In 32 minutes, Steffi Graf defeated number 13 on the seeding list, 17-year-old Natallja Swerawa , 6-0 and 6-0 in the final of the French Open on June 4, 1988 .
36:34; on January 9, 2013 in the first set of the Future tournament in Plantation in the singles between Benjamin Balleret and Guillaume Couillard . The match ended 7-6, 6-1 for Balleret.
3 hours and 33 minutes; W. Duggan and R. Kapp played the ball over the net 6,202 times in Santa Barbara on March 12, 1988 .
longest rally - ladies
29 minutes; Vicki Nelson and Jean Hepner played the ball over the net 643 times at the WTA tournament in Richmond in October 1984 . The match lasted 6 hours and 31 minutes, the tie-break 1 hour and 47 minutes.
Permanent tennis
31 Association league players and Tommy Haas played a rally over 5 days, 5 hours, 5 minutes and 5 seconds. The ball changed sides 105,160 times. The ball went out or into the net 254 times, which corresponds to an error rate of only 2.42 per 1000 rallies. 21 tennis balls were used in the rally.
most aces in a match - gentlemen
112; John Isner set this record against Nicolas Mahut in the first round of the 2010 Wimbledon Championships . Mahut scored 103 aces in this game, which both players clearly exceeded the previous record of 78 aces - set up by Ivo Karlović .
Roger Federer won 24 finals in a row on the ATP Tour. Since the final defeat in Gstaad in 2003 against the Czech Jiří Novák, he had not lost a final until the Masters Cup in 2005, where he was defeated by the Argentine David Nalbandian. The old record was held by the American John McEnroe and the Swede Björn Borg, who won twelve finals in a row. This record was already exceeded by Federer with his victory at the Masters Cup in 2004.
Roger Federer reached at least the quarterfinals 36 times in a row (Wimbledon 2004 to French Open 2013). He is followed by Novak Đoković with 28 quarter-finals in a row (Wimbledon 2009 to US Open 2016).
Grand Slam quarter-finals (career / men)
Roger Federer has reached the quarter-finals of a Grand Slam tournament 57 times (as of the Australian Open 2020 ), followed by Novak Đoković (46) and Jimmy Connors and Rafael Nadal (41 each).
Grand Slam semi-finals in a row (men)
Roger Federer reached the semi-finals 23 times in a row in Grand Slam tournaments (Wimbledon 2004 to Australian Open 2010). Novak Đoković follows with 14 consecutive semi-finals (Wimbledon 2010 to US Open 2013).
Grand Slam Semi-Finals (Career / Men)
Roger Federer has reached at least 46 semi-finals in 79 Grand Slam tournaments played since 1999 (as of the Australian Open 2020). This is followed by Novak Đoković (60/37) and Rafael Nadal, who has reached at least 33 semi-finals in 59 Grand Slam tournaments in which he has participated.
Grand Slam final in a row (men)
Roger Federer was the first player in tennis history to reach the final of ten Grand Slam tournaments in a row (Wimbledon 2005 to the US Open 2007).
Grand Slam Final (Career / Men)
Roger Federer reached a total of 31 finals, followed by Rafael Nadal (27) and Novak Đoković (26).
Martina Navrátilová reached the semi-finals of a major tournament 18 times in a row (Wimbledon 1983 to Australian Open 1988).
Grand Slam Semi-Finals (Career / Women)
Chris Evert reached the semifinals 52 times in 56 Grand Slam tournaments, followed by Martina Navrátilová (67/44) and Serena Williams with 38 semifinals and 74 participations (as of Australian Open 2020).
Grand Slam final in a row (women)
Steffi Graf was the first player of the professional era to reach the final of 13 Grand Slam tournaments in a row (French Open 1987 to French Open 1990).
Grand Slam Final (Career / Women)
Chris Evert reached 34 finals, followed by Serena Williams (33) and Martina Navrátilová (32).
best annual match balance
for women:
Martina Navrátilová lost only one match in 1983 and ended the year with a record of 86: 1 wins. She suffered the defeat against Kathy Horvath (then world number 33), who prevailed 6: 4, 0: 6, 6: 3 in the round of 16 of the French Open .
Roger Federer has been number 1 in the world rankings for 310 weeks (as of July 5, 2018). In 2012 he replaced Pete Sampras , who had topped the ranking for a total of 286 weeks.
longest time as world number one in a row - men
Roger Federer led the world rankings for 237 weeks - between February 2, 2004 and August 17, 2008.
longest time as world number one in total as well as in a row - women
Steffi Graf was at the top of the world rankings for 377 weeks, including 186 weeks in a row (August 17, 1987 to March 10, 1991).
longest time in the top ten in a row
for men, it was Jimmy Connors (1973–1988) and Rafael Nadal (2005–2020), each with 16 years before Roger Federer (2002–2016).
Martina Navrátilová holds the record for women at the age of 19 (1976–1994) .
Prize money
Highest prize money - gentlemen
Novak Djokovic has won over 140.2 million US dollars in prize money so far (2003 to February 2, 2020).
Highest Cash Prize - Women
Serena Williams has won over $ 90.3 million in prize money in her career to date (1995 to July 15, 2019).
Roger Federer won eight individual titles at Wimbledon (2003-2007, 2009, 2012 and 2017).
most Wimbledon singles titles - women
Martina Navrátilová won nine Wimbledon singles titles (1978, 1979, 1982-1987 and 1990).
most Wimbledon titles - gentlemen
Laurence Doherty achieved thirteen titles (five singles, eight doubles) between 1897 and 1906.
most Wimbledon titles - women
Billie Jean King (six singles, ten doubles and four mixed titles) and Martina Navrátilová (nine singles, seven doubles and four mixed titles) each won 20 titles.
Arthur Gore competed 36 times at Wimbledon from 1888 to 1927. He won three singles and one double title.
shortest final
In 1984, John McEnroe defeated his compatriot Jimmy Connors , at least number 2 in the world rankings at the time, in an hour and 20 minutes. The match went down as the shortest final in tennis history since 1922. Connors could only win four games in that match.
longest final - men
In 2019 Novak Đoković beat Roger Federer in 4:57 hours.
77; Roger Federer won against Andy Roddick in 2009 with 5: 7, 7: 6 6 , 7: 6 5 , 3: 6, 16:14 after 4:16 hours. The old record had only been set the year before, when the game Federer against Nadal went over 61 games.
most individual titles - men (before the Open Era )
Bill Tilden , Richard Sears and William Larned each won seven individual titles. Tilden won between 1920 and 1925 and 1929, Sears between 1881 and 1887 and Larned in 1901, 1902 and between 1907 and 1911.
Martina Navrátilová won the US Open mixed title in 2006 at the age of 49 years and 46 weeks.
Davis Cup records
the longest matches
before the introduction of the tie-break
In 1982 it took John McEnroe and Mats Wilander 6 hours and 22 minutes to play a winner. In the Davis Cup quarter-finals in St. Louis , the Americans won 9: 7, 6: 2, 15:17, 3: 6, 8: 6 and thus ensured the USA's 3-2 victory .
The legendary match between John McEnroe and Boris Becker in Hartford , USA, lasted just one minute less in 1987 , which Becker won in five sets and gave Germany a 3-2 victory in relegation against the USA favorites.
The longest encounter in Davis Cup history lasted 113 days (gross playing time). On March 1, 1976, Australia led against New Zealand 2-1 in Brisbane , before the match could only be continued or ended on June 19, 1976 in Nottingham, England by John Newcombe and Brian Fairlie . Newcombe won in four sets. The fifth match was no longer played.
Arthur Ashe had to get through 86 games against Christian Kuhnke before he left the field as the winner in the 1970 game between the United States and Germany . Ashe won 6-8, 10:12, 9-7, 13:11, 6-4. After the formation of the world group, Michael Westphal needed 85 games in 1985 in the encounter with Czechoslovakia against Tomáš Šmíd . Westphal won 6: 8, 1: 6, 7: 5, 11: 9, 17:15.
Gottfried von Cramm , played a total of 101 times for Germany in 38 games. He was able to win 82 games in singles and doubles.
most consecutive Davis Cup wins
The United States won the trophy seven times in a row from 1920 to 1926.
Record winner
By far the most successful Davis Cup nation is the USA. They won the cup 31 times and made it into the final 28 times. Australia ranks second with 27 wins.
most aces in one game
The Croatian Karlović served 82 aces in the aforementioned game against the Czech Štěpánek.
