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.
Steffi Graf won the quickest-ever open era Grand Slam Final in 32 minutes.
Jack Harper lost just a single 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.[5]
Helen Wills, while dispatching Emily Wright 6-0, 6–0 in Beaulieu, France in 1926, won the first set in 9 minutes.[14]
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 [15][16][17], however just 32 [18]minutes of playing time, split into two periods of nine and 23 minutes due to a rain break. It is the only "double bagel" Grand Slam singles final of the Open Era.
Wimbledon
During the 1969 tournament, Susan Tutt beat Marion Boundy 6–2, 6–0 in 20 minutes.[19]
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.[20]
In the 1925 Wimbledon final Lenglen defeated Joan Fry in 25 minutes, 6–2, 6–0.[21]
Fewest games
= winner of the match also won the tournament.
Men
There have been at least 12 best-of-five-set matches which have lasted 18 games (6–0, 6–0, 6–0) in the Open era.[citation needed] This is the shortest possible length for a best-of-five-set men's singles match without 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 in the Open era which have lasted 12 games (6–0, 6–0)[citation needed] without retirements or defaults.
Nikola Špear
Daniel Contet
Shinichi Sakamoto
Emilio Sanchez
Kamel Harrad
Karel Nováček
Eduardo Bengoechea
Stefan Edberg
Barry Moir
Todd Woodbridge
Ricardo Mello
David Josepa
Andy Murray
Laurent Bram
Jarkko Nieminen
Courtney John Lock
Emilio Gómez
Adam Hornby
Simone Bolelli 
Steve Johnson 
Martina Müller
Chan Yung-jan 
Galina Voskoboeva
Yan Zi 
Monica Niculescu
