Women
In women's tennis, matches featuring a minimum number of games are a more frequent occurrence. The following are women's Grand Slam singles matches in the Open era which have lasted 12 games (6–0, 6–0) without retirements or defaults.
Incomplete List
Year | Grand Slam | Round | Winner | Loser |
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1969 | Australian Open | First round | Margaret Court | Judith Gohn |
1969 | French Open | First round | Kazuko Sawamatsu | Monique Van Haver |
1969 | French Open | Third round | Julie Heldman | Raquel Giscafré |
1969 | Wimbledon | Third round | Karen Krantzcke | Pam Teeguarden |
1970 | Australian Open | Second round | Margaret Court | Caroline Langsford |
1970 | French Open | First round | Helga Hösl | Katalin Borka |
1970 | French Open | Third round | Billie Jean King | Odile De Roubin |
1970 | Wimbledon | Second round | Peggy Michel | Alena Palmeova |
1970 | Wimbledon | Second round | Judy Dalton | Susan Northen |
1971 | Australian Open | First round | Patricia Coleman | Helen Taylor |
1971 | French Open | First round | Julie Heldman | Sharon Van Brandis |
1971 | Wimbledon | First round | Rosie Casals | Rosy Darmon |
1971 | Wimbledon | Second round | Margaret Court | Lorraine Robinson |
1972 | French Open | First round | Vlasta Vopickova | Michele Gurdal |
1972 | US Open | Second round | Margaret Court | Barbara Hawcroft |
1973 | Australian Open | Second round | Margaret Court | Nathalie Fuchs |
1974 | Australian Open | First round | Wendy Turnbull | Brenda Dale |
1974 | Australian Open | Second round | Chris Evert | Katerleen Szeman |
1974 | Australian Open | Second round | Evonne Goolagong | Miki Yokobori |
1974 | French Open | First round | Marie Neumanova | Nicole Bimes |
1974 | Wimbledon | First round | Virginia Wade | Veronica Burton |
1974 | Wimbledon | Second round | Winnie Shaw | Nerida Gregory |
1974 | Wimbledon | Second round | Mona Schallau | Nathalie Fuchs |
1974 | US Open | Third round | Evonne Goolagong | Katja Ebbinghaus |
1975 | French Open | Second round | Marina Kroschina | Laurie Rowley |
1975 | Wimbledon | Third round | Margaret Court | Renata Tomanová |
1975 | US Open | Third round | Evonne Goolagong | Peggy Michel |
1985 | US Open | First round | Wendy Turnbull | Susan Leo |
1985 | US Open | Second round | Wendy Turnbull | Elizabeth Smylie |
1988 | French Open | Final | Steffi Graf | Natasha Zvereva |
2003 | Australian Open | Second Round | Kim Clijsters | Petra Mandula |
2003 | French Open | Third Round | Serena Williams | Barbara Schett |
2003 | Wimbledon | First Round | Kim Clijsters | Rossana de los Ríos |
2004 | Australian Open | Second Round | Kim Clijsters | Maria Elena Camerin |
2005 | Wimbledon | First Round | Lindsay Davenport | Jamea Jackson |
2006 | Wimbledon | First Round | Amélie Mauresmo | Ivana Abramović |
2007 | Wimbledon | First Round | Martina Müller | Anna Smashnova |
2008 | French Open | Second round | Victoria Azarenka | Sorana Cîrstea |
2008 | French Open | Fourth round | Ana Ivanović | Petra Cetkovská |
2009 | French Open | First round | Dinara Safina | Anne Keothavong |
2009 | Wimbledon | First round | Marion Bartoli | Yung-Jan Chan |
2009 | Wimbledon | Second round | Victoria Azarenka | Ioana Raluca Olaru |
2009 | US Open | Second round | Flavia Pennetta | Sania Mirza |
2009 | US Open | Fourth round | Kateryna Bondarenko | Gisela Dulko |
2010 | Australian Open | First round | María José Martínez Sánchez | Evgeniya Rodina |
2010 | US Open | Second round | Caroline Wozniacki | Chang Kai-chen |
2010 | US Open | Third round | Maria Sharapova | Beatrice Capra |
2011 | Australian Open | First round | Kim Clijsters | Dinara Safina |
2011 | Australian Open | First round | Marion Bartoli | Tathiana Garbin |
2012 | French Open | First round | Maria Sharapova | Alexandra Cadanțu |
2012 | US Open | Fourth round | Serena Williams | Andrea Hlaváčková |
2013 | Australian Open | First round | Serena Williams | Edina Gallovits-Hall |
2013 | Australian Open | First round | Maria Sharapova | Olga Puchkova |
2013 | Australian Open | Second round | Maria Sharapova | Misaki Doi |
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