3 instances of double bagels in Grand Slams ft. Iga Swiatek

Overview

• A double bagel is an instance when a Women's Tennis player wins their match without dropping a game
• Iga Swiatek achieved the rare feat in the Wimbledon 2025 final against Amanda Anisimova
• She joined Steffi Graf and Dorothea Lambert-Chambers to have achieved the feat

Iga Swiatek had one of the most dominant performances in a single edition of a Grand Slam at Wimbledon 2025, as she dropped a solitary set in her entire tournament to win her maiden grass-court Grand Slam. The Polish star beat Amanda Anisimova in just 58 minutes and embarrassed her in front of the world at the highest level.

Having beaten the world number one star Aryna Sabalenka in the semifinal to qualify for the final, Anisimova was expected to at least throw a tough challenge at Swiatek, if not win the title. What turned out was an unfortunate game for the American, who lost the match without putting up enough fight.

In Tennis, a Double bagel is an instance when a Women's player beats their opponent without conceding a game. Six game wins in a row without dropping one would ensure a Bagel. Another such bagel would result in a double bagel, leading to the most embarrassing loss possible in a Women's Tennis match.

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3 instances of double bagels in Grand Slams

Iga Swiatek

Iga Swiatek achieved the feat in the Wimbledon 2025 final, which also happened to be her first major win at the Centre Court. She was up against Amanda Anisimova, who had the worst day of her career. The Americans could not put up enough fight and went down to the Poles without managing to win a game.

In the Semifinal, Iga overcame Belinda Bencic in a similar dominant fashion by a margin of 6-2, 6-0. However, the final was a notch above, as she beat Anisimova 6-0, 6-0, the first such instance since 1988 in a Grand Slam final, and the first at Wimbledon final in the Open Era.

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Steffi Graf

In the Open Era, the first such instance in a Grand Slam final happened when Steffi Graf beat Natasha Zvereva mercilessly. It happened at Roland Garros, and Graf established herself as one of the top players in the world. It was the only such instance in a final at the French Open in 1988.

To date, it remains one of the shortest completed matches in a Grand Slam. Harold Solomon and Eddie Dibbs were credited for naming the Double bagel. Steffi showed what it was like to beat a star player in a big match with absolute domination, as she made Natasha's life difficult.

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Dorothea Lambert-Chambers

The first-ever instance of a Grand Slam final witnessing a Double bagel happened in 1911 at the Wimbledon Championship in the Amateur era. More than 11 decades ago, the then-prominent Women's player in the world, Dorothea Lambert-Chambers, achieved the feat in her match against Dora Boothby.

Dorothea did not let her opponent win a game, which was one of its kind for a major final for its time. It took a whopping 77 years for a player to recreate the feat when Graf pulled it off at the French Open in 1988. Likewise, it took Swiatek 114 years to recreate the feat at the Wimbledon final.