What was the longest Women's tennis match EVER?

Question

What was the longest Women's tennis match EVER?

Answer 1

The longest women's tennis match has to be one of the five sets match in the finals of the Year-End Championships running through 1984-1998. Steffi Graf played 2 five sets matches and Monica Seles played one. I'm pretty sure it'll be one of the three matches.

The longest three-set match, however, was Maria Sharapova's match with Justine Henin at the Year-End Championships last year, the 12th longest match. But I think it has recently been replaced by the match with Maria Sharapova and Anabel Medinal Garrigues in Amelia Island, the match ran for 3 hours and a half.

Answer 2

This is in the open era not all of tennis

The longest women's tennis match has to be one of the five sets match in the finals of the Year-End Championships running through 1984-1998. Steffi Graf played 2 five sets matches and Monica Seles played one. I'm pretty sure it'll be one of the three matches.

The longest three-set match, however, was Maria Sharapova's match with Justine Henin at the Year-End Championships last year, the 12th longest match. But I think it has recently been replaced by the match with Maria Sharapova and Anabel Medinal Garrigues in Amelia Island, the match ran for 3 hours and a half.

Answer 3

i agree with teerin

Answer 4

I'm afraid all of you are wrong - it's really easy to find this info on a search engine - I will leave the link below. I first heard Mary Carillo talking about this match on an ESPN commentray slot on the French Open 1993 and was astounded to find out about it

1) the match was played on hard courts

2) It was a straight sets victory !!!!

3) one rally was 643 shots and 29 minutes !!!

details: October 1984

Vicki Nelson-Dunbar and Jean Hepner embarked on what promised to be just another match at a $50,000 Virginia Slims tennis tournament in Richmond, Va.

It turned out to be anything but ordinary.

The two women played 6 hours, 31 minutes, including one point in the second-set tiebreaker that lasted 29 minutes and 643 shots.

This was not some clay-court yawner. This was on hard courts and turned into the longest tennis match in history, a battle of endurance won by Nelson-Dundar, 6-4, 7-6 (13-11).