User:Kvwiki1234/Tennis/Longest tennis match records

This article details longest tennis match records by duration or number of games. The 1973 introduction of the tiebreak reduced the opportunity for such records to be broken. However, among the Grand Slams, only the US Open uses the tiebreak in the final set; the Australian Open, the French Open and Wimbledon instead use the advantage set rules in the final set, which allows for an indefinite number of games until one player is ahead by two.



Overall
Only two professional competitive matches have lasted longer than seven hours and 13 matches have lasted longer than six hours.

Men's singles
The Isner–Mahut match at the 2010 Wimbledon Championships holds the record for the longest tennis match both in time and games played.

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.

Doubles

 * Longest doubles matches by time


 * Longest doubles matches by number of games

Men's singles
On 1 September 2016, Paolo Lorenzi and Gilles Simon played for 4 hours and 58 minutes. In August 2017, Albert Ramos-Viñolas and Denis Istomin played for 4 hours and 55 minutes. In August 2016, Fabio Fognini and Teimuraz Gabashvili played for 4 hours and 52 minutes.

Summer Olympics

 * Note: The International Olympic Committee does not recognise records in tennis. Therefore, all the records listed below are unofficial.

Men's singles

 * Best-of-three-sets system:


 * Best-of-five-sets system:

WTA Tour Finals

 * Best-of-five-sets system:


 * Best-of-three-sets system: