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John Millman became the first male in Olympic tennis history to win a match by the score of 6–0, 6–0 when he defeated Ričardas Berankis in the first round of the tennis tournament at the 2016 Summer Olympics. [11] There have been several Olympic men's singles matches with a score of 6–0, 6–0, 6–1.
Today, the ultimate pursuit in tennis is to win the Grand Slam; winning all four Grand Slam tournaments in the same calendar year. [13] In 1982, the International Tennis Federation (ITF) broadened the definition of the Grand Slam as meaning any four straight major victories, including the ones spanning two calendar years that became known as the non-calendar year Grand Slam, though it later ...
This Olympic Games results index is a list of links to articles containing results of each Olympic sport at the Summer Olympics and Winter Olympics. Years not appearing are those when the event was not held.
The points distribution for the Association of Tennis Professionals and the Women's Tennis Association tours, concerning only singles competition on the 2012 Olympic Games, is listed below. [15] [16] These points can be added to a player's world ranking for the 2012 season.
AUGUSTA, Ga. (AP) - Jordan Spieth stepped up for one last putt, nothing more than a tap-in really. Suddenly, he backed away. This one was important. It meant history. After taking his time, Spieth ...
The match holds the records for the most games played in a best-of-three sets match (66 games) and the most games played in a single set (48 games) in Olympic history. [7] At the time, it was the longest Olympic match by time played (3 hours 57 minutes), [ 8 ] but this record was broken three days later in the semifinal match between Roger ...
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In tennis, a golden set is a set which is won without losing a single point. This means scoring the 24 minimum points required to win the set 6–0, without conceding any points. In professional tennis, this has occurred twice in the main draw of top-level events. It has also happened a number of times in the pre-tournament qualifier of the ...