Longest tennis match records

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

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

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]

#	Duration (hh:mm)	Winner	Loser	Event	Round	Score
1	11:05 (3 days)	John Isner	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 (Tomáš Berdych Lukáš Rosol)	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 (Leonardo Mayer)	Brazil (João Souza)	2015 Davis Cup	1R	7–6(7–4), 7–6(7–5), 5–7, 5–7, 15–13
4	06:36	Kevin Anderson	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)	Fabrice Santoro	Arnaud Clément	2004 French Open	1R	6–4, 6–3, 6–7(5–7), 3–6, 16–14
6	06:31	Vicki Nelson	Jean Hepner	1984 Central Fidelity Banks International	1R	6–4, 7–6(13–11)[5]
7	06:22	United States (John McEnroe)	Sweden (Mats Wilander)	1982 Davis Cup	QF	9–7, 6–2, 15–17, 3–6, 8–6 (before tiebreak era)
8	06:21	Germany (Boris Becker)	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 (Lucas Arnold Ker David Nalbandian)	Russia (Yevgeny Kafelnikov Marat Safin)	2002 Davis Cup	SF	6–4, 6–4, 5–7, 3–6, 19–17
10	06:15	Argentina (José Luis Clerc)	United States (John McEnroe)	1980 Davis Cup	F	6–3, 6–2, 4–6, 13–11 (before tiebreak era)
11	06:09 (2 days)	Mark Knowles Daniel Nestor	Simon Aspelin Todd Perry	2006 Wimbledon	QF	5–7, 6–3, 6–7(5–7), 6–3, 23–21
12	06:05	Lorenzo Giustino	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 (Horst Skoff)	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 (Harry Fritz)	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

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

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

#	Duration (hh:mm)	Winner	Loser	Event	Round	Score
1	11:05 (3 days)	John Isner	Nicolas Mahut	2010 Wimbledon	1R	6–4, 3–6, 6–7(7–9), 7–6(7–3), 70–68[2]
2	06:43	Argentina (Leonardo Mayer)	Brazil (João Souza)	2015 Davis Cup	1R	7–6(7–4), 7–6(7–5), 5–7, 5–7, 15–13
3	06:36	Kevin Anderson	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)	Fabrice Santoro	Arnaud Clément	2004 French Open	1R	6–4, 6–3, 6–7(5–7), 3–6, 16–14
5	06:22	United States (John McEnroe)	Sweden (Mats Wilander)	1982 Davis Cup	QF	9–7, 6–2, 15–17, 3–6, 8–6 (before tiebreak era)
6	06:21	Germany (Boris Becker)	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 (José Luis Clerc)	United States (John McEnroe)	1980 Davis Cup	F	6–3, 6–2, 4–6, 14–12 (before tiebreak era)
8	06:05 (2 days)	Lorenzo Giustino	Corentin Moutet	2020 French Open	1R	0–6, 7–6(9–7), 7–6(7–3), 2–6, 18–16
9	06:04	Austria (Horst Skoff)	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 (Harry Fritz)	Venezuela (Jorge Andrew)	1982 Davis Cup	SF	16–14, 11–9, 9–11, 4–6, 11–9 (before tiebreak era)

Best-of-three-set match

#	Duration (hh:mm)	Winner	Loser	Event	Round	Score
1	04:26	Roger Federer	Juan Martín del Potro	2012 Olympics	SF	3–6, 7–6(7–5), 19–17[13]
2	04:03	Rafael Nadal	Novak Djokovic	2009 Madrid Open	SF	3–6, 7–6(7–5), 7–6(11–9)[13]
3	04:00	Rafael Nadal	Mariano Navone	2024 Swedish Open	QF	6–7(2–7), 7–5, 7–5[13]
4	03:59	Shang Juncheng	Corentin Moutet	2024 Madrid Open	1R	6–7(9–11), 6–2, 7–6(10–8)[13]
5	03:57	Jo-Wilfried Tsonga	Milos Raonic	2012 Olympics	2R	6–3, 3–6, 25–23[13]
6	03:55	Rafael Nadal	Carlos Moyá	2008 Chennai Open	SF	6–7(3–7), 7–6(10–8), 7–6(7-1)[14]
7	03:54	Andrei Cherkasov	Andrea Gaudenzi	1993 Tel Aviv Open	QF	6–7(6-8), 7–6(7-2), 7–5[15]
8	03:50	Thiago Seyboth Wild	Alejandro Davidovich Fokina	2020 Rio Open	1R	5-7, 7–6(7-3), 7–5[16]
=9	03:49	Novak Djokovic	Carlos Alcaraz	2023 Cincinnati Open	F	5-7, 7–6(9-7), 7–6(7-4)[17]
=9	03:49	Tomás Martín Etcheverry	Nicolai Budkov Kjaer	2025 Davis Cup Qualifers	Q1	7-5, 2–6, 7-6(7-5)[18]

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.^[19][20]

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.

#	Duration (hh:mm)	Winner	Loser	Event	Round	Score
1	06:31	Vicki Nelson	Jean Hepner	1984 Central Fidelity Banks International	1R	6–4, 7–6(13–11)[20]
2	05:03	Maria Elena Camerin	Monica Niculescu	2 Oct 2009 ITF Athens Open	QF	6–4, 6–7(3–7), 7–6(7–5)
3	04:56	Amina Anshba	Laura Pigossi	7 Apr 2021 Córdoba ITF Pro Circuit W25	1R	7–5, 3–6, 7–5[21][22]
4[a]	04:54	Sandra Samir	Tijana Sretenović	27 Aug 2022 Cairo ITF Pro Circuit W15	SF	6–7(2–7), 7–6(8–6), 6–1[24][25]
5	04:49	Hanna Chang	Ulrikke Eikeri	6 May 2021 Naples ITF Pro Circuit W25	2R	7–6(12–10), 4–6, 6–4
6[b]	04:46	Anastasia Iamachkine	Justina Gonzalez Daniele	29 Nov 2022 Buenos Aires ITF Pro Circuit W15	1R	7–5, 6–7(6–8), 7–6(7–5)[27][28]
6[c]	04:46	Zuzanna Pawlikowska	Sandra Samir	27 Oct 2024 Sharm El Sheikh ITF Pro Circuit W15	F	7–5, 6–7(3–7), 7–5[30][31]
7	04:44	Francesca Schiavone	Svetlana Kuznetsova	2011 Australian Open	4R	6–4, 1–6, 16–14[32]
8[d]	04:43	Amira Badawi	Louise Brunskog	19 Aug 2022 Cairo ITF Pro Circuit W15	QF	7–5, 6–7(5–7), 7–6(7–3)[34][35]
9	04:42	Kurumi Nara	Monica Niculescu	2010 French Open	Q3	4–6, 7–6(7–3), 10–8
9[e]	04:42	Diletta Cherubini	Tina Smith	21 Sep 2023 Santa Margherita di Pula ITF Pro Circuit W25	2R	7–6(7–4), 4–6, 7–6(7–6)[37][38]

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.

#	Duration (hh:mm)	Winner	Loser	Event	Round	Score
1	06:31	Vicki Nelson	Jean Hepner	1984 Central Fidelity Banks International	1R	6–4, 7–6(13–11)[20]
2	04:44	Francesca Schiavone	Svetlana Kuznetsova	2011 Australian Open	4R	6–4, 1–6, 16–14
3	04:19	Barbora Strýcová	Regina Kulikova	2010 Australian Open	1R	7–6(7–5), 6–7(10–12), 6–3
4	04:18	Sara Sorribes Tormo	Gao Xinyu	2024 China Open	1R	6–7(4–7), 7–5, 7–5
5	04:09	Laura Siegemund	Wang Xiyu	2024 Thailand Open	2R	7–6(7–3), 4–6, 7–6(7–1)
6	04:07	Virginie Buisson	Noëlle van Lottum	1995 French Open	1R	6–7(3–7), 7–5, 6–2
7	03:55	Kerry Melville	Pam Teeguarden	1972 French Open	3R	7–6(9–7), 4–6, 16–14
7	03:55	Kristína Kučová	Ekaterine Gorgodze	2021 Poland Open	QF	6–7(4–7), 7–6(9–7), 7–6(7–3)
9	03:54	Sara Sorribes Tormo	Camila Osorio	2022 Cleveland Open	1R	7–6(7–5), 4–6, 6–3
10	03:53	Lesia Tsurenko	Kamilla Rakhimova	2022 Budapest Grand Prix	2R	6–7(1–7), 6–4, 7–5
11	03:51	Magda Linette	Sara Sorribes Tormo	2024 Billie Jean King Cup finals	1R	7–6(8–6), 2–6, 6–4

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.^[39] RankTennis recorded the same time ^[40] and TNNS recorded one minute longer,^[41] but SofaScore recorded five minutes less.^[42] 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,^[43] but SofaScore and TNNS both recorded three minutes less.^[44][45]

1. The fourth-longest match listed above was recorded in the ITF live scoring data as taking 5 hours and 4 minutes.^[23] 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.^[26] 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 sixth equal-longest match listed above was recorded in the ITF live scoring data as taking 5 hours and 1 minute.^[29] The shorter time, recorded by both SofaScore and TNNS, has been included in this table.
4. The eighth-longest match listed above was recorded in the ITF live scoring data as taking 4 hours and 53 minutes.^[33] The shorter time, recorded by both SofaScore and TNNS, has been included in this table.
5. The ninth equal-longest match listed above was recorded in the ITF live scoring data as taking 4 hours and 47 minutes.^[36] 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

#	Duration (hh:mm)	Winner	Loser	Event	Round	Score
1	07:01	Czech Republic (Tomáš Berdych Lukáš Rosol)	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 (Lucas Arnold Ker David Nalbandian)	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

Before tiebreak era

#	# of Games	Winner	Loser	Event	Round	Score
1	122	United States (Stan Smith Erik van Dillen)	Chile (Patricio Cornejo Jaime Fillol)	1973 Davis Cup	Z#	7–9, 37–39, 8–6, 6–1, 6–3[7]

During tiebreak era

#	# of Games	Winner	Loser	Event	Round	Score
1	102	Marcelo Melo André Sá	Paul Hanley Kevin Ullyett	2007 Wimbledon	2R	5–7, 7–6(7–4), 4–6, 7–6(9–7), 28–26[10]

Australian Open

Men's singles

Longest match by time played
2012 final, 5 hours and 53 minutes
Novak Djokovic	5	6	6	65	7
Rafael Nadal	7	4	2	77	5

Note: 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
Dennis Ralston	19	20	4	6
John Newcombe	17	18	6	3

Longest singles final match by number of games, before the tiebreaker introduction[46]
1927, 71 games
Gerald Patterson	3	6	3	18	6
John Hawkes	6	4	6	16	3

Note: This was the longest Grand Slam final in games played until the Federer v Roddick final at Wimbledon in 2009.^[47]

Longest match by number of games, using tiebreaker scoring
2017 first round, 84 games
Ivo Karlović	66	3	7	6	22
Horacio Zeballos	78	6	5	2	20

Men's doubles

Longest doubles final match by number of games, before the tiebreaker introduction
1966, 87 games
Roy Emerson Fred Stolle	7	6	6	14	12
John Newcombe Tony Roche	9	3	8	12	10

Longest doubles final match by number of games, using tiebreaker scoring
2000, 71 games
Ellis Ferreira Rick Leach	6	3	6	3	18
Wayne Black Andrew Kratzmann	4	6	3	6	16

Women's singles

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
Francesca Schiavone	6	1	16
Svetlana Kuznetsova	4	6	14

Note: Also the longest women's match in a Grand Slam in the Open Era,^[32] and the second-longest women's match in the Open Era.^[48]

Longest match by number of games, using tiebreaker scoring
1996 quarterfinals, 48 games
Chanda Rubin	6	2	16
Arantxa Sánchez Vicario	4	6	14

2018 third round, 48 games
Simona Halep	4	6	15
Lauren Davis	6	4	13

Longest singles final match by number of games, before the tiebreaker introduction[49]
1956, 33 games
Mary Carter Reitano	3	6	9
Thelma Coyne Long	6	2	7

Women's doubles

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

Mixed doubles

Longest mixed doubles final match by number of games, before the tiebreaker introduction
1933, 45 games
Marjorie Crawford Jack Crawford	3	7	13
Marjorie Gladman Van Ryn Ellsworth Vines	6	5	11

Longest mixed doubles final match by number of games, using tiebreaker scoring
1992, 39 games
Nicole Provis Mark Woodforde	6	4	11
Arantxa Sánchez Vicario Todd Woodbridge	3	6	9

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."^[50]

Men's singles

Longest match by time played[51]
2004 first round, 6 hours and 33 minutes
Fabrice Santoro	6	6	65	3	16
Arnaud Clément	4	3	77	6	14

Longest match by number of games, before the tiebreaker introduction[51]
1957 first round, 83 games
Bob Mark	13	6	6	8	10
Antal Jancsó	15	3	8	6	8

Longest match by number of games, using tiebreaker scoring
2012 second round, 76 games
Paul-Henri Mathieu	62	6	6	3	18
John Isner	77	4	4	6	16

Longest singles final match by time played[51]
2025, 5 hours and 29 minutes
Jannik Sinner	6	77	4	63	62
Carlos Alcaraz	4	64	6	77	710

Longest singles final by games, before introduction of the tiebreaker[51]
1927, 61 games
René Lacoste	6	4	5	6	11
Bill Tilden	4	6	7	3	9

Men's doubles

Longest men's doubles final match by number of games, before the tiebreaker introduction[52]
1934, 63 games
Jean Borotra Jacques Brugnon	11	6	2	4	9
Jack Crawford Vivian McGrath	9	3	6	6	7

1971, 63 games
Arthur Ashe Marty Riessen	6	4	6	6	11
Tom Gorman Stan Smith	8	6	3	4	9

Women's singles

Longest match by time played[53]
1995 first round, 4 hours and 7 minutes
Virginie Buisson	63	7	6
Noëlle van Lottum	77	5	2

Longest match by number of games, before the tiebreaker introduction
1972 third round, 56 games
Kerry Melville Reid	9	4	16
Pam Teeguarden	7	6	14

Longest match by number of games, using tiebreaker scoring
1991 second round, 46 games
Linda Harvey-Wild	79	67	11
Laura Gildemeister	67	79	9

Longest singles final match by number of games
1996, 40 games
Steffi Graf	6	64	10
Arantxa Sánchez Vicario	3	77	8

Women's doubles

Longest doubles final match by number of games, before the tiebreaker introduction[54]
1955, 50 games
Beverly Baker Fleitz Darlene Hard	7	6	13
Shirley Brasher Bloomer Patricia Ward Hales	5	8	11

Note: This is also the longest women's doubles match in terms of games that has occurred at The French Open.

Mixed doubles

Longest match by number of games, before the tiebreaker introduction[55]
1956, 38 games
Nicola Pietrangeli Shirley Brasher Bloomer	9	6	6
Robert Howe Lorraine Coghlan Robinson	7	8	2

Wimbledon

Men's singles

Longest match by time and number of games[56]
2010 first round, 183 games, 11 hours and 5 minutes.
John Isner	6	3	67	77	70
Nicolas Mahut	4	6	79	63	68

Note: This is the longest professional tennis match ever played.^[56]

Longest singles final match by time played[57]
2019, 4 hours and 57 minutes
Novak Djokovic	77	1	77	4	137
Roger Federer	65	6	64	6	123

Longest singles final match by number of games[58]
2009, 77 games
Roger Federer	5	78	77	3	16
Andy Roddick	7	66	65	6	14

Note: This match also had the longest final set in a Grand Slam final by games.

Longest singles semifinal match by time and number of games[59]
2018, 99 games, 6 hours and 36 minutes
Kevin Anderson	78	65	69	6	26
John Isner	66	77	711	4	24

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
Harri Heliövaara Henry Patten	67	710	711
Max Purcell Jordan Thompson	79	68	69

Best-of-five-sets system

Longest doubles final match by time played
1992, 5 hours and 1 minute
John McEnroe Michael Stich	5	77	3	77	19
Jim Grabb Richey Reneberg	7	65	6	65	17

Note: Also the longest doubles final by number of games (83).

Longest match by time played
2006 quarterfinals, 6 hours and 9 minutes
Mark Knowles Daniel Nestor	5	6	65	6	23
Simon Aspelin Todd Perry	7	3	77	3	21

Longest match by number of games, before the tiebreaker introduction[10]
1966 first round, 98 games
Nikola Pilić Gene Scott	19	12	6	4	9
Cliff Richey Torben Ulrich	21	10	4	6	7

Longest match by number of games, using tiebreaker scoring[10]
2007 third round 102 games
Marcelo Melo André Sá	5	77	4	79	28
Paul Hanley Kevin Ullyett	7	64	6	67	26

Longest doubles final match by number of games, before the tiebreaker introduction
1968, 70 games
John Newcombe Tony Roche	3	8	5	14	6
Ken Rosewall Fred Stolle	6	6	7	12	3

Women's singles

Longest match by time played[60]
1995 second round, 3 hours and 45 minutes
Chanda Rubin	77	65	17
Patricia Hy-Boulais	64	77	15

Note: 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
Alice Weiwers	8	14	6
Rita Anderson	10	12	4

Longest match by number of games, using tiebreaker scoring
1995 second round, 58 games
Chanda Rubin	77	65	17
Patricia Hy-Boulais	64	77	15

Longest singles final match by time played[61]
2005, 2 hours and 45 minutes
Venus Williams	4	77	9
Lindsay Davenport	6	64	7

Longest singles final match by number of games, before the tiebreaker introduction[62]
1970, 46 games
Margaret Court	14	11
Billie Jean King	12	9

Women's doubles

Longest match by number of games, before the tiebreaker introduction
1933 first round, 48 games
Pat Brazier Christabel Wheatcroft	11	5	9
Mildred Nonweiler Betty Soames	9	7	7

Longest match by number of games, before the tiebreaker introduction
1933 final, 38 games
Simonne Mathieu Elizabeth Ryan	6	9	6
Freda James Billie Yorke	2	11	4

1967 final, 38 games
Billie Jean King Rosemary Casals	9	6	6
Maria Bueno Nancy Richey Gunter	11	4	2

Mixed doubles

Longest match by number of games, before the tiebreaker introduction
1967 quarterfinals, 56 games
Ken Fletcher Margaret Court	6	7	16
Alex Metreveli Anna Dmitrieva	8	5	14

Longest match by number of games, before the tiebreaker introduction
1949 final, 48 games
Eric Sturgess Sheila Piercey Summers	9	9	7
John Bromwich Louise Brough Clapp	7	11	5

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

Longest match by time played[63][64]
2024 first round, 5 hours and 35 minutes
Dan Evans	66	77	77	4	6
Karen Khachanov	78	62	64	6	4

Longest match by number of games, before the tiebreaker introduction
1969 first round, 100 games
Franklin Robbins	22	9	6	8	6
Donald Dell	20	7	8	10	4

Longest match by number of games, using tiebreaker scoring
1979 second round, 63 games
John Lloyd	5	6	7	7	7
Paul McNamee	7	7	5	6	6

Longest singles final match by number of games, before the tiebreaker introduction
1949, 67 games
Pancho Gonzales	16	2	6	6	6
Ted Schroeder	18	6	1	2	4

Longest singles final match by time played[65]
1988, 4 hours and 54 minutes
Mats Wilander	6	4	6	5	6
Ivan Lendl	4	6	3	7	4

2012, 4 hours and 54 minutes
Andy Murray	712	7	2	3	6
Novak Djokovic	610	5	6	6	2

Men's doubles

Longest match by number of games, before the tiebreaker introduction
1966 third round, 105 games
Marcelo Lara Joaquín Loyo-Mayo	10	24	11	3	6
Manuel Santana Luis-Augusto García	12	22	9	6	2

1967 quarterfinals, 105 games
Cliff Drysdale Ray Moore	29	8	3	8	6
Roy Emerson Ron Barnes	31	6	6	6	2

Longest doubles final match by number of games, before the tiebreaker introduction
1946, 74 games
Gardnar Mulloy William Talbert	3	6	2	6	20
Frank Guernsey Don McNeill	6	4	6	3	18

Women's singles

Longest match by time played[66]
2021, 3 hours and 40 minutes
Rebeka Masarova	69	77	711
Ana Bogdan	711	62	69

2021, 3 hours and 40 minutes[67]
Elise Mertens	3	77	77
Rebecca Peterson	6	65	65

Note: Note: The above two matches were played on the same day (31 August) and started at almost exactly the same time.^[68][69]

Best-of-five-sets system

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

Best-of-three-sets system

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

Women's doubles

Longest doubles final match by number of games, before the tiebreaker introduction[70]
1920, 43 games
Eleanor Goss Marion Zinderstein	13	4	6
Helen Baker Eleanor Tennant	11	6	3

Mixed doubles

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

Summer Olympics

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

See also: Tennis at the Summer Olympics

Overall

Longest match by number of games, before the tiebreaker introduction[71]
1920 semifinals, 76 games (5 hrs 45 minutes) (See Note)
Gordon Lowe	14	8	5	6	6
Augustos Zerlendis	12	10	7	4	4

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.^[72] 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[71][73][74]
2012 second round, 66 games (3 h 57 min)
Jo-Wilfried Tsonga	6	3	25
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[71]
1992 first round, 5 h and 53 min (56 games)
Boris Becker	3	77	5	77	6
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

Best-of-three-sets system

Longest match by time played[75][76]
2012 semifinals, 4 h and 26 min (58 games)
Roger Federer	3	77	19
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[71][73][74]
2012 second round, 66 games (3 h 57 min)
Jo-Wilfried Tsonga	6	3	25
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 singles final match by time played[77]
2024 final, 2 h and 50 min
Novak Djokovic	77	77
Carlos Alcaraz	63	62

Best-of-five-sets system

Longest match by number of games, before the tiebreaker introduction[71]
1920 semifinals, 76 games (6 hrs?) (See Note)
Gordon Lowe	14	8	5	6	6
Augustos Zerlendis	12	10	7	4	4

Note: World Tennis Magazine states that some media outlets have reported this match lasting approximately six hours.^[72] 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.

Longest match by time played, after the tiebreaker introduction[71]
1992 first round, 5 h and 53 min (56 games)
Boris Becker	3	77	5	77	6
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

Longest match by time played[71]
2008 semifinals, 4 h and 44 min (59 games)
Simon Aspelin Thomas Johansson	78	4	19
Arnaud Clément Michaël Llodra	66	6	17

Longest match by number of games, using tiebreaker scoring[78]
2012 second round, 63 games
Marcelo Melo Bruno Soares	1	6	24
Tomáš Berdych 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

Longest match by number of games, using tiebreaker scoring
1988 second round, 42 games
Larisa Savchenko	63	77	9
Sara Gomer	77	63	7

Longest match by number of games, using tiebreaker scoring
2004 first round, 42 games
Paola Suárez	77	65	9
Nathalie Dechy	61	77	7

Women's doubles

Longest match by number of games, using tiebreaker scoring[71]
1988 first round, 63 games
Carling Bassett-Seguso Jill Hetherington	710	5	20
Mercedes Paz Gabriela Sabatini	68	7	18

Mixed doubles

Longest match by number of games, before the tiebreaker introduction
1924 second round, 42 games
Hilda Wallis Edwin McCrea	9	4	9
Nora Polley Sydney Jacob	7	6	7

Davis Cup and Fed Cup

Davis Cup

Longest rubber by duration[79]
2015 World Group first round, Argentina vs. Brazil. 6 hours and 43 minutes
Leonardo Mayer	77	77	5	5	15
João Souza	64	65	7	7	13

Longest rubber by number of games (singles)[3]
1982 American Zone semifinal, Canada vs. Venezuela, 100 games
Harry Fritz	16	11	9	4	11
Jorge Andrew	14	9	11	6	9

Longest rubber by duration[80]
2013 World Group first round, Switzerland vs Czech Republic, 7 hours and 1 minute
Stanislas Wawrinka Marco Chiudinelli	4	7	4	7	22
Tomáš Berdych 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
Stan Smith Erik van Dillen	7	37	8	6	6
Patricio Cornejo Jaime Fillol	9	39	6	1	3

Note: The 39–37 second set is the longest set in Davis Cup history (76 games).

Fed Cup

Longest rubber by duration[81]
2016 World Group first round, Netherlands vs. Russia, 4 hours
Richèl Hogenkamp	77	5	10
Svetlana Kuznetsova	64	7	8

Longest rubber by number of games (singles)[82]
1997 World Group first round, France vs. Japan, 54 games
Nathalie Tauziat	7	4	17
Naoko Sawamatsu	5	6	15

Longest rubber by duration[82]
2001 Europe/Africa Group I deciding match, Israel vs. Luxembourg, 3 hours and 35 minutes
Tzipi Obziler Hila Rosen	3	7	10
Anne Kremer Claudine Schaul	6	6	8

Longest rubber by number of games (doubles)[82]
1968 World Group semifinal, Australia vs. Great Britain, 51 games
Margaret Court Kerry Melville	9	3	14
Winnie Shaw Virginia Wade	7	6	12

Tour Finals

ATP Tour Finals

Best-of-five-sets system

Longest singles final match by number of games, using tiebreaker scoring[83]
1996, 58 games
Pete Sampras	3	77	77	611	6
Boris Becker	6	65	64	713	4

Longest match by number of games, using tiebreaker scoring[84]
1986 round robin, 57 games
Guy Forget Yannick Noah	6	6	3	7	7
Mike de Palmer Gary Donnelly	7	4	6	6	5

1987 round robin, 57 games[84]
Paul Annacone Christo van Rensburg	7	7	2	4	7
Peter Doohan Laurie Warder	6	6	6	6	6

Best-of-three-sets system

Longest match by time played[85]
2016 semi final, 3 hours 38 minutes
Andy Murray	5	77	711
Milos Raonic	7	65	69

Note: This was the longest match since 1991 when times were first recorded.

ATP Next Gen Tour Finals

Longest match by time played[86]
2022 Next Generation ATP Finals round robin, 2 hours and 38 minutes
Francesco Passaro	49	2	34	47	410
Matteo Arnaldi	37	4	47	34	38

Longest final match by time played[87]
2023 Next Generation ATP Finals, 2 hours and 12 minutes
Hamad Medjedovic	36	4	4	39	4
Arthur Fils	48	1	2	411	1

WTA Tour Finals

Best-of-five-sets system

Longest match by time played[88][89]
1990 final, 3 hours and 47 minutes
Monica Seles	6	5	3	6	6
Gabriela Sabatini	4	7	6	4	2

Best-of-three-sets system

Longest match by time played[90] 2012 round robin, 3 hours and 29 minutes Agnieszka Radwańska 66 7 6 Sara Errani 78 5 4

Longest match by number of games[90] 2017 round robin, 37 games Venus Williams 7 63 7 Jeļena Ostapenko 5 77 5

ATP/WTA 1000 Series

Men's singles

Best-of-five-sets system

Longest singles final match by time played[91]
2005 Rome final, 5 hours and 15 minutes
Rafael Nadal	6	3	6	4	78
Guillermo Coria	4	6	3	6	66

Longest singles final match by number of games[92]
2006 Rome final, 57 games
Rafael Nadal	60	77	6	2	77
Roger Federer	77	65	4	6	65

Best-of-three-sets system

Longest singles final match by time played[93]
2023 Cincinnati final, 3 hours and 49 minutes
Novak Djokovic	5	79	77
Carlos Alcaraz	7	67	64

Longest match by time played[94]
2009 Madrid semifinal, 4 hours and 2 minutes
Rafael Nadal	3	77	711
Novak Djokovic	6	65	69

Men's doubles

Women's singles

Longest match by time played
2024 China Open first round, 4 hours and 18 minutes
Sara Sorribes Tormo	64	7	7
Gao Xinyu	77	5	5

Women's doubles

See also

• Tennis portal

• Tennis statistics
• Shortest tennis match records
• Longest tiebreaker in tennis