Golden Bagel Award

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The Golden Bagel Award is an award established in 2004 that honors the professional male tennis player who has handed out more "bagels" (sets won 6-0), than any other player on the circuit.[1] Swiss player Roger Federer is a two-time Golden Bagel Award winner.[2]

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[edit] About the award

To qualify for the award, a player must be ranked in the Top 8 or play in the year-end Tennis Masters Cup. The winner is the one who captures the most bagels between January 1 and the start of the Masters. The Association of Tennis Professionals website is used as the definitive data source. In the event of a tie, the number of "fries" (6-1 sets) will determine the winner.

[edit] Winners

Year Winner # Bagels
2004 Flag of Switzerland Roger Federer 11
2005 Flag of Spain Rafael Nadal 12
2006 Flag of Switzerland Roger Federer 18
2007 Flag of Spain David Ferrer 7

[edit] Final bagel counts

[edit] 2004

1. Roger Federer, 11
2. Guillermo Coria, 7
3t. Gaston Gaudio, 4
3t. Tim Henman, 4
3t. Lleyton Hewitt, 4
3t. Andy Roddick, 4
7t. Carlos Moya, 3
7t. Marat Safin, 3

[edit] 2005

1. Rafael Nadal, 12
2. Guillermo Coria, 9
3. David Nalbandian, 8
4. Gaston Gaudio, 6
5. Nikolay Davydenko, 5
6. Andre Agassi, 4
7t. Roger Federer, 3
7t. Fernando Gonzalez, 3
7t. Lleyton Hewitt, 3
10t. Mariano Puerta1, 2
10t. Andy Roddick, 2

1Although not ranked in the top 8 players in the world at the time of the Master's Cup, 2005 French Open runner up Mariano Puerta stepped in at the last moment when Andre Agassi withdrew after playing only one game.

[edit] 2006

1. Roger Federer, 18
2. Nikolay Davydenko, 12
3. David Nalbandian, 6
4. James Blake, 5
5. Andy Roddick, 4
6. Rafael Nadal, 2
7t. Ivan Ljubicic, 1
7t. Tommy Robredo, 1

[edit] 2007

1. David Ferrer, 7, Fries, 18
2. Roger Federer, 7, Fries, 14
3. Novak Djokovic, 6, Fries, 21
4. Richard Gasquet, 6, Fries, 12
5. Rafael Nadal, 5, Fries, 24
6. Nikolay Davydenko, 5, Fries, 13
7. Andy Roddick, 2, Fries, 9
8. Fernando, Gonzalez, 1, Fries, 8

[edit] Current Standings

As of May 12, 2008 [3]

ATP Race position Name # Bagels # Fries
1 Novak Đoković 6 5
2 Rafael Nadal 4 11
3 Roger Federer 3 7
4 Nikolay Davydenko 3 4
6 David Ferrer 2 7
7 Nicolas Almagro 1 7
8 James Blake 1 5
5 Andy Roddick 0 1

[edit] External links

[edit] Notes

  1. ^ "Federer wins first ever 'Golden Bagel Award'", Sidespin Productions, 2004-11-13. Retrieved on 2007-04-27. 
  2. ^ "Roger Federer 2006 Bagelmeister", PRWEB, 2006-12-28. Retrieved on 2007-04-27. 
  3. ^ "The great bagel chase update", SideSpin Productions, 2007-11-5. Retrieved on 2007-11-06.