Longest tennis match records

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This article details longest tennis match records by duration or number of games. The 1970–1973 introduction of the tiebreak reduced the opportunity for such records to be broken. However, among the four majors, the US Open, Australian Open and Wimbledon (since 2019) use the tiebreak in the final set, while the French Open, through 2021, was the only major to use the advantage set rules in the final set, which allows for an indefinite number of games until one player is ahead by two. A 2022 rule change now requires every Grand Slam tournament to use the tiebreak in the final set. The Olympic Games have also used a final set tiebreak since 2016.

A plaque commemorating the Isner–Mahut match on Court 18 at Wimbledon.

All competitions

Key
W  F  SF QF #R RRQ# 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.

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Longest matches by duration

John Isner (top) defeated Nicolas Mahut (bottom) 6–4, 3–6, 6–7(7–9), 7–6(7–3), 70–68 in a record 11 hours and 5 minutes

Only two professional competitive matches have lasted longer than seven hours and 14 matches have lasted longer than six hours.[1]

More information #, Duration (hh:mm) ...
#Duration
(hh:mm)		WinnerLoserEventRoundScore
1 11:05
(3 days)		 United States John Isner France Nicolas Mahut 2010 Wimbledon 1R 6–4, 3–6, 6–7(7–9), 7–6(7–3), 70–68[2]
2 07:01 Czech Republic Czech Republic
(Tomáš Berdych
Lukáš Rosol)		 Switzerland Switzerland
(Stanislas Wawrinka
Marco Chiudinelli)		 2013 Davis Cup 1R 6–4, 5–7, 6–4, 6–7(3–7), 24–22[3]
3 06:43 Argentina Argentina
(Leonardo Mayer)		 Brazil Brazil
(João Souza)		 2015 Davis Cup 1R 7–6(7–4), 7–6(7–5), 5–7, 5–7, 15–13
4 06:36 South Africa Kevin Anderson United States John Isner 2018 Wimbledon SF 7–6(8–6), 6–7(5–7), 6–7(9–11), 6–4, 26–24[4]
5 06:33
(2 days)		 France Fabrice Santoro France Arnaud Clément 2004 French Open 1R 6–4, 6–3, 6–7(5–7), 3–6, 16–14
6 06:31 United States Vicki Nelson United States Jean Hepner 1984 Central Fidelity
Banks International		 1R 6–4, 7–6(13–11)[5]
7 06:22 United States United States
(John McEnroe)		 Sweden Sweden
(Mats Wilander)		 1982 Davis Cup QF 9–7, 6–2, 15–17, 3–6, 8–6
(before tiebreak era)
8 06:21 Germany Germany
(Boris Becker)		 United States United States
(John McEnroe)		 1987 Davis Cup PO 4–6, 15–13, 8–10, 6–2, 6–2
(before tiebreak era)
9 06:20 Argentina Argentina
(Lucas Arnold Ker
David Nalbandian)		 Russia Russia
(Yevgeny Kafelnikov
Marat Safin)		 2002 Davis Cup SF 6–4, 6–4, 5–7, 3–6, 19–17
10 06:15 Argentina Argentina
(José Luis Clerc)		 United States United States
(John McEnroe)		 1980 Davis Cup F 6–3, 6–2, 4–6, 13–11
(before tiebreak era)
11 06:09
(2 days)		 The Bahamas Mark Knowles
Canada Daniel Nestor		 Sweden Simon Aspelin
Australia Todd Perry		 2006 Wimbledon QF 5–7, 6–3, 6–7(5–7), 6–3, 23–21
12 06:05 Italy Lorenzo Giustino France Corentin Moutet 2020 French Open 1R 0–6, 7–6(9–7), 7–6(7–3), 2–6, 18–16[6]
13 06:04 Austria Austria
(Horst Skoff)		 Sweden Sweden
(Mats Wilander)		 1989 Davis Cup QF 6–7(5–7), 7–6(9–7), 1–6, 6–4, 9–7
14 06:01 Canada Canada
(Harry Fritz)		 Venezuela Venezuela
(Jorge Andrew)		 1982 Davis Cup SF 16–14, 11–9, 9–11, 4–6, 11–9
(before tiebreak era)
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Longest matches by number of games

More information #, No. of games ...
#No. of gamesWinnerLoserEventRoundScore
1 183 United States John Isner France Nicolas Mahut 2010 Wimbledon 1R 6–4, 3–6, 6–7(7–9), 7–6(7–3), 70–68[2]
2 122 United States United States
(Stan Smith
Erik van Dillen)		 Chile Chile
(Patricio Cornejo
Jaime Fillol)		 1973 Davis Cup F 7–9, 37–39, 8–6, 6–1, 6–3[7]
3 112 United States Pancho Gonzales Puerto Rico Charlie Pasarell 1969 Wimbledon 1R 22–24, 1–6, 16–14, 6–3, 11–9.[8]
4 105 Mexico Marcelo Lara
Mexico Joaquín Loyo-Mayo		 Spain Manuel Santana
Mexico Luis-Augusto García		 1966 US Open 3R 10–12, 24–22, 11–9, 3–6, 6–2[9]
South Africa Cliff Drysdale
South Africa Ray Moore		 Australia Roy Emerson
Brazil Ron Barnes		 1967 US Open QF 29–31, 8–6, 3–6, 8–6, 6–2[9]
6 102 Brazil Marcelo Melo
Brazil André Sá		 Australia Paul Hanley
Zimbabwe Kevin Ullyett		 2007 Wimbledon 2R 5–7, 7–6(7–4), 4–6, 7–6(9–7), 28–26[10]
7 100 United States Franklin Robbins United States Donald Dell 1969 US Open 1R 22–20, 9–7, 6–8, 8–10, 6–4[11]
Canada Harry Fritz Venezuela Jorge Andrew 1982 Davis Cup SF 16–14, 11–9, 9–11, 4–6, 11–9[3]
9 99 South Africa Kevin Anderson United States John Isner 2018 Wimbledon SF 7–6(8–6), 6–7(5–7), 6–7(9–11), 6–4, 26–24[4]
10 98 Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Nikola Pilić
United States Gene Scott		 United States Cliff Richey
Denmark Torben Ulrich		 1966 Wimbledon 1R 19–21, 12–10, 6–4, 4–6, 9–7[10]
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Men's singles

  Winner of the match also won the tournament.

The Isner–Mahut match at the 2010 Wimbledon Championships holds the record for the longest tennis match both in time and games played. It lasted for 11 hours and 5 minutes.[12]

Best-of-five-set match

More information #, Duration (hh:mm) ...
#Duration
(hh:mm)		WinnerLoserEventRoundScore
1 11:05
(3 days)		 United States John Isner France Nicolas Mahut 2010 Wimbledon 1R 6–4, 3–6, 6–7(7–9), 7–6(7–3), 70–68[2]
2 06:43 Argentina Argentina
(Leonardo Mayer)		 Brazil Brazil
(João Souza)		 2015 Davis Cup 1R 7–6(7–4), 7–6(7–5), 5–7, 5–7, 15–13
3 06:36 South Africa Kevin Anderson United States John Isner 2018 Wimbledon SF 7–6(8–6), 6–7(5–7), 6–7(9–11), 6–4, 26–24[4]
4 06:33
(2 days)		 France Fabrice Santoro France Arnaud Clément 2004 French Open 1R 6–4, 6–3, 6–7(5–7), 3–6, 16–14
5 06:22 United States United States
(John McEnroe)		 Sweden Sweden
(Mats Wilander)		 1982 Davis Cup QF 9–7, 6–2, 15–17, 3–6, 8–6
(before tiebreak era)
6 06:21 Germany Germany
(Boris Becker)		 United States United States
(John McEnroe)		 1987 Davis Cup PO 4–6, 15–13, 8–10, 6–2, 6–2
(before tiebreak era)
7 06:15 Argentina Argentina
(José Luis Clerc)		 United States United States
(John McEnroe)		 1980 Davis Cup F 6–3, 6–2, 4–6, 14–12
(before tiebreak era)
8 06:05
(2 days)		 Italy Lorenzo Giustino France Corentin Moutet 2020 French Open 1R 0–6, 7–6(9–7), 7–6(7–3), 2–6, 18–16
9 06:04 Austria Austria
(Horst Skoff)		 Sweden Sweden
(Mats Wilander)		 1989 Davis Cup QF 6–7(5–7), 7–6(9–7), 1–6, 6–4, 9–7
10 06:01 Canada Canada
(Harry Fritz)		 Venezuela Venezuela
(Jorge Andrew)		 1982 Davis Cup SF 16–14, 11–9, 9–11, 4–6, 11–9
(before tiebreak era)
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Best-of-three-set match

More information #, Duration (hh:mm) ...
#Duration
(hh:mm)		WinnerLoserEventRoundScore
1 04:27 Kazakhstan Timofey Skatov Taiwan Chun-Hsin Tseng 2026 Internazionali di Tennis Città di Perugia 2R 6–7(2–7), 7–6(9–7), 7–6(7–4)[13]
2 04:26 Switzerland Roger Federer Argentina Juan Martín del Potro 2012 Olympics SF 3–6, 7–6(7–5), 19–17[14]
3 04:24 Chile Tomás Barrios Vera Argentina Juan Bautista Torres 2025 Lima Challenger II QF 7–6(7–2), 6–7(6–8), 7–6(12–10)[15]
4 04:23 Italy Flavio Cipolla Colombia Robert Farah 2011 Open Barranquilla 2R 6–7(5–7), 7–5, 7–6(7–5)[15]
5 04:21 France Calvin Hemery Canada Alexis Galarneau 2023 Savannah Challenger 1R 6–7(8–10), 7–6(7–4), 7–6(7–4)[16]
6 04:13 France Ugo Humbert Japan Taro Daniel 2023 Sardegna Open QF 6–7(11–13), 7–6(9–7), 6–4[16]
7 04:03 Spain Rafael Nadal Serbia Novak Djokovic 2009 Madrid Open SF 3–6, 7–6(7–5), 7–6(11–9)[14]
8 04:00 Spain Rafael Nadal Argentina Mariano Navone 2024 Swedish Open QF 6–7(2–7), 7–5, 7–5[14]
9 03:59 China Shang Juncheng France Corentin Moutet 2024 Madrid Open 1R 6–7(9–11), 6–2, 7–6(10–8)[14]
10 03:57 France Jo-Wilfried Tsonga Canada Milos Raonic 2012 Olympics 2R 6–3, 3–6, 25–23[14]
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Women's singles

The longest women's match (by time) took place at a tournament in Richmond, Virginia, in 1984, when Vicki Nelson took 6 hours, 31 minutes to defeat Jean Hepner 6–4, 7–6(13–11). The match featured a 29-minute, 643-shot rally, the longest in professional tennis history, though no video exists of this point.[17][18]

Unlike men's singles matches, where Grand Slam events are played over the best of five sets, all women's matches are played as the best of three sets. All matches since January 1, 2019 have been checked, but there are likely to be many more from earlier years which have not yet been recognised, especially as qualifying matches in ITF tournaments before that date would normally have been played over the best of three tie-break sets.

Where different sources give durations for a particular match, the shortest elapsed time will be the one noted below.
  Winner of the match also won the tournament.
More information #, Duration (hh:mm) ...
#Duration
(hh:mm)		WinnerLoserEventRoundScore
1 06:31 United States Vicki Nelson United States Jean Hepner 1984 Central Fidelity Banks International 1R 6–4, 7–6(13–11)[18]
2 05:03 Italy Maria Elena Camerin Romania Monica Niculescu 2 Oct 2009 ITF Athens Open QF 6–4, 6–7(3–7), 7–6(7–5)
3 04:56 Russia Amina Anshba Brazil Laura Pigossi 7 Apr 2021 Córdoba ITF Pro Circuit W25 1R 7–5, 3–6, 7–5[19][20]
4[a] 04:54 Egypt Sandra Samir Serbia Tijana Sretenović 27 Aug 2022 Cairo ITF Pro Circuit W15 SF 6–7(2–7), 7–6(8–6), 6–1[22][23]
5 04:49 United States Hanna Chang Norway Ulrikke Eikeri 6 May 2021 Naples ITF Pro Circuit W25 2R 7–6(12–10), 4–6, 6–4
6[b] 04:46 Peru Anastasia Iamachkine Argentina Justina Gonzalez Daniele 29 Nov 2022 Buenos Aires ITF Pro Circuit W15 1R 7–5, 6–7(6–8), 7–6(7–5)[25][26]
6[c] 04:46 Poland Zuzanna Pawlikowska Egypt Sandra Samir 27 Oct 2024 Sharm El Sheikh ITF Pro Circuit W15 F 7–5, 6–7(3–7), 7–5[28][29]
7 04:44 Italy Francesca Schiavone Russia Svetlana Kuznetsova 2011 Australian Open 4R 6–4, 1–6, 16–14[30]
8 04:43 United States Hina Inoue United States Kylie Collins 16 Jan 2026 Bradenton ITF Pro Circuit W35 2R 6-7(2-7), 7-6(7-5), 6-4
8[d] 04:43 Egypt Amira Badawi Sweden Louise Brunskog 19 Aug 2022 Cairo ITF Pro Circuit W15 QF 7–5, 6–7(5–7), 7–6(7–3)[32][33]
9 04:42 Japan Kurumi Nara Romania Monica Niculescu 2010 French Open Q3 4–6, 7–6(7–3), 10–8
9[e] 04:42 Italy Diletta Cherubini Australia Tina Smith 21 Sep 2023 Santa Margherita di Pula ITF Pro Circuit W25 2R 7–6(7–4), 4–6, 7–6(7–6)[35][36]
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Main WTA Tour

Where different sources give durations for a particular match, the shortest elapsed time will be the one noted below.
  Winner of the match also won the tournament.
More information #, Duration (hh:mm) ...
#Duration
(hh:mm)		WinnerLoserEventRoundScore
1 06:31 United States Vicki Nelson United States Jean Hepner 1984 Central Fidelity Banks International 1R 6–4, 7–6(13–11)[18]
2 04:44 Italy Francesca Schiavone Russia Svetlana Kuznetsova 2011 Australian Open 4R 6–4, 1–6, 16–14
3 04:19 Czech Republic Barbora Strýcová Russia Regina Kulikova 2010 Australian Open 1R 7–6(7–5), 6–7(10–12), 6–3
4 04:15 Spain Sara Sorribes Tormo China Gao Xinyu 2024 China Open 1R 6–7(4–7), 7–5, 7–5
5 04:09 Germany Laura Siegemund China Wang Xiyu 2024 Thailand Open 2R 7–6(7–3), 4–6, 7–6(7–1)
6 04:07 France Virginie Buisson France Noëlle van Lottum 1995 French Open 1R 6–7(3–7), 7–5, 6–2
7 03:55 Australia Kerry Melville United States Pam Teeguarden 1972 French Open 3R 7–6(9–7), 4–6, 16–14
7 03:55 Slovakia Kristína Kučová Georgia (country) Ekaterine Gorgodze 2021 Poland Open QF 6–7(4–7), 7–6(9–7), 7–6(7–3)
9 03:54 Spain Sara Sorribes Tormo Colombia Camila Osorio 2022 Cleveland Open 1R 7–6(7–5), 4–6, 6–3
10 03:53 Ukraine Lesia Tsurenko Russia Kamilla Rakhimova 2022 Budapest Grand Prix 2R 6–7(1–7), 6–4, 7–5
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The longest match consisting of two standard sets and a match tie-break was played in the second qualifying round of a $25,000 ITF tournament in Darmstadt, Germany, on July 16, 2024. Sandra Samir defeated Denisa Glushkova 6–7(1–7), 6–3, [10–8]. The official ITF live scoring data recorded the duration as three hours and 45 minutes.[37] RankTennis recorded the same time [38] and TNNS recorded one minute longer,[39] but SofaScore recorded five minutes less.[40] The official duration is one minute longer than that recorded for a match in the second qualifying round of a $25,000 ITF tournament in Buenos Aires, Argentina, on January 9, 2023 where Valentina Mutilba defeated Luciana Blatter 6–7(7–9), 7–6(12–10), [10–7]. The official ITF live scoring data recorded the duration as three hours and 44 minutes,[41] but SofaScore and TNNS both recorded three minutes less.[42][43]

  1. [a]
    The fourth-longest match listed above was recorded in the ITF live scoring data as taking 5 hours and 4 minutes.[21] SofaScore recorded 4 hours and 54 minutes and TNNS recorded 4 hours and 55 minutes. The shortest of these has been included in this table.
  2. [b]
    The sixth-longest match listed above was recorded in the ITF live scoring data as taking 4 hours and 50 minutes.[24] SofaScore recorded 4 hours and 46 minutes and TNNS recorded 4 hours and 47 minutes. The shortest of these has been included in this table.
  3. [c]
    The sixth equal-longest match listed above was recorded in the ITF live scoring data as taking 5 hours and 1 minute.[27] The shorter time, recorded by both SofaScore and TNNS, has been included in this table.
  4. [d]
    The eighth-longest match listed above was recorded in the ITF live scoring data as taking 4 hours and 53 minutes.[31] The shorter time, recorded by both SofaScore and TNNS, has been included in this table.
  5. [e]
    The ninth equal-longest match listed above was recorded in the ITF live scoring data as taking 4 hours and 47 minutes.[34] SofaScore recorded 4 hours and 42 minutes and TNNS recorded 4 hours and 43 minutes. The shortest of these has been included in this table.

Doubles

Longest doubles matches by time

More information #, Duration (hh:mm) ...
#Duration
(hh:mm)		WinnerLoserEventRoundScore
1 07:01 Czech Republic Czech Republic
(Tomáš Berdych
Lukáš Rosol)		 Switzerland Switzerland
(Stanislas Wawrinka
Marco Chiudinelli)		 2013 Davis Cup 1R 6–4, 5–7, 6–4, 6–7(3–7), 24–22
2 06:20 Argentina Argentina
(Lucas Arnold Ker
David Nalbandian)		 Russia Russia
(Yevgeny Kafelnikov
Marat Safin)		 2002 Davis Cup SF 6–4, 6–4, 5–7, 3–6, 19–17
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Longest doubles matches by number of games

More information # of Games, Winner ...
Before tiebreak era
# of GamesWinnerLoserEventRoundScore
122 United States United States
(Stan Smith
Erik van Dillen)		 Chile Chile
(Patricio Cornejo
Jaime Fillol)		 1973 Davis Cup Z# 7–9, 37–39, 8–6, 6–1, 6–3[7]
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More information # of Games, Winner ...
During tiebreak era
# of GamesWinnerLoserEventRoundScore
102 Brazil Marcelo Melo
Brazil André Sá		 Australia Paul Hanley
Zimbabwe Kevin Ullyett		 2007 Wimbledon 2R 5–7, 7–6(7–4), 4–6, 7–6(9–7), 28–26[10]
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Australian Open

Men's singles

More information Novak Djokovic, Rafael Nadal ...
Longest match by time played
2012 final, 5 hours and 53 minutes
Serbia Novak Djokovic 566657
Spain Rafael Nadal 742775
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Note: Also the longest Grand Slam singles final in the Open Era.
More information tiebreaker introduction, Dennis Ralston ...
Longest match by number of games, before the tiebreaker introduction
1970 quarterfinal, 93 games
United States Dennis Ralston 192046
Australia John Newcombe 171863
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More information singles final match by number of games, before the tiebreaker introduction, Gerald Patterson ...
Longest singles final match by number of games, before the tiebreaker introduction[44]
1927, 71 games
Australia Gerald Patterson 363186
Australia John Hawkes 646163
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Note: This was the longest Grand Slam final in games played until the Federer v Roddick final at Wimbledon in 2009.[45]
More information Ivo Karlović, Horacio Zeballos ...
Longest match by number of games, using tiebreaker scoring
2017 first round, 84 games
Croatia Ivo Karlović 6637622
Argentina Horacio Zeballos 7865220
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Men's doubles

More information doubles final match by number of games, before the tiebreaker introduction ...
Longest doubles final match by number of games, before the tiebreaker introduction
1966, 87 games
Australia Roy Emerson
Australia Fred Stolle		 7661412
Australia John Newcombe
Australia Tony Roche		 9381210
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More information doubles final match by number of games, using tiebreaker scoring ...
Longest doubles final match by number of games, using tiebreaker scoring
2000, 71 games
South Africa Ellis Ferreira
United States Rick Leach		 636318
Zimbabwe Wayne Black
Australia Andrew Kratzmann		 463616
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Women's singles

Francesca Schiavone won the longest ever match at a women's Grand Slam event in 4 hours 44 minutes.
More information Francesca Schiavone, Svetlana Kuznetsova ...
Longest match by time played
2011 fourth round, 4 hours and 44 minutes
Italy Francesca Schiavone 6116
Russia Svetlana Kuznetsova 4614
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Note: Also the longest women's match in a Grand Slam in the Open Era,[30] and the second-longest women's match in the Open Era.[46]
More information Chanda Rubin, Arantxa Sánchez Vicario ...
Longest match by number of games, using tiebreaker scoring
1996 quarterfinals, 48 games
United States Chanda Rubin 6216
Spain Arantxa Sánchez Vicario 4614
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More information Simona Halep, Lauren Davis ...
2018 third round, 48 games
Romania Simona Halep 4615
United States Lauren Davis 6413
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More information singles final match by number of games, before the tiebreaker introduction, Mary Carter Reitano ...
Longest singles final match by number of games, before the tiebreaker introduction[47]
1956, 33 games
Australia Mary Carter Reitano 369
Australia Thelma Coyne Long 627
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Women's doubles

More information doubles final match by number of games, before the tiebreaker introduction ...
Longest doubles final match by number of games, before the tiebreaker introduction
1926, 37 games
Australia Esna Boyd Robertson
Australia Meryl O'Hara Wood		 668
Australia Daphne Akhurst Cozens
Australia Marjorie Cox Crawford		 386
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Mixed doubles

More information mixed doubles final match by number of games, before the tiebreaker introduction ...
Longest mixed doubles final match by number of games, before the tiebreaker introduction
1933, 45 games
Australia Marjorie Crawford
Australia Jack Crawford		 3713
United States Marjorie Gladman Van Ryn
United States Ellsworth Vines		 6511
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More information mixed doubles final match by number of games, using tiebreaker scoring ...
Longest mixed doubles final match by number of games, using tiebreaker scoring
1992, 39 games
Australia Nicole Provis
Australia Mark Woodforde		 6411
Spain Arantxa Sánchez Vicario
Australia Todd Woodbridge		 369
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French Open

Arnaud Clément (pictured) lost the longest ever match at the French Open to Fabrice Santoro in 6 hours 33 minutes. He expressed his disappointment at losing the match which until 2010 held the record for the longest ever match stating: "Frankly, I don't give a damn ... What world record? Do I get a medal? If I'm not getting anything, frankly, I'm not interested. It doesn't count."[48]

Men's singles

More information Fabrice Santoro, Arnaud Clément ...
Longest match by time played[49]
2004 first round, 6 hours and 33 minutes
France Fabrice Santoro 6665316
France Arnaud Clément 4377614
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More information tiebreaker introduction, Bob Mark ...
Longest match by number of games, before the tiebreaker introduction[49]
1957 first round, 83 games
Australia Bob Mark 1366810
Hungary Antal Jancsó 153868
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More information Paul-Henri Mathieu, John Isner ...
Longest match by number of games, using tiebreaker scoring
2012 second round, 76 games
France Paul-Henri Mathieu 6266318
United States John Isner 7744616
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More information singles final match by time played, Jannik Sinner ...
Longest singles final match by time played[49]
2025, 5 hours and 29 minutes
Italy Jannik Sinner 67746362
Spain Carlos Alcaraz 464677710
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More information René Lacoste, Bill Tilden ...
Longest singles final by games, before introduction of the tiebreaker[49]
1927, 61 games
France René Lacoste 645611
United States Bill Tilden 46739
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Men's doubles

Longest men's doubles final match by number of games, before the tiebreaker introduction[50]
1934, 63 games
France Jean Borotra
France Jacques Brugnon		 116249
Australia Jack Crawford
United States Vivian McGrath		 93667
1971, 63 games
United States Arthur Ashe
United States Marty Riessen		 646611
United States Tom Gorman
United States Stan Smith		 86349

Women's singles

More information Virginie Buisson, Noëlle van Lottum ...
Longest match by time played[51]
1995 first round, 4 hours and 7 minutes
France Virginie Buisson 6376
France Noëlle van Lottum 7752
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More information tiebreaker introduction, Kerry Melville Reid ...
Longest match by number of games, before the tiebreaker introduction
1972 third round, 56 games
Australia Kerry Melville Reid 9416
United States Pam Teeguarden 7614
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More information Linda Harvey-Wild, Laura Gildemeister ...
Longest match by number of games, using tiebreaker scoring
1991 second round, 46 games
United States Linda Harvey-Wild 796711
Peru Laura Gildemeister 67799
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More information singles final match by number of games, Steffi Graf ...
Longest singles final match by number of games
1996, 40 games
Germany Steffi Graf 66410
Spain Arantxa Sánchez Vicario 3778
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Women's doubles

More information doubles final match by number of games, before the tiebreaker introduction ...
Longest doubles final match by number of games, before the tiebreaker introduction[52]
1955, 50 games
United States Beverly Baker Fleitz
United States Darlene Hard		 7613
United Kingdom Shirley Brasher Bloomer
United Kingdom Patricia Ward Hales		 5811
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Note: This is also the longest women's doubles match in terms of games that has occurred at The French Open.

Mixed doubles

More information tiebreaker introduction ...
Longest match by number of games, before the tiebreaker introduction[53]
1956, 38 games
Italy Nicola Pietrangeli
United Kingdom Shirley Brasher Bloomer		 966
Australia Robert Howe
Australia Lorraine Coghlan Robinson		 782
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Wimbledon

Men's singles

More information John Isner, Nicolas Mahut ...
Longest match by time and number of games[54]
2010 first round, 183 games, 11 hours and 5 minutes.
United States John Isner 63677770
France Nicolas Mahut 46796368
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Note: This is the longest professional tennis match ever played.[54]
More information singles final match by time played, Novak Djokovic ...
Longest singles final match by time played[55]
2019, 4 hours and 57 minutes
Serbia Novak Djokovic 771774137
Switzerland Roger Federer 656646123
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More information singles final match by number of games, Roger Federer ...
Longest singles final match by number of games[56]
2009, 77 games
Switzerland Roger Federer 57877316
United States Andy Roddick 76665614
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Note: This match also had the longest final set in a Grand Slam final by games.
More information Kevin Anderson, John Isner ...
Longest singles semifinal match by time and number of games[57]
2018, 99 games, 6 hours and 36 minutes
South Africa Kevin Anderson 786569626
United States John Isner 6677711424
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Men's doubles

Best-of-three-sets system

Longest doubles final match by number of games and time, using tiebreaker scoring
2024 final, 39 games, 2 hours and 49 minutes
Finland Harri Heliövaara
United Kingdom Henry Patten		 67710711
Australia Max Purcell
Australia Jordan Thompson		 796869

Best-of-five-sets system

More information doubles final match by time played ...
Longest doubles final match by time played
1992, 5 hours and 1 minute
United States John McEnroe
Germany Michael Stich		 57737719
United States Jim Grabb
United States Richey Reneberg		 76566517
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Note: Also the longest doubles final by number of games (83).
Longest match by time played
2006 quarterfinals, 6 hours and 9 minutes
The Bahamas Mark Knowles
Canada Daniel Nestor		 5665623
Sweden Simon Aspelin
Australia Todd Perry		 7377321
More information tiebreaker introduction ...
Longest match by number of games, before the tiebreaker introduction[10]
1966 first round, 98 games
Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Nikola Pilić
United States Gene Scott		 1912649
United States Cliff Richey
Denmark Torben Ulrich		 2110467
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Longest match by number of games, using tiebreaker scoring[10]
2007 third round 102 games
Brazil Marcelo Melo
Brazil André Sá		 57747928
Australia Paul Hanley
Zimbabwe Kevin Ullyett		 76466726
More information doubles final match by number of games, before the tiebreaker introduction ...
Longest doubles final match by number of games, before the tiebreaker introduction
1968, 70 games
Australia John Newcombe
Australia Tony Roche		 385146
Australia Ken Rosewall
Australia Fred Stolle		 667123
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Women's singles

More information Chanda Rubin, Patricia Hy-Boulais ...
Longest match by time played[58]
1995 second round, 3 hours and 45 minutes
United States Chanda Rubin 776517
Canada Patricia Hy-Boulais 647715
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Note: Note: The Bud Collins History of Tennis incorrectly lists this match as having occurred in 1996
More information tiebreaker introduction, Alice Weiwers ...
Longest match by number of games, before the tiebreaker introduction
1948 second round, 54 games
France Alice Weiwers 8146
United States Rita Anderson 10124
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More information Chanda Rubin, Patricia Hy-Boulais ...
Longest match by number of games, using tiebreaker scoring
1995 second round, 58 games
United States Chanda Rubin 776517
Canada Patricia Hy-Boulais 647715
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More information singles final match by time played, Venus Williams ...
Longest singles final match by time played[59]
2005, 2 hours and 45 minutes
United States Venus Williams 4779
United States Lindsay Davenport 6647
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More information singles final match by number of games, before the tiebreaker introduction, Margaret Court ...
Longest singles final match by number of games, before the tiebreaker introduction[60]
1970, 46 games
Australia Margaret Court 1411
United States Billie Jean King 129
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Women's doubles

More information tiebreaker introduction ...
Longest match by number of games, before the tiebreaker introduction
1933 first round, 48 games
United Kingdom Pat Brazier
United Kingdom Christabel Wheatcroft		 1159
United Kingdom Mildred Nonweiler
United Kingdom Betty Soames		 977
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More information tiebreaker introduction ...
Longest match by number of games, before the tiebreaker introduction
1933 final, 38 games
France Simonne Mathieu
United States Elizabeth Ryan		 696
United Kingdom Freda James
United Kingdom Billie Yorke		 2114
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1967 final, 38 games
United States Billie Jean King
United States Rosemary Casals		 966
Brazil Maria Bueno
United States Nancy Richey Gunter		 1142

Mixed doubles

More information tiebreaker introduction ...
Longest match by number of games, before the tiebreaker introduction
1967 quarterfinals, 56 games
Australia Ken Fletcher
Australia Margaret Court		 6716
Soviet Union Alex Metreveli
Soviet Union Anna Dmitrieva		 8514
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More information tiebreaker introduction ...
Longest match by number of games, before the tiebreaker introduction
1949 final, 48 games
South Africa Eric Sturgess
South Africa Sheila Piercey Summers		 997
Australia John Bromwich
United States Louise Brough Clapp		 7115
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US Open

Dan Evans's (pictured in 2018) 2024 victory over Karen Khachanov 6–7(6–8), 7–6(7–2), 7–6(7–4), 4–6, 6–4, becoming the longest match in 5 hours 35 minutes.

Men's singles

More information Dan Evans, Karen Khachanov ...
Longest match by time played[61][62]
2024 first round, 5 hours and 35 minutes
United Kingdom Dan Evans 66777746
Karen Khachanov 78626464
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More information tiebreaker introduction, Franklin Robbins ...
Longest match by number of games, before the tiebreaker introduction
1969 first round, 100 games
United States Franklin Robbins 229686
United States Donald Dell 2078104
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More information John Lloyd, Paul McNamee ...
Longest match by number of games, using tiebreaker scoring
1979 second round, 63 games
United Kingdom John Lloyd 56777
Australia Paul McNamee 77566
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More information singles final match by number of games, before the tiebreaker introduction, Pancho Gonzales ...
Longest singles final match by number of games, before the tiebreaker introduction
1949, 67 games
United States Pancho Gonzales 162666
United States Ted Schroeder 186124
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More information singles final match by time played, Mats Wilander ...
Longest singles final match by time played[63]
1988, 4 hours and 54 minutes
Sweden Mats Wilander 64656
Czechoslovakia Ivan Lendl 46374
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More information Andy Murray, Novak Djokovic ...
2012, 4 hours and 54 minutes
United Kingdom Andy Murray 7127236
Serbia Novak Djokovic 6105662
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Men's doubles

More information tiebreaker introduction ...
Longest match by number of games, before the tiebreaker introduction
1966 third round, 105 games
Mexico Marcelo Lara
Mexico Joaquín Loyo-Mayo		 10241136
Spain Manuel Santana
Mexico Luis-Augusto García		 1222962
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1967 quarterfinals, 105 games
South Africa Cliff Drysdale
South Africa Ray Moore		 298386
Australia Roy Emerson
Brazil Ron Barnes		 316662
More information doubles final match by number of games, before the tiebreaker introduction ...
Longest doubles final match by number of games, before the tiebreaker introduction
1946, 74 games
United States Gardnar Mulloy
United States William Talbert		 362620
United States Frank Guernsey
United States Don McNeill		 646318
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Women's singles

More information Rebeka Masarova, Ana Bogdan ...
Longest match by time played[64]
2021, 3 hours and 40 minutes
Spain Rebeka Masarova 6977711
Romania Ana Bogdan 7116269
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More information Elise Mertens, Rebecca Peterson ...
2021, 3 hours and 40 minutes[65]
Belgium Elise Mertens 37777
Sweden Rebecca Peterson 66565
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Note: Note: The above two matches were played on the same day (31 August) and started at almost exactly the same time.[66][67]

Best-of-five-sets system

More information tiebreaker introduction, Juliette Atkinson ...
Longest match by number of games, before the tiebreaker introduction
1898 challenge round, 51 games
United States Juliette Atkinson 65627
United States Marion Jones 37465
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Best-of-three-sets system

More information Steffi Graf, Pam Shriver ...
Longest match by number of games, using tiebreaker scoring
1985 quarterfinal, 39 games
West Germany Steffi Graf 767
United States Pam Shriver 676
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Women's doubles

More information doubles final match by number of games, before the tiebreaker introduction ...
Longest doubles final match by number of games, before the tiebreaker introduction[68]
1920, 43 games
United States Eleanor Goss
United States Marion Zinderstein		 1346
United States Helen Baker
United States Eleanor Tennant		 1163
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Mixed doubles

More information mixed doubles final match by number of games, before the tiebreaker introduction ...
Longest mixed doubles final match by number of games, before the tiebreaker introduction
1959, 48 games
Australia Neale Fraser
United States Margaret Osborne duPont		 7136
Australia Bob Mark
United States Janet Hopps Adkisson		 5152
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Summer Olympics

See also: Tennis at the Summer Olympics

Overall

More information tiebreaker introduction, Gordon Lowe ...
Longest match by number of games, before the tiebreaker introduction[69]
1920 semifinals, 76 games (5 hrs 45 minutes) (See Note)
United Kingdom Gordon Lowe 148566
Greece Augustos Zerlendis 1210744
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Note: World Tennis Magazine state that some media outlets have reported [this match] lasting approximately six hours. Lawn Tennis and Badminton (28 August 1920) reports that the match was played in three stanzas due to fading light and mealtimes, being 1730-1930 on Sunday 15 August, then “shortly after eleven o’clock on the Monday morning” until 1230 (lunch break). The final stanza lasted 1400-1615 the same afternoon.[70] This match therefore could have been the longest Olympic tennis match in terms of match duration as well as being the longest Olympic tennis match in terms of number of games.
More information Jo-Wilfried Tsonga, Milos Raonic ...
Longest match by number of games, using tiebreaker scoring[69][71][72]
2012 second round, 66 games (3 h 57 min)
France Jo-Wilfried Tsonga 6325
Canada Milos Raonic 3623
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Note: Match played on 31 July 2012. Beating the previous record of 61 games set during the five set doubles final in 1988. The third set also set a record for most games played in a set at an Olympics, beating the previous record set at the 2004 Summer Olympics by Fernando González and Taylor Dent, 30 games, by 18 games.

Men's singles

Best-of-three-sets system

More information Roger Federer, Juan Martín del Potro ...
Longest match by time played[73][74]
2012 semifinals, 4 h and 26 min (58 games)
Switzerland Roger Federer 37719
Argentina Juan Martín del Potro 66517
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Note: Match played on 3 August 2012. This is also the longest best-of-three-sets men's singles match ever played in the Open era (with or without a tiebreaker in the final set).
More information Jo-Wilfried Tsonga, Milos Raonic ...
Longest match by number of games, using tiebreaker scoring[69][71][72]
2012 second round, 66 games (3 h 57 min)
France Jo-Wilfried Tsonga 6325
Canada Milos Raonic 3623
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Note: Match played on 31 July 2012. Beating the previous record of 61 games set during the five set doubles final in 1988. The third set also set a record for most games played in a set at an Olympics, beating the previous record set at the 2004 Summer Olympics by Fernando González and Taylor Dent, 30 games, by 18 games.
More information singles final match by time played, Novak Djokovic ...
Longest singles final match by time played[75]
2024 final, 2 h and 50 min
Serbia Novak Djokovic 7777
Spain Carlos Alcaraz 6362
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Best-of-five-sets system

More information tiebreaker introduction, Gordon Lowe ...
Longest match by number of games, before the tiebreaker introduction[69]
1920 semifinals, 76 games (6 hrs?) (See Note)
United Kingdom Gordon Lowe 148566
Greece Augustos Zerlendis 1210744
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Note: World Tennis Magazine states that some media outlets have reported this match lasting approximately six hours.[70] By that yardstick, this match could have been the longest Olympic tennis match in terms of match duration as well as being the longest Olympic tennis match in terms of number of games.

Men's doubles

Longest match by time played[69]
2008 semifinals, 4 h and 44 min (59 games)
Sweden Simon Aspelin
Sweden Thomas Johansson		 78419
France Arnaud Clément
France Michaël Llodra		 66617
Longest match by number of games, using tiebreaker scoring[76]
2012 second round, 63 games
Brazil Marcelo Melo
Brazil Bruno Soares		 1624
Czech Republic Tomáš Berdych
Czech Republic Radek Štěpánek		 6422
Note: This match was played on 1 August 2012, only a day after Jo-Wilfried Tsonga vs. Milos Raonic set the record of 66 games in a best-of-three-sets match.

Women's singles

More information Larisa Savchenko, Sara Gomer ...
Longest match by number of games, using tiebreaker scoring
1988 second round, 42 games
Soviet Union Larisa Savchenko 63779
United Kingdom Sara Gomer 77637
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More information Paola Suárez, Nathalie Dechy ...
Longest match by number of games, using tiebreaker scoring
2004 first round, 42 games
Argentina Paola Suárez 77659
France Nathalie Dechy 61777
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Women's doubles

Longest match by number of games, using tiebreaker scoring[69]
1988 first round, 63 games
Canada Carling Bassett-Seguso
Canada Jill Hetherington		 710520
Argentina Mercedes Paz
Argentina Gabriela Sabatini		 68718

Mixed doubles

More information tiebreaker introduction ...
Longest match by number of games, before the tiebreaker introduction
1924 second round, 42 games
Republic of Ireland Hilda Wallis
Republic of Ireland Edwin McCrea		 949
India Nora Polley
India Sydney Jacob		 767
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Davis Cup and Fed Cup

Davis Cup

More information rubber by duration, Leonardo Mayer ...
Longest rubber by duration[77]
2015 World Group first round, Argentina vs. Brazil. 6 hours and 43 minutes
Argentina Leonardo Mayer 77775515
Brazil João Souza 64657713
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More information rubber by number of games (singles), Harry Fritz ...
Longest rubber by number of games (singles)[3]
1982 American Zone semifinal, Canada vs. Venezuela, 100 games
Canada Harry Fritz 16119411
Venezuela Jorge Andrew 1491169
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More information rubber by duration ...
Longest rubber by duration[78]
2013 World Group first round, Switzerland vs Czech Republic, 7 hours and 1 minute
Switzerland Stanislas Wawrinka
Switzerland Marco Chiudinelli		 474722
Czech Republic Tomáš Berdych
Czech Republic Lukáš Rosol		 656624
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More information rubber by number of games (doubles) ...
Longest rubber by number of games (doubles)[3]
Doubles of the 1973 American Zone Final, Chile vs. USA, 122 games
United States Stan Smith
United States Erik van Dillen		 737866
Chile Patricio Cornejo
Chile Jaime Fillol		 939613
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Note: The 39–37 second set is the longest set in Davis Cup history (76 games).

Fed Cup

More information rubber by duration, Richèl Hogenkamp ...
Longest rubber by duration[79]
2016 World Group first round, Netherlands vs. Russia, 4 hours
Netherlands Richèl Hogenkamp 77510
Russia Svetlana Kuznetsova 6478
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More information rubber by number of games (singles), Nathalie Tauziat ...
Longest rubber by number of games (singles)[80]
1997 World Group first round, France vs. Japan, 54 games
France Nathalie Tauziat 7417
Japan Naoko Sawamatsu 5615
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More information rubber by duration ...
Longest rubber by duration[80]
2001 Europe/Africa Group I deciding match, Israel vs. Luxembourg, 3 hours and 35 minutes
Israel Tzipi Obziler
Israel Hila Rosen		 3710
Luxembourg Anne Kremer
Luxembourg Claudine Schaul		 668
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More information rubber by number of games (doubles) ...
Longest rubber by number of games (doubles)[80]
1968 World Group semifinal, Australia vs. Great Britain, 51 games
Australia Margaret Court
Australia Kerry Melville		 9314
United Kingdom Winnie Shaw
United Kingdom Virginia Wade		 7612
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Tour Finals

ATP Tour Finals

Best-of-five-sets system

More information singles final match by number of games, using tiebreaker scoring, Pete Sampras ...
Longest singles final match by number of games, using tiebreaker scoring[81]
1996, 58 games
United States Pete Sampras 377776116
Germany Boris Becker 665647134
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Longest match by number of games, using tiebreaker scoring[82]
1986 round robin, 57 games
France Guy Forget
France Yannick Noah		 66377
United States Mike de Palmer
United States Gary Donnelly		 74665
1987 round robin, 57 games[82]
United States Paul Annacone
South Africa Christo van Rensburg		 77247
Australia Peter Doohan
Australia Laurie Warder		 66666

Best-of-three-sets system

More information Andy Murray, Milos Raonic ...
Longest match by time played[83]
2016 semi final, 3 hours 38 minutes
United Kingdom Andy Murray 577711
Canada Milos Raonic 76569
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Note: This was the longest match since 1991 when times were first recorded.

ATP Next Gen Tour Finals

More information Francesco Passaro, Matteo Arnaldi ...
Longest match by time played[84]
2022 Next Generation ATP Finals round robin, 2 hours and 38 minutes
Italy Francesco Passaro 4923447410
Italy Matteo Arnaldi 374473438
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More information Hamad Medjedovic, Arthur Fils ...
Longest final match by time played[85]
2023 Next Generation ATP Finals, 2 hours and 12 minutes
Serbia Hamad Medjedovic 3644394
France Arthur Fils 48124111
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WTA Tour Finals

Best-of-five-sets system

More information Monica Seles, Gabriela Sabatini ...
Longest match by time played[86][87]
1990 final, 3 hours and 47 minutes
Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Monica Seles 65366
Argentina Gabriela Sabatini 47642
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Best-of-three-sets system

More information Agnieszka Radwańska, Sara Errani ...
Longest match by time played[88]
2012 round robin, 3 hours and 29 minutes
Poland Agnieszka Radwańska 6676
Italy Sara Errani 7854
Longest match by number of games[88]
2017 round robin, 37 games
United States Venus Williams 7637
Latvia Jeļena Ostapenko 5775
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ATP/WTA 1000 Series

Men's singles

Best-of-five-sets system

More information singles final match by time played, Rafael Nadal ...
Longest singles final match by time played[89]
2005 Rome final, 5 hours and 15 minutes
Spain Rafael Nadal 636478
Argentina Guillermo Coria 463666
Longest singles final match by number of games[90]
2006 Rome final, 57 games
Spain Rafael Nadal 60776277
Switzerland Roger Federer 77654665
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Best-of-three-sets system

More information singles final match by time played, Novak Djokovic ...
Longest singles final match by time played[91]
2023 Cincinnati final, 3 hours and 49 minutes
Serbia Novak Djokovic 57977
Spain Carlos Alcaraz 76764
Longest match by time played[92]
2009 Madrid semifinal, 4 hours and 2 minutes
Spain Rafael Nadal 377711
Serbia Novak Djokovic 66569
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Women's singles

More information Sara Sorribes Tormo, Gao Xinyu ...
Longest match by time played[93]
2024 China Open first round, 4 hours and 15 minutes
Spain Sara Sorribes Tormo 6477
China Gao Xinyu 7755
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