Shortest tennis match records

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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.

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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.
• Francisco Clavet set an ATP tournament record for 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.

Masters Tour

• Jarkko Nieminen stormed to victory over Bernard Tomic at the Miami Masters in 2014 in 28 minutes (6-0, 6-1).

Grand Slams

Wimbledon

• The 1881 Wimbledon final in which William Renshaw defeated John Hartley, 6-0, 6-1, 6-1, lasted 36 minutes.
• Fred Perry defeated Baron Gottfried von Cramm, 6-1, 6-1, 6-0, in the 1936 Wimbledon final in 40 minutes.

Women

Overall

• Margaret Court won the 1963 Eastern Grass Court Championships crown in a record 24-minute match.
• Helen Wills defeated Joan Fry at the 1927 Wightman Cup 6-2, 6-0 in 24 minutes.
• Helen Wills, while dispatching Emily Wright 6-0, 6-0 in Beaulieu, France in 1926, won the first set in 9 minutes.

Grand Slams

French Open

• Steffi Graf won, 6-0, 6-0, in 34 minutes against Natasha Zvereva in the 1988 French Open final.

Wimbledon

• During the 1969 tournament, Susan Tutt beat Marion Boundy 6-2, 6-0 in 20 minutes.
• 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.
• In the 1925 Wimbledon final Lenglen defeated Joan Fry in 25 minutes, 6-2, 6-0.

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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.

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

Men's Doubles

Women's Doubles

Since 2005

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