In
tennis, if the serving player makes two
mistakes in the same
point, it is called a double fault, and they lose the point and the point is awarded to their opponent.[1]
At the
1957 Wimbledon Championships, Maria de Amorin committed 17 double faults in a row in her second-round encounter against Berna Thung. De Amorin took a set off her opponent, but eventually lost the match.[3]
Open Era singles records
Double faults have been officially recorded by the top-level professional tennis circuits since 1991.[4]
(W) winner; (F) finalist; (SF) semifinalist; (QF) quarterfinalist; (#R) rounds 4, 3, 2, 1; (RR) round-robin stage; (Q#) qualification round; (P#) preliminary round; (DNQ) did not qualify; (A) absent; (Z#) Davis/Fed Cup Zonal Group (with number indication) or (PO) play-off; (G) gold, (S) silver or (B) bronze Olympic/Paralympic medal; (NMS) not a Masters tournament; (NTI) not a Tier I tournament; (P) postponed; (NH) not held; (SR) strike rate (events won / competed); (W–L) win–loss record.
ATP Tour
Among all players, active or retired, the worst average of double faults per match, shared between
Henrik Holm and
Radomír Vašek, is 7.2, while
Gilbert Schaller has the best average, at 1.0.[5]
Anna Kournikova holds the record for the most double faults in a match with 31, in a clash against
Miho Saeki that has been labeled as "one of most feeble and unintentionally comical matches of all time".[21]
In
tennis, if the serving player makes two
mistakes in the same
point, it is called a double fault, and they lose the point and the point is awarded to their opponent.[1]
At the
1957 Wimbledon Championships, Maria de Amorin committed 17 double faults in a row in her second-round encounter against Berna Thung. De Amorin took a set off her opponent, but eventually lost the match.[3]
Open Era singles records
Double faults have been officially recorded by the top-level professional tennis circuits since 1991.[4]
(W) winner; (F) finalist; (SF) semifinalist; (QF) quarterfinalist; (#R) rounds 4, 3, 2, 1; (RR) round-robin stage; (Q#) qualification round; (P#) preliminary round; (DNQ) did not qualify; (A) absent; (Z#) Davis/Fed Cup Zonal Group (with number indication) or (PO) play-off; (G) gold, (S) silver or (B) bronze Olympic/Paralympic medal; (NMS) not a Masters tournament; (NTI) not a Tier I tournament; (P) postponed; (NH) not held; (SR) strike rate (events won / competed); (W–L) win–loss record.
ATP Tour
Among all players, active or retired, the worst average of double faults per match, shared between
Henrik Holm and
Radomír Vašek, is 7.2, while
Gilbert Schaller has the best average, at 1.0.[5]
Anna Kournikova holds the record for the most double faults in a match with 31, in a clash against
Miho Saeki that has been labeled as "one of most feeble and unintentionally comical matches of all time".[21]