# Shortest tennis match records

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.

## Short times
### Men
#### Overall

* 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.
* 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.

#### Grand Slam tournaments
##### Wimbledon

* The 1881 Wimbledon final in which William Renshaw defeated John Hartley, 6–0, 6–1, 6–1, lasted 36 minutes.
* Fred Perry defeated Gottfried von Cramm, 6–1, 6–1, 6–0, in the 1936 Wimbledon final in 40 minutes.
* Goran Ivanisevic defeated David Nainkin in the first round in the 1996 Wimbledon Championships 6–2, 6–0, 6–2 in 55 minutes.
* 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.

##### Masters Tour

* Jarkko Nieminen won against Bernard Tomic at the Miami Masters in 2014 in 28 minutes, 6–0, 6–1.

#### Olympics

* John Millman became the first male in Olympic tennis history to win a match by the score of 6–0, 6–0 when he defeated Ričardas Berankis in the first round of the tennis tournament at the 2016 Summer Olympics. There have been several Olympic men's singles matches with a score of 6–0, 6–0, 6–1.

### Women
#### Overall

* Margaret Court won the 1963 Eastern Grass Court Championships crown in a record 24-minute match against Darlene Hard, 6–1, 6–1.
* 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 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, but the match consumed just 32 minutes of playing time, 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).

##### Wimbledon

* During the 1969 tournament, Sue 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.

## Fewest games

Key :
| W | F | SF | QF | #R | RR | Q# | P# | DNQ | A | Z# | PO | G | S | B | NMS | NTI | P | NH |

### 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. This is the shortest possible length for a best-of-five-set match, not including retirements or defaults.
| Year | Grand Slam | Round | Winner | Loser |
| 1968 | French Open | 1R | Nikola Špear | Daniel Contet |
| 1973 | Davis Cup | Z1 | Gondo Widjojo | Tao Po |
| 1981 | Davis Cup | PO | Thierry Tulasne | Shinichi Sakamoto |
| 1984 | Davis Cup | 1R | Emilio Sánchez | Kamel Harrad |
| 1987 | French Open | 2R | Karel Nováček | Eduardo Bengoechea |
| 1987 | Wimbledon | 1R | Stefan Edberg | Stefan Eriksson |
| 1987 | US Open | 1R | Ivan Lendl$^‡$ | Barry Moir |
| 1989 | Davis Cup | 3R | Hamed-ul-Haq | Faisal Rahman |
| 1991 | Davis Cup | 1R | Michael Walker | Dishan Herath |
| 1993 | French Open | 2R | Sergi Bruguera$^‡$ | Thierry Champion |
| 1998 | Davis Cup | 2R | Gouichi Motomura | Teo Susnjak |
| 1999 | Davis Cup | PO | Lin Bing-Chao | Nasser Al-Khelaifi |
| 2001 | Wimbledon | Q3 | Todd Woodbridge | Johan Örtegren |
| 2005 | Davis Cup | 2R | Ricardo Mello | David Josepa |
| 2009 | Davis Cup | PO | Rui Machado | Valentin Rahine |
| 2011 | Davis Cup | 2R | Andy Murray | Laurent Bram |
| 2016 | Davis Cup | 1R | Jarkko Nieminen | Courtney John Lock |
| 2016 | Davis Cup | 1R | Emilio Gómez | Adam Hornby |

### Women (double bagel)

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. This is the shortest possible length for a best-of-three-set match, not including retirements or defaults.

#### Women's singles

| Year | Grand Slam | Round | Winner | Loser |
| 1969 | Australian Open | 1R | Margaret Court$^‡$ | Judith Gohl |
| 1969 | French Open | 1R | Kazuko Sawamatsu | Monique Van Haver |
| 1969 | French Open | 3R | Julie Heldman | Raquel Giscafré |
| 1969 | Wimbledon | 3R | Karen Krantzcke | Pam Teeguarden |
| 1970 | Australian Open | 2R | Margaret Court$^‡$ | Caroline Langsford |
| 1970 | French Open | 1R | Helga Hösl | Katalin Borka |
| 1970 | French Open | 3R | Billie Jean King | Odile de Roubin |
| 1970 | Wimbledon | 2R | Peggy Michel | Alena Palmeova |
| 1970 | Wimbledon | 2R | Judy Dalton | Sue Northen |
| 1971 | Australian Open | 1R | Patricia Coleman | Helen Taylor |
| 1971 | French Open | 1R | Julie Heldman | Sharon Van Brandis |
| 1971 | Wimbledon | 1R | Rosie Casals | Rosy Darmon |
| 1971 | Wimbledon | 2R | Margaret Court | Lorraine Robinson |
| 1972 | French Open | 1R | Vlasta Vopičková | Michele Gurdal |
| 1972 | US Open | 2R | Margaret Court | Barbara Hawcroft |
| 1973 | Australian Open | 2R | Margaret Court$^‡$ | Nathalie Fuchs |
| 1974 | Australian Open | 1R | Wendy Turnbull | Brenda Dale |
| 1974 | Australian Open | 2R | Chris Evert | Katerleen Szeman |
| 1974 | Australian Open | 2R | Evonne Goolagong$^‡$ | Masako Yokobori |
| 1974 | French Open | 1R | Marie Neumannová | Nicole Bimes |
| 1974 | Wimbledon | 1R | Virginia Wade | Veronica Burton |
| 1974 | Wimbledon | 2R | Winnie Shaw | Nerida Gregory |
| 1974 | Wimbledon | 2R | Mona Schallau | Nathalie Fuchs |
| 1974 | US Open | 3R | Evonne Goolagong | Katja Ebbinghaus |
| 1975 | French Open | 2R | Marina Kroschina | Laurie Fleming |
| 1975 | Wimbledon | 3R | Margaret Court | Renáta Tomanová |
| 1975 | US Open | 3R | Evonne Goolagong | Peggy Michel |
| 1984 | Wimbledon | 1R | Zina Garrison | Rina Einy |
| 1985 | Australian Open | 1R | Wendy Turnbull | Susan Leo |
| 1985 | Australian Open | 2R | Wendy Turnbull | Elizabeth Smylie |
| 1986 | Wimbledon | 1R | Pamela Casale | Petra Huber |
| 1987 | Wimbledon | 4R | Helena Suková | Rafaella Reggi |
| 1987 | Wimbledon | 2R | Steffi Graf | Tine Scheuer-Larsen |
| 1988 | French Open | F | Steffi Graf$^‡$ | Natasha Zvereva |
| 1988 | Wimbledon | 1R | Steffi Graf$^‡$ | Na Hu |
| 1988 | Wimbledon | 3R | Katerina Maleeva | Belinda Cordwell |
| 1989 | Australian Open | 1R | Conchita Martínez | Eva Švíglerová |
| 1989 | Wimbledon | 1R | Anne Minter | Molly Van Nostrand |
| 1990 | US Open | 2R | Monica Seles | Elena Pampoulova |
| 1991 | Australian Open | 1R | Monica Seles$^‡$ | Sabine Hack |
| 1992 | Wimbledon | 2R | Barbara Rittner | Silke Frankl |
| 1992 | US Open | 2R | Amanda Coetzer | Nathalie Tauziat |
| 1993 | Wimbledon | 1R | Steffi Graf$^‡$ | Kirrily Sharpe |
| 1993 | Wimbledon | 3R | Steffi Graf$^‡$ | Helen Kelesi |
| 1993 | French Open | 2R | Arantxa Sánchez Vicario | Naoko Sawamatsu |
| 1994 | French Open | 3R | Mary Pierce | Lori McNeil |
| 1994 | Wimbledon | 1R | Kristine Radford | Angélica Gavaldón |
| 1995 | French Open | 1R | Conchita Martínez | Sabine Hack |
| 1996 | French Open | 3R | Arantxa Sánchez Vicario | Elena Likhovtseva |
| 1996 | Wimbledon | 1R | Conchita Martínez | Silvia Farina Elia |
| 1996 | Wimbledon | 1R | Mary Joe Fernández | Jana Kandarr |
| 1996 | Wimbledon | 2R | Dominique Van Roost | Yone Kamio |
| 1997 | Wimbledon | 2R | Conchita Martínez | Yuka Yoshida |
| 1997 | Wimbledon | 1R | Arantxa Sánchez Vicario | Clare Wood |
| 1998 | Australian Open | 1R | Mary Pierce | Li Fang |
| 1998 | Australian Open | 2R | Arantxa Sánchez Vicario | Elena Makarova |
| 1998 | Australian Open | 4R | Lindsay Davenport | Ruxandra Dragomir |
| 1998 | Australian Open | 4R | Martina Hingis$^‡$ | Yayuk Basuki |
| 1998 | Australian Open | 4R | Mary Pierce | Henrieta Nagyová |
| 1999 | French Open | 2R | Anna Smashnova | Els Callens |
| 1999 | Wimbledon | 2R | Monica Seles | Marlene Weingärtner |
| 1999 | US Open | 2R | Conchita Martínez | Alexia Dechaume-Balleret |
| 2000 | Australian Open | 1R | Anna Kournikova | Patricia Wartusch |
| 2000 | French Open | 1R | Ángeles Montolio | Patricia Wartusch |
| 2000 | US Open | 1R | Kim Clijsters | Marta Marrero |
| 2001 | Australian Open | 1R | Silvija Talaja | Alicia Molik |
| 2001 | French Open | 1R | Jelena Dokić | Adriana Gerši |
| 2002 | Wimbledon | 1R | Monica Seles | Eva Bes |
| 2002 | US Open | 1R | Venus Williams | Mirjana Lučić |
| 2002 | US Open | 1R | Iroda Tulyaganova | Adriana Serra Zanetti |
| 2003 | Australian Open | 2R | Kim Clijsters | Petra Mandula |
| 2003 | French Open | 3R | Serena Williams | Barbara Schett |
| 2003 | Wimbledon | 1R | Kim Clijsters | Rossana de los Ríos |
| 2003 | Wimbledon | 1R | Mary Pierce | Ansley Cargill |
| 2004 | Australian Open | 2R | Kim Clijsters | Maria Elena Camerin |
| 2005 | Wimbledon | 1R | Lindsay Davenport | Jamea Jackson |
| 2006 | Wimbledon | 1R | Amélie Mauresmo$^‡$ | Ivana Abramović |
| 2007 | Australian Open | 1R | Kim Clijsters | Vasilisa Bardina |
| 2007 | Wimbledon | 1R | Martina Müller | Anna Smashnova |
| 2008 | French Open | 2R | Victoria Azarenka | Sorana Cîrstea |
| 2008 | French Open | 4R | Ana Ivanovic$^‡$ | Petra Cetkovská |
| 2009 | Australian Open | 1R | Dominika Cibulková | Chanelle Scheepers |
| 2009 | Australian Open | 2R | Vera Zvonareva | Edina Gallovits |
| 2009 | French Open | 1R | Dinara Safina | Anne Keothavong |
| 2009 | Wimbledon | 1R | Marion Bartoli | Yung-Jan Chan |
| 2009 | Wimbledon | 2R | Victoria Azarenka | Ioana Raluca Olaru |
| 2009 | US Open | 2R | Flavia Pennetta | Sania Mirza |
| 2009 | US Open | 4R | Kateryna Bondarenko | Gisela Dulko |
| 2010 | Australian Open | 1R | María José Martínez Sánchez | Evgeniya Rodina |
| 2010 | US Open | Q1 | Arantxa Rus | María Fernanda Álvarez Terán |
| 2010 | US Open | 2R | Caroline Wozniacki | Chang Kai-chen |
| 2010 | US Open | 3R | Maria Sharapova | Beatrice Capra |
| 2011 | Australian Open | 1R | Kim Clijsters$^‡$ | Dinara Safina |
| 2011 | Australian Open | 1R | Marion Bartoli | Tathiana Garbin |
| 2012 | French Open | 1R | Maria Sharapova$^‡$ | Alexandra Cadanțu |
| 2012 | US Open | Q1 | Chan Yung-jan | Inés Ferrer Suárez |
| 2012 | US Open | 4R | Serena Williams$^‡$ | Andrea Hlaváčková |
| 2013 | Australian Open | 1R | Serena Williams | Edina Gallovits-Hall |
| 2013 | Australian Open | 1R | Maria Sharapova | Olga Puchkova |
| 2013 | Australian Open | 2R | Maria Sharapova | Misaki Doi |
| 2013 | US Open | 1R | Carla Suárez Navarro | Lauren Davis |
| 2013 | US Open | 1R | Sara Errani | Olivia Rogowska |
| 2013 | US Open | 1R | Victoria Azarenka | Dinah Pfizenmaier |
| 2013 | US Open | QF | Serena Williams$^‡$ | Carla Suárez Navarro |
| 2014 | Australian Open | 1R | Annika Beck | Petra Martić |
| 2014 | French Open | 3R | Maria Sharapova$^‡$ | Paula Ormaechea |
| 2014 | US Open | 1R | Johanna Larsson | Virginie Razzano |
| 2015 | Australian Open | Q1 | Barbora Krejčíková | Bianca Botto |
| 2015 | Wimbledon | 1R | Venus Williams | Madison Brengle |
| 2015 | Wimbledon | 1R | Andrea Petkovic | Shelby Rogers |
| 2015 | Wimbledon | 1R | Angelique Kerber | Carina Witthöft |
| 2016 | Australian Open | 1R | Victoria Azarenka | Alison Van Uytvanck |
| 2016 | French Open | 1R | Wang Qiang | Tessah Andrianjafitrimo |
| 2016 | US Open | 1R | Carla Suárez Navarro | Teliana Pereira |
| 2017 | French Open | 2R | Caroline Wozniacki | Françoise Abanda |
| 2018 | US Open | 1R | Daria Gavrilova | Sara Sorribes Tormo |
| 2018 | US Open | 1R | Monica Puig | Stefanie Vögele |
| 2018 | US Open | 3R | Naomi Osaka$^‡$ | Aliaksandra Sasnovich |
| 2019 | Australian Open | 1R | Maria Sharapova | Harriet Dart |
| 2021 | Australian Open | 1R | Ashleigh Barty | Danka Kovinić |
| 2022 | US Open | 1R | Beatriz Haddad Maia | Ana Konjuh |
| 2023 | French Open | 3R | Iga Świątek$^‡$ | Wang Xinyu |
| 2024 | Australian Open | 3R | Aryna Sabalenka$^‡$ | Lesia Tsurenko |
| 2024 | French Open | 4R | Iga Świątek$^‡$ | Anastasia Potapova |
| 2024 | Wimbledon | 2R | Daria Kasatkina | Lily Miyazaki |

#### Women's doubles

| Year | Grand Slam | Round | Winner | Loser |
| 2006 | US Open | 1R | Květa Peschke Francesca Schiavone | Sofia Arvidsson Martina Müller |
| 2007 | Australian Open | QF | Chan Yung-jan Chuang Chia-jung | Ashley Harkleroad Galina Voskoboeva |
| 2009 | Wimbledon | 3R | Serena Williams$^‡$ Venus Williams$^‡$ | Yan Zi Zheng Jie |
| 2017 | Wimbledon | F | Ekaterina Makarova$^‡$ Elena Vesnina$^‡$ | Chan Hao-Ching Monica Niculescu |