Sofia Kenin She left Rome by bicycle, as it is called in tennis slang, to lose 6-0 6-0, but what many could not foresee is that a small squad could be assembled with Grand Slam champions, like her, who they lost a game 6-0 6-0 after being victorious in one of the most important tournaments in the world. Victoria Azarenka offered a capital display in the WTA Premier 5 Roma 2020, bringing out the colors of one of the best tennis players of the moment and showing that everything is possible in women’s tennis, both for better and for worse. The immediate question that came to mind was clear: How many times has something like this happened and to whom?
The statistical background of tennis is infinite and we have a wide network of experts who facilitate the work of all the media and honor this sport. The profile @JeuSetMaths is an example of this and a few hours after the Kenin debacle, he shared the information that all the fans expected, generating a wave of enthusiasm, but also surprise at the result. And it is that up to 14 times, counting that of Sofia, a Grand Slam champion was swept from the track without being able to make even a game.
The names are illustrious, both for the losers and for those who accomplished the feat, and you don’t have to go very far back to find an example, since Jelena Ostapenko suffered a defeat of this magnitude in 2018. The list includes the occasions in which this has occurred in the Era Open, and it is striking to find names like those of Martina Navratilova, who went by bike because of his intimate enemy Chris Evert. The American also gave a severe correction to Tracy Austin y Barbara Jordan. Indeed, Austin suffered this “humiliation” on two occasions. These are the Grand Slam champions who lost a game 6-0 6-0.
- Martina Navratilova: Contra Evert and Amelia Island 1981
- Mima Jausovec: Contra Navratilova en Filderstadt 1982
- Tracy Austin: Contra Evert and East Rutherford 1982
- Barbara Jordan: Contra Evert and Amelia Island 1982
- Sue Barker: Against Jaeger in Toronto 1983
- Hana Mandlikova: Against Jordan in Detroit 1983
- Mima Jausovec: Contra Mandlikova and Roland Garros 1987
- Tracy Austin: Against Graff in Indian Wells 1994
- Monica Seles: Against Hingis in Miami 2000
- Mary Pierce: Against Capriati in Rome 2002
- Maria Sharapova: Contra Davenport en Indian Wells 2005
- Ana Ivanovic: Against Vinci in Montreal 2012
- Jelena Ostapenko: Against Wang in Beijing 2018
- Sofia Kenin: Against Azarenka in Rome 2020
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