Golden Bagel Award

The Golden Bagel Award was an award established in 2004 and awarded until 2013 that honored the professional male tennis player who has handed out more bagels, than any other player on the circuit.[1][2] Roger Federer holds the all-time record for most bagels in a single season with 18 going into the Tennis Masters Cup, and a total of 19 in 2006.

About the award

To qualify for the award, a player must be ranked in the top 8 or play in the year-end ATP Finals. The winner is the one who captures the most bagels between January 1 and the start of the ATP Finals. Davis Cup matches and incomplete sets are not counted. The Association of Tennis Professionals website is used as the definitive data source. Since 2007, in the event of a tie, the number of 'fries/breadsticks' (6–1 sets) determines the winner.[3]

Winners

Year Winner (Titles) Year End Ranking Bagels
2004 Switzerland Roger Federer 1 12
2005 Spain Rafael Nadal 2 11
2006 Switzerland Roger Federer (2) 1 18
2007 Spain David Ferrer 5 7
2008 Spain Rafael Nadal (2) 1 10
2009 Spain Rafael Nadal (3) 2 8
2010 Sweden Robin Söderling 5 7
2011 Serbia Novak Djokovic 1 13
2012 Serbia Novak Djokovic (2) 1 9
2013 Serbia Novak Djokovic (3) 2 12
2015 Serbia Novak Djokovic (4) 1 12

Final bagel counts

2004

[4] [5]

PlacePlayerBagels
1Switzerland Roger Federer12
2Argentina Guillermo Coria7
3Argentina Gastón Gaudio4
3United Kingdom Tim Henman4
5Australia Lleyton Hewitt3
5United States Andy Roddick3
5Spain Carlos Moyà3
5Russia Marat Safin3

2005

[6] [7]

PlacePlayerBagels
1Spain Rafael Nadal11
2Argentina David Nalbandian8
3Argentina Guillermo Coria7
4Argentina Gastón Gaudio6
5Russia Nikolay Davydenko5
6United States Andre Agassi4
7Croatia Ivan Ljubičić3
7Australia Lleyton Hewitt3
9Argentina Mariano Puerta2
9United States Andy Roddick2
11Switzerland Roger Federer1
11Chile Fernando González11

1Although not ranked in the top 8 players in the world at the time of the Master's Cup, Fernando González stepped in at the last moment when Andre Agassi withdrew after playing only one game due to a left ankle sprain.

2006

[8] [9]

PlacePlayerBagels
1Switzerland Roger Federer18
2Russia Nikolay Davydenko13
3Argentina David Nalbandian6
4United States James Blake5
5United States Andy Roddick4
6Spain Rafael Nadal3
7Croatia Ivan Ljubičić2
8Spain Tommy Robredo1

2007

[10] [11]

PlacePlayerBagelsFries
1Spain David Ferrer718
2Serbia Novak Djokovic621
3Switzerland Roger Federer614
4France Richard Gasquet612
5Russia Nikolay Davydenko513
6Spain Rafael Nadal425
7United States Andy Roddick28
8Chile Fernando González18

2008

[12]

Place Player Bagels Fries
1Spain Rafael Nadal1029
2United Kingdom Andy Murray911
3Serbia Novak Djokovic817
4Switzerland Roger Federer614
5Argentina Juan Martín del Potro516
6Czech Republic Radek Štěpánek2315
7Russia Nikolay Davydenko314
8France Jo-Wilfried Tsonga22
9France Gilles Simon1113
10United States Andy Roddick18

1Although not ranked in the top 8 players in the world at the time of the World Tour Finals, #9 in the world Gilles Simon stepped in after Nadal's withdrawal on November 3 due to necessary preparation for Davis Cup final (eventually, Nadal also withdraw from that final on November 10 due to his knee injury)

2After sixteen players ranked above him and below last qualifier Gilles Simon refused to come to the Masters Cup, #26 in the world Radek Štěpánek accepted the invitation to Shanghai as first alternate. Then, he stepped in for Andy Roddick, who withdrew after playing only one match due to ankle injury earned in a practice session.

2009

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PlacePlayerBagelsFries
1Spain Rafael Nadal814
2Spain Fernando Verdasco720
3Serbia Novak Djokovic620
4Sweden Robin Söderling1521
5United Kingdom Andy Murray417
6Switzerland Roger Federer414
7Russia Nikolay Davydenko312
8United States Andy Roddick210
9Argentina Juan Martín del Potro112

1Although not ranked in the top 8 players in the world at the time of the World Tour Finals, #9 in the world Robin Söderling stepped in after Roddick's withdrawal due to left leg injury on November 17.

2010

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PlacePlayerBagelsFries
1Sweden Robin Söderling714
2Spain David Ferrer614
3Czech Republic Tomáš Berdych519
4Spain Rafael Nadal513
5Switzerland Roger Federer413
6United Kingdom Andy Murray212
7Serbia Novak Djokovic123
8United States Andy Roddick08

2011

[15]

PlacePlayerBagelsFriesBagels received
1Serbia Novak Djokovic13231
2Serbia Janko Tipsarević110112
3Czech Republic Tomáš Berdych9141
4United Kingdom Andy Murray7170
5Spain Rafael Nadal6242
6Spain David Ferrer4201
7Switzerland Roger Federer3120
8United States Mardy Fish3110
9France Jo-Wilfried Tsonga260

1Although not ranked in the top 8 players in the world at the time of the World Tour Finals, #9 in the world Janko Tipsarević stepped in for Andy Murray who withdrew after playing only one match due to a groin injury.

2012

[16]

PlacePlayerBagelsFriesBagels received
1Serbia Novak Djokovic9311
2Spain David Ferrer9142
3Spain Rafael Nadal6150
4United Kingdom Andy Murray5210
5Switzerland Roger Federer4130
6Czech Republic Tomáš Berdych3191
7Argentina Juan Martín del Potro3141
8Serbia Janko Tipsarević12101
9France Jo-Wilfried Tsonga1110

1Although ranked #9 in the world at the time of the World Tour Finals, Janko Tipsarević got direct acceptance for the first time in his career because Rafael Nadal was forced to withdraw from the tournament due to a left knee injury. Nadal didn't play on any tournament since his withdrawal from Olympics having trouble with that same knee for the rest of season.

2013

Place[17]PlayerBagelsFriesBagels received
1Serbia Novak Djokovic12200
2Spain Rafael Nadal9160
3Spain David Ferrer7112
4Switzerland Roger Federer5110
5Czech Republic Tomáš Berdych4140
6France Richard Gasquet13130
7Argentina Juan Martín del Potro280
8United Kingdom Andy Murray1120
9Switzerland Stanislas Wawrinka0160

1Although ranked #9 in the world at the time of the World Tour Finals, Richard Gasquet got direct acceptance because Andy Murray was forced to withdraw from the tournament due to a back injury.

2015

Place[18]PlayerBagelsFriesBagels received
1Serbia Novak Djokovic12
2United Kingdom Andy Murray8
3Spain David Ferrer7
4Czech Republic Tomáš Berdych6
5Spain Rafael Nadal5
6Switzerland Roger Federer3
7Japan Kei Nishikori1
8Switzerland Stan Wawrinka1

Notes

  1. ↑ "Federer wins first ever 'Golden Bagel Award'". Sidespin Productions. 2004-11-13. Retrieved 2007-04-27.
  2. ↑ Enrico Riva (December 23, 2010). "La stagione del tennis viene e va" [The tennis season comes and goes]. ubitennis.com (in Italian). Bologna, Italy: Monrif Net. Retrieved May 3, 2011.
  3. ↑ "'Golden Bagel Award' official site". SideSpin Productions. 2013-01-16. Retrieved 2013-01-16.
  4. ↑ "Roger Federer 2004. playing activity".
  5. ↑ "Roger Federer Wins First Ever Golden Bagel Award". prweb.com. Lanham, Maryland, USA: Vocus. November 16, 2004. Retrieved May 3, 2011.
  6. ↑ "Roger Federer 2005. playing activity".
  7. ↑ Shikha (September 26, 2009). "Rafael Nadal: The Story Inside-Out (Part I-The Promise)". bleacherreport.com. San Francisco, CA, USA: Bleacher Report, Inc. Retrieved May 3, 2011.
  8. ↑ "Roger Federer 2006. playing activity".
  9. ↑ "Federer retains Golden Bagel Award". tennisnews.com. Edina, MN, USA: Bob Larson Tennis, 2006. Retrieved May 3, 2011.
  10. ↑ "David Ferrer 2007. playing activity".
  11. ↑ "Ferrer Beats Federer by 4 Fries". prweb.com. Lanham, Maryland, USA: Vocus. November 10, 2007. Retrieved May 3, 2011.
  12. ↑ "Rafael Nadal 2008. playing activity".
  13. ↑ "Rafael Nadal 2009. playing activity".
  14. ↑ "David Ferrer 2010. playing activity".
  15. ↑ "Novak Djokovic 2011. playing activity".
  16. ↑ "Novak Djokovic 2012. playing activity".
  17. ↑ "Đokoviću još jedan Zlatni krompir" [Đoković wins Golden Bagel again] (in Serbian). Sport Klub. 13 November 2013. Retrieved 3 May 2017.
  18. ↑ "Novaku rekordni četvrti 'Zlatni krompir'" [Đoković wins a record fourth Golden Bagel] (in Serbian). B92. 30 November 2015. Retrieved 3 May 2017.
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