Hepner is remembered for her first round encounter against Vicki Nelson at the WTA tournament in Richmond in 1984 . This encounter went down as the longest match in women's tennis history, it lasted 6 hours and 31 minutes. It took them 1 hour and 47 minutes for the tie-break alone. In addition, it also had the longest rally; it lasted 29 minutes and the ball flew 643 times over the net. She lost that match 4-6 and 6-7 11 .