Shortest tennis match records

• 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.{{cite book|last1=Tingay|first1=Lance|title=The Guinness Book of Tennis : Facts & Feats|date=1983|publisher=Guinness Superlatives|location=Enfield|isbn=9780851122687|page=27}}
• 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.{{cite web|title=Match facts|url=http://www.atpworldtour.com/Share/Match-Facts-Pop-Up.aspx?t=890&y=2001&r=3&p=C252|website=www.atpworldtour.com|publisher=Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP)}}

• The 1881 Wimbledon final in which William Renshaw defeated John Hartley, 6–0, 6–1, 6–1, lasted 36 minutes.{{Cite book |last=Medlycott |first=James |url=http://archive.org/details/100yearsofwimble0000medl_1977 |title=100 years of the Wimbledon tennis championships |date=1977 |publisher=New York : Crescent Books |others=Internet Archive |isbn=978-0-517-22425-0 |pages=14}}
• Fred Perry defeated Gottfried von Cramm, 6–1, 6–1, 6–0, in the 1936 Wimbledon final in 40 minutes.{{cite web|url=http://aeltc2009.wimbledon.org/en_GB/about/history/fred_perry.html|title=Fred Perry|publisher=wimbledon.org|access-date=2011-01-18}}
• Goran Ivanisevic defeated David Nainkin in the first round in the 1996 Wimbledon Championships 6–2, 6–0, 6–2 in 55 minutes.{{cite web|url=http://aeltc2009.wimbledon.org/en_GB/about/history/fred_perry.html|title=Fred Perry|publisher=wimbledon.org|access-date=2011-01-18}}
• 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.{{cite news|url=https://www.atptour.com/en/scores/match-stats/archive/1996/540/ms080|title=Goran Ivanisevic vs. David Nainkin H2H|publisher=ATP website|access-date=2025-01-26}}

• Jarkko Nieminen won against Bernard Tomic at the Miami Masters in 2014 in 28 minutes, 6–0, 6–1.{{cite web |url=http://www.atpworldtour.com/Share/Match-Facts-Pop-Up.aspx?t=403&y=2014&r=1&p=N289 |title=Match Facts |website=www.atpworldtour.com |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150402120657/http://www.atpworldtour.com/Share/Match-Facts-Pop-Up.aspx?t=403&y=2014&r=1&p=N289 |archive-date=2015-04-02}}

• 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.{{cite web|url=https://www.smh.com.au/sport/john-millman-creates-history-at-rio-olympics-with-60-60-win-20160807-gqmptj.html|title=John Millman creates history at Rio Olympics with 6–0, 6–0 win|first=Michael|last=Chammas|date=6 August 2016|website=The Sydney Morning Herald|access-date=21 July 2018}} There have been several Olympic men's singles matches with a score of 6–0, 6–0, 6–1.

• Margaret Court won the 1963 Eastern Grass Court Championships crown in a record 24-minute match against Darlene Hard, 6–1, 6–1.{{cite press release | title=Margaret Smith gets net record | publisher=The Louisiana Shreveport Journal }}
• Helen Wills defeated Joan Fry at the 1927 Wightman Cup 6–2, 6–0 in 24 minutes.{{cite web | url=https://www.newspapers.com/newspage/62956492/ | title=The Evening News from Harrisburg, Pennsylvania on August 13, 1927 | date=13 August 1927 | access-date=20 September 2016}}
• Helen Wills, while dispatching Emily Wright 6–0, 6–0 in Beaulieu, France in 1926, won the first set in 9 minutes.{{cite web | url=http://cdsun.library.cornell.edu/cgi-bin/cornell?a=d&d=CDS19260220.2.15 | title=Helen Wills gain in Beaulieu tournament | access-date=20 September 2016}}

• 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,{{Cite web|url=https://www.theguardian.com/sport/that-1980s-sports-blog/2014/may/27/french-open-1988-steffi-graf-andre-agassi-mats-wilander|title = The 1988 French Open: How Agassi arrived, Graf ruled and Wilander won|website = TheGuardian.com|date = 27 May 2014}}{{cite web | url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GEFEGnPrsZg | title=1988 French Open Ladies final | website=YouTube | date=18 March 2015 }}{{Cite web|url=https://www.chicagotribune.com/news/ct-xpm-1988-07-02-8801120571-story.html|title=Chicago Tribune: Chicago news, sports, weather, entertainment|website=Chicago Tribune|date=2 July 1988 }} 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).{{cite press release | title=Wilding wins all-England cup | work=The Sydney Morning Herald | date=10 July 1911}}

• During the 1969 tournament, Sue Tutt beat Marion Boundy 6–2, 6–0 in 20 minutes.{{cite web | url=http://www.gamerisms.com/tennis-facts-trivia.html | title=Tennis Facts Trivia | access-date=20 September 2016}}
• 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.{{Cite news |last=Lynch |first=Steven |date=10 May 2010 |title=A game of two balls, and tennis' shortest finals |work=ESPN |url=http://en.espn.co.uk/espn/sport/story/21464.html/ |url-status=dead |access-date=31 May 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200204205116/http://en.espn.co.uk/espn/sport/story/21464.html/ |archive-date=4 Feb 2020}}
• In the 1925 Wimbledon final Lenglen defeated Joan Fry in 25 minutes, 6–2, 6–0.

• The 1964 US Open final in which Maria Bueno defeated Caldwell Graebner, by 6–1, 6–0, lasted 19 minutes. {{Cite web |last=York |first=Por SporTV com Nova |last2=EUA |date=2014-09-04 |title=US Open presta homenagens a Maria Esther Bueno pelos 50 anos do Tri |url=https://sportv.globo.com/site/programas/sportv-news/noticia/2014/09/us-open-presta-homenagens-maria-esther-bueno-pelos-50-anos-do-tri.html |access-date=2025-04-05 |website=sportv.com}}

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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.{{cite web|title=Triple Bagel – Der Alptraum aller Profis|url=https://www.spox.com/de/tennisnet/1603/Artikel/atp-tourdavis-cup-der-albtraum-aller-profis-51752.html|date=2 June 2017|first=Christian Albrecht|last=Barschel|publisher=Spox|access-date=2 September 2020}} This is the shortest possible length for a best-of-five-set match, not including retirements or defaults.

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.{{citation needed|date=May 2015}} This is the shortest possible length for a best-of-three-set match, not including retirements or defaults.

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