington State Championships 1910 in Washington |
Miss Huiskamp (first name unknown) |
6–0, 6–0 |
[1] |
| Pauline Betz |
Tri-State tournament 1943 in Cincinnati, Ohio |
Catherine Wolf |
6–0, 6–2 |
[2] |
| Bill Scanlon |
first round of the WCT Gold Coast Classic at Delray Beach on February 22, 1983 |
 Marcos Hocevar |
6–2, 6–0 |
recorded in the Guinness Book of World Records |
 Tine Scheuer-Larsen |
1995 Fed Cup Europe/Africa Zone |
 Mmaphala Letsatle |
6–0, 6–0 |
[3] |
 Yaroslava Shvedova |
2012 Wimbledon Championships |
 Sara Errani |
6–0, 6–4 |
[4] |
 Julian Reister |
2013 US Open qualifying |
Tim Puetz |
6–7(3–7), 6–4, 6–0 |
[5] |
| Stefano Napolitano |
2015 Distal & ITR Group Tennis Cup Qualifying |
Augusto Virgili |
6–0, 6–3 |
[6][7] |
 Katarina Zavatska |
Chang ITF Pro Circuit 2015 - Bangkok 25 000 $ Qualifying |
 Thanyathorn Putthaun |
6–0, 6–0 |
[8] |
Close calls
According to Tennis.com, Yaroslava Shvedova had already been one point away from a golden set in a 2006 match against Amy Frazier: she was serving at 5 games to love and 40–0, when she double-faulted.[9]
See also
References
- ↑ All-Time Records, Tennis Magazine, February 1981, page 72
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