Golden set

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

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.

With very weak opponents entering qualifying rounds the golden set has been recorded more often in recent times.

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	Only golden set in main draw of a Major [4]
Julian Reister	2013 US Open qualifying	Tim Pütz	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]
He Yecong	2016 Qingdao ATP Challenger qualifying	Wang Honghan	6–0, 6–0	[9]
Benjamin Tullou	France F17 Futures Qualifying, Bagnères-de-Bigorre, France	Tomas Fabian	6–0, 6–0	Amateur opponent[10]
Joffrey de Schepper	France F23 Futures Qualifying, Rodez, France	Tomas Fabian	6–0, 6–0	Amateur opponent[11]
Luis David Martínez	2017 Morelos Open qualifying	Manfred Brandes Vogt	6–1, 6–0	[12]

See also

• Maximum break in snooker
• Nine-dart finish in darts
• Perfect game in bowling
• Perfect game in baseball

References