299 minutes: The men’s singles match between Felix Auger-Aliassime of Canada and Dominic Thiem of Austria also ran four hours and 59 minutes at Margaret Court Arena on January 15.

286 minutes: The men’s singles match between Adrian Mannarino of France and Ben Shelton of the U.S. ended in four hours and 46 minutes in the third round at Kia Arena on January 19.

282 minutes: The men’s singles match between Pavel Kotov of Russia and Arthur Rinderknech of France was completed in four hours and 42 minutes in the first round at Court 6 on January 14.

Shortest matches in addition to walkovers

There were six matches that ended in zero minutes because some players quit the competition, which is called a ‘walkover’.

Other than walkovers, two matches had the least duration time.

<img src='https://news.cgtn.com/news/2024-01-29/2024-Australian-Open-s-longest-and-shortest-matches-1qLt3AcRTOM/img/083c34d3d0714fd589cb25505a535481/083c34d3d0714fd589cb25505a535481.png' alt='Canadian tennis journalist Jacob Pacheco's tweet on January 12 about the match between Katherine Sebov and Rebecca Marino. /@JacobPacheco6'

In the women’s qualification, Katherine Sebov of Canada chose to retire from the match after a 2-0 loss in the first set to compatriot Rebecca Marino. Their match ended in 17 minutes at Court 15 on January 12.

Another retirement happened on January 22 in the women’s singles fourth round match between Linda Noskova of the Czech Republic and Elina Svitolina of Ukraine. Svitolina retired from the match after 23 minutes with a 3-0 loss to Noskova in the first set at Margaret Court Arena.

<img src='https://news.cgtn.com/news/2024-01-29/2024-Australian-Open-s-longest-and-shortest-matches-1qLt3AcRTOM/img/ea7a1de093e142339346041939ac3917/ea7a1de093e142339346041939ac3917.jpeg' alt='Sam Schroder of the Netherlands celebrates with the winner's trophy after his victory against Israel's Guy Sasson (not pictured) in their men's quad wheelchair singles final during the Australian Open in Melbourne, Australia, January 27, 2024. /CFP'

Besides walkovers and retirements, the shortest match set by Andy Lapthorne of UK and Sam Schroder of the Netherlands in their quad wheelchair men’s singles quarterfinal was 40 minutes at Court 8 on January 24.

<img src='https://news.cgtn.com/news/2024-01-29/2024-Australian-Open-s-longest-and-shortest-matches-1qLt3AcRTOM/img/aa50dcb476a540cbaf1ea2ccd2d8c9a1/aa50dcb476a540cbaf1ea2ccd2d8c9a1.jpeg' alt='Jannik Sinner of Italy plays a backhand return to Daniil Medvedev of Russia (not pictured) during their men's singles final at Australian Open in Melbourne, Australia, January 28, 2024. /CFP '

Winners

Men’s singles: Jannik Sinner of Italy

Women’s singles: Aryna Sabalenka of Belarus

Men’s doubles: Rohan Bopanna of India and Matthew Ebden of Australia

Women’s doubles: Hsieh Su-wei of Chinese Taipei and Elise Mertens of Belgium

Mixed doubles: Hsieh Su-wei of Chinese Taipei and Jan Zielinski of Poland

<img src='https://news.cgtn.com/news/2024-01-29/2024-Australian-Open-s-longest-and-shortest-matches-1qLt3AcRTOM/img/94662f067ef947c4b658aefbd6aee748/94662f067ef947c4b658aefbd6aee748.png' alt='Australian Open's tweet on January 20 about the men's singles title winner Jannik Sinner. /@Australian Open'

224 minutes: At the age of 22, Sinner defeated 27-year-old Russian player Daniil Medvedev 3-6, 3-6, 6-4, 6-4, 6-3 to claim the men’s singles title on January 28.

76 minutes: The 25-year-old Sabalenka overcame China’s Zheng Qinwen 6-3, 6-2 to claim the women’s singles title on January 27.

99 minutes: Indian-Australian duo Bopanna and Ebden took the men’s doubles title with a 7(7)-6, 7-5 victory over Italian pair Simone Bolelli and Andrea Vavassori on January 27.

The 43-year-old Bopanna became the oldest winner at the 2024 Australian Open while his partner Ebden is 36 years old.

<img src='https://news.cgtn.com/news/2024-01-29/2024-Australian-Open-s-longest-and-shortest-matches-1qLt3AcRTOM/img/39be904a090144868cfc9ce6b4a81f7c/39be904a090144868cfc9ce6b4a81f7c.png' alt='Australian Open's tweet on January 28 about Hsieh Su-wei. /@Australian Open. '

38-year-old Hsieh took two doubles titles after paring up with 28-year-old Belgian Elise Mertens in the women’s doubles and 27-year-old Jan Zielinski of Poland in the mixed doubles respectively.

Their women’s doubles final ended in 93 minutes while the mixed doubles final ended in 117 minutes.

(All data sourced from ausopen.com)

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