2021's Longest Matches
Marathon Marvels 2021: The longest matches of the year
Marathon victories for Alizé Cornet, Nao Hibino and Danka Kovinic in Charleston have earned them places in the Top 25 longest matches of the year.
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Irina-Camelia Begu d. [5] Johanna Konta 4-6, 7-6(10), 7-6(4), Gippsland Trophy R3 (3h33m). Begu saved two match points en route to her 13th Top 20 win, and first since 2018.
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Sara Sorribes Tormo d. Bernarda Pera 5-7, 6-3, 6-4, Abu Dhabi R2 (3h23m). The first of three matches over three hours in length that Sorribes Tormo has played in 2021.
Photo by Jimmie48/WTA
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[13] Marie Bouzkova d. [2] Bianca Andreescu 6-7(9), 6-2, 7-5, Phillip Island Trophy SF (3h17m). Bouzkova saved two match points to reach her second WTA final with her fourth career Top 10 win.
Photo by Tennis Australia/Luke Hemer
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Caty McNally d. Sara Sorribes Tormo 6-2, 6-7(3), 6-3, Gippsland Trophy R1 (3h16m). McNally was competing as an alternate, having lost in Australian Open qualifying.
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[WC] Vera Zvonareva d. [3] Fiona Ferro 6-7(6), 7-5, 7-6(2), St. Petersburg R2 (3h10m). Zvonareva, 36, won the longest match in tournament history to reach her first WTA quarterfinal since St. Petersburg 2019.
Photo by Formula TX
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Nao Hibino d. [5] Misaki Doi 7-5, 5-7, 6-6 ret., Charleston 250 R1 (3h9m). A rematch of the 2019 Hiroshima final, Hibino lost a 5-1 lead in the second set but saved five match points down 2-5 in the third before Doi retired due to muscle cramps.
Photo by MUSC Health Women's Open/Chris Smith
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Sara Sorribes Tormo d. Liudmila Samsonova 6-7(6), 6-1, 7-6(4), Phillip Island Trophy R1 (3h8m). Sorribes Tormo saved two match points.
Photo by Tennis Australia/Jonathan Di Maggio
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[Q] Anastasia Gasanova d. [5] Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova 1-6, 7-6(8), 7-6(4), St. Petersburg R2 (3h8m). World No.241 Gasanova went over three hours on two days running to reach her first WTA quarterfinal, saving three match points in her second round.
Photo by Jimmie48/WTA
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[Q] Anastasia Gasanova d. Katarina Zavatska 6-2, 6-7(6), 7-5, St. Petersburg R1 (3h4m). The previous day, Gasanova had missed a match point in the second set but eventually won the first of two three-hour epics on Day 3 of St. Petersburg.
Photo by Formula TX
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Bernarda Pera d. [16] Donna Vekic 7-6(10), 2-6, 6-4, Abu Dhabi R1 (3h4m). The first of back-to-back matches over three hours long for Pera in Abu Dhabi.
Photo by Jimmie48/WTA
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Kirsten Flipkens d. Laura Siegemund 5-7, 7-5, 6-4, Abu Dhabi R1 (3h4m). Flipkens' third win over Siegemund in five meetings, but first at WTA level.
Photo by Jimmie48/WTA
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Mihaela Buzarnescu d. CoCo Vandeweghe 7-6(4), 6-7(5), 6-2, Guadalajara R1 (2h59m). Buzarnescu's first WTA main draw win since reaching the 2019 Hiroshima semifinals.
Photo by Imagen Shop/Abierto Zapopan
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Jil Teichmann d. Anastasija Sevastova 6-4, 6-7(8), 7-5, Adelaide QF (2h57m). Teichmann missed five match points in the second set but saved two in the third to reach her first WTA 500 semifinal.
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Mayo Hibi d. Varvara Lepchenko 6-4, 6-7(3), 6-1, Gippsland Trophy R1 (2h55m). Hibi's second career WTA main draw win following San Jose 2019.
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Anna Blinkova d. Andrea Petkovic 4-6, 7-6(3), 6-4, Phillip Island Trophy R1 (2h55m). Blinkova saved two match points and snapped a four-match losing streak.
Photo by Tennis Australia/Jonathan Di Maggio
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[8] Wang Yafan d. [WC] Emiliana Arango 6-4, 5-7, 7-5, Bogota R1 (2h55m). Wang came back from 2-4 down in the third set to post her first win of the year over the 20-year-old wildcard.
Photo by Copa Colsanitas
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[8] Marketa Vondrousova d. Vera Zvonareva 7-6(4), 6-7(4), 6-4, Yarra Valley Classic R3 (2h55m). Vondrousova went on to reach her second semifinal since the Tour resumption.
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[2] Fiona Ferro d. [Q] Magdalena Frech 5-7, 7-5, 7-5, Lyon R1 (2h54m). Ferro trailed 0-2 in the second set and 0-3 in the third, and went on to reach her fourth career semifinal (and first off clay).
Photo by Alexandre Hergott/Open 6ème Sens - Métropole de Lyon
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Stefanie Voegele d. Irina Bara 7-6(3), 6-7(5), 6-3, Lyon R1 (2h53m). Voegele did not win a WTA main draw match between April 2019 and November 2020, but this marked her second WTA round-two showing in a row.
Photo by Alexandre Hergott/Open 6ème Sens - Métropole de Lyon
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[2] Veronika Kudermetova d. [Q] Kamilla Rakhimova 7-5, 3-6, 7-6(5), St. Petersburg R2 (2h55m). Kudermetova held off her 19-year-old compatriot to become the seventh Russian in the St. Petersburg quarterfinal lineup.
Photo by Jimmie48/WTA
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[7] Sara Sorribes Tormo d. [Q] Lesia Tsurenko 5-7, 6-2, 6-4, Monterrey R1 (2h53m). Sorribes Tormo's sixth consecutive victory after winning her maiden title in Guadalajara the previous week.
Photo by Jorge Martinez/Abierto GNP Seguros
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Alizé Cornet d. Bernarda Pera 4-6, 6-4, 6-4, Charleston 500 R1 (2h52m). For the second time in as many meetings (following their 2017 Guangzhou first round), Cornet came from a set and a break down to defeat Pera.
Photo by Volvo Car Open/Chris Smith
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Danka Kovinic d. [11] Yulia Putintseva 6-7(2), 7-5, 6-1, Charleston 500 QF (2h52m). Kovinic won nine of the last 10 games from 4-5 down in set two to reach her first WTA semifinal since 2016, and first at 500 level.
Photo by Volvo Car Open/Chris Smith
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Ajla Tomljanovic d. [17] Marie Bouzkova 4-6, 7-5, 7-5, Charleston 500 R2 (2h51m). The result marked the first time Tomljanovic had won consecutive WTA main draw matches since Zhengzhou 2019 and took her record against Bouzkova to 2-1.
Photo by Volvo Car Open/Chris Smith
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