Shortest tennis match records
This article covers records concerning the shortest ever tennis matches both in terms of number of games and duration in terms of time. Matches affected by a retirement or default are not listed.
Short times
Men
Overall
- Jack Harper lost just a single point when he defeated J. Sandiford 6–0, 6–0 at the 1946 Surrey Open Hard Court Championships in a match that lasted 18 minutes, the shortest men's singles match on record.[4]
- Francisco Clavet set an ATP tournament record for Shanghai in the first round of the 2001 Shanghai Rolex Masters when he defeated Jiang Shan in 25 minutes, 6–0, 6–0.[5]
Masters Tour
- Jarkko Nieminen stormed to victory over Bernard Tomic at the Miami Masters in 2014 in only 28 minutes (6–0, 6–1). [6]
Grand Slams
Wimbledon
- The 1881 Wimbledon final in which William Renshaw defeated John Hartley, 6–0, 6–1, 6–1, lasted 36 minutes.[7]
- Fred Perry defeated Baron Gottfried von Cramm, 6–1, 6–1, 6–0, in the 1936 Wimbledon final in 40 minutes.[8]
Women
Overall
- Margaret Court won the 1963 Eastern Grass Court Championships crown in a record 24-minute match.[9]
- Helen Wills defeated Joan Fry at the 1927 Wightman Cup 6–2, 6–0 in 24 minutes.[10]
- Helen Wills, while dispatching Emily Wright 6-0, 6–0 in Beaulieu, France in 1926, won the first set in 9 minutes.[11]
Grand Slams
French Open
- Steffi Graf won, 6–0, 6–0, in 34 minutes against Natasha Zvereva in the 1988 French Open final.[12]
Wimbledon
- During the 1969 tournament, Susan Tutt beat Marion Boundy 6–2, 6–0 in only 20 minutes.[13]
- In the 1922 Wimbledon final Suzanne Lenglen defeated Molla Mallory, 6–2, 6–0, in 23 minutes. Some accounts state that the match was over in 20 minutes.[14]
- In the 1925 Wimbledon final Lenglen defeated Joan Fry in 25 minutes, 6–2, 6–0.[15]
Fewest games
- = winner of the match also won the tournament.
Men
There have been at least 12 best-of-five-set matches which have lasted 18 games (6–0, 6–0, 6–0) in the Open era. This is the shortest possible length for a best-of-five-set men's singles match without retirements or defaults.
| Year | Grand Slam | Round | Winner | Loser |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1968 | French Open | First round |  Nikola Špear |  Daniel Contet |
| 1981 | Davis Cup | Play Off | Thierry Tulasne |  Shinichi Sakamoto |
| 1984 | Davis Cup | First Round |  Emilio Sanchez |  Kamel Harrad |
| 1987 | French Open | Second round |  Karel Nováček |  Eduardo Bengoechea |
| 1987 | Wimbledon | First round |  Stefan Edberg | Stefan Eriksson |
| 1987 | US Open | First round | Ivan Lendl | .svg.png){kind=small} Barry Moir |
| 1993 | French Open | Second round | Sergi Bruguera | Thierry Champion |
| 2001 | Wimbledon | Qualifying |  Todd Woodbridge | Johan Ortegren |
| 2005 | Davis Cup | Second Round |  Ricardo Mello | .svg.png){kind=small} David Josepa |
| 2011 | Davis Cup | Second round |  Andy Murray |  Laurent Bram |
| 2016 | Davis Cup | First Round |  Jarkko Nieminen |  Courtney John Lock |
| 2016 | Davis Cup | First Round |  Emilio Gómez |  Adam Hornby |
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
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Women's Doubles
Since 2005
| Year | Grand Slam | Round | Winner | Loser |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2006 | US Open | First round | Květa Peschke  Francesca Schiavone | Sofia Arvidsson  Martina Müller |
| 2007 | Australian Open | Quarterfinals |  Chan Yung-jan Chuang Chia-jung |  Ashley Harkleroad  Galina Voskoboeva |
| 2009 | Wimbledon Championships | Third round | Serena Williams Venus Williams |  Yan Zi Zheng Jie |
References
- ↑ http://www.rolandgarros.com/fr_FR/about/history/past_tournaments/1988.html
- ↑ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4DbJAKPue20
- ↑ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xxT19Jhgy64
- ↑ Tingay, Lance (1983). The Guinness Book of Tennis : Facts & Feats. Enfield: Guinness Superlatives. p. 27. ISBN 9780851122687.
- ↑ "Match facts". www.atpworldtour.com. Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP).
- ↑
- ↑ 10 Years of Wimbledon, by Lance Tingay (Guinness Superlatives, 1977)
- ↑ "Fred Perry". wimbledon.org. Retrieved 2011-01-18.
- ↑ "Miss Smith, Scott Win Net Titles". The Baltimore Sun. 1963-08-05. Retrieved 2011-01-18. (subscription required)
- ↑ "The Evening News from Harrisburg, Pennsylvania on August 13, 1927". Retrieved 20 September 2016.
- ↑ "Helen Wills gain in Beaulieu tournament". Retrieved 20 September 2016.
- ↑ http://www.rolandgarros.com/fr_FR/about/history/past_tournaments/1988.html
- ↑ "Tennis Facts Trivia". Retrieved 20 September 2016.
- ↑ http://www.espn.co.uk/espn/sport/story/21464.html/
- ↑ http://www.espn.co.uk/espn/sport/story/21464.html/
- ↑ "Clijsters steamrollers Safina". Sky Sports. 2011-01-18. Retrieved 2011-01-17.
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