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.
| W | F | SF | QF | #R | RR | Q# | P# | DNQ | A | Z# | PO | G | S | B | NMS | NTI | P | NH |
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. [21] This is the shortest possible length for a best-of-five-set match, not including retirements or defaults.
| Year | Grand Slam | Round | Winner | Loser |
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| 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 |
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 ] This is the shortest possible length for a best-of-three-set match, not including retirements or defaults.
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| Year | Grand Slam | Round | Winner | Loser |
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| 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 |
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The 1919 Wimbledon women's singles final was a championship match at the 1919 Wimbledon Championships, one of the three amateur tennis World Championship tournaments at the time and one of the four modern Grand Slam tournaments. The final was contested as a challenge round between French tennis player Suzanne Lenglen, the winner of the All Comers' bracket, and British tennis player Dorothea Lambert Chambers, the reigning champion from 1914. Lenglen won the match 10–8, 4–6, 9–7 for the title, her first of six Wimbledon singles titles and second major singles title out of 12 in total between her four world championship singles titles and eight Grand Slam singles titles. Lenglen also won the women's doubles title at the tournament with Elizabeth Ryan.
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