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.

Steffi Graf won the quickest-ever Open Era Grand Slam Final in 32 minutes.
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Short times edit

Men edit

Overall edit

  • Jack Harper lost just one 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.[5]
  • Francisco Clavet set an ATP tournament record in Shanghai in the first round of the 2001 Heineken Open Shanghai when he defeated Jiang Shan (Li Na's husband) in 25 minutes, 6–0, 6–0.[6]

Grand Slam tournaments edit

Wimbledon edit
Masters Tour edit

Olympics edit

Women edit

Overall edit

Grand Slam tournaments edit

French Open edit
Wimbledon edit
  • During the 1969 tournament, Sue Tutt beat Marion Boundy 6–2, 6–0 in 20 minutes.[19]
  • 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.[20]
  • In the 1925 Wimbledon final Lenglen defeated Joan Fry in 25 minutes, 6–2, 6–0.[20]

Fewest games edit

Key
W  F  SF QF #R RR Q# P# DNQ A Z# PO G S B NMS NTI P NH
(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.
  •    = winner of the match also won the tournament.

Men (triple bagel) edit

There have been at least 17 best-of-five-set matches which have lasted 18 games (6–0, 6–0, 6–0), colloquially referred to as a "triple bagel", in the Open Era.[21] This is the shortest possible length for a best-of-five-set match, not including retirements or defaults.

Year Grand Slam Round Winner Loser
1968 French Open 1R   Nikola Špear   Daniel Contet
1973 Davis Cup Z1   Gondo Widjojo   Tao Po
1981 Davis Cup PO   Thierry Tulasne   Shinichi Sakamoto
1984 Davis Cup 1R   Emilio Sánchez   Kamel Harrad
1987 French Open 2R   Karel Nováček   Eduardo Bengoechea
1987 Wimbledon 1R   Stefan Edberg   Stefan Eriksson
1987 US Open 1R   Ivan Lendl   Barry Moir
1989 Davis Cup 3R   Hamed-ul-Haq   Faisal Rahman
1991 Davis Cup 1R   Michael Walker   Dishan Herath
1993 French Open 2R   Sergi Bruguera   Thierry Champion
1998 Davis Cup 2R   Gouichi Motomura   Teo Susnjak
1999 Davis Cup PO   Lin Bing-Chao   Nasser Al-Khelaifi
2001 Wimbledon Q3   Todd Woodbridge   Johan Örtegren
2005 Davis Cup 2R   Ricardo Mello   David Josepa
2009 Davis Cup PO   Rui Machado   Valentin Rahine
2011 Davis Cup 2R   Andy Murray   Laurent Bram
2016 Davis Cup 1R   Jarkko Nieminen   Courtney John Lock
2016 Davis Cup 1R   Emilio Gómez   Adam Hornby

Women (double bagel) edit

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 which have lasted 12 games (6–0, 6–0), colloquially referred to as a "double bagel", in the Open Era.[citation needed] This is the shortest possible length for a best-of-three-set match, not including retirements or defaults.

Women's singles edit

Year Grand Slam Round Winner Loser
1969 Australian Open 1R   Margaret Court   Judith Gohl
1969 French Open 1R   Kazuko Sawamatsu   Monique Van Haver
1969 French Open 3R   Julie Heldman   Raquel Giscafré
1969 Wimbledon 3R   Karen Krantzcke   Pam Teeguarden
1970 Australian Open 2R   Margaret Court   Caroline Langsford
1970 French Open 1R   Helga Hösl   Katalin Borka
1970 French Open 3R   Billie Jean King   Odile de Roubin
1970 Wimbledon 2R   Peggy Michel   Alena Palmeova
1970 Wimbledon 2R   Judy Dalton   Sue Northen
1971 Australian Open 1R   Patricia Coleman   Helen Taylor
1971 French Open 1R   Julie Heldman   Sharon Van Brandis
1971 Wimbledon 1R   Rosie Casals   Rosy Darmon
1971 Wimbledon 2R   Margaret Court   Lorraine Robinson
1972 French Open 1R   Vlasta Vopičková   Michele Gurdal
1972 US Open 2R   Margaret Court   Barbara Hawcroft
1973 Australian Open 2R   Margaret Court   Nathalie Fuchs
1974 Australian Open 1R   Wendy Turnbull   Brenda Dale
1974 Australian Open 2R   Chris Evert   Katerleen Szeman
1974 Australian Open 2R   Evonne Goolagong   Masako Yokobori
1974 French Open 1R   Marie Neumannová   Nicole Bimes
1974 Wimbledon 1R   Virginia Wade   Veronica Burton
1974 Wimbledon 2R   Winnie Shaw   Nerida Gregory
1974 Wimbledon 2R   Mona Schallau   Nathalie Fuchs
1974 US Open 3R   Evonne Goolagong   Katja Ebbinghaus
1975 French Open 2R   Marina Kroschina   Laurie Fleming
1975 Wimbledon 3R   Margaret Court   Renáta Tomanová
1975 US Open 3R   Evonne Goolagong   Peggy Michel
1984 Wimbledon 1R   Zina Garrison   Rina Einy
1985 Australian Open 1R   Wendy Turnbull   Susan Leo
1985 Australian Open 2R   Wendy Turnbull   Elizabeth Smylie
1986 Wimbledon 1R   Pamela Casale   Petra Huber
1987 Wimbledon 4R   Helena Suková   Rafaella Reggi
1987 Wimbledon 2R   Steffi Graf   Tine Scheuer-Larsen
1988 French Open F   Steffi Graf   Natasha Zvereva
1988 Wimbledon 1R   Steffi Graf   Na Hu
1988 Wimbledon 3R   Katerina Maleeva   Belinda Cordwell
1989 Australian Open 1R   Conchita Martínez   Eva Švíglerová
1989 Wimbledon 1R   Anne Minter   Molly Van Nostrand
1990 US Open 2R   Monica Seles   Elena Pampoulova
1991 Australian Open 1R   Monica Seles   Sabine Hack
1992 Wimbledon 2R   Barbara Rittner   Silke Frankl
1992 US Open 2R   Amanda Coetzer   Nathalie Tauziat
1993 Wimbledon 1R   Steffi Graf   Kirrily Sharpe
1993 Wimbledon 3R   Steffi Graf   Helen Kelesi
1993 French Open 2R   Arantxa Sánchez Vicario   Naoko Sawamatsu
1994 French Open 3R   Mary Pierce   Lori McNeil
1994 Wimbledon 1R   Kristine Radford   Angélica Gavaldón
1995 French Open 1R   Conchita Martínez   Sabine Hack
1996 French Open 3R   Arantxa Sánchez Vicario   Elena Likhovtseva
1996 Wimbledon 1R   Conchita Martínez   Silvia Farina Elia
1996 Wimbledon 1R   Mary Joe Fernández   Jana Kandarr
1996 Wimbledon 2R   Dominique Van Roost   Yone Kamio
1997 Wimbledon 2R   Conchita Martínez   Yuka Yoshida
1997 Wimbledon 1R   Arantxa Sánchez Vicario   Clare Wood
1998 Australian Open 1R   Mary Pierce   Li Fang
1998 Australian Open 2R   Arantxa Sánchez Vicario   Elena Makarova
1998 Australian Open 4R   Lindsay Davenport   Ruxandra Dragomir
1998 Australian Open 4R   Martina Hingis   Yayuk Basuki
1998 Australian Open 4R   Mary Pierce   Henrieta Nagyová
1999 French Open 2R   Anna Smashnova   Els Callens
1999 Wimbledon 2R   Monica Seles   Marlene Weingärtner
1999 US Open 2R   Conchita Martínez   Alexia Dechaume-Balleret
2000 Australian Open 1R   Anna Kournikova   Patricia Wartusch
2000 French Open 1R   Ángeles Montolio   Patricia Wartusch
2000 US Open 1R   Kim Clijsters   Marta Marrero
2001 Australian Open 1R   Silvija Talaja   Alicia Molik
2001 French Open 1R   Jelena Dokić   Adriana Gerši
2002 Wimbledon 1R   Monica Seles   Eva Bes
2002 US Open 1R   Venus Williams   Mirjana Lučić
2002 US Open 1R   Iroda Tulyaganova   Adriana Serra Zanetti
2003 Australian Open 2R   Kim Clijsters   Petra Mandula
2003 French Open 3R   Serena Williams   Barbara Schett
2003 Wimbledon 1R   Kim Clijsters   Rossana de los Ríos
2003 Wimbledon 1R   Mary Pierce   Ansley Cargill
2004 Australian Open 2R   Kim Clijsters   Maria Elena Camerin
2005 Wimbledon 1R   Lindsay Davenport   Jamea Jackson
2006 Wimbledon 1R   Amélie Mauresmo   Ivana Abramović
2007 Australian Open 1R   Kim Clijsters   Vasilisa Bardina
2007 Wimbledon 1R   Martina Müller   Anna Smashnova
2008 French Open 2R   Victoria Azarenka   Sorana Cîrstea
2008 French Open 4R   Ana Ivanovic   Petra Cetkovská
2009 Australian Open 1R   Dominika Cibulková   Chanelle Scheepers
2009 Australian Open 2R   Vera Zvonareva   Edina Gallovits
2009 French Open 1R   Dinara Safina   Anne Keothavong
2009 Wimbledon 1R   Marion Bartoli   Yung-Jan Chan
2009 Wimbledon 2R   Victoria Azarenka   Ioana Raluca Olaru
2009 US Open 2R   Flavia Pennetta   Sania Mirza
2009 US Open 4R   Kateryna Bondarenko   Gisela Dulko
2010 Australian Open 1R   María José Martínez Sánchez   Evgeniya Rodina
2010 US Open Q1   Arantxa Rus   María Fernanda Álvarez Terán
2010 US Open 2R   Caroline Wozniacki   Chang Kai-chen
2010 US Open 3R   Maria Sharapova   Beatrice Capra
2011[22] Australian Open 1R   Kim Clijsters   Dinara Safina
2011 Australian Open 1R   Marion Bartoli   Tathiana Garbin
2012 French Open 1R   Maria Sharapova   Alexandra Cadanțu
2012 US Open Q1   Chan Yung-jan   Inés Ferrer Suárez
2012 US Open 4R   Serena Williams   Andrea Hlaváčková
2013 Australian Open 1R   Serena Williams   Edina Gallovits-Hall
2013 Australian Open 1R   Maria Sharapova   Olga Puchkova
2013 Australian Open 2R   Maria Sharapova   Misaki Doi
2013 US Open 1R   Carla Suárez Navarro   Lauren Davis
2013 US Open 1R   Sara Errani   Olivia Rogowska
2013 US Open 1R   Victoria Azarenka   Dinah Pfizenmaier
2013 US Open QF   Serena Williams   Carla Suárez Navarro
2014 Australian Open 1R   Annika Beck   Petra Martić
2014 French Open 3R   Maria Sharapova   Paula Ormaechea
2014 US Open 1R   Johanna Larsson   Virginie Razzano
2015 Australian Open Q1   Barbora Krejčíková   Bianca Botto
2015 Wimbledon 1R   Venus Williams   Madison Brengle
2015 Wimbledon 1R   Andrea Petkovic   Shelby Rogers
2015 Wimbledon 1R   Angelique Kerber   Carina Witthöft
2016 Australian Open 1R   Victoria Azarenka   Alison Van Uytvanck
2016 French Open 1R   Wang Qiang   Tessah Andrianjafitrimo
2016 US Open 1R   Carla Suárez Navarro   Teliana Pereira
2017 French Open 2R   Caroline Wozniacki   Françoise Abanda
2018 US Open 1R   Daria Gavrilova   Sara Sorribes Tormo
2018 US Open 1R   Monica Puig   Stefanie Vögele
2018 US Open 3R   Naomi Osaka   Aliaksandra Sasnovich
2019 Australian Open 1R   Maria Sharapova   Harriet Dart
2021 Australian Open 1R   Ashleigh Barty   Danka Kovinić
2022 US Open 1R   Beatriz Haddad Maia   Ana Konjuh
2023 French Open 3R   Iga Świątek   Wang Xinyu
2024 Australian Open 3R   Aryna Sabalenka   Lesia Tsurenko

Women's doubles edit

Year Grand Slam Round Winner Loser
2006 US Open 1R   Květa Peschke
  Francesca Schiavone
  Sofia Arvidsson
  Martina Müller
2007 Australian Open QF   Chan Yung-jan
  Chuang Chia-jung
  Ashley Harkleroad
  Galina Voskoboeva
2009 Wimbledon 3R   Serena Williams
  Venus Williams
  Yan Zi
  Zheng Jie
2017 Wimbledon F   Ekaterina Makarova
  Elena Vesnina
  Chan Hao-Ching
  Monica Niculescu

See also edit

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