Longest wheelchair tennis match

Longest wheelchair tennis match
Who
Israel, GB
What
04:25 hour(s):minute(s)
Where
Brazil (Rio de Janeiro)
When
13 September 2016

The men's Paralympic quad doubles bronze medal match between Great Britain and Israel at Rio 2016 lasted for an incredible 4 hours 25 minutes. In temperatures reaching 37°C in the Olympic Tennis Centre on 13 September, Jamie Burdekin and Andy Lapthorne defeated Itai Erenlib and Shraga Weinberg 3–6, 6–4, 7–6 (7–2).

Set times: 44 min (set 1); 110 min (set 2); 111 min (set 3).

A third-set tie-break, which the British pair won 7–2, determined the winner of the contest.

After three sets of gruelling wheelchair tennis, both teams had won 125 points.