Today in M25 Heraklion ITF tournament, match finished after 3 points, when Alexandros Skorilas retired against Pavlos Tsitsipas. The match lasted only 1 minute. Is it the shortest and fastest match in history? Has there been some other matches where retirement happened in the first game?
The shortest completed men’s singles match in the open era was in 2001 Shanghai. Li Na’s husband, Shan Jiang, was given a wild card into the tournament despite the fact that he was not a professional tennis player. He lost 6-0, 6-0 to world number 67 Francisco Clavet in 25 minutes.