Does anyone know what the longest 6-0 set is and also the longest 6-1 set is?

Aussie Darcy

Bionic Poster
I was wondering this last night during the women's SF between Halep and Svitolina.

The first set was 6-1 but the first two games took over 20 minutes and the set actually went for 44 minutes despite the lopsided scoreline.

Quite remarkable when you consider that Tomic lost 3 sets (6-2 6-1 6-4) to Tsonga in 58 minutes and meanwhile a 6-1 set was 44 minutes!

So does anyone happen to know what the longest sets of tennis are that were 6-0 and also 6-1. Also would be interesting to know the longest 6-0 6-0 match!
 

zuluzazu

Hall of Fame
I was wondering this last night during the women's SF between Halep and Svitolina.

The first set was 6-1 but the first two games took over 20 minutes and the set actually went for 44 minutes despite the lopsided scoreline.

Quite remarkable when you consider that Tomic lost 3 sets (6-2 6-1 6-4) to Tsonga in 58 minutes and meanwhile a 6-1 set was 44 minutes!

So does anyone happen to know what the longest sets of tennis are that were 6-0 and also 6-1. Also would be interesting to know the longest 6-0 6-0 match!
It may not be the longest bagel set but you can look at this years rome bagel that nadal handed to djoker which was more than 40 mins if I remember correctly.
 

The Green Mile

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Robert Baratheon

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Quite remarkable when you consider that Tomic lost 3 sets (6-2 6-1 6-4) to Tsonga in 58 minutes and meanwhile a 6-1 set was 44 minutes!
What the hell!!!
6-2 6-4 in 14 minutes.
That's just impossible. It has to be a lie.
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Moose Malloy

G.O.A.T.
I remember Nadal vs Montanes 1st set of FO 07 (6-1) took about 55 or so minutes.

Actually, should be looking at Wilander, Vilas and the likes tbh. Their FO final was ridiculously long and it had bread-sticks.

Read some of this - https://tt.tennis-warehouse.com/index.php?threads/stats-for-1982-rg-final-wilander-vilas.196640/



I mean, come on...

I'm sure most will ignore this post, but yeah it's really not even close, the 80s had interminable rallies compared to today. 87 USO final was 4 sets, almost 5 hours long and had a 6-0 set. Lendl beat Nystrom at 87 RG 26, 61, 57, 60, 62. They had some rallies get up to 100 shots...and people here think Nadal is a grinder.

A better question might be what 60 or 61 set had the most points. At 84 AO sukova beat Martina 16, 63, 75. The 6-1 set had the most points.
 
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Thriller

Hall of Fame
I don't know about the longest bagel or breadstick set, but the longest tie break was 1 hour and 47 minutes. 13-11 in the epic Vicky Nelson vs Jean Hepner clash of 1984. The highlight was a 29 minute rally which had the crowd on the edge of their seats.

https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&sou...FjAOegQIARAB&usg=AOvVaw1UPNakdp6EzpEDw8wIc9vo

"Research in the Library of Wimbledon Lawn Tennis Museum would suggest that the longest rally in a tournament was one in which the ball passed over the net 643 times. The competitors were Jean Hepner and Vicky Nelson at Richmond, Virginia USA in October 1984. Nelson went on to win the match. (posted by the Commercial Manager, Wimbledon Lawn Tennis Museum)."

:oops:. That takes being stubborn to a whole new place.
 
By contrast, didn't the Graf v Zverev RG final in 88 last 32 minutes?

Also, the Edberg v Becker final of Wimbledon 1990 was over in 2 hours 28 minutes, I think. Around 2 and a half hours, anyway, so around half an hour per set.
 

Sudacafan

Bionic Poster
Actually, should be looking at Wilander, Vilas and the likes tbh. Their FO final was ridiculously long and it had bread-sticks.

Read some of this - https://tt.tennis-warehouse.com/index.php?threads/stats-for-1982-rg-final-wilander-vilas.196640/



I mean, come on...
I remember watching that RG 1982 final on TV. Maybe the Vilas loss that p1ssed me off more.
The final had both a breadstick and a bagel actually. And also a tiebreaker.
Score: Wilander won 1/6 7/6(8/6) 6/0 6/4.
The 4-set match lasted for 4h 42m, and I read an article that said the ball passed over the net 3,800 times, as the tactic used by both players was mostly waiting for the opponent to miss first.
 
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