Which player has won the most "bagel" sets on their way to a Grand Slam title (most likely)?I haven't done any serious research, but I saw that in Yannick Noah's '83 FO win he won 4 bagels, including two in the semis against Cristophe Roger-Vassellin. I know that's no indication of dominance or anything, but it's an interesting piece of trivia.
Most Bagels in a Slam?
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Bionic Poster
What is the record for the least number of games lost and least number of sets lost on the way to a major win (only in open era) ?
Andres
G.O.A.T.
Yup, because Borg won the entire tournament without dropping sets, while Vilas lost the first set in 2nd round. Gave 6 bagels after that.
He had 6 bagels altogether tho'. Not 7.
Hops
Rookie
6 Guillermo Vilas 1977 Roland Garros
6 Bjorn Borg 1978 Roland Garros
5 Karel Novacek 1987 Roland Garros
5 Sergi Bruguera 1993 Roland Garros
4 Zeljko Franulovic 1969 Roland Garros
4 Guillermo Vilas 1977 US Open
4 Bjorn Borg 1980 Roland Garros
4 Yannick Noah 1983 Roland Garros
4 Boris Becker 1986 Roland Garros
4 Ivan Lendl 1987 US Open
4 Guillermo Coria 2004 Roland Garros
4 Roger Federer 2006 Australian
4 Novak Djokovic 2011 US Open
Hardcourt - 4, Lendl/Fed/Djoker
Grass:
3 Rod Laver 1969 Wimbledon
3 Peter McNamara 1981 Wimbledon
3 Pat Cash 1983 Wimbledon
3 Anders Jarryd 1987 Australian
3 Wally Masur 1987 Australian
3 Stefan Edberg 1987 Wimbledon
3 Andre Agassi 1993 Wimbledon
3 Roger Federer 2004 Wimbledon
3 Roger Federer 2006 Wimbledon
borg number one
Legend
Borg dropped only 32 games at the 1978 French Open, with play like this. He's also the only player in the Open Era to have won Wimbledon without losing a set (1976 Wimbledon, his first title there).
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dKQVdZNsyuQ (thanks Krosero)
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Hops
Rookie
http://www.tennis28.com/slams/sets_winpct_tournament.html
http://www.tennis28.com/slams/games_winpct_tournament.html
ranked as % so as not to give advantage to slams with smaller fields, bo3 sets or players who got walkovers/retirements from opponents.
Hops
Rookie
yawp, #1 for game w%. Borg, Vilas* and Nadal have 7 of top 9, all on clay, which is expected as it's much easier to break on slower surface.
* though you could asterisk 77 RG (no Borg)
Nadalgaenger
G.O.A.T.
Borg was so friggin' dominant on clay. That's why I laughed when somebody said in another thread that Fed was the second greatest clay courter after Rafa.
Nadalgaenger
G.O.A.T.
borg number one
Legend
Three words, you are wrong. Weak era? For clay or overall, no way. In fact, it was one of the very toughest eras there has ever been. The top 10 of 1980 gives you all you need to know. Orantes, Vilas (twice) and Lendl, are three great clay courters that Borg beat in the finals of the French Open as examples.
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Bender
G.O.A.T.
I think he's kidding.
borg number one
Legend
My fault then Nadalgaenger. Thanks for clarifying. There were a lot of great clay courters competing during 1974-1981, including Nastase, Orantes, Panatta, Clerc, Higueras, Dibbs, Solomon, Pecci, Barrazzuti, Vilas, Noah, Gerulaitis, and Lendl.
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This is an amazing thread. I would like to find out some sort of top ten list of which players handed out the most slam bagels in their careers. There does not seem to be any completed data on the internet about this..
Borg had 39 bagels in slams
Fed is at 37
Nadal is at 16
At first I was doing research about how many overall bagels a player has given out but that has little relevance since smaller tournaments do not compare with slams in the first place. Borg handed out 92 bagels outside of the slams and Fed has handed out only 38 outside of the slams.
Does anyone have any insight about this?
Borg had 39 bagels in slams
Fed is at 37
Nadal is at 16
At first I was doing research about how many overall bagels a player has given out but that has little relevance since smaller tournaments do not compare with slams in the first place. Borg handed out 92 bagels outside of the slams and Fed has handed out only 38 outside of the slams.
Does anyone have any insight about this?
Rock Strongo
Legend
That's actually 61 words...
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Nathaniel_Near
Guest
David Nalbandian managed 80 or so during one of his Slam runs.
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Nathaniel_Near
Guest
You actually counted???? :shock:
I have no words... <----- (have a field day with that one).
xFedal
Legend
Borg has more bagels at RG than Nadal? Shocking.
tennis_commentator
Hall of Fame
Federer double-baggled Del Potro 6-3, 6-0, 6-0 in the 2009 AO quarter-final.
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