Golden Bagel Award

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Golden Bagel Award

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.

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About the award

To qualify for the award, a player must be ranked in the Top 8 or play in the year-end ATP World Tour Finals. The winner is the one who captures the most bagels between January 1 and the start of the ATP Finals. 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.

Winners

Year Winner (Year End Ranking)(Titles) # Bagels
2004 Switzerland Roger Federer (1) 11
2005 Spain Rafael Nadal (2) 12
2006 Switzerland Roger Federer (1)2 18
2007 Spain David Ferrer (5) 7
2008 Spain Rafael Nadal (1)2 10
2009 Spain Rafael Nadal (2)3 9
2010 Sweden Robin Söderling (5) 9

Final bagel counts

2004

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

2005

1. Rafael Nadal, 12
2. Guillermo Coria, 9
3. David Nalbandian, 8
4. Gastón Gaudio, 6
5. Nikolay Davydenko, 5
6. Andre Agassi, 4
7t. Roger Federer, 3
7t. Fernando González, 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.

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 Ljubičić, 1
7t. Tommy Robredo, 1

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 González, 1, Fries, 8

2008

1. Rafael Nadal, 10
2. Andy Murray, 9
3. Novak Djokovic, 8
4. Roger Federer, 6
5. Juan Martín del Potro, 4
6. Nikolay Davydenko, 3
7. Jo-Wilfried Tsonga, 2
8. Andy Roddick, 1

2009

1. Rafael Nadal, 9, Fries, 14
2. Novak Djokovic, 6, Fries, 20
3. Fernando Verdasco, 6, Fries, 19
4. Andy Murray, 4, Fries, 16
5. Roger Federer, 4, Fries, 13
6. Nikolay Davydenko, 3, Fries, 11
6. Robin Söderling, 2, Fries, 21
7. Andy Roddick, 2, Fries, 11
8. Juan Martín del Potro, 1, Fries, 12

2010

1. Robin Söderling, 9, Fries, 13
2. David Ferrer, 7, Fries, 11
3. Tomáš Berdych, 6, Fries, 18
4. Rafael Nadal, 5, Fries, 13
5. Roger Federer, 3, Fries, 13
6. Novak Djokovic, 2, Fries, 23
7. Andy Murray, 2, Fries, 12
8. Andy Roddick, 1, Fries, 8

2011

As of September 8th, 2011

1. Novak Djokovic, 13, Fries, 22
2. Janko Tipsarević, 9, Fries, 8
3. Tomáš Berdych, 7, Fries, 11
4. Rafael Nadal, 6, Fries, 20
5. Gilles Simon, 5, Fries, 8
6. Juan Mónaco, 5, Fries, 6
7. David Ferrer, 4, Fries, 18
8. Juan Martín del Potro, 4, Fries, 12
9. Florian Mayer, 4, Fries, 7
10. Andy Murray, 3, Fries, 15
11. Roger Federer, 3, Fries, 9
12. Mardy Fish, 3, Fries, 8
13t. Xavier Malisse, 3, Fries, 6
13t. Marcel Granollers, 3, Fries, 6
14t. Tommy Robredo, 3, Fries, 2
14t. Nicolas Mahut, 3, Fries, 2

Notes

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