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

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, even the Olympics (since 2021), to use the tiebreak in the final set.

All competitions[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.

Overall[edit]

Longest matches by duration[edit]

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]

# Duration
(hh:mm)		 Winner Loser Event Round Score
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)


Longest matches by number of games[edit]

# No. of games Winner Loser Event Round Score
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]

Men's singles[edit]

  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]

# Duration
(hh:mm)		 Winner Loser Event Round Score
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)

Women's singles[edit]

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.[13][14]

Unlike men's singles matches, where Grand Slam events are still played over the best of five sets, all women's matches are now 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.
# Duration
(hh:mm)		 Winner Loser Event Round Score
1 06:31 United States Vicki Nelson United States Jean Hepner 1984 Central Fidelity Banks International 1R 6–4, 7–6(13–11)[14]
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[15][16]
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[18][19]
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)[21][22]
7 04:44 Italy Francesca Schiavone Russia Svetlana Kuznetsova 2011 Australian Open 4R 6–4, 1–6, 16–14[23]
8[c] 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)[25][26]
9 04:42 Japan Kurumi Nara Romania Monica Niculescu 2010 French Open Q3 4–6, 7–6(7–3), 10–8
9[d] 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)[28][29]

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 Buenos Aires, Argentina, on January 9, 2023. 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,[30] but SofaScore and TNNS both recorded three minutes less.[31][32]

  1. ^ The fourth-longest match listed above was recorded in the ITF live scoring data as taking 5 hours and 4 minutes.[17] 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. ^ The sixth-longest match listed above was recorded in the ITF live scoring data as taking 4 hours and 50 minutes.[20] 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. ^ The eighth-longest match listed above was recorded in the ITF live scoring data as taking 4 hours and 53 minutes.[24] The shorter time, recorded by both SofaScore and TNNS, has been included in this table.
  4. ^ The ninth equal-longest match listed above was recorded in the ITF live scoring data as taking 4 hours and 47 minutes.[27] 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[edit]

Longest doubles matches by time
# Duration
(hh:mm)		 Winner Loser Event Round Score
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
Longest doubles matches by number of games
# # of Games Winner Loser Event Round Score
Before tiebreak era
1 122 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]
During tiebreak era
1 102 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]

Australian Open[edit]

Men's singles[edit]

Longest match by time played
2012 final, 5 hours and 53 minutes
Serbia Novak Djokovic 5 6 6 65 7
Spain Rafael Nadal 7 4 2 77 5
Also the longest grand slam singles final in the Open Era.
Longest match by number of games, before the tiebreaker introduction
1970 quarterfinal, 93 games
United States Dennis Ralston 19 20 4 6
Australia John Newcombe 17 18 6 3
Longest singles final match by number of games, before the tiebreaker introduction[33]
1927, 71 games
Australia Gerald Patterson 3 6 3 18 6
Australia John Hawkes 6 4 6 16 3
This was the longest Grand Slam final in games played until the Federer v Roddick final at Wimbledon in 2009.[34]
Longest match by number of games, using tiebreaker scoring
2017 first round, 84 games
Croatia Ivo Karlović 66 3 7 6 22
Argentina Horacio Zeballos 78 6 5 2 20

Men's doubles[edit]

Longest doubles final match by number of games, before the tiebreaker introduction
1966, 87 games
Australia Roy Emerson
Australia Fred Stolle 		7 6 6 14 12
Australia John Newcombe
Australia Tony Roche 		9 3 8 12 10
Longest doubles final match by number of games, using tiebreaker scoring
2000, 71 games
South Africa Ellis Ferreira
United States Rick Leach 		6 3 6 3 18
Zimbabwe Wayne Black
Australia Andrew Kratzmann 		4 6 3 6 16

Women's singles[edit]

Francesca Schiavone won the longest ever match at a women's Grand Slam event in 4 hours 44 minutes.
Longest match by time played
2011 fourth round, 4 hours and 44 minutes
Italy Francesca Schiavone 6 1 16
Russia Svetlana Kuznetsova 4 6 14
Also the longest women's match in a Grand Slam in the Open Era,[23] and the second-longest women's match in the Open Era.[35]
Longest match by number of games, using tiebreaker scoring
1996 quarterfinals, 48 games
United States Chanda Rubin 6 2 16
Spain Arantxa Sánchez Vicario 4 6 14
2018 third round, 48 games
Romania Simona Halep 4 6 15
United States Lauren Davis 6 4 13
Longest singles final match by number of games, before the tiebreaker introduction[36]
1956, 33 games
Australia Mary Carter Reitano 3 6 9
Australia Thelma Coyne Long 6 2 7

Women's doubles[edit]

Longest doubles final match by number of games, before the tiebreaker introduction
1926, 37 games
Australia Esna Boyd Robertson
Australia Meryl O'Hara Wood 		6 6 8
Australia Daphne Akhurst Cozens
Australia Marjorie Cox Crawford 		3 8 6

Mixed doubles[edit]

Longest mixed doubles final match by number of games, before the tiebreaker introduction
1933, 45 games
Australia Marjorie Crawford
Australia Jack Crawford 		3 7 13
United States Marjorie Gladman Van Ryn
United States Ellsworth Vines 		6 5 11
Longest mixed doubles final match by number of games, using tiebreaker scoring
1992, 39 games
Australia Nicole Provis
Australia Mark Woodforde 		6 4 11
Spain Arantxa Sánchez Vicario
Australia Todd Woodbridge 		3 6 9

French Open[edit]

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."[37]

Men's singles[edit]

Longest match by time played[38]
2004 first round, 6 hours and 33 minutes
France Fabrice Santoro 6 6 65 3 16
France Arnaud Clément 4 3 77 6 14
Longest match by number of games, before the tiebreaker introduction[38]
1957 first round, 83 games
Australia Bob Mark 13 6 6 8 10
Hungary Antal Jancsó 15 3 8 6 8
Longest match by number of games, using tiebreaker scoring
2012 second round, 76 games
France Paul-Henri Mathieu 62 6 6 3 18
United States John Isner 77 4 4 6 16
Longest singles final match by time played[38]
1982, 4 hours and 42 minutes
Sweden Mats Wilander 1 78 6 6
Argentina Guillermo Vilas 6 66 0 4
Longest singles final by games, before introduction of the tiebreaker[38]
1927, 61 games
France René Lacoste 6 4 5 6 11
United States Bill Tilden 4 6 7 3 9

Men's doubles[edit]

Longest men's doubles final match by number of games, before the tiebreaker introduction[39]
1934, 63 games
France Jean Borotra
France Jacques Brugnon 		11 6 2 4 9
Australia Jack Crawford
United States Vivian McGrath 		9 3 6 6 7
1971, 63 games
United States Arthur Ashe
United States Marty Riessen 		6 4 6 6 11
United States Tom Gorman
United States Stan Smith 		8 6 3 4 9

Women's singles[edit]

Longest match by time played[40]
1995, 4 hours and 7 minutes
France Virginie Buisson 63 7 6
France Noëlle van Lottum 77 5 2
Longest match by number of games, before the tiebreaker introduction
1972 third round, 56 games
Australia Kerry Melville Reid 9 4 16
United States Pam Teeguarden 7 6 14
Longest match by number of games, using tiebreaker scoring
1991 second round, 46 games
United States Linda Harvey-Wild 79 67 11
Peru Laura Gildemeister 67 79 9
Longest singles final match by number of games
1996, 40 games
Germany Steffi Graf 6 64 10
Spain Arantxa Sánchez Vicario 3 77 8

Women's doubles[edit]

Longest doubles final match by number of games, before the tiebreaker introduction[41]
1955, 50 games
United States Beverly Baker Fleitz
United States Darlene Hard 		7 6 13
United Kingdom Shirley Brasher Bloomer
United Kingdom Patricia Ward Hales 		5 8 11
This is also the longest women's doubles match in terms of games that has occurred at The French Open.[41]

Mixed doubles[edit]

Longest match by number of games, before the tiebreaker introduction[42]
1956, 38 games
Italy Nicola Pietrangeli
United Kingdom Shirley Brasher Bloomer 		9 6 6
Australia Robert Howe
Australia Lorraine Coghlan Robinson 		7 8 2

Wimbledon[edit]

Men's singles[edit]

The 2019 Wimbledon Men's final between Roger Federer and Novak Djokovic lasted 4 hours 57 minutes and is the third longest singles final by time played.

Longest match by time and number of games[43]
2010 first round, 183 games, 11 hours and 5 minutes.
United States John Isner 6 3 67 77 70
France Nicolas Mahut 4 6 79 63 68
This is the longest professional tennis match ever played.[43]
Longest singles final match by time played[44]
2019, 4 hours and 57 minutes
Serbia Novak Djokovic 77 1 77 4 137
Switzerland Roger Federer 65 6 64 6 123
Longest singles final match by number of games[45]
2009, 77 games
Switzerland Roger Federer 5 78 77 3 16
United States Andy Roddick 7 66 65 6 14
This match also had the longest final set in a Grand Slam final by games.[45]
Longest singles semifinal match by time and number of games[46]
2018, 99 games, 6 hours and 36 minutes
South Africa Kevin Anderson 78 65 69 6 26
United States John Isner 66 77 711 4 24

Men's doubles[edit]

Longest doubles final match by time played
1992, 5 hours and 1 minute
United States John McEnroe
Germany Michael Stich 		5 77 3 77 19
United States Jim Grabb
United States Richey Reneberg 		7 65 6 65 17
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 		5 6 65 6 23
Sweden Simon Aspelin
Australia Todd Perry 		7 3 77 3 21
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 		19 12 6 4 9
United States Cliff Richey
Denmark Torben Ulrich 		21 10 4 6 7
Longest match by number of games, using tiebreaker scoring[10]
2007 third round 102 games
Brazil Marcelo Melo
Brazil André Sá 		5 77 4 79 28
Australia Paul Hanley
Zimbabwe Kevin Ullyett 		7 64 6 67 26
Longest doubles final match by number of games, before the tiebreaker introduction
1968, 70 games
Australia John Newcombe
Australia Tony Roche 		3 8 5 14 6
Australia Ken Rosewall
Australia Fred Stolle 		6 6 7 12 3

Women's singles[edit]

Longest match by time played[47]
1995 second round, 3 hours and 45 minutes
United States Chanda Rubin 77 65 17
Canada Patricia Hy-Boulais 64 77 15
Note: The Bud Collins History of Tennis incorrectly lists this match as having occurred in 1996
Longest match by number of games, before the tiebreaker introduction
1948 second round, 54 games
France Alice Weiwers 8 14 6
United States Rita Anderson 10 12 4
Longest match by number of games, using tiebreaker scoring
1995 second round, 58 games
United States Chanda Rubin 77 65 17
Canada Patricia Hy-Boulais 64 77 15
Longest singles final match by time played[48]
2005, 2 hours and 45 minutes
United States Venus Williams 4 77 9
United States Lindsay Davenport 6 64 7
Longest singles final match by number of games, before the tiebreaker introduction[49]
1970, 46 games
Australia Margaret Court 14 11
United States Billie Jean King 12 9

Women's doubles[edit]

Longest match by number of games, before the tiebreaker introduction
1933 first round, 48 games
United Kingdom Pat Brazier
United Kingdom Christabel Wheatcroft 		11 5 9
United Kingdom Mildred Nonweiler
United Kingdom Betty Soames 		9 7 7
Longest match by number of games, before the tiebreaker introduction
1933 final, 38 games
France Simonne Mathieu
United States Elizabeth Ryan 		6 9 6
United Kingdom Freda James
United Kingdom Billie Yorke 		2 11 4
1967 final, 38 games
United States Billie Jean King
United States Rosemary Casals 		9 6 6
Brazil Maria Bueno
United States Nancy Richey Gunter 		11 4 2

Mixed doubles[edit]

Longest match by number of games, before the tiebreaker introduction
1967 quarterfinals, 56 games
Australia Ken Fletcher
Australia Margaret Court 		6 7 16
Soviet Union Alex Metreveli
Soviet Union Anna Dmitrieva 		8 5 14
Longest match by number of games, before the tiebreaker introduction
1949 final, 48 games
South Africa Eric Sturgess
South Africa Sheila Piercey Summers 		9 9 7
Australia John Bromwich
United States Louise Brough Clapp 		7 11 5

US Open[edit]

Stefan Edberg's (pictured) 1992 victory over Michael Chang 6–7(3–7), 7–5, 7–6(7–3), 5–7, 6–4 in 5 hours 26 minutes remains the longest match at the US Open.

Men's singles[edit]

Longest match by time played[50]
1992, 5 hours and 26 minutes
Sweden Stefan Edberg 63 7 77 5 6
United States Michael Chang 77 5 63 7 4
Longest match by number of games, before the tiebreaker introduction
1969 first round, 100 games
United States Franklin Robbins 22 9 6 8 6
United States Donald Dell 20 7 8 10 4
Longest match by number of games, using tiebreaker scoring
1979 second round, 63 games
United Kingdom John Lloyd 5 6 7 7 7
Australia Paul McNamee 7 7 5 6 6
Longest singles final match by number of games, before the tiebreaker introduction
1949, 67 games
United States Pancho Gonzales 16 2 6 6 6
United States Ted Schroeder 18 6 1 2 4
Longest singles final match by time played[51]
1988, 4 hours and 54 minutes
Sweden Mats Wilander 6 4 6 5 6
Czechoslovakia Ivan Lendl 4 6 3 7 4
2012, 4 hours and 54 minutes
United Kingdom Andy Murray 712 7 2 3 6
Serbia Novak Djokovic 610 5 6 6 2

Men's doubles[edit]

Longest match by number of games, before the tiebreaker introduction
1966 third round, 105 games
Mexico Marcelo Lara
Mexico Joaquín Loyo-Mayo 		10 24 11 3 6
Spain Manuel Santana
Mexico Luis-Augusto García 		12 22 9 6 2
1967 quarterfinals, 105 games
South Africa Cliff Drysdale
South Africa Ray Moore 		29 8 3 8 6
Australia Roy Emerson
Brazil Ron Barnes 		31 6 6 6 2
Longest doubles final match by number of games, before the tiebreaker introduction
1946, 74 games
United States Gardnar Mulloy
United States William Talbert 		3 6 2 6 20
United States Frank Guernsey
United States Don McNeill 		6 4 6 3 18

Women's singles[edit]

Longest match by time played[52]
2021, 3 hours and 40 minutes
Spain Rebeka Masarova 69 77 711
Romania Ana Bogdan 711 62 69
2021, 3 hours and 40 minutes[53]
Belgium Elise Mertens 3 77 77
Sweden Rebecca Peterson 6 65 65
Note: The above two matches were played on the same day (31 August) and started at almost exactly the same time.[54][55]

Best-of-five-sets system:[edit]

Longest match by number of games, before the tiebreaker introduction
1898 challenge round, 51 games
United States Juliette Atkinson 6 5 6 2 7
United States Marion Jones 3 7 4 6 5

Best-of-three-sets system:[edit]

Longest match by number of games, using tiebreaker scoring
1985 quarterfinal, 39 games
West Germany Steffi Graf 7 6 7
United States Pam Shriver 6 7 6

Women's doubles[edit]

Longest doubles final match by number of games, before the tiebreaker introduction[56]
1920, 43 games
United States Eleanor Goss
United States Marion Zinderstein 		13 4 6
United States Helen Baker
United States Eleanor Tennant 		11 6 3

Mixed doubles[edit]

Longest mixed doubles final match by number of games, before the tiebreaker introduction
1959, 48 games
Australia Neale Fraser
United States Margaret Osborne duPont 		7 13 6
Australia Bob Mark
United States Janet Hopps Adkisson 		5 15 2

Summer Olympics[edit]

See also: Tennis at the Summer Olympics

Overall[edit]

Longest match by number of games, before the tiebreaker introduction[57]
1920 semifinals, 76 games (6 hrs?) (See Note)
United Kingdom Gordon Lowe 14 8 5 6 6
Greece Augustos Zerlendis 12 10 7 4 4
Note: World Tennis Magazine state that some media outlets have reported [this match] lasting approximately six hours.[58] 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.
Longest match by number of games, using tiebreaker scoring[57][59][60]
2012 second round, 66 games (3 h 57 min)
France Jo-Wilfried Tsonga 6 3 25
Canada Milos Raonic 3 6 23
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.
Longest match by time played, after the tiebreaker introduction[57]
1992 first round, 5 h and 53 min (56 games)
Germany Boris Becker 3 77 5 77 6
Norway Christian Ruud 6 62 7 62 3
Note: Tsonga vs. Raonic above (best-of-three-sets system) was longer by number of games.

Men's singles[edit]

Best-of-three-sets system:
Longest match by time played[61][62]
2012 semifinals, 4 h and 26 min (58 games)
Switzerland Roger Federer 3 77 19
Argentina Juan Martín del Potro 6 65 17
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).
Longest match by number of games, using tiebreaker scoring[57][59][60]
2012 second round, 66 games (3 h 57 min)
France Jo-Wilfried Tsonga 6 3 25
Canada Milos Raonic 3 6 23
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.
Best-of-five-sets system:
Longest match by number of games, before the tiebreaker introduction[57]
1920 semifinals, 76 games (6 hrs?) (See Note)
United Kingdom Gordon Lowe 14 8 5 6 6
Greece Augustos Zerlendis 12 10 7 4 4
Note: World Tennis Magazine state that some media outlets have reported [this match] lasting approximately six hours.[58] 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.
Longest match by time played, after the tiebreaker introduction[57]
1992 first round, 5 h and 53 min (56 games)
Germany Boris Becker 3 77 5 77 6
Norway Christian Ruud 6 62 7 62 3
Note: Tsonga vs. Raonic above (best-of-three-sets system) was longer by number of games.

Men's doubles[edit]

Longest match by time played[57]
2008 semifinals, 4 h and 44 min (59 games)
Sweden Simon Aspelin
Sweden Thomas Johansson 		78 4 19
France Arnaud Clément
France Michaël Llodra 		66 6 17
Longest match by number of games, using tiebreaker scoring[63]
2012 second round, 63 games
Brazil Marcelo Melo
Brazil Bruno Soares 		1 6 24
Czech Republic Tomáš Berdych
Czech Republic Radek Štěpánek 		6 4 22
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[edit]

Longest match by number of games, using tiebreaker scoring
1988 second round, 42 games
Soviet Union Larisa Savchenko 63 77 9
United Kingdom Sara Gomer 77 63 7
Longest match by number of games, using tiebreaker scoring
2004 first round, 42 games
Argentina Paola Suárez 77 65 9
France Nathalie Dechy 61 77 7

Women's doubles[edit]

Longest match by number of games, using tiebreaker scoring[57]
1988 first round, 63 games
Canada Carling Bassett-Seguso
Canada Jill Hetherington 		710 5 20
Argentina Mercedes Paz
Argentina Gabriela Sabatini 		68 7 18

Mixed doubles[edit]

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 		9 4 9
India Nora Polley
India Sydney Jacob 		7 6 7

Davis Cup and Fed Cup[edit]

Davis Cup[edit]

Longest rubber by duration[64]
2015 World Group first round, Argentina vs. Brazil. 6 hours and 43 minutes
Argentina Leonardo Mayer 77 77 5 5 15
Brazil João Souza 64 65 7 7 13
Longest rubber by number of games (singles)[3]
1982 American Zone semifinal, Canada vs. Venezuela, 100 games
Canada Harry Fritz 16 11 9 4 11
Venezuela Jorge Andrew 14 9 11 6 9
Longest rubber by duration[65]
2013 World Group first round, Switzerland vs Czech Republic, 7 hours and 1 minute
Switzerland Stanislas Wawrinka
Switzerland Marco Chiudinelli 		4 7 4 7 22
Czech Republic Tomáš Berdych
Czech Republic Lukáš Rosol 		6 5 6 6 24
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 		7 37 8 6 6
Chile Patricio Cornejo
Chile Jaime Fillol 		9 39 6 1 3
The 39–37 second set is the longest set in Davis Cup history (76 games).

Fed Cup[edit]

Longest rubber by duration[66]
2016 World Group second round, Netherlands vs. Russia, 4 hours
Netherlands Richèl Hogenkamp 77 5 10
Russia Svetlana Kuznetsova 64 7 8
Longest rubber by number of games (singles)[67]
1997 World Group I first round, France vs. Japan, 54 games
France Nathalie Tauziat 7 4 17
Japan Naoko Sawamatsu 5 6 15
Longest rubber by duration[67]
2001 Europe/Africa Group I deciding match, Israel vs. Luxembourg, 3 hours and 35 minutes
Israel Tzipi Obziler
Israel Hila Rosen 		3 7 10
Luxembourg Anne Kremer
Luxembourg Claudine Schaul 		6 6 8
Longest rubber by number of games (doubles)[67]
1968 World Group semifinal, Australia vs. Great Britain, 51 games
Australia Margaret Court
Australia Kerry Melville 		9 3 14
United Kingdom Winnie Shaw
United Kingdom Virginia Wade 		7 6 12

Tour Finals[edit]

ATP Tour Finals[edit]

Best-of-five-sets system:[edit]

Longest singles final match by number of games, using tiebreaker scoring[68]
1996, 58 games
United States Pete Sampras 3 77 77 611 6
Germany Boris Becker 6 65 64 713 4
Longest match by number of games, using tiebreaker scoring[69]
1986 round robin, 57 games
France Guy Forget
France Yannick Noah 		6 6 3 7 7
United States Mike de Palmer
United States Gary Donnelly 		7 4 6 6 5
1987 round robin, 57 games[69]
United States Paul Annacone
South Africa Christo van Rensburg 		7 7 2 4 7
Australia Peter Doohan
Australia Laurie Warder 		6 6 6 6 6

Best-of-three-sets system:[edit]

Longest match by time played[70]
2016 semi final, 3 hours 38 minutes
United Kingdom Andy Murray 5 77 711
Canada Milos Raonic 7 65 69
This was the longest match since 1991 when times were first recorded.

WTA Tour Finals[edit]

Best-of-five-sets system:[edit]

Longest match by time played[71][72]
1990 final, 3 hours and 47 minutes
Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Monica Seles 6 5 3 6 6
Argentina Gabriela Sabatini 4 7 6 4 2

Best-of-three-sets system:[edit]

Longest match by time played[73]
2012 round robin, 3 hours and 29 minutes
Poland Agnieszka Radwańska 66 7 6
Italy Sara Errani 78 5 4
Longest match by number of games[73]
2017 round robin, 37 games
United States Venus Williams 7 63 7
Latvia Jeļena Ostapenko 5 77 5

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