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.
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]
Helen Wills, while dispatching Emily Wright 6–0, 6–0 in Beaulieu, France in 1926, won the first set in 9 minutes.[14]
Grand Slam tournaments
French Open
Steffi Graf won 6–0, 6–0, against Natasha Zvereva in the 1988 French Open final. The official time of the match given on the scoresheet was 34 minutes,[15][16][17] but the match consumed just 32 minutes of playing time,[1] split into two periods of nine and 23 minutes because of a rain break. It is the only "double bagel" Grand Slam singles final of the Open Era, and only the second time in the history of tennis (the other being at 1911 Wimbledon).[18]
Wimbledon
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
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)
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.
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
This list is incomplete; you can help by adding missing items. (March 2022)
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^Chammas, Michael (6 August 2016). "John Millman creates history at Rio Olympics with 6–0, 6–0 win". The Sydney Morning Herald. Retrieved 21 July 2018.
^"Margaret Smith gets net record" (Press release). The Louisiana Shreveport Journal.
^"The Evening News from Harrisburg, Pennsylvania on August 13, 1927". Retrieved 20 September 2016.
^"Helen Wills gain in Beaulieu tournament". Retrieved 20 September 2016.
^"The 1988 French Open: How Agassi arrived, Graf ruled and Wilander won". TheGuardian.com. 27 May 2014.
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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 1 2 3 4 Contents 1 Short times 1 1 Men 1 1 1 Overall 1 1 2 Grand Slam tournaments 1 1 2 1 Wimbledon 1 1 2 2 Masters Tour 1 1 3 Olympics 1 2 Women 1 2 1 Overall 1 2 2 Grand Slam tournaments 1 2 2 1 French Open 1 2 2 2 Wimbledon 2 Fewest games 2 1 Men triple bagel 2 2 Women double bagel 2 2 1 Women s singles 2 2 2 Women s doubles 3 See also 4 ReferencesShort times EditMen 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 The 1881 Wimbledon final in which William Renshaw defeated John Hartley 6 0 6 1 6 1 lasted 36 minutes 7 Fred Perry defeated Gottfried von Cramm 6 1 6 1 6 0 in the 1936 Wimbledon final in 40 minutes 8 Jo Wilfried Tsonga defeated Bernard Tomic in the first round in the 2019 Wimbledon Championships 6 2 6 1 6 4 in 58 minutes though Tomic was later fined for a lack of effort 9 Masters Tour Edit Jarkko Nieminen won against Bernard Tomic at the Miami Masters in 2014 in 28 minutes 6 0 6 1 10 Olympics Edit John Millman became the first player in Olympic tennis history to win a match by the scoreline of 6 0 6 0 when he defeated Ricardas Berankis in the first round of the tennis tournament at the 2016 Summer Olympics 11 Women Edit Overall Edit Margaret Court won the 1963 Eastern Grass Court Championships crown in a record 24 minute match against Darlene Hard 6 1 6 1 12 Helen Wills defeated Joan Fry at the 1927 Wightman Cup 6 2 6 0 in 24 minutes 13 Helen Wills while dispatching Emily Wright 6 0 6 0 in Beaulieu France in 1926 won the first set in 9 minutes 14 Grand Slam tournaments Edit French Open Edit Steffi Graf won 6 0 6 0 against Natasha Zvereva in the 1988 French Open final The official time of the match given on the scoresheet was 34 minutes 15 16 17 but the match consumed just 32 minutes of playing time 1 split into two periods of nine and 23 minutes because of a rain break It is the only double bagel Grand Slam singles final of the Open Era and only the second time in the history of tennis the other being at 1911 Wimbledon 18 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 EditKey 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 Loser1968 French Open 1R Nikola Spear Daniel Contet1973 Davis Cup Z1 Gondo Widjojo Tao Po1981 Davis Cup PO Thierry Tulasne Shinichi Sakamoto1984 Davis Cup 1R Emilio Sanchez Kamel Harrad1987 French Open 2R Karel Novacek Eduardo Bengoechea1987 Wimbledon 1R Stefan Edberg Stefan Eriksson1987 US Open 1R Ivan Lendl Barry Moir1989 Davis Cup 3R Hamed ul Haq Faisal Rahman1991 Davis Cup 1R Michael Walker Dishan Herath1993 French Open 2R Sergi Bruguera Thierry Champion1998 Davis Cup 2R Gouichi Motomura Teo Susnjak1999 Davis Cup PO Lin Bing Chao Nasser Al Khelaifi2001 Wimbledon Q3 Todd Woodbridge Johan Ortegren2005 Davis Cup 2R Ricardo Mello David Josepa2009 Davis Cup PO Rui Machado Valentin Rahine2011 Davis Cup 2R Andy Murray Laurent Bram2016 Davis Cup 1R Jarkko Nieminen Courtney John Lock2016 Davis Cup 1R Emilio Gomez Adam HornbyWomen 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 This list is incomplete you can help by adding missing items March 2022 Year Grand Slam Round Winner Loser1969 Australian Open 1R Margaret Court Judith Gohl1969 French Open 1R Kazuko Sawamatsu Monique Van Haver1969 French Open 3R Julie Heldman Raquel Giscafre1969 Wimbledon 3R Karen Krantzcke Pam Teeguarden1970 Australian Open 2R Margaret Court Caroline Langsford1970 French Open 1R Helga Hosl Katalin Borka1970 French Open 3R Billie Jean King Odile de Roubin1970 Wimbledon 2R Peggy Michel Alena Palmeova1970 Wimbledon 2R Judy Dalton Sue Northen1971 Australian Open 1R Patricia Coleman Helen Taylor1971 French Open 1R Julie Heldman Sharon Van Brandis1971 Wimbledon 1R Rosie Casals Rosy Darmon1971 Wimbledon 2R Margaret Court Lorraine Robinson1972 French Open 1R Vlasta Vopickova Michele Gurdal1972 US Open 2R Margaret Court Barbara Hawcroft1973 Australian Open 2R Margaret Court Nathalie Fuchs1974 Australian Open 1R Wendy Turnbull Brenda Dale1974 Australian Open 2R Chris Evert Katerleen Szeman1974 Australian Open 2R Evonne Goolagong Masako Yokobori1974 French Open 1R Marie Neumannova Nicole Bimes1974 Wimbledon 1R Virginia Wade Veronica Burton1974 Wimbledon 2R Winnie Shaw Nerida Gregory1974 Wimbledon 2R Mona Schallau Nathalie Fuchs1974 US Open 3R Evonne Goolagong Katja Ebbinghaus1975 French Open 2R Marina Kroschina Laurie Fleming1975 Wimbledon 3R Margaret Court Renata Tomanova1975 US Open 3R Evonne Goolagong Peggy Michel1984 Wimbledon 1R Zina Garrison Rina Einy1985 Australian Open 1R Wendy Turnbull Susan Leo1985 Australian Open 2R Wendy Turnbull Elizabeth Smylie1986 Wimbledon 1R Pamela Casale Petra Huber1987 Wimbledon 4R Helena Sukova Rafaella Reggi1987 Wimbledon 2R Steffi Graf Tine Scheuer Larsen1988 French Open F Steffi Graf Natasha Zvereva1988 Wimbledon 1R Steffi Graf Na Hu1988 Wimbledon 3R Katerina Maleeva Belinda Cordwell1989 Australian Open 1R Conchita Martinez Eva Sviglerova1989 Wimbledon 1R Anne Minter Molly Van Nostrand1990 US Open 2R Monica Seles Elena Pampoulova1992 Wimbledon 2R Barbara Rittner Silke Frankl1992 US Open 2R Amanda Coetzer Nathalie Tauziat1993 Wimbledon 1R Steffi Graf Kirrily Sharpe1993 Wimbledon 3R Steffi Graf Helen Kelesi1993 French Open 2R Arantxa Sanchez Vicario Naoko Sawamatsu1994 French Open 3R Mary Pierce Lori McNeil1994 Wimbledon 1R Kristine Radford Angelica Gavaldon1995 French Open 1R Conchita Martinez Sabine Hack1996 French Open 3R Arantxa Sanchez Vicario Elena Likhovtseva1996 Wimbledon 1R Conchita Martinez Silvia Farina Elia1996 Wimbledon 1R Mary Joe Fernandez Jana Kandarr1996 Wimbledon 2R Dominique Van Roost Yone Kamio1997 Wimbledon 2R Conchita Martinez Yuka Yoshida1997 Wimbledon 1R Arantxa Sanchez Vicario Clare Wood1998 Australian Open 1R Mary Pierce Li Fang1998 Australian Open 2R Arantxa Sanchez Vicario Elena Makarova1998 Australian Open 4R Lindsay Davenport Ruxandra Dragomir1998 Australian Open 4R Martina Hingis Yayuk Basuki1998 Australian Open 4R Mary Pierce Henrieta Nagyova1999 French Open 2R Anna Smashnova Els Callens1999 Wimbledon 2R Monica Seles Marlene Weingartner1999 US Open 2R Conchita Martinez Alexia Dechaume Balleret2000 Australian Open 1R Anna Kournikova Patricia Wartusch2000 French Open 1R Angeles Montolio Patricia Wartusch2000 US Open 1R Kim Clijsters Marta Marrero2001 Australian Open 1R Silvija Talaja Alicia Molik2001 French Open 1R Jelena Dokic Adriana Gersi2002 Wimbledon 1R Monica Seles Eva Bes2002 US Open 1R Venus Williams Mirjana Lucic2002 US Open 1R Iroda Tulyaganova Adriana Serra Zanetti2003 Australian Open 2R Kim Clijsters Petra Mandula2003 French Open 3R Serena Williams Barbara Schett2003 Wimbledon 1R Kim Clijsters Rossana de los Rios2003 Wimbledon 1R Mary Pierce Ansley Cargill2004 Australian Open 2R Kim Clijsters Maria Elena Camerin2005 Wimbledon 1R Lindsay Davenport Jamea Jackson2006 Wimbledon 1R Amelie Mauresmo Ivana Abramovic2007 Australian Open 1R Kim Clijsters Vasilisa Bardina2007 Wimbledon 1R Martina Muller Anna Smashnova2008 French Open 2R Victoria Azarenka Sorana Cirstea2008 French Open 4R Ana Ivanovic Petra Cetkovska2009 Australian Open 1R Dominika Cibulkova Chanelle Scheepers2009 Australian Open 2R Vera Zvonareva Edina Gallovits2009 French Open 1R Dinara Safina Anne Keothavong2009 Wimbledon 1R Marion Bartoli Yung Jan Chan2009 Wimbledon 2R Victoria Azarenka Ioana Raluca Olaru2009 US Open 2R Flavia Pennetta Sania Mirza2009 US Open 4R Kateryna Bondarenko Gisela Dulko2010 Australian Open 1R Maria Jose Martinez Sanchez Evgeniya Rodina2010 US Open Q1 Arantxa Rus Maria Fernanda Alvarez Teran2010 US Open 2R Caroline Wozniacki Chang Kai chen2010 US Open 3R Maria Sharapova Beatrice Capra2011 22 Australian Open 1R Kim Clijsters Dinara Safina2011 Australian Open 1R Marion Bartoli Tathiana Garbin2012 French Open 1R Maria Sharapova Alexandra Cadanțu2012 US Open Q1 Chan Yung jan Ines Ferrer Suarez2012 US Open 4R Serena Williams Andrea Hlavackova2013 Australian Open 1R Serena Williams Edina Gallovits Hall2013 Australian Open 1R Maria Sharapova Olga Puchkova2013 Australian Open 2R Maria Sharapova Misaki Doi2013 US Open 1R Carla Suarez Navarro Lauren Davis2013 US Open 1R Sara Errani Olivia Rogowska2013 US Open 1R Victoria Azarenka Dinah Pfizenmaier2013 US Open QF Serena Williams Carla Suarez Navarro2014 Australian Open 1R Annika Beck Petra Martic2014 French Open 3R Maria Sharapova Paula Ormaechea2014 US Open 1R Johanna Larsson Virginie Razzano2015 Australian Open Q1 Barbora Krejcikova Bianca Botto2015 Wimbledon 1R Venus Williams Madison Brengle2015 Wimbledon 1R Andrea Petkovic Shelby Rogers2015 Wimbledon 1R Angelique Kerber Carina Witthoft2016 Australian Open 1R Victoria Azarenka Alison van Uytvanck2016 French Open 1R Wang Qiang Tessah Andrianjafitrimo2016 US Open 1R Carla Suarez Navarro Teliana Pereira2017 French Open 2R Caroline Wozniacki Francoise Abanda2018 US Open 1R Daria Gavrilova Sara Sorribes Tormo2018 US Open 1R Monica Puig Stefanie Vogele2018 US Open 3R Naomi Osaka Aliaksandra Sasnovich2019 Australian Open 1R Maria Sharapova Harriet Dart2021 Australian Open 1R Ashleigh Barty Danka Kovinic2022 US Open 1R Beatriz Haddad Maia Ana KonjuhWomen s doubles Edit This list is incomplete you can help by adding missing items March 2022 Year Grand Slam Round Winner Loser2006 US Open 1R Kveta Peschke Francesca Schiavone Sofia Arvidsson Martina Muller2007 Australian Open QF Chan Yung jan Chuang Chia jung Ashley Harkleroad Galina Voskoboeva2009 Wimbledon 3R Serena Williams Venus Williams Yan Zi Zheng Jie2017 Wimbledon F Ekaterina Makarova Elena Vesnina Chan Hao Ching Monica NiculescuSee also EditLongest tennis match records Lists of tennis records and statisticsReferences Edit a b Times Robin Herman and Special To the New York 5 June 1988 TENNIS Graf Shuts Out Zvereva to Gain French Open Title The New York Times Retrieved 2018 05 02 Archived copy Archived from the original on 2015 03 25 Retrieved 2015 03 04 a href Template Cite web html title Template Cite web 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