Amanda Anisimova has become part of unwanted history after her heavy Wimbledon final defeat to Iga Swiatek.
Anisimova was very emotional in her on court interview after the match, as she failed to win a single game against Swiatek.
Despite many suggesting that nerves were holding the American back, Anisimova has claimed she actually struggled with something else.
While Anisimova will not want to look back on this final anytime soon, there are Grand Slam finals that were over in an even quicker time.
Photo by George Rinhart/Corbis via Getty ImagesSuzanne Lenglen: The woman who won the quickest Grand Slam final in history
The quickest Grand Slam final in history took place at Wimbledon in 1922, when Suzanne Lenglen played Norwegian-American Molla Mallory.
Mallory had won her first six major finals at the US National Championships (now the US Open), and had now reached the Wimbledon final for the first time.
That is where she would go head-to-head with Lenglen, the Frenchwoman who was the three-time defending Wimbledon champion.
Despite both having impressive résumés, the 1922 Wimbledon final was very one-sided.
Lenglen would beat Mallory, 6-2 6-0, in a final that lasted just 23 minutes at Wimbledon.
No final has ever been completed in quicker time, with Lenglen and Mallory set to forever remain in the history books.
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Molla Mallory (left) & Suzanne Lenglen (right) before 1922 #Wimbledon women’s final on new Centre Court
Lenglen won 6-2, 6-0 (she did not play in the fur coat)
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Where does Amanda Anisimova and Iga Swiatek’s match rank in the top 10 quickest major finals ever?
Not only did Lenglen, who now has a court at Roland Garros named after her, win the quickest major final in history, but she also won the second quickest against Joan Fry at Wimbledon in 1925.
According to TNT Sports, Swiatek’s emphatic victory over Anisimova is the eighth quickest Grand Slam final in history.
This list also includes two best-of-five matches that were both quicker than the match between Anisimova and Swiatek.
Grand SlamChampionRunner-upScoreMatch time1922 WimbledonSuzanne LenglenMolla Mallory6-2 6-023 minutes1925 WimbledonSuzanne LenglenJoan Fry6-2 6-025 minutes1964 US OpenMaria BuenoCaldwell Graebner6-1 6-025 minutes1988 French OpenSteffi GrafNatasha Zvereva6-0 6-032 minutes1881 WimbledonWilliam RenshawJohn Hartley6-0 6-1 6-136 minutes1975 WimbledonBillie Jean KingEvonne Goolagong Cawley6-0 6-138 minutes1936 WimbledonFred PerryGottfried von Cramm6-1 6-1 6-040 minutes2025 WimbledonIga SwiatekAmanda Anisimova6-0 6-057 minutes1970 WimbledonMargaret CourtBillie Jean King14-12 11-964 minutes1989 Australian OpenSteffi GrafHelena Sukova6-4 6-464 minutes
However, the 2025 women’s singles final at Wimbledon is one of only two where a player has failed to win a single game.
The other of those came at Roland Garros in 1988, when Steffi Graf beat Natasha Zvereva in just 32 minutes.