Stamina
J The greatest, number | I of games played in a | § tennis singles match is 5 | 100. The self-exiled 5 § Czech J. Drobny and J. $ S E. Patty, of the United 5 | States divided their $ | match after four hours’ | I play with a score of. 5 | 21-19, 8-10, 21-21 at | 5 Lyons in 1955. | $ F. R. Schroder and R. | § Falkenburg beat R. A. ■ | | Gonzales and H. W. | Stewart after 4} hours $ S of play with a score of S § 36-34, 3-6, 4-6, 64, 19-17, S | for a total of 135 games S I in Los Angeles in 1949. | | The fastest service | | measured was that of | S the United States Davis § Cup player, L. Stoefen, | § at 135 miles an hour. 5
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Press, Volume CIII, Issue 30559, 30 September 1964, Page 13
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