After how many games in a professional tennis match are the balls first replaced?
Longest tennis match records Longest tennis match records This article details longest tennis match records by duration or number of games. The 1973 introduction of the tiebreak reduced the opportunity for such records to be broken. However, among the Grand Slams, only the US Open uses the tiebreak in the final set; the Australian Open, the French Open and Wimbledon instead use the advantage set rules in the final set, which allows for an indefinite number of games until one player is ahead by two. Only two professional competitive matches have lasted longer than seven hours and 13 matches have lasted longer than six
The Stars' Tennis Balls The Stars' Tennis Balls The Stars' Tennis Balls is a psychological thriller novel by Stephen Fry, first published in 2000. In the United States, the title was changed to Revenge. The story is a modern adaptation of Alexandre Dumas's "The Count of Monte Cristo", which was in turn based on a contemporary legend. The original title comes from a quotation taken from John Webster's "The Duchess of Malfi", which reads: "We are merely the stars' tennis balls, struck and bandied which way please them." The novel is dedicated "To M'Colleague" (meaning Hugh Laurie, "M'Colleague" being the name by which Fry