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 Grand Slams, the US Open, Australian Open (since 2019) and Wimbledon (since 2019) use the tiebreak in the final set, while the French Open remains the only Grand Slam 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.

John Isner (left) defeated Nicolas Mahut (right) 6–4, 3–6, 6–7^(7–9), 7–6^(7–3), 70–68 in a record 11 hours and 5 minutes

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

Overall

Only two professional competitive matches have lasted longer than seven hours and 13 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	07:02	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	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[2]
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)[3]
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, 14–12 (before tiebreak era)

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.

#	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	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)

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.[5]

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. This means that there is a far greater likelihood of a match in any tournament being long enough to be included in this table. All matches since January 1 2019 are included, but there are likely to be many more from earlier years which have not yet been recognised, especially as qualifying matches in ITF tournaments 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)
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	04:44	Francesca Schiavone	Svetlana Kuznetsova	2011 Australian Open	4R	6–4, 1–6, 16–14[6]
4	04:42	Kurumi Nara	Monica Niculescu	2010 French Open	Q3	4–6, 7–6^(7–3), 10–8
5	04:41	Andreea Mitu	Maša Zec Peškirič	12 Sep 2012 Sofia ITF $25,000 Women's Pro Circuit (Allianz Cup)	2R	7–6^(9–7), 6–7^(2–7), 7–6^(7–4)
6	04:37	Tiphanie Fiquet	Natalia Orlova	30 May 2019 Cancún ITF Pro Circuit W15	2R	5–7, 7–5, 7–6^(9–7)
7	04:30	Amina Anshba	Anastasiya Komardina	29 Aug 2019 Penza ITF Pro Circuit W25	2R	7–6^(14–12), 3–6, 7–5
8	04:24	Maddison Inglis	Karman Thandi	30 May 2018 Hua Hin ITF $25,000 Women's Pro Circuit	2R	7–6^(9–7), 6–7^(5–7), 7–6^(7–4)
		Tereza Mrdeža	Ganna Poznikhirenko	2 Oct 2019 Santa Margherita di Pula ITF Pro Circuit W25	1R	3–6, 7–6^(7–5), 7–5
		Mayar Sherif	Alexandra Cadanțu	9 Oct 2019 Riba-roja de Túria ITF Pro Circuit W25	1R	6–7^(5–7), 6–3, 7–5

Doubles

Longest doubles matches by time

#	Duration (hh:mm)	Winner	Loser	Event	Round	Score
1	07:02	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

#	# of Games	Winner	Loser	Event	Round	Score
Before tiebreak era
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]
After tiebreak era
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[8]

Australian Open

Men's singles

Longest match by time played
2012 final, 5 hours and 53 minutes
Novak Djokovic	5	6	6	6^5	7
Rafael Nadal	7	4	2	7^7	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
Dennis Ralston	19	20	4	6
John Newcombe	17	18	6	3

Longest singles final match by number of games, before the tiebreaker introduction[9]
1927, 71 games
Gerald Patterson	3	6	3	18	6
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.[10]

Longest match by number of games, using tiebreaker scoring
2017 first round, 84 games
Ivo Karlovic	6^6	3	7	6	22
Horacio Zeballos	7^8	6	5	2	20

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
Also the longest women's match in a Grand Slam in the Open Era,[6] and the second-longest women's match in the Open Era.[11]

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[12]
1956, 33 games
Mary Carter Reitano	3	6	9
Thelma Coyne Long	6	2	7

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."[13]

Men's singles

Longest match by time played[14]
2004 first round, 6 hours, 33 minutes
Fabrice Santoro	6	6	6^5	3	16
Arnaud Clement	4	3	7^7	6	14

Longest match by number of games, before the tiebreaker introduction[14]
1957 first round, 83 games
Bob Mark	13	6	6	8	10
Antal Jancso	15	3	8	6	8

Longest match by number of games, using tiebreaker scoring
2012 second round, 76 games
Paul-Henri Mathieu	6^2	6	6	3	18
John Isner	7^7	4	4	6	16

Longest singles final match by time played[14]
1982, 4 hours and 42 minutes
Mats Wilander	1	7^8	6	6
Guillermo Vilas	6	6^6	0	4

Longest singles final by games, before introduction of the tiebreaker[14]
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[15]
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[16]
1995, 4 hours 7 minutes
Virginie Buisson	6^3	7	6
Noëlle van Lottum	7^7	5	2

Longest match by number of games, before the tiebreaker introduction
1972 third-round match, 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	7^9	6^7	11
Laura Gildemeister	6^7	7^9	9

Longest singles final match by number of games
1996, 40 games
Steffi Graf	6	6^4	10
Arantxa Sánchez Vicario	3	7^7	8

Women's doubles

Longest doubles final match by number of games, before the tiebreaker introduction[17]
1955, 50 games
Beverly Baker Fleitz Darlene Hard	7	6	13
Shirley Brasher Bloomer 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.[17]

Mixed doubles

Longest match by number of games, before the tiebreaker introduction[18]
1956, 38 games
Nicola Pietrangeli Shirley Brasher Bloomer	9	6	6
Robert Howe Lorraine Coghlan Robinson	7	8	2

Wimbledon

Men's singles

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
2010 first round, 183 games, 11 hours and 5 minutes.[19] This is the longest professional tennis match ever played.[19]
John Isner	6	3	6^7	7^7	70
Nicolas Mahut	4	6	7^9	6^3	68

Longest singles final match by time played
2019, 4 hours and 57 minutes[20]
Novak Djokovic	7^7	1	7^7	4	13^7
Roger Federer	6^5	6	6^4	6	12^3

Longest singles final match by number of games
2009, 77 games[21] This match also had the longest final set in a Grand Slam final by games[21]
Roger Federer	5	7^8	7^7	3	16
Andy Roddick	7	6^6	6^5	6	14

Longest singles semifinal match by time and number of games
2018, 99 games, 6 hours 36 minutes[22]
Kevin Anderson	7^8	6^5	6^9	6	26
John Isner	6^6	7^7	7^11	4	24

Men's doubles

Longest doubles final match by time played
1992, 5 hours and 1 minute
John McEnroe Michael Stich	5	7^7	3	7^7	19
Jim Grabb Richey Reneberg	7	6^5	6	6^5	17
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	6^5	6	23
Simon Aspelin Todd Perry	7	3	7^7	3	21

Longest match by number of games, before the tiebreaker introduction
1966 first round, 98 games[23]
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
2007 third round 102 games[23]
Marcelo Melo André Sá	5	7^7	4	7^9	28
Paul Hanley Kevin Ullyett	7	6^4	6	6^7	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[24]
1995 second round, 3 hours 45 mins
Chanda Rubin	7^7	6^5	17
Patricia Hy-Boulais	6^4	7^7	15
NB: 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	7^7	6^5	17
Patricia Hy-Boulais	6^4	7^7	15

Longest singles final match by time played[25]
2005, 2 hours and 45 minutes
Venus Williams	4	7^7	9
Lindsay Davenport	6	6^4	7

Longest singles final match by number of games, before the tiebreaker introduction[26]
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, 38 games
Simonne Mathieu Elizabeth Ryan	6	9	6
Freda James Billie Yorke	2	11	4

1967, 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, 48 games
Eric Sturgess Sheila Piercey Summers	9	9	7
John Bromwich Louise Brough Clapp	7	11	5

US Open

Stefan Edberg's (pictured) 1992 defeat of 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

Longest match by time played[27]
1992, 5 hours and 26 minutes
Stefan Edberg	6^3	7	7^7	5	6
Michael Chang	7^7	5	6^3	7	4

On 1 September 2016, Paolo Lorenzi and Gilles Simon played for 4 hours and 58 minutes. [28] In August 2017, Albert Ramos-Viñolas and Denis Istomin played for 4 hours and 55 minutes. [29] In August 2016, Fabio Fognini and Teimuraz Gabashvili played for 4 hours and 52 minutes. [30] In September 2019, Rafael Nadal and Daniil Medvedev played for 4 hours and 51 minutes.

Longest match by number of games, before the tiebreaker introduction
1969, 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[31]
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	7^12	7	2	3	6
Novak Djokovic	6^10	5	6	6	2

Men's doubles

Longest match by number of games, before the tiebreaker introduction
1966 third round, 105 games
Marcello Lara Joaquin 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
2017, 3 hours 33 minutes
Shelby Rogers	7^8	4	7^7
Daria Gavrilova	6^6	6	6^5

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

Women's doubles

Longest doubles final match by number of games, before the tiebreaker introduction
1920, 43 games
Eleanor Goss Marion Zinderstein	13	4	6
Helen Baker Eleanor "Teach" 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.

Overall

Longest match by number of games, before the tiebreaker introduction[32]
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 state that some media outlets have reported [this match] lasting approximately six hours.[33] 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[32][34][35]
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[32]
1992 first round, 5 h and 53 min (56 games)
Boris Becker	3	7^7	5	7^7	6
Christian Ruud	6	6^2	7	6^2	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[36][37]
2012 semifinals, 4 h and 26 min (58 games)
Roger Federer	3	7^7	19
Juan Martín del Potro	6	6^5	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[32][34][38]
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.

Best-of-five-sets system:

Longest match by number of games, before the tiebreaker introduction[32]
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 state that some media outlets have reported [this match] lasting approximately six hours.[33] 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[32]
1992 first round, 5 h and 53 min (56 games)
Boris Becker	3	7^7	5	7^7	6
Christian Ruud	6	6^2	7	6^2	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[32]
2008 semifinals, 4 h and 44 min (59 games)
Simon Aspelin Thomas Johansson	7^8	4	19
Arnaud Clément Michaël Llodra	6^6	6	17

Longest match by number of games, using tiebreaker scoring[39]
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	6^3	7^7	9
Sara Gomer	7^7	6^3	7

Longest match by number of games, using tiebreaker scoring
2004 first round, 42 games
Paola Suárez	7^7	6^5	9
Nathalie Dechy	6^1	7^7	7

Women's doubles

Longest match by number of games, using tiebreaker scoring[32]
1988 first round, 63 games
Carling Bassett-Seguso Jill Hetherington	7^10	5	20
Mercedes Paz Gabriela Sabatini	6^8	7	18

Davis Cup and Fed Cup

Davis Cup

Longest rubber by duration
2013 World Group first round, Switzerland vs. Czech Republic. 7 hours and 2 minutes[40]
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)
Doubles of the 1973 American Zone Final, Chile vs. USA, 122 games[40]
Stan Smith Erik van Dillen	7	37	8	6	6
Patricio Cornejo Jaime Fillol	9	39	6	1	3
the 39–37 second set is the longest set in Davis Cup history

Longest rubber by number of games (singles)
1982 American Zone Semifinal, Canada vs. Venezuela, 100 games[40]
Harry Fritz	16	11	9	4	11
Jorge Andrew	14	9	11	6	9

Tour Finals

ATP Tour Finals

Longest match by time played[41]
2016 semi final, 3 hours 38 minutes.
Andy Murray	5	7^7	7^11
Milos Raonic	7	6^5	6^9
Match was the longest since 1991 when times were first recorded

WTA Tour Finals

Best-of-five-sets system:

Longest match by time played
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
2012 round robin, 3 hours and 29 minutes
Agnieszka Radwańska	6^6	7	6
Sara Errani	7^8	5	4

See also

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

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External links

• BBC – Extreme tennis: the demands of a 10-hour game